Providing Stability

Over the last one and a half weeks, our staff have been preparing to have students back to school. In conjunction with this we have been having the structural checks completed and any issues identified in this report fixed. I can report we are ready to go and are waiting for site issues to be resolved.

On a positive note, we have just had a 32,000 litre water tank delivered and this will be filled with clean drinking water. This means we have secure and safe drinking water for as long as we need it (Thanks to the team at the MOE!!!).

The BIG water tank arriving from RX Plastics in Ashburton (all good things come from Ashburton)

The BIG tank now in position behind Block 4

The one issue that is not yet resolved is sewerage. We have contractors on site at the moment and they are doing their very best (the problem is we need to made the No. 2s flow up hill)! The reality is that while we have desperately been trying to re-open this week (by Thursday as Friday is a Canterbury holiday because of the memorial service), the contractors are telling us this is not a quick fix. There are problems that need to be solved and we want to do this properly so that when we open...we open for good.

Proof they are here working....

Once the sewerage issues have been resolved, we just have to clean up the site and get the final clearance to open.

We therefore will reopen for the first day on Monday 21st March (10:45am - 12:30pm) for a community BBQ for parents and students. There will also be a small blessing ceremony at 10:45am  followed by an opportunity for students to get their bags and connect with their teachers.

We will then start full days of BUSINESS AS USUAL from Tuesday 22nd March. The school hours will be from 9:00am - 2:45pm.