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COVID-19 Update Tuesday 24 March

Tēnā koe Parents, Whānau and students

With yesterday’s announcement by the Government, we are implementing with urgency our plan to support your daughter’s learning from home. We appreciate this is a sudden and significant change, but one we have been preparing for.

We are open for students of essential workers both today, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We look forward to meeting your daughter at the school hall at 8.30am both of these days. We remind you that if your daughter will be attending, please email [email protected]

If you wish to check if you are considered an essential worker - https://covid19.govt.nz/government-actions/covid-19-alert-system/ however those roles include doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers and police. We continue to ask that children who are not well, do not attend school.

The school holidays have been brought forward and will commence on Monday 30 March through till Tuesday 14 April. Remote learning begins Wednesday 15 April.

For all students, we will be supporting their learning from your home in the following ways:

• Through remote learning via Google Classroom. Teachers will begin to upload material to their Google Classroom - please remind your daughter to turn on her notifications.
• Valuable and engaging learning opportunities where practicable will be provided.
• If you daughter needs support with her learning, please ask her to email her classroom teacher.
• If you daughter needs pastoral support, please ask her to email her dean.
• If your daughter needs IT support to be able to access our systems, please email [email protected]
• Students who have indicated they don’t have a device will be communicated with shortly.
• Ministry staff will be available by phone or skype for parents of students with special needs

Parents, caregivers, whānau and teachers will have a particularly important part to play in reassuring students at this time. If you haven’t already done so, you may wish to read the information put together by the Ministry of Education to support your conversations with your daughter – Talking to children about COVID-19.

As noted by the Prime Minister these restrictions are our best chance to slow the virus in New Zealand and to save lives. We all have a clear role here to slow the spread of COVID-19. All informaion regarding restrictions can be found at the official COVID-19 website - https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus

We will continue to communicate any changes as they come to hand. Please refer to our FB and Website also. Thank you for your ongoing support of our school staff and school community. Take care, be kind and be community minded.

Ngā mihi nui
Tara Kanji
Principal

SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES

A free phone number has been set up for the Western Bay of Plenty Secondary students (years 9-13) to continue to receive support from school health nurses during the COVID-19 Alert Level 4.

School Health Services are available from Thursday 26 March on 0800 515 919 and will be available Monday to Friday from 8.30am-5pm.

The phone will be run by two registered nurses and a GP when required. General health, mental health and sexual health will be covered.

Students who have COVID-19 health related questions should call Healthline on the dedicated COVID-19 number 08003585453.