Dear parents, caregivers and students of BBI,

I hope you are all coping with the Level 3 Alert restrictions. This is a setback but I am sure we will handle it well, as our community did last time.

The MOE confirmed that students/parents may access school to collect essential learning materials under Alert Level 3. To ensure this runs smoothly, with good hygiene protocols being followed, Room 24, 25, 26 and 27 will be available to access from 9:30am - 10:30am on Monday 17th August for those who require any items from the classroom.

Please wear a mask or face covering, practice social distancing and sanitise hands when entering the classroom.

Team Totara Teachers will meet with students at 9am daily via Google meets and links will be shared closer to the time. Please refer back to the Team Totara Distance Learning site for information about the daily plan which will be uploaded and ready to go for Monday morning. Here is the link if you need it - https://sites.google.com/bbi.school.nz/team-totara-distance-learning/home

Specialist teachers will have activities available and the link will be available on the Team Totara site on Monday.

Mathex is available at 11am

ESOL is available at 10am

Literacy is available at 10am

For other queries, please contact your teacher.

Could you please confirm you have received this email and if you have any questions please let me know?

Take care and keep in touch.

Kia ora Bucklands Beach Intermediate parents and caregivers,

The Prime Minister has just announced that Auckland has re-entered Level 3 COVID-19 restrictions.

School will be closed until the weekend. Students are to stay home.

Today will be a study / homework day – students can work on their oral language presentations/speeches for the next couple of days. They also have their science and maths text books. Individual teachers will be in contact with the students on Thursday or Friday.

Further announcements will follow as we get more information.

Please stay safe and follow all personal hygiene protocols.

With regards,

Diane Parkinson

Monday 20th April.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We trust that you are all coping with the circumstances of the Level 4 lockdown.

We want to inform you of our plans for teaching and learning for the start of term 2.

Online lessons resume on Tuesday 28 April. It has been impressive to see how disciplined the students have been with their lessons and it has been especially rewarding to see the students engaging with the specialist teachers too. Teachers will send out a reminder email to the students, the weekend before we resume. Please ask your child to look out for this email so they can be prepared for their google hangout, meet or zoom session on Tuesday 28 April.

All students were given some optional activities to carry out over the 2 week holiday break, we do hope they managed some of these tasks.

After 4 weeks of 'Alert Level 4' the government has announced that the country will be moving to 'Alert Level 3'. This level will allow schools to open with some staff, property people, construction workers and cleaners. They will prepare the school for all the students to return. As you can imagine, we have not completed all our holiday cleaning and construction work. We want the school to be best prepared and safe for our next step.

We do realise that at Level 3 some families will be considering their return to school. We are unable to guarantee the 2 metre separation rule and the hygiene standards. We feel we just cannot open the school to community visitors, so please if you can keep your child at home then this is the safest option. Teachers will be teaching remotely throughout 'Alert Level 3'.

Could you please reply to this email and let us know that you have received this information and if you have an essential need to send your child to school at 'Alert Level 3' then we need to know.

Please we appreciate your reply to the class teacher ............@bbi.school.nz stating:

my child (student's name) will not be returning to school at 'Alert Level 3' or

my child (student's name) will be returning to school at 'Alert Level 3'

From here, we can start preparing our return to school strategy.

We do hope that 'Alert Level 3' quickly moves to 'Alert Level 2' and we can see the students at school face to face.

Thank you for your support over this time.

With regards,

Diane Parkinson.

As we will be learning from home, we need to:

• Optional Learning will take place from 9am till 3pm and work will be available on here until Friday 3rd April. Early Finishers work is available for those who wish to continue.

• Use this team “Google Site” as well as your own class Workspaces.

• Connecting with you will be done via email and “Google Hangouts”.

• Email information

  1. Students will receive an email from their teacher each day.

  2. Students must ensure they send only 1 email a day to their teacher.

• Google Hangout information

  1. These will always be done as a group.

  2. Allocated times will be given for each hangout. Check the schedule for these times.

  3. Make sure you are in a space that is appropriate for learning and where you will not get distracted.

Term 1 Distance Learning - Each day there will be a schedule posted below on what opportunities are available for learning. There will be a must do, should do and a could do. Make sure you prioritise the 'Must Do's' and adhere to the times given for the Google Hangout call. The 'Should Do's' are tasks that you should be able to do and 'Could Do's' are for early finishers who would like to keep their learning going.

Term 2 Distance Learning - You will be given the week overview so you can see what is required for the week. Try to stick to the schedule provided as teachers may run additional hangouts to help those who need more support during specific activities. It is important you try your best to complete the work assigned as this will support our teaching when we return to school. There is an extra for experts if you finish the work assigned, one of them is underneath the plan for Week 1 Term 2 distance learning or you may go to the WWAIPAT Workspace and scroll to the bottom to find the extra experts tasks. Please note: we have done our best to provide instructional videos for most tasks to assist you with your learning. If you need help or have questions please email your teacher.