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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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