Ngā mihi to these awesome orators who represented us at the Southern Cluster speech finals today. They all did a great job and received some very positive feedback from the judges. Special congratulations to Addilyn who placed third in the year 5 competition. Well done everyone..you make us very proud!

Kia ora, It's a newsletter day! Please note tomorrow is a staff only day. Have a great weekend whānau.

A big thank you to the Blue Light Team for bringing us an awesome sausage sizzle treat today! It was great to meet our local police team, enjoy a delicious BBQ and have some chats together. We really appreciated you coming along and spending time with us

A very warm nau mai, haere mai to our newest learners! Today we welcomed our new Room 20, with Whaea Frith leading the way. It was a wonderful first day, filled with happy faces, new friendships and plenty of learning. We are so excited to welcome all of our new learners and their whānau to our Selwyn Ridge whānau. We look forward to sharing many special moments together!

Our students made the most of the sunshine this Friday, enjoying plenty of activities outdoors during break times with games, laughter, and lots of happy faces! Kia pai ō koutou mutunga wiki - have a great weekend whānau!

What a fantastic 2026 Speech Competition! A huge ngā mihi to all of our wonderful Year 5 and 6 ākonga who took part in our speech finals today. We were incredibly proud and impressed by the calibre of content, immense courage, the engaging presentation and creativity displayed by every speaker. Congratulations to the following students for placing today - Year 6 = 1st Logan, 2nd Mila, 3rd Mia Year 5 = 1st Addilyn, 2nd Evan, 3rd Tillie Overall 2026 SRP Speech Winner = Logan. We would also like to do a big shout out to our MC's Lillie & Payton, who along with Mr DeBarr, kept the event running smoothly and of course our wonderful expert judges - you certainly had a very tough job today!