Friday, 23 November 2018
You may have heard about mindfulness quite a lot in the news lately. Nigel Latta has been in the media recently talking about his TV series ‘The Curious Mind’. Commenting that “If there’s one thing I could do it would be to introduce mindfulness into every school in the country.” Mindfulness is essentially the power […]
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Ficino School students experienced several off-site learning adventures in Term 3. The chance to support their classroom learning with real world experiences provides them with a valuable means to solidify and build on their knowledge. Situated on the shores of the Manukau Harbour, Ambury Regional Park is a working farm. It provides opportunities for children […]
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Ficino School recognises the important role that extended family have in the growing of happy, confident and well-adjusted children. It hosted its ever-popular Grandparents Morning in Term 3. All our students loved having the grandparents visit school, and it was heart-warming to see the interactions between them all. Our students particularly enjoyed the opportunity to […]
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Ficino School educates the whole child, with its curriculum ensuring the body, mind and spirit are developed. Not only do our students take part in some form of physical education every day, they also compete at interschool sports competitions where they are often ‘punching’ well above their weight considering the size of Ficino school in […]
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Year 3 Ficino School students excitedly gathered outside the Villa one cloudy Thursday morning – overnight bags were packed and there was lots of chatter. It was time for the annual Year 3 camp out in Kumeu at the Auld’s farm! The adventure began in earnest on arrival at the farm as they set about […]
Thursday, 12 April 2018
The return of another season of the popular Pop-Up Globe theatre enabled our lucky Year 6 – 8 classes to experience a professional production of one of Shakespeare’s earliest known works. Ficino School students are exposed to the works of the great masters of literature throughout their years at Ficino as part of the English […]
Thursday, 21 December 2017
The unexpected arrival of a turtle at Ficino Preschool was very timely, both for the turtle itself and for the children! Road Runner, as she has been aptly named was found outside the preschool on Esplanade Road. Little did she realise that she’d found a fantastic home for herself when she was slipped through the […]
Ficino Preschool first opened its doors in September 2016. A year seems to have flown by, and it is unimaginable to remember a time when we haven’t heard busy young voices playing outside, tending to their gardens, and engaging in a variety of projects and games. The Preschool students and teachers were lucky enough to […]
With one week to go before their Christmas holidays begin, Ficino Preschool students were very excited to welcome their families into their world for an afternoon of performances and food! They had obviously been practicing as they regaled the visitors with a variety of Christmas tunes. The favorite by children and guests alike was the […]
Ficino Preschool children and staff welcomed a colourful, larger-than-life visitor carrying a red sack in December! Santa Claus, I hear many of you asking?! A good guess, however this visitor was a woman… Though she was minus the beard, belly and red suit she did have bucket-loads of jolliness!! Tanya Batt brought the magic of […]
