Phew, we got there. 600 dozen cheese rolls made and distributed! Today we had an extra production run to fill slip-ups in the ordering and distributing systems. If you are still missing any of your order, please email me.  I do have some spares in the freezer. We had a very upbeat and enthusiastic production team!

This message is for all the wonderful people who ordered cheese rolls.

Many thanks to those of you who have sent in containers for cheese rolls. There is still time to get yours in before school if you are yet to do so. Just to give you an idea, an ice-cream container holds one dozen rolls.  Drop off into the boxes in front of the hall labeled with child's name and hub.

Year 7 & 8 will collect their orders for the hall at the end of tomorrow.
Year 1-6 will have their orders delivered to their hubs.

Kauri are very excited about making 6 696 cheese rolls tomorrow!

Huge thanks for your support with our camp fundraising.

Many thanks to everyone who has ordered cheese rolls to support Year 7 & 8 camp fundraising. We have been swamped with orders ... 557 dozen to be exact!

We would love to package your cheese rolls in your containers - rather than having to purchase plastic. If possible, please drop off your container in the labelled boxes that will be outside the hall, on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Label this with your child's name and hub. If no container is provided, we will sort the packaging.

Making and collection day is this Thursday, March 12th. Orders will be delivered to hubs before 3pm for children to take home.

Many thanks for your support!

Cheese Rolls

We have hit an all-time record with cheese roll orders: 557 dozen! Huge thanks to those of you who have placed orders, especially those who asked around family and friends and obtained large orders. The ingredients have been ordered and we are now rolling into the operation management phase. We need some help with equipment and a few adult helpers on the making day: this Thursday, March 12th.  Please click on this link to see if you can help.

Leadership Week

What an awesome week we have had with your fabulous children! I have had so much positive feedback from our NE - Year 4 teachers about how fabulous the Year 7s did with their leadership on Thursday and Friday.




Leadership camp was a great opportunity to see our Year 8s grappling with challenges in groups. So many of them stepped up to provide support, ideas and encouragement. As well as developing leadership skills, this was a good opportunity to further develop relationships. Lots of fun was had and many lasting memories made! At the end of the camp, the children filled in nominations for the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award. This award is decided on and presented later in the year. We have a number of children who received multiple nominations. We will watch to see how their personal leadership develops before deciding on the recipient of this award.

Creating shapes blind

Balancing multiple people on small spaces

Downtime dancing

The best chips in town!

Fun at Margaret Mahy Playground

Win-win challenge at Spencer Park

Synergy challenge

Nothing like a Friday BBQ lunch

Nominating young leaders

Isaac Giesen, 'The Blue Rower' shared lots of wisdom and advice, which the children referred to in reflections over the two days.

7 Habits matching activity

Last weekend we gave final feedback for the 'My Whakapapa' writing assignment. Lots of beautiful sentiments and some interesting stories were shared. Please remind your child to email a photo of the person they wrote about to themselves, so that it can be added to their final presentation tomorrow, Wednesday.

Key reminders for Year 8 Leadership Camp: this Thursday and Friday, March 5th and 6th

• Bring bedding (including something to sleep on) and change of clothes for next day. All bags go into the Nook upon arrival on Thursday.
• In a daypack, lunch for Thursday, drink bottle, sunscreen sunhat and waterproof coat.
• Have $2.40 in change or Metro card for the bus
• Have paid $25 at the office or online (reference Leadership Camp)
• Bring food donations (cereal for Nicky's home-group, fruit for Megan's home-group and baking for Hannah and Jenny's home-groups). We'd love these by Wednesday if possible.
• If your child's health profile form is not back at school yet, we need this urgently.
• Any mediation in a named ziplock bag to be handed to home-group teacher first thing on Thursday.
• If you need to contact us urgently outside school hours or on Friday when we are at Spencer Park, call Nicky on 0276229403

Cheese Roll Fundraiser

Looking for parent or grandparent help

Year 7 Leadership Day

Swimming Sports

Leadership Guest Speakers