Reports will be emailed home on Monday.  Reports for students without emails will be given out at Student/Teacher/Parent Interviews or posted home after the interviews.

  Please remember that College will close at 12.30pm on this day. 

Our Student/Whānau/Teacher conferences for students in Years 7-13 are on the afternoon/evening of Wednesday 11th of March. These run from 1:45pm until 8:00 pm. Please note that staff will have a break from 5:15pm until 5:45pm.

College will finish at 12:30 for all students. Please let the office know if your child will be remaining at College and requiring supervision. The Te Horo and Manakau buses are likely to move forward to accommodate this change (this will be confirmed with bus students).  The Waitohu bus will not, so you will need to collect your child if you do not wish them to stay at school until 3.15pm.  

Interviews can be booked from now at https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au. Click on Make a Booking. The code to enter is e8rcz - Click on Make a Booking 

OR

Look up School Interviews Click on Make a Booking then enter the code e8rcz

OR 

If you have difficulty making an interview online, the school office staff, Jude and Fiona, can help you. Please phone or send a note with your child to make appointments.

PLEASE NOTE that we are NOT USING SKOOL LOOP for bookings.

Our teachers are looking forward to meeting with you and your child next Wednesday.

The Ōtaki College Ball will be held on Saturday the 23th of May at the Ōtaki Racecourse.

The Ball will start at 7.30pm, with everyone expected to be there by 8.15pm at the latest . It will end at 11pm.

The Theme is "Starry Nights"

The price for a ticket is $50 and is payable to the Student Centre from now until Friday, 8th May. 

The Ball is for Year 12 and 13 students. All Year 12 and 13 students who are taking a guest from another school  need to email Matua Andy or write a letter of introduction. These letters need to be received by noon on Wednesday, 11th March ( next week ). This gives your guest plenty of time to be organised.

Attendance at school is expected to be 85-90% so students with low attendance will need to see their Dean.

Vaccinations for our Year 7 & 8 students are scheduled for Wednesday the 18th of March. 

Forms were sent home with your child on Thursday. These need to please be returned to the College by next Wednesday. They need to be filled in whether you wish your child to receive a vaccination or if you choose not to vaccinate. 

The Nurses from Public Health Services, MidCentral Health have asked us to share the following information with you. 

 Parents of:

    11 AND  12 YEAR OLDS

 Are your child’s immunisations up to date?

 The Year 7 & 8 School Based Vaccination Programme commences February 2020

For Year 7s, Diphtheria Tetanus Acellular Pertussis (Boostrix) vaccinations will be offered at school, free and convenient.

For Year 8s the  HPV vaccinations will be offered at school, free and convenient.

  For more information, go to:

      www.health.govt.nz/imms-older-children

      www.health.govt.nz/hpv or phone:

      0800 IMMUNE (0800 466 863)

When you receive a consent form from your child watch the video clips with your child, read the information, sign and return it to school even if you don’t choose to vaccinate your child at school.

Ngā mihi,

Marion Lumley, Deputy Principal

Full details available here.