We teach our children to have
​GRIT in the Pit - Growth          Resilience
                                 Integrity      Tenacity

 because
Greatness  Requires
Internal       Toughness

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Colour Your Day - Wear White Tomorrow: 
Our thoughts are with the people of Christchurch during this tragic time, and in particular with the children and families of the Muslim community. 
Our thoughts and love also go out to all those members of our community of the Muslim faith. This has been a terrible time for you and we share your grief and pain at this time.

Tomorrow - Friday 22 March -  as a school we will be showing and sharing our respect for our Muslim community, but also acknowledging every community that together makes us New Zealand.
As our Prime Minister has said, "they are us." 
We will do this by encouraging our school community to wear something white tomorrow.
White is the colour our Muslim brothers and sisters would traditionally wear for a funeral. It is also the colour that represents purity and humility. I think we all agree the humble forgiveness shown by the Muslim Community in Christchurch can teach us all a lesson in tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.

Also tomorrow at 1:40pm we will gather in our hall for a two minute silence of remembrance for the victims of the Christchurch tragedy.
All of New Zealand is stopping at this time tomorrow.

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The theme will be 'Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’.  ‘Kia Kaha’ meaning ‘be strong’. We often talk about languages as if they are people – talking about language health, strength and revitalisation.

So when we say ‘Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’ we’re saying  - ‘Let’s make the Māori language strong'.

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​Te Reo Maori - Maori Language -  is  a Taonga No Te Mutu - a national treasure

A great place to start is by saying "Kia Ora". Watch the video at right to see how cool this greeting is, and let's all make an effort to greet each other with a warm Kia Ora.
It's our own, unique, Kiwi Way.

This site has a list of 100 words in Maori we all should know... https://goo.gl/iwMMHR

Why Choose Us

​At right a quote from our latest Education Review Office Report where we gained a 5 Year Review.

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​The school’s processes and actions very effectively help achieve equity and excellence for all children. They include:

• a well-established culture of high expectations
• highly effective school leadership that has established an environment that is conducive to children’s learning and wellbeing
• a meaningful curriculum design that is responsive to context, and children’s heritage, language, culture and identity
• strong partnerships between home, school and community
• a professional teaching community, committed to using educational research and ongoing learning and improvement
• a strategic approach to accelerating students’ achievement.

At Left: Our Office terrarium features three much loved Red Eared Turtles.

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                                 Henderson 
                                 Auckland 0612
Ash Maindonald
Principal
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