8 Jun 2026

Please note the Home and School meeting scheduled for tomorrow (9th June) has been postponed.

Sorry for any inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.

We’ll let everyone know as soon as a new date has been confirmed.

Thank you

The Home and School Committee.

7 Jun 2026

Kia ora, 

The weekends seem to be flying by and it was nice to have some mild weather. 

You will have noted in our newsletter a 'Ski and Skate Trip', Wednesday of the last week of term. There will be a notice about this coming out towards the end of the week, when our Year 7 and 8s are back in class with us. 

Week 8 Happenings:

Monday 8th June:

• Year 7 and 8s at Technology

Tuesday 9th June:

• Year 7 and 8s at Technology
• Rest of the school with Miss Burr for the day
• Ms Wilson in Dunedin at Principal Course

Wednesday 10th June:

• Year 7 and 8s at Technology
• Mrs Horrell has the rest of the school in Room 1

Friday 12th June:

• Southland Cross Country - Waimumu

If you have a Year 7 and/or 8 student, just a reminder that they need their vests, lunch, and drink bottles for Tech. They will also need to be on site by 8:55am for those mornings, as the bus will leave at 9am to take them to Tech. 

Looking forward to Week 9:

Book Week - Dress up as your favourite Nursery Rhyme - Friday

Pre School afternoon 1:20 - 2pm

Enjoy you evening, 

Ngā mihi,
Ms Wilson

31 May 2026

Kia ora, 

I hope you're all enjoying the long weekend. 

Week 7 Happenings:

Monday 1st June:

• King's Birthday 

Thursday 4th June:

• Central Cup - Year 5-8 students in Invercargill at ILT Stadium. 

Friday 5th June:

• Pre School afternoon 1:20-2pm in room 3. If you have people you know with little ones, please plug our great wee school to them. 

Looking forward to Week 8:

• Year 7 and 8 Technology Block
• Southland Cross Country - Waimumu - 10 Year old up age groups go. I have attached the parent information sent through and will print it off for the two students off to Southland. 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

Ngā mihi,
Ms Wilson

Notice-to-Parents-and-Spectators.pdf

24 May 2026

Kia ora, 

What a great weekend weather-wise, whether you were busy working, tramping around sports fields, or simply relaxing and enjoying the sunshine.

This week is a big one for our school, as we are excited to have a special guest on site for the first half of the week. It is always wonderful to welcome visitors into our kura and share what makes our school such a special place.

On Thursday afternoon, we also had a visit from a former principal who commented that there is just something different about small rural schools, they truly are special. I have to say, I completely agree. There is a real sense of community, connection, and care in rural schools that makes them unique, and it is exactly what makes Hillside such a great place to be.

Week 6 Happenings:

Monday 25th May:

• Mrs Horrell in Room 1. 
• ERO on site today from 11am. ERO stands for Education Review Officiers. They come in to check compliance, check that we are teaching the NZ Curriculum, and love to check the school out and it's students. They are on site for three days where they will pop into classes and catch up the the Board of Trustees, staff and myself. The will produce a report which will be shared with you all once we recieve it. 
• Notices come out today for students who made it to the next round of Cross Country. 

Tuesday 26th May:

• Mrs Horrell in Room 1.
• ERO on site. 
• Notices out for Central Cup.

Wednesday 27th May:

• ERO on site. 

Thursday 28th May:

• Mrs Horrell in Room 1. 
• Central Cross Country at Dipton and I will be going too. 

Friday 29th May: 

• Pre School afternoon 1:20-2pm in room 3. If you have people you know with little ones, please plug our great wee school to them. 

Looking forward to Week 7:

• Monday - King's birthday - long weekend. 
• Thursday - Central Cup. 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

Ngā mihi,
Ms Wilson

17 May 2026

Kia ora,

It has been great to have a much milder weekend weather wise. Fingers crossed this weather sticks around for our Cross Country on Thursday! Students are welcome to come to school on Thursday wearing their Hillside sports top and appropriate gear, ready for the Cross Country in the afternoon.

A reminder also that I still have a couple of outstanding cross country permission slips. If these could please be returned as soon as possible, it would be greatly appreciated.

Week 5 Happenings:

Monday 18th May:

• Whole School with Ms Wilson while Miss Burr and Mrs Horrell are away attending a Structured Literacy course.

Tuesday 19th May:

• Whole School with Ms Wilson while Miss Burr and Mrs Horrell are away attending a Structured Literacy course.

Wednesday 20th May:

• Whole School with Ms Wilson while Miss Burr and Mrs Horrell are away attending a Structured Literacy course.

Thursday 21st May:

• Normal school morning from 9:00am–11:30am, followed by an early lunch.
• At approximately 12:10pm, we will head over to the pavilion for any students wishing to walk the track prior to the event, beginning at 12:30pm. Parents are welcome to collect their child/children from school and take them directly to the pavilion then. Otherwise, we will walk over or take cars if the weather is wet.
• Our Cross Country event will begin at 1:00pm.
• A friendly reminder that if you have some spare time between your child/children’s races, please consider relieving those helping in the canteen so they also have the opportunity to watch their own child/children race. Thank you for your support. 

Friday 22nd May:

• Our Pink Shirt Day 💗- non uniform day. 
• Students are encouraged to wear something pink if they have it.
• This week, we will be exploring what it means to wear a pink shirt as a Hillside student, and the actions, kindness, and inclusion we want to show towards others in our school every day.
• We will also be having a Pink Morning Tea in the library, a chance for students to come together and enjoy some morning kai together. Morning Tea will be supplied. 

I have attached the Cross Country notice of the race times so that you can have it in digital form too. 

Looking forward to Week 6:

ERO - which means room 1 will have Mrs Horrell on the Monday and Tuesday while ERO are on site.

Ngā mihi,
Ms Wilson

School-Cross-Country-2026.docx