In today’s newsletter we have the following:
Senior Leadership Team
Acting Principal News
Kia ora koutou
Welcome to the end of Week 8. Wow!! There has been a lot happening and it’s hard to believe that there are only 3 weeks of this term left.
Our principal, Jason Pocock is currently on an Asian marketing trip to Seoul, Singapore, and Vietnam. I am in the acting principal role until he returns in a week. At present, Jason is attending the Global International Baccalaureate conference in Singapore and has joined Deputy Principal Ashley Triana, along with Stuart Nicol, our IB coordinator.
This provides an excellent opportunity for ANI to connect with others and be exposed to the latest educational learnings, trends, and initiatives, presented by a strong list of internationally renowned speakers.
Book Week was a huge success and a massive thank you to Room 19 teacher, Faiza Chowdhury for coordinating this for our community.
Events like this require a lot of time and effort to run smoothly and Faiza has done a wonderful job. From dressing up as your favourite book character to visiting author Des Hunt, who thoroughly entertained and educated our students using physics to inspire them in reading.
The scholastic book fair was also a roaring success, with all monies spent providing significant remuneration to the school. This will be used for purchasing new books for our library.
Some of you who have been in school may have noticed that our cricket wicket has been replaced and new cricket nets and run-ups are currently being created.
The school now has a brand new kiln, which enables our Art programme to offer clay and pottery alongside the wide range of media that our Art specialist, Mrs Purchase, delivers.
A special mention must go to our Grants Officer and Alumni Ambassador, Mandy Tomlins, for the relentless support and effort that she has put into securing these two fantastic projects for ANI.
This comes to a total of 53k in successful applications and will only enhance the opportunities we offer our tamariki and community.
Another mention also must also go to the Grassroots Charitable Trust for their support of our school and continued input into upgrading our current facilities and property.
It is wonderful to see our tamariki enjoying this fabulous weather and making the most of the opportunities that are presented to them.
There have been a number of trials for both our long-term sports and our AIMS teams happening over the last 3 weeks. This allows for selection to happen early and some valuable training sessions put in place.
We also have been blessed with such beautiful weather and the school pool continues to be well used.
Communicating with Staff:
Please note: If you want to get in touch with your child’s classroom teacher, go to our website and click on Our School, Our Staff and under their picture is a small envelope.
If you click on this, a form comes up. Please fill out this form, as the email will go directly to the teacher.
As we head into the weekend, take care and spend some quality time with your whanau and friends. Long may this great weather continue and I look forward to catching up with you if you are around our kura.
Nga mihi
Scott Boniface
Acting Principal ANI
Student Achievement
Principal Awards
CZ BOYS' CRICKET CHAMPIONS!
CZ GIRLS' CRICKET CHAMPIONS!
Vrisha - Art Competition Winner
Last year, Vrisha took part in a nationwide art competition and won! This is a fantastic achievement by Vrisha who returned to Newmarket School for the afternoon on 26 February to collect her award.
Ka pai Vrisha! We can’t wait to see what you achieve here at ANI!
Karate League Champion - Ashley B
Celebrating further extracurricular achievement goes to Ashley B who won a gold medal at the Auckland Karate League Championships on 9 March!
She demonstrated exceptional skill and determination in her division (Kumite Female, 10/11 Years, 35+kg).
Well done Ashley on your amazing success in Round One of the Championships! And we can’t wait to see what you accomplish moving forward!
ANI is backing you all the way!
Lola R - cast member in Encore Theatre Collective
We are always excited to hear about students’ success in their extracurricular activities, and our very own Lola R has been chosen to be part of the cast in the Encore Theatre Collective Production of Annie at the Bruce Mason Centre this June.
We want to say a huge congratulations to Lola as we know that being selected out of a massive number of auditionees is an amazing achievement.
There are two special school matinee performances on Thursday, 19 June at 9:45am and 12:15pm.
Tickets are reduced to just $12 for students, teachers and chaperones (this is a saving of over $30 compared to public show tickets).
It would be great if anyone would like to go along and support Lola!
