Term 4 2015 - A Christmas story. Life - It's yours to choose
December 15, 2015
With Christmas just a few weeks away we have been doing a lot to build up to the Christmas message. To celebrate the last newsletter of the year I want to retell a story and Christmas message I read from the Reverend Simon Allaby of the 6:19 Trust in the UK.
When Simon wa...
Term 4 2015 - Ernest Shackleton
December 2, 2015
For Terms 3 and 4 our core values are perseverance and diligence. This is the last message I'll share on this topic this year. We have talked about many great people and this week my last one is on the great explorer Ernest Shackleton. This (abridged!) story has been written...
Term 4 2015 - Steve Jobs
November 9, 2015
For Terms 3 and 4 our core values are perseverance and diligence. As a staff we are trying to develop this in our students as it is one of the most effective values we can develop in ourselves and not always something New Zealanders are good at. In the last edition of the ...
Term 4 2015 - Thomas Edison
October 27, 2015
For Terms 3 and 4 our core values are perseverance and diligence. As a staff we are trying to develop this in our students as it is one of the most effective values we can develop in ourselves and not always something New Zealanders are good at. In the last edition of the ...
Term 3 2015 - Sir Winston Churchill
October 20, 2015
For Terms 3 and 4 our core values are perseverance and diligence. As a staff we are trying to develop this in our students as it is one of the most effective values we can develop in ourselves and not always something New Zealanders are good at. In the last edition of the ...
Term 3 2015 - President Abraham Lincoln
October 20, 2015
For the next two terms perseverance and diligence are our combined core values we are focussing on. As a staff we will be trying to develop these in our students as it is one of the most effective values we can develop and not alwayssomething New Zealanders are good at. We...
Term 3 2015 - The Man Named George
October 20, 2015
This term our core value is on perseverance. As a staff we will be trying to develop this in our students as it is one of the most effective values we can develop in ourselves and not always something New Zealanders are good at. Last week I told you how Abraham Lincoln per...
Term 3 2015 - The Story of Somebody
October 20, 2015
Last term we focussed our core teaching value on truthfulness and in the end of term assembly I told the story about 'Somebody'. This was a story I made up based upon four characters; Somebody, Anybody, Everybody and Nobody. I took these characters from a story I once read...
Term 3 2015 - William Wilberforce
October 20, 2015
This term our core value is perseverance and diligence. As a staff we are trying to develop this in our students as it is one of the most effective values we can develop in ourselves and not always something New Zealanders are good at. In the last edition of the newsletter...
Term 3 2015 - Joseph Dresnan
October 20, 2015
This term our core values are perseverance and diligence. As a staff we are trying to develop this in our students as it is one of the most effective values we can develop in ourselves and not always something New Zealanders are good at. In the last edition of the newslett...