Final Week Activities and Events: Our final week is both busy and exciting and is a lovely way to finish the school year! This is when we come back together as a whole school community, including our Senior students, to finish the year with a flourish!
Amongst the busyness of Term Four, the Board of Trustees has been working tirelessly in the background to appoint the next Principal of Craighead.
Teacher-Only Day Friday 24 November and NZQA examinations: You may be aware from media articles that NZQA experienced major issues with their Level One English digital examination. Four Teacher-Only days were allocated to schools by the Ministry of Education through 2023 and 2024. These were made available because of the significant changes to both the NCEA system and the wider school curriculum...
Given the high quality of performances at the recent Music Cup competition, three of our singers performed in Assembly this week. Olivia Hamilton, Nicole Bradley and Eva Booth sang in front of a very appreciative audience. They were fantastic. Thanks to local musician Sheryl Bradley for setting up and supporting the singers.
Our Seniors students had their last day of formal classes on Tuesday 31 October. Our immediate focus is on students transitioning to Secondary School. Inauguration Day for our new students and their families is being held this Saturday between 10.30am and approximately midday, finishing with a shared lunch.
Last Thursday we were delighted to celebrate the incredible achievements of 15 of our Old Girls’ in our very first ‘Cultural Wall of Fame’ Event.