LEVEL 4 LOCKDOWN UPDATE 31 AUGUST: 

Tena koutou whanau me – warm greetings to everyone

Today you will have heard the signal from our Prime Minister that there is the possibility of a move to Level 3 in our region on Thursday night. While I do not wish to pre-empt this decision, I have decided to share the information from the Ministry of Education with you early to help you make informed decisions.

At Alert Level 3:

You legally must stay within your household bubble unless you are an essential worker.

As the Prime Minister noted, schools are essentially closed at Alert Level 3 with the exception of those few children in Years 1 to 10 whose parents and carers must go to work at Alert Level 3, and there is no appropriate caregiver at home.

When we are permitted to open, it will be for a small number of children who need to attend.

• As you can imagine it will not be school as we know it, until under Alert Level 2 or 1.

All our usual safety precautions for Alert Level 3 will be in place which include following all the recommendations from the public health experts.

• This means we will regularly clean and disinfect high touch surfaces, encourage everyone to frequently wash their hands and cover their coughs and sneezes, and keep everyone physically distanced from others as much as possible (1 metre inside and two metres outside).
• We will also keep school bubbles to no more than 10 students. These bubbles will not mix with other bubbles.
• Our contact tracing systems will be in place.
• You can also assist everyone’s safety by keeping your child at home if they are feeling unwell and please do contact your GP or Healthline, to seek advice about getting tested.
• We will continue to support the majority of our students, including all Year 11 to 13 students, who will remain learning from home, through our distance learning programme.

While we know how difficult it is trying to work from home, as well as supporting your child’s learning, please support our community’s effort in this fight by keeping your child at home unless there is no appropriate carer available.

• For those of you who are essential workers with no other option, we will look forward to seeing your child at school when we are given permission to open (when we enter Level 3).

Following up from yesterdays update in anticipation of Covid Alert Level 3, we need to have information about who will need to attend school once the announcement has been made.

• Please use this form to indicate to us that students need to come to school because there are no possible Caregiving options in your household.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTGGDRhlzWszIaX5yONZxoDIYVbSMiCTXZUbmzn-3YLB5SPQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Should we go into Alert Level 3 on Thursday 02 September midnight:

Friday 3 September:

• School closed to allow for cleaning and preparation by staff

Monday 6 September:

• Students of ‘essential workers only with no other option’ who have made arrangements with the School, will be able to attend School onsite.

Isaiah 43:1 -2 

But now this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: “Do not be afraid, because I’ve redeemed you. I’ve called you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I’ll be with you; and through the rivers, they won’t sweep over you. when you walk through fire you won’t be scorched, and the flame won’t set you ablaze.”

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ATTENDANCE:

Reminder:  Parents / Caregivers please phone our School Office on 09 4011 873 or email by 9 am in mornings should your child / children be absent.

Should we miss your call, please leave a message on our answering phone:

Please advise the following details:

• The student’s name
• The absence reason
• When they are likely to return to school

Failure to do so will result in Follow up action for ‘Truancy’, as part of the ‘Rock On Truancy Project’.

You may receive a text, email, phone call and where serious Truancy occurs a ‘Rock On Letter’.

Jacqueline Te Huia

ARRIVING LATE TO SCHOOL (KAIKOHE CAMPUS):

• Any student arriving late to School is required to sign in at the School Office upon arrival
• Parents of young students who arrive late, will need to sign them in before dropping them off to their class
• At the first class / form time of the day, the School Roll is marked and any marked ‘absent’ will be followed up as noted above, for attendance absences
• It’s important your children arrive to school on time, as this too is considered a form of Truancy