Principal's Blog
Paula Wells, Principal
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Issue: 2023
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Principal's Blog: Term 1 Week 10
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Welcome to the last newsletter of Term 1, and what a term it has been. We have had such a buoyant beginning to the school year,...
Welcome to the last newsletter of Term 1, and what a term it has been. We have had such a buoyant beginning to the school year,...

Principal's Blog: Term 1 Week 9
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This week we were privileged to host Jake Bailey, and to hear from him regarding what he had learned, and continues to learn,...
This week we were privileged to host Jake Bailey, and to hear from him regarding what he had learned, and continues to learn,...

Principal's Blog: Term 1 Week 8
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The week that was saw 50,000 teachers across the motu standing in solidarity in their quest for better conditions. Although wages...
The week that was saw 50,000 teachers across the motu standing in solidarity in their quest for better conditions. Although wages...

Principal's Blog: Term 1 Week 7
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Hot off the press is the nationwide news of industrial action from the PPTA with teachers striking on Thursday 16 March, and the...
Hot off the press is the nationwide news of industrial action from the PPTA with teachers striking on Thursday 16 March, and the...

Principal's Blog: Term 1 Week 6
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Our annual Athletic Sports were a triumphant celebration of inclusion, participation, enjoyment and individual excellence and...
Our annual Athletic Sports were a triumphant celebration of inclusion, participation, enjoyment and individual excellence and...

Principal's Blog: Term 1 Week 5
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Thank you to everyone who has been in touch to suggest ways that Marsden could support the Cyclone Gabrielle relief efforts. ...
Thank you to everyone who has been in touch to suggest ways that Marsden could support the Cyclone Gabrielle relief efforts. ...

Principal's Blog: Term 1 Week 4
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Like me, you are no doubt being confronted with the ever-increasing sense of enormity of the horrific effects of Cyclone Gabrielle....
Like me, you are no doubt being confronted with the ever-increasing sense of enormity of the horrific effects of Cyclone Gabrielle....

Principal's Blog: Term 1 Week 3
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The best bit about starting the school year before Waitangi weekend is that we prioritise days to deliberately managing and supporting...
The best bit about starting the school year before Waitangi weekend is that we prioritise days to deliberately managing and supporting...

Principal's Blog: Term 1 Week 2
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It was my absolute privilege to welcome the Marsden community to our first day of school together this new year. It was wonderful...
It was my absolute privilege to welcome the Marsden community to our first day of school together this new year. It was wonderful...

Principal's Blog: Term 1 Week 1
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Welcome to 2023 at Marsden, a new year, and a new-look newsletter that has been delivered to
your inboxes at a new time. We...
Welcome to 2023 at Marsden, a new year, and a new-look newsletter that has been delivered to
your inboxes at a new time. We...
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