Principal's message...
Our Purpose: To prepare students to be active participants who will contribute to their community.
Tēnā koutou katoa, Malo e lelei, Talofa lava, Bula vinaka.
Welcome back to term 3. Thank you for your support in ensuring that your child has the correct school uniform. We take a lot of pride in how we wear our uniform and represent our school.
It has been a huge week for a number of students and staff who have been involved in the preparations for our James Hargest Exchange next week. It is an exciting time for those students and staff who are travelling. For those who are staying at school, it will be business as usual with our timetable and staff who are remaining.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sharon Wilson, our Sports Coordinator, for all the work that she puts into ensuring that this event runs smoothly each year. A massive thank you to all our coaches, referees/umpires, and managers for supporting our teams this year. To the OIS staff, thank you for your incredible support in the lead-up and during the exchange. I am incredibly privileged to work with such an outstanding team of staff, students, and parents.
Enrolments
Our 2026 enrolments opened at the end of Term 2, and we are excited to see a number of in-zone enrolments and out-of-zone applications coming in. All our enrolments are completed online; if you need help completing this, please come into the office. If you know a family or friend who is interested or intending to enrol their tamariki for 2026, then please encourage them to check out our website regarding the enrolment process or make an appointment to see me. Our Open Night is Monday, 18 August.
Whanau Survey
We would love you to complete our Survey. Please note that if you came to the Matariki breakfast, these are the same questions that you reflected on by placing the dots on the pieces of paper up on the wall.
https://forms.gle/Jq1bEoancfoXcvBF7
Whātuia te Waiora - Weaving Wellbeing.
We are also lucky enough to have Megan from St John's who, over the course of the term, will be running our Year 7 students through a programme called Whātuia te Waiora - Weaving Wellbeing.
Weaving Wellbeing is a positive psychology programme for Year 7 and 8 students. The intention of Whātuia te Waiora Weaving Wellbeing is to support learners to feel good about themselves, have a vision for themselves that supports their best possible selves, and to be equipped with a number of resilient ways of thinking and being to support them in times of challenge.
This intention will be to support learners to:
Get to know what their strengths are and how they can be used in times of challenge.
Visualising themselves at their best.
Recognising their moods.
Cultivate resilient ways of thinking.
Kindness towards self and others.
This week, we welcome Ange Drew to the team. Ange is going to be working in classrooms on Tuesday for the term.
Have a safe week
Rebecca Meek