A quick update on how the Year 10's have been going this year in ROAR!

This year during Period 1 on a Thursday, our awesome Year 10 students are being involved in the 'ROAR' programme; this is a course designed to grow and stretch the students as they leave childhood behind and embrace adulthood, with more responsibilities and challenges being thrown their way. 

This is where the name ROAR comes from as we want to see our ākonga grow in their Resilience, take Opportunities, seek out Adventures, and be Reflective about their lives.

For Term 1, we are focusing first on IDENTITY; students have been working on understanding who they are, where they have come from, and where they are going with in-class discussion, activities and games to help this process.

We have been having a great time in class and it would not be possible without all the staff involved, so I want to thank Mr Halliwell, Mrs Gilpin, Miss Wallace and Mrs Lovatt, as well as the 24/7 Youthwork team consisting of Beth, Samara and Iain, for their involvement with this programme and the mahi they bring to the students.

More updates to come later in the term!