Alert Level 2
Until we are advised by the Government to make changes in moving towards Alert Level 1, the current protocols for coming onsite will remain in place: sanitising, disinfecting and physical distancing. As we begin to make changes, such as all classes being allowed to play together, we will notify our community through email updates and via our website. So, please make sure that you access and read notices.
Board of Trustees News
ERO Review
Our schools confirmed report from the February 2020 ERO review visit has finally arrived and we are thrilled with our rating: Well Placed. Although the report is condensed to just 4 pages it represents and acknowledges the hours of work that our principal, staff, board and community have put into our school community since the last report 3 ½ years ago. We strongly urge you to read this document (via the link on our school website once ERO makes this publicly available), as it will give you a very clear indication as to what we value and what our strengths/next steps are.
Community Consultation – Developing our Localised Curriculum
In term 1 our parent community joined with the board and staff to discuss what was important to include in our localised school curriculum to make it more meaningful for our community. This event was also an opportunity to meet the professional development providers we are currently working with to help our teachers deliver high-quality curriculum to our learners. Attached to this newsletter is the summary report which captured the parent voice from this evening. Our next step will be to add student, board and teacher voice to this so that we can then create a draft curriculum plan, ready to share with our school community.
Teacher Only Days
The board previously notified our community about the two Teacher Only Days for 2020 which were attached to the term 1 holidays. Due to Level 4 Lockdown these professional development days had to be postponed. The new replacement dates have been transferred to each end of the term 2 holidays:
- Friday 3 July Longworth Learning through Play
- Monday 20 July DIMC maths
Property
We are expecting that the fencing, which should have been completed last term, will start to be erected very soon. Our new 5YA Property Plan has just been submitted to the Ministry for approval. With this funding, we are aiming to upgrade toilets, repair drainage and concrete issues, as well as roofing and possibly have enough money to complete the junior playground, rather than relying on grant funding – watch this space.