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ANI Alumni Amaia D-S to perform in SEUSSICAL
If you are interested in going to see Amaia perform in SEUSSICAL, there are three subsidised performances for schools. Amaia was one of our Year 8 students last year and it would be great if you were keen to go and support her! The performances are on Thursday 26 June at 9:45 am and 12:15 pm and Friday 27 June at 12 pm, performances are held at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre. If you are interested in attending please contact our school bookings team at schoolbookings@nyt.nz
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Join us in bringing to life this larger-than-life show featuring all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters – including Horton The Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination, Jojo. Come With us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
SEUSSICAL is a spectacular production, fun for all ages!
If you have any queries about the cost, performance time and more, please don’t hesitate to get in touch at schoolbookings@nyt.nz
CZ Swimming
Staff
Book Week:
What a fabulous book day we had on Monday the 3 March. It was wonderful to see so many students dressed up and celebrating reading and writing.
The teachers and SLT all participated and had some amazing costumes as you can see below.
From the Senior Leadership Team dressing as “Mr Men and Little Miss” to “Harry Potter” for the Tui Team, Kauri Team as “Where’s Wally”, Matai Team as “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, “Goddesses” from Rimu Team, Totara Team as “The Wizard of Oz” and Kōwhai Team as “Crayons”.
St Patrick’s Day
On Monday 17 March, St Patrick’s Day was celebrated at ANI by the staff and students at assembly.
ANI Community
ANI PTA
We are so pleased to announce that ANI has a new Parent Teachers Association (PTA)!
Our 3 office bearers are Natalie Cassidy as Chairperson, Paul Nixon as Treasurer and Anna Tang as Secretary. Paul has actually been on the ANI PTA for five years and we want to thank him so much for all of the work he has done and for staying on the PTA in 2025 which will allow for such great continuity.
The committee members are Lisa East, Elena Kudryashova, Mote Masima, Elizabeth Church and Dilani Samaratunge.
We are so fortunate to also have ANI PTA Helpers: Tania Davie, Shelley Patrick, Selaima Masima, Nicola Adams, Michelle Bowen, Jacques Cloete, Hannah Cheeseman, April Huang, Aparna Shyam, Alan Thorp and Beth Walsh.
ANI is very grateful to have the parents and caregivers above giving up their time to fundraise and support our school. They have some wonderful activities and events planned for 2025 so please check out the ANI PTA Calendar below:
Nga mihi
Scott Boniface
Acting Principal and DP in Charge of Community
Epsom Girls Grammar School
Dear Parents, Caregivers and Students
Epsom Girls Grammar School would like to invite Year 8 girls to an Open Day on Wednesday 9 April 2025.
We deliberately hold our Open Day during a normal school day so that prospective parents and students can see what learning looks like for our students on a day-to-day basis. We hope girls will get a sense of the many academic and co-curricular opportunities that a large Grammar School offers and have the confidence to ask questions of the young women taking them on a tour of the school. The girls school environment is one that is caring and empathetic, supporting girls to develop skills and character in their time with us and to leave as strong and confident young women.
Parents need to register to attend the Open Day. There will be a presentation and guided tours for students from Auckland Normal Intermediate School at the pre-allocated time of 1.35pm. Students are encouraged to attend in their current school uniform.
To register to visit the School Click Here or go to our website www.eggs.school.nz If you have any questions please contact our Reception by return email or by phone 9706710
Mrs Brenda McNaughton
Principal
Mt Albert Grammar School
Upcoming Events for Week 9, Term 1, 2025
Notices from our community partners
World Dance Crew Championship
We have an exciting event coming to Manukau for the first time ever. Parris Goebel has brought to NZ a brand new major event called The World Dance Crew Championship. It’s only fitting that the first time it runs is on the home turf of the Palace Dance Studio.
We want to invite you Tamariki down to watch the best dance crews from around the world, including our local legends The Royal Family & ID CO, take on top teams from the US, the Philippines, and beyond.
The event is at Due Drop Events Centre from April 13th – 19th, during the school holidays. With tickets priced at just $15–$20, plus, a further 10% off we hope to make it an affordable family experience. For 10% off, please use the below directions:
Step one: Go to Eventfinda
Step two: Enter the presale code: SCHOOL10
This will be running from now until the 25th of March.
We appreciate your support and hope to see you there.
