Week 7 - Term 3 - 2026

Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou

Seek after learning for the sake of your wellbeing

Week 7 31 Here-turi-kōkā - 4 Mahuru Tournament Week  Mon BOT Meeting  Tues  SPACPAC Speeches  Tournament Week:  Junior SS Basketball (Sat-Tues)  Hockey Federation Cup - 1st XI (Sun-Sun) NZ Badminton Champs (Sun-Wed) SISS Equestrian (Sun-Fri)  NZ Football Tournament (Mon-Fri)  SISS Netball Tournament (Mon-Thurs) Canterbury SS Duathlon (Mon-Thurs) SI Basketball Champs (Wed-Sat)  NZSS Rugby Champs 1st XV (Thurs-Sat) SISS Climbing Event (Thurs & Fri)  SISS Ski & Snowboard Champs (Fri & Sat)  Sun  Theatresports - Senior Heats	Week 8 7 Mahuru - 11 Mahuru Tues Non-uniform day - Brain Tree  Wed Get to Go Challenge  LEF's due  Senior NCEA Progress Reports Due  Thurs Derived Grade Examinations - Seniors Reading CAA  Fri Derived Grade Examinations - Seniors Writing CAA  Sun  Tūhono - Kapa Haka
Assembly Mon - Year 9 (PAC) and Year 10 (Gym)  Wed - Aroha Assembly             Year 11 in PAC	Assembly Mon - Year 10 (PAC) and Seniors (Gym) Wed - Rangatiratanga            Year 10 in PAC
Meeting  Mon: PL (Embed)  Tues: Nil Thurs: Nil	Meeting  Mon: HoLA Meeting  Tues: Learning Area Meeting  Thurs: PCT Meeting

Information for Staff

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (14 - 20 September) is almost upon us! Here’s some information so that we can plan ahead in our classrooms, department and wider kura. 

https://www.reomaori.co.nz/

Each day of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2026 has a theme to guide the week. These themes are designed to help you plan activities and bring te reo into different parts of daily life.

Reading for Pleasure: The Benefits and Challenges

This research comes from the UK, but its findings are highly applicable to an Aotearoa New Zealand context and across all subject areas. Although it refers to ‘children’, the ideas are equally relevant to young people. At its heart, the research aims to support educators to foster lifelong reading habits and develop a sustained love of reading in young people.

It also provides valuable insight into the reading habits students bring with them to high school and the factors that have shaped those habits.

Question 7: Literacy 

Which of these is a complex sentence?

A. The bell rang, and the students left.
B. The students left because the bell rang.
C. The bell rang. The students left.
D. Ringing the bell, the caretaker smiled.

Question 7: Numeracy

A rectangular garden is 8 m long and 5 m wide. What is its area?