You can support the school to receive FREE sports gear by collecting stickers from individual Yummy apples or bags of Yummy apples. Collect your Yummy stickers during Term 2 and Term 3 and place the Yummy stickers on Sticker Collection Sheets and the cut-out labels on Cut-Out Label Collection Sheets (available to download from the […]

On Friday 28 April we held our traditional ANZAC Assembly where we remembered those who were involved in the first major action by New Zealand and Australian forces during the First World War, landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula over a hundred years ago. We also acknowledged the 21 servicemen who fell in World War I […]

Parent & Staff Elections Results Declaration Parent representative votes: Hunter, Nicola 42 Korff, Stephanie 66 Lee, Matthew 77 Paris, Rebecca 82 Pignéguy, Michelle 42 Stephens, Nicky 101 Stretton, Kevin 111 Walden, Paul 99 Invalid Votes 0   I hereby declare the following duly elected: Lee, Matthew Paris, Rebecca Stephens, Nicky Stretton, Kevin Walden, Paul   […]

Each year, we offer the opportunity for our Year 3-8 students to take part in the ICAS International test series.  This programme is run by the University of New South Wales in Australia and consists of separate exams in Digital Technologies, Science, Writing, Spelling, English and Mathematics in August and September. This year exams are […]

Parents/caregivers are encouraged to pre-enrol their children now for late 2022 and 2023. We are currently planning for the new entrants who start during the second half of the year.  If you have not yet enrolled and have a child who will be starting school in the second half of the year, would you please […]

Kia ora, We are currently undertaking a project to develop an outdoor garden classroom to help our students engage with the whenua and develop their understanding of our local area, korero and history.  We have received input from members of our kura and put together an initial plan.  Please watch the attached video and then […]

The Waharoa was installed and blessed on Thursday 18 November. On behalf of the school and community we would like to thank Kenny and Dave Trinder and Morgan Watson for these beautiful taonga. The Waharoa is named Nga kete matauranga, linked to the baskets of knowledge carved on it. At the south gate, on Bell […]

Intermediate Team 16 June 2021At 5:30am we left school to go to NYLD Hamilton.  When we arrived we went in and found our seats.  My favourite speaker was Cam.  Cam has cerebral palsy. People told him he wouldn’t be able to talk and walk properly but he accomplished something big.  He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the […]

11 June 2021 Last week on Friday we had two new Principals.  Miss Buckley (Hannah Room 20) and Mr Harris (Ziggy Room 6) won the Principal for a Day raffle at the gala and took over the Principal’s office.   They were very busy touring the classrooms, presenting awards and organising the assembly.  Miss Buckley […]

5 May 2021 On Wednesday 5 May our Librarian, Ms Manukonga took two teams to the Kids’ Lit Quiz held at Sacred Heart Girls College.  Both teams had tough competition with 28 other teams entered from around the Whanganui and Taranaki area. Both teams represented the school really well, and while we didn’t place this […]

15 April 2021 To provide the Intermediate students with an audience for their learning this term, and to show what the new Technology Programme looks like at Bell Block School we will be holding a Technology Showcase on Thursday 15 April in the hall from 6:00-7:00pm. There will be presentations from the Dance and Drama […]

25 March 2021 With 18 months of work completed, last week we blessed and opened our new building with the support of Te Pohi Campbell and Leanna Poutu, representing Te Ātiawa iwi.  It will house three of our Intermediate classes and some of the new Technology subjects.  Although the ceremony marked the end of the […]