Kia ora Kātoa,

Welcome New Staff
At the start of Term 2, we warmly welcomed new staff in a mihi whakatau ceremony:

Reshmika Lal joins the Senior Leadership Team as Deputy Principal.  Reshmika comes to us from Mission Heights Junior College where she was Deputy Principal and Principal’s Nominee for NZQA.  Reshmika has a Masters in Educational Leadership and has had oversight of schoolwide curriculum as the Leader of Learning.

Sonya Shone joins us from Whangaparāoa College, and before this Selwyn College as Head of Music in each school.  Sonya takes over as Head of Music.

Andrea Begunk joins us from Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School as a Teacher of Art.  Andrea has also been involved as an Across the School Leader in our Southeastern Kāhui Ako Cluster for several years.

Stewart Littlejohn joins the Property Team, Fixed Term and Briar Mills joined the library until the end of Term 2.

Farewells
I take this opportunity to thank Mrs Joanne Al-Rubaie who has had a key role in supporting our goal of promoting best practice pedagogy within the teaching staff.  Mrs Al-Rubaie is a highly respected Kaihautū and hopes to return to us some time in the future.  We wish her well on her travels abroad.

School Production – In the Heights
This year’s school production, In the Heights, was staged in Four Winds Theatre at the Due Drop Centre, Manukau and was another fabulous show by our drama and music students.  It was a culmination of many months of hard work from everyone involved and was certainly an evening to remember for our school community.

Thank you to all the staff and students who contributed to the success of this production, it really was a wonderful musical.

With blessings,
Louise Moore
Tumuaki/Principal