The sun shone and everyone had an awesome time at the Family Picnic

A group of Year 6 children were very lucky to be taken on a guided tour of our new classroom block last Friday. These children have been working with Bronny Apted from Woodview Construction for the past 6 weeks as part of JAD (Just Awesome Day). Over the past 6 weeks they learnt about roles in construction, how to read plans, and materials involved in construction. This culminated in a visit to the building site. They were all very excited are are looking forward to seeing the new building when it is finished towards the end of June this year.

Our House Leaders were fortunate to be able to attend a Leadership Conference for student leaders on 1st March. Three of our leaders have written about their experience at the conference.

Our Year 5 & 6 Travelwise Leaders attended a fun Travelwise Activity Day put on by Auckland Transport Travelwise Team.

Our Board of Trustees are settling into their new roles. Brad Hicks was unanimously elected as the Presiding Member at our first meeting of the year. Brad is the only member from our previous Board of Trustees. The new Board members are: Kitty Kong, Rong Qi, Peng Li, and Farhad Mardipour. Sherryl Prangley is the Staff Trustee, and Rose Neal is an automatic member of the Board, as the Principal. Hilary Ford is the Board Minute Secretary. The Board meets on the 3rd Monday of each month and the next meeting is on Monday 15 May at 5.30 via Zoom. The Board had a training session on governance on Monday to assist them in understanding their role as trustees.

Every two years schools in the Northern Bays Cluster, get together to perform for parents. We are excited to be part of this Festival which is on Wednesday 14th June at the Bruce Mason Centre. The theme for this year's festival is "A Night at the Movies". Mrs Clarisse Taylor is very excited to be working with our performers on our item. She is currently taking auditions for this performance. Part of the Festival also includes a visual art display which parents will be able to view at the Bruce Mason Centre as well.

School is closed on Monday 24th April for a Teacher Only Day. Teachers will be involved in professional development on the New Zealand Curriculum Refresh. Term 2 starts on Wednesday 26th April.

Congratulations to the small, but keen group of swimmers who represented our school at the Cluster Swimming Sports last week. Mr. Matt Ingham took the team and was very impressed with the attitude and behaviour of all the children. Thanks to the parents who helped with transport and who supported the swimmers.

As part of our Health and Safety requirements, our school has a number of policies and procedures that outline what we will do in the event of a crisis in our school. This may include the school having to go into Lockdown, if required by the Police, or if we determine we need to, to keep children and staff safe. We work with a Health and Safety company to ensure our procedures are practical and personalised for our school situation.