Welcome
| What's New? |
| * Order your School stationery online at www.myschool.co.nz/whenuapai |
| * School finishes Thursday 15 December 12pm |
| * The School Office will be open from January 24 |
| * We are NOW sending out our weekly School newsletter electronically. The link to subscribe is on the menu bar of our School Website. |
| * The School Uniform Shop will be open on Wednesday 25 January and Thursday 26 January from 9am to 12pm. |
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A special welcome to website viewers. As Principal of Whenuapai School I encourage you to explore the Website and find out about a School we are immensely proud of. With a roll by the end of the year of almost 500 pupils, Whenuapai School continues to grow in terms of the broad curriculum opportunities offered, the success at the local, Waitakere area and Auckland level and being a School that many parents wish to send their children to for a sound education. The Whenuapai School Community is an amazing support for our School and many of our parents whether on the Board of Trustees, the PTA, Lunchroom, Parent Tutors, Coaches and those who are prepared to help out provide many, many hours at no cost to the School, do so for the benefit of our pupils.
Weekly Newsletters are an essential communication tool with the community and they are supplemented by the the Board of Trustees publication Under the Radar, Team Newsletters and of course the Website. The on-going support from the Board of Trustees enables the School to achieve the high standards across all curriculum areas. I have been at Whenuapai School since 1986 (Yes, I know that it a long time!) and have watched the School grow and believe that we have a sound educational platform for meeting the needs of children under our care supported by a dedicated and hardworking staff to deliver these learning opportunities to all pupils. A range of innovative programmes in the School include Digital Yearbooks for Year 7/8, Lexia Programmes, Languages, A1 Quality Focus, Trash to Fashion and the Reggio Emial Approach to Junior Teaching.
The question I get asked quite often is what makes Whenuapai School so special. In short, it is the happy and positive atmosphere that permeates all we do here. The emphasis on encouragement and rewards for achievements, the 'open door' policy and visibility of the Principal and Senior Management are crucial parts of our School. Meeting and greeting the pupils, parents and even pre School children in the morning and saying goodbye in the afternoon is something I enjoy and maintain it is part of what makes us so special. Our School Motto 'Living is Striving' is what we are all about. We encourage the best and our results are evidence of this.
Warren Spanhake
Principal
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