Author: Shantal Lau'ese

Term Four Week Five 19 August

Kia ora Parents, Caregivers, Whanau and Students
Otahuhu Intermediate School has re-opened this week to the relief of staff, students and guessing a number of parents/caregivers out there too. Thank you to all of our parents/caregivers who notified the school regarding whether their child was returning on Wednesday 17 November 2021. We started with a 113 students on Wednesday, then a few of our social butterflies returned to their homes. We have now established our ‘OIS Bubble’ for the rest of year, which is made up of 110 students. The ’OIS Bubble’ is now closed and we do not want anybody new entering and bursting our bubble. The reason for closing our bubble is to keep all staff and students safe and hopefully COVID-19 free.
We appreciate that these are challenging COVID-19 Delta Alert Level 3 Step 2 times for all of us. The Otahuhu Intermediate School Board of Trustees and Staff are working hard to ensure that we are providing everyone with the safest environment for teaching and learning for the rest of the year.
In regards to learning at home, class online sessions are happening daily
Rimu Syndicate 9.30am - 11.00am
Kowhai Syndicate 11.45am - 12.45pm
Kauir Syndicate 12.00pm - 1.00pm
We still have some learning hard packs available. Please contact the office (09) 2766421 if you would like one. Unfortunately we have no more school chrome-book devices available to distribute to students.
Like all of you, we look forward to hearing the Prime Minister’s or Minister of Education’s latest COVID-19 updates. The one thing we know about our new COVID-19 world is that nothing is consistent and New Zealand’s and Auckland’s situation changes daily. While we have put a plan in place from Wednesday 17 November 2021 until the end of the year, this is being consistently reviewed based on the COVID-19 announcements. If things should change from an educational perspective, we would then review and change our school plan. All parents/caregivers will be notified immediately if this happens.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support and understanding during this time. It has certainly made us all review what is important in our lives and appreciate how adaptable we all are, especially here in Auckland. Thank you to all our parents/caregivers and students over 12 years who have been out and single and double vaccinated. Thanks for helping Auckland get to that magical 90%.
Together, we have got this!
Remember the important thing is ‘He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.’ (People, people, people)
Kia kaha
Brent
PRINCIPAL

www.otahuhuint.school.nz Phone (09) 276 6421 office@otahuhuint.school.nz

Term Four Week Five 19 August

REMINDERS:
Please have your child at school by 8.30am.
School begins at 8.30am and finishes at 2.00pm daily.
Please drop off and pick your child up at the front gate.
Please do not enter the school grounds unless you are needing to come to the office.
If you come into the school grounds, you need to be fully masked and scan in or sign the register at the office entrance way.
If your child has a school device and attending school, they need to bring it back for their learning at school.
If your child is unwell, please notify the office immediately.
STUDENT ABSENCES:
If your child is unwell, they must stay home. During Alert Level 3 Step 2 we are requesting that parents/caregivers provide us with a medical certificate stating that their child is fit to return to school.
Once again, this is about ensuring that everyone in the ‘OIS Bubble’ is kept safe.
NOTE: If a child returns without a medical certificate, they will be sent home.

COLLEGE ENROLMENTS: YEAR 8 STUDENTS
(Enrolment forms for Otahuhu College and PASS for year 8 students are available in our school (OIS) office)
OTAHUHU COLLEGE:
We are taking after school enrolment appointments ONLY between 3:15pm and 4:15pm Monday – Thursday until the end 8th December. Parents must contact me directly via email: mvaaelua@otahuhucollege.school.nz or contact the main office on (09) 963 4000 to arrange an appointment.
PASS:
To enroll: Contact the school on 09-276 0375 OR TEXT— your contact details to 0800 PASS. Interviews can be booked through ZOOM or telephone.

22 Luke Street Otahuhu 1062 New Zealand PO Box 22-165 Otahuhu, Auckland 1640

Term Four Week Five 19 August

22 Luke Street Otahuhu 1062 New Zealand PO Box 22-165 Otahuhu, Auckland 1640