Wesley Primary School Principal's Blog

14 February 2020   Kia ora koutou,    There have been three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Auckland.   As a result, the Government announced at 7pm that the whole of Auckland will move from Alert Level 1 to Alert Level 3 for the next 72 hours from midnight tonight.   That means that where possible you should keep your children home from school for this period.   We will be open for those of you who have no other options but to send your children to school and we will have safety precautions in place to look after them in Room 2. In order to prepare our school to safely look after children please complete the survey below https://forms.gle/VZj42riQrvnFasrM9 or email me or call our school office on 09 620 9261 to inform us.  Although this is for a short period, at this time we are activating our distance learning plan tomorrow morning, as we did when we have been in previous lock downs. First and foremost we want to stay connected to you and your Tamariki.   COVID-19 continues to b

Kia ora everyone,  A special nga mihi for people at my kura or school networks connecting with my principals blog. Still emerging in my blogging skills and really appreciate any comments or feedback.  Like with all schools in Aotearoa, our kura has gone through alot in 2020 due to COVID19, so I was really hoping to start 2021 on a real positive note. Between 25th to 29th January our team of staff and educators alike got together to plan our year ahead. The SLT (Senior Leadership Team), worked with Owen Alexander from Evaluation Associates and Andy Crowe from Learning Architects to help set up for the year. We also covered the strategic goals and annual plan which has changed slightly to better accommodate the addition of the new school build.  Our first day on 2 Feb, we opened again and it was so cool to see our kids and whanau again. Many happy and eager akomanga came to see me and I did miss them too. We also welcomed 10 new students who we are excited to have start on day one.  The