Creating holistic learners in a broad inquiring
curriculum that fosters a love of learning and
cultivates creative minds.
We are a primary school (Year 1-6) on the picturesque south coast of Wellington. When you arrive here at Island Bay, you will have a real sense of place, from the bay to the city. We are committed to giving all students the best education possible.
Our vision for learning to “ Explore, Extend and Empower ” is brought to life by our curriculum that recognises that there are unique realities for the learner that deserve recognition in the design of learning and schooling. We want learning that matters, that makes a difference in learners’ lives, that is creative, connected to meaningful, relevant and deep contexts.
Through an inquiry model, Island Bay School endeavours to integrate all of the learning areas from the New Zealand Curriculum into their teaching and learning. Our curriculum document unpacks what our learning looks like in detail.
We welcome new students to Island Bay School. To find out more click below.
Includes information on helpers needed! For Athletics Day, Road Patrol, Y6 Leavers’ Evening, and School Fair volunteers; Senior Camp permission form and information, an update from the School Board about Board Nominations and more.
Have a great break over the holidays and we look forward to seeing you on Monday 9 Oct for Term 4!
Floorball for Y1-6 at Ākau Tangi Sports Centre – Full details are in the form. Registrations close 1 Oct. Games are Tuesdays 17 Oct – 13 Dec between 4 and 7pm (younger kids play earlier). Please also indicate if you are able to manage a team.
3×3 Basketball for Y3-6 at Ākau Tangi Sports Centre – Full details are in the form. Registrations close Friday 22 Sept. Year 5/6 teams play Mondays 9 Oct – 4 Dec between 4 and 6pm. Year 3/4 teams play Tuesdays 10 October – 28 November between 4 and 6pm
Sign up for 3×3 basketball here
Touch Rugby Y1-6 at Wakefield Park – Full details are in the form. Registrations close 6 Oct. Games are Wednesdays 25 Oct – 29 Nov from 3.45pm. Please also indicate if you are able to manage a team.
Netball Y1-4 – Full details in registration form. Closes 21 Sept. Season runs Saturday, 14 October – Saturday, 25 November regular ANZ sessions with Saturday, 2 December – Fun Festival Day.
There are two hoodie designs available – a general school hoodie as well as a hoodie for our Year 6 Leavers. If your child plays sport for Island Bay, we suggest choosing the navy colour, but any colour is fine.
We recommend you check the sizing carefully, but if in doubt go a size up. These are small sizes so err on the side of caution. We also recommend you choose a nickname as this allows us to get your hoodie back to your child easily, should it get lost!
Orders close 22 September. Once you have ordered, you will be emailed an invoice to pay via Kindo. Any questions, please contact Keri; keri@islandbay.school.nz. Please complete one form per child.
All new children and their families will be welcomed and need to meet in the Learning Hub (beside the library) at 8:55am for a briefing with Maria. The Mihi whakatau starts at 9:15. New families are then invited to stay for morning tea in the staffroom afterwards.
This survey is designed to measure parent satisfaction with our strategic direction, and the programmes and services provided by the school. It is divided into sections that
connect to each of the aspects of our school’s strategic plan.
Your feedback and support is critical and will be used to assess and improve our school’s overall success and inform future planning.
Please complete this survey based on your experience of Island Bay School in 2023, regarding the goals we aimed to meet in each section, and where applicable, your
feedback will influence our strategic direction in 2024.
If you would like your tamariki to be involved in our one-day-a-week bilingual class for 2024 please register below. Registrations close on 22 Sept.
This is a wonderful opportunity for our children to learn te reo, tikanga, Mātauranga Māori, local stories and history. Please feel free to email us with any questions.
Te Māpunga 2024 – Māori ākonga
Te Māpunga 2024 – Non Māori ākonga
There are two hoodie designs available – a general school hoodie as well as a hoodie for our Year 6 Leavers. If your child plays sport for Island Bay, we suggest choosing
the navy colour, but any colour is fine.
