A message from the Secretary of the Howick Lions Club – which has been serving the Howick community for 61 years.

During the COVID era, the Howick Lions Club was unfortunately unable to offer the community the annual Water Safety Picnic due to health and safety considerations – BUT this year it will be back bigger and better than before.

Previous partnerships have been reignited and new ones forged with the Cockle Bay Ratepayers Association who will be supporting this new venture. Details about the event are below:

Date: Sunday 26 March 2023

Venue: Cockle Bay Beach Parade area

Time: 10 am to 3 pm

The BIG Dig is a koha and there will be a number of other free activities plus kai, demonstrations, etc. Hope to see you there!

Please see details below about our upcoming Kaitiakitanga Community Day on Friday 24th March from 8.30am – 3pm. This is a pop-in event to help care for the 20,000 native species that surround our bike track.

This week, Mountains and Coast Whānau have been out at Camp Adair on Year 7 Camp. Here, students from Mountains Whānau are completing the river safety tubing activity. What fun!

A reminder that MHJC will be closed tomorrow (Thursday 16th March) due to the strike.

Below is a message from Auckland Transport. They will be around Mission Heights Schools this term making sure our roads remain safe for our students and community. We thank you in advance for driving safely around our schools.

Tuesday 14th March will be a Mufti Day at MHJC!

The Exec Council is raising funds to support the relief effort for Cyclone Gabrielle.

Please bring in a Gold Coin to go towards the relief efforts. There will also be a sausage sizzle at lunch in the bike shed. Vegetarian and halal chicken options will be available.

Please see the information from the Tooth Dental Group. This information was emailed out to the community on Wednesday 8th March and enrolment information can be found in the email. Please remember this is for Years 9 & 10 students only.

Forest Whānau have also been at Camp Adair this week with their Year 7 students and Year 10 Camp Leaders. They have had incredible weather, enjoyed the many activities, and made lots of new connections.

This week, our Year 7 Camps for Forest and Water Whānau are out at Camp Adair in the Hunua Ranges. Here, Water Whānau students and teachers are enjoying their first day/night of activities at camp.

Recently, our Year 10 Camp Leaders attended a ‘Leadership Training Day’ in order to prepare themselves for the upcoming Year 7 camps. These camps are a highlight for Year 7 students and enable such students to make new friends and push their comfort zones. Our Year 10 Camp Leaders were incredible on their training day and are looking forward to leading these Year 7 Camps!