Kia ora, 

A bit of sharing to finish the term off with and information on Duffy books and the orange setting. Enjoy your holiday and stay safe. The staff and I look forward to seeing you all back at school next term.

Book Donation

A big thanks to Otoha Taylor for donating books for our new school library.

Room 1 ANZAC Pictures

Milan Won a Colouring Competition

COVID - the information below is from the MoE

I wanted to give you an update on what the move to Orange means for our school.

At Orange, face masks are no longer required at school. However public health advice is that masks continue to be strongly encouraged when indoors. Wearing a mask is a key health measure that slows the spread of COVID-19 in indoor settings. For that reason, we ask that visitors to the school, including parents and whānau, wear a mask whenever they are indoors or on school grounds.

We also ask that your child (if they are Year 4+) continues to bring a mask to school every day. There may be times that we’ll ask them to wear a mask, too – for example, when we are having an assembly in the hall. If there are a high number of cases at school or in the community, we may ask that masks are worn in classrooms for a time.

At Orange, students aged 12 and above are still required to wear a face mask on school or public transport.

We will continue to keep all the other health measures in place at school that we know slow the spread of COVID-19. These include ensuring our indoor spaces are well-ventilated, maintaining good hand hygiene and cough and sneeze etiquette, appropriate physical distancing whenever we can and, most importantly, staying home if we are sick.

We are looking forward to a few less restrictions and returning to school life that is a bit closer to normal. 

Duffy Books in Schools

We had a lot of very happy tamariki across the school on Monday as every student in our school received two free Duffy Books, which they are taking home. These books will belong to them and have their name on the inside cover. Please check in with your child and talk with them about the books they have received. Students chose the books which they wished to order. There has been great excitement and anticipation throughout the school for the books to arrive. We are very grateful to Duffy Books in Homes and the Fairfield Community Group for funding this and creating enthusiasm for books for all our tamariki. Happy reading during the holidays!

Kind regards,

Alasdair Maclean

Upcoming events

April

Thursday, April 14, End of Term 1 (School holidays begin at 3 pm)

May

Monday, May 2, Start of Term 2