Matariki Night Lights Festival 2021
10/06/2021
Waiuku Kāhui Ako Term 1 Newsletter 2021
26/05/2021
Waiuku Kāhui Ako 2020 Summary
13/02/2021
Waiuku Kāhui Ako Update Term 2 2020
Kapa Haka Group performs at the Castaways Resort (24 Nov 2020)
24/11/2020
At 7 a.m. in the morning, students from View Road School and Waiuku College braved the cold and put up a successful performance at the Castaways Resort for 100 staff members of NZ Trade and Enterprise. The performance was excellent, the view was breathtaking and for our students, the free hot breakfast topped it off. It was an awesome start of the day for everyone.
2020 WST Days
18/11/2020
This year has been really unsettling for many but we’ve managed to conclude our year by having the pleasure of attending the last of the 5 sessions of Learner Agency PLD delivered by Alana Cantley on 12 Nov.
On behalf of the Waiuku Kāhui Ako, I’d like to give a shout out to all the schools who have hosted us.
All the resources from the PLD can be retrieved here: https://waiukukahuiako.school.nz/teaching-learning/
WST Day @ Otaua School (28/10/2020)
28/10/2020
WSTs learn more about Student Agency and share our journeys of how we create opportunities to facilitate this at our schools. Yet another great PLD led by Alana Cantley. Materials can be found in Resources.
Waiuku College Kapa Haka and students from View Road School perform at the sculpture opening (5/8/20)
06/08/2020
The sculpture is at the Centennial Park on Kitchener Road (or lions lake).
Commissioned to recognise NZ Steel Mill’s 50th anniversary in 2015, the eight-metre steel statue, designed by acclaimed local artist Fred Graham, was brought to life by an army of Waiuku and districts engineers and tradespeople.
Fifty birds adorn the panels: the cut-outs recognising the lives of those connected to the mill who have passed, the shaped birds symbolising the lives of those now associated with the mill and the whanau supported by that relationship, and the triangular panels depicting the three Franklin sites, Taharoa, Waikato North Head and Glenbrook, that converge to see steel forged at the mill.
Inside the triangle, pipes can be seen to honour the pipeline that ultimately sees iron sand shaped into steel. Atop the structure are three birds rising into the sky — the past, the present and the future.
Green Screen PLD (29/7/20)
Green Screen has long been used in movies and on weather reports… but it also has some amazing uses in a classroom!
It’s surprisingly easy to use and both teachers and learners are only limited by their imagination. In this workshop, teachers found out firsthand the ins and outs of Green Screen by Do Ink, and discovered how Green Screen can be used in their classrooms.
Local History PD
28/07/2020
Date: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Presenters: Selwyn Herewini, George Flavell, Roimata Minhinnick and Lisa Minhinnick
Our Keynote from the cancelled Kāhui Ako Teacher Only Day, around local history, was back on. It was held at Waiuku College and on this day, we had very good turnout. Most attendees are members of our community who benefited much from our presenters. Information about local history and the good work that is going on in the background to provide support for our community was shared. Thank you all for your support in one way or another!
