Arohanui Distance Learning
Kia ora Whanau Welcome back to school and our first week of distance learning. As we set out on our adventure please remember there …
Arohanui Distance Learning
Kia ora Whanau Welcome back to school and our first week of distance learning. As we set out on our adventure please remember there …
QuickHit Cricket
Kia ora! On Thursday 13th September, girls from Years 3-6 attended the QuickHit Manukau Fun Day at Papatoetoe Cricket Club. This event provided a …
Wero Whitewater Park
Our Year 6 students got the chance to experience the Wero Whitewater Park in Manukau today! Students were apprehensive at the start but soon …
Manaakitanga Votes
The Manaakitanga Syndicate have been conducting our own election while learning some responsibilities of being a citizen. Students created their own political parties and …
Manaakitanga Votes!
The Manaakitanga Syndicate have been conducting our own election while learning some responsibilities of being a citizen. Students created their own political parties and …
Cross Country Results
Congratulations to all the Year 4-6 children who competed at the Papatoetoe Cross Country Championships. We won two age groups and had five individual …
Open Girls and Open Boys Win Auckland Rugby Titles
Congratulations to the Open Girls and Open Boys Rugby teams who both won Auckland Rugby Titles on Wednesday 20th September at Mt Wellington War …
Manaakitanga Soup Wars
As part of our Health and Financial Literacy topics, we attempted to create a nutritional soup to feed a family of four. We only …
Winter Sports Days 2017
On Tuesday 13th and Thursday 15th June, many of our Year 5 and 6 children competed in sport competitions. We had some fantastic results …
Whānau Day Term 2 – Te Houtaewa
Term 2: Whānau Day is planned for Tuesday 4th July 2017, Holy Cross School Hall. Our whānau day held once a term is a wonderful …
Whānau Wānanga – Nau mai, haere mai.
You are invited to our whānau wānanga When: Wednesday 28th June 2017 Where: Holy Cross School Time: 5.30pm – 7pm Kaupapa: To all our Mums, …
Māori whānau hui
Nau mai, haere mai ki te hui ā whānau tuarua mea nei ngā whakaritenga. Looking forward to seeing you at our next Māori whānau hui …
Māori whānau hui
Our hope is to build a partnership based on understanding and respect between teachers, parents, whānau, hapū, and iwi that will support all Māori …
Whānau Day – Term 1, 2017
Our whānau day held once a term is a wonderful time and initiative that supports our Māori children at Holy Cross Catholic School. Our …
Te Reo Māori Classes for all our Holy Cross Whānau.
Kia ora e te whānau, Do you have a desire to be cool to kōrero, or at least would like to have a basic …
He kura māhita hou – A new teacher
Ko Tāwhitirahi te maunga te iringa kōrero o ngā mātua tūpuna. Ko Te Awapoka te awa, te huarahi o ngā roimata ki te puna. …
I AM NZ at Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Gallery
What a creative day we’ve had at the Te Tuhi Art Gallery in Pakuranga. Arohanui studied with Briana the educator at Te Tuhi in …
Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa
This week is national Samoan Language Week and Room 2 has been busy learning about the language and culture of Samoa. A quarter of …
The Great Room 2 Egg Drop
You cannot image how much work the students of Room 2 have put in to creating egg drop containers. We have planned, we have …
Arohanui and Atawhai at Fo Guang Shan Temple
Ji Zai! Greetings and best wishes to you. Atawhai joined Arohanui on our trip to Fo Guang Shan Temple. What a cool day. We …
The First Miracle
Room 2 looked at the different people at the wedding at Cana and what they might have been doing there. What’s a miracle ?
Room 2 and the bouncy eggs
STEP 1: Place an egg in the jar and cover with vinegar. The acid in the vinegar reacts with the calcium carbonate in the shell. This reaction is producing …