Assembly

 This was the first assembly I have attended at Te Awamutu Intermediate. Rows of seats were set up and classes entered in an orderly fashion. Head students sat on the stage and one recited her Pepeha and said the school's Karakia. The whole school sang the National Anthem and then the school song - I will have to get a copy of this to learn.

SGE spoke about the benefits of learning to play a musical instrument - enhances verbal memory, spatial reasoning and literacy skills. They have a fantastic Music room and plenty of opportunities to learn instruments.

JEL discussed SHINE awards and got a bunch of students to model how they are expected to go up to the steps and wait in a certain spot. The SHINE awards are earned throughout the week by displaying the SHINE values in and outside the classroom. 

The assembly was very straight forward and insightful for new students and teachers.
I ended up sitting close to some Year 7 boys who were a little disruptive and needed a couple of reminders to be respectful.