Term Overview Letter 26th July, 2010 Dear Parents, Hare Krishna! Welcome to term three! A huge and warm welcome to our new students, Tisha, Vasudev, Vasundhara, Lila and Rohan. Here is an overview of what your child will be learning in this term. Values and Shastra (Religious studies) The main value focus for this term… read more >>
Yesterday we had an audit of our ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) programme. The Ministry of Education currently fund 54 students in the Hare Krishna School with a special English Language Learning grant. The funding money is to be spent to assist schools in New Zealand with the provision of targeted language learning… read more >>
This morning in assembly we announced the “Virtue” focus for the term. The “Virtue” is Cleanliness; internal and external. Srila Prabhupada recommends chanting Hare Krishna for internal cleanliness and by so doing we can purify our thoughts, speech and actions. We will be focused on clean speech for the first two weeks. Part of our… read more >>
The next Friends of the School Meeting will be held on Sunday 1st August. Apologies for the incorrect date previously posted. We are hoping to attract many parents and well wishers for this meeting. Our main topic will be promoting the school and brainstorming ideas focused around a “Campaign” for 108 students by October 1st.… read more >>
“Friends of the School” Meeting on Sunday June 13th 2010 Today we had a very enlivening meeting with 20 passionate parents and 4 staff members. This was the first of hopefully many meetings with the “Friends of the School”. We discussed many topics in relation to the big picture and many topics of a more… read more >>