Principal’s Notes

“What a great start to the year” is the refrain I hear from colleagues absolutely buzzing about the first few school weeks of 2025. From the moving welcoming pōwhiri, the outstanding efforts of our Year 13 leaders in the Tuakana…

What a pleasure it has been to witness the roll call of prizewinners walking across the stage to receive recognition for their outstanding work throughout the year. From the Year 13 Leaver’s awards and special prizes, through to the Year…

The press has recently featured an article referencing lateness at an intermediate school. The Principal at that school was concerned that 10% (85) of the children at his school had signed in late on a single day in the previous…

Our packed season of performances - the Year 11 and 13 Drama productions/performance evenings; the senior Dance showcase featuring 70 performers and Finale a choreographic showing by our Year 13 Dance students amply demonstrate how strongly the performing arts feature…

Education is a hot topic politically at the moment – as it should be, and the two hottest items appear to be attendance and mathematics achievement in Year 8. Let’s just focus on ATTENDANCE for this Newsletter piece as there…

It has been a very busy Term 2! Thank you for your support with our focus on attendance and lateness as highlighted in our first newsletter for the term. Our average attendance has remained stable across the term. We held…

It has been a busy start to Term 2. Thank you for your support with our focus on attendance and lateness as signalled in our Community Update at the beginning of the term. Our average attendance over the first three…