Week 1, Term 4, 2025

Key Decisions for 2026

To The Community of Tinwald School

Dear Parents, and Caregivers.

I would like to announce two important decisions that will continue the work we do as a school to improve the outcomes for all children.

Firstly, from next year our classes will be aligned with the first two phases of the revised English and Maths curricula. The learning in Phase 1 covers the first three years of schooling. The learning in Phase 2 covers the next three years of learning.

This means we will have two syndicates in the school. The Phase 1 syndicate will be from New Entrant to end of Year 3. The Phase 2 syndicate will be from Year 4 to Year 6.

The second key decision is the appointment of two Deputy Principals to the leadership team. Beginning in 2026 Miss Monique Reay will be the Phase 1 syndicate leader and Deputy Principal. Miss Zenthia Gray will be the Phase 2 syndicate and Deputy Principal.

Both Miss Reay and Miss Gray have already held responsibility roles within their syndicates and across the school. Already they have been working together this year to bring an evidence based pedagogical approach to teaching. This work will continue in the following years.

They have a passion for improving the outcomes for both our children and our staff and want the best for Tinwald School. They bring energy, enthusiasm, initiative and experience in various forms to the tasks that will be in front of them.

Together the three of us will focus on improving learning outcomes for all students.

On behalf of the appointments committee, I would like to congratulate Miss Gray and Miss Reay for being appointed to these roles. I would like to thank the appointments committee for the thorough process that lead to these decisions and the integrity that they brought to the table. Guided by our appointments policy, the committee brought a range of perspectives and experience to the dialogue and discussions we had.

These key decisions are a positive step forward for Tinwald School and on behalf of the staff I would like to thank you for your continuing support. If you have any questions about these decisions please contact me so I can answer them.

Yours sincerely

Peter Livingstone

Principal

School Athletics 2025

Dear Parents/Caregivers 

This year's annual Athletics Day will take place on the 7th October at Tinwald School. Hutt will start their events at 9:20am with an approximate finishing time of 11:45am and Arrowsmith will start at 12:00pm, finishing by 3:00pm. See the timetable attached onto this for an approximate timing of the events.  

Postponement  

Thursday 9th October 2025 is our postponement date with the same start/finish times. A postponement notice will be sent via text message. It will also be on the Tinwald School Facebook page. 

Please ensure your child/children have the following items: 

• A warm sweatshirt - needed for waiting periods 

• Sunscreen 

• School sunhat 

• A good lunch and drink bottle  

• Children can wear their house colour t-shirt/top, sports shorts and suitable shoes. 

We look forward to a good athletics day! 

Kind regards, 

The Sports Team

Sunhats

A reminder that all children are required to be wearing a school sunhat this term. Our PTA gifts a hat to all New Entrants.  We allow children a one week amnesty at the start of the term to organise their hat, from then on children without hats will be asked to stay in shaded areas.

2024 End of Year School Results

Dear Parents,

Below are our results at the end of 2024. These will be published on our website as well. Results for 2025 will be published at the end of this year or the beginning of next year. Please note that these results use the language of "Well Below, Below, At and Above" whereas our mid year reports used the Ministry of Education descriptors.

Maori Student Achievement Slideshow

At the end of last term the following information was made available at an evening for whanau of Māori students. This will also be happening for our Pasifika families and all families during this term.