Monday 23 March - School Closure

Dear Parents and Whanau - I am sure you are  aware of the news that all schools will be closing. We are currently in 'Level 3' status and will be at 'Level 4' by midnight Wednesday. Parua Bay School is now closed for approximately 4 weeks, or until directed otherwise by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education. 

The children of emergency services personnel will be able to attend school for Tuesday and Wednesday only, if those parents have not been able to arrange cover for their children. The school will not be open to children of non-emergency service personnel. If you are emergency personnel and you need your child to be in school PLEASE NOTIFY THE SCHOOL OFFICE TODAY. 

Skids cover will only be available for children of emergency personnel and only for Tuesday and Wednesday before and after school. Please contact Tracy on tracyn@skids.co.nz if you need this service.

For all students, teachers will provide either digital online learning programmes or a combination of online and hard copy learning tasks. The online programmes will be shared with students by their teachers. Hard copy packs are available for Years 1 - 4 students. These packs are available for collection from the school office on Tuesday afternoon this week. Students and families that have responded to the 'device' survey, have had Chromebooks assigned; these will also be available for collection from the school office on Tuesday afternoon.  We hope that you will find the learning resources helpful and establishing routines with your tamariki enjoyable.

As a school whanau, we will keep you updated on relevant developments or information from the Ministry of Education. These are challenging times and we appreciate your support during the school closure.

Ngā mihi mahana,

Mark Ashcroft

Principal