Community Update: Welcoming New Faces and Shaping Our Future Together

Kia Ora Everyone,
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It was my happy duty to welcome new students to our Kura at the start of Term 2. I have been fortunate to attend three
Mihi Whakatau gatherings at school since I became a Board member and it is a pleasure every time. The participation
of our entire student body, our Kapa Haka group, our teaching staff and our Principal make every occasion such as this
something our entire school community can be very proud of.

I am very pleased to inform you that Board Parent Representative Sonya Stewart has been appointed Deputy Presiding Member of our Board of Trustees. This an important role in actioning Board business as well as working alongside our Principal.

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The Board is grateful for the engagement of our parent community with the new Attendance Management Plan set out
by the Ministry Of Education. There is ongoing and consistent Ministry oversight and follow up of our actions around
our management of student attendance. We appreciate your ongoing support and attention to this very much.

With the start of a new Term the School Policies and Procedures team reviews current school policies on a number of
topics. We really want as much participation in this as we can get from our School Community.
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To review a policy just go to the school app, select ‘Links’- School Docs. Depending on your device you can type in our
school name or select from the drop box.
User name- westgore
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Policies for review will be highlighted. You can select which one you wish to review. Once you have read the topic you
can select the blue button ‘Start Your Review”.

We appreciate your input very much so over the term if you have a spare five minutes do have a look. All of the school
policies are in place for the well-being and safety of everyone at West Gore School.
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Nga Mihi
Susan Hasselman
Board Of Trustees