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Term Dates 2026 TERM 1 Thursday 5 February- Whakawhanaungatanga day: Students and parents will have a meeting with the teacher. Waitangi Day- Friday 6 February All students attend Monday 9 February Finishes Thursday 2 April TERM 2 Starts Monday 20 April Finishes Friday 3 July ANZAC day Monday 27 April King's Birthday Monday 1 June Teacher only Day - Friday 29 May TERM 3 Starts Monday 20 July Finishes Friday 25 September TERM 4 Starts Monday 12 October Finishes Friday 18 December Labour Day Monday 26 October Teacher Only Day - Friday 27 November 2027 (TBC by Board in term 2) TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3 TERM 4

Online Safety Hub and Qustodio Parent App Campbells Bay School uses Linewize to ensure online safety for students and staff while using their school login at school. Through this partnership with Linewize access to a parent Cyber Safety Hub is available. The purpose of this hub is to provide you with practical guidance and information to further support you in engaging with your children in their digital development. The Cyber Safety Hub provides expert advice from leading cyber experts, ySafe, on the most pertinent issues and frequently asked questions around platforms like TikTok, Fortnite, Instagram, and more. There are app reviews with age and safety recommendations, along with a range of guides to help ensure healthy boundaries around screen time and gaming, plus step-by-step instructions for using parental controls and filtering out inappropriate content. We are very excited to be able to offer you this level of expertise and support in an area that we know has been challenging for many parents to manage. The online safety hub includes access to the Qustodio app for parents to use at home, so children remain safe online. The digital well-being app from Qustodio provides the following benefits and more: Filter and block apps and content that you don’t want children to see Customise what children can access during homework hours Balance screen time by setting time limits on devices as well as for specific apps Protect screen-free moments such as mealtimes and bedtimes. To access the online safety hub and Qustodio 1. Visit the Online Safety Hub. https://campbellsbay.onlinesafetyhub.nz/ 2. Create your free parent account via the main page (scroll down) 3. Install Qustodio on your child’s devices

Contact us We look forward to meeting you. All visitors must sign in/out at the school office. Location & Contact ADDRESS 77 Aberdeen Road Castor Bay Auckland 0620 New Zealand E-MAIL US admin@ campbellsbay.school.nz CALL OUR OFFICE +64 9 410 -7444 OFFICE HOURS While school is in term our staff offices are open from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Contact Form First Name Email Last Name Phone Message Submit Thanks for submitting!

Uniform At Campbells Bay School, all students are required to wear full and correct uniforms to school every day. At CBS, we want to promote student agency and autonomy, and this begins with our uniform. Students can wear any item of our uniform in any combination. If your child needs to wear a non-uniformed item for a limited time, you will need to write a note addressed to the teacher. While we have a uniform raincoat, children are able to wear a non-uniform raincoat to and from school but need to be removed once at school. The purchasing of the uniforms is available from NZ Uniforms (links below). DAILY UNIFORM • Short Sleeve Polo Shirt • Polar Fleece Vest or Polar Fleece Sweater • Cargo Shorts or Cargo Pants • Culottes • Sunhat (unisex in terms 1 and 4 mandatory) • Sports T-shirt or Sports Sleeveless Vest • Sports Shorts • Sports Skirt • Tracksuit pants • Hoodie Please note tights, sports socks, knee high socks and ankle socks can be purchased anywhere but must be navy colour. SHOES Shoes need to be predominately black or navy. Students can not wear jandals, crocs, gumboots, ballet shoes or boots. SPORTS UNIFORM • Sports T-shirt or Sports Sleeveless Vest (unisex) • Sports Shorts (unisex) • Sports Skirt SECOND HAND UNIFORM All pre-loved uniforms can be bagged and dropped off at the school office as donations for the 2nd-hand uniform sale. Alternatively, we can sell on your behalf at a set price, with a portion going to the school (please print out, fill in the form, and place it with the uniform). Please ensure all uniforms have been washed and are in wearable condition. Unfortunately, we cannot accept uniforms with the old logo as the logo changed in 2012. The first second hand uniform sale for 2026 is Thursday 5th February, from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm in the PA Rooms If you wish to sell any uniform items, please download this form and bring it with the labelled uniform to the school office. Please note that the school does take a 35% admin/sale on behalf fee, and the pricing is set by our volunteers. SELLER FORM Our uniform is available in store at NZ Uniform, or online 19A Douglas Alexander Parade Rosedale, North Shore 0632 Phone: +64 9 477 6300 OPEN HOURS: Weekdays 9am–5pm Saturdays 9am–4pm SHOP ONLINE EMAIL

