Basketball changes lives
Watch this space: A young Flaxmere woman with an eye for telling stories through video has had a phenomenal reaction to her work – and...
Kimi Ora rebuild thrilling the kids
There is nothing 7-year-old Oupea Moata’ane likes better than watching the diggers demolishing the old buildings at his school. He is out...
Leading team
Flaxmere College this month named its student leaders for this year: Annalleah Sullivan-SciaScia, Dream Taumata, Isaiah Rikihana, Amanda...
Chess club open to all comers
📷Yes, chess is good for strategic thinking and improves concentration and problem-solving skills, but it should also be fun, says Vickey...
Food forges link between young and old
The steam is rising above the background of music and chatter as senior students prepare a feast for the residents of Swansea Village in...
Original art: Flying the flag in Flaxmere
Children at all five schools in Flaxmere have been beavering away on designs for new flags for Flaxmere Park. Students at the five...
Flaxmere chess: ‘It’s fun and it trains your brain’
Yes, chess is good for strategic thinking and improves concentration and problem-solving skills, but it should also be fun, says Vickey...
Hundreds of student-inspired trees going in
Planning Kimi Ora Community School’s new outdoor learning space has led to an unexpected community project for the school’s senior...
Weather doesn’t stop Irongate kids
That is the thing about weather; it can scuttle the best-laid plans. But in the case of Irongate School’s camp plans, weather on the west...
Kimi kids planning great outdoors
It would be hard to find kids more excited than the youngsters at Flaxmere’s Kimi Ora Community School.📷 A $6 million rebuild of the...
