Monday 17 February 2014

What's going on here?




Hello Folks and Families, 

As many of you are aware, Sylvia Park school is in a `happening' location with a whole lot of action happening up and down the highway, but there is something happening down underground below the sports field that is hard to believe! 

We are `special' because under the field lies one of Auckland's largest sewer pipes, at about 2m high.  It has been there a very long time and needs some major repair work done to it so that it doesn't collapse with the stampede of students running over the top of it! 

Reality is, Watercare are having to make a big enough hole in the pipe so they can lower a `small' boat into it so that the workers can go up and down the pipe and clean and repair the concrete pipes, with most of the work being done at night when the `water' level isn't so high!!  So far, they working on getting the work going well and smoothly, and should be all go very shortly.

So although we may get un-welcome noise and smells from their work, spare a thought for those who have to get inside it! 

Paul

Friday 14 February 2014

Minutes of BoT meeting, 28 January 2014

The minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting held on Tuesday, 28th January are here. If you have any questions or thoughts, we invite you to comment below or to contact us directly.

Esther

Friday 7 February 2014

Welcome to Whaea Bec

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would like to welcome all those new and returning students and teaching staff to Sylvia Park School.  We trust you all enjoyed the holiday break and are now ready to settle back into school life.

It is with great pleasure we welcome Whaea Bec (Ms Kaukau, Acting Principal) for the 1st Term of 2014.   Whaea Bec will work closely alongside Mrs Maitland and we appreciate all she is doing for the school.

Our wonderful Whaea Barb will return to us from her secondment in Term 2. 

Lyle

Monday 3 February 2014

Welcome back!

Kia ora, Talofa lava, Mālō e lelei,  hi everyone!  Welcome back for another great year of learning at Sylvia Park School.  It's going to be another busy one with lots of things happening so keep an eye on this space to find out what the Board of Trustees is up to.