25th March 2022 Kia ora Koutou Real Time Reporting Update - implications of covid/student attendance challenges As many of you are aware, we are not having parent/teacher interviews this term during the omicron [...]
Kia ora Koutou, I thought I had sent this message on Monday... Just for interest. This photo was taken at 11:20am Monday. At 7:30am the river at school wasn't flowing much above normal with little [...]
11th March 2022 Kia ora koutou, On the 6th of March you were informed we had our first confirmed COVID-19 cases in our school community and two classes received email confirmation a child in their [...]
8th March 22 Dear parents and caregivers, Some teachers have shared with me that they have received a number of requests about who their child has been in contact with within class, in regards to [...]
8th March 22 Kia ora koutou Please find the advertisement link below for Kathryn Berkett on Monday 21 March - an online zoom talk about "Resilience in Children" from 7.00 - 8.30 p.m. Otaika Valley [...]
6th March 22 Kia ora koutou, All last week I have talked with principal colleagues who have had covid-19 cases within their schools. It is now our turn. The health and wellbeing of our students, [...]
4 March 2022 Kia ora Koutou Life at Otaika Valley School Life at school with children learning and playing continues to be a real buzz. From 8:20am when the bell rings for children to go [...]
28/02/22 Kia ora koutou With the new Phase 3, only household contacts of confirmed cases are required to self-isolate. Schools are still operating under Red Settings with the main focus for us… ‘Minimising [...]
25-02-22 Kia ora koutou, Below is a letter from the Secretary of Education sent to all schools. Although New Zealand is moving to Phase 3 of the Omicron response, we are still at Red under the [...]
18 Feb 2021 Kia ora koutou It is great to be back at school and see children settled into new classes and enjoying each others company. Now that we have a few weeks under our [...]