Dear Parents, Caregivers and Whānau, This is an email we hoped we’d never have to write. For many years, our school has benefitted from plentiful resources, very well-maintained facilities, and enough teachers and teacher aides to enable smaller class sizes…
Kia ora whānau, Well, here we are again in level 2. Thank you for all of your cooperation with the additional safety measures that were necessary during level 2.5. Whilst it’s looking like there is a degree of containment of…
Kia ora whanau, We’re all getting a little bit better at dealing with whatever changes come our way! With the recent move back into level 3 COVID restrictions, we all found ourselves in familiar territory for supporting our children at…
Dear Parents and Caregivers, At the end of 2019, the Government announced the ‘School Infrastructure Package’ (SIP) which saw each school being granted a sum of money for enhancements to school property and infrastructure. At the same time, the Ministry…
Kia ora whanau, It’s exciting to see the school back to having kids in classrooms, and back to having close contact with their friends again following lockdown – how lucky we are to all live in this part of the…
Kia ora whanau, So much has changed in the last few months. For many of us, our lives have been upturned. For others, they’ve been significantly disrupted. What has remained true as we’ve travelled through the challenges that have come…
Dear CPDS Families and Community, We have previously written to let you know that 2021 is the School’s centenary, celebrating 100 years. This will be an exciting year for the school and your children and we want to make it…
CPDS Fair 2020 Dear Community I’d like to thank all of the people who have invested their time and energy and effort in supporting the CPDS school fair over the past years - we’re very grateful for all your contribution and it is clear how…
Kia ora whanau, The Fair The board are delighted to see that there has been a positive reaction to our request for additional support to keep the fair running. A few weeks ago, we received some great suggestions from around…
Kia ora whanau, You want the fair. I’d like to start off by thanking everyone who took the time to provide their feedback on the future of the CPDS fair. It was clear that the community felt strongly that the…
