| Monday 30th August 2021  |
Kia ora e te whānau,
The quick move to Level 4, record volumes of testing for COVID in the community, extensive wastewater testing, huge numbers of New Zealanders being vaccinated, and a very wide net being cast around confirmed cases, has given the Government confidence that we are safe to move to Alert Level 3 on Wednesday.
At Alert Level 3, you legally must stay within your household bubble unless for essential personal movement including going to work and going to school. As the Prime Minister noted on Friday, schools are essentially closed at Alert Level 3 with the exception of those few children under the age of 14 whose parents and carers must go to work at Alert Level 3, and there is no appropriate caregiver at home.
As of Thursday at 9am the school will be accessible for the small number of children who need to attend. Wednesday will be used to clean the school and for teachers to prepare the necessary resources to continue online learning.
As you imagine, Level 3 learning will not be like school as we know it 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. Children learning at school will continue with their online programme of learning.
During Alert Level 3, our contact tracing systems will be in place. This includes our attendance register and staff sign-in. We are limiting staff onsite with the vast majority of our team working from home.
We will continue to support all children who remain learning from home, through our distance learning programme. You can access all elements of this learning through the new Home Learning section of our school website: twizel.school.nz/home-learning.
While we know how difficult it is trying to work from home as well as support your child’s learning, please keep your child at home if there is an appropriate carer available. For those of you with no other option, we will look forward to seeing your child later this week. To ensure a bubble place, you must complete the registration form for Alert Level 3 on-site learning that can be found here: forms.gle/J5Ff8jyevjipurau5.
He waka eke noa!
Ngā mihi,
Kate Staniford
Tumuaki | Principal
The aim of the Twizel Area School Home Learning section is to group all the relevant information and support that students, parents and whānau may need during an emergency event such as a COVID-19 Alert Level Lockdown. You will find teacher contact details and student timetables, along with links for…
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