65 years of LHS-LC school life inside and outside these walls.

Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e lelei. Bula. Fakaalofa atu. Namaste. Kumusta. Warm greetings to the Linwood community.

I am borrowing the wording, "If only these walls could talk" from Mr Ken Bye, a former (and legendary) LHS-LC history teacher and Head of Social Sciences.  Ken spoke on this topic at the Farewell Celebration Weekend a couple of months ago to the hundreds of past pupils who attended this wonderful weekend to celebrate and farewell LHS-LC's first 65 years.

Ken is absolutely right.  A lot of life occurs in a school and as a community resource and focal point, schools experience all the joys and tragedies that occur in a community.  Our leaving these original school buildings is a significant event in our school's history, and, fortunately is one which helps springboard us into a new era for LC.  We leave in order to return, but we leave aware of and thankful to all the people who have gone before, and all that they have done for us. 

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi engari he toa takitini - My strength is not mine alone; my strength is from many. 

I wish to acknowledge the entire school community for everyone's patience and resilience over this challenging last term: students, staff and whānau. Thank you, one and all, for everything that you have done, are doing, and will continue to do. Ka mate kāinga tahi, ka ora kāinga rua - When one house falls, another is there.

And repeating my final paragraph from my article from the weekend,  schools can be complex places, and this is particularly so for LC as we move and then settle into LCO. Therefore, if any member of the community wishes to talk to me about anything, please contact the office, or my direct dial 982 0100 ext 839 (same number at LCO), to arrange a time for this to occur. My door is open.

Ngā mihi nui

Richard Edmundson

Tumuaki-Principal