COVID19 – South Mākirikiri School

Update on Covid @ South Mak

March 16, 2022 by southmakgallan

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 tested positive this evening. We have been in contact with the class directly and ask you all to stay extra vigilant for the symptoms of Covid.

These include:
o A new or worsening cough
o Sneezing and runny nose
o A fever
o Temporary loss of smell or altered sense of taste
o Sore throat
o Shortness of breath

If any develop, get tested immediately, then, stay at home until you receive the result.

This is a tough time for everyone, either going through isolation or for the many of us waiting to see if we also are impacted by Covid. We thank you for working with us and hope we get back to normality as soon as possible.

South Makirikiri School

Thank you everyone for keeping us informed.

March 15, 2022 by southmakgallan

Covid Update Tuesday 15th March: Thank you so much to those who are informing us when students return the POSITIVE Covid test. We definitely are seeing more students testing positive and know this adds huge pressure at home. We also know those having to isolate as families are being creative in making either the 10 or now 7 days pass as smoothly as possible.

Today we received a huge supply of facemasks which we available in all classes if students require them.

The Office will continue to be closed during the week and if you need to make contact please leave a message, email or ring directly to my cell phone.

I really want to acknowledge the way all our staff no matter what role they are fulfilling are putting the learning of our learners first. We know we will continue to have disruptions with staff being affected by Covid and really celebrate the way students are being able to adapt to these challenges.
We are working through getting learning packs out to families and know there is class learning getting out via email, seesaw, and google classrooms.

We really appreciate all the offers from our community to pick up areas that we may need support in. It is amazing to receive emails or phone calls asking how you can support us as a School.

Regards

Greg Allan

Monday 14th March

March 14, 2022 by southmakgallan

We really appreciate all the amazing work you aere all haivng to do on the fly. We had approximately 40% of the school away today with a range of sickness, family isolating or because of contracting Covid. We also have been impacted by staff having to isolate and as a result Room 6 students who attended school worked alongside Room 1. We hope all those working through isolation and Covid infections a speedy recovery.

As indicated in previous newsletters we will move to a hybrid learning platform if the need arises. Currently we can manage all students attending school and all the teachers, that can be onsite are prepared to continue with their learning programmes. Just like you, we are reacting as best we cqn for the changing situations.

We do have access to some hard packs and I know class teachers are providing access to learning through Seesaw and google classroom.

For the next few days the office will be closed and we ask that all queries are send to office@southmak.school.nz or phoned in.

We look forward to seeing everyone back on deck as soon as practical.

Useful links for managing Covid isolation timeframes.

March 13, 2022 by southmakgallan

https://howlongtoisolate.co.nz

Covid update Sunday 13th March.

March 13, 2022 by southmakgallan

Afternoon Everyone,

I would just like to keep you updated with how South Makirikiri School is going regarding Covid and the new guidelines that have just been issued.

Firstly:
We now have a number of students along with families having tested positive for COVID this is now both through within school transmission and outside of school contacts. Many families are having to isolate as household contacts and we appreciate your cooperation with making this woirk the best you can.

As of today we now have one staff member isolating. This will start to impact on classes and how we manage students learning. If there are lower class numbers we will merge classes to manage the learnig prohgrammes. School will continue to function as normal as possible with learning accuring in all classes.

As a reminder to all Parents and Caregivers, please watch for symptoms of COVID-19. These include:
o A new or worsening cough
o Sneezing and runny nose
o A fever
o Temporary loss of smell or altered sense of taste
o Sore throat
o Shortness of breath

If any develop, get tested immediately, then, stay at home until you receive the result. If you are unsure about isolation requirements.

Please can we encourage you to call the office if your child is absent so that we know whether it is COVID related. In addition to this if you are at home isolating then please let us know if any students test positive. We are keeping a spreadsheet here at school and so would like to know when peoples Day 0 is in terms of them returning to school.

I would like to say a huge thank you to you all for the wonderful way that you are all dealing with this. We appreciate you keeping your child at home with a cough or a sneeze even when we know it isn’t COVID. We are very fortunate here – many schools seem riddled with it – yet we are not, and that is down to you and the way you are managing your households.
THANK YOU.

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