Best wishes to all of our lovely children. Our hope is that you go with confidence and the knowledge that you were loved and understood by at least one staff member.
Marriene Langton Principal/Tumuaki
Welcome back to a new year in our lovely kura. Our goal is to be a locally based school that partners with and is supported by our local community. Everyone who knows us and the last 2 decades of the school's history remarks on the exceptional local community who are a central point for our development and growth. The community is changing in terms of housing and we are now part of the intensive housing projects that have developed across Christchurch City since 2011. We thrive on our close relationships with whanau and local organisations who want to be a part of our journey as a school. Generosity is the key word that we see in action every day to make life better for our tamariki. We do have high expectations for learning and behaviour. Our achievement data over the past few years has been amazing and this is a direct reflection on the relentless work of our kaiako to deliver great teaching programmes every day. Our teachers work closely together and they cross check planning and data. That's why we made it to the Gazette in 2024. We are child development/attachment based and our staff is well trained in how children's brains develop and how we can build amazing relationships with the children in our care. There's a lot of laughter and fun in the classrooms (and in our office with The Fab Five) every day . Please make a point of stopping for great coffee on Friday mornings and take the time to connect with other parents. Haere mai. Welcome to our little corner of paradise
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Year 6 Leavers' Dinner
Our Year 6 students are leaving. We had dinner together on Tuesday night sponsored by our Board of Trustees. Thank you for your kindness.Many of them started here as 5 year olds. Once you are part of the West Spreydon School Whanau you are always a part of our whanau. We will miss our senior students as they go on to their Year 7 and 8 years in other schools.
Best wishes to all of our lovely children. Our hope is that you go with confidence and the knowledge that you were loved and understood by at least one staff member.
Best wishes to all of our lovely children. Our hope is that you go with confidence and the knowledge that you were loved and understood by at least one staff member.
Kahukura Lead Teachers for Performing Arts Meet and Plan at West Spreydon School
It is such a pleasure to be a part of a cluster of schools where we can think beyond what is special for our own school and take a big picture look at what is best for all of the schools in our cluster.The lead teachers of performing arts across our schools had their first meeting to look at the possibilities for music, dance and drama in our 7 schools.Watch this space. When you let creative people loose they create. (havoc, trouble, opportunities and dreams)  |
| Donna Addington, Natalie West Spreydon, Kate Addington, Kate Cashmere Primary, Kendal Thorrington, Kim Somerfield, Kate Sth Intermediate, Kath Sacred Heart |
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Fono/Hui
Kia ora everyone.
Monday, November 14, 2016
Passion Projects
Our senior children have been involved in some fabulous opportunities to extend their learning and experiences.They have had the choice of cooking, supporting senior citizens, triathlon, tapa cloth, camping, conservation and pest eradication.
They have attached some fund raising to many of their projects in order to be able to give something back to community organisations.
They have raised money for The Blind Foundation, RSPCA and George Manning Retirement village (for day games for the residents to play)
I am so proud of the way our teachers go the extra 10 miles for the children and the ways in which the children are learning about being citizens and taking responsibility for the welfare of others. Today was a fundraiser for RSPCA and the Blind Foundation. The are also cleaning staff cars to raise extra dollars to give away. The truth is that Angie ended up doing most of the work because the children had no idea how hard it was to clean a car. I thinkk that she resigned 3 times this afternoon!
When we are asked about character and citizenship we have great examples of what that really looks like in our school.
They raised:
They have attached some fund raising to many of their projects in order to be able to give something back to community organisations.
They have raised money for The Blind Foundation, RSPCA and George Manning Retirement village (for day games for the residents to play)
I am so proud of the way our teachers go the extra 10 miles for the children and the ways in which the children are learning about being citizens and taking responsibility for the welfare of others. Today was a fundraiser for RSPCA and the Blind Foundation. The are also cleaning staff cars to raise extra dollars to give away. The truth is that Angie ended up doing most of the work because the children had no idea how hard it was to clean a car. I thinkk that she resigned 3 times this afternoon!
When we are asked about character and citizenship we have great examples of what that really looks like in our school.
They raised:
- $298 for SPCA from a mufti day
- $35 from a car wash for endangered animals
- $51.50 for the Vegetation Group from a bake sale
- $203.60 for Blind Foundation from a bake sale and $40 from independent fundraising
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