Term 2 Teacher Only Days – no students
13 April 2022 Teacher Only Day Dates Kia ora koutou To give you time to plan ahead, here are the dates for the last two teacher only days required by the Primary Teachers Collective Agreements [...]
Term 1 week 11
11th April 22 Kia ora parents/caregivers, Getting through... The last week of term is on us. I would like to acknowledge the staff for their hard work and care of the children through this [...]
Urgent: Today – 4th April – no access into Loop Rd
Kia ora everyone, We have just found out that a logging truck has been blocking Loop Rd off the roundabout from St Highway 1. This means no access to school from south or town as [...]
SH1 Loop Road Safety Improvements – March update
28 March 2022 SH1 Loop Road Safety Improvements - March update Kia ora, Late last year, the final asphalt was successfully laid on the Loop Road roundabout and immediate approaches. The remaining work including road [...]
Week 8 Term 1 – Real Time Reporting update & the importance…
25th March 2022 Kia ora Koutou Real Time Reporting Update - implications of covid/student attendance challenges As many of you are aware, we are not having parent/teacher interviews this term during the omicron [...]
Flooding
Kia ora Koutou, I thought I had sent this message on Monday... Just for interest. This photo was taken at 11:20am Monday. At 7:30am the river at school wasn't flowing much above normal with little [...]
Update to reduced isolating from 10 days to 7 days
11th March 2022 Kia ora koutou, On the 6th of March you were informed we had our first confirmed COVID-19 cases in our school community and two classes received email confirmation a child in their [...]
Privacy
8th March 22 Dear parents and caregivers, Some teachers have shared with me that they have received a number of requests about who their child has been in contact with within class, in regards to [...]
Raising Resilient Children zoom link for parents & community
8th March 22 Kia ora koutou Please find the advertisement link below for Kathryn Berkett on Monday 21 March - an online zoom talk about "Resilience in Children" from 7.00 - 8.30 p.m. Otaika Valley [...]
Otaika Valley School – first case in community
6th March 22 Kia ora koutou, All last week I have talked with principal colleagues who have had covid-19 cases within their schools. It is now our turn. The health and wellbeing of our students, [...]