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Some important truths here. Hope you are all safe and doing ok in your bubble! Enjoy the weekend - we will see you online next week 🌼

We are heading into Level 4 Lockdown at 11:59pm tonight! Keep an eye on the website for more details...stay home and safe whānau!

A massive shout out to the incredible students in our Event Management PUP class who planned, organised and ran our first Learning Showcase!

These incredible students organised four different stages/areas for learning to be showcased and even catered for all who attended!

Their overall achievement, commitment to learning and leadership in this event was absolutely outstanding. Tū meke!!

The Culture +Identity Learning Showcase is now done for Term 2!

Thank you to all the students, parents, staff and community who attended, participated and made this event the success of was. We are so blessed to have so many talented and wonderful students at our school - you are the amazing!

Next Tuesday 11 May 2021, we invite you to our Learning Showcase. The Learning Showcase is student led and is an opportunity for our students to showcase their learning passions to our community and the public through presentations, games, food and performances.

Please take this opportunity to come and support our students' learning. There are two sessions available:
- 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- 4:30 - 6 pm

Free tickets are available on Eventbrite - follow the link to get yours!

Thie event is ticketed for COVID-19 contact tracing purposes, and this will ensure it is a safe event for all. As such, there are limited tickets per session and only two sessions being run. Please book to avoid disappointment!

We look forward to seeing you there!

https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/culture-and-identity-kgc-tickets-146669657895

Are you an aspiring writer? Do you write stories and novels...for fun?! If so, this opportunity is for you!

Four secondary school students in New Zealand will be selected from those that apply for this program. Each student selected will have the opportunity to be mentored by one of New Zealand’s best professional authors in order to develop their craft and hone their writing skills. The NZSA Youth Mentorship Programme offers aspiring young writers (aged 15-18) a mentorship, from May to November, giving them the opportunity to gain valuable skills and knowledge.

The intent of the mentor programme is to foster and develop emerging writing talent with the support of established authors.

The NZSA has run a highly successful mentoring programme for writers since 1999, thanks to support from Creative New Zealand.

If you are interested in applying for this, please follow the link below and complete the application! It would be amazing to have one of our KGC students selected for this opportunity.

Deadline for applications: 6 April 2021

NZSA Youth Mentor Programme | New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa The aims are to nurture, encourage, inspire and develop emerging writers with the support of established authors through the mentoring process.

And that's a wrap for 2020!

Thank you to all who have contributed and been part if this crazy, COVID-19, year. It has had many challenges, but the spirit and resilience of your ākonga and teaching staff has shone through.

Have a happy and safe holidays - we will see you next year!



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A thought for today 💜

Happy Friday!

What a week it has been. Thank you for being so adaptive and responsive and for keeping connected to each other and your learning.

Today - as I revised the Novel our L2 students have been studying in preparation for the upcoming exam- I found this quote and I simply had to share it. For I don't know about you, but like Bob, how many of you look forward to the daily Covid-19 report? I know for me, I have settled in to the safety and certainty of the daily report... Just like Bob Withers in Janet Frames novel, Owl's Do Cry.

I hope you all stay safe, stay calm, and be kind. We will send updates on next week soon! 🌼

Kia ora KGC whanau... For the rest of this week we will be in Level 3 lockdown which means you are to stay home and work from the safety of your home.

Please do not come to school and stay safe. Remember to practice good hand hygiene and wear masks in public!

We will email you with more information soon - but know that your English teachers will be available online during your normal structured learning times to support you!