Dear Parents and Caregivers
Industrial Action – PPTA (Post Primary Teachers’ Association) Union members Strike on Wednesday 29th March, 2023.
The PPTA has advised the Northern Health School Board that its member teachers at our school will be taking strike action on 29 March 2023.
The Board has carefully considered the availability of non-PPTA union teaching staff, and unfortunately decided that we cannot provide normal instruction during the strike. Therefore, the school will be officially closed for instruction on the above date.
Accordingly, it’s important that you make alternative arrangements for the care of your child/children under 14 years of age during the period of the strike, as no supervision can be provided.
School transport will be informed by each Unit that they will not be required on this strike day.
We know that this is inconvenient for parents and students alike. Please be assured that student safety is our main concern.
Thank you for your understanding. Please contact our Acting School Principal if you have any queries relating to this decision.
Yours sincerely,
Joanne Walker
Board Presiding Member, on behalf of Northern Health School Board
If you have an interest in being considered for co-option to the Northern Health School Board, please complete the NHS Board Co-Option Application form on the Board page (Board co-option tab on the left hand side of the page) and email with your Curriculum Vitae to
The Presiding Member
Northern Health School Board
Email: admin@nhs.school.nz
A nurturing school for students with health issues
It can be a worrying time when your child is forced to miss school due to illness or accident, however we at the Northern Health School can help.
We are one of three New Zealand health schools providing community and hospital based teaching to school aged students who are too unwell to attend their regular school.
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Our Purpose – Tā Mātou Kaupapa
The learner is the reason and the focus of all we do.
Every learner receives an education, no matter what their health condition is, where they live, or their aspirations.
The learners’ voices and choices are central to everything.
High quality staff deliver consistency and cohesiveness across the school.
Vision and Mission Statement
Values
Commitment to learning and the learner.
Compassion inherent in all that we do.
Achievement through setting and achieving learner-centered goals.
Respect for culture, diversity and each other.
Equity of opportunity for all learners.
Tō mātou whanonga pono -Values
Te Mānawanui – Commitment to learning and the learner
Ngākau Aroha – Compassion inherent in all that we do
Mana Tutuki – Achievement through setting and achieving learner centred goals
Ngākau Whakaute – Respect for Tangata Whenua, Te Tiriti, culture and diversity
Mana Taurite – Equity of opportunity for all learners
Latest ERO Report
Northern Health School Board Response to the Review
The Northern Health School Board are happy to share the results of the last Education Review Office review with our community. The review highlights a number of very positive areas of performance, which is pleasing and highlights the way our staff work hard to support students and to meet their needs through individualised programmes of work.
By the end of 2020, we had 1262 students enrolled and learning at our school, across 18 sites.
The review comments positively on the way the school is working to develop links with local communities including local Iwi. This is an area that the Board has prioritised, along with working to increase the skills and capabilities of our staff and ourselves. Developments in this area include Beyond Diversity training for all staff and Te Tiriti o Waitangi training for the Board, which led to the adoption of a Te Tiriti Policy for the school.
It is pleasing to see the comments about developments in the area of wellbeing. The work our staff undertake makes this a very important area and this is also included in our charter goals.
The Board continue to ensure that the principal’s performance appraisal is completed in a timely manner and have changed their practice to include external contractors in this area each year. The Board have also, updated the policies mentioned in the report as part of their regular policy review cycle. The Board feel confident that they have a sound complaints policy framework and meeting procedure in place.
The school continues to work on ways of reporting on student progress. This has always been a challenge for our school, as the average time on the roll is 6 months, with many students on the roll for relatively short periods of time. We don’t have groups of students moving from one year level to the next.
The school is working to implement the Learning Progressions Framework as a tool for both tracking student progress and looking at trends across time, ethnicity, gender and health conditions. This work is already providing more detailed information for a larger number of students than previously.
The Board are confident that the school is providing a high level of support for students and their whanau and that there is a strong focus on reflection and improvement.
Richard Winder
Principal
Northern Health School