Covid 19 Update 22/04/2020 - Important information requested

By Simon Clarke | Posted: Monday April 20, 2020

This is a large article and the key points are...

1. Criteria in determining whether a child can return

2. What the conditions will be like

3. Emergency Response Teaching

4. Kapa Haka

5. Return to school form - Everyone must complete by Friday 24 at 9am

6. Upcoming dates

A reminder of the principles for Level 3.

1. "Stay home. If you are not at work, school, exercising or getting essentials, then you must be at home, the same as at Level 4.
   
2. Work and learn from home if you can. We still want the vast majority of people working from home, and children and young people learning from home. At-risk students and staff should also stay at home, and they will be supported to do so. Early learning centres and schools will physically be open for up to Year 10 for families that need them.”

1.The following criteria apply in determining whether a child is eligible to return to school.

1. If there is a parent, sibling or caregiver available to look after your child, STAY AT HOME.

2. Distance learning will continue for those not attending school.

3. Students cannot “come and go”. Attendance must be consistent.

4. Children at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 must stay home wherever possible.

2.What the conditions will be like

School will look and feel very different under Alert Level 3. The following guidelines describe what students can expect:

• Students attending school will be placed in “bubbles” of 10 students. This bubble will not change throughout Alert Level 3.

• Each bubble will be separate. No bubble will interact with another bubble.

• Students will sit in their own named, space each day. There will be 1m physical distancing inside and 2m outside.  No mat time or shared spaces such as the Lego tables.

• Break and lunchtimes will be staggered to avoid any bubble mixing.

• Contact tracing registers will be set up and identify which children are in each teaching space, record when and who they have contact with during the day if that changes.
  

• Physical education classes and breaktime activities cannot include sports with <2m physical distance or where the same equipment is touched by different students (balls, ropes, sticks,etc).

• Surfaces will be cleaned and disinfected daily

• We will endeavour to have children with their usual class teacher but if we have more than 10 assigned to a class, children will be sent to a different class.

• Room 8 will either have a mix of teachers or all children will be relocated to other classes depending on numbers as Mrs Adlam will not be returning at level 3.
  

3.Emergency Response Teaching

It is unfair to expect teachers to run a distance learning programme for children at home and a more traditional class programme in the class, therefore teachers will be continuing to run their distance learning programme for children both at home and at school.  Children at school may be asked to do some art or other activities that are not part of the distance learning programme.

4. Kapa Haka

Some good news! Kapa Haka will return at 12:45 -1:30 on Friday 24th April in a google classroom. Please join using the code  54hfqo4 and follow the Google Meet link.

5.Return to school form

Everyone must fill out the form so we know where every child is when we move to level 3. 

Please make sure you complete one for each child using the correct class link. 

You can come for parts of the week (eg Just a Thursday) because your work allows you to look after your children from home for part of the week.  But you cannot send your child along if you haven't indicated in this survey that they will be coming.  Please make contact with your child's class teacher to confirm a timetable for your child.

• Room 1
• Room 1A
• Room 2
• Room 2A
• Room 3
• Room 4
• Room 5
• Room 6
• Room 7
• Room 8
• Room 9
• Room 10
• Room 12
  

6. Upcoming Dates

23-24 April - Emergency Response Teaching as per normal

24 April - Attendance survey needs to be completed

26 April - Newsletter emailed home regarding the rules and expectations for students returning to school

27 April - No ERT due to ANZAC Day

28 April - No Google Meets due to teachers preparing on site for return of some students.

29 April - School reopens for children of essential workers in Level 3 as well as full Emergency Response Teaching including google meets at the usual times.'

11 May - The Government will review Level 3 status

13 May - Earliest possible date for school to reopen fully.