Kia ora koutou parents and caregivers,
As we prepare to move to Alert Level 3, we want to encourage you to have hope and trust. As a community you have demonstrated faith and perseverance throughout this extended lockdown. There are many lessons that we are all learning through this experience. Keep up the fantastic work everyone.
I wanted to share with you the following thoughts from Jaime Ragsdale, founder of Altogether Mostly, which really resonated with me and may do with you also.
What If, Instead Of Being Behind, These Kids Are Ahead after Lockdown Life?
- What if, instead of falling behind, our kids are advanced?
- What if they have more empathy, they enjoy family connection, they can be more creative and entertain themselves, they love to read and express themselves in writing?
- What if they enjoy the simple things, like their own backyards and balconies, sitting near a window in the quiet?
- What if they notice the birds and the dates and different flowers emerge and the calming renewal of a gentle rain shower?
- What if our kids are the ones to learn to cook, organise their space, do their laundry and help keep a well run home?
- What if they learn to stretch a dollar and live with less?
- What if they learn to plan shopping trips and make meals at home?
- What if they learn the difference between want and need?
- What if they learn the value of eating together as a family and finding the good in sharing the small delights of every day?
- What if they are the ones who place great value on our teachers and educational professionals, librarians, public servants and the previously invisible essential workers like truck drivers, grocers, cashiers, healthcare workers… just to name a few, who are taking care of us right now while we are sheltered at home?
- What if, among these children, a great leader emerges who had the benefit of a slower pace and simpler life to truly learn what really matters in life?
What if our kids are ahead?
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Maori Language Week celebrated at AJHS
On Tuesday at midday, many of our classes joined the rest of the country to celebrate Maori Language Moment.
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Toilet Roll Challenge for PE class!
One of our Zoom PE classes got really creative. The challenge was to go from a standing position to lying flat on your back and back up to standing, whilst balancing a toilet paper roll on your head. Have a go!
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Ruru school leaders supportive message
Well done Ruru School Leaders for making this very cool video! It’s a great message to share with your peers, and we’re very grateful you’ve taken the time to showcase your skills!
Click here to see their video!
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Science students get creative during lockdown
From making crystals and models of leaf structures, to baking a model of our planet (and eating it), the students have been busy and very creative in bringing their school work to life.
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YearBook cover design competition!
It’s time to find our creatives at AJHS! Do you think your child would enjoy having a go at designing the front cover of the AJHS annual Yearbook? The winner’s image will become the cover of the yearbook, and runners-up images will go inside the yearbook. Every entry gets points for their Whanau.
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Vision Testing for Y7 and Y8
Waitemata District Health Board staff are coming to AJHS on December 6th and 7th to conduct vision testing on Y7 & Y8 students that were not tested in 2020. (This will be subject to covid lockdown measures.)
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What have Y10 been up to in Science during Level 4 lockdown?
The focus this term for Year 10 Science has been Mechanics. Students have been learning about forces, friction, levers, work, power as well as speed, acceleration, car safety and calculating stopping distances.
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Discovering Resilience: free live webinar with Hugh van Cuylenburg
Join Hugh van Cuylenburg, founder of The Resilience Project, as he unpacks the research on mental health and breaks it down into simple tips to support the wellbeing of parents/carers and their children.
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Mandarin students celebrate Father’s Day
To celebrate Father’s Day and help our students express their gratitude to parents / caregivers / teachers, our Y7 and Y8 Mandarin students used Mandarin Pinyin and Chinese characters to write thank you cards.
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A toast to toast!
Toast – a staple for many of us. And we’re probably eating more of it than usual seeing as we’re locked-up at home. Just for fun, a Y9 class made their favourite (or creative) piece of toast and sent in a photo. It might give you some ideas on how to spruce up your breakfast.
See the toast images here.
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The 12th New Zealand Chinese Calligraphy competition
Congratulations to four of our students who have won prizes in the NZ Chinese Calligraphy Competition. Lucy Liang won third prize, and John Yu, Jolie Zhu and Byunguk Kang won merit prizes.
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