History Campbells Bay Primary School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of 812 students as of April 2023, which opened in August 1925 with only 16 children. The original classroom, pictured below, still exists, but has been incorporated into the a larger classroom block. Our 75th jubilee was celebrated in 2000 a special magazine was produced to mark the occasion, it covers our history . Click on the button below to view. From Wednesday, 27 August - Saturday, 30 August 2025, we will host our centennial celebration here at CBS. We have put a working group together that will plan the event and share information towards the end of 2024 and the start of 2025. 75th Jubilee Book PDF Our community forest The forest on our school grounds is an important part of our New Zealand heritage and is an excellent educational resource for the students. One corner of the property, running alongside the Peter Terrace Walkway, is occupied by a large section of native bush. This bush is regenerating, slowly, after years of being strangled and overgrown by introduced species, weeds and rubbish. Sometime between the 1980s and our Jubilee celebrations in 2000, the school undertook to rescue this little corner of natural New Zealand. Now we have a forest populated with cicadas, tui and kereru. There is even a small patch of wetlands. Except for the Rimu Track, the entire area has been laid with raised wooden boardwalks. Access is available all year round to check out the plants in various stages of growth, and more plantings take place every year. Taking care of the forest has been incorporated into our school curriculum. Members of Forest and Bird and the Centennial Park Bush Society provide invaluable assistance and advice. We welcome and encourage visitors to walk through our forest, help with the weeding or make donations of native plants. Campbells Bay School Community Forest History From Small Seeds From 1.5 – 2.0 hectares of school land heavily overgrown and infested with invasive weeds as well as a row of pine trees alongside the Peter terrace walkway in the mid-1990s, emerged a regenerating native forest by the end of the 1990s that continues to evolve with careful nurturing. In August 1995 the CBS Board of Trustees committed $500.00 to seed the start of the regeneration project encompassing the unused and largely derelict tract of land. In July 1996 the Board adopted a management plan for the regenerating land, to be named The Community Forest. The plan included a description of the land as well as suggested species for planting and the design of wooden tracks to provide for all-weather access to much of the forest. While the Board retained full governance responsibilities for the forest, the day to day operation of the forest was assigned to the Community Forest Committee. This committee drove the implementation of the vision of having an accessible native forest. Aside from the Board, who held overall governance of the project, the forest had many champions and friends. The management plan was developed by Fiona George, a parent of the school. This plan was an essential guide for volunteers to follow. Richard Hursthouse, also a parent of the school, and Fiona became champions of the forest as they guided countless volunteers in the all-important implementation phase of the management plan. Many weekends were taken up by a band of volunteers who planted, cleared invasive weeds and constructed wooden walkways. As well as Milford Rotary, who supplied volunteers and money, sponsors included Maddren Timber, Projex, Placemakers and Stevensons. Project Crimson provided many pohutukawa trees, most of which were planted on the edge of the forest that borders the field, while the Lotteries Board provided $10,000 in funding. Given the cost of materials such support was invaluable, particularly as the Board was also raising funds to extend the school’s hall. As time went on, Fiona left the area and Richard continued as the champion of the forest. Although now also committed to North Shore Forest & Bird and to the restoration of the habitat of nearby Centennial Park, Richard continues to provide time and guidance to the development of the forest. During the years there have been key ‘on the ground’ supporters of the forest aside from those already mentioned. These include Anne Tyas and Rosemary Wilcox, parents of the school, who provided countless hours of leadership and volunteer labour. Jenny Hunter (then assistant principal) and more recently as a former member of staff and a grandmother of children at the school created and implemented a management plan for regular weeding of the forest floor as well as labelling many of the trees. Jenny continues to this day to provide educational tours of the forest for groups of students of the school. The wooden walking tracks have proven to be invaluable as they have provided for all weather access to much of the forest. The walkways involved the placement of 1,734 planks of wood making the track system, in its time of development, almost a project of national significance! In 1997 the Ministry of Education invited all school boards to consider the sale of land surplus to requirements, with each board being able to retain half the proceeds of such sales. After consideration the Campbells Bay School Board decided against selling any land, including the developing Community Forest. A considered and wise decision. On 21 September 2000 Professor Geoff Baylis (1913 – 2003), a foundation student when the school opened on 31 August 1925, opened the forest as a jubilee gift to the community. He was helped by Taryn la Grange, the then youngest student at the school. Professor Baylis planted an extremely rare tree discovered by Professor Bayliss in the Three Kings Island: Pennantia Baylisiana. Pennantia Baylisiana is an extremely rare tree and was discovered in the Three Kings Island by Professor Baylis when he was Professor of Botany at Otago University. The Community Forest continues to an inspiring legacy and a wonderful resource for the community that will be maintained by the school and friends of the forest.to anything, or set your text box to expand on click. Write your text here...

