MRI Update, Thursday 14 April

Term one finishes today at 3pm.  Tomorrow is Easter Good Friday, so it is a public holiday.
Term two starts back on Monday 2nd May.

Kia ora koutou,

As we come to the end of Term one, I think we all, as a community, can be proud of doing our best in what has been very challenging times.  As a school we are letting out a sigh of relief as we see case numbers across the school reduce significantly over the past couple of weeks.  This term has certainly been one crazy rollercoaster ride!

Even in the height of the Omicron surge, I’d like to thank you for trusting us and continuing to send your child to school.  We all know that kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face) learning is the best for our children’s learning and wellbeing.  

As you’ll be aware, yesterday the Government announced the move to Orange at 11:59pm last night.

I wanted to give you an update on what the move to Orange means for our school, starting from next term.  

At Orange, face masks are no longer required at school. However public health advice is that masks continue to be strongly encouraged when indoors. Wearing a mask is a key health measure that slows the spread of COVID-19 in indoor settings. For that reason, we ask that visitors to the school, including parents and whānau, wear a mask whenever they are indoors on school grounds.

We also ask that your child continues to bring a mask to school every day. There may be times that we’ll ask them to wear a mask too – for example, when we are having an assembly in the hall. If there are a high number of cases at school or in the community, we may ask that masks are worn in classrooms for a time.

At Orange, students aged 12 and above are still required to wear a face mask on school or public transport.

We will continue to keep all the other health measures in place at school that we know slow the spread of COVID-19. These include ensuring our indoor spaces are well-ventilated, maintaining good hand hygiene and cough and sneeze etiquette, appropriate physical distancing whenever we can and, most importantly, staying home if we are sick. 

We are looking forward to a few less restrictions and returning to school life that is a bit closer to normal.

Congratulations 
to all our Term 1, 2022, Award recipients!
These awards were announced at our Assembly this afternoon.

The Care2 Principal’s Award is awarded to one student per class who embodies our Care2 values consistently and constantly gives 100%.  Well done to the following students:

The House Colours Award is in recognition of students who consistently demonstrate House Spirit, House values and House Promotion.  Well done to the following students:

Triennial Board Elections
The Triennial Board elections will be taking place this year in September.
While electronic elections are the new normal, please ensure we have your current address details, email and mobile numbers for both parents/caregivers on file.

Please email office@mri.school.nz with any update or new amendments/additions to your contact details.

We’d like to wish you a safe, enjoyable and relaxing school holiday and we look forward to seeing everyone back at the start of Term 2!

Ngā mihi nui,

Kristen Walsham
Principal – Tumuaki