REMINDER: School starts back on the 5th February 2025. We look forward to seeing everyone then.
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Update 2
Kia ora e te whānau, The schools in our local cluster have decided that, in the interests of safety for both staff and students, schools will be closed for on-site instruction on Monday 13th February and Tuesday 14th February 2023. We appreciate this is a further disruption that is less than ideal, however the safety … Read moreUpdate 2
School Update
Kia ora e te whānau, Like many of you, we continue to actively monitor this weather event closely and all advice from Auckland Emergency Management. The safety of students and staff is at the forefront of all decisions. A decision will be made later today on the response tomorrow (Monday) which may include a school … Read moreSchool Update
School on Monday
Kia ora e ngā whanau, You will have heard about the weather warnings being issued at the moment. Cyclone Gabrielle is looking likely to be one of the most serious storms to hit NZ this century. Although Auckland has extended its state of emergency, there is no directive at this stage to close schools. We … Read moreSchool on Monday
Message from the Presiding Member [Birkdale Primary, Board of Trustees]
Kia ora! I do hope everyone has got through this incredibly wet spell okay and all our tamariki are excited to be coming back to school on Tuesday. The good news is our school grounds and buildings came through the ‘atmospheric river’ event beautifully and our staff have been hard at work these past few … Read moreMessage from the Presiding Member [Birkdale Primary, Board of Trustees]
Tuesday Feb 7th
Kia ora e ngā whānau – School is still scheduled to start next Tuesday 7th February. We’ll keep you updated with any changes. If you have time to answer one question about how the weather/ flooding has impacted your whānau, to help us with school planning, please click here: or copy the link into your … Read moreTuesday Feb 7th
Stationery reminder
STATIONERY REMINDER If you said you’d pay before the end of the year, tomorrow is the last day 🙂 A reminder will go out early next year, for those that siad they’d pay in the new year.
Term 4 – Week 8: Principal Update
FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER PRINCIPAL’s UPDATE This year has certainly challenged me both professionally and physically. I started as a first time principal, at a new school, navigating the first wave of school attendance with COVID. I finished my Masters in Educational Leadership – which I don’t recommend anyone trying to do when starting a … Read moreTerm 4 – Week 8: Principal Update
URGENT: Important information.
Kia ora e nga whānau This notice is to update you on some news I received recently; it might also explain my lack of visibility at school also. Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. While it was shocking to find out, my prognosis is hopeful; with treatments, they believe it’s curable. I was … Read moreURGENT: Important information.
