Fono Hui

Fono/Hui Tuesday night was a great success as our Pasifika and Māori whānau joined us for a night of kai, games and feedback. I am so proud of our kaiako and our trainee teachers who spent a long night at school serving our community. The food was delicious and the games were hilarious (I’m totally unco and got out of it by being the Royal Photographer). The questions we asked whānau/fano are the same ones that we want all families to respond to please. We are focusing on attendance as per the government's legislation and we are genuinely interested in why we are seeing a drop off in attendance and a reluctance for whānau to share some of the real reasons why children don’t get to school. This is a no shame game and we are here to help. Ok I confess that I had some leftover rēwena bread for morning tea and I persuaded whaea Janice to surrender some golden syrup. Oh my my!!!

The questions we want all whānau to consider are: Attendance: What gets your tamariki excited to jump out of bed and head to school? Retention: What do you think keeps your family and child/ren keen to stick around and learn with us? Engagement: What school stuff does your child come home buzzing about? Achievement: What dreams do you have for your child's learning and what they achieve here?