DHS Dispatch, Friday 5 April 2024
From the tumuaki | principal, 2024 Term 1 Week 10
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From the tumuaki | principal, 2024 Term 1 Week 10
Acknowledging the support of parents and caregivers, a major milestone for one of our staff members and an Ag Expo to highlight.
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Ready to Learn - PB4L
Being Ready to Learn is essential for student engagement, achievement, and success at school.
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40 Years of Jill
Having worked with only five principals during this time, Jill says she has loved her job, seeing students progress through the school ...
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Ag EXPO - What a success!
An amazing day, very positive comments from all participants!
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Whakaaturanga | Exhibition
Year 9 and 10 Raranga | weaving students are exhibiting is on until Wednesday 10 April at the Darfield High School library. All welcome!
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Literacy / Numeracy Common Assessment Activities (CAA - previously known as co-reqs)
The first set of CAA exams are 27-29th May, with a second attempt available in September.
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7 Days Education Agency Joint activity with Ellesmere College
We have welcomed six students to Darfield and nine to Ellesmere College. The students have been with us for four weeks and leave us ...
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Uniform Update
With the weather beginning to cool down, it's been great to observe those students who are consistently embodying the school's value ...
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Housekeeping: How to contact staff
We use a computer system called KAMAR to bulk email our school community. Emails that you receive via this bulk generation are not ...
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Mid-Year Study Options at Ara
Here are the full time courses starting in Semester 2!
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Ōtautahi Christchurch Be There Whānau Workshops
Be There
is a free evening workshop for parents and whānau of young people who are trans, non-binary, takatāpui, queer, fa’afafine, ...
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Upcoming STAR Courses
Here are some exciting STAR courses for students interested in beauty & barbering!
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Experience Ara
Experience Ara is all about giving you a feel for tertiary-level study with hands-on taster days, holiday programmes and workshops in ...
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Get In Quick - Only 2 places left....
Warehouse Red Shirt Gateway Placements Available in Term 2
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Te Ara Pūtahi
Have fun exploring your culture and the awesome study options available at Ara with our FREE holiday programme for Years 9-13!
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Daylight Savings ends Sunday 7 April 3am
Remember to put your clocks back 1 hour
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