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.
Howick ANZAC Parade
Category Archives: School News
Strike Day Thursday 11 May
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.
Rostering Home
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
CensusAtSchool Website Feature
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/
Date Reminders
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.
Re: Strike action planned for Wednesday 29 March, 2023
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
Kaitiakitanga Community Day – video
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
Possible Strike action planned for Wednesday 29 March, 2023
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.
New Zealand Stats Census Competition
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!
Water Safety Picnic – Howick Lions Club
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!
Kaitiakitanga Community Day
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.
