As we come to the end of week 6 of term 2, our assessment week also comes to an end and the opportunity to be informed of the academic progress of our rangitahi as a result of this assessment week will be provided by subject reports followed by Parent Report Evenings in week 9 and 10.
The concept of assessments and assessment week is crucial in this NCEA framework that our year 11- 13 students operate in. We need feedback in a formal process to provide a marker of how we are going. It gives us all an opportunity to reflect, celebrate, and make appropriate changes to ensure we can get the maximum achievement out of our academic year.
Our innovative model of assessment week ensured that we had maximum testing opportunities with a minimum impact on the teaching and learning over this period.
We are moving into the middle of winter with our winter team's sports programme well underway. I encourage and thank you for supporting your son, your daughter, or mokopuna in continuing to participate positively in one of our sports teams.
You'll see in this newsletter the opportunity for the Year 10 camp held in the Coromandel, our little slice of paradise. Of course, it is in summer, but the planning, like all summer holidays, starts now.
Plan for the summer fun now, by doing the academic mahi in these 4 winter months. Do the mahi now, and rewards will follow.
Ngā mihi
Mark P Shanahan
Stay up to date with our latest sports results.
Charl has joined us as our new Science teacher.
The ISC welcomed Acting 2 Advocate to Waitakere College last Friday.
“Reading is as important as feeling the sun on your face,” says award-winning singer Che Fu. In The Reading Tribe, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, rugby legend Sir Richie McCaw, writer Selina Tusitala Marsh and 24 other prominent Kiwis talk about how important reading has been in their lives.
Our annual Year 10 Camp is scheduled for the week beginning November 28th at
‘Hideaway at Flaxmill Bay’ located in Whitianga.
We look forward to seeing every student and their parents at this evening.
Please note: School will finish for ALL students at 1.35 pm on Thursday 30th June and Tuesday 5th July.
The Guerrilla Collection is EXCITED to announce the return of its Poetry + Spoken Word competition for 2022.
Get in quick as all entries must be received by midnight on the 15th June 2022
Will Australia or New Zealand take out the title this year? The competition is heating up and every entry counts, there are also prizes to be won.
Waitākere College English teacher Mrs Tristram has made it to MasterChef NZ!
Friday 24th June: Public Holiday Matariki – No School
Thursday 30th June: Junior & Senior Subject Report Evening 1 - Early finish
Tuesday 5th July: Junior & Senior Subject Report Evening 2 – Early finish
Thursday 28th July: Open Evening – Early finish
For more important information read our Daily Panui Here
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