Kia Ora whanau

I do apologise for the messaging. We were given the green light to open for tomorrow, Tuesday 31st, but unfortunately that has changed in the last hour. Perhaps it is not surprising really, given the amount of damage around. 

The Director of Education has just sent out the communication below:

Earlier today the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) asked us to take action to help minimise traffic movement on Auckland roads while vital infrastructure is urgently repaired.

With the possibility of further weather damage leading to more disruption, the Secretary for Education has directed that schools, kura, early learning services and Tertiary institutions in the Auckland region (Wellsford to Pukekohe) must close for physical attendance and instruction until 7 February. 

(For your info: Early Learning Services may allow the physical attendance of any child whose parent needs them to do so,  in the same that we did for COVID, but must otherwise be closed.)

Our team have done a fantastic job of readying our school for opening, and we were excited to be welcoming you all back for the start of the year.  

However, as in the past, we must play our part in helping out where we can for everyone’s safety. 

We are good to go with online learning however I’m not sure how we fire that up right at this moment. My feeling is it might be more worthwhile for everyone to be setting up and we hit the ground running with classes next week. 

SLT will meet in the morning and we will have a better idea of the way forward after that. I do think we can get some online meetings etc underway this week but we will get a plan out in due course.

The likelihood is that we will transfer the exact programme and timings set out for this week over to next week. 

Any questions please ask. 

Stay safe. 

Ngā mihi nui 

Dr Brian Evans
ONZM
BA, Dip Tch, MEd, PhD
Principal