From the Principal At time of writing and publication, we anticipate that this week will be our first complete 5 day week at school in 2023. The events of the past few weeks have been [...]

From the Principal Nga mihi o te Tau Hou! Welcome back to 2023! The holiday has flown past incredibly quickly and mid-December 2022 seems a LONG time ago! We hope everyone in our community enjoyed [...]

From the Principal All of our children will meet their teacher for 2023 in the next few weeks. Students will have a chance to connect with their new classmates and learn about their new rooms [...]

From the Principal Teacher Appreciation Day took place on Friday of last week, and was the conclusion of a number of activities and items we prepared to celebrate the work of teachers.  There are a [...]

From the Principal Welcome back to the final term of 2022! We would like to celebrate the 96% of parents who attended a Student Led Conference in late Term 3. This is an incredibly high [...]

From the Principal Last week we learned that the COVID Protection Framework traffic light system was being removed, and that things would be returning to ‘normal’ in Aotearoa New Zealand. It seems an eternity has [...]

From the Principal We recently spent some time with a group of former students who are now in Year 7 and Year 8 at Bucklands Beach Intermediate. We were interviewing them about their experiences of [...]

From the Principal A reminder that our school classrooms do not open until 8.30am each day. Children should not arrive at school before 8.30am because there is no supervision. In colder winter months, we do [...]

From the Principal This week you will be receiving details of the candidates in the triennial NZSTA School Board elections. We have received nominations from 7 candidates for 6 seats on the school board. These [...]