Papatoetoe North School

What's On?

Upcoming events::

TERM 4 2026

19-23 Oct Niue Language Week

19 Oct Mon Yr 5/6 Parent meeting about pubertal change programme

21 Oct Wed National ShakeOut Earthquake drill -9.35am

21 Oct Wed Gyan Uday visit to Gyan Deep

26 Oct Mon Labour Day -School will be closed

28 Oct Wed Band trip to Auckland Philharmonia performance 4.30pm Board meeting

29 Oct Thurs Papatoetoe Performing Arts Festival at Kedgely Intermediate

2-6 Nov Hindi language week

4 Nov Wed Hindi language showcase, schoolwide cultural dress day

6 Nov Fri Gumboot Friday dress up

10 Nov Tues Year 5/6 Talent quest

11 Nov Wed Year 4 talent quest

18-19 Nov Wed/Thurs Papatoetoe North School Art show

19 Nov Thurs Home learning celebration day and Community event -4-6pm

19 Nov Thurs Papatoetoe Interschool Athletics

24 Nov Tues Year 2 talent quest

25-27 Nov Wed-Fri Year 6 camp

25 Nov Wed Year 3 Talent Quest

27 Nov Fri Year 1 Talent Quest 1 Dec Tue Paptoetoe Interschools Touch competition

2 Dec Wed Year 6 Big Day out

3 Dec Thurs Year 6 Graduation 6pm

4 Dec Fri School wide Talent Quest final

7 Dec Mon School reports published on HERO

8 Dec Tues End of term/year assembly 9.15am

9 Dec Wed. Last day of the year school closes at 3pm 2027

WED 3 FEBRUARY First school day of 2027 -school opens at 8.55am

A MESSAGE FROM

The Principal

Tēnā koutou, Malo ē lelei, Talofa lava, Fakalofa lahi atu, Talofa ni, Kia orana, Ni Hao, Namaste, As-salamu alaikum, Bula vinaka

On behalf of the board of trustees, staff and students of Papatoetoe North School I welcome you.

We are a vibrant diverse school community who value whanaungatanga, tautua and kindness.

We believe that every student brings who they are into the school and that because of their input we all benefit.

The Treaty of Waitangi is the core document for education and because we are all signatories we all have the right to; have our language and culture protected, to participate in the school as we are and to benefit from genuine partnership.

We acknowledge tangata whenua and prioritise Māori success. We also build strong connections with all the people groups within our school community.

Languages are an important part of our community and we strongly encourage the use of heritage languages at school as we interact together as parents, staff and in learning.

We have 3 Te Reo bilingual classes, Te Whānau Tupuranga, throughout the school and this has led the way to establish 3 bilingual Samoan classes, Fanau mo le Lumana’i, and a bilingual Hindi class, Gyan Uday.

We are known in education for the way we connect to and involve our families with what happens in the classroom, something we are proud of.

I encourage you to look around the website and our Facebook page, you are also welcome to come and meet me and the team if you would like to look around.

Ngā mihi nui,

Stan Tiatia

Principal