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Kia ora Spreydon Whānau,
We know we are well into Autumn when we have so many leaves covering our grounds. We are very lucky to see the shift in seasons first hand, especially the joy on our tamariki's faces as they play in and around all the gold and orange leaves. We do hope the weather stays warm and dry so that Mr Hyland gets a chance to scoop up all the leaves before the rain and wind get to them.
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Just by walking through our learning spaces you can see how engaged our tamariki are about their Antarctica focus this term and the science experiences that come from delving into this focus. This is great to see.
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A reminder you are welcome to pop into learning hubs and see the amazing art and Inquiry topics linked into our term focus.
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Next week, Friday 15th May our Hauora Council are encouraging us all to end the week by celebrating difference with Pink Shirt Day. Tamariki are welcome to come dressed either in Pink or bright colours. This is a non uniform day.
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Assessment and Reporting
In Term 2 we focus on celebrating progress and achievement of our tamariki as they reach the mid point of the school year. Our report format is currently with the designers to tweak what we do to align with the new language of reporting requirements. Rest assured our reports will still cover core curriculum areas and next steps on how to help at home. Tamariki will also share how they feel about their learning and your child's report will share attendance details. These written reports will come home on Monday 29th June.
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In week 11, Wednesday 1st July and Thursday 2nd July our whanau conferences will take place. This is where whanau are asked to attend with their child to celebrate learning successes and focus on next steps. How to book a time will be sent out later this term.
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Extra Curricular Activities
With many tamariki starting their winter sport season - we wish all of our tamariki and their teams all the very best for the season ahead.
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Our Year 5 and 6 School Basketball teams have had their first games this week and our Netball team are eager to have their first game of the season. We hope you have a great season. Thanks to the coaches and managers for support these teams. We couldn't do it without you.
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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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Mother's Day
To all of our Mothers within our school community - we wish you all a happy Mother's Day this Sunday.
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Andrea and the Spreydon Team
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We wish to welcome Aviraj, Bobby, Dante and Faith in Team Paretai. who have started in Team Paretai this term. We look forward to welcoming you officially at our Mihi Whakatau which is being held on Friday 5th June at 9.15am in our Hall Pakoko.
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No doubt you will have seen some new and not so new faces around our school working alongside our tamariki. We are very excited to welcome two new Learning Assistants to our Spreydon Team in 2026. Olivia Barrett and Adele Gordon.
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Last week some Mitre 10 staff came to our school to help us to improve our garden. They kindly donated lots of gardening equipment including gloves, pea straw, compost, gardening tools and watering cans. They also donated wood and helped put together edging for our 13 trees in our school orchard.
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Ruby Blue said “It was very fun, and I loved putting the boxes around the orchard plants”.
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“My favourite part was learning how to use the drill” said Blake.
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"I enjoyed helping Mitre 10 with the edging and hammering the pegs in" said Brody.
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Thanks Mitre 10! We really appreciate you supporting your local community and our Kura. We learnt lots of new skills to help our friends and family.
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Team Paretai explorers have dived deep into the frozen worlds of the Arctic and Antarctica, discovering why polar bears and penguins never actually meet and testing out how blubber keeps animals toasty in freezing waters. Using our House of Science kits, we’ve been busy experimenting with ice and even pretending to be giant whales filtering for tiny krill. When we aren't busy in the polar regions, we’ve been outside with our visiting university students, who have been teaching us fundamental skills through football matches and plenty of throwing and catching practice.
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Team Mōkihi have enjoyed getting started this term with an Antarctica focus! Homerooms will take turns completing full Science days and exploring concepts relevant to Antarctica. We have also begun our whole school story about Pedro the Emperor Penguin, and will be spending time with our buddy classes to complete activities around this.
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Attendance - How are we going?
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We have started this term really positively with high levels of attendance.
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95% of our students are attending regularly and have had less than 5 days of absences this term.
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In Term 2 we know it gets harder in the winter months with sicknesses but don’t let wet days keep your children home.
