Kia ora koutou,

As many of you will have heard via the media, NZEI (the teachers union) and the Ministry of Education are in negotiations to renew the Teachers Collective Agreement. Last night I was informed that a new offer was presented to NZEI by the Ministry of Education.   

Paid union meetings for teachers will now be taking place on Wednesday 31st May, from 1pm to 3pm, for members to discuss the new offer. The Secretary for Education has agreed not to enforce the normal 14-day notice period for paid union meetings being observed because of the benefit of providing the opportunity to discuss the offers immediately to avoid further industrial action.  

The vast majority of our staff will be attending the NZEI meeting and will depart school at lunch time to attend. We are therefore only able to provide very limited supervision from 12:45pm in the afternoon. No classes will be running. 

We would greatly appreciate it if families are able to collect their children at 12:45pm on this day. The buses and after school care will run as per normal for those students who are unable to be collected by whanau. 

We appreciate the short notice and disruption this will cause, and thank you for your support and understanding.

Kind regards
Tom Cochrane
Principal