A reminder - Covid-19 Level 2

Alert Level 2 applies from midday today.
At Alert Level 2 it is safe for all students, children and staff to attend school and early learning. There will be appropriate precautions in place, and we will be following these recommendations from the Ministry of Education.

• Children and staff who are at higher-risk of severe illness are encouraged to take additional precautions when leaving home.
  
  
• Please be alert to illness and ask anyone who is presenting as unwell to go home, or ask parents and caregivers to come and pick the child up.
  
  
• Messaging about good hand hygiene and cough and sneeze etiquette to be reinforced.
  
  
• Soap and water is very appropriate for washing hands, particularly if hand sanitiser stocks are low. We have plenty of both.
  
  
• For schools, children, young people and staff should be far enough away from each other so that they are not breathing on or touching each other, coupled with good hygiene practices and regular cleaning of commonly touched surfaces. There does not need to be a specific measurement but where practicable and reasonable 1 metre can be used as a guide, particularly between adults.
  
  
• Physical distancing of 2 metres is recommended for parents and caregivers, from people they don’t know (to align with public health measures outside the school grounds).
  
  
• Support your community by displaying the QR code posters for the NZ COVID Tracer App. Please download the app and scan the posters available at school.

A reminder also that the top gate will remain locked and hand sanitiser will be available at the bottom gate for all.