Kia Ora I would like to congratulate our new Board of Trustees and thank all nominees for putting your names forward. Our new board Trustees are: Greg Ratcliffe, Matt Elliot, Mikael Boulic, Soazik Shearer, Guillaume Corgnet, Tui Tawhai ( staff trustee), Jan McDonald (Principal) Election results can be found on our BOT page.
The final nominations have been received for the Birkdale North School Board of Trustees: Andrew Higgins, Phil Millership, Guillaume Corgnet, Greg Ratcliffe, Matt Elliott, Mikael Boulic,Yvonne Kirkwood, Deborah Widdowson, Bethan Meikle, Brooke Matthews, Lynton Maiava and Soazik Shearer. There are FIVE board vacancies. You can read read the candidate statements here: BOT candidates You will also find the same PDF … Read moreNominations for the Board of trustees.
The French ambassador was due to visit tomorrow morning at 9:30. I am sorry but we have recieved an email today to say he has had to return to Wellington urgently and has cancelled his visit. They will look at re scheduling.
Kia Ora everyone. Sorry for the short notice, but our Tahitian visitors show will be approx 9:15am ( as soon as they arrive in the morning). Unfortunately their schedule has changed and the time has moved to this earlier time.
Kia ora everyone, I am sure you will have been following or have heard about the Tomorrow’s schools review that is in progress at the moment. If you are proactive and a have strong views then you will have already done the survey and have some opinions. For others you might not be aware of … Read moreThe Tomorrow’s School Survey – Have you done it?
The news of Christchurch yesterday is devastating. I wanted to just remind you to be mindful of your little ones when you are discussing this event. Little ears are always listening and it can be tricky for them to comprehend and understand. ( it is hard enough for us as adults!) A few things to … Read moreThe latest Christchurch Disaster
Kia Ora everyone We had a team of twenty at the across schools swim sports on Wednesday. This was the biggest team we have taken and I was so proud of them all. Everyone of them put 100% effort into their swimming. Thank you to the parents who transported and looked after the children on … Read moreSwimming News
My apologies for not letting you know sooner about our fun swimming sports day! This is my mistake as I had not realised the school had their own little swim day! Glad we do though. Come along and see your little Nemo glide through the water on Thursday 7th March. Approx times of races: 11:30 … Read moreSwimming Fun Sports on Thursday
Dear Parents and Caregivers, Tomorrow ( Wednesday) a French-Canadian teacher who is travelling around the world will be visiting Birkdale North School. He has a blog/facebook page where he shares his experiences in schools all around the world. He has visited schools in Asia and Australia is now in NZ. He is visiting our … Read moreOur French visitor tomorrow
Kia ora to you all, At our Monday assembly this week (25th February) there will be a mini performance from Zirca Circus. You are more than welcome to come along. Our assembly is at 9 – 9.30am. Have a great weekend.
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