We recommend you check the sizing carefully, but if in doubt go a size up. These are small sizes so err on the side of caution. We also recommend you choose a nickname
as this allows us to get your hoodie back to your child easily, should it get lost!
Orders close 22 September. Once you have ordered, you will be emailed an invoice to pay via Kindo. Any questions, please contact Keri; keri@islandbay.school.nz.
Please complete one form per child.
Floorball for Y1-6 at Ākau Tangi Sports Centre – Full details are in the form. Registrations close 1 Oct. Games are Tuesdays 17 Oct – 13 Dec between 4 and 7pm (younger kids play earlier). Please also indicate if you are able to manage a team.
3×3 Basketball for Y3-6 at Ākau Tangi Sports Centre – Full details are in the form. Registrations close Friday 22 Sept. Year 5/6 teams play Mondays 9 Oct – 4 Dec between 4 and 6pm. Year 3/4 teams play Tuesdays 10 October – 28 November between 4 and 6pm
Sign up for 3×3 basketball here
Touch Rugby Y1-6 at Wakefield Park – Full details are in the form. Registrations close 6 Oct. Games are Wednesdays 25 Oct – 29 Nov from 3.45pm. Please also indicate if you are able to manage a team.
Netball Y1-4 – Full details in registration form. Closes 21 Sept. Season runs Saturday, 14 October – Saturday, 25 November regular ANZ sessions with Saturday, 2 December – Fun Festival Day.
Includes info on sports registrations, reminders about next week’s Mihi Whakatau, the Community Survey, information on the opportunity to sign up for Te Māpunga – our bilingual class for 2024 and more
Have a great weekend!
Includes the Community Survey, sports registration info, dates for Term 4, hoodie orders, Art Splash & Futsal Festival reminders and more
Have a great weekend
Includes info on Term 4 sports, Art Weekend wrap up and more
Thank you to everyone who bought tickets, the office will be in touch regarding a refund.
Thanks,
Home & School team
Thanks to our wonderful Active Citizenship Freedom Friday Group, we are having a dress up day on Friday – come dressed up as whatever you like!
If you have not yet filled out Freedom Friday with your child, please do so asap.
We are missing the options for 100 children and groups are being organised now.
Many thanks
Includes all you need to know about the Art Auction TONIGHT, the Art gallery and Makers Market on this weekend, tickets for BOGAN BINGO Night, Father’s Day Raffle, and more
Have a great weekend!
Art Auction: Doors open at 6.30pm on Fri (this week, 25 Aug!) for fixed price artwork sales. There will be bubbles on arrival, complimentary canapes served throughout the evening and a bar for purchasing wine and craft beer. The live auction starts at 8pm with about 35 incredible artworks to bid on. Come along and see the artworks created by our talented artistic community!
Follow us on Instagram for a sneak peek of the artworks @islandbayartauction
Makers Market: 10am-3pm on Saturday 26 August, alongside the wonderful Art Auction Gallery. After checking out the wonderful art on display, grab a coffee and a nibble, browse the artisan stalls and listen to the music. A perfect Saturday outing for the whole family!
Art Gallery open 10am-3pm Saturday & Sunday
Art Auction: Doors open at 6.30pm on Fri (this week, 25 Aug!) for fixed price artwork sales. There will be bubbles on arrival, complimentary canapes served throughout the evening and a bar for purchasing wine and craft beer. The live auction starts at 8pm with about 35 incredible artworks to bid on. Come along and see the artworks created by our talented artistic community!
Follow us on Instagram for a sneak peek of the artworks @islandbayartauction
Makers Market: 10am-3pm on Saturday 26 August, alongside the wonderful Art Auction Gallery. After checking out the wonderful art on display, grab a coffee and a nibble, browse the artisan stalls and listen to the music. A perfect Saturday outing for the whole family!
Bogan Bingo – 9 Sept
Time is running out to buy your tickets to one of Island Bay School’s best ADULTS ONLY nights of the year; Bogun Bingo.
