MANAAKITANGA

In the wake of the dreadful events of last week we came together as a school to commemorate the loss of so many lives within our community of Aotearoa. The children all dressed in bright colours and bought coins to add to our coin trail. The total donations were $1013 - a great effort by our tamariki and their families.  We also held an assembly with much singing and a minute of silence. This was followed by 2 minutes of silence at 1:40pm, which much of the school attended.

The word manaakitanga is one of our values, and simply means 'I respect and value others'. A good sentiment at this time when our lives have been thrown into turmoil.