Update 14 April

Kia ora koutou

Many thanks for the contributions that have been coming in for the Lagokamu family. We will be dropping these around to them tomorrow morning.

School Roll: Freeville School continues to have a healthy roll despite some families being forced to leave after the February aftershock. A school's staffing is set from the school roll at July 1. The Ministry use that number, and apply a formula, to work out the staffing for the next year. We think that our roll at the beginning of next term, once our families who have said they are returning come back, will be 299. We have 17 new entrants arriving between now and July 1. This should give us a roll of about 316. This compares to our roll at July 1, 2010 of 302. Consequently our staffing is safe for 2012.

Project Team: We had another Project Team meeting today. We continue to work away at getting the school repaired and into a more usable state. As I am sure you can appreciate much of this work remains out of our control and we are unable, despite our frustrations, to influence the speed at which things occur.

We know that the following will happen soon, but not exactly when:

• The area outside the learning studio will be sealed.
• The netball court will be replaced.
• We will get an answer on the future of the library to Room 4.

Happening today:

• The concrete pad where the ball wall stood is being removed.

Please keep in mind for next term:

• We have booked the mobile coffee cart for the first day of next term and hope that you will again join us for a free coffee.
• Following feedback from our Well Being Survey I am working away at organising a parent information evening with a child psychologist. I know that Nigel Latta is doing an evening at the Seaview Church and I am sure that it will be great. I am hoping to organise an evening here at school where there can be a good deal of two way dialogue, where you can ask questions, and ask for clarification if you need it. I hope that this will happen early next term. Keep an eye out for that information.

Kia kaha, kia manawanui. Keep safe.

John