Message from the Principal – Week 1, Term 3
The students have returned to school bright and eager to learn. These first weeks back after a refreshing holiday provide prime learning time and best use has been made of this week. Our three Assemblies have all been focused on the Olympic Games. On Monday the children learnt about the Olympic Values of Excellence, Respect […]
Message from the Lucca Conference
Attending the conference with staff from our sister schools in Lucca was an uplifting experience and really highlighted the importance of enthusiasm and joy in teaching. How we conduct ourselves as teachers has an influence on our students so it’s important that they see us demonstrating values for them to mirror. “Beauty” was a theme […]
Message from the Deputy Principal – Week 4, Term 3
Cross Country Last Friday we held our annual Cross Country race at the base of Mt. Eden. For the swift-footed students, the event is eagerly awaited. Their training efforts and early morning runs with Miss Brickland come to fruition as they cross the finish line ahead of the pack. It is fantastic to witness the […]
Message from the Principal – Week 6, Term 3
Thirteen of our Year 8 students head away to Europe on Wednesday next week for their Renaissance Tour. They will be visiting Italy and England and connecting with some of the great historical monuments of the western world; Rome, Florence, Siena, Salisbury, Oxford and London. The word Renaissance means rebirth and while the Florentine Renaissance […]
Message from a Senior Teacher – Week 7, Term 3
*This week we farewelled a group of excited Year 8 students ready to embark on a trip that pulls together many of the threads they have studied during their Senior years at Ficino. Spending three weeks traversing the Renaissance movement through Rome, Florence and England, their departure brought back memories of trips past. Monuments and […]
Message from the Deputy Principal – Week 9, Term 3
The end of term is always a time for reflection. Of course we have had our highlights, the Flavours of India event, the Shakespeare production and Renaissance Trip, however, the transformative experiences are often found in the children’s everyday experiences of Ficino School. The standard of care is very high. Staff take well being seriously, […]
20 October – Week 2, Term 4, 2023
At Monday’s Assembly the children saw pictures of the New Zealand parliament in Wellington and particularly the Beehive and the Debating Chamber. The procedure following a general election and leading up to the investiture of the new government is full of tradition. Parliament will be reopened by the Governor General, Dame Cindy Kiro, but she […]
13 October – Week 1, Term 4 2023
Welcome back to the final term of 2023. Spring is in the air and the children have returned to school full of energy and good cheer. One of the highlights of this term is the Shakespeare Play, which you are all welcome to attend with your children and friends and family.
22 September – Week 9, Term 3, 2023
Earlier this week the New Zealand Herald reported a change in government policy in Sweden. Here are the introductory paragraphs from the article.
As young children went back to school across Sweden last month, many of their teachers were putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading time
8 September: Week 7, Term 3, 2023
Earlier this week the New Zealand Herald reported a change in government policy in Sweden. Here are the introductory paragraphs from the article.
As young children went back to school across Sweden last month, many of their teachers were putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading time and handwriting practice and devoting less time to tablets, independent online research and keyboarding skills.
