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As we prepare for our Matariki celebrations, it is the perfect time to reflect on the incredible hard work and collaboration happening across our school community. We have so much to celebrate and look forward to.
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Join us for our Matariki evening on Thursday 25th June
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We can’t wait to come together as a community to celebrate Matariki.
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Here is a reminder of the schedule for the evening:
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5:30 pm: Learning Hubs are open. Whānau are warmly invited to look around our Learning Hubs.
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6:00 pm: Kapa Haka and band students need to arrive and meet at the Office.
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6:15 pm: Our Kapa Haka and School Band will perform in the Pakoko Hall.
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Following the performances: Join us for a warm bowl of freshly made soup, lovingly prepared using all the vegetables donated by our wonderful school community.
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Exciting Property Update: New Walls for Muka & Harakeke
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We have some wonderful news for our Muka and Harakeke tamariki and Kaiako! Our school has been accepted into a government pilot project to install walls into school learning spaces. During the upcoming term break, new walls will be installed in these two Learning Hubs. The spaces will still remain connected, but these additional walls will provide fantastic new flexibility for teaching and learning.
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Good luck to Kākaho 3
Tu Meke to our Kākaho 3 for all their hard work this term! They have been busy learning a brand-new dance with the support of their dance teacher and Mrs Strong as part of the Dancing Like the Stars programme. We want to wish them the absolute best of luck for their upcoming performance this Thursday evening. We know you will shine on stage!
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Student Leadership: New concrete games
We are incredibly proud of one of our House Leaders, Oliver, who took the initiative to apply for a Sport Canterbury grant to provide more wet play activities for our students. Thanks to his hard work, Oliver was successful in securing the funds! This grant will be used to add two-square and four-square line markings to our concrete areas, giving everyone more fantastic options for play.
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Scooter Track Update: The fences will be going up soon
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A huge thank you to our amazing PTA and community for your ongoing support in raising money for our new scooter track. We are thrilled to share that the construction fences will be going up in Week 11, with the exciting aim for the scooter track to be fully ready for use by the end of Week 1, Term 3!
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What a fantastic way to head into the new year and celebrate the collective effort of our students, staff, and families.
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Sporting Success
Congratulations to Mason for representing both Spreydon School and the South West Zone at the Centrals Cross country this week. It is a huge achievement to participate against so many students from across the canterbury region.
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Mid Year Reporting
As we are the final stages of preparing your child's Mid year report to be sent home in week 11, we will share a newsletter next week that helps unpack the new changes to our reporting to align with the new government directions on school assessment and reporting.
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Please make sure you book your whanau conference for either Wednesday 1st July or Thursday 2nd July. These are a follow up opportunity to discuss your child's progress and next steps.
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Details were sent out earlier this week on how to book a timeslot.
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Andrea and the Spreydon Team
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We wish to welcome Frankie and Kenza who joined our kura last week.
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Spreydon School is happy to present Leila, Azreal, Puawai, Evie, Mina, Leonor, Sharolize and Ethan as the Spirit of Spreydon.
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We are working and practicing hard to prepare for the Matariki festival where we are going to perform Zombie by the Cranberries and Three little birds by Bob Marley. Our singers for Zombie are Leila, Puawai and Sharolize and for Three little birds are Puawai and our lovely band teacher Miss Whitehead.
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We look forward to seeing you next week
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Extra Curricular Activities Success
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We do enjoy sharing successes of our tamariki outside of the school, please feel free to email admin@spreydon.school.nz if you wish for our school community to acknowledge your child's success in our newsletter.
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Save the Date
Over the last few years our Library has been moved around our school site, never quite finding a permanent home. Unfortunately as we have grown, many times we have had to convert our library spaces into a Homeroom space.
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In 2026 with the arrival and opening of the Kākaho block, we have been able to reestablish the Library and find a home for it.
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To celebrate having a dedicated library space in 2026, we are having a book week focus for our School Birthday celebrations and much to the delight of our students, a character dress up day.
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You might like to start thinking about your favourite book or book character and what you might like to wear.
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Matariki
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This year we are looking forward to celebrating Matariki a few days earlier this year as the Matariki public holiday falls in the July term break.
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On Thursday 25th June from 5.30pm - 7pm we are welcoming all whānau to come along to our school to share some kai, participate in some Matariki activities around our learning Hubs and watch a performance by our Kapa Haka rōpu and our school band.
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Over the next few weeks there will be a range of Matariki activities for tamariki to participate in during our break times. This includes kite making, Matariki Art, library storytelling and Kī o Rahi on the field.
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Whanau Conferences
Don't forget to book your conference times!
