2 Aug 2026

Good evening, 

Another weekend has flown by already! I feel like this year is racing past far too quickly.

Over the next little while, we'll be sending out a number of surveys, including one about our Health and Physical Education curriculum, as well as others relating to our school's future direction and values. Your feedback is incredibly valuable and will help shape the decisions we make for our school community.

To make things as easy as possible, the surveys will be available in both paper and electronic formats, so you can complete whichever option suits you best.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to share your thoughts. Your voice is an important part of helping us continue to grow our school.

Week 3:

Monday 3rd August:

• Nadia is away this week still, so please leave voicemails, or flick us an email, as the office is rarely manned at the moment. In an emergency phone 027 339 0332. 
• Mrs Horrell is in, as I have two meetings on today, so I will be backwards and forwards. 
• Miss Poole in.

Tuesday 4th August:

• Miss Poole in. 

Wednesday 5th August:

• Miss Poole In. 

Thursday 6th August:

• Central Southland Open Night for our Year 8 students. 4pm, starting with principal's address at 4:15pm and then tours following. 
• Mrs Horrell in. 

Friday 7th August:

• Mrs Horrell in.
• Bible in Schools in the afternoon. 
• 2:30pm School Assembly. 

Looking forward to Week 4

• Maths Week
• Whole School Speech competition on Friday, starting at 9:30am. 

Looking forward to seeing all our lovely students tomorrow. 

Thanks, 

Sarah

Sarah 

31 Jul 2026

Friday the 11th of September. 

29 Jul 2026

Good afternoon, everyone,

Just a quick update that if you're trying to contact the school office, the phone won't be regularly staffed for the rest of this week and all of next week.

If you need to get in touch, please leave us a voicemail (we check these regulary), send us an email, or, if it's urgent, feel free to call me directly on 027 339 0332.

emails:

principal@hillside.school.nz

Sidney@hillside.school.nz

Jo@hillside.school.nz

Please note that text messages aren't the best way to contact us, as we receive them inconsistently due to poor reception.

Thanks so much for your understanding.

Sarah

26 Jul 2026

Good evening everyone,

An extremely late update for next week, my apologies, team!

I hope you've all managed to keep warm over the weekend. It was certainly exciting to wake up to a dusting of white on the ground. While the snow is always a beautiful sight, I know it also brings extra challenges and work for many of our farming families. We hope everyone has stayed as warm as they could. 

Week 2:

Tuesday 28th July

• Board meeting at 6pm in the library, all welcome. 

Friday 31st July

• Bible in Schools in the afternoon
• Assembly 2:30pm (A bit later with Bible in Schools on)

Looking forward to Week 3:

• Nothing at this stage, but will update you if this changes. 

We look forward to seeing all the smiling faces tomorrow.

Thanks, 

Sarah 

23 Jul 2026

Kia ora whānau,

There will be no assembly tomorrow.

As we're settling into our new routines and continuing to fine-tune our classroom structure for the term, we've decided to skip assembly this week. This will give us a little more time to establish our new way of working and ensure everything is running smoothly.

We'll be back to our regular assemblies next week and look forward to welcoming you along then.

Thank you for your understanding.