KORERO FROM MIRANDA

Kia ora Rototuna e te Whānau,

A warm welcome back to everyone for Term 3.

It has been great to see our students settling back into their learning so quickly.

This week the senior leadership team took the opportunity to talk with students about the power of fully engaging with the school’s three curriculum strands. With less than 9 weeks before we move into exams it will be so important to make the most of the teachers across these strands.

You can support your student by making sure they keep checking in with their Kaiārahi (advisor) to make sure they are tracking well: that they have access to, and are achieving what they need for their next steps. Encourage your student to continue to work closely with their Wānanga Ako teachers to go deeper with their learning to gain those quality credits. Finally, rally your student to engage with their Puna Wānanga teachers to grow the future focused skills and dispositions employers and tertiary providers are looking for. By managing a project through to completion your young person is able to take their learning beyond the classroom, a huge advantage to showcase their capabilities beyond NCEA.

As always our team and I are looking forward to working with you for the benefit of our young people throughout this term

Ngā mihi,

Miranda