Minutes of BoT meeting, 12 May 2014

The minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting held on Monday, 12 May are here . If you have any questions or thoughts, we invite you to comment below or to contact us directly.

The next BoT meeting will be held on Monday, 16th of June in the school meeting room.

Esther

Congratulations Whaea Barb!

It is with much excitement and pleasure that our Principal, Barbara Ala'alatoa, has been awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for Services to Education.  

As a school we are very proud and honoured to have such an outstanding Principal as Whaea Barb.

Thank you for the "window of opportunity' that you provide our life long learners.  Keep shaping the future, Whaea Barb, we're so lucky to have you at our school.

Lyle

New classrooms!

You may have noticed a few new things that came on a big truck last week and were placed into the school grounds....

We're growing so fast that we need some extra space for classrooms.  They are only temporary, we are planning to have our very own brand new block of classes ready for the beginning of next year but we couldn't wait that long.  

These classes will soon be giving lots of kids the space they need - we can't wait to see them buzzing with learning like our other classrooms!  

Minutes of BoT meeting, 7 April 2014

The minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting held on Monday, 7th April are here. If you have any questions or thoughts, we invite you to comment below or to contact us directly.

The next BoT meeting will be on Monday, 12th of May in the school meeting room.

Esther

Goodbye swimming pool

It's been great having the pool at our school for the summer terms but unfortunately it has had to go off to another school so we can use the space for other things.  Here is a big

Thank You

to all of the people - parents, students, teachers and friends of our school who helped to get the pool in place and packed up ready to go again.  Your help and support means that we can provide our kids with these special experiences.

Minutes of BoT meeting, 24 February 2014

The minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting held on Tuesday, 24th February are here. If you have any questions or thoughts, we invite you to comment below or to contact us directly.

Esther

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