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Dear Whanau
Kia Ora Tatou
Pebbles in a Jar
As we start term 2 many students get busier and so I talked about prioritising time in this week's assembly. I played the you tube clip “Pebbles In A Jar” to illustrate the point.
The idea is that filling a jar with various-sized objects represents different tasks or activities. The largest objects, representing the most important tasks, are placed in the jar first, followed by smaller objects representing less important tasks, and finally, sand representing minor or trivial activities.
The metaphor illustrates the importance of prioritising the most significant tasks “the pebbles” before attending to less important ones “the sand". If you start by filling the jar with sand, there won't be enough room left for the pebbles. But if you prioritise the pebbles and fit them in first, you can then pour the sand around them, ensuring that everything fits.
This term we will have students focusing on winter sports for both practices and games. In week 1 we have already had a Year 13 Geography data collection visit to Kaka Point, Year 12 Outdoor tramping in the Silver Peaks and Year 11 Physical Education white water rafting. I love the fact that we offer these opportunities, however, students need to balance all of these valuable experiences with the academic requirements of school.
ANZAC service
Many of you will have attended the ANZAC dawn service on April 25th. I would like to thank our Kapa Haka group, Jessie O’Hara and Oliver Shore for the part they played with their respective welcome and speeches. We have received some very positive feedback as a school from this and it is lovely to have our young leaders recognised for their efforts.
Visiting Thai students
We have welcomed our NZ Study group from Thailand that have been visiting us for many years. The majority are from Saint Dominic School and are here for either a three week experience or for the whole year. Many of these students have said how welcome they have been made to feel by others students, staff and their host families. We look forward to having you here and sharing experiences together.
And finally
We are making our final preparations for SNOB next Friday. This week I have spoken with all seniors attending about the expectations we have for the event. I made it clear that it is their night to enjoy and I am sure we will all have a fabulous time. But it is also a school event and so all of the usual school expectations are in place and we expect that school values will be followed all evening. We look forward to seeing everyone there to welcome students during their entrance.
Ka kite ano
Nigel Scarth - Acting Principal.
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