COVID-19 UPDATES

Update on Covid @ South Mak

Evening family and whanau, The weather truly has made it very pleasant around school for all those able to attend.  Just as an update, alongside our current number of students and families isolating due to Covid we have been informed of a student who was at school today that has

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Update on Start of Year managing Covid:

Friday 28th January Dear Parents, Caregivers and Whānua, There are exciting times ahead. Come Tuesday the 1st of February we will enter another interesting year for education and for our whole community. I have waited to send information about how we will be starting the year until we have the

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Covid Update: Online school/ Homepacks

Afternoon everyone. The weather sure does lift the spirits in these difficult times. 

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Information for this coming week:

Delivery of hard packs and devices will happen for those who have requested them during Monday. Teachers have been actively sorted resources to get into homes over the weekend. We have been able to deliver some devices over the weekend and will try getting them out to all those who requested by tomorrow. This will either be in letterboxes on dropped on doorsteps. 

Online learning and scheduled lessons/ google meets will continue so please check seesaw or student’s emails. (If students have forgotten passwords please email principal@southmak.school.nz to get a new password)

Production: We will postpone this to the best possible next dates which I think might be week 8 
13th-17th September depending on availability. We will continue to adapt to make sure the students get the chance to showcase what they have worked so hard on.
 
Snow Trip: Will continue ass planned with a decision made by Friday this week. 
 
Facebook videos: We will add daily Facebook videos for those interested.
 
Thank you to all our essential worker families for what you are doing in this difficult time. 

 

 

Lockdown day 2: We’ve got this! Please complete the form if you have not already.

Thank you to all those who have completed the google form about the need for devices or hardpacks. 

Hopefully day two has gone well and I know many students have engaged with their peers and teachers already which is amazing to see.

If you have not yet completed can you please do this ASAP as it will help us with planning for distribution of devices if this is needed. I will be working with staff on how we do this if we have an extended time at home.

We will be in touch tomorrow with our plans and another information as it comes to hand.

School Closed due to Covid restrictions

Evening Whanau,

Obviously, we are all sitting absorbing this evening’s  Governments announcements. School is Closed for the next three days. Staff will be making contact via seesaw, google classroom or direct phone calls. 

We are able to pivot quickly and will have online learning getting underway as soon as practical.

 

Please get in touch if you have any queries. 

principal@southmak.school.nz