Another key feature of Kindness Week each year is our MHJC ‘Kindness Wall’. Each day this week, students have the opportunity to write kind and thoughtful messages to their peers in support of inclusion, happiness, and diversity.
Category Archives: School News
Kindness Week – Crazy Socks
Today was the kick start of Kindness Week at MHJC. Students and staff wore crazy socks to spread the message of acceptance. What a great start to the week!
2021 Graduates – Event Reminder
A reminder to our 2021 Graduates of the up coming event on Thursday 26th May, 2022.
If you intend on attending and have not RSVP’ed, please use the link below to do so. We look forward to seeing you!
https://forms.gle/obCyTe373GeU6U8bA
Water Whānau’s Revolution Tour
On Friday, Water Whānau hosted a ‘Revolution Tour’ session for their Year 10 students.
This session was to inspire hope through hearing real life stories, covering topics that affect young people and to equip them with tools to navigate life’s complexities. The ‘Revolution Tour’ encourages and empowers young people to make positive life changes and choices, impacting not only themselves but the community around them. Students had lot of fun while receiving some serious messages around bullying, resilience, self-care and kindness.
Teacher Only Day
A reminder to our school community that MHJC will be having a Teacher Only Day on Monday 16th May. Students are to stay home.
An Act of Awhinatanga
Kindness Week will be running in Week 3 this term, from Tuesday 17th – Friday 20th May.
Awhinatanga (Kindness/Compassion) is one of our underlying values at MHJC.
A recent story of outstanding Awhinatanga occurred this past Friday. A number of students travelled off-site to participate in the Imagine Cup. One of the students attending won a competition at this event and was a gifted a brand new laptop as a prize. This student realised a peer of hers’ would benefit more than herself from receiving such laptop, so she gifted this laptop prize to her peer. What an awesome act of kindness and generosity and a huge display of one of our key school values!
Hui/Fono
Our first Hui/Fono will be held this week on Thursday 12th May from 6-7pm in the staffroom. Please RSVP to Miss Shields (Pasifika parents) – ashields@mhjc.school.nz or Ms Katafono (Māori parents) – mkatafono@mhjc.school.nz. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday!
Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple
Today, all Year 7 students at MHJC walked down to the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple. Students participated in a morning of cultural learning and sharing. A fabulous tradition for MHJC students and our wider community.
2021 Graduates – Afternoon Tea
We would like to extend an invitation to all our 2021 Graduates to attend an afternoon tea on Thursday 26th May from 4-6pm in the MHJC gym. Unfortunately, due to covid, our graduating class of 2021 was not able to have the typical graduation ceremony and dinner. This time together on May 26th will enable us to farewell the 2021 graduating class and share stories/photos of their time at MHJC.
We ask members of the 2021 graduating class to RSVP using the link below. Dress code for this event is new school uniform or smart casual.
We look forward to seeing you!
Pasifika Drumming
Every Wednesday, for the next 20 weeks, our Pasifika students will have the opportunity to experience and learn about Pasifika drumming. Today was their first session. What great music! More to come as this programme progresses.
