Newsletters

Newsletter School of Opportunity Kia ora koutou parents and caregivers, With the unusual end to our school year, we are thankful for you, our school community. Through a long enduring lockdown where teaching and learning were based from home with parents, families, and teachers supporting school life, we have learnt so much about what matters.  … Read moreYour AJHS eNewsletter has arrived – Week 8

Newsletter School of Opportunity Kia ora koutou, We have had a very positive week at school, welcoming about half our students each day. With the measures in place around protecting ourselves against covid, teaching and learning is different, but we are very encouraged about the sensible attitudes and behaviour we are experiencing. We are very … Read moreYour AJHS eNewsletter has arrived – Week 6

Newsletter School of Opportunity Kia ora koutou parents and caregivers, With our school plan in place for our school return next Wednesday 17 November, we feel assured that our public health measures are in place. Here is a summary of our Health and Safety measures under Alert Level 3, Step 2: Only students are permitted on school … Read moreYour AJHS eNewsletter has arrived – Week 4

Newsletter School of Opportunity Kia ora koutou parents and caregivers, There are growing questions about what the rest of the school year looks like for Y0-10 students. On Wednesday afternoon, we learned that there is a suggested date for Y0-8 students to return to school on the 15 November in Alert Level 3 zones. We … Read moreYour AJHS eNewsletter has arrived – Week 2

Newsletter School of Opportunity What has lockdown taught us? Today, we observe 6.5 weeks in lockdown, well over half of our school term. The pandemic has certainly changed the way we have lived and how we have had to adapt.  Learning and working from home, maintaining our bubbles, meeting online, wearing our facemasks, scanning and … Read moreYour AJHS eNewsletter has arrived – Week 10

Newsletter School of Opportunity 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 … Read moreYour AJHS eNewsletter has arrived – Week 8

Newsletter School of Opportunity Kia ora koutou parents and caregivers,  Our thoughts are with those families who have had to contend with flooding or weather damage from earlier this week. Please let us know if we can support you with food or any other essential items. Human resilience is remarkable. Again and again, humans demonstrate … Read moreYour AJHS eNewsletter has arrived – Week 6

Newsletter School of Opportunity Learning through covid lockdown As you are all fully aware, we have found ourselves back at Alert Level 4 due to covid being found in our community. We hope you are all doing well in your bubbles and are managing to adapt to the restrictions in place. ​​ At Alert Level … Read moreYour AJHS eNewsletter has arrived – Week 4

Newsletter School of Opportunity Welcome to Term 3! It’s going to be another fun-filled term, with Y7/8 Sports Camp next week, Parent Chat night, and Y9/10 New Zealand Sports Tour (Week 8), just to name a few activities.  We’ve had a busy week with both Open Evening and Option Evening taking place. A big thanks … Read moreYour AJHS eNewsletter has arrived Week 2

Newsletter School of Opportunity Principal’s Note Welcome to our last newsletter of Term 2, 2021. It is both a sad and an exciting time for me to write this article, as it is the last one I shall write as AJHS Principal. I am confident the school is well prepared for the next part of … Read moreYour AJHS eNewsletter has arrived – Week 10