Kia ora koutou

Ngā mihi o te tau hou pakeha.

Welcome to 2022, it is so lovely being back at school and seeing the smiling faces of our tamariki. It has been an interesting start to the year with the country being at Red Traffic Light, however, it is very manageable.

It is important for you to know that the safety of staff and tamariki is the top priority and we are doing everything we can to ensure that school is as normal as possible for everyone. I am proud of our senior tamariki stepping up and wearing masks in the classroom, they have done this without questions on and show great resilience throughout the day.

Unfortunately the Red Traffic Light means that we can’t have assemblies at this stage and that whānau can’t enter the classrooms. You are able to enter the school grounds if you are wearing a mask. We will keep you up to date with what is happening on our Facebook page and in our newsletters.

As always please feel free to phone me or send me an email if you have any questions or concerns. If necessary we can make me to meet.

Nau mai, haere mai

I would like to welcome three new kaiako to our team. We have John Palethorpe teaching in Ruru, Lucy Doorey teaching in Kereru and Nat Heather will be teaching across the school. We had some fun team building activities during the break and we have created a lovely environment for our kaiako and kaiarahi to work in.

School Swimming

We have postponed the swimming that was planned for term 1. We will schedule this for later in the year when we are not in the Red Traffic Light.



Ka mihi

Stacey

Term 1 Dates

Thursday 17 Feb

BOT Meetng 5pm

7-11 March

Walk n Wheel week

Friday 11 March

School closed Teacher Only day

Monday 21 March

School closed Otago Anniversary day

Thursday 14 April

Last day of Term 1

Monday 2 May

Term 2 begins