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 [...]
10 Feb 2022 VISION AND HEARING SCREENING Vision and Hearing Screening helps ensure that our children’s health and their ability to learn is at its best. Children’s vision and hearing continue to develop and change [...]
3 February 2022 The Otaika Valley School Board of Trustees has decided this school will not be used as a vaccination site. The choice to vaccinate children is a parental decision. This may alleviate a [...]
Request for volunteers Needed: someone or a group of parents to vacuum the pool in the mornings before 9:30am. This is a 30 minute job to maintain pool quality for the children's swimming. Parents in [...]
Otaika Valley School CPF action plan for 2022 start 28/01/22 Dear parent caregivers / staff / Board of Trustees Welcome back to 2022. I hope summer was kind to you and your [...]
14 December Kia ora koutou With one day of school to go, here is the final newsletter for the school year. Yesterday, all 2022 classes met in their next year’s classroom with their teacher. We [...]
8 December 21 Kia ora koutou We are starting to field a few inquires about what the new traffic light system means for schools. On Tuesday I attended a Ministry of Education workshop on how [...]