Kia ora e te ASHS whānau,

Thank you once again for your ongoing support. By now most of you will have been contacted by Te Whatu Ora to have your young person’s vaccination status confirmed or will have been invited to come and attend the pop-up testing station so immunity can be confirmed. This means we will be ready to resume face-to-face teaching from tomorrow. With a small number of staff and students still needing to isolate we will ensure students can still continue to learn from home, and with some teachers isolating they will need to teach from home with another teacher in class to support their students. I have shared our plans for the week below. All students who are not isolating are expected to return to school tomorrow. 

You will also see that the PPTA industrial action continues and is highlighted below. As you are aware, this is beyond the control of the school. We support all of our teachers and hope that the pay negotiations are settled soon. We recognise that this adds an extra layer of disruptions at a challenging time for ASHS and want to assure you that we are working hard to ensure it has minimal impact on our young people and their learning. 

Tuesday – school reopens for face-to-face learning

• Year 12 students rostered home (as part of PPTA industrial action)
• Face-to-face teaching resumes for all non-isolating Year 11 and 13 students
• Online learning provided for isolating students
• Teachers cleared to return to school to teach face-to-face
• Teachers isolating teach online from home (their classes will be supported by another teacher in school as well)
• All sports and extra-curricular can resume for non-isolating students and staff

Wednesday

• 9.50 start for Impact Projects 
• Face-to-face learning for all non-isolating students
• Online learning provided for isolating students
• Teachers cleared to return to school to teach face-to-face
• Teachers isolating teach online from home (their classes will be supported by another teacher in school as well)

Thursday

• School closed. PPTA Auckland Regional Strike just confirmed for Thursday 11 May. This means the school will be closed.  

Friday

• Face-to-face learning for all non-isolating students
• Online learning provided for isolating students
• Teachers cleared to return to school to teach face-to-face
• Teachers isolating teach online from home (their classes will be supported by another teacher in school as well)

Thank you once again. We look forward to resuming “business as usual” next week. 

Nga mihi 

Claire