20 Mar 2026

20 March 2026

 

Dear Whaanau,

Our school is excited to be taking part in WoW Week – Walk or Wheel to School from 23–27 March. This is a fun, Auckland-wide event encouraging tamariki to walk, scooter, bike, or wheel their way to school.

What’s Happening:

Throughout the week, students will be encouraged to get to school in an active way. Each child that participates receives a WoW Passport to tick off their active travel each day. These will be collected on Friday and go towards a great set of prizes!

We’ll also be celebrating daily themes:

Move it Monday – Start the week by walking or wheeling to school
Travel Together Tuesday – Walk or wheel with friends and whaanau
Wheelie Wednesday – Show off your wheels as you roll to school
Thoughtful Thursday – Think about how active travel helps our planet and keeps us healthy
Funky Feet Friday – Wear your funkiest footwear or add some bling to your shoes

How you can get involved:

Park & Walk
We know Conifer Grove and the area around our school can be busy. If you need to drive, consider parking a little further away and walking the last 5–10 minutes to school.  We have attached a map at the back of this letter, many of the side streets around our kura link up to the Conifer Grove Walk way, and often these roads have very few cars parked down them. Walking in from these both morning and afternoon will help reduce congestion and keep everyone safer at the gate. 

Meet, Greet, and Walk
Join us at one of our designated meeting points!(see map attached) Staff will be waiting from 8:10am (departing at 8:15am) to walk with tamariki to school:

Conifer Grove Esplanade Reserve
Jessika Place
Brylee Drive Reserve
Kindergarten Drive
Safety First:

To help keep everyone safe, children must stay with the group and follow staff instructions, especially when crossing roads. Our staff will supervise all crossings along the route.

Bringing your wheels for Wheelie Wednesday?

Designated parking will be available for wheels.  Please can Juniors park their bikes on the caged courts in front of Rooms 19 - 22, and Seniors behind the Hall. 

We look forward to seeing lots of tamariki walking and wheeling to school! Once students arrive, they are welcome to pop down to the Hall and collect a free Milo and / or weetbix breakfast.

 

Ngaa Mihi,

Louise Turmer 

Acting Deputy Principal

WoW-week-Google-Docs.pdf

18 Mar 2026

 

Good morning Parents and Caregivers,

Conifer Grove School is conducting a lockdown exercise.  All updates are provided on our website.  Please do not come to the school or phone the school as you will not be attended to.  We will update this website when the exercise has been completed.  Thank you. CG School 

18 Mar 2026

Dear parents and caregivers, 

We have completed our lockdown exercise and all students, staff and persons on-site are safely accounted for.  Everyone did extremely well and responded to instructions.  

 I would like to personally thank you for your support while we conduct these practices.  

Kind regards – Lee-Anne Maxwell, Principal

9 Mar 2026

 Keeping Our Tamariki Safe: A Community Request

Keeping-Our-Tamariki-Safe-A-Community-Request.pdf

5 Mar 2026

TONIGHT Thursday 5th March 5:30-7:00pm

 

Whaanau Fun Night -

When: Thursday, 5th March @ 5:30pm - 7:00pm (please see information attached)
Where: School Grounds - Field and Canopy
Ice Creams & Prizes, Kai & Fun
All students must be accompanied by an adult.   
Food items will be available for purchase (cash only please) 
We can't wait to see you all there!  

Conifer Grove School

Goods-For-Sale-Poster-Whanau-Night.pdf

Dunk-the-Teacher-Whanau-Night.pdf

Whaanau20Fun20Evening20Thurs20520March.pdf