Curriculum

Because of the rapidly changing times, our tamariki are growing up in and, the mounting challenges and harms they are facing online we need to start talking about and tackling this as a community. As such, we have organised Author, Filmmaker and Speaker Rob Cope, producer of the documentary “Our Kids Online” to come and give what promises to be a humorous and eye-opening evening talk to our parent community. His talk will cover Online porn vs healthy sexuality – How consuming online pornography as a child or teen can create a sexual template where violence, aggression, and dominance are …

Our school recently held an ANZAC Day assembly, which was organized by our Head Students – Belle, Will, Evie, and Ariki. The assembly was a solemn occasion to honor the brave men and women who have served and sacrificed for our country. We were privileged to have a special guest, D’Arcy Bailey, a veteran from the New Zealand Army, who shared his personal experiences and insights about the conflicts that New Zealand has been involved in. D’Arcy’s talk was incredibly moving, and he recited a beautiful poem called ‘Why Wear a Poppy’, which highlighted the significance of ANZAC Day. The …

Check you emails for all those who are attending MMI this year. If you have not received the emails with the following information please email – office@mtint.school.nz. If you haven’t booked your learning conference yet, get online and do that – https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/bevYYrs/step1 – the code is qczh8. Stationery needs to be ordered by 23 January so you don’t miss out! https://thebacktoschoolstore.co.nz/…/mount-maunganui…/ Our second hand uniform sale is next week on Wednesday from 4pm-6pm in the school hall. Our school office is open from 9am to 2pm on Friday 27th January or you can email us on office@mtint.school.nz See you all …

To help with the communication of your child’s academic progress we are making some slightchanges to our reporting system.As usual, your child’s work will be uploaded onto Seesaw. However, this term your child’s academicprogress will all be collated within one booklet. We have called this booklet out Progress andAchievement booklet.This booklet will include samples of your child’s class work, assessment information, and learningreflections from Term 3.The key pieces of work included in the Term 3 booklet will be:Mathematics – Geometry – position, orientation and transformation.Literacy – Including a reading and writing sample.Inquiry – A reflection and assessment on our energy …