01/07/2021
End of Term Staff Update
As we approach Term 3, I have a few staff updates to make. Recently the Board of Trustees approved ‘Refreshment Leave’ in Term 3 for Francine Werry. As Francine will not be with us in Term 3, during this time…
22/06/2021
Rm 27’s Amazing 1970 Robots
I was honoured to be invited to Rm 27 yesterday, so the children could share their learning with me. They have been designing these colourful 1970 Robots as part of their decade inquiry work (related to our centenary year). As…
11/06/2021
A Timely Reminder to Keep Children Safe
After an occurrence in Ellerslie yesterday that is being actively investigated by Police, we have received a reminder from them, outlining some safety measures when walking to and from school, for you to discuss with your children, remembering that we…
16/04/2021
End of Term 1
This term has been an interesting and challenging one and has it felt a lot longer than normal. I suppose that is due to a couple of lockdowns, as well as some very difficult challenges that a few of our…
16/04/2021
MENZA Songwriting Experience
Earlier this term, we had a number of children working with Francine Werry, writing songs that were submitted to the MENZA songwriting competition. The group had to face a number of challenges along the way. During Auckland’s two lockdowns earlier…
14/04/2021
Celebrating Two of our Walking School Bus Parents
A huge congratulations to two of our Walking School Bus (WSB) Co-ordinators, Campbell Waugh and Ursula Gee. Campbell was a recent winner from Central Auckland, for sharing the most innovative idea to promote and ‘grow’ the walking school bus programme.…
12/04/2021
Fantastic Fun Fiesta!!
What a great day we had yesterday at our Family Fun Fiesta. The weather was amazing, especially after the horrible day we had on Saturday, and that we did not have to cancel due to a change in COVID levels. …
26/03/2021
CPDS is seeing Purple Today
A huge thank you to all those who supported our Purple day today for Epilepsy awareness. As a school we raised $532.30. Thanks to Mrs Wood for organising this for us.
26/03/2021
Swimming Success
On Tuesday the 23 March, we had our Y5/6 swimming team represent us at the Remuera Swimming Zones. I am very proud to be able to announce that we were 2nd overall out of the 18 schools competing. Another piece…
25/03/2021
Thank you for the Flowers
I would like personally thank all the children and staff who brought along a single flower, some foliage or a bunch of flowers for Dev and her family. As you can see from the huge amount of flowers shown in…
