School Board

School Board elections are held every 18 months. The board meet each month at 6.30 pm in the boardroom.

Meetings are open to members of the school community. Board meeting dates for the current year are listed below. Please note, that dates may change. For confirmation please phone the school office.

For any comments or questions you may have for the Board, please make contact at board@somint.school.nz

Meet the Board

  • Darren Powell

    Presiding Member, Parent Representative

  • Yolande Franke

    Principal

  • Tina McKenzie

    Staff Representative

  • Kim Fox

    Parent Representative

  • Michael Pienaar

    Parent Representative

  • Henare Clarke

    Parent Representative

  • Ali Dahche

    Parent Representative

  • Kate Dowling-Hine

    Parent Representative

Board Meeting Dates 2025

  • Wednesday 26 February

  • Wednesday 26 March

  • Wednesday 7 May

  • Wednesday 28 May

  • Wednesday 25 June

  • Wednesday 30 July

  • Wednesday 27 August

  • Wednesday 17 September

  • Wednesday 29 October

  • Wednesday 26 November

  • December (TBC)

Minutes of Board meetings can be requested by contacting the school office.

Health Community Consultation Survey 2023

Community Consultation Survey

Capital Works Development Options

The Board maintains a plan of current and potential projects to enhance the school for students, staff and community. Projects are funded by locally raised money and will be undertaken over the next three years. Some of the proposed projects have large costs associated with them and others will be on a smaller scale. Priorities will be reassessed from time to time in the light of changing school needs.

  • The Board is exploring a canopy for the Astroturf and are creating an outdoor area in the courtyard of the prefabs, in front of Rooms 27 - 35.

MoE Project

Currently the Ministry of Education is delivering the weathertightness project of the main block at the school. This project started mid 2024 and is expected to be completed by mid 2026.

ERO Review

The Education Review Office (ERO) report provides an external evaluation of the school's performance. The overwhelming positive report acknowledges the excellent education provided to the students at Somerville Intermediate School. Below are a few excerpts from the report:

School planning and conditions to support high quality education for learners are driving excellent school performance.

Learners benefit from excellent quality teaching practice that improves progress and achievement in reading, writing and mathematics.

A strategic and experienced leadership team ensure school planning and conditions support high expectations for all learners.

Structured mathematics, reading and writing are consistently well taught across the school, by highly skilled teachers with a deep understanding of the learners’ needs.

Learners have rich opportunities to learn across the breadth and depth of the curriculum.

Learners have regular opportunities to reflect on their own learning, and to improve their own skills through a broad range of curricular activities, including mātauranga Māori activities.

The school successfully promotes learners’ engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.