Welcome Campbells Bay School is one of Auckland’s top primary schools. Students can improve their English while studying the New Zealand Year 1 – 6 School Curriculum. Our school is proud of its cultural diversity and celebrates students’ success through a wide range of rich learning opportunities. Located in the heart of Campbells Bay community on the scenic North Shore of Auckland City, our school is close to many facilities: shopping malls, parks, local businesses, transport and beautiful beaches. The North Shore is a prime location for families with young children. Campbells Bay School is an inclusive and supportive environment promoting lifelong learning, academic achievement and student well-being through our school values of atawhai, whakaute and manawanui (kindness, respect and resilience). Our global reputation promotes our commitment to teaching, learning and support for our international community. You are welcome to join us for a school tour and see for yourself how we support and engage our International Students in a rich learning environment with their friends and peers. School Orientation – Your Learning Journey Begins An orientation programme has been specially designed to set our students up for success from the very beginning. We welcome students to the school with an orientation before the school year or term. The programme includes a short presentation that outlines how our school is run on a daily basis and to answer your questions you may have. This is also an opportunity for our international whānau to connect and meet members of the International Team in a comfortable setting. The programme is completed with a tour of the school and a look through our learning spaces. Rich Learning Opportunities – How do we meet the needs of our students While integrated into all classroom programmes, students also attend our special support classes delivered by our English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) staff. All International students are encouraged to participate in all areas of school life, including camp, swimming, plant to taste, sports, cultural groups, leadership opportunities, music and the arts throughout the year. Pastoral Care Providing pastoral care is an important service provided by Campbells Bay School to our international students. Our pastoral care team assists with enrolment and helping new students, and their families, settle into New Zealand and the Campbells Bay School community. The Director of International Students is always available to help our international families. We also have parent-teacher interviews and written school reports throughout the year. Providing English language support is also an element of pastoral care. Lessons are held for 30-40 minutes, up to four times a week, and are conducted by our outstanding ESOL team. These lessons strengthen the oral and written language taught in the classroom, and additional reading and writing material is provided for students to work on at home. We are proud that our approach is responsive to students' needs. Students who are successfully accessing the curriculum are supported more at a distance, with the ESOL specialist providing support to the classroom teacher so that the particular English needs are met in the classroom where the student can learn alongside their peers. International student trips have been arranged once a year, and give these students a chance to experience different aspects of New Zealand. In the past this has included visiting a working New Zealand farm, and a cruise around the Auckland harbour and a visit from Zoo Ventures. Parents, siblings and agents have been invited on these trips. Please view and download our 2026 International Student Brochure ENGLISH KOREAN MANDARIN International student team We have a team who look after our international students and their families. Our principal, Bevan Verryt, is the Director of International Studies. He is supported by the Deputy Director of International Students, Chris Mashlon. Jie Li and Karen McNair make up the administration and translation side of the team. We are passionate about creating a learning environment where our International Students and families feel welcome, well-informed and are part