Update 17 March - We're on target

Kia ora koutou

We remain on target to open on Monday morning and look forward to seeing you and your children again and getting underway.

A couple of key things to think about:

• Some classes are in a different place than they were previously so please make sure your children know where they are. Room 6 is in the staffroom, Room 7 is in Room 13, Room 8 is in Room 16 and Rooms 3, 4 & 5 are all in the hall.
• Children will need to bring bottled water for Monday and Tuesday until our drinking water tank is filled. We will have some water available if you forget.
• It will be a good idea to try to get your children to go to the toilet before coming to school. The septic tank and pump system will be installed by Monday night. In the meantime our toilets will be usable on Monday but we should use them as little as possible (no one's too sure where the flow goes!). The Ministry of Education have insisted that we have port-a-loos on site. We have some concerns about port-a-loos so will be doing our best not to have children using them except as a last resort.
• The February quake reminded us how important it is that our contact details are up to date. This will be especially important now that many people have had to move. We will be sending a contact details update form home on Monday. Please send it back asap.
• We know that travelling around town is very slow at the moment. If you think that you will have difficulty or will be putting yourself under pressure to get to school at 3 pm consider using the OSCAR After School Programme. You can use make casual bookings if you need to. Contact Sarah on 021 337 438 or Nicole on 027 464 4742.
• A number of our entrances to school are no longer usable. The ones you can use are the gate on to the field off Wattle Drive, the gate on to the field from Willryan Ave, The gate between the Dental Clinic and the staffroom. Please DO NOT cut through the staff car park. We don't need anyone getting run over.
• All unclaimed bags, scooters, jackets etc will be laid out on the hard court in front of the adventure playground so that they can be collected on Monday morning. If your child's lunch box was left at school and not collected last Tuesday then it will have been thrown out as those lunch boxes were maggoty and smelly.
• Please join us for a coffee on Monday morning from 8.30am. A mobile coffee cart will be providing free coffee to parents.
• Remember that your child will look to you for a signal on how to behave on Monday morning. If you are positive, happy, and confident - even if you are only pretending - they will be too.

We're really looking forward to our new normal and will enjoy having a coffee with you on Monday morning.

Have a restful weekend

John & Karen (BOT Chair)