Kia ora tatoa and talofa,
Since our last Newsletter our sports teams have continued to succeed, as have our individuals. The 1st XV beat Waiuku 52 - 5, the League team beat Manurewa 12 - 10, the Soccer Team beat James Cook 10 - 3 and the Netball side beat Papatoetoe by 22 – 13. Samantha Jacobsen is now the top MIT student on placements from schools and Duncan Armstrong has been awarded a part in the ‘Q-Theatre’ play - The Part We Play.
Laquail Nielsen and Hemi Douglas have made the Auckland Maori League Team and Christina Griffin, James Bell and George Edwards were in the Courier for their pavement art.
We have three community events coming up soon. On June 15th we have our Achievers’ Evening followed by our Matariki Celebration on the evening of 18th June. We are also planning a community Whanau Ora Day on Saturday 7th August which will be in the form of a Top Team competition.
You will see many of our senior students in blazers next term and I urge you to help support your child’s appearance in uniform. Girls from Year 11 upwards can wear tailored trousers but across the school, jeans and jandals are not permitted. Students can however wear smart sandals. They must wear shoes however on days when they catering, in science or technology for Health and Safety reasons.
I have been negotiating with Otagonet and you may find in 2011 that we increase our NCEA course choices via video-conferencing. This will allow us to offer some specialist classes not normally offered, for example aviation engineering and Latin. As a school in the 21st century we need to make the most of the technological opportunities present through partnerships with other schools via the internet.
Finally, I would like to thank those teachers involved in the Year 12 camp and look forward to celebrating our students’ success at the Achievers’ and Matariki evenings.
Peter Heron
Principal