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Student Attendance Policy

June 10, 2020

The Board of Trustees have recently updated the Student Attendance Policy with particular interest in holidays during term…

Board of Trustees Community Consultation

June 10, 2020

This consultation relates to the school's strategic direction for the next Charter.

Virtual Careers Expo

June 10, 2020

With so many careers fairs being cancelled or postponed this year, NZ's top providers have been brought together to give…

Overdue Library Books

June 9, 2020

Now that things are getting back to normal, Mrs McPhee would really appreciate parents and students having a look around…

TCAS Way Badges

June 9, 2020

Congratulations to Amelie Apte, Zoe Senior and Cooper Cleland, each have received Bronze TCAS Way badges since the return…

Food and Nutrition at School

June 9, 2020

Since returning to school, teachers have noticed a number of items appearing in lunchboxes that don’t meet the required…

Talanoa Ako digital app

June 6, 2020

The digital app for Pacific families includes key information about education in 10 Pacific languages and English.

The Catlins Bat Project Video

May 28, 2020

Lauren Grant has spent time creating a media product in the 'community education' genre for her NCEA Level 2 Media Studies…

Health Consultation 2020

May 28, 2020

Please read through the draft health plan for 2020 - 2022, and then complete the survey attached. Your opinions are valuable…

TCAS in the News 28/5/2020

May 28, 2020

With the transition from Alert Level 3 to 2, The Catlins Area School made today's edition of the Clutha Leader with Mika…

School Donations Survey 2020

May 28, 2020

A 2019 Government Budget initiative allowed Decile 1-7 state and state-integrated Boards of Trustees to choose to receive…

Knucklebones, Magic Tricks & Scavenger Hunts

May 27, 2020

To help build relationships and settle back into school routines post ‘lockdown’, Mr Bloxham and Mrs Bopp have been planning…

Room 2 Autumn Leaf Art

May 27, 2020

Room 2 felt inspired when Mrs Patterson showed them the leaf art she had found online and we thought they would give it…

Lockdown Legends

May 27, 2020

On Friday last week, our Year 8-13 Lockdown Legends were invited to a physically distanced, outdoor assembly to be presented…

Attendance Data Collection

May 26, 2020

The Ministry of Education have asked schools to inform their communities that, from the 29th of May attendance data will…

BakeHouse Lunches for 2024

May 20, 2020

Hooray! Tuesday & Thursday lunches courtesy of The BakeHouse!

Sports News - 15th May 2020

May 15, 2020

Welcome/Farewell, Back to School & Netball

Claes Oldenburg and the Year 8/9s

May 13, 2020

The Year 8/9 art class have been learning about Swedish born, American sculpture artist Claes Oldenburg. They were given…

Room 3's Lockdown Activities

May 13, 2020

With thanks to Ms McLaughlin, you can now see (and hear) what the Room 3 students have been doing during Lockdown...

Construction Work at School

May 13, 2020

We're pleased to let you know that our re-roofing construction project has started in Alert Level 3. Most buildings in the…