Get your gang of fellow bogans together and dress up in your bogun best for a ripper of a night of cheap drinks, nibbles and BINGO on Saturday 9 September, 7pm at the Island Bay Bowling Club.
Great prizes up for grabs including beer from Fortune Favours, a weekend at a local Air BnB, mystery vouchers from Lowe & Co and Tommy’s, chocolates from Baron Hasselhoff and gifts from NIL products.
Book your babysitter now!
Get your tickets for the Father’s Day Raffle and our upcoming Bogan Bingo Eveing on KINDO under H&S Fundraising
Complete by 29 August.
Art Auction: Doors open at 6.30pm on Fri (this week, 25 Aug!) for fixed price artwork sales. There will be bubbles on arrival, complimentary canapes served throughout the evening and a bar for purchasing wine and craft beer. The live auction starts at 8pm with about 35 incredible artworks to bid on. Come along and see the artworks created by our talented artistic community!
Follow us on Instagram for a sneak peek of the artworks @islandbayartauction
Makers Market: 10am-3pm on Saturday 26 August, alongside the wonderful Art Auction Gallery. After checking out the wonderful art on display, grab a coffee and a nibble, browse the artisan stalls and listen to the music. A perfect Saturday outing for the whole family.
Keen to be involved in our art weekend? We have a couple of opportunities
– We are looking for help on the evening of the auction to help our drinks and food team. Please let us know if you’re able to help out, even for an hour or two.
– On Sunday afternoon we need help packing down the artworks and wrapping them for pick. It’s a quick job when lots of people help out. And lots of fun!
– There are still some slots available for anyone who would like to perform a song or two as part of the market’s mini-concert 12-1pm.
– if you are interested in helping out for a couple of hours over the weekend, please be in touch ibaa2023@gmail.com
Yes, I can help with the Art Weekend
Get your tickets for the Father’s Day Raffle and our upcoming Bogan Bingo Eveing on KINDO under H&S Fundraising
Includes information on Island Bay Art Auction (next weekend!), Father’s Day Raffle tickets, Bingo night tickets, Calendar Art, Ablaze firewood fundraiser, and more!
It includes important information on a number of upcoming school fundraisers including the Art Auction, Firewood, Calendar Art and Bingo Night.
Have a great weekend
The most glamorous event on the Island Bay School Calendar is here! Experience the excitement as the School hall is transformed into a gallery space. Peruse the artworks, explore rich artistic community that is Island Bay. Champagne and craft beer served with complementary canapés from 6.30pm. There is something for everyone with prices ranging from very affordable through to high-end art. Artists include Sheyne Tuffery, Andy Spain, Nicola Jackson, Dan Wilkinson , Karl Fritsch, Ewan McDougall, Robert Franken, and Juliet Best.
The auction raises funds to support art education at the school, including local Artists in Residence and creative programmes for the tamariki.
Includes reminders about road safety around our school, a policy review, an urgent request for two fair coordinators, reminder about next week’s Poetry Cafes, and more.
Have a great weekend
Includes info on our upcoming Poetry Cafes, SWIS Open day & Evening, Chess tournament and more.
Also a request for Parent helpers for Swimming sports, art resources, and kapa haka uniform returns.
Have a great weekend!
The hoodies have arrived and can be collected at the office. If hoodies have not been collected by Friday, we will send them home with your child. Many thanks
Includes info on Red Nose Day, Calendar Art fundraiser, Art Auction info and and a reminder to fill in the Y4-6 Swimming sports form.
Have a great weekend
Please check at home for Island Bay School kapa haka uniforms. We urgently need them for our performance tomorrow night at Wellington High School. We are particularly missing pairs of boys shorts.
Many thanks!
We start at the Island Bay Beach foreshore at 6.30am, with a special karakia, waiata and a talk by a guest visitor. Then join us for breakfast at school from 7am. Due to the building work being carried out on the main block of Island Bay School our Matariki Breakfast will be adapted.
