19 October 21 Kia ora Koutou I would like parents to read both the Covid19 ‘Wear a face covering when leaving your home’ and the guidance from the Ministry of Education for both physical distancing [...]
Back to School Level 2 – Wednesday 20th – Post October lockdown
18 October 2021 Kia ora koutou, The announcement today moves Northland into Level 2 at 11:59 Tuesday. We can either take 24 or 48 hours to prepare for students returning to school. We will make [...]
Ministry of Ed Bulletin for Northland and areas of Waikato at Alert Level 3
Ministry of Ed Bulletin for Northland and areas of Waikato at Alert Level 3 14 October 2021 Kia ora koutou, Blue italic text written by Terry Brock Black text from Ministry of Education As [...]
Term 3 Week 10
30 September 2021 Kia ora koutou, Contents Principal explanation Ag and Flower Day guidance for Level 1,2,3/4 PTA 2021 fundraising frustrations/summary and ideas - please support these Recent Get Firewise Programme at school Netball [...]
Term 3 – Week 10 brief update
28 September 2021 Kia ora koutou Firstly a reminder that Thursday is the last day of term - due to our teacher only day. We are in the last week of term which has [...]
Term 3 – week 8
17 September 2021 Kia ora koutou CONTENTS Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Lambs at school Teacher Only Day October 1st - Friday of last week of term - no children at school Enrolments Te [...]
8th Sept – Return to School – Level 2 – tomorrow
8 September 2021 Kia ora, Firstly, this newsletter has been delayed due to waiting for the Secretary of Education to send the advice late yesterday and the need for our 9am staff meeting this morning [...]
1 September – Level 3 OVS update – school bubble planning
1st September 2021 Kia ora koutou, Thank you to the essential working parents of Otaika Valley School for filling in the required documents so that we can effectively plan for level 3 at school. Our [...]
31 August Parent Update
31st August 21 Kia ora koutou, This morning at 11am all teachers / teacher aides are meeting online to plan for Otaika Valley School moving to level 3. At this stage we are waiting for [...]