Newsflash

Hi Parents and whānau.

We hope you have all had a relaxing weekend. We are looking forward to another week of having all our kids back on-site learning. Thank you for helping us to return all our devices so quickly so our kids can use them this week.

Just a heads up on two things for the start of the week.

The Orchards development across the road is going to be working on their main driveway into their facility for the next fortnight. If you are dropping kids off on Reading Street please only use the school side and not the other side by the houses or their construction area. If you are parking and coming in, we suggest that you park on East Street during this time where possible.

Remember we are in Alert Level 2 and we all need to follow the Health and Safety restrictions. Please make sure that you look at the summary below so you know what you need to do. We appreciate all your help and support to keep us all safe.

See you tomorrow!

September 2021 Alert Level 2 at Greytown School.pdf

Hi everyone

We are looking forward to all our children being back on site for learning tomorrow. Yah!! I know there are many kids who are excited to see all their friends again.

Parents remember to check the notice sent out yesterday about Level 2. If you can not find it it is on our Facebook and website too.

Kids…. It is time to get out your uniforms and shoes (make sure they are clean and ready to go), pack your bag with your drink bottle and lunchbox (pack a little bit more as you are used to snacking at home), get ready to go to bed early…and if you have a school device then put it beside your bag ready to bring back to school with its charger.

In the morning

– Year 7/8’s take your device and charger to your class and your teacher will sign you off our list.

– Year 0-6’s bring your iPads and Chromebooks to the library from 8.30 onwards and give them to Mr Preston, Mrs Hopkins or I so we can sign them off, clean them and return them back to the right place or others to use.

Parents:  If your child is not able to use hand sanitiser parents can send them to school with their own hypoallergenic soap to use in a plastic bag.

See you tomorrow!

A few parents have asked us about parents who need to come onsite “Do I need to wear a mask?”. The Ministry of Education advisor has said via email to this question “Face masks are not compulsory on school site however we encourage people to wear them when possible. Tracing, the physical distancing of 2m away from others and hygiene practices when entering and exiting are compulsory”

Hi Everyone
Firstly a big thank you to all our families for all their support and hard work during Alert levels 3 and 4. We are looking forward to seeing our whole school back on-site on Thursday 9th September.
Please read the following information carefully so you know what the rules/Health restrictions are for Alert Level 2 and what is happening for learning tomorrow as we prepare our school site.
Thanks
Patrice O’Connor

Level 2 Coronavirus update Tuesday 7th September 2021.pdf

Hi everyone
Many of you will have watched the update and heard that Jacinda Adern has announced that schools will be open again this Thursday 9th September in Alert Level 2. This is exciting news and we are looking forward to having all our kids and staff back on-site learning together again.
Until then only our bubble classes will continue to learn on-site on Tuesday and Wednesday. Our other children who are off-site will remain learning at home.
At present, I am waiting for the latest Ministry of Education update before giving you detailed information on what this will look like eg: restrictions for parents/whānau on-site, advice around mask wearing, size of grouping for playtimes etc
Once I have this information I will send it out to you (this will most likely be tomorrow morning).
Until then we continue to appreciate all your support and look forward to seeing all our children back on site on Thursday.
Thanks
Patrice O’Connor