2.06pm: The bees have now been collected into a swarm box and we have come out of lockdown. All students, staff and persons onsite are safely accounted for. Everyone did extremely well and responded to instructions.
A notice will be going out to parents/caregivers later today to provide some more information on what has occurred today.
1.40pm: Samuel Marsden Collegiate School has gone into lockdown because of a large swarm of bees. We will continue to provide updates here as often as possible.
Please do not come to the school or phone us, as you will not be attended to and this may cause disruption to the management of the incident. It could also potentially place you, our staff or our students at risk.
We will update this page of the website when the lockdown has been completed.