of our learning community. As a school, we provide high quality small group English learning in fun and engaging ways. Chris works closely with our classroom teachers to support international students to settle in and thrive in the classroom, meeting their needs academically, emotionally and socially. From left to right, Jie, Chris, Bevan and Karen. Email the team ESOL and ELiP Team The team of Chris Mashlan (ESOL team leader) and Jessie Zhao and Ellsa Chen (ESOL teacher aide) deliver a scaffolded and targeted language-rich programme designed to meet the varied needs of our English language learners. Email our team International Student Handbook We have created a handy booklet that will guide you and your child through being a student at our school. HANDBOOK - ENGLISH Extra information Here are some handy links relating to our international student programme: • Reasons to choose a New Zealand School (June 2024) Parents, why choose New Zealand? • Tips for visiting New Zealand • Immigration - Visa Information • Code of Practice • Medical Insurance - We recommend Student Safe, click here. • Things for kids in Auckland

CBS PTA Campbells Bay School Parents and Teachers Association The PTA is a great way to become involved with your chil d's school. OUR OBJECTIVES: Community To enhance a sense of community and build school spirit through hosting social activities and events. Fundraising Raise funds to provide resources, facilities and oppo rtunities for the school to provide our children an enriching environment and education that supports their needs. The PTA is composed of parents & caregivers, and Patricia Meder, our Deputy Principal. We also liaise with other key staff members including the Board of Trustees and school Principal Bevan Verryt, as needed. This gives the PTA an insight into the workings and decision making of the school. Everyone who is a parent or caregiver of a child at Campbells Bay School is invited to attend meetings and become involved in the PTA. Meetings are held in the school boardroom from 6-7pm before the Board of Trustees monthly meeting. Dates can be found on the school calendar or on the PTA Facebook page. Your involvement is welcomed, in either a large or small capacity. Please email us if you would like to join the PTA or become a “Friend of the PTA”. We are always looking for people willing to help out. If you would like to sponsor or donate to one of our fundraising events please email the PTA cbspta@campbellsbay.school.nz The PTA also runs the Second-Hand Uniform Shop. Contact us: cbsp ta@campbellsbay.school.nz or visit our Campbells Bay PTA Facebook page to see what we are up to. EMAIL PTA PTA FACEBOOK PTA FUNDRAISERS We are running fabulous fundraising and social events in our community like Parents Quiz night, school disco's and picnic's.

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Mathematics Mathematics at Campbells Bay School encourages students to connect as deep thinkers and explore creative ways to access learning across all strands of the New Zealand Mathematics Curriculum. Our students are mathematicians, problems solvers, architects, statisticians and more on an every day basis. They are challenged by their teacher and their peers to build on core knowledge and use this to solve authentic problems. Below are some of the core components of teaching and learning Mathematics at Campbells Bay School. Problem Solving Approach Our students engage in regular problem solving challenges, applying knowledge from across the core mathematics strands. By integrating the strands our students are able to explore authentic problems and deepen their understanding. Talk Moves Teachers encourage students to share their thinking using a strategy known as 'Talk Moves'. This simple questioning technique engages the learner by challenging them to participate and engage with mathematical content and reasoning. Effective Teaching of Mathematics Need text here Maths Matters We work closely with the expert teacher Lucie Cheeseman from Maths Matters. She helps to engage our teachers with up-to-date, research based teaching and learning strategies. She works alongside teachers in classrooms, as well as offering school-wide professional development sessions.

