Pegasus Post: May 27, 2021

4 Thursday May 27 2021
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School Update
Manukura Kōrero
Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi
With your basket and my basket the people will live
Kia Ora Koutou Katoa, ngā mihinui ki te
whānau o Haeata. At the end of Term
1 I celebrated five terms at Haeata as
Manukura. It seems like such a cliché to
say the time has flown, but it certainly has.
I am very proud to lead Haeata and to
be part of a team that has achieved some
outstanding things for our ākonga and
whānau over that time. I am grateful that the
Haeata Board and the Ministry of Education
have provided funding to assist us to run the
following projects, each one focussed on
raising ākonga achievement and success at all
levels in our kura;.
• Evaluation & Associates - Kaimahi/Staff
Professional Learning for Best Practice
• Motivationz - Mentoring Programme for
Senior Ākonga Engagement
• He Korowai Manaaki - Managing Ākonga
Behaviour Positively
• Te Ara Mōkihi - Te Hokinga Mai -
Ākonga Re-engagement
Our student achievement data continues
to challenge us as a kura. To be honest
with you whānau, it is not where I would
like it to be. Don’t get me wrong, we
have many ākonga doing amazing things
and achieving excellent results across the
curriculum and in NCEA here at Haeata.
Our ākonga are talented, bright, dedicated
and full of potential. However, what we
do have to own as a kura is the fact that
some ākonga are not reaching their true
potential, and are not choosing to be the
best version of themselves.”
What stops some ākonga from reaching
their true potential is their lack of
engagement and their lack of regular
attendance.
Part of our “Haeata Reset” is being honest
about that and then ensuring we focus
on targeted strategies to raise ākonga
achievement. We all have a part to play in
raising academic achievement and success
rates of all ākonga attending Haeata.
As a kura I am confident that we can
demonstrate a commitment to excellence,
to our ākonga and to you as whānau. I am
confident that together, as kura and as
whānau, we agree that all ākonga must:
•Attend Regularly
• Behave Well
• Respect Our Environment
• Focus on Performance
• Wear Correct Uniform.
It is my experience that
sometimes 21st Century youth
culture finds it hard to understand
the concept of “who is in charge,”
because they think they are! I will
finish here with a quote from Chief Youth
Court Judge, Andrew Beecroft, who clearly
articulates his view about“who’s in charge.”
Judge Beecroft believes our tamariki/
children are our greatest asset as a country.
However, he did qualify that when he
warned his audience that our young people
run the risk of failing to achieve their
full potential because we as adults don’t
expect enough of them and we let them
get away with far too much. Judge Beecroft
said:
“Always we hear the cry from the
teenagers, “What can we do, where can
we go?” My answer is, “Go home! Mow
the lawn, wash the windows, learn to cook,
build a raft, get a job, visit the sick, study
your lessons. And after you’ve finished,
read a book.
Your town
does not owe
you recreation
facilities; your
parents do not
owe you fun. The
world does not owe
you a living. You owe the
world something. You owe it your time,
energy and talent, so that no-one will be
at war, in poverty or sick and lonely again.
In other words, grow up, stop being a cry
baby, get out of your dream-world and
develop a backbone not a wishbone. Start
behaving like a responsible person. You are
important and you are needed. It’s too late
to sit around and wait for somebody to do
something someday. Someday is now and
that somebody is you.”
My wero to our ākonga is, “if not you,
who!”
Kia kaha, kia toa, kia manawanui.
Whaea Peggy
Manukura
Hospitality pathway
Hikuawa Hikohiko (Clubs)
It is a very exciting challenge to be able to align
hospitality assessments with catering events at Haeata.
Consequently, in doing so, our akonga get authentic
learning experiences in our amazing commercial
kitchen, and our customers get top quality restaurant
meals.
Recently we held a belated Mother’s Day menu and
this was attended by many of our Haeata whanau.
The assessment was the Level Two Unit Standard
29569, (Prepare equipment and cook kai with liquid
to present for manuhiri) and the hospitality students
did an exemplary job. We served a veritable feast
consisting of chicken roulade stuffed with spinach and
roast capsicum, coconut poached fish, and shaksuska
with whipped feta and pita bread, for mains. All this,
closely followed by caramel pears, moccachino trifle
or poached meringue on a pool of sauce anglaise.
Not only did our hospitality students prepare and
cook all this magnificent food, some were then
further volunteered into serving it to our esteemed
guests.
I was so proud of the students who took part in this
assessment and I would wholeheartedly encourage
them to pursue a career in hospitality as they were all
absolute stars. The following students are to be highly
commended-
Teleisha Johnson
Xiana O’Donnell
Jasper Pelayo
Q’Che Reweti
Mereana Taungakava-Hogan
Houston Tuhiwai
Kazania Tuhua
A big thanks also goes out to Natalie Malan for
creating such a welcoming restaurant environment.
Now we all look forward to our next catering
occasion and sincerely hope to see you there!
Nicki Knier
The Year 4-6 Puna Ako groups in Hikuawa are doing Hikohiko
(clubs) on Tuesday afternoons. They choose between:
1. STEM challenges, making a water rocket with The
Wonder Project’s support- this involves planning, creating
prototypes, designing models and finally building rockets
out of plastic bottles ready to launch.
2. Art-learning techniques for pencil sketching and building up
an art portfolio each.
3. Code Club- using programmes like Scratch and Python.
They are building up their skills to be able use technology
to solve real world problems in their community.
We are two weeks in and the commitment and enthusiasm is
awesome to see with all ākonga excited and engaged in this
programme.
Taking enrolments, please email enrol@haeata.school.nz for any enquiries or phone us on 03 930 0110
Haeata Community Campus
240 Breezes Road, Wainoni
Reception Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 3pm
Contact 03 930 0110 • enrol@haeata.school.nz
www.haeata.school.nz