We extend a very warm welcome to families and friends of our Year 8 Community.

Kia Ora Parents and Caregivers

We have all been delighted with the enthusiasm and positivity that the students have displayed over the last 5 weeks. A major focus has been the implementation of a caring and friendly manner to ensure the Year 7 seven students feel welcomed at their new school. It has been wonderful to see so many Year 8 students display the maturity and leadership skills to ensure this has happened.

The key question we will refer to this term is ‘How and why we adapt to our changing environment. The main emphasis here is that your children are now the leaders of the school and with that comes new responsibilities. As discussed above developing a family culture of Manaakitanga and Whanaunatanga has been a major focus thus far.

The start of the year is often a chaotic time with so many events on the timetable. We really do appreciate your involvement in ensuring that we are able to run our programmes. The trip we had to the aquarium was an excellent igniter for our Adaptations Unit. Thank you so much to all the helpers who assisted to make this experience possible.

We look forward to meeting you at the up-coming parent teacher interviews.

Kind Regards

Year 8 Teachers