A highlight of our week is pausing to celebrate the mahi, leadership, and kindness that fills our kura. Whether it's in the hub or out in the playground, Share & Celebrate gives us an opportunity to acknowledge some of the great things that are happening.
Our students are achieving awesome things outside of school too. If your child has a success to celebrate, please email the details to their whānau teacher so we can give them a shout-out.
We also want to say a big thank you to Aleesha and Gar Kee's buddy whānau group for being fantastic hosts of this week’s session.
Ka rawe to all the ākonga recognized this week—we are incredibly proud of you!
Rufus and Mei Mei: Rufus and Mei Mei raised over $2,000 for the Cancer Society a few weeks ago! They held a bake sale and lemonade stall, and Ground Up Homes also joined them with a fundraising sausage sizzle. Along with an online donation portal set up for our school, they raised so much money for a really worthy cause. Ka pai, amazing work!
Wee Ai: Saanvi and her mum would like to give a shout out to Wee Ai, because she is a great whānau teacher. She is kind and supportive, and always listens with understanding. Thank you, Wee Ai!
Hayden L: Hayden, It’s been great seeing your perseverance with your literacy tasks while your Chromebook wasn’t working. You took the initiative to work with different people and continued to stay engaged in your learning. Awesome resilience and effort!
Anish and Ryan J: One wet play day, even though you did not make the mess you took your own time to clean it up without being asked. Keep up this awesome mahi!
Adam M and John: Several teachers have noticed that you have both been an amazing friend to many people in the hub. Well done boys!
Siena, Ariana, Aimee, and Bailey: Thank you for volunteering to help out in the hub when I found several collapsed shelves in the cupboard. I was really impressed that you gave up your playtime to help, you got on with it quickly and efficiently and helped to solve the problem. Thank you for taking care of our hub and resources. Ka pai!
Eriola, Lohan and George: When someone was tipping sand out of the sandpit, you guys did a great job at tidying it up without being asked. Ka pai koutou!
Aayuk, Andy, Kyle, Kishore, Ella H, Adam Lin, Saarah, Benny, Juliani, Nellie, Emmett, Hanson, and Keira: Congratulations on participating in the Chess Power Tournament. Well done on your great achievement!
An extra shout-out to Andy, Kishore, Hanson and Kyle, who have qualified for Nationals in Hamilton! Ka pai team!
Oscar, Reyan, Izzy, and Amaira: Thank you for taking the effort to help the kaiako by sharpening the pencils for writing, putting out the handwriting books and setting up the can-do literacy activities during literacy sessions.
Benji: I love seeing you helping Kaia ride his bike during lunchtime. You were holding onto his bike carefully the whole time. You are doing an amazing job helping your friend.
Amaira, Inaya, Mehr, Eriola and Arkaine: You all saw scattered toys and packed them away without being asked. Thank you for your initiative and amazing teamwork!
Nilan: Congratulations for taking 1st place in the Under 12 Chess960 Tournament and securing a fantastic 2nd place in the Under 10 Rapid Chess Tournament. Ka Pai for your amazing effort!
Riley: Shoutout to Riley for showing incredible resilience and problem-solving while building his balloon-powered car. After several trials and errors, Riley persisted and eventually got his car to work—ka pai! Riley also showed great leadership skills by ensuring his teammates’ ideas were heard and that everyone had a different task to work on as a team.
Anant: You have been working so hard in your math mahi, and we love to see your face light up when you learn a new strategy! Ka pai e koe.
Eddie E & Prithika: As new students to Amesbury you have done so well to get straight into your learning with energy and great focus! Ka pai kōrua!
Ella H: Last Friday (22nd of May), Ella Hao played in the Chesspower Hutt Valley Regionals. She received the "Best Girl" award and qualified for the National Champions Trophy.
Bryanna, Brooke, and Xixi: We want to acknowledge the incredible effort these ākonga have been putting into their maths. They are always diligent with their work and bring a positive attitude. Their amazing progress shows that these efforts are paying off. Tino pai!
Theo: Theo has been an amazing buddy to our new student in Te Rito this week. He has made an effort to include this ākonga, and look out for them. We are lucky to have such a kind tuakana in our space!
Yamuna and Ana: This term, you have both been looking at your goals and focused on what you need to do to achieve them, particularly in writing. Keep up the good work!
Daniel, Kevin & Benji: Well done, you were the first ready to the mat and ready to learn. Without being asked you had everything ready and got started writing the date. Sarah was also impressed with all your contributions in class. Tino pai for taking ownership of your learning and being prepared. Keep up the good work!
Hunter and Sophia P: It was great to see you expanding outside of your social circle and connecting with one another through your travel experience going to Japan! Isn’t it cool when we learn new things from new people?
