2 Feb 2022 To the parents/caregivers of Otaika Valley School The Board of Trustees are required to implement mandatory face mask wearing at school (details below) to keep all children as safe as possible [...]
End of Year Newsletter
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 [...]
Traffic Light System – Detailed information
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 [...]
Pool Filled today by Tapped Out Water Supplies
6 Dec 2021 Kia ora koutou We are really excited this morning at school as the pool is now full to the brim. Axel helped me put 17 bags of salt into the pool this [...]
Term 4 week 7 – Traffic Light System update for Otaika Valley School
1 December 2021 Kia ora koutou Otaika Valley parents/cargivers, The board of trustees has reviewed the latest advice sent to schools in regards to the Traffic Light Framework. As a school, for the last [...]
2021-22 Important Updates – Re: Teachers/Classes/Reporting/Planning
23 November 2021 Kia ora koutou to our parent/caregivers, This year has been one out of the box for everyone and is the most difficult I have experienced in 11 years of being principal. Today’s [...]
2022 CLASSES
22 November 2021 Kia ora koutou PLEASE LET US KNOW your intentions for 2022... ... so that we can plan next years classes to meet individual students needs as best as we can. We will [...]
Clothes donation request for our sickbay spare clothes bin
19th November 2021 Kia ora koutou, Summer is here and children are heating up. We are low on summer shorts and t-shirts for our sickbay clothes bin. We use this if children need a change [...]
Library books & Moosies
18 November 2021 Kia ora koutou Contents A message from Donna Watene re: Lost books A PTA message from tomorrow and following Friday's Library Kia ora whanau, greetings from the library It's hard to [...]
PTA
15 - 11 -21 Monster Raffle -PTA Fundraiser for School!! Kia Ora School Whanau, Once again we are running a raffle to raise money for our school. We are seeking any donations you [...]