Alert Level 2 Continues

Dear Parents

Thank you for the many positive comments on how we have supported your children with their return to school. All the children are settling into life back in their home groups. They are certainly aware of the hygiene expectations and are following them very successfully. The drop off and pick up procedures have worked well and we appreciate your patience and understanding when we have made various tweeks. Weather and funerals certainly are challenges however thanks to your support we have been able to have the children dropped off and collected with only a few traffic congestion issues.

Thank you for dropping your children off and collecting them at the front of the school and not entering the property. We appreciate that this has been hard. We look forward to you being able to walk your children to their home group learning spaces in a few weeks. The students are great at heading to their learning spaces independently and doing the various activities the teachers have provided them.

The Prime Minister announced on Monday 25 May that Alert Level 2 will continue. For schools this means that there are no changes in the guidelines provided by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health. We will therefore continue with the procedures we have in place that are based on the Ministry of Health’s Guidelines to keep students, staff and parents safe under Alert Level 2.

Having heard the Prime Minister’s announcement we fully reviewed our procedures, and while the majority are the same, there have been a few changes. The Alert Level 2 procedures we are working to will be in place for the next two weeks. They will be reviewed through this period.

The following will be covered in this post:

• Alert Level 2 Procedures
• Student Attendance
• Online Programme of Learning
• Drop Off
• Pick Up

Alert Level 2 Procedures

• 2 June Alert Level 2 Parent Information

Student Attendance

• With the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health Alert Level 2 procedures being followed, including hygiene procedures, schools are considered safe for students and staff. Consequently all students are expected to be back at school on Tuesday 2 June. 

Online Programme of Learning

• As all students are expected to be back at school the Online Programme of Learning has been taken down.

Drop Off

• Drop off is 8am until 9am
• Students are dropped off in the drop off zone
• Adults stay in their cars
• Students arriving by bus or on foot enter the property via the school driveway and the entry by the office
• Students will walk directly to their Home Group Learning Space.
• The school grounds and playgrounds are not accessible before or after school.

Pick up

• Pick up is 2.30pm until 3.30pm.

OPTION ONE – ‘Park and Collect’

• 2.30pm – 2.45pm.
• Parents email their child’s teacher before 12pm on the first day of the week informing them they will be doing the ‘park and collect’ option.
• Parents park on the courts or parish car parks.
• Parents stand in the staff car park, 2 metres apart from other parents and the bollards. Not on the school side of the bollards.
• Students will be brought to parents. Please don’t come forward, breaking the 2 metre space.

OPTION TWO – ‘Drive By Collect’

• 2.45pm – 3.30pm.
• Courts closed.
• Students in pick up zone in their teams.
• On wet days they will be called from their learning spaces by teachers on the walkie talkie.
• Please ensure you have your child’s name and home group number clearly displayed on an A4 sheet of paper.

OPTION THREE – ‘St Joseph’s and Rosmini Students‘

• After 3pm.
• Park in parish car parks (courts closed)

OPTION FOUR – ‘Lake House Cafe’

• 2.50pm.
• Students will leave school as a group (unaccompanied) and walk to Lake House Cafe via Fred Thomas Drive.
• Parents email your child’s teacher before 12pm on the first day of the week informing them your child will be walking to the Lake House Cafe.

OPTION FIVE – ‘Rosmini and Taharoto Rd Buses’

• 2.50pm.
• Students will be accompanied by a teacher to their bus stop.

OPTION SIX – ‘sKids’

• 2.50pm.
• Students will walk to the school hall. 

OPTION SEVEN – ‘Walking or Biking Collect’

• 2.45pm – 3.30pm.
• Arrive at the tree at the front corner of the administration building.
• Please stay away from the students.
• A teacher will assist you and bring your child to you.

The school grounds and playgrounds are closed before and after school

Thank you for your continued support.

Ka Manaakitia koutou e te Atua

Alister Bridgman

Tumuaki