As part of the Year 10 Outdoor Education programme this term, students are travelling to Vector Wero. Here, they are learning key kayaking skills and techniques as a further way to discover the great outdoors.
Te Wai Whānau – Year 10 Teachers
Te Wai Whānau Year 10 students have been working to normalise Te Reo in everyday school life by supporting students in their Learning Advisor Group. Year 10s are helping others learn their Pepeha, a traditional Karakia, the School Haka and the Te Reo version of the National Anthem. This important work supports Te Tiriti O Waitangi Principles – particularly the Principle of Protection; the active protection of Māori knowledge, interests, values and other tāonga. Through this work, we are supporting our young people to be culturally located learners and reinforcing the importance that as NZ residents/citizens we all need to be living the Te Tiriti O Waitangi Principles.
Coast Whānau – Year 7 Day Camp
Year 7 students and Year 10 leaders from Coast Whānau attended the first ‘Year 7 Day Camp’ of the year. Students and staff travelled down to Camp Adair in the Hunua Ranges for a day of outdoor activities. Terrific weather was had and all students pushed their comfort zones and made new friendships. We wish Forest Whānau all the best on their day out tomorrow.
International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day to all the incredible women in our community!
Congratulations Ms Gao
Congratulations to Ms Gao for completing her Masters in Educational Leadership! She completed her research in ‘Teacher Collective Efficacy in Digital Technology’ with a dissertation of more than 20,000 words. Well done ‘Growing Your Greatness’ Ms Gao, what an incredible achievement!
Senior Boys Cricket
The summer sports season has already kicked off at MHJC, with our Senior Boys Cricket team playing Saturday mornings. This Saturday, the boys took on Glendowie College and came away with a big win. Congratulations boys!
Self-isolation information
Helpful advice from Ministry of Health
Year 8 Bikes in Schools Programme
All Year 8 students across the school have been completing the Bikes in Schools Level 2 programme that has been funded by the Auckland Council and supported by Bigfoot Adventures. This programme teaches students biking skills, bike safety, and how to ride on local roads with the intention of getting more students biking to/from school. Feedback from students has been extremely positive, with all having lots of fun and gaining valuable confidence on the bikes. We look forward to the last few sessions here at MHJC!
COVID update 24/2/22
I share extracts from a bulletin I received from the MoE today:
You’ll be aware that this afternoon the Government announced that New Zealand is moving into Phase 3 of our response to Omicron from 11:59pm tonight Thursday 24 February.
In Phase 3, only household contacts of confirmed cases are required to self-isolate. The isolation period will be 10 days. All other contacts of COVID-positive people are not required to isolate, but they will need to monitor for symptoms. Rapid antigen tests will become the primary testing method.
This is a decision that has been made based on public health advice – the high vaccination rate across the country will do its job in protecting us from transmission during the next surge of cases. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to get your booster.
So your child may come to school provided:
- they are not showing COVID symptoms and
- they are not household contacts and
- they have not tested positive for COVID-19.
While we have a rising number of cases among the student body, they are still relatively low and school is still a safe place for our students provided we all remain vigilant and follow the guidelines we have outlined so often:
- please keep children at home if they are showing symptoms and get them tested ASAP – this was done by the cases reported to us which has helped to slow the spread of the virus;
- keep supplying your child with a mask (and a spare one), this is one of the best ways to keep them safe;
- seriously consider vaccinating your child against the virus if you have not done so.
Once again your patience, support and cooperation is really appreciated.