Principal's Message

We welcome all new students and their families to Ōtūmoetai Intermediate School. We hope you have a happy association with our school and make the most of the many educational activities and opportunities provided.

It is also my pleasure to welcome back our Year 8 students with the expectation that each will continue to participate to the best of their ability while demonstrating independence, good work habits and responsibility for their own behaviour.

This is the first of regular newsletters you will receive about key events and happenings in our school. In addition to the school newsletters, you can expect to receive regular class or team newsletters throughout the year. Please encourage your son or daughter to bring all notices home so you can stay informed about your child’s education at our school. School notices for students are published as Daily Notices in classes every day. Parents can access these through the Daily Notices button on our school website homepage.

Last year was an amazing one for the school with excellent academic results in the key areas of literacy and numeracy. We have published the progress made by last year’s Year 8 students in this newsletter.

We are extremely proud of our school and invite all our families and friends to join us in any capacity you can to assist us in our commitment to making our school a school of excellence in all aspects. Your support will help consolidate our position as one of New Zealand’s top Year 7 and 8 schools.

During the first three weeks of term we will be assessing where our students are with their learning and whether we have placed each student in the appropriate class. Please be aware that there may be some adjustments made and students moved to new classes after this initial assessment period.

We will be holding parent interviews in week five of this term where parents will be able to meet their child’s teacher and discuss how the start to the year has gone.

Ngā Mihi Nui

Henk Popping
PRINCIPAL