This term we have two teacher only days: Friday, 18th June (This day is Kāhui Ako wide - including Berkley Middle School and Hillcrest High School) and the last day of the school term, Friday, 9th July. The Patricia Avenue Satellite Unit (Room 18) has a teacher only day on Monday, 21st June.

Along with all other schools in the Hillcrest Kāhui Ako (community of learning) Silverdale Normal School will be closed for instruction on Friday, 18 June. On this day all teachers and learning assistants will be gathering for a day of professional development aimed at supporting us to learn the local stories and histories of our area. This is an important part of the New Zealand histories curriculum recently introduced into our national curriculum document