Schools celebrate end of difficult year

It has been an unusual year for Mahurangi schools, adapting to online learning and Covid-19 restrictions, but it hasn’t stopped the Christmas cheer. Most schools have only had four weeks of on-site learning since lockdown ended last month, but it has given students the chance to catch up with their friends and celebrate making it through.

Horizon School intermediate students asked Countdown Warkworth for $400 worth of Christmas food to package and deliver to 16 local families in need.

Matakana School students Sally L, Austin M, Maccoy W and Jess F starred in the school’s Christmas card this year.

Tapora School children were sent home with some Christmas cheer, each receiving a tin of chocolate wafers with an elf badge and a candy cane.

Children at Kaiwaka School celebrated Book Week by dressing up as their favourite character. They walked in a parade around the school and librarian Wendy Howard visited to be the “celebrity judge”.
Left, Michel Merwood as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Right, Josephine Griffiths as Pippy Longstockings

Alex Young, Tui Browne and Pippa Edwards were among senior students at Leigh School challenged to create a Christmas tree out of natural materials.