Careers / Gateway – P. 7

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1 day Interactive fun Work Place Skills course which is held here at school. Helping you with communication, interviewing skills and preparation for the work place. This will be held on Wednesday 29th September (after Prelims).

Yr 12 and 13 students if you are wanting to do this course you must come and see me, Mrs Eva Hingston, either during HG, Interval or Lunch to confirm. There are limited spots of only 20 students. This is worth 10 Level 3 credits.

• 23rd September – Otago Uni Course Planning Visit – 1.30pm in L1

Contact the Careers Department for further info: Barbara Walker 3456124 x 235 walkerb2@rotorualakes.school.nz

NOTICE BOARD

Any questions or if you are interested in entering, please see Ms Kairaoi (Year 10 Dean) or email via kairaoim@rotorualakes.school.nz

Placement Testing for 2022 courses will be held from Oct - Dec 2021 for places on 2022 courses (16 places in AKL, 16 places in CHC) Placement test registrations are now open via our website www.airnzlearning.co.nz

Level 3, Harrington House 32 Harington Street PO Box 13-055, Tauranga Central Tauranga 3141 New Zealand T 64 7 927 6009 F 64 7 578 2909 www.nzta.govt.nz Connect Rotorua Eastern Corridor Stage Two / State Highway 30/Te Ngae Road – safety improvements to start on three local roads

You are receiving this letter as a resident or property owner potentially impacted by improvements as part of the Eastern Corridor State Highway 30 – Stage Two project.

In 2020, we engaged on a proposal to improve safety and make it easier for people to get around eastern Rotorua whether in a vehicle, walking or cycling. We heard strong local community support for these improvements and Government funding has been approved to implement the first phase as outlined in the project update included. We are now at the stage where early works on three local roads can begin. Downer, on behalf of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, will construct raised safety platforms to improve safety and the experience of cyclists and pedestrians at the following intersections off SH30/Te Ngae Road: Tennyson Drive, Brent Road and Tumene Drive.

These raised sections of the road, with ramps on each side, aim to slow vehicles to a safe speed, making the three intersections safer to navigate for all users. Safety is particularly important in these areas due to the number of older and younger people who regularly use these intersections to access schools and retirement villages.

Works will only take place on one road at a time and are scheduled to get underway on Tennyson Drive in September. This will be followed by Brent Road and Tumene Drive, with all raised safety platforms expected to be completed before the end of November. To minimise the disruption to schools, most of the work at the Brent Road intersection is planned to take place during the school holidays, between 4 and 15 October 2021.

The improvements are carefully timed with works already underway on SH30/Te Ngae Road to manage impact on road users. Traffic management will be in place and access to these roads will always be maintained but may be restricted during the works. The construction team will work to keep these disruptions to a minimum.

Construction under COVID-19 Alert Level restrictions The start date for this project may be affected by the Alert Level 4 shutdown and other effects of COVID-19 Alert Level restrictions. These works and the timeline are currently on schedule to commence in September but may be impacted by further COVID-19 Alert Level changes. We will communicate those changes as soon as they become available. Working across Alert Levels requires different ways of working on our construction sites and all construction activities will adhere to strict updated health and safety protocols provided by Construction Health and Safety NZ (CHASNZ) to ensure the safety of workers and road users.