Zone Days ZONE & INTERSCHOOLS DATES Term 1 2026 TENNIS The Super Cluster Inter School Tennis Tournament will be held at Campbells Bay Tennis Club. on the 13th of March 2025. Each school is limited to entering one team of 4 boys and 4 girls. The tournament is open to students in years four to six. Students will be able to register their interest in the tournament via a google doc link on the daily news (CBTV). The link is also emailed to classroom teachers. It is the students responsibility to regularly check the daily news and to make sure that they have registered their interest by the due date. The team will be named on CBTV news and the selected students will receive an information letter with the necessary tournament and registration details. CRICKET The inter school cricket tournament usually takes place in March, at the Takapuna Cricket Club. The tournament is open to stude nts in years four to six. and is for both boys and girls. Students will be able to register their interest in the tournament via a google doc link on the daily news. The link is also emailed to classroom teachers. It is the students responsibility to regularly check the daily news and to make sure that they have registered their interest by the due date. Trials for the cricket teams will take place during school hours. The date and time for trials will be on the daily news. It is the students responsibility to regularly check the daily news and to make sure that they know when and where their trial is. The teams will be named on CBTV news and the selected students will receive an information letter with the necessary tournament and registration details. SWIMMING SWIM TEAM TRIALS 2025 The CBS Swim Team Trials will be on Thursday, 13th March. They will be held at the Sir Owen Glen National Aquatic Centre at AUT Millennium. The trials are open to students in years 3-6. In order for students to attend the trials, they must have completed the registration process via Kindo at the beginning of March. As the Primary School Competition will be swum in a 2.2 metre deep pool, all swimmers must be competent and confident in swimming 25 metres without the need to stop or touch the bottom of the pool. If your child needs to stop to hold onto the lane rope, they will be asked to exit the pool and watch the remainder of the trials. One of the criteria for team selection is your child has to swim freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke at the trial. Children must be able to confidently swim 25m of each stroke. Please do not register your child if they are unable to confidently swim 25m of freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. Times will be taken at the trials for each of the strokes. The swimming competition allows each child to be entered for 25m or 50m distances and for the 100m free (a maximum of 3 individual events per child). SWIM TRIAL REGISTRATION Registrations for swim trials will be advertised via a Hero notification and the daily news that classes read in their classrooms in the morning. The information letter with all the necessary information and details will be emailed to all year 3-6 families via Hero. Please note only students who have registered in time will be allowed to attend the trial. Due to large amount of administration and preparation time needed fo r the swim trial event, NO late registrations will be accepted. Please make sure you have read all the information in the information letter before registering your child on Hero. NORTH SHORE PRIMARY SCHOOL SWIM MEET The CBS Swim team will be competing at the North Shore Primary School Swim Meet. The date for 2025 is the 6th of May 2025. This will take place at the Sir Owen Glen National Aquatic Centre at AUT Millennium. TEAM SELECTIONS Selections are dependent on times achieved at the trials and the number of events and children in each of the age groups (8, 9, 1 0 & 11 year olds). The organisers of the North Shore Primary Schools meet have set a limit of 32 swimmers per school team. If successful in gaining a place in the team, your child needs to be available to compete in term 2 (during school hours) at the National Aquatic Centre, AUT Millennium. If your child is selected to be part of the team to represent CBS at the swim meet, the school will decide which events your child will swim based on their swim trial results and what is best for the school team. When registering for trials and the swim team (if successful), you are agreeing to this. Registrations for the swim team trials will open early 2025 via a Hero notification. Term 2 2025 CROSS COUNTRY The inter-school cross country event will be held at Sunnynook Park on Thursday, 12 June. The event is a Super Cluster event and the CBS Cross Country Team will compete against teams from Sunnynook School, Mairangi Bay, Saint Johns, Murrays Bay, Pinehurst, Pinehill and Browns Bay. Each school is limited to entering one team 8 runners for each gender group in each of the year groups of year four, year five and year six. So, 48 runners in total. TEAM SELECTIONS The CBS Cross Country Team is selected from the year four, five and six competitive/ interschool trial run, at Sunnynook Park. Students in year four, five and six who would like to participate in this run need to register via the school online payment portal (Kindo). A hero notification will come out closer to the time. CROSS COUNTRY 2025 LETTER BASKETBALL Year 5-6 basketball will take place on Thursday, 29 May, at the North Shore Events Center. NETBALL Year six field day 18th June. The Super Cluster will be held on 14th August Term 3 2025 FOOTB ALL This will be held in term three on Tuesday, 9 September, at Ashley Reserve in Long Bay HOCKEY Please check back soon for information on hockey in 2025. Term 4 2025 TOUCH RUGBY Please check back soon for information on touch rugby in 2025. GYMNASTICS Please check back soon for information on gymnastics in 2025. ATHLETICS Please check back soon for information on ath letics in 2025.