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Lockdown - Alert Level 4 from midnight

Kia ora koutou As you have no doubt heard, we are now all in Alert Level 4 which means that our school will not be open onsite for the rest of this week, for any students or staff.  This follows someone being identified with COVID-19 and who has been in the Auckland and Coromandel communities while believed to be infectious.  It is really important we do everything we can to keep our community safe.  Alert Level 4 means we need to stay home in our bubbles and avoid any travelling ...

Principal's School Lockdown Newsletter #6

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COVID-19 #6

24 March 2020 Kia ora college whānau I trust your preparations for tomorrow night’s full lockdown are going as well as they can be in the circumstances.  Staff have had a positive time at school today as they have explored ways to maintain teaching and learning over the next period. I just need to update you on a few matters to provide further clarity and offer further support. 1.School holidays As part of yesterday’s news it was announced that the Term One school holidays have been br...

COVID-19 #5

23 March 2020 Kia ora koutou With today’s announcement by the Government, we are implementing with urgency our plans tosupport your child’s learning from home. We appreciate this is a sudden and significant change, andthat it will be heavily disruptive to many people in our community. To sum up: for children of essential workers, school is open tomorrow morning and Wednesday, andwe can provide supervision. You may wish to check if you are considered an essential worker- https://covid19.govt....

COVID-19 #5 coming shortly

A notice from our principal will be sent out shortly. Mr Booker is working closely with the Ministry of Education to give you the latest update and guidelines following the Prime Ministers announcement this afternoon. Thank you....

COVID-19 Update on Buses

I understand the frustration to users of the Hunterville and Turakina bus services over the inability of Tranzit to maintain these services at this time.   I am looking at how we can find alternative ways of getting students affected to school, but will not be able to confirm this before talking to the Ministry and Tranzit tomorrow.  As you probably know, the school does not manage the bus services (and is not funded for it, but that is not the issue right now).  Th...

COVID-19 Buses suspended

The Hunterville and Turakina school buses will not be operating. This service has been suspended due to our bus drivers being over the age of 70. As you will be aware, things are changing rapidly and our school app will be our main source of up to date information, followed by our Facebook page. Thank you for your understanding during this time....