School Closure Notice - Teacher Strike Wednesday 29th May

As you will be aware there is impending strike/industrial action scheduled for a full day on Wednesday 29th May.

The Board of Trustees will close the school for health and safety reasons on that day as there will be insufficient teaching staff on site to manage the school. We ask that you make alternative arrangements for child care for that day. This instance is different to previous stop work meetings, because all teaching staff are required to be off site for the full day.

We appreciate that this is most inconvenient. Please be assured that the decision to take this action has not been made lightly.   For the first time, both primary and secondary teachers are striking together because the crisis in education hits us all very hard and we need the Government to understand how serious it is. 

The Board of Trustees supports our teachers’ views in relation to this matter, and supports the taking of industrial action. It is regrettable that such steps are required, given the disruption and inconvenience it will cause to our school community.

Tahuna Normal Intermediate School Board of Trustees and Teaching Staff