From the Principal
At a recent board meeting it was sad to report on all the postponed or cancelled events –
o Enviro warriors trip to the recycling station
o Minister of Agriculture visit to our school
o Attendance at the launch of Bee Aware month at Parliament
o Wellington Year 7 /8 Chess tournament
o Inter-Intermediate Netball competition
o Attitude Health and Wellbeing Presentation
o Newlands College Pasifika event
o Inter-intermediate Table Tennis
o Riding for the Disabled for our ORS students
o EPICA performance evening
o AIMS Games in Tauranga
o The Great Newlands Clean Up Day
o Our Kapahaka opening the National Council of Women 125th Celebration at Parliament
o St Brigid’s Kapahaka Festival
o Our own performing arts evening concert
o Newlands School Boards combined Tikanga Meeting
Most of these events cannot be rescheduled but 1 or 2 can be put back in our timetable if,or when, we drop to level 1. The flow on effect is far reaching.
While the list makes us sad, it does show how exciting and diverse teaching and learning at intermediate middle schools can be - especially ours!