Kia Ora e te whānau – Welcome back to Term 2!
Our Māori and Pasifika Homework Club is up and running again starting from Monday 1st May, upstairs in Water Whānau from 3pm-4.15pm with Ms Katafono.
ALL students are welcome!
Congratulations to Joy Pillay (10F1). Joy was chosen to read a recent poem she penned, at the Auckland Museum on ANZAC Day. There were 80 entries across 3 categories for this ANZAC Competition, with one winner in the Under 12 category, three winners in the 12-19 years category, and three winners in the 20+ category.
Joy is an incredibly talented speaker and she delivered her powerful poem with such poise at this public event. Well done Joy.
Today we remember those who served in the New Zealand Defence Force and we pause to reflect on their dedication to Aotearoa. As part of this remembrance, our Executive Council attended the Howick ANZAC Parade this morning.
Kia ora koutou
You will be aware through the media that the PPTA (Post Primary Teachers’ Association) will continue industrial action during Term 2 or until the ongoing collective bargaining is resolved.
Similar actions are planned in term 2 as for term 1 which includes strike action on Thursday 11 May.
This email is to provide early notification of the school being closed on that day as we are unable from a Health and Safety perspective to provide adequate supervision for our students.
Certain days have been allocated for rostering year levels home. On these days the rest of the school will have normal classes:
Week 4: Tuesday 16 May – Year 9, Wednesday 17 May – Year 10
Week 7: Tuesday 6 June – Year 10, Thursday 8 June – Year 9
The school intends to continue to offer our normal curriculum and other educational opportunities as we operate within the constraints provided by the union and Ministry of Education.
As stated before I wish to thank the community for its patience. This process is beyond our control and we trust the situation will be resolved amicably as soon as possible.
Nga mihi
Ian Morrison
Principal/Tumuaki
Earlier this term, students in Mountains Whānau completed the CensusAtSchool. Below is a link to the website in which our students feature. Have a look!
https://new.censusatschool.org.nz/2023/03/10/mission-heights-junior-college-takes-part-in-censusatschool/
𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝟏 – 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥
Students will be released at 1pm on the last day of term, Thursday 6th April 2023. This does not affect our statutory requirements in terms of the number of days open for instruction.
𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 – 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥
School will be closed on Monday 24th April due to a Teacher Only Day. Term 2 will start on Wednesday 26th April after ANZAC Day.
I have received notification from PPTA of strike action planned for Wednesday 29 March as at this date negotiations between the secondary teacher unions and the Ministry of Education have not been resolved.
As was the case on 16 March, owing to the large number of teachers who are union members we will have no choice in terms of Health and Safety but to close the school on 29 March should the strike go ahead.
We wanted to give you advance notice so that you can make arrangements to supervise your child/ren for that day.
I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Ian Morrison
Principal/Tumuaki
Today was our Kaitiakitanga Community Day. This day was developed to share the mahi of caring for our 20,000 native species that were planted last year. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported this event.
https://youtu.be/sCnjmr5qSs8
I have received notification from PPTA of strike action planned for Wednesday 29 March as at this date negotiations between the secondary teacher unions and the Ministry of Education have not been resolved.
As was the case on 16 March, owing to the large number of teachers who are union members we will have no choice in terms of Health and Safety but to close the school on 29 March should the strike go ahead.
We wanted to give you advance notice so that you can make arrangements to supervise your child/ren for that day.
I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Year 7 students from Mountains Whānau (7M2) took part in the New Zealand Stats Census Competition and won a prize – a $100 stationery voucher as part of the 2023 Census Teacher’s Toolkit competition. Great work 7M2!
