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It takes a Village to Raise a Child
Board of Trustees
All of our board members have been elected by parents for their highly relevant backgrounds and skills – and for their unwavering dedication to providing our students with an exceptional, all-round education. Board meetings are held in the school staffroom, on Wednesdays in week 3 and week 8 of each calendar term. All are welcome to attend, but if you wish to speak at a BOT meeting you are required to contact the Principal, please email: anne.leitch@hobsonville.school.nz
The role of our School Board
Our Board of Trustees is a group of elected representatives, who have legal and financial responsibilities, which include:
- Setting and monitoring the educational goals of the school (within the Government guidelines),
- Ensuring these goals reflect the local community’s culture/ values, and benefit our children,
- These goals are set out in our School Charter,
- Our School Board is elected every three years.
Meet our School Board
Jini Seal | PRESIDING MEMBER / HEALTH AND SAFETY
Sane Walker | TREASURER
Jolayne Trim | PROPERTY INTERNAL /EXTERNAL
Justin Cherry | COMMUNITY RELATIONS / HOBBY’S WHĀNAU & FRIENDS LIAISON
Kylee Pocklington-Foster | STAFF REPRESENTATIVE
Anne Leitch | SECRETARY
Rae Hawkes | MINUTES SECRETARY
If you have any enquires, please email: anne.leitch@hobsonville.school.nz
Board Meetings Dates for 2024
- TERM 4
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Wednesday 4 December 2024
MEETING MINUTES 2024
1Minutes 14 February 2024
2Minutes 20 March 2024
3Minutes 8 May 2024
4Minutes 18 June 2024
5Minutes 8 August 2024
6Minutes 11 September 2024
7Minutes 30 October 2024
Hobby’s Whānau & Friends (PTC)
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION
Hobby’s Whānau and Friends (HW&F) is a committee of dedicated like-minded school parents. We volunteer our time and energy to fundraise throughout the year to cover items that benefit our students and to organise fun-filled events and experiences for our children. In the past his has included: shade sails for the playgrounds, basketball hoop systems, swimming pool upgrades, beautification of the school grounds and much more. We’re always looking for new people to help, and we know how precious your time is, so we have the attitude that ‘many hands make light work’. There are plenty of ways you can get involved (on the sausage sizzle at the Disco, or maybe you have expertise in IT or building?). There’s no pressure – you choose how much you contribute. Come and be part of our amazing supportive school community!
WANT TO JOIN US?
Whānau & Friends begins the school year with a wine and cheese evening to welcome new members – always a fun event! We also hold meetings twice a term on Tuesday evenings in the school staffroom – the dates are on the website in the events calendar. We welcome new members at any time – whether you have a particular skill set or are simply keen to help out and make a tangible difference to your child’s school. The more Whānau & Friends, the merrier… so we’d love to hear from you if you’re keen to be involved.
MEET OUR HW&F COMMITTEE
Eliza Kell | CHAIRPERSON
Anne Leitch | PRINCIPAL
Amanda Neighbour | MINUTES SECRETARY / STAFF REPRESENTATIVE
If you have any enquiries and/or would like to help out, please email: office@hobsonville.school.nz
Hobby’s Whānau & Friends Meetings 2024:
Tuesday 11 June – 6.00pm-8.00pm
Tuesday 30 July – 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Tuesday 3 September – 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Tuesday 22 October – 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Tuesday 26 November – 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Whiria te Tāngata
“Ma te pa harakeke te rito ka tipu.”
Everyone nurtures the growth of the child.
Whiria te Tāngata is a group of ten schools working together in a Community of Learning in West Auckland. This initiative is designed to improve outcomes for all students and is funded by the Ministry of Education. The group includes eight full primary schools (Yrs 1–8), and two co-educational secondary schools (Yrs 9–15). All the primary schools have medium to large rolls, with the largest at almost 700 students. In total over 5,500 students attend the schools within the Community of Learning.
While eight of the schools in the group are long established serving semi-rural or city fringe communities, two are both newly established schools that are yet to reach full capacity (Hobsonville Point Primary and Secondary Schools). The significant housing development and emerging industry across the area has contributed to significant roll growth in most of the schools – although, the impact of this roll growth on achievement data is still being investigated. Across the group, students are generally highly engaged in their learning, making good progress and achieving positive educational outcomes. While there are pockets of inequity, student achievement in reading and mathematics is generally good across our community. The group’s overall achievement levels in these subjects is either close to, or meet the Ministry of Education’s goal of having 85% of students achieving at or above the curriculum expectations.
We aim to achieve this by working together on the following important drivers:
- Collaborative Teacher Efficacy –
Building teacher efficacy in collaborative ways of working - Culturally Responsive Pedagogy –
Embedding culturally responsive pedagogy - Learner Agency –
Developing learner agency - Powerful Learning Connections –
Strengthening learning connections with parents, families, whānau, āko - Powerful Community Connections –
Developing a local curriculum utilizing the context provided by the local community.
Business Partners
Hobsonville School would like to acknowledge and thank the following businesses for your ongoing support. Your sponsorship and assistance makes an incredible difference in our quest to help our children be the BEST they can be.
