THIS WEEK’S MEMORY VERSE

But I say to you. love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.

Matthew 5:44

Principles Notice

Tena koutou whanau ma

I heard this morning that we are closer to the year 2050 than to the year 2000 and I thought how crazy that sounded to a person born last century

I had the privilege to take a bible studied lesson with our Excel class yesterday and I was impressed with their biblical literacy. We discussed the opening chapter in Paul’s letter to the Galatians and spent some time unpacking why he was grumpy with the religious people who were attempting to preach a different Gospel. In fact we came quickly to the point that there is only one true Gospel and that there are no works that we can do to have salvation. I was very heartened to see how the students responded to the truth that Jesus has opened the door to our salvation, and out part is to take Him at His word.

Bullying

I, along with several of our staff have needed to address several instances of behaviour where children have been physically hurt by other children. In the process, we have been confronted by the deep and serious question that asks, “How we can keep our students safe?”. Because our general day-to-day experience is one of order and peace, it is disturbing to see an increase in the number of incidents in which students are prepared to use physical aggression / violence. So the question arises, how do we address these situations? As we reflect on this type of behaviour it is important to understand that there is no room for it in our Christian School setting (or anywhere in fact), but also, that there is a certain reality whereby from time to time, students engage in it.

Among the many requirements for schools to meet is to provide a safe (and healthy) place for students, staff, whanau and visitors and so it is disappointing to find ourselves needing to address incidents of physical aggression and / or bullying behaviour. We must be able to assure our whanau that when these behaviours happen, there is a quick response that is carefully worked through and that it has a Godly outcome. Often, when we work through the incidents with students, they are quick to own their behaviours and ask for forgiveness from one another – part of that process is for them to make the personal commitment that there will be no repeat of the behaviour. Unfortunately however, there are times when a higher level intervention is necessary and sometimes this needs to involve the Board of Trustees coming together to help. This will happen when incidents are serious in nature or are repeating.

Living as Christians, we are given the ‘blueprint’ for building and maintaining strong relationships with one another. The expectation was commanded and modelled by Jesus, and in many places in the New Testament we are given the ‘how to’ by the Holy Spirit. Romans 12:9-21 is a great place to see this – particularly vs 17-19 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.

Reporting to Parents

Tomorrow the ‘Week 6’ reports will be sent out by email to whanau. We are pleased with the feedback we have received so far and it seems that this system is one that is working well for whanau. Please let us know if there are any matters that might need to be addressed in order to make the reports more useful to you.

Lunches

 The school lunches are a great blessing to us and many of the students appreciate the food we are given. There does seem to be quite a lot of waste lately so I am thinking that we need to hear your voice about the provision of lunches to see how we can get the best benefit out of what we are being provided with. We’ll set up a quick survey on our Skool Loop app for you to share any thoughts.

Uniform

Just a quick reminder to whanau to have the students come to school in correct uniform please.

Attendance

There is a stronger focus on attendance at school by the Ministry of Education resulting in schools being asked to refer students with low attendance to the Attendance Service. There is closer monitoring and support through a Ministry of Education branch, Ara Whakamaua which works alongside schools to improve attendance and part of this support is to make contact with whanau who have children whose attendance is of concern.

As previously discussed, I am grateful for the efforts whanau have put in to help us get improvements in this area. This is a good start but we need to ‘push through’ and make sure our students are at school every single day that they can be. It might be useful to consider this question, “How easy is it for my child to stay at home instead of coming to school?” Our young ones sometimes need a push to get going so if you are having any challenges in this area please reach out – we can help

End of Term

This is a quick reminder that the school term ends on Thursday June26th at 1:00pm. Term 3 begin on Monday July 14^th.

