Like me, I am sure you have followed with interest the announcements made by the Prime Minister. It is reassuring to hear how well our country has done at minimising the impacts of COVID-19. Alert Levels 4 and 3 have not been easy and I thank you for your ongoing support for the work we are doing.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister advised that in Alert Level 2 schools are safe environments for children, young people and staff and that additional public health control measures are in place to prevent the spread of disease and to support contact tracing.

The good news is that when we are able to, we will be ready to welcome all students and staff back to our school site. Please note: the earliest possible date this will occur is Monday 18th May.

Thank you so much for the positive feedback so many of you are giving our staff regarding our distance learning efforts. We would like to give all of you who are supervising the distance learning a huge paki- paki (clap) too - thank you!

Many of you are juggling a number of balls at the moment and we want to reassure you that your efforts are much appreciated by us too.

Thank you to those of you who have let us know that your child/ren needs to be here at school during Alert Level 3. We know that if you could, you would have chosen to keep your child at home and we 100% understand how difficult this is for you and your tamariki.