Tālofa lava! It’s Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa, Samoan Language Week! Samoan Language Week celebrates the identity, language, and culture of our students and their families from Samoa. Celebrating the Samoan language helps all New Zealander’s journey towards shared cultural understandings. Manuia le vaiaso – Have a great week! […]
Level 3 Visual Art students visited the Auckland Art Gallery for the Pat Hanly Project. Students went on a tour and had creative workshops with two indigenous artists then enjoyed a tour at University of Auckland’s Elam school of Fine Arts and were able to view first year students work as well as explore the […]
Last week 70 students were fortunate to attend the Auckland Writers Festival held at the Aotea Centre. It was a great day out with students treated to inspiring presentations by freelance writer Steph Matuku, author Airana Ngarewa, poet and author Elizabeth Acevedo and author Rachel King. Thanks to Mr McCall and Ms Hilton for accompanying […]
The Careers Out West Expo is back at The Trusts Arena for 2024! This interactive expo is aimed at West Auckland secondary school students to explore their career plans. It’s a great opportunity for our young people to discover over 70 organisations, including education and training, as well as businesses that have employment opportunities and […]
The HHS box office is open, and tickets are flying out the door especially for Friday! Check out our website https://www.hhs.school.nz/2024/05/08/hhs-production-2024-ticketing-information/ or contact the office to secure your tickets for performances on 5, 6, or 7 June. Rehearsals have been getting Freaky! […]
Thanks to all our students and staff for their support of Pink Shirt Day. Our prefects are right behind this initiative and are fantastic role models for our school values of whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga and kotahitanga. Simply put, respect for self – respect for others. Thanks to all our students who quietly do this every […]
Pink Shirt Day is on Friday 17 May and our staff and students are right behind this anti bullying initiative! Speak up, stand together, stop bullying! […]
We are very thankful for all of our fantastic staff who go the extra mile for our students, but today we want to say an extra special thank you to our support staff. We really value the specialist skills and experience they bring to the team and as it is officially Support Staff Appreciation Day […]
The Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) have notified the school of a Paid Union Meeting on 15 May 2024 for all of their members. As most of our teachers belong to the PPTA, students will be released at 12:30pm to go home. The school timetable resumes as usual on Thursday 16 May. […]
As term two gets underway so do winter sports! It is wonderful to see so many students participating across a range of sporting codes. Getting involved in sports helps our rangatahi develop a sense of belonging, teamwork, commitment and respect for others. Thanks to Mr Tiller and all our awesome sports coaches and managers who […]
