Ake Runga : Our Best Always Thursday August 31st, 2023

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Vision: Ake Runga Mission Statement: We​​think,​​collaborate,​​communicate,​​contribute​​and​​create

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Our thoughts are with the staff, children and community of Whakatāne High School after their fire yesterday. It is a relief that
everyone is safe and that they have only lost two classrooms. It will still be disruptive (don’t we know that!)
A huge thanks to our Whakatāne Corrections team who have overseen crews to work at school on Saturdays. The crews
have been involved with painting, weeding, planting etc. We really appreciate their support of our school and it is great to see
the pride that the crews have when they complete their jobs which clearly make our school environment a better place.
Next week we have Marion and Paula from Learning Matters coming back to support our Structured Literacy teacher
development. Our teachers have done amazing work with their own learning so that they are using best practice with our
structured literacy teaching. We continue to learn but it is gratifying to see progress and the confidence growing for so many of
our children. We will continue our structured literacy learning into term one of 2024. We are also growing our ability to induct
any new staff into our structured literacy school so that the children’s learning is seamless.
We have been given the all clear to allow entry via our own McAlister St entrance from Monday. We want everyone to use the
footpath on the pool side (not the driveway!) We will put up a chain across the driveway (no cars using the driveway from
8-9am and 2.30-3.00pm) as there is not enough room to drop off in the school grounds and cars impact on road patrol. We
ask that everyone comes through this entrance, not through the Awanuiarangi entrance (we will fence this off at McAlister St
and the wooden fence will be completed on the school boundary soon). The road patrol will move back to the crossing outside
our entrance from Monday, the temporary crossing that we have been using will be gone. The kiss and go area will be moved
in the coming weeks. Please be safe as we all adjust to the new entrance. We will promote this around our community.
Today is Emma Flynn’s last day at Apanui. Emma has been an amazing teacher aide. She is moving into a full time role at
SunFM. We wish you all the very best Emma and we thank you for your wonderful skills and commitment to Apanui.
Nāku Noa - Simon Akroyd, Principal

Upcoming Events T.aide vacancy

Sept 6&7 Photos: Class, Individual and Sports We have a teacher aide position in our Year 3&4 classes for
Wed Sept 13 Winter Sports - Year 5&6 @ Rex Morpeth the remainder of 2023. The position is for 16 hours (9.00am -
Fri Sept 15 Winter Sports - Year 3&4 @ Rex Morpeth
1.00pm) from Monday to Thursday.
Fri Sept 15 School Opening @ 10am We are looking for someone who can build great relationships
Mon Sept 18 EBOP Maths Problem Solving Competition with children and staff. They also need to display initiative,
the ability to learn and then apply structured literacy practice,
Fri Sept 22 Last day of Term 3
have lots of enthusiasm and be committed to supporting our
Tue Oct 17 Intermediate Orientation Evening / Open Day school.
Simple CV, covering letter and two referees to
School Opening : Friday Sept 15 @ 10am ruth.mcintosh@apanui.school.nz by Thurs Sept 7.
The official school opening will be at 10am on Friday, Sept
15th. We invite our community to join us to celebrate the School Photos next week - Sept 6 & 7
completion of the rebuild. It is an opportunity to come
together and acknowledge those who have helped us
work our way through this piece of history of our school. 2023 Gala
There was positive progress at Monday night’s meeting.
Apanui’s Kaiāwhina Service Lots of ideas and we have the foundations of the plan for
the gala - it will be brilliant.
We are very fortunate to have a Board who is so proactive
when supporting our children. Our Board is funding the Thanks to all of the people who are beginning to put their
Kaiāwhina trial for 2023. Vanessa and Alex have been hand up to help. We appreciate that people want to both
employed to support our children. Their role is varied but it can help and spend time with their children. There is always
be best described as ‘providing an ear for the children’. the option to help for a couple of hours and then have a
Both Vanessa and Alex have skills and training to support our couple of hours with your family.
children’s mental health. We know that the world has changed The best way to offer your help is to email Vanessa at
massively in the last five years and having adults with the time vanessa.wiley@apanui.school.nz, talk to one of our PTA
and skills to listen and to help address lower level issues is gold! members or let your child’s teacher or the office know.