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COVID ALERT LEVEL 3 For Auckland

Updated 11.00am 13 October 2021

School is closed

School is closed until further notice.

Auckland remains at Alert Level 3 Step 1. This will be reviewed on 2 November 2021. Schools will not reopen for Term 4 until after that review. Instead distance learning will be provided.

School @ Level 3 Step 1

School @ Level 2

Risk Level-At Alert Level 3, there is a medium risk of community transmission – and active but managed clusters.
Children should learn at home. Exceptions are made for a very limited amount of students whose parents have to go to work and for whom no alternate care can be provided. School will run supervision bubbles of 1 teacher : 10 students. Bubbles will not be allowed to mix. Online learning will be supervised in these bubbles. No new teaching takes place because teachers are simultaneously responding to their home learners. Use this form if your child needs to come to school this week 18 October: FORM
Masks: Students are strongly encouraged to bring their own masks to school. Staff will be supplied with a mask and a face shield. This is not mandatory. Whatever decisions students and teachers make, it is their own to make and needs to be respected.
Physical Distancing: Everyone must maintain a two-metre physical distance from each other outside. ‘School bubbles’ of no more than 10 children are to be formed and to keep a minimum of a two-metre distance from other bubbles. The teacher for that bubble is in addition to the 10 children/students.. Visitors, including parents and caregivers, should maintain a two-metre distance in the carpark from those who are not part of their household bubble. Please do not enter the classrooms or office buildings. We will bring your children to the Barber road gate / School Kea Crossing. Conduct office business online. No external support services will be permitted on site @ Level 3 Step 1.
Breaks, starts and finishes will be staggered, and children stay in their bubbles, to minimise the congregation of students in shared spaces. We will be keeping any movement to a minimum.
School facilities will not be hired out.
No Assemblies
Physical education classes and break time activities cannot include sports with <2m physical distance or where the same equipment is touched by different students (balls, ropes, sticks, etc).
Playgrounds are closed.
EOTC is not permitted at L3 Step 1
Contact tracing remains a priority through our visitor register, timetable and attendance register. We are required to display QR code posters for the NZ COVID Tracer App. We remind families, whānau and staff to update us if your address or phone number has changed, or changes). Please wait outside the grounds. Do not enter the office or classrooms. Please maintain social distancing.

School @ Level 3 Step 2

Auckland remains at Alert Level 3, but if the public health assessment tells us it is safe to do so, at step 2: retail can operate, with customers able to enter premises, wearing face coverings and keeping 2 metres apart public facilities like pools, libraries and museums can reopen, with face coverings and 2-metre physical distancing required outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people can go ahead. We have not received information yet on how schools will operate at step 2.

School @ Level 3 Step 3

Auckland remains at Alert Level 3, but if the public health assessment tells us it is safe to do so, at step 3: hospitality venues, like cafes, bars, and restaurants, can reopen with a limit of 50 people event facilities likes cinemas, casinos, and theatres can open with a limit of 50 people in a defined space, wearing face coverings and 2-metre physical distancing close contact businesses, like hairdressers, barbers and beauty salons, can reopen, with workers wearing face coverings social gatherings, indoors and outdoors, can take place with a limit of 50 people in a defined space.

We have not received advice on how schools will operate at this level.

Risk Level-At Alert Level 2 there is low risk of community transmission and schools are open for all students.
Children should learn at school. Only those who are ill and or awaiting the results of a COVID test should stay home.
Masks: Students are strongly encouraged to bring their own masks to school. Staff will be supplied with a mask and face shield. This is not mandatory. It remains an option for individuals and a decision for the individuals and whānau. Whatever decisions students and teachers make, it is their own to make and needs to be respected.
Physical Distancing For most day-to-day activities at schools, the rules for gatherings do not apply. Under the COVID-19 Public Health Response Order, schools are exempted from physical distancing requirements when people are there to receive, provide, or support education services. However, when very large numbers of students are congregating, such as at assemblies and when watching sports events or cultural events on school grounds, public health advice is that they should take place in well-ventilated areas or outdoors and spectators/attendees should be physically distanced. Schools, school hostels and workplaces are not considered to be gatherings however specific health measures as summarised in this table, must still be applied. However if bringing others on-site, including parents and caregivers, any rules for gatherings must apply. These rules will also apply if you are hiring out your facilities. Very large gatherings of students such as assemblies, if they are to go ahead, should take place in well-ventilated areas or outdoors. Similarly any other events where students might closely congregate indoors in large numbers such as watching sports or cultural events etc, should be avoided. Outdoor activities are lower risk, as there is better ventilation but spectators should still practice physical distancing.
Break times will be staggered and further information will be provided when we reach level 2.
School Facilities will be hired out.
No Assemblies
Higher-risk activities, such as singing, dancing, congregating and talking, and shouting should be done in well-ventilated areas or outdoors.
Calf Club may proceed. A decision will be made after 16 September. Calf Club under level 2 will have the rules for gatherings @ L2 applied.
Physical education classes and break time activities cannot include sports with <1m physical distance or where the same equipment is touched by different students (balls, ropes, sticks, etc).
Playgrounds are closed
EOTC can proceed under strict controls Education outside the classroom (EOTC) activities, including overnight trips can go ahead, but will need careful planning and will be subject to stricter controls.
Contact tracing remains a priority through our visitor register, timetable and attendance register. We are required to display QR code posters for the NZ COVID Tracer App.
There are no restrictions on visitors with the exception that you must adhere to the rules for gatherings (eg, events and performances where others come on-site, including parents and caregivers) plus meet all contact tracing requirements. They should also be encouraged to wear a face covering. Volunteers can be used at Alert Level 2 in class as long as they are meeting all the public health requirements and are recorded in your timetable and/or visitor register (make sure you have up to date contact information for them). Anyone onsite needs to be extra aware of their responsibilities regarding COVID-19, including being encouraged to be vaccinated, monitor for symptoms, get tested if they have symptoms, and use the COVID-19 tracer app.
Manual for Y7-8: The exemption from physical distancing requirements in schools, does not apply for any inter-school activities.

