FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK Kia ora Koutou, Despite the awful rain and wind, we have so much that is fun and interesting at school!! Thank you for being so helpful and patient on Monday at pick up.  As we are all [...]

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK Kia ora Koutou, Teacher Only Day was a day of two halves for us as a staff.  The first half was time for assessment improvement, learning to use our new tools to assess our students in preparation [...]

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK Kia ora Koutou, To start this week a reminder that this Friday, 4th June we are having a Teachers Only Day alongside all the other schools in the Kahui Ako Orewa. We are all meeting to officially [...]

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK Kia ora Koutou, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING? Pink Shirt Day - Proudly we all wore our pink shirts on Friday to support the message of Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora - Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop [...]

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK Kia ora Koutou, Thank you to everyone for the kind messages of support and generosity for Miss Shelley Ross.  We have passed them all on to her and they were very much appreciated. What Else Has Been [...]

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK Kia ora Koutou, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING Term 2 has begun with so many positive stories and celebrations!! Learning - Classes and expectations - all programmes are well underway, teams and classroom teachers are planned and learning is [...]

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK Kia ora Koutou, Welcome back everyone to Term 2, I hope you have all had a wonderful break and are fit and well for the term!! During the holidays you will see there has been plenty happening [...]

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK Kia ora Koutou, Amazing to think we at the end of Term 1, 2021!! What a term, two lockdowns, three starts to the term, 5 classes all relocated to either the new building or the refurbished rooms, [...]

Wednesday 7th April, 2021 Dear Parents and Caregivers I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Easter break! This week's newsletter post is just about Bike-a-thon!! Please get behind our first fundraiser of the year and sign up. The timetable for the day will be in next week's newsletter. Bike-a-thon Update and Registrations - THANK YOU [...]

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK Kia ora Koutou, This week our thoughts and sympathies are with Pigeon Mountain School as they try to deal with the terrible loss of a child from a car accident in the school carpark. I have passed [...]