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On Wednesday 1st July and Thursday 2nd July we will be hosting whānau conferences for our families, students and kaiako. We look forward to these to celebrate learning that has been happening and focus on next steps.
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Booking information has already been sent out this week. Please remember to book your timeslots.
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Please note that appointment slots are limited.
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We will be finishing lessons at 1.50pm on Wednesday 1st July to allow for us to have enough time to offer all whanau within each Homeroom to attend.
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There will be supervision on Wednesday 1st July for those that require it until 3pm.
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We ask that when you book you indicate if your child will be collected or require supervision until 3pm.
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To ensure every student has the opportunity for a dedicated meeting, there is one interview slot allocated per student.
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If your child has more than one parent or family member who wishes to attend the conference, we kindly ask that you can coordinate with one another to book a single, mutually suitable time so everyone can participate together. Thank you for your cooperation!
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Last week we updated whanau of the attendance levels of their child if they have crossed over to worrying or concerning levels of attendance.
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Many of these absences are holiday during term time or extended illness which means they move quickly to worrying levels of attendance with 5 more mor days absent.
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On a number of attendance reports we were able to provide positive data to show an improvement from 2025.
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Ako Certificates
Adson, Ayaan, Emily, Gehansa, Levi, Patrick, Emma, Maia, Eleanor, Blake, Ana, Constance, Asher, Kiara, Cadmon, Faith, Scarlett, Ayrton, Halima, SJ, Peter, Mackenzie, Zorawar, Micaylah, Arnaaz, Millie, Amber, Chiaki, Mina, Lucia, Evie and Thomas.
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Mario - approaching learning with a positive mindset and taking pride in completing his work to a high standard
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Amelia - consistently working towards achieving her personal best across all areas of learning
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Neriah - making the most of all learning opportunities
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Baseliine - Showing determination to achieve his personal best in spelling and taking pride in his work
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Emerson - showing a positive attitude towards feedback and using it to improve her work
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Adeline - showing perseverance in learning and has made great improvement in the neatness of her work
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Amelia - using feedback effectively to improve work and show pride in her learning
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Rocco - working hard to think creatively and problem solve in your learning
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Mila - trying her best in group learning and fantastic progress in her writing
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Archangel - putting in his best effort in all his learning
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Archie - demonstrating effort and care by producing work to the best of his ability
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Kaiya - amazing concentration and effort at writing time
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Luca - working hard during literacy sessions and creating fantastic, well crafted sentences
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Brayden - persevering to complete tasks and confidently asks for help
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Jackson - Demonstrating consistent effort each day
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Waaris - an amazing start to learning at Spreydon school
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Madina - showing the value of AKO by always being ready for learning
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Noah - a fabulous start to school. Keep it up
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Hania - showing confidence in learning discussions and always bringing great ideas to the group
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Margot - Settling in so well into learning
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Chris - an amazing start at Spreydon School
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Frankie - Having a wonderful start at your new school
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Carter - responding well to feedback and making thoughtful changes to his writing
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Sua-Dawn - Amazing effort and cous during small reading group lessons
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Nahom - Outstanding effort during spelling and reading
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Ada - working hard during spelling
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This term the following policies are open and ready for parent review
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Parents/Caregiver/Whānau input into our school policies is valued by the Board of Trustees. Policy review is an integral part of updating and ensuring that we are meeting the needs of our community.
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Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) (board)
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EOTC Governance Roles and Responsibilities
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EOTC Risk Assessment and Management
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All families have access to a login code for School Docs - this is where our policies are reviewed and where comments can be made.
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Update about the water and roading upgrades along Lincoln Road
From Monday 22 June, we’ll begin work across the entrance of Domain Terrace which will require the closure of Domain Terrace at Lincoln Road. This will allow for the installation of new underground services along Lincoln Road, across the entrance to Domain Terrace. We’ll also be installing new wastewater infrastructure along Domain Terrace between Lincoln Road and Pony Lane.
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To help reduce disruption, we’ll complete this work in two 4-week stages:
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- Stage One: Closure of Domain Terrace between Lincoln Road and the entrance to Village Health Medical Centre.
- Stage Two: Closure of Domain Terrace between the entrance to Village Health Medical Centre and Pony Lane, allowing us to install new wastewater infrastructure.
For more information about these works, please see the attached work notice or visit the Isaac Construction website below:
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Term Dates for 2026
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Monday 20th April - Friday 3rd July
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Monday 20th July - Friday 25th September
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Monday 12th October - Wednesday 16th December 12pm
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Matariki – Friday 10th July (Term 2 break)
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Labour Day – Monday 26th October
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Canterbury Anniversary Day – Friday 13th November
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