AJHS eNewsletter Week 4

Newsletter

Empower to Excel

In loving memory

As many of you already know, on Tuesday we received the devastating news that one of our Year 8 students, Phoenix Roycroft and his father Lee passed away in a house fire in Coatesville.

Our heartfelt condolences go out to Phoenix’s family who will need a lot of support during this very tragic time.

To everyone in our community – our students, their families and our staff, please continue to look out for each other and lean on the support networks available to you;

School Councillors
Ministry of Health immediate counselling line, phone 1737

We have been working closely with the Ministry of Education and our staff to ensure there is a full wrap-around support service for our students. Parents, if you have any concerns about your child’s well-being please do get in touch with us.

We have started a memorial book in the student support room for those who would like to contribute.

We will be holding a memorial service in the near future, and will communicate these details closer to the time.

Once again, our deepest sympathies go out to the family of Phoenix and his dad Lee.

Stephen Kendall-Jones, Principal

Diving Success for AJHS

Last Thursday 20th May, Albany Junior High School beat 24 schools to win the Auckland Intermediate and Secondary Schools Diving Champs.

This is our 9th year running of winning the Secondary Schools Diving Competition (a combined effort of AJHS and Albany Senior High School).

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A Virtual Trip to Parliament

Year 9 Humanities students are learning about democracy and how our government operates. This week students have been able to use 3D Goggles to virtually visit and walk around Parliament, so they could learn more about it.

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Smokefree Rockquest Regional Heat 2021

This year Grace Allis, Leigh Edmeades, Michael Walmsley, Elliott Borland, Rico Belcourt, and Jai Nielsen formed a rock band called ‘Hysteria’.

The band performed in a regional heat last Friday at Auckland Girls’ Grammar and placed in the final.

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Year 7-10 Visual Art Challenge

This week the Arts Department is very excited to launch the Year 7-10 Visual Art Challenge for Term 2. This is an amazing opportunity for students to showcase their creativity, artistic talent and unique art style and flair. Entries can be created in any media and could be a drawing, painting, print, sculpture, mixed media artwork, 3D, collage, digital art or photography.

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AJHS Represents @ the first Auckland Secondary Schools Mountain Bike Race

AJHS was very well represented in the first Auckland Secondary Schools Mountain Bike Race of the series, held at Waitawa Regional Park on Sunday 23rd May.

Isaac Penney, Torben Walmsley, Max Richardson and Michael Walmsley all competed in their various age groups.

It was a 14km race for the under 13s and under 14s, and a 21km race for the under 16s.

High School Musical JR – three performances left!

The Albany Junior High School production of High School Musical Jr. has been running all week, and the feedback has been nothing short of exceptional!

Featuring a cast and crew of over 100 students, our school is certainly in the grips of “production fever”.

Book your tickets here. We look forward to seeing you there!

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