– 19 November 2020 (Thursday)

Due to the Secondary Accord between the Ministry of Education, NZEI Te Riu Roa and PPTA Te Wehengarua, all schools and kura have been allocated eight additional Teacher Only days to use between now and the end of 2022. 

These eight days will not extend the school year. These days are set aside to support the implementation of changes to NCEA, and wider strengthening of curriculum, progress and achievement practice. Due to the impact of Covid-19, the Accord Sub-Group, along with the Secondary Principals’ Association of New Zealand (SPANZ) and New Zealand Secondary Principals’ Council (SPC), have agreed to make the following changes to the yearly allocation: 

• There will be a Teacher Only day on 19 November 2020 (Thursday) for us which will occur while senior students (Years 11, 12 and 13) are sitting their external exams. 

• The focus of the Teacher Only day in November will be on changes to NCEA. 

• The Teacher Only day originally scheduled for August 2020 will now be used in 2022. This means that the eight days will now be allocated as follows: one day scheduled for 2020, three for 2021, and four for 2022.