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Kia ora Spreydon Whānau,
It's so nice to see everyone back all ready for a new term.
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Last term, while it was short, it was action packed!
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We focused on establishing routines and partnerships. It was great to end the term with so many whānau taking up the opportunity to attend our literacy hui and celebrate the learning taking place in our Homerooms.
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Over the term break our grounds have had a bit of an upgrade in places. Due to the Property Top up Grant that was provided to all schools we were able to focus on the Mathers Road Car park turning area. For safety reasons we used much of the top up grant to level the landscaping and bring in some much needed visibility for drivers and our tamariki. We were also able to complete the landscaping around our new building and remove an aging Silver birch tree and stumps near our boundary fence.
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Pūhara 1 also had some carpet installed in their outdoor space and our sandpit cover was repaired and we have 3 automated doors within the Mokihi and Pitau spaces. These have been very exciting for our tamariki to navigate this week.
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We have also had some work done within our classroom spaces with a new whiteboard for Puhara 1 and some shelving units relocated out of the office area now that we are not needing so much space to store our school uniform supplies.
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Mrs Clements is enjoying having some art work on the Office walls.
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The PTA are continuing to work towards their goal of a scooter track in 2026. With two grant applications being successful along with the support of the fundraising opportunities over the last few years, the PTA is now able to start the process of finalising the track design and start to make it happen!!
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HOW AMAZING for our tamariki and community!
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We can look forward to fundraising to complete the project in 2026!
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It is a huge achievement for a very small but mighty group of dedicated whanau and all of our community who have rallied around, supporting the fundraising ventures.
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The PTA have their next meeting on Wednesday 29th April at 3pm in Puhara 2. It is an exciting time to be part of this group. All are welcome to come and support our PTA.
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A reminder that this Saturday 25th April an ANZAC service will be held at the
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We look forward to seeing you all again on Tuesday 28th April.
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Andrea and the Spreydon Team
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We wish to welcome Seth, Brodie, Kobe, Ari, Beeanne, Taniya who have started in Team Paretai this week and Lucas and Dominic in Team Mokihi
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We would also like to welcome Mrs Sandi Seil who has taken over Harakeke 2 for the remainder of the year while Mrs Chloe Lenko is on Maternity leave awaiting the birth of her second child.
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Congratulations to everyone who participated in our Cross Country and Fun run. We really appreciated the whanau encouragement and support of all of our tamariki who took part.
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While the weather wasn't as sunny as we hoped, it provided a true cross country experience.
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Thanks to Mrs Emily Davidsen and Miss Mel Grant and our House Leaders and Ambassadors who worked so hard prior to and during the event to make sure it was well run and making sure all of our runners had a course that they knew well and were able to try for their personal best and have fun.
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We are very thankful to Horomaka Hillmorton who allowed us to use their field to extend our course for our Mokihi Team.
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Good luck to our Year 5 and 6 team of Ashleigh, Melaena, Eleanor, Ijay, Hugo, Finn, Paige, Poppy, Kenzie, Mason, Conor and David who will be representing our School at the South West Zones on Thursday 21st May at Ngā Puna Wai.
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This term we have a busy term with water safety, our Antarctica focus and looking forward to sharing learning successes through our term 2 reporting and whanau conferences. The conferences will be held in the last week of the term.
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This term we have three no school days during our 11 week term.
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Please mark these in your calendar
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Monday 27th April - ANZAC Day observed public holiday
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Friday 29th May - Staff Only Day
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Monday 1st June - Kings Birthday
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Our Term 2 whole school assemblies are held in our Hall at 9.15am on the following Fridays
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Week 2 - Friday 1st May - Raupō Hub presenting
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Week 4 - Friday 15th May - Pītau Hub presenting
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Week 7 - Friday 5th June - Mihi Whakatau - welcome to our new families
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Week 9 - Friday 19th June - Harakeke Hub presenting
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We have received our Term 1 provisional attendance data from the Ministry of Education and
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while our target was not met, we did have a significant improvement that is worth celebrating.
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91% of our students are arriving regularly on time to start the day.
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Last year while we also had 76% of our student having good attendance. Only 72% of our students were arriving regularly on time to start the day.
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Thank you to our whanau for making sure routines are in place to make sure your child starts the day with connections with their peers and teacher before school begins.
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While many have found the sharing our information quite confronting. As a school we are tasked with sharing the reality of your child's attendance data in it's raw form. This is the number of days absent.
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Last term we had quite a run of illness, this was not expected so early in the year for so many of our tamariki and whanau.
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We also had a significant number of students absent due to holidays during term time that is very hard to make up when illness is prevalent.
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Your child's educational journey is a partnership. We know that routines and consistency makes a difference for our tamariki. Arriving late is hard for all tamariki, the child that is late, the peers who didn't have a chance to connect and the teacher and class who have already started their school day when a child arrives late. Due to the age of our students, lateness has to fall with parents to manage. This is your part of the partnership.
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Thank you for prioritising this for your child, their peers and their teacher.
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Having a break from routine for a holiday during term time or a few days at home for a range of reasons other than illness can also be a challenge to re-engage.
