Kia Ora

The weeks are moving on and we hurtle towards the last weeks, days, and hours of the 2020 school year. This means there are multiple plates spinning as we put the various pieces of the puzzle together. Some of those pieces we will be sharing with you as the weeks unfold. I have listed some key dates below. Before I get to that, this week we received the final video from our dance celebration at the end of the last term. It is a really nice record of what was an amazing term of learning and celebration. Turn up the speakers, click play and enjoy. 

The following dates are ones to notes as we head towards the last day of term 4.

• Monday 7th December - Staffing for 2021 published.
• Friday 11th December - Last assembly for 2020 - Please note this has been moved one week.
• Friday 11th December - Your child's mentor and habitat for 2021 will be published. Please note this will be done through HERO. Please ensure you have downloaded and signed in to your account. All the instructions are here.

It has been hard being an All Blacks fan this past couple of weeks. It becomes really hard to recall when this last happened, losing two on the trot. However it is times like these the real learning occurs, the test of character, the so-called 'soft skills' comes to the fore. To quote Martin Luther King, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” So it will be really interesting to see how this team responds next week and next year.

Mā te Wā

Ben Witheford

PRINCIPAL