2 Cor 13:14

Kia tau ki a tātou katoa

Te atawhai o tō tātou Ariki, a Ihu Karaiti

Me te aroha o te Atua

Me te whiwhingatahitanga

Ki te wairua tapu

Ake, ake, ake

Amine

David Rogers

PRINCPAL

KEY DATES:

IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES

SCHOOL TERMS

 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Minutes: 

• February 18th 2025 Minutes

TEACHERS NOTICE

CHROMEBOOKS & CHARGERS 

Kia Ora Whanau,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       We have some Chromebook  & chargers that are missing from our school, could parents please check around home to see if your child has left either items laying around and please return them.                                                

Thankyou

SPORTS UNIFORM

PRIMARY NOTICES

CELEBRATING MATARIKI

   

SEEDS & PLANTS 

Tena tātou,

Praise Jesus for his word that is active and alive 

Kia ora,

MATARIKI NIGHT RIDE

Kia Ora

This year Pou Herenga Tai – Twin Coast Cycle Trail are partnering with Pioneer Village to provide a Night Ride for Matariki 2025.  This year, we pay tribute to Tipene Mokaraka – a trail champion. We would like to invite you and your students to participate. This free event is to encourage rangatahi to use the trail and engage with te taiao this Matariki. All that is required for a student to participate is a bike and a helmet.

Due to Health and safety, we are limiting this event to 50 cyclists who can ride an adult-size bike. Students will be guided along the trail from the Pioneer Village in Kaikohe to Rowsell Heights Interp boards and then return to the Pioneer Village (about 12km total – approx. an hour and a half at a leisurely pace)

Once back at the Pioneer Village, there will be a korero about the significance of Punga-Matariki and a warm kai. Please let us know if you would like to participate.                                                    Send RSVP’s by Wed 28^th May to me: [email protected]

Ngā mihi

Missy Dare

Poems by yr 9s

A few students have been doing some poem writing in our yr 9 class.

Bev Baines

Student safety 

Student safety is of paramount importance. Schools are responsible for regularly reminding caregivers and students on how to keep students safe before, during and after using a school bus.

We’ve put together some information that you may like to use in a newsletter to parents:

Reminders for parents and caregivers:

• Caregivers are responsible for safely transporting their children to and from their school bus stop and as such are best placed to decide the safest way to do this.
• Stick to the speed limit: it’s 20kph when passing a stopped school bus (on either side of the road).
• Drop your tamariki off on the same side of the road as the bus stop.
• Teach your tamariki to always get out of the car on the side closest to the curb. 
• Always take your tamariki to and from the bus-stop.
• Teach your tamariki not to run across the road.
• Remind your tamariki on how to keep safe boarding and disembarking the bus: 

o    While waiting at the bus stop, keep well back from the road.

o    Wait until the bus has completely stopped and the door opens before getting on.

o    After getting off the bus, stand well back from the road and wait until the bus has gone and you can see clearly before moving.

The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has safety advice that on their website that you may find useful: Safety on buses | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi.

If you have any questions about any of the above, or any about school transport assistance, please get in touch with me – as always, I’m happy to help.

Ngā mihi

Kyla Cameron | Transport Delivery Advisor | Auckland West / North & Tai Tokerau | School Transport

Te Pae Aronui (Operations and Integration)

DDI +6494368904 | Mobile +6427 568 9085
Whangarei Office

education.govt.nz

Uniform shop in Kaihohe

Kia Ora whanau, There is a new uniform shop that has opened up in Kaikohe

They will be opening three days a week at least to begin with, but will increase the hours as the demand grows, particularly at the start of the new school year next year!

So if you are needing to purchase uniforms for your child/children for school, You can now do so from today onwards.

Kind Regards,
David Bright

YOUTH 412

Celebration Youth 412. Youth event for those aged 12 and over at the Celebration Centre (school hall) on Friday at 7:00 pm. Contact Josiah Shaw 021 022 42000 or Brian Heihei 022 198 1757.

Mike Shaw

CEO Celebration Trust

 PO Box 235 – Kaikohe

Phone +64 9 405 3996

Cell     +64 21 842 302

www.heartofthenorth.co.nz

Kaitaia wānanga flyer.png

WHAT ARE ATTENDANCE DUES?

The Ministry of Education does not fund building related costs at our School. Attendance Dues are only used to pay for building related costs. They can not be used for any other purposes.  Paying Attendance Dues is a condition of enrolment for all students attending our School. Attendance Dues are compulsory – there is a legal requirement for parents and caregivers to pay Attendance Dues under the Education and Training Act 2020. They are not a donation.

Mike Shaw

CEO Celebration Trust

COMMUNITY NOTICES