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Our lost property bin is starting to have a build up of no named sweatshirts that we would love to reconnect with their owners. If you are missing an unnamed sweatshirt , you will find our lost property bin in the Office entrance.
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Ako Certificates
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Emme - being ready for learning with a positive attitude
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JD - making the most of all learning opportunities
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Ruby-Blue - having a positive attitude towards her learning and working incredibly hard with her literacy work
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Blake - listening carefully and learning lats about Antarctica
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Kenzie - amazing learning and contributing during our science unit
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Ijay - showing critical thinking while working with others in a technology challenge
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Sophie - always being willing to try new things and to persevere when learning is challenging
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Sharolize - giving 100% and developing her confidence to take risks with her learning
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Tyler - confidently sharing his thoughts and understandings with others
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Jack - sharing your wonderful ideas during class
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Zoe - making good choices to support your learning
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Ashton - working hard each day to complete all work to the best of your ability. Keep it up!
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Sebastian - showing critical thinking while working with others in a technology challenge
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Petra - taking grat strides in your learning and piquing your curiousity in our Antarctic science experiments
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Noah - always taking care of our classroom by keeping it tidy
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Tyler - being a supportive and helpful friend
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Tayla - always giving 100% and seeing success in her learning
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Lincoln - making good progress and always giving the extra tasks a go in his learning
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David - showing incredible kindness to another student and for working diligently on his spelling
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Reid - showing the value of Ako during learning time
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Gevannah - showing a positive attitude towards your mathematics learning
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Margot - using your word knowledge to read carefully and think about what you have read
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Emilia - showing the value of Ako by helping others in the classroom and her hard work during gardening club
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Charlotte - growing in confidence to write words on her own
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Lorenzo - being a role model and following instructions
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Andrew - persevering and pitting effort into all his mahi
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Seth - an amazing start at Spreydon School. You give learning 100%
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Madina - having an excellent attitude and showing perseverance for all learning tasks
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Stevie - approaching all learning tasks with a positive attitude
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Isaac - showing the value of Ako with his creative ideas in his writing
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Devon - taking ownership of your learning and extending yourself
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Puawai - making great progress with her Maths learning
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Kobe - a super start in Puhara. We love having you at Spreydon
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Carter - making the most of all learning opportunities
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Emrys - working positively with others and staying on task
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Aki - Contributing positively and staying on task in group work
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SJ - great focus during Maths lessons and learning strategies quickly
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Grace - being quick to start your desk learning and do your best work
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Zorawar - having a positive attitude and giving everything a try
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Finn - working hard during reading time and completing his story summary to a high standard
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Athena - helping to keep our learning space tidy
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Mehar - making great progress in your reading and Maths
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Mara - being a kind friend to everyone
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Jensen - being a resilient rhino
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Ansh - taking pride in his writing
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Dantē - shoiwng perseverance during learning time
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Beeanne - having a super start at Spreydon School and making new friends
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Faith - a great start at Te Kura o Mokihi Spreydon School
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Makaio - using amazing critical thinking during our technology challenge
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Louie - amazing mahi and focus in your reading group
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Jayden - perseverance and putting effort into his learning
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Carter - using amazing critical thinking during our technology challenge
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Pizza order forms have been sent out this week.
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A reminder order forms are due in by 3pm Wednesday 13th May
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“How to Turn Your Kids Bad Day into a Good Day”.
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Sometimes our kids get stuck in a funk, and no matter how hard we try, they seem determined to have a bad day! But here’s a simple way to help turn things around.
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If we can teach our children from a young age that, no matter what happens, they always have the power to choose their response, we’re setting them up for lifelong resilience and stronger mental health.
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Learning that we are responsible for how we navigate life is one of the most valuable lessons we can give them.
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Viktor E. Frankl captured this idea beautifully in Man’s Search for Meaning:" Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way."
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Helping our kids understand this now will empower them to face life’s challenges with strength, grace, and confidence.
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Term Dates for 2026
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Monday 2nd February - Thursday 2nd April
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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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Anzac Day – Monday 27th April
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King’s Birthday – Monday 1st June
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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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