Your AJHS eNewsletter has arrived – Week 10

Newsletter

School of Opportunity

Kia ora koutou parents, caregivers, whānau and students,

We hope you and your family have had a fantastic week.

Thank you for your kind messages of good wishes for my post surgery recovery. My time resting has made me even more grateful for so many things. During the pandemic, people have, in most part, been more intentional about reaching out and building relationships. The lack of face to face opportunities seems to have motivated many of us to not rely on chance encounters, but instead, make time for each other in small or more quality ways. This has been very evident in our school community, which we are very thankful for.

Due to the growing number of staff and relievers unavailable due to Covid-19, we have made the decision to roster home our Year 10 students for the last week of our school term. This will enable us to utilise teachers of Year 10 classes to assist with teacher relief. Thank you to all our Y10 students and their families for your support.

Despite our small pivots due to Covid-19, we have so much to celebrate across our school community, with continued rich opportunities for our students to learn and thrive. On Monday we had our Y10 Sports Academy class participate in the MacPac Rogaine Series, which is a team navigation challenge at Totara Park, South Auckland, and on Tuesday we had the Otago Junior Mathematics Competition for Y9 and Y10 students. Today, we conclude our week with our annual Whanau Celebration Day. AJHS is making it happen!

Thank you for your on-going support. Have a restful weekend and take care, whanau.

Cushla Shepherd

Principal, Albany Junior High School

Only Rain Down the Drain

Year 9 Environmental Science students have been producing decorative additions to our site, with a simple message that we can all improve our local area.

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Sports News

From mountain biking, artistic roller skating and dodgeball nationals, to sports registrations and clubs to participate in, click below to find out more.

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New Co-lead Principals Announced for Whānau ki te ako

We are very pleased to announce our Kāhui Ako (community of learning) has two new Co-Lead Principals – Sue Smith from Upper Harbour Primary School and Claire Amos from Albany Senior High School.

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Talking Tech

Over the year technology students will be introduced to Food Technology, Fabric Technology, Design and Visual Communication, Hard Materials, and Digital Technologies. Here’s a sneak peek of our Y7’s taster course.

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Arrows, pancakes and ropes!

Last week Year 7s enjoyed an experience outside the classroom with the support of instructors from the YMCA. Flints were struck, matches lit and many pancakes made.

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Kapa Haka AJHS 2022

Tēnā koutou katoa e te whānau – warm greetings to you all from the Kapa Haka space. The past two weeks have seen us welcome back returning and new rangatahi (youth) to our Kapa Haka roopu (group).

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Powering Ahead in Specialist Subjects

Year 13 Albany Senior High School students, Vienna Brooks and Arabella Russell are ready to take on students from all over the country with their entry in the 2022 Evolocity Competition.

How fast can these AJHS alumni go?

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Sports Academy Fun at Totara Park

Year 9 and 10 Sports Academy students competed in the Macpac Rogaine orienteering challenge this week at Totara Park South Auckland. The students were given 2 hours to navigate around the course.

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Cell phones at school

We have had an increase in cell phone use at school.

Please familiarise yourself and your students with the policy here:

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Mask wearing

As we are continuing to operate under the current red traffic light setting, mask wearing indoors remains mandatory for both staff and students. We do have a small number of students and staff who are mask exempt for reasons that are not always obvious. We ask for continued respect towards these members of our Whanau.