On Wednesday night, I was privileged to be able to attend the annual 'Lions Citizenship Award Ceremony', where Maddison and Arthur Year 6, where recognised. They are definitely worthy recipients of this award, as they truly embody the attributes listed…
Namaste Today, our school celebrated Diwali, and it was great to see so many parents coming along to join in with the fun. Classes across the school discovered a little more about India, Indian culture, food, dances and art. This…
Last night, was the final showing of our Y5 and 6 production for 2019, and the children involved put on an amazing show. This production started early last term, with the children starting to write fractured tales in class, and…
Written and performed by our very talented students in Year 5 and 6. This show is open to all families and tickets are on sale now. This is a limited run with two nights only, so if you want a…
It was a glorious day at Victoria Park as the CPDS Runners lined up to run the 2km Kid’s Marathon, 5km run, or the 11km Traverse. Everybody gave it their all, and loved the opportunity to run down the offical…
It has been a very busy time over the past few weeks trying to ensure that we are fully staffed for 2020, which is never easy, in this time of teacher shortages. It has been further compounded by a couple of…
On Friday, I was lucky enough to accompany 7 of our Y5 and 6 boys (Miqi, Oscar Q, Toby, Yogya ,Oscar G, Otis and Zanlin) to Christchurch, where they competed in the Chesspower Nationals against a large number of other…
I would like to extend a warm welcome to Adele Park, who has joined us as our 'Lead ESOL Teacher' to take Kelsi Robertson’s place . Adele was at Blockhouse Bay Intermediate before coming to us and with her skills she…
On 21 September, we had a number of school groups take part in the 2019 Lewis Eady Junior Music Contest. I am pleased to announce that the following achieved the awards below. Silver Awards: Chamber Group White-Fronted Terns (Soundscape) Bronze Awards:…
Congratulations to Hayden C, who competed in the 'Ara Lodge Music Competition' final round recently. Hayden was very fortunate to go through the preliminary and then achieved a Distinction award for strings in…
