Kia Ora

We shared such a lovely morning together last Wednesday, welcoming our new tamariki and whānau with a Pōwhiri and celebrating our Grandparents with mass and a morning tea. It was special to take the time out to celebrate the important role Grandparents play in our lives. Have a look further down to see the recounts from He Atawhai. 

Last term, our Year 5-8 students participated in the Student Wellbeing Survey. The survey covers different aspects of school life and asks students to respond how they feel about it on a scale based system e.g. agree, disagree. Many schools within New Zealand take part in this survey. Student identified extremely positive results under the 'school wide climate and practices,' 'community partnerships,' 'teaching and learning,' and 'pro-social student culture and strategies.' From this survey we have identified that our greatest need for our tamariki is to continue to develop resilience strategies with them. Under this section the survey showed how they are less willing to take risks in their learning. Kaiako have identified the following areas to continue to focus on in class to help with this:

Resilience strategies

• Teaching around what resilience is
• Having strategies for resilience built into teaching programmes. 
• More active teaching around Growth Mindset, problem solving, emotional regulation skills and positive self talk

Next week the much anticipated camp will finally arrive for Te Maunga. We set off on the ferry early on Monday morning ready for a week full of activities, team building and fun. 

Ngā mihi nui,

Francesca