Welcome
Kia ora mai koutou.
As Principal it gives me very great pleasure to greet you and extend a warm welcome to our website. Avondale Primary has a wonderful history - indeed we are one of the oldest schools in West Auckland - and a long tradition of providing excellent education to the young people of the area.
We are a multi cultural school set in the heart of the Avondale Community and feel very proud of our teachers and students and the great work achieved here.
We have a strong belief that success in a school requires full involvement from everybody who has a stake in improving learnng for our tamariki. This is signified in our school logo of a red triangle -which represents the partnership among staff, parents and students. The colour red is significant because of the brilliant pohutukawa flowers which surround our grounds in summer. And we love the Avondale spider, our very own pungawerewere!
I feel very privileged to be part of the Avondale Primary School learning family. I welcome inquiries and input so feel free to contact me by email at: principal@avondaleprimary.school.nz.
Please note that we now have a page for Friends of Avondale School.
I invite you to read our Annual Report for 2009 that is attached below. We feel this documents the excellent year we had and looks forward to an exciting 2010. Attached as well is School Charter for 2010.
Also this year we are looking to raise funds to build a covered, heated swimming pool on our grounds. This will not only ensure that our students recieive year-round swimming and water safety tuition, but that the community will also have access to this amemity. Currently we are gathering letters of support for this project, so if you or an organisation that you belong to think it is a great idea, please send a letter supporting us either in hard copy to Avondale Primary School, Crayford Street West, Avondale Auckland or by email to: principal@avondaleprimary.school.nz. We are excited about the prospect of the the pool and would really appreciate your support.
Also find attached our draft Strategic Plan for 2010. Feel free to offer input and suggestions to this plan. At this stage the Annual Plan still needs detail and this will be completed over the next month or so following consultation with staff, the Board and the community.
Heoi ano
Greg Chalmers (Principal)
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