A big "welcome back" to Term 2 learning at this very strange and unusual time. A very special welcome to our new students. I am also delighted to welcome Gemma Barker to our teaching team. Gemma is already well-known to us, as one of our parents and joint chair of our PTA. We are so happy that she is to join our staff to work alongside Debbie Thompson, teaching our new entrants. This is a very unusual way to start a teaching career and we wish Gemma all the very best in her new role.

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Some of you may have found a problem with sharing devices in your bubble. We have a number of iPads that we can loan to families for student use during the lockdown. If you feel that you need one of these devices please read on...

Many of you will have seen differing reports in the media about when and how schools will reopen once we move down from Alert Level 4. Principals receive a twice-weekly bulletin update concerning Covid-19 plans. Here is a short summary of what I have been told, about the return to school, by the MoE.

You will probably have a number of questions concerning our distance learning.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/tv/14-04-2020/what-is-on-the-new-home-school-tv-channels-and-how-do-they-work/?fbclid=IwAR2jEAav7Kz9xXKr-Q6AJ_qdlC3mdv1BiTENfuRc4IgS7UPFtGxNbjlgMCo