From the Nurse’s Desk
Hello Whanau Well done New Zealand, we made it to Covid 19 Level 1! Thank you to our school family for supporting the school through these difficult times and restrictions we have all made. The Ministry of Education has issued…
School Bus Information for Level 1 from Travelwise (AT)
Under Alert Level 1 no physical distancing requirements on any public transport services, including school bus services, are deemed necessary by the Ministry of Education and Waka Kotahi NZTA who are taking advice from the Ministry of Health. Any additional…
Principal’s Notes
This Newsletter provides me with the opportunity to thank you, our Springs/Waiōrea community of parents and caregivers for the truly outstanding messages of support you have sent us, both during the lockdown and after, as we have moved into Level…
Welcoming each other back
To try and make the first days back to school since quarantine a bit nicer, a couple of students from Healthwise and the Peace ambassadors set up a stall with positive messages and wellbeing pamphlets to give out to students…
Change making at Springs: News from our Sustainability Groups
The Cup Projet & Ecostore bottles It’s time to bring those jars & Ecostore in that you have found at the back of cupboards during lockdown. Bring empty ecostore bottles that you don’t plan to refill to the bin…
Ngā Hekaheka o Aotearoa – Manaaki Whenua
Last term some Year 9 students visited Manaaki Whenua (Landcare) to learn about Ngā Hekaheka o Aotearoa - our fungi. We got to view many amazing fungi, to see how the national collection of NZ fungi is stored and to…
Better Futures Report (Colmar Brunton & SBC)
Colmar Brunton recently hosted an event with the Sustainable Business Council to release the latest findings of their Better Futures Report. This year for the first time in the report they included input from kiwi youth aged 13 -17 yrs…
Our staff wins the Love to Ride Competition
Love to Ride is a nationwide promotion/competition that aims to get companies and institutions on their bikes during the month of February. Our staff recognises the importance of role modelling good practice around transport. We already have a handful of…