UPDATE FOR WEEK ENDING FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST
Notices will be going home with your child today regarding an upcoming NZEI meeting on 27th August. Due to attendance of teachers and teacher aides at this meeting, there will be limited supervision of students on site for the afternoon only. Please read through the letter and return it to your child’s class teacher by next Thursday 14th August advising whether you will be a) keeping your child home for the day b) collecting your child at 12.30pm or c) keeping your child at school for the day on the understanding it will be supervision only in the afternoon. Please be aware that buses will be leaving school at the usual time of 2.55pm in the afternoon.
TUESDAY 12TH AUGUST
YEAR 3-6 AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS PHOTOS
Those students representing Albany Primary School in after school sports codes of Year 3-6 netball, basketball and hockey are able to come to school in their sports uniform, and change into their regular school uniform once their photo has been taken. Flippaball students to wear school uniform. Students will be called from class for their photo in the staffroom.
WEDNESDAY 13TH AUGUST
Northern Bays Performing Arts Festival dress rehearsal. Performance in the evening – ticketed event
THURSDAY 14TH AUGUST
Year 5/6 – guest speaker regarding cyber safety, 9.00am-12.00pm
Year 4 – trip to Stardome, Areas 6 and 7
FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST
Year 5/6 – guest speaker regarding cyber safety, 9.00am-11.30am
Year 4 - trip to Stardome, Area 8 and 31
WELCOME TO ALBANY PRIMARY SCHOOL
We are a school with a rich history and an exciting future. We pride ourselves on the happy, friendly and safe environment that is evident from the moment you enter our grounds. Learning is not silent at our school but shouts with curiosity and challenge.
Our goal is to ensure that your child is given every opportunity possible to develop and grow through our inclusive and holistic curriculum.
The school's vision "where learning makes a difference" is the foundation for all we do.
Our REACH values of Respect (Whakaute), Excellence (Kairangi), Aroha and Caring, Collaboration (Mahi tahi), and Honesty (Ngākaupono) are modelled and reinforced by the teachers as essential qualities that we all strive for in our learning community.
Albany Primary School belongs to a Community of Learning (COL)
Better Together: A connected pathway for empowered learners