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 the School Charter and the Ratified Strategic and Annual Plan for 2010 (Ref: attached documents). 

In 2010 we are looking to raise funds to build a covered, heated swimming pool on our grounds.  This will not only ensure that our students receive year-round swimming and water safety tuition, but that the community will also have access to this amemity.  Currently we have several funding applications submitted and await the outcomes of these before proceeding.  

Heoi ano

Greg Chalmers (Principal)