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KAS

KAS is closed until further notice.

Live and on Demand Learning (Additional Options)

Teaching and learning opportunities on TV start this week with the return of Home Learning | Papa Kāinga TV.

We’ll put details of the coming week’s lessons on the Learning from Home website so everyone (teachers, parents and learners) can plan ahead.

For teachers, that means lessons on Home Learning | Papa Kāinga TV can be incorporated into their planned teaching programmes.

For the first two weeks there’ll be a mix of brand-new content and some more familiar favourites, such as Karen welcoming you back to Karen’s House. What you need to know You can find us both on TV via free-to-air Duke+1 (on Freeview 18 or Sky channel 504) and online – episodes will be available on TVNZ On Demand soon after the original broadcast.

Schedules will be available on the Learning from Home website and updated regularly. The lessons that have been developed and presented by teachers for Home Learning | Papa Kāinga TV will become part of a bank of resources that teachers, parents and learners will continue to have access to in future.

Home Learning | Papa Kāinga TV is available online and on television on DUKE+1 (on Freeview 18 or Sky channel 504). Episodes will also available On Demand shortly after the original broadcast. Ministry of Education contact: Tara Taylor-Jorgensen tara.taylorjorgensen@education.govt.nz

Needing food?

We know some families in our community may be finding it difficult to access food and essential items such as medicine. Please do take care and let us know how we can best support you and your whānau. Kia Kaha! Contact kbatters@bombay.school.nz

Where to get help.

The Ministry of Education have updated the COVID-19 and wellbeing page their our website.

It includes information that will be helpful for you and the wellbeing of children and young people learning from home and their whānau. Children and young people will again look to adults for guidance on how to react to stressful events.

If parents or teachers seem overly worried, children’s and young people’s anxiety may rise. Parents and teachers can reassure children and young people that everyone is working together, from the Prime Minster down, to help people throughout the country stay healthy and to limit the spread of this virus.

There are other places to get help – it’s OK to get help from anywhere.

Helplines that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week:

Mental Health Crisis: 0800 800 717

Lifeline for counselling and support: 0800 543 354 or 0800 LIFELINE

Samaritans for confidential support for anyone who is lonely or in emotional distress: 0800 726 666

Depression Helpline to talk to a trained counsellor about how you are feeling or to ask any questions: 0800 111 757 or free text 4206

Healthline for advice from trained registered nurses: 0800 611 116

Suicide Prevention Helpline: 0508 828 865

Counselling Free Call or Text 1737.

Also available: Family Services 211 Helpline for help finding and direct transfer to community-based health and social support services in your area: 0800 211 211

Family Services Directory online

Unite Against COVID-19: Family and sexual violence prevention for help and support if you’re experiencing family violence or sexual violence.

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This term (3) we will be raffling the ipad that Kiara donated. It's a new ipad - still in the box. We have 300 tickets at $2 each, available at the office.

Kiara's ipad

Update 5 August 2021

Thanks to generous donors and big spenders the school community and the wider Bombay community have raised 96k for Doug.

This means that his Yervoy treatment can go ahead. Thank you team - you are marvellous. We will keep the givealittle page going because the family will need our support to cover living expenses while Doug receives treatment and while he recovers.

The Bombay School Board of Trustees would like to thank everyone who supported Doug.

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Where an exercise of compassion will help them to grow into adults with an awareness of the inter-connected nature of society.

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