PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
What a busy week we have had to kick off the year. All of our students have settled into their new classrooms well and the teachers have commented to me on what a great bunch of students they have this year.
Our school swimming lessons are in full swing and it is great to see the level of participation from our students and the progress that is already being made. We are extremely lucky to have acquired the services from a qualified instructor who gets results. As I mentioned last week we were extremely lucky to have gained funding from the Otautau Medical Trust to fund these swimming lessons. We are already looking ahead to next year on how we can continue this partnership with Johnston Waters and what funding sources we can tap into.
Resilience
Next week the Life Education bus arrives at school. Students will get two sessions in the bus covering a range of topics. A couple of classrooms are looking at resilience. I would have to say that the resilience our students have displayed this week wearing face coverings in doors with the extreme heat has been admirable. They have adjusted to the new way of learning in classrooms well and are just getting on with things.
COVID-19 Business Continuity Plans
Schools are now being asked to develop plans around what to do if we get a case of COVID-19 within the school. Communication will be vital during this time. We will continue to use facebook and the school app informing our community of any positive cases and what our next steps may be. This communication may come to you late at night so please ensure the 'push notification' function is activated on your device. In the event of a positive case it may mean that as a school we move to learning from home for a couple of days while we can trace close contacts and inform families involved. Hopefully we don't need to use these plans but as a community we need to be prepared and adjust accordingly.
Nga mihi,
Simon Bell
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ROOM 4 - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 2022
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ROOM 6
These are some lovely photos of our first week back for 2022.
All the children are happy, excited and very relaxed about being in Room 6.
These are some reading groups, swimming pics and we have modelling clay for a can do activity once all routines are set.
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Scholastic Book Club
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