Thursday, 4 February 2021
Ficino School provides a philosophically inspired private school education for boys and girls from Preschool to Year 8. Children who come to Ficino develop confidence, a love of learning and a strong sense of self, while growing their innate ability to care for others. Our programme is based on three key platforms. Academic excellence Our […]
Friday, 14 August 2020
Ficino School was able to implement their ‘Covid resurgence plan’ immediately following the government’s announcement that Auckland was moving to Level 3 at midday on Wednesday 12 August. Parents were advised to pick up learning packs for their children which provides them with appropriate tasks to complete in the interim. Further advice will follow the […]
Friday, 3 April 2020
Children’s well-being is connected to your well-being Helping children and young people cope with the changes means providing accurate information, discussing facts without causing undue alarm, and re-establishing routines. You are an important role model. Staying calm and enabling time and space to be together with children will help them adjust to this “new normal”. […]
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 […]
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
It is with pride that we farewell our Year 8 students, many of whom have been with Ficino School throughout their primary education. It has been a privilege to see them turning into young adults and we wish them all the best as they start their journey into high school and beyond. They recently completed […]
