Principal of a large South Auckland school currently being totally rebuilt. Exciting times at TGS! Also Tweet a blog about not taking life too seriously.

Joined January 2010
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Empty shelves become play things as we move out of the temporary school!! #tgsrebuild
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First students ever inside the new building #tgsrebuild
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Moving in one umbrella at a time! #tgsrebuild
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TGS, lucky in our unluckiness!! MOE rules change to deal with Leaky 'epidemic'. They no longer consider demolition, the policy is to 'patch' leaky buildings. It's money or budget based, but TGS has a good outcome, probably lucky being first up #tgsrebuild-only took 10 years.
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Year 7 & 8 nail robotics! STEM rocks!! #tgsrebuild
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We got sick of waiting, so built our own school. Lucky we are use to making the most of spaces with this minimalist design! #tgsrebuild
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The floor coverings are starting to go down!! Arrow, right on track for handover date. #tgsrebuild
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A piece of TGS history going into the new school #tgsrebuild
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Good to have some nice weather finally!!! Making the most of small playing spaces #tgsrebuild
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Wiring going into new school. Internet, sound, TV, audio. Mana from Heaven. Wish we had shares in the companies that made that! #TGSrebuild
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Our new website debut is live on the big screen at PB Tech. Check it out! Amazing work, KateG @ thegardens.school.nz #TGS rebuild
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Excited about going live with Linc-Ed Parent Portal! Easy to better involve our parents with their child's learning journey #TGSrebuild
Our new puppy is learning to bark at strangers. Beware!
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Lucky skipping does not feature highly as an interschool sport, or we'd fail!! Spot the over achiever? #tgsrebuild
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A whole family of caterpillars named after our STEM teacher. Douglas- World famous at The Gardens School #tgsrebuild
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TGS Board having the first guided tour of our new school. Ignore the puddles that was our old school #TGSrebuild
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Dad teaches kids that if you want something, just nick it! No worries if someone else saved or worked hard to get it
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Great day at the Unitec Graduation yesterday! Teacher Only Day and the whole staff went on a bus to celebrate and partied home #TGSrebuild
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