The School Council

The student council is elected from the Year 6 student group. 
Senior students vote for the 12  strong council and so do the staff. Students are expected to prepare and give a speech to their peers about why they think they would make a good student councillor. The council meet regularly, learn about meeting procedures and organise events and activities for the younger children of the school.  Each councillor is "buddied up" with one or two new entrants so that, during a new entrant's transition to school, they will know an older student.  Now and again the councillors will share lunch with the new entrant class and organise a "wheels day " where the junior classes bring their skateboards and scooters, and they are allowed to ride around on a dedicated area of the playground supervised and helped by the councillors. 

Read about what our Year 6 students say about their time at A.M.S

  • Zara (excerpts from her speech to the community at the school concert Dec.14 2011)

A.M.S. is a great school because the teachers give us great opportunities and the students are really nice.  It is also a relatively small school and some might say this is a bad thing, but I say it is a good thing, especially for the little ones as it’s easy to find your way around, and seniors are always on hand to help out.  And everyone knows everyone’s names.

Camp Wellington and Camp Kaitawa   are a great way to bond with your classmates.   My highlight at Optimist Yachting was capsizing. Just make sure you don’t go in the boat with someone heavier than you!!!

Thanks to the teachers for making my primary school years a wonderful experience. You have given me memories that I will keep for the rest of my life.

 

Councillor highlights

  • Briney

Arthur Miller School is concentrating on making our school a warm and friendly environment for students to grow up in and makes sure we give 100% in everything we do to reach the best of our personal abilities.

At Arthur Miller we encourage all students to be caring, collaborative and curious. We offer a range of sporting activities from Rugby and Netball to Athletics, Cross Country and Canoe Polo.

A.M.S offers you the chance to bring out your musical side with the opportunity to join the school choir and if singing is not your thing then why not learn a musical instrument. We offer guitar, ukulele, keyboard and also recorder.

My time at AMS has been memorable and I have enjoyed the opportunities that my friends and I have shared together. The camps at Wellington and Kaitawa were the best ways to become more independent and reliable for the future. I personally enjoyed the rope course because it was fun and a challenge.

 

  • Sam

At Arthur Miller there is a wonderful environment to work and play has in, because we have a zero tolerance to bullying. A.M.S. has lovely teachers who work really hard to make a great programme with lots of variety.  Thanks to the Board of Trustees for providing the students with such great sports stations and all the new buildings and equipment.  Thanks to Ms. D for sharing her love of science and maths and Mrs. D for being a firm but fun teacher and that was what I needed.  All the teachers are amazing and this makes learning fun.

  • Louisa

Arthur Miller School is a small school with a big kindness in welcoming its students to school every day, with some awesome teachers thrown in as well. Over the past 6 years I have been involved in interschool cross country, the Green team, Spooner Shield, T- Ball, Hawkes bay Triathlon and school gymnastics. A.M.S presents to its students many opportunities to grow, learn and to have fun.

 


Peer Mediators

These are senior students in the school who are
trained to deal with low level incidents in the
playground. They are another set of students who help to maintain the caring and collaborative values we believe important in our school culture.




 

The Green Team

These are a group of year 4-6 students who share a keen interest in the environment.  On one afternoon during the week they are often out and about planting or tending our vege and fruit garden, maintaining and manging our native corner of over 100 trees.  Here they are filling the vege boxes with mushroom compost for the season's planting.