Level 2 COVID-19 update
Kia ora koutou
Alert Level 2 – Wellington region
Alert Level 2 applies from 6pm tonight until 11.59pm on Sunday, 27 June.
1. Schools are open to everyone.
At Alert Level 2 the disease is contained but there is still risk of community transmission. It is safe for children and staff to attend school and for school hostels to be operating as there will be appropriate measures in place, including for children and staff vulnerable to severe illness.
2. Schools are not classified as gatherings and a range of events and activities can go ahead.
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, as soon as your event or activity brings people onsite who are not there for education purposes, including students, parents and caregivers, then the rules for gatherings do apply. This would include performances such as school plays, cultural events and sporting activities.
3. Learning will be onsite with distance learning offered in some circumstances.
Distance learning should be provided for those required to self-isolate, those individuals who health authorities have asked to stay away while waiting for a test result, or those choosing to remain at home because they are vulnerable to illness.
4. Schools will close for cleaning and contact tracing if there is a confirmed case who was infectious when at school.
Our Director of Education will work closely with us and health authorities should this occur. We will contact our Ministry regional office if we hear of a confirmed case in our school community but haven’t been advised about it by health officials.
5. Face coverings are not required at school or on any school transport.
This includes charter buses hired by the school to transport students and staff. Anyone who chooses to wear a face covering in any setting should be supported to do so.
Face coverings must be worn on public transport and are encouraged to be worn when waiting for public transport and in taxis and rideshare services. If you are in Wellington also consider wearing a face covering when interacting with people you don’t know and where physical distancing is not possible.
6. Sick people must stay at home.
They should seek medical advice if they have COVID-like symptoms, including aches and pains and get tested if advised to do so. If that person displays relevant symptoms of COVID-19, tests positive for COVID-19, or has been in close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19, they must self-isolate.
7. We have a contact tracing system in place.
This includes displaying QR code posters at our entrances, attendance register and visitor register. Visitors(including tradespeople) are required to sign in at the school office on their arrival.
8. Fundamental public health measures continue to apply at every alert level:
Some events may need to be cancelled or postponed when we are at Alert Level 2. Inter-regional travel is possible but only where you are confident the appropriate measures will be in place at the host venue, including requirements for gatherings.
Get your information from good sources
- The Ministry of Education also has information for parents, caregivers and whānau at: https://parents.education.govt.nz/essential-information/covid-19-information-for-parents-and-whanau/
- The Government’s Unite against COVID-19 website is the main website to go to get great advice at: https://covid19.govt.nz/
If we follow these practices we will help protect ourselves, our whānau and our whakapapa.
Ngā mihi
Kia ora koutou
Alert Level 2 – Wellington region
Alert Level 2 applies from 6pm tonight until 11.59pm on Sunday, 27 June.
1. Schools are open to everyone.
At Alert Level 2 the disease is contained but there is still risk of community transmission. It is safe for children and staff to attend school and for school hostels to be operating as there will be appropriate measures in place, including for children and staff vulnerable to severe illness.
2. Schools are not classified as gatherings and a range of events and activities can go ahead.
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, as soon as your event or activity brings people onsite who are not there for education purposes, including students, parents and caregivers, then the rules for gatherings do apply. This would include performances such as school plays, cultural events and sporting activities.
3. Learning will be onsite with distance learning offered in some circumstances.
Distance learning should be provided for those required to self-isolate, those individuals who health authorities have asked to stay away while waiting for a test result, or those choosing to remain at home because they are vulnerable to illness.
4. Schools will close for cleaning and contact tracing if there is a confirmed case who was infectious when at school.
Our Director of Education will work closely with us and health authorities should this occur. We will contact our Ministry regional office if we hear of a confirmed case in our school community but haven’t been advised about it by health officials.
5. Face coverings are not required at school or on any school transport.
This includes charter buses hired by the school to transport students and staff. Anyone who chooses to wear a face covering in any setting should be supported to do so.
Face coverings must be worn on public transport and are encouraged to be worn when waiting for public transport and in taxis and rideshare services. If you are in Wellington also consider wearing a face covering when interacting with people you don’t know and where physical distancing is not possible.
6. Sick people must stay at home.
They should seek medical advice if they have COVID-like symptoms, including aches and pains and get tested if advised to do so. If that person displays relevant symptoms of COVID-19, tests positive for COVID-19, or has been in close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19, they must self-isolate.
7. We have a contact tracing system in place.
This includes displaying QR code posters at our entrances, attendance register and visitor register. Visitors(including tradespeople) are required to sign in at the school office on their arrival.
8. Fundamental public health measures continue to apply at every alert level:
- Physical distancing (not touching and not breathing on each other at Alert Level 2)
- Hand hygiene
- Cough and sneeze etiquette
- Regularly cleaning and disinfecting high touch surfaces.
Some events may need to be cancelled or postponed when we are at Alert Level 2. Inter-regional travel is possible but only where you are confident the appropriate measures will be in place at the host venue, including requirements for gatherings.
Get your information from good sources
- The Ministry of Education also has information for parents, caregivers and whānau at: https://parents.education.govt.nz/essential-information/covid-19-information-for-parents-and-whanau/
- The Government’s Unite against COVID-19 website is the main website to go to get great advice at: https://covid19.govt.nz/
If we follow these practices we will help protect ourselves, our whānau and our whakapapa.
Ngā mihi