As part of the new Teacher's and Principal's Collective Agreement 2019 - 2022 we will be holding 8 Teacher Only Days (TOD's) over 3 years. This will be spread out over the 3 years (3 in 2020, 3 in 2021 and 2 in 2022). The key purpose with these days is to provide Teachers and Principals time for Professional Learning, Curriculum Design and Assessment tasks. Providing time for these activities is an essential element to ensuring our team has the time to prepare, create and grow as professionals for the betterment of the learning programme delivered to our children. 

Our Board, Leadership Team and Staff have put much thought into this in regards to how we can ensure these days achieve their objective while at the same time creating minimal disruptions as possible throughout the year. 

As a result we have decided to hold our first 2 TOD's at the start of the year, Wednesday 5th and Friday 7th February (6th being Waitangi Day). This means that we will no longer be having children return on the 4th February as originally planned and will now be Monday 10th February. Our third TOD will be held on Friday May 29th (Friday before Queens Birthday Weekend). This day is shared across our entire Kahui Ako (Community of Learning) where all Teachers and Principals will be gathering for Professional Learning together.

Once again, please note that there has been careful consideration into choosing these dates.