Willow Park School Newsletter

Email: office@willowpark.school.nz
Website: http://www.willowpark.school.nz/
Location: Willow Park School 13 Compton Street, Hillcrest, Auckland, New Zealand
Phone: 09 480 9236
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willowparkschoolhillcrest/

We would like to wish everyone a very happy holidays over Christmas and New Year. It has been a fantastic 2024, and we appreciate all of the support from the Willow Park Community. We have a very successful school thanks to partnership between whānau and staff, and this has led to a wonderful cohort of students that strive to achieve the very best they can be.

We have farewelled our Year 6 students who we wish the very best of luck in their next stage of their educational journey. They have done our school proud through the student leadership and role modelling for others. We will miss them!

After the huge disappointment at the beginning of the year missing out on the new two-storey block of classrooms that we were expecting to be deliver in 2024, we have managed to access additional funds from the Ministry of Education to refurbish the relocatable classrooms that will remain on our site for the foreseeable future.

During the holiday break signficant works will now be completed on Rooms 9, 10, 12 and 13 to ensure these classrooms have new roofs, flooring, ceilings and bathrooms and so will be top quality classrooms for 2025. There will also be painting work around these classrooms and Rooms 14, 15, 16 and 17 so they will look neat and tidy for the new year too.

This is a significant project for the school and so over the holidays the CML team will fence off around these classrooms. This team completed the renovation work to Room 1 to 4, and to a fantastic job, they know our school and will ensure that health and safety is a priority as they are aware the school will be used over the break with the sKids holiday programme and the swimming pool use. Neither of these will not be impacted by the work.

There will be vehicles coming in and out of the school carpark, including the delivery of the new roofing in the next couple of days so if your children or family are using the school site, please still be mindful of the work that is happening. The car park area will be used by the builders and so the gates may be open. Please do not use the car park if using the swimming pool or school grounds as the gates will be locked at different times through the day .

This is the link to find your child's stationery list on our school website. Lists have been sent out via HERO also, and are available from the school office if you prefer a paper copy.

https://www.willowpark.school.nz/information

• If your family is leaving our school and has been using ezlunch or Kindo, please make sure to stop any regular automatic payments that have been set up before the school year finishes. You may also need to transfer or close your account which can be done as follows:
  Not sure if your new school is using Kindo? If you’re not sure if your new school is using Kindo, you can either ask them directly or go to “My Details” in your Kindo account and click on the list of schools to see if your new school is listed.

• New school IS using Kindo. If your new school is using Kindo, simply click on the new school from the list in “My Details” of your Kindo account and you’ll be attached to the new school’s menu. Any balance on your Kindo account will remain available to spend with the new school.

• New school is NOT using Kindo, or you no longer need Kindo. If you need to close your Kindo account, use the “Close Kind Account” button within the “My Details” section of your Kindo account. You can either withdraw your account balance or choose to donate your balance to the school. Please note that all withdrawals will be made via electronic payment to your New Zealand bank account. Kindo is unable to process cash withdrawals.

Congratulations to Jordan in Year 5 who raced in the Central Region BMX champs in Rotorua last Sunday winning four out of five races in his age group. This placed him 12 points clear at the top of the table winning the 2024 BMX NZ national series for 8-10 cruiser. Congratulations to Jordan, we are proud of you!

2025 - School Term dates

Term 1 - Monday 3rd February. - Friday 11 April

Term 2 - Monday 28 April - Friday 27 June

Term 3 - Monday 14 July - Friday 19 September

Term 4 - Monday 6 October - Tuesday 16 December

2025 - School is closed for :

Staff only days will be advised once decided.

• Waitangi Day - Thursday February 6
• King's Birthday - Monday 2 June
• Matariki - Friday 20 June
• Labour Day - Monday 27 October

A huge thank you to Ecoware who donated the drinking cups for our Year 6 Graduation.

Thank you to Pak n Save Wairau for donating the dessert for our staff end of year function.