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31 / Aug

GEIS Newsletter Issue 5 : September 2021

Supporting each other in tough times........ Dear Parents and Whanau Up until Tuesday 17 August, the year had been sailing along quite smoothly and GEIS was its usual hive of activity. We had been busy with open nights and days for prospective families,…

01 / Jul

GEIS Newsletter Issue 4: 9 July 2021

At GEIS, our school vision is to provide 'an engaging environment full of opportunities and choice' and as you look through this newsletter you will see many examples of this vision in action.  We…

19 / Jun

Sports Newsletter - Issue #3 (June 2021)

Our Sports Camp students supporting the cause and running their special fitness in gumboots For our students running their special fitness programme on Friday 28th May in their gumboots was not easy.  It was a reminder as to why we support the kaupapa of the 'I Am Hope' organisation with…

03 / Jun

GEIS Newsletter Issue 3: 4 June 2021

How can we work together to support our young people to avoid and cope with the effects of negative social media? There is no easy answer to the question I have posed above. Social media and digital technology is all around us and very much embedded in our lives.  Our pre-adolescent students have never known…

GEIS Newsletter Issue 2 | 16 April 2021

12 / Mar

GEIS Newsletter Issue 1 | 19 March 2021

After a stop/start beginning to the school year, things really felt back to normal this week with a number of activities underway and students able to participate in some special GEIS experiences. The…

11 / Mar

2021 - TERM ONE: Sports Newsletter

“The strength of the TEAM is each individual. The strength of each individual is the TEAM”. (Phil Jackson) Talofa, Kia Ora & Welcome to 2021 My name is Vaimoana Va’ai and I am the Director of Sport at the most amazing intermediate school in New Zealand. The value of sport is more than what happens on the…

07 / Mar

GEIS Sports Newsletter - Issue #2, 2021

Due to the Lockdown, all the netball trials will be held this week  YEAR 7s: Tuesday 9th March - 1.00pm Wednesday 10th March - 1.00pm YEAR 8s: Thursday 11th March - 1.00pm Friday 12th March…

03 / Mar

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