Message from Mrs Van Schaijik Mrs Van Schaijik has been the lead teacher for Travelwise at Newmarket School for 7 years.
Leading Travelwise at Newmarket School has always given me great joy and pride. The programme has grown to what it is now. The senior children lead the learning and every year they continue to make me very proud. We finished 2018 with a collection of articles that were published in our Newmarket School newsletters over the year. The opportunity was too great not to turn them into a book for our library. You will notice that most articles do not say who wrote them because as much as possible the focus is on the team. Over the years what I have noticed is the children who are in the Travelwise also have many other roles in our school. They are committed to leaving our school a better place. They understand whanaungatanga and work hard to create school wide events that include everyone. Our Travelwise team work closely with Auckland Transport through our Travelwise School Community Coordinator. We also have a relationship with Tracksafe New Zealand because of our proximity to the Newmarket Train Station. However nothing happens in a school without the ongoing support of our families, our staff, our school leadership team and our Board of Trustees.