Calendar of Events:
| Dates 2023 | Term Three | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 3 | Monday to Friday | Cook Island Language Week - Kia Orana. | |
Tuesday 1 August | Tough Guy and Gal Mud Run - for years 3 to 6 students registered to attend. | ||
Thursday 3 August | Day 100 Celebrations | ||
Friday 4 August | Tiaki Maindonald graduation - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering | ||
| Week 4 | BikeWise Week for Senior School (Kakapo) students | ||
Monday 7 August | EPro8 In-School Competition | ||
Tuesday 8 August | Superhero Day for Pod A Junior School. | ||
Wednesday 9 August | EPro8 Final - WHS students possibly involved | ||
| Mid-Term Cohort Visit - for new New Entrant children | |||
Friday 11 August | Whānau Time Assembly in our Hall from 9:40 am. Visitors welcome. Event live-streamed on WHS Facebook. Rooms 4 and 16 are hosting. | ||
| Week 5 | Monday 14 August | Junior Gymnastics - all day. | |
Tuesday 15 August | Mid-term in-class new New Entrant cohort visit. | ||
Thursday 17 August | EPro8 Semi-Finals - selected student competitors Hosted at Blockhouse Bay Intermediate | ||
| Week 6 | Monday 21 August | Junior Gymnastics - all day. | |
Tuesday 22 August | Hearing and Vision Testing at Western Heights | ||
Tuesday 22 August | West Zone Schools Winter Sports Tournament - all day. Various West Auckland venues | ||
Thursday 24 August | Rain Date for West Zone Schools Winter Sports Tournament | ||
Friday 25 Augu | Whānau Time Assembly in our Hall from 9:40 am. Visitors welcome. Event live-streamed on WHS Facebook. Rooms 3 and 17 are hosting. Daffodil Day Theme. | ||
| Week 7 | All Week | Ash overseas | |
| All Week | Te Ari Ori (Fire Sticks display) in our Hall - maybe postponed | ||
Monday 28 August | Western Heights Netball Prize-giving evening In our Senior School ILE from 5:30 pm to 7 pm | ||
Friday 1 September | Western Heights Quiz Night - in our Hall This is an Adults Only event. Thanks. | ||
| Week 8 | All Week | Tongan Language Week - Malo e lelei | |
Friday 8 September | Whānau Time Assembly in our Hall from 9:40 am. Visitors welcome. Event live-streamed on WHS Facebook. Pasifika Languages Celebration. Rooms 31 and 25 are hosting. | ||
| Week 9 | Friday 15 September | Whānau Time Assembly in our Hall from 9:40 am. Visitors welcome. Event live-streamed on WHS Facebook. Rooms 33 and 18 are hosting. | |
| Week 10 | Friday 22 September | Last day for term three - finishing at usual times. | |
| Term Four | |||
| Week 1 | Monday 9 October | Day One Term Four - aim to be at school by 8:45 am to allow for a settled start to the day, week and term. | |
New End-of-Year Arrangements:
Graduation Day always ends up being pretty hectic and brings a lot of logistical challenges.
So Thursday, 14 December, is the final day of school for years one to four students.
School will finish at the usual time for all students on this day.
Years five and six will finish school on Friday, 15 December.
Year six graduation will happen on Friday, 15 December.
Year five will be our audience. The event will be live-streamed, so children at home can watch it that way. With a much smaller on-site audience, we will have much more room for family and extended family members to attend and celebrate graduation.
Siblings, including those in years 1 to 4, will also be able to attend.