In my last newsletter I talked about the need to have a balance and breadth in our children’s education.

Academic achievement is vital if we are to be successful in later life.  Being able to work well in a team, take risks, be persistent and optimistic, be creative and so on cannot be learned in a book.  We must experience these things.

This term we have an amazing variety of opportunities for our students to be involved in.  Term 2 is our traditional sporting term and this year we have netball, hockey, table-tennis and hopefully water polo as our regular weekly sporting competitions.  On top of that are the usual zone days where school teams go off for the day to play other schools.  Sport is a fantastic chance for students to build those skills and attitudes I spoke of earlier.

Last Saturday I took the hockey team to St Kent’s to play Grammar.  It was a lovely morning and the girls played very well for the first game of the season before eventually losing 3-0.  I was proud of the way they kept on trying even though they were playing a superior team and how they generally stayed positive and gave their best.

This term also sees the continuation of our cultural activities at the school.  Orchestra, choir, Kapa Haka and our Pasifika Group will be an important and enjoyable part of the week for many of our students.  The school production is also starting up.  This year we are doing “’Annie” which will be presented late in Term 3 but auditions and practices have started. 

Once again these activities provide wonderful learning opportunities for our students.

So all in all, it will be a very busy term but also very exciting.  There will be winners and losers, elation and disappointment, outstanding and poor performances and within all of that our students learning about themselves and others.

Mike O’Reilly
Principal

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