22nd October 2025
Principal’s Greeting
Tēnā koutou Glenview Whānau
Welcome back to Term four! We hope everyone enjoyed a restful and refreshing break and is ready for another exciting and action-packed term ahead. A special welcome to all our new students and whānau joining Glenview Primary — we’re delighted to have you as part of our school community and look forward to seeing you thrive over the coming weeks.
Term four is always a vibrant time, filled with sporting events, cultural celebrations, and opportunities to reflect on the successes and achievements of the year. It’s a term that celebrates growth, effort, and connection — and one that always brings a wonderful sense of pride and joy across our school.
As the weather warms up, please remember that all students are required to wear a brimmed hat during outdoor activities to stay sun-safe. Sunscreen and hydration are also important, so we encourage everyone to bring water bottles and apply sunscreen regularly throughout the day. Let’s all take care to stay protected while making the most of the sunshine!
At Glenview Primary, we know that learning is most powerful when home and school work together. The partnership between whānau and teachers helps create the supportive environment our tamariki need to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. As we enter this final term, we encourage whānau to stay engaged by keeping communication open with teachers, supporting learning at home, and celebrating progress along the way. Together, we can help every student reach their full potential and foster a lifelong love of learning.
We’d like to take this opportunity to extend our heartfelt thanks to our outgoing Board of Trustees for their dedication, service, and commitment to Glenview School. Your leadership and contribution have helped shape a strong, caring, and forward-looking school community. At the same time, we warmly welcome our new Board of Trustees and look forward to working together as we continue to build on the great foundations in place, ensuring the best outcomes for all our learners.
Finally, a reminder about the importance of regular attendance. Every day at school is a valuable opportunity for learning, growth, and connection. Consistent attendance helps students stay engaged, on track, and ready to participate fully in all that Term four has to offer.
Let’s make the most of every moment together as we finish the year strong and make Term four a positive, productive, and memorable end to 2025!
Ngā mihi nui,
Carl Allan
Principal
General School Information
Hero App
Parents/Caregivers have you downloaded the HERO App? If not please click on the link below for instructions
HERO enables you to keep up-to-date with all school communication through a modern computer browser or through the app. Note, Internet Explorer is not supported.
This is our main platform for communicating with parents/caregivers. If you are having any issues logging on please contact the school office. Please note that your child needs to be enrolled before you can have access to the App.
Our link for our school Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/GlenviewPrimarySchoolHamilton.
Updating Contact Information
Please remember to update your contact details promptly with our office if they change. Accurate information ensures we can quickly reach you if your child becomes unwell or in case of emergencies.
Thank you all for your continued support and active involvement in making Glenview School a wonderful place to learn and grow.
Nut Allergy
We have children with severe food allergies to peanuts/nuts, eggs and cheese at school. Any exposure to peanuts, other nuts, cheese and egg may cause a life threatening reaction.
To reduce the chance of this happening, please do not send any food containing peanuts or other nuts to school in your child’s lunchbox.
We also ask that if your child does have any egg or cheese in their lunchbox, it is important that they wash their hands and face straight after eating.
If your child has eaten peanuts, other nuts, cheese or eggs before school, please ensure their hands and face have been thoroughly washed before coming to school.
We appreciate your support of these procedures.
Senior Syndicate
Brain Box
We've learnt a lot of stuff in electronics in the senior school using Brain boxes, which is a kit full of cool stuff like light bulbs, motors, LEDs and more. We learn things like different types of circuits such as parallel,and series. We’ve also learned about open and closed circuits where if it’s open, it won’t work. If it’s closed it will work. We are having a bunch of fun doing this stuff and it boosts our creativity!
By Connor Wynyard and Charlie Navarro
