Week 4 at Amesbury

This was a very busy week. I am sure that everyone is now ready for a bit of a mid-term break.

At our High Five Assembly students received Our High Five Award Certificates and Our High Five Badges for the last two weeks. Congratulations to all the wonderful students who were caught showing Our High Five Values and Principles. Just because students do not get a certificate does not mean that they did not show Our High Five during the preceding fortnight, it just means they may not have been noticed doing it. So a BIG congratulations to all students who show Our High Five lots of the time!

The first three placegetters in each year level in our school cross country received their ribbons at the assembly on Monday. Congratulations to all our amazing runners, many of whom take up the opportunity to do running training with John and Serena at lunchtimes. Your dedication is a credit to you.

Ten year 5/6 students went to the National Young Leaders Day at the Michael Fowler Centre. They had a great day of listening to inspiring speakers and reflecting on their own leadership. See Harakeke's blog for photos and more information.

On Wednesday night we ran a Professional Learning Group for teachers and principals from primary, secondary and tertiary. It was the inaugural meeting of a group that we hope will continue to meet and do work together to explore future-focused learning. Between 30 - 40 people from as far afield as New Plymouth and Palmerston North came and quite a number of others are interested. It was a great evening and a great start to this work we hope to do together.