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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This year the Waste Wise team set up a gorgeous green stall at the New Parents BBQ for the new year nines and their whanau. This was endeavouring to try and encourage them to make and reuse eco-friendly alternatives to…
The four wises panels at Springs / Waiōrea came together for the first time in a hui at the end of February. The panels are led by year 13 students and one to two teachers from each wises group. Our…
