Alert Level 2 Update

Kia ora whānau,

I am pleased to confirm that the Government announced Auckland will move from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2 at 11:59pm on Sunday, 30th August. We are delighted with this news and very much looking forward to welcoming your children back to school on Monday, 31st August.

This update contains important information to reassure you that we have the necessary health, safety and hygiene measures in place. We want to ensure that your child’s return to school is a positive one for all. Please read this carefully as school will be a different experience from prior to lockdown and some changes have been made to our previous level 2 processes.

The information is the most up to date information we have. We receive regular communication from MoH and MoE, and will continue to keep you up to date with any new developments.

Ngā mihi

Sarah Martin

Principal

Parents are asked to keep any sick children at home.

If a sick child comes to school showing signs of being unwell, a parent/caregiver will be called to collect their child.

• All members of staff will be onsite on Friday, 28th August getting the learning hubs ready to welcome our learners return on Monday, 31st August. The teaching team will do their morning check in online and will have learning planned for your children however will not facilitate any online learning workshops on Friday. We encourage you to support learners to continue their distance learning as normal through SchoolTalk. Learners who are currently physically attending school will continue to be supervised onsite.

Along with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health, we encourage all learners to return to school at Alert Level 2.

• If your child is not going to be returning to school during Alert Level 2 due to being vulnerable to serious illness please email us - admin@stonefields.school.nz

Please continue to use the school app or email the office - admin@stonefields.school.nz if your child/ren will be absent from school due to illness etc.

• Parents are not to enter the school site unless this has been pre-arranged for special reasons. Parents who came on site during the previous alert level 2 will be contacted prior to Monday for arrangements to be made.
• Your child will be welcomed from 8.30am from all the school gates, please eliminate any queuing.

• Arriving at school on time is imperative during this time. Please let the office know if you will be running late by calling 09 527 7721, through the school app or emailing admin@stonefields.school.nz
• In the event of a child being late, a late pass will be available for your child to collect from the office door entrance. They will need to show the late pass to their hub teacher.

• Parents are not to enter the school site unless this has been pre-arranged for special reasons. We encourage you to have organised a walking home or pick up plan with your child/ren
• We are staggering school exit in the following ways
• 2.50pm New Entrants pick up from the pavement in front of the hall.
• 2.55pm Older siblings will be dismissed to collect their younger siblings from hubs.
• 3.00pm Junior after school care learners escorted to Hub 8.

All other learners dismissed in groups from 3.00pm

• Please create a pick up plan with your child that is away from any of the main gates and entrances.

e.g. identify a particular lamp post, rock, nearby street, or building landmark. We will spread the learners along the pavement by each gate as much as possible to ensure distancing is well managed.

** Please note we are reinforcing to learners if they can’t find you to come back to school.

These are labelled with their gate numbers. There will be a staff member at each gate welcoming learners to school, the following gates will be unlocked for drop off and on pickup.

• Hub 8
• Hub 4
• Hub 1
• Main Entrance

• Anyone entering our site needs to be contact traced using the MoH QR code on the front door/ side gates. This includes staff and visitors.

Good hygiene is a priority.

• Sanitiser is available and will be used on entry into and exit from the learning hubs, admin etc. Learners with sensitive skin are encouraged to bring their own safe product, moisturiser & or soap
• Handwashing will be supervised and take place before all eating and after bathroom use.

Physical distancing is a good preventative precaution.

• Learners and staff should be far enough away (1 metre) from each other so that they are not breathing on, or touching each other,
• Parents/ visitors need to maintain 2m distance.

• Face coverings are not required in schools at any alert level. Any children who wish to wear face coverings at school may do so if they would like to.

• Please make sure you are prepared for wet weather and have an umbrella and raincoat handy for drop off and pick up. Walking to school, parking away from the school in close by streets will help to alleviate congestion on a wet day.
• We ask that you work with us and show compassion and kindness as we test out our action plan on a wet day.

• Eating areas are zoned. Children are not to share food.
• There are staggered morning tea and lunch break times.
• Physical education and break time activities can include access to sports equipment including playgrounds, hygiene practices will be observed before and after using the equipment. There will also be regular cleaning of shared equipment such as balls.
• The use of school playgrounds can resume.

• Drink Bottle
• Packed morning tea and lunch - it is important there is no sharing of food, this will also be reinforced by teachers.
• Headphones - Please ensure your child has their own set of headphones.
• Device - Learners Chromebook or iPad and charger
• If applicable, a school loaned device, charger and any loaned school resources.

• During Alert Level 2, learners will not have access to the library. The red returns box will be set outside the library and we ask learners to return any books they have on issue to this return box. These books will then be placed in “quarantine” within the library.

• Kelly Club before and after school care commences on Monday, 31st August.

Kelly Club, can be contacted by emailing stonefields@kellyclub.co.nz

• Kapa Haka will resume from Monday 7th September.
• After school activities provided by external providers eg. Mandarin lessons, Bricks4Kidz, Pform.net etc. will resume from Monday 7th September.
• Lunch orders can be ordered and deliveries will resume from Monday, 31st August.
• There will be no whole school assemblies, these will take place in hubs.