Kia ora koutou parents and whanau

Following the recent news regarding the resignation of Nigel Davis, I would like to join with the many well wishers and wish Nigel all the very best for the future. I don’t personally know Nigel as well as many of you do, but certainly the many messages have been a delight to see and I hope he thoroughly enjoys the next stage in his adventures.

Simon Tafea is very kindly holding the role as acting principal until the end of the year. I appreciate the work he is doing, especially in the midst of a lockdown which can make the role very complicated. A very big thanks to Simon and I know he is looking forward to getting back into his role of Deputy Principal and passing over the Principal role soon.

With this in mind, I have some very good news for the school as we start back in 2022. I have been most fortunate to recruit John McGowan as Acting Principal to get us started next year. John McGowan trained in Wellington and spent the first years of his teaching career working in schools in Porirua East. His first two roles as principal were in schools in Wainuiomata. In 1993 John and his family moved to Auckland where he became Principal at Campbell’s Bay School, with a student roll of 1,000. This was a position he held until mid 2019 when he retired from permanent principalship. In 2020 he returned to Campbells Bay School for three terms to be Acting Principal while the new Principal was on parental leave.

During his time in Auckland John has held various leadership roles including being on the executive of the Auckland Primary Principals’ Association for seven years as well as being president of the North Shore Principals’ Association. John has a Master of Educational Leadership (Hons).

John is excited to be working at Wesley Intermediate School in term one next year. He is very much looking forward to getting to know the school community and working with you for the benefit of everyone involved in the school.

I will now begin working with the Wesley Board of Trustees to appoint a new, permanent Principal for your school to start later in the year and will keep you updated as this recruitment progresses.

In the meantime, we can look forward to a very happy and successful start to 2022 and keep our fingers crossed that Covid 19 is kind to us!

Ngā mihi nui,

Linley Myers (Limited Statutory Manager).

John McGowan

Overview – What is happening?

The Ministry of Education is developing an enrolment scheme for Wesley Intermediate School, which will be in effect for the beginning of term 1 in 2022. Having an enrolment scheme in place will ensure the Board of Trustees has a fair and transparent mechanism to manage the roll as it grows. Children that live within this area will have entitlement to enrol at Wesley Intermediate School.

Starting at the intersection of New North Road and Richardson Road, travel southeast down Richardson Road (113-223 odd and 104-370 even addresses included, Amazon Parade also included) until turning east down Owairaka Avenue (excluded, Lorraine Avenue and Delphine Close also excluded). At Mt Albert Road (251-305 odd and 258-310 even addresses included, Columbia Road, Huntingtree Avenue, Kiwitea Street 49 and above odd and 66 and above even, and Freyburg Avenue also included), turn southeast and then turn southwest down May Road (excluded). At the Southwestern Motorway (including from south of motorway to Richardson Road until Amazon Parade), turn northwest and travel until New North Road (excluded, Hendon Avenue and Ennismore Road included), turning northwest along New North Road until returning to the origin.

What does this mean for my family?

If you live in the enrolment scheme home area for Wesley Intermediate School you will be entitled to enrol your child at the school. This entitlement applies to new students starting school, as well as any intermediate school aged children currently attending another school in the area.

Families who live outside the enrolment scheme home zone of Wesley Intermediate School do not have entitlement to enrol and could only attend if the Board of Trustees planned to enrol any out of zone students. The enrolment scheme will establish the process for this, and places will only be available if the Board of Trustees considers it has the capacity to allow for this. Further information about whether any out of zone places will be made available will be made later in 2021.

Consultation process and timeline

The Ministry of Education is currently undertaking consultation about the proposed changes and new enrolment schemes. You can have your say by:

• Completing the survey at https://consultation.education.govt.nz/education/wesley-intermediate-enrolment-scheme

• Emailing auckland.enrolmentschemes@education.govt.nz if you have further questions or comments

The Ministry will consider all feedback and liaise with the Board before making a final decision. The new schemes and changes will come into effect for the beginning of 2022.

Kia ora koutou Staff, Board and Community

It has been a privilege to serve the Wesley Community for the past 24 years. I have been truly blessed to have met so many amazing people, colleagues, students, parents, whanau, and a huge group of people in the wider community. You have all contributed to the person I am today, and for this I am very grateful.

Having been the Principal of Wesley Intermediate School for 24 years, I believe it is now the time to leave and pass the baton onto someone else. The houses in the Wesley area are being demolished as part of a huge Kainga Ora project, and a whole new community will be developed within the next few years. The area will change dramatically with an increase of approximately 20,000 new houses, and obviously new families.

As part of the community development, a whole new school will be built over the next few years, with significant change starting soon. As with all educational settings, the principal will drive the change. These are very exciting times to be associated with Wesley Intermediate School, however in the best interests of the future direction of the school, I believe the new principal should be part of the rebuild and have an opportunity to develop relationships with the new clientele coming into the area. It will also give the new principal time to build a team of educators around them as the school increases in student numbers. It is for this reason that I will be saying goodbye at the end of 2021.

Once again, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. You have all been a taonga to me and I will always carry you in my heart.

As always, I will continue to pray for God's blessing on you all.

God bless.

Nigel Davis

Principal: Wesley Intermediate School