Kia ora koutou e te whānau

He raki mahana ki Ōhinehou. Kia pai tō Rāmere.

As shared with the school community last week we warmly welcome the following new school board members and appreciate your willingness to serve our school community.

Congratulations to the newly elected Board Members.

Kim Hickford

Michael Field

Amber Moke

Existing members are Graeme Withell, Mathias Blattner, Nina McMillan (staff trustee), Brendan Wright (principal)

The new Board will have its first meeting next Thursday September 29.

As always the end of term is a busy time and especially so at the moment with the change in  covid requirements, masks etc...it is a relief not having to wear them for a while!  We are thrilled to be able to have everyone together again in a more normal way and it has been great to see so many parents turning out to our school assemblies. Today our school band '15 volts' managed to showcase their talents following the very successful Aupaki Rocks event held at Te Aratai College on Monday. Congratulations to all involved. kei te tino poho kererū au. Special thank you to Carmel Courtney for working with our children for band and to Darryl Crib for your tremendous input into making it all look and sound fabulous.

The next school assembly is week 2 next term.

Newsletter this week shares some of the  mahi that has been underway recentlyat school and other exciting activity coming up for term 4.

Check out the coming workshop for parents and whānau. The 'Tuning in to Kids' parent workshops are highly regarded. We have also made available some useful resources around the Mana Ake topic 'Supporting children's relationships'.

Lyttelton kapa haka at the Aupaki Cultural festival is ready for you to view and find out more about the activities that were underway during te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

For your calendar, school photos are coming up on 25 and 26 October, we have athletics sports coming up next term and parents may also like their children to be involved in the Huxter Bike race of the Aupaki Touch Rugby Module. 

Reminder that the Mana Ake parent drop ins for parents are still available, contact Jenny to arrange a time for this.

Sausage sizzle Fridays continue as a fundraiser for the year 8 camp children - orders in by Wednesday of each week please.

As we head towards term 4, friendly reminder to all children and parents that school policy required our children and staff to be wearing a sunhat while outside in term 1 and 4. Please provide your child with a  sunhat for term 4 which provides suitable protection.

Wishing everyone a relaxing long weekend - reminder that Monday is a one off public holiday to mark the passing of the Queen.

Kia pai tō rā whakatā

Brendan