Silverdale Normal School

29/05/2026

Hamilton City Council is excited to bring back Bike to Sport this year, encouraging more kids and parents to bike to their Saturday sports games. They will be at Gallagher Hockey Centre on 13 June, Discovery Park on 20 June, and Elliott Park on 27 June rewarding everyone who turns up to their game by bike. The team with the most members who bike will win Ninja Valley passes for their team to enjoy! Gordon from Alba Bikes will also be at Gallagher Hockey and Discovery Park offering basic bike checks. For more information and to see riding route suggestions click here: https://hamilton.govt.nz/parking-and-transport/transport/biking/bike-to-sport

28/05/2026

🌙✨ Eid Mubarak! عيد مبارك ✨🌙
From all of us at Silverdale Normal School, we wish a very happy Eid al-Adha to all our whānau and community members celebrating today.

15/05/2026

Please enjoy our latest newsletter

Junior School Zoo Trip

13/05/2026

Project update: Morrinsville Road Fit for Purpose Upgrades

The peanut-shaped roundabout and shared path is opening earlier than planned, on Friday evening, 15 May.

The improvements were completed under budget (budget: $6.4m for stage 1). The overall project budget is $11m.

More info 👉 www.hamilton.govt.nz/morrinsvilleroad

New speed limits on Morrinsville Road also take effect from this Friday evening, 15 May.

More info 👉 www.nzta.govt.nz/sh26a-morrinsville-road-speed-review

11/05/2026

This week we celebrate Support Staff Week, and we want to acknowledge the incredible hard mahi of our support staff. They are the heart of our kura, working tirelessly behind the scenes to support our students, whaanau and staff every single day. Their care, dedication, and commitment make our jobs possible, and our school community is stronger because of them.

We know there are many people in our community whose lives have been positively impacted by these amazing humans. If you would like to share a message of appreciation, we would love to hear from you. Please email your message to [email protected]

30/04/2026

We will be holding a ballot on Friday, 12th June 2026 for out of zone enrolments to begin in Term 3.

Application forms are available from the School Office.
email [email protected]

All applications must be received by Friday, 5th June

Available spaces:​

* New Entrants - up to five students

* Year 1 - up to five students

(There will be no places available for Year 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 or 6 students)

02/04/2026

Please enjoy our Term 1 newsletter!

Senior School Camp

15/03/2026

15/03/2026

Kia ora

This upcoming Tuesday 17th March will be the last day to return your order forms for the Parent and Teacher Group (PTG) fundraising session of the new release The Super Mario Galaxy Movie at Lido Cinema, 10am Sunday 12th April.

Each child or adult ticket is $12 and every child must be under the care of a paying adult. Each ticket price includes a raffle ticket and there are options to add on food purchases.

Please return your order forms to the PTG box in the foyer of the students entrance to the school office, payment can be made in either cash or online to the PTG account up until 3pm on Wednesday 18th March.

Many thanks for your support!