Happy New Year and welcome to 2012 at Bayfield School! 
The year promises to be another successful year with several biannual events scheduled to take place, including the Art Exhibition and the school’s major fundraiser for the year, Hammertime.

We have updated our charter this year, and it will be available on the website in early February.

Education for Sustainability is one of our goals and we are committed to both Wastewise and Travelwise.  This means as well as having a goal to reduce the amount of rubbish, landfill and recycling we create; we also aim to use less paper, so our main form of communication to parents is via email and our website. 

We would like to acknowledge the Dragon Community Trust who at the end of 2011, granted us a substantial amount of money to spend on Information & Communication Technology equipment.  This very generous grant has allowed us to purchase a set of  iPads.   These will be fully utlilised once Ultra Fast Broadband is delivered to our gate during 2012.  As our vision is “Preparing Our Students for Their Future” we promote e-learning and value the importance of digital equipment, its use in across-curricular programmes and its ability to engage our 21^st Century students.   

Welcome to the Bayfield School website.  Bayfield School is on a lovely tree-clad site, in the central Auckland suburb of Herne Bay.  We have an extremely well resourced school, both in terms of facilities and equipment and with the high calibre of staff members.  There is a strong spirit of community with supportive parents and enthusiastic students.

Bayfield School’s mission is To Prepare Our Children For Their Future.  We do this by promoting learning and achievement, embracing individuality, encouraging respect and building a sense of belonging to our special place.  These key elements of our vision, along with a set of supporting values, work alongside our Powerful Learning Model.  We believe that learning is a life long process involving staff, students and families, and by building a strong partnership between school and home we will achieve great outcomes for students.

Visitors are welcome at Bayfield anytime.  Contact office@bayfield.school.nzto arrange a visit or with any questions.

Sheryl Fletcher

Principal