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If there are challenges to attendance, please contact your child's homeroom teacher in the first instance. They cannot support your child if they do not know if there are things that are of concern. Setting up a plan of support is often a next step where each hold a collective responsibility to reduce barriers within the home and school setting.
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A reminder of our Attendance Management Plan from a whānau perspective:
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If your child is away - please make contact with the school prior to 9am via the school office - text, email or phone.
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If you are scheduling a holiday - please complete a leave form so that we can put these dates in advance of your child's absences.
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If there are barriers to your child's attendance, please contact your child's homeroom teacher.
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If you receive a phone call or letter advising of your child's level of attendance, remember that schools are now mandated to advise of the days absent no matter the reasons within the term.
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We are facilitating a Neurodivergent group for parents / caregivers / whānau in Term 2.
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This is for parents / caregivers / whānau who are caring for tamariki who have a neurodivergent diagnosis or presenting with traits of neurodivergence and may be exploring assessment and / or support pathways.
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The group will consist of 6 x 2-hour sessions, run over 6 weeks at Spreydon School.
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Session 1- Introduction to Neurodivergence
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Session 2- Pathways to Diagnosis & Community Supports
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Session 3- Self-advocacy Skills
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Session 4- Parenting & Regulation Strategies
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Session 5- Lego Therapy at Home
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Session 6- Reflections, Goal Setting and Questions
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The group will be facilitated by Helen Reading (Social Worker in Schools) and Georgia King (Psychologist) from Family Works, Presbyterian Support. Both facilitators have lived and clinical experience working with neurodivergence and are passionate about supporting tamariki and whānau to gain the skills and knowledge needed to thrive.
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If you are interested in participating this group, please contact Kate Wilkinshaw by Friday 1st May 2026, as spaces are limited.
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Ako Certificates
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Micah - Making the most of learning opportunities
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Max - sharing your ideas and contributing to class discussions
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Parekaihina - showing a positive attitude and perseverance in your learning
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Azreal - making the most of learning opportunities
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Jackson - making the most of all learning opportunities
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Arlo - sharing your wonderful ideas in class
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Matilda - giving everything a go during your first week at school - well done
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Whetumarama - being ready with a positive attitude every morning
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Jasmine - being a positive role model and a good friend
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Mateo - great focus during Maths lessons and learning new strategies quickly
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Ethan - asking great questions about Antartica
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Axell - working really hard with his reading
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Brooklyn - trying her best in all areas of learning
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Ben - being a caring classmate
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Brodie - an amazing start at Spreydon School
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Adriel - using your initiative to keep the classroom tidy and organised
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Hezekiah - staying focused during spelling lessons
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Rayaan - using your word knowledge to read through stories at a good pace
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Arlo - showing kindness by accepting mistakes and reconnecting with your friends
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Ari - settling well into school routines - well done
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Ashleigh - taking ownership of your learning and responding positive
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Reign - making the most of learning opportunities
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Amelia - Taking ownership of your learning and responding positively to feedback
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Leila - excellent attitude and seeing success in all learning areas
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Gurfateh - using good listening ears on the mat
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Indy - always coming to school ready for learning
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Taigh - an amazing start to learning at Spreydon
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Oscar - settling well into learning in Pūhara
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Anika - showing the value of ako by taking on feedback with her writing and completing her learning tasks to a high standard
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Juliet - taking ownership of your own learning
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Ana - always giving 100% and striving for personal best
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Amelia - showing the value of ako by her always positive attitude towards her learning
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Patrick - listening carefully and trying his best in all learning areas
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Noah - always being in the right place at the right time doing the right thing
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Adonai - confidently contributing to all learning discussions and having great ideas
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Eloise - always being ready for learning with a positive attitude
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Jensen - starting school each day with a positive attitude
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Micaylah - being a kind and supportive friend
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Arnaaz - for your amazing effort in your spelling and maths learning
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Thomas B - working hard to think creatively and problem solve in your learning
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Paige - always giving 100% to all areas of her learning
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Zoey M - making the most of learning opportunities
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Gehansa - listening carefully and completing work to a high standard
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Isabella - always trying her best and having a positive attitude towards her learning
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Fatumea - showing great manawanui (perseverence) by diving into her mahi with a smile and always giving 100% effort
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Isabella - showing great manawanui (perseverence) by working incredibly hard and always striving to do her very best mahi with a smile
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Jamie - fantastic effort and editing during writing
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Denzel - showing perseverance with challenging learning tasks
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Ijay - persevering with challenging learning tasks
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Thea-Rose - taking on feedback and striving for personal best
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Arya - working hard during literacy and creating fantastic sentences
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Rashiv - working hard to produce an amazing camp recount
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Lucy - persevering with all your learning tasks. Keep up the good work
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Leanor - making great progress and seeing success in her learning
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Mina - showing perseverance with all learning tasks
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Joshua - excellent attitude and seeing success in learning
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Avia - your positive and can do attitude towards your school work and learning
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Ella - working hard in her writing to sound out all of her words
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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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