From Tony

The cooler weather has certainly arrived! Unfortunately this has also led to a spike in colds/flus and other bugs (as well as Covid still lingering around). We are doing our best to ensure we have enough staff each day to teach the kids, but this is also a challenge.

Tony Grey

— May 23, 2023

If your child is unwell, we urge you to keep them at home please, to try and limit the impact of these illnesses.

On a more positive note, it was great to see lots of our parents/whānau in school recently for our Hui-ā-whānau (parent/student/teacher connects).

If you weren't able to come along, please contact your child's whānau teacher to make a time that suits.

Kotahi te hoe, ka ū te waka ki uta
𝙋𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙

School Closures Next Week- Possible Strike Action

At the time of writing this, we are still awaiting news of a possible settlement between the Government and Primary Teachers union.

Te Ao Mārama School Board

— May 26, 2023

“If” there is a strike, then this would be next Wednesday 31st May. Unfortunately this won’t be confirmed until the weekend or even Monday. Because of this tight time frame we wanted to ensure families were aware of the possibility and could organise contingencies.

Our staff and Board are all sincerely hoping to avoid any possibility of further strike action, and will update our community as soon as we hear (via Facebook and email)

Please see here for our previous article regarding the current main issues (https://hail.to/te-ao-marama-school/article/x6d0RKI).

The teacher only day planned for Friday 2 June will still take place even if there is a strike, even though we recognise that the timing will be highly unfortunate. This is a day (organsied last year) when over 800 teachers from our local schools are coming together for a huge day of professional learning at Claudelands.