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Dear Parents and Caregivers,

We are looking forward to seeing our students back on Thursday 3rd February. Below is our plan, put in place with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health advice for schools.

Please note we have needed to make changes right up until this afternoon as we have received ministry advice.

This letter is the most up-to-date advice so please read it carefully as some information you’ve been given may have changed especially for new families to our school. Thanks as always for your support.

We are sorry that At Red Level we are unable to allow parents onsite. We have as you will see further down, made a special allowance for new parents as per new ministry guidelines.

Start to the School Day

8.30 - 8.55 am arrival at school

All students in Years 4, 5 and 6 must have a mask when entering and exiting school and when inside on the school site. Only children with a valid mask exemption, that has been sent through to principal@orewabeach.school.nz will be exempt from wearing a mask.

All students arrive at any gate. We are doing our best to avoid crowds and children will be unsupervised before 8:30 am. A bell will go at 8:30 am for students to come onsite. Students are to go straight to their classrooms. (If your child is unwell or showing any covid related symptoms please do not send them to school)

New Students to Orewa Beach School

Your start time for the first two days ONLY is 9 - 9.15 am Thursday 3rd February and Friday 4th February.

Year 1 and 2 NEW students please come with one parent/caregiver to the blue turf, using the school crossing entrance where you will be met by our team and shown to classes. The parent onsite may walk with their child to the classroom door then leave.

Year 3, 4, 5, and 6 NEW students please meet on the grass inside the main school entrance. You will be met by our team who will show you to your classroom. The parent/caregiver onsite may walk with their child to the classroom door then leave.

9 - 9.15 am Friday 4th February The parent/caregiver of new students may walk with their child to the classroom door then leave.

At the end of the day

2.30 pm

Weka (Y6) and Kea (Y4/5)

Areas 15, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14

Finish via any gate as organised by parents

(older siblings collect younger from the class doorway)

2:35 pm

Tui (Y3/4)

Areas 16, 17, 18 & 19

Finish via any gate as organised by parents

(older siblings collect younger from the class doorway)

2.40 pm

Piwakawaka (Y1/2)

Areas 5, 6, 8 & 9

Finish - (older siblings collect younger from the class doorway)

Teachers will take students to the following gates:

Area 5 Clothing bin

Area 6 Letterbox

Area 8 Crossing gate

Area 9 Community Stand

2.45

Kereru (Y0/1)

Nikau Rooms, Areas 4 & 7

Teachers will take students to the following gates:

Nikau Room Letterbox

Area 4 Opposite side of the car park from the letterbox

Area 7 Crossing gate

Please be aware that will be concrete trucks entering the school on Thursday and Friday from 6.30 am onwards. They will enter by the junior playground and this area will be coned off.

Thank you for your support as we navigate these interesting times. We are doing our very best to make school a happy, fun place for your children as well as keep them safe during a global pandemic.

Your child’s wellbeing is always at the forefront of our decision-making.

Please get in touch for any further clarification or support.

Warm regards,

Katherine Pascoe principal@orewabeach.school.nz

Murray Barclay m.barclay@orewabeach.school.nz

Laureen Morgan l.morgan@orewabeach.school.nz

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome back after what we hope has been a wonderful summer for your whānau. Our team is feeling refreshed and ready to go for the 2022 year and can’t wait to welcome students back onsite. We have been able to get information out to you earlier than the 28th :)

In regard to COVID-19, we have moved fully into the new traffic light framework for all our school and Kura activities and events this year. You will be familiar with all the health measures we will have in place and it is good to know that at Red setting, we are able to support everyone learning onsite.

Getting ready to return to school

The Ministry of Education has some helpful information on their Parents and Whānau website to support your tamariki to get back to school. There is also a very important reminder about how you can take care of yourself.

While this might all feel a little overwhelming at times, we know that all these measures will help our children return to school, reconnect with whānau and friends and do what they enjoy.

Managing cases in our school

We have a good contact tracing system in place so that if there is a confirmed case who has been at school while infectious, we can quickly identify who was a close contact of that person. We will then quickly advise those contacts of what they need to do.

Only if the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Education advises to do so, would we consider closing a physical onsite school and moving to distance learning for everyone. At Red, we will keep everyone learning onsite for as long as we can.

Please make sure your contact details we have on file are up to date, so we can get in touch with you if needed.

It is vital that if your child is unwell or showing ANY symptoms of COVID 19 you must keep them at home. Any children arriving at school with symptoms will be sent home. We need to keep each other safe.

If anyone in your family tests positive please notify us immediately principal@orewabeach.school.nz or office@orewabeach.school.nz please don’t contact class teachers as we need to know first so we can contact the Ministry and get advice straight away.

Events and activities

These are all on hold at the moment. When it is safe to do so we can look at holding these.

These activities include:

• 8th February Football open day

• 17th February Colour Run/ Meet the Teacher 5pm - 6.30pm

• 3rd March Swimming Carnival- Years 5 / 6 at Leisure Centre

• 3rd March Hearing & Vision

• 25th March Triathlon

• 28th March Auditions for Orewa Beach’s Got Talent

• 31st March Inter-School Swimming Sports

• 14th April Orewa Beach’s Got Talent

Ventilation

We have used the Ministry of Education self-assessment tool to review all our ventilation in readiness for the start of the year. Providing good old fashioned fresh air remains the most important thing we can do in our learning spaces to minimise risk for our children. We will also be receiving a CO2 monitor in the coming weeks to further support our ventilation plan.

Face coverings

Staff and children in Years 4 – 13 must wear face coverings when inside at school when we are at Red. Public health advice is that an appropriate face covering will fit snugly and seal well around facial contours. This can include single-use, disposable masks (medical masks) and reusable fabric masks with three layers. Don’t worry if you don’t have these specific types of face coverings, as public health experts also say that any face covering is better than no face covering.

For those of you with children who might be reluctant to wear a face covering, there is some helpful advice from Michigan Health, including using simple, specific explanations about why they need to wear a face covering, adults being the role models, providing small rewards for wearing them, bringing face coverings into play such as drawing face coverings on characters in colouring books or letting them choose/make the mask.

On Tuesday the 1st of February we will send out all the information around drop off times and pick up times. Children are allowed on site from the 8:30 am bell and they will go straight to class. Please do not drop your children off before 8:30 am. We are doing our best to avoid crowds and children will be unsupervised.

Please note start and finish times will be similar to “ normal “ school time apart from in the afternoons where we will need to stagger different teams being released starting at 2:30 pm. Older siblings are welcome to collect younger students from classrooms - more details to follow on Tuesday.

New students

New students starting at our school will have a plan in place. More information will be in the email coming out on Tuesday. Your start time for the first two days will be at 9 am.

We are also here to help. Please get in touch if you have any concerns or need help in any way.

See you soon!

Katherine Pascoe- Principal

Murray Barclay- Deputy Principal

Laureen Morgan- Associate Principal

Orewa Beach School