Bacon and/or Egg Butties for $5 or sausages for $2 can be pre-purchased on Kindo or cash on the day til they run out. The school will provide some fruit, tea coffee and Milo. BYO plates/bowls and utensils for breakfast. At 8am, a tree will be planted to celebrate this Maori New Year. All welcome!
Few things to note to help our Matariki celebration run as smoothly as possible!
1. Order your food on KINDO if possible! Bacon and/or Egg Butties for $5 or sausages (incl limited number of vege) for $2 can be pre-purchased.
2. Food will be served from the gazebos set up outside. There may be a bit of a wait on food, so make sure you are wrapped up warm! School will provide fruit, tea, coffee and milo.
3. Once you have your food, take it to the Hall or Rimurimu to eat 🙂
4. Remember to bring plates, cups & utensils, and cash for extra butties & sausages!
5. Koha boxes will also be out to help us cover costs 🙂
We start at the Island Bay Beach foreshore at 6.30am, with a special karakia, waiata and a talk by a guest visitor. Then join us for breakfast at school from 7am. Due to the building work being carried out on the main block of Island Bay School our Matariki Breakfast will be adapted. At 8am, a tree will be planted to celebrate this Maori New Year. All welcome!
Order your bacon or egg butties, or sausage on KINDO here
Kia ora e te Whānau,
It’s just over a month now until the Island Bay Art Auction!
Friday August 25 is the night of the year for art enthusiasts, and a great social night out for the community. We are still seeking about 15 more volunteers happy to host a sign on their fence or gate for the weeks leading up to the event to help promote it in the community. Alongside promoting the auction Tommy’s real estate will also be donating $25 for every sign displayed to the school.
The signs are all organised for us, we just need your help with a space to hang a sign.
To make an easy $25 for Island Bay School please follow the above link to learn more about it and then please submit your details if you can help. We need 50 families to help so we can hit our target of raising $1250 for the school so share the sign up link with friends and family if you can.
Ngā mihi!
Click this link to help advertise the Art Auction
We start at the Island Bay Beach foreshore at 6.30am, with a special karakia, waiata and a talk by a guest visitor. Then join us for breakfast at school from 7am. Due to the building work being carried out on the main block of Island Bay School our Matariki Breakfast will be adapted.
Bacon or Egg Butties for $5 or sausages for $2 can be pre-purchased on Kindo or bring cash on the day and buy them til they run out. The school will provide some fruit, tea coffee and Milo. BYO plates/bowls and utensils for breakfast. At 8am, a tree will be planted to celebrate this Maori New Year. All welcome!
Order your bacon or egg butties, or sausage on KINDO here
Kia ora koutou,
We hope your tamariki have had a lovely break and are ready for a fun and busy Term 3. Lots has been happening at school during the two week break. The building project is progressing well and we now have access through the front entrance again.
If entering through the main gates, please take note of the coned and fenced off zones.
The entrance via Clyde Street remains in operation but please take care near the fenced and coned off areas up the driveway and around the turf.
We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!
Term 1 2023: Mon 30th Jan – Thu 6th Apr
Term 2 2023: Mon 24th Apr – Fri 30th Jun
Term 3 2023: Mon 17th Jul – Fri 22nd Sep
Term 4 2023: Mon 9th Oct – Fri 15th Dec
See 2024 Term Dates here
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Through an inquiry model, Island Bay School endeavours to integrate all of the learning areas from the New Zealand Curriculum into their teaching and learning. Our curriculum document unpacks what our learning looks like in detail.
Through an inquiry model, Island Bay School endeavours to integrate all of the learning areas from the New Zealand Curriculum into their teaching and learning. Our curriculum document unpacks what our learning looks like in detail.
Through an inquiry model, Island Bay School endeavours to integrate all of the learning areas from the New Zealand Curriculum into their teaching and learning. Our curriculum document unpacks what our learning looks like in detail.
Through an inquiry model, Island Bay School endeavours to integrate all of the learning areas from the New Zealand Curriculum into their teaching and learning. Our curriculum document unpacks what our learning looks like in detail.