COVID-19 Update 21/4/20

Kia ora koutou
Firstly, I would like to thank all parents /caregivers for supporting your children during the present ‘Distance Learning’ programme during Alert 4. We know there will have been any number of challenges for you to deal with but we have been getting some great feedback about the learning that is happening and thank you for all your support.
Yesterday the Government announced that we will move into Alert Level 3 on the 28th April. That means we will be open for some students to return to school from the 29th April. We have started to prepare our school site from today.
The key message from the Prime Minister for you is that if you can, you should keep your child at home. You should only physically send your child to school if you need to. If your child has a health condition that means they are at a greater risk of a severe illness you must keep them at home. If your child is sick please also ensure you keep them at home.
In order to ensure the safety of those children and our staff who do come to school, we will be operating with strict enforcement of health and safety measures.
I want to assure you that we will continue to support your child’s learning at home during the rest of this week (Alert 4) and the following two weeks (Alert 3).
Attached to your email is a survey we need all parents to complete a.s.a.p. (by 9:00pm Wednesday 22nd April at the latest please) to find out whether you can keep your child learning from home, or need your child to attend school in person. It is also available on our facebook page.
The Ministry of Education has advised that they are working closely with health experts to develop clear guidance that will support schools to safely re-open their premises to students and staff. This will help us work through the public health requirements that we all need to meet. As you will be doing, we want to be sure that what we do will keep our community as safe as possible.
For now, we will continue to support your child’s learning by distance while we progress our planning for what Alert Level 3 will mean for you and for our school. We will be in touch again soon with more information. As you have been doing, please keep connecting with your teachers with any questions you might have.
Please remember to complete the survey as soon as possible. Ngā mihi

Tim Brenton PRINCIPAL

The Prime Minister has stated:
“We are asking parents, if you can keep your child at home, you should keep them at home.”