Highfield School

31/07/2026

Today the Eco Leaders delivered our entry for the Eco Centre’s Junk to Funk competition. Over the last 5 weeks we have been busy gluing, drilling and creating! Head along to the Eco Centre (beside the Crow’s Nest) and check out over 50 other entries this Sunday 10-2pm.

03/07/2026

Today the Garden Club roasted the bucket of yams we had dug up from our vegetable garden. (A massive thanks to Liz from Mitre 10 MEGA Timaru for helping us plant them last term.) During lunchtime we walked around the school with trays of them for the children to try. We were very happy to report that everyone loved them. It was great seeing so many children trying them for the first time. Next term we will dig our potatoes and try to make potato chips! We can’t wait!!

03/07/2026

Yesterday in the garden we took part in the NZ garden bird survey. Students took it in turns looking for birds and counting them. 10 minute shifts in pairs were organised so we could optimise focus. We counted over 100 birds in total. But what we were actually recording was the highest number of species seen at one time. So while we saw over 80 sparrows the most we saw at one time was a group of 6. It was awesome to see the children sitting quietly and taking in the sights and sounds of nature.

02/07/2026

The Highfield Home and School committee would like to thank everyone that purchased and sold raffles.

The following students were our top sellers and have all received their prizes
Heath
Kurtis
Spencer O
Mason
Louella
William L
Charlotte
Cooper
Will
Elena
Selene
Alfie
Dom C

Our lucky student of the day winner is
Archie

All winners of the grocery hampers have been contacted. They are listed below.

Billy Ross
Shirley
Braeden L
Elrin Lumampao
Aryann
Lily T
Oakley B
Alex M
Cindy G
Kim Kerr
F Clark
Spencer O
Hannah Moffat
Jenny
Neelah A
Cheryl
Julie
Dom CT
Pam
Curtis S
Paityn W
Tracey Curry
Corey J
Curtis
Willow M
Tammy Parmenter
Donna
Mahd S
Emma
Monty K
Maria Eng
Gurnaaz

02/07/2026

Huge thank you to all the parents and whānau who came along today to celebrate our tamariki and check out their incredible work! 🌟 The kids did such an amazing job with their learning this term—we are so proud. ❤️ 📚⭐️🚀🪐

26/06/2026

The garden club’s latest project is to make fairy/bird houses out of recycled glass jars and bottles. The wackier the shape and colour THE BETTER! So if you have any please bring them in and leave them in the office for Emma to collect.

26/06/2026

ECO leaders Rubbish Report

A video displaying how much lunchbox plastic we create in a week an...

05/06/2026

A fun end to Book Week today 📖⭐️❤️

04/06/2026

To celebrate Samoan Language Week the Pasifika Group performed at Multicultural Aoraki's Coffee Group celebration & at Garden Grove Montessori 🇼🇸❤️ Fa'afetai lava for having us.