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COVID Alert Level 2 – From 6pm tonight until midnight Sunday

From 6pm tonight we are back in Alert level 2. This means at Sacred Heart School the following will be in place:

·       Only come into school if it is necessary. You MUST come through the office and sign in.

·       Tui parents can come in but must sign in the Tui register.

·       Please drop your children outside the gate and pick them up from outside the gate.  Junior children will come out slightly earlier to the gate.

·        Everyone is to come in the main gate

·       Children will be reminded of their “Moist breath zone” and to keep their personal hygiene practices going.

·       All children MUST have their own named drink bottle

We encourage you to keep using the Covid19 QR code when you come into school as this will help with contact tracing should it become necessary.

Please download our School App and the HERO app and please read any messages we send you.

Advice and Guidance received from the Ministry of Education today:

All of Wellington region
Alert Level 2 applies from 6pm tonight.

At Alert Level 2 it is safe for all students, children and staff to attend school and early learning. There will be appropriate precautions in place.
 
Children and staff who are at higher-risk of severe illness are encouraged to take additional precautions when leaving home.
 
Please be alert to illness and ask anyone who is presenting as unwell to go home, or ask parents and caregivers to come and pick the child up.
 
Messaging about good hand hygiene and cough and sneeze etiquette to be reinforced.
 
Soap and water is very appropriate for washing hands, particularly if hand sanitiser stocks are low.
 
For schools, children, young people and staff should be far enough away from each other so that they are not breathing on or touching each other, coupled with good hygiene practices and regular cleaning of commonly touched surfaces. There does not need to be a specific measurement but where practicable and reasonable 1 metre can be used as a guide, particularly between adults.
 
In early learning there does not need to be a measurable physical distance between children/ tamariki or children/tamariki and staff.  However adults should where practicable use 1 metre as a guide between themselves and other adults.
 
Physical distancing of 2 metres is recommended for parents and caregivers, from people they don’t know (to align with public health measures outside the school grounds).
 
School hostels will continue to operate for those boarders who are unable to safely return home. See the Alert Level 2 guidance for hostels as a reminder of what is required.
 
Support your community by displaying the QR code posters for the NZ COVID Tracer App.

 
Masks
Masks are not required at schools and early learning services at Alert levels 2 and 3.

Paid Union Meeting tomorrow Tuesday 22nd June

Unless you have requested supervision for your children tomorrow afternoon please ensure they are collected at 12.50pm.

Thank you

Reminders Week 8

We would like to remind you of some important thngs this week:

Tuesday 22nd June the teachers will be attending a Paid Union Meeting in the afternoon. Children who are able to go home will leave at 12.50pm. If you require supervision for your child you SHOULD have returned a slip letting us know this. We must know where all children are on Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday 22nd June – Book Club closes. No late orders will be accepted and please check that you have ordered the correct book with the correct catalogue number.

Thursday 24th June-School Photos You have received an order envelope for Class and Individual photographs with the last newsletter. If you require a sibling group photograph, please see Anna in reception to collect a separate envelope. All orders must be returned before photo day.

Ordering and payment information is printed on the envelope. Payment can be made online at http://www.lcscott.co.nz (Please do not make payment into the school bank account.)Please note all students present on photo day will be included in class photographs and photographed individually regardless of whether they have returned payment envelopes.

Thursday 24th June– Parent Meeting Confirmation 7pm. Children do not need to attend but at least one parent must attend.

Have a great week

Interzone Cross Country is on today.

Paid Union Meeting

A reminder that if your children require supervision next  Tuesday 22nd June, for the afternoon while the teachers attend their paid union meeting you MUST return the response slip by this Wednesday 16th June. This notice came home last week.

Children will go home at lunchtime on that day unless they are staying at school.

The Building Families of Faith Programme has been postponed and will be held later in the year. It will not go ahead this Thursday.

TEACHER ONLY DAY

Friday 4th June is a Teacher Only Day. Please make other arrangements for your children on that day as there will be no supervision provided at school. This is one of the Teacher Only Days we were given by the Ministry of Education and we will be working on Assessment using the PACT Tool.

At this stage the SWZ Cross Country will go ahead tomorrow.

 If this changes they will let us know at 7am tomorrow morning and we will pass this on to you as soon as we know if the event will not go ahead.

The cancellation date is Thursday 27th May.

Junior Cross Country

Could all Junior classes wear PE uniform to school tomorrow Friday 21st May. The Junior teachers will run the planned activiteies from the cancelled cross country. This will begin at 9.30am at the Petone Rec – weather and ground conditions permitting.

Cross Country is cancelled today.

The grounds are too wet, causing safety concerns.

Cross Country cancelled tomorrow.

Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow and the state of the grounds we have decided to cancel the cross country tomorrow. We will select a team for SWZ based on times from practice runs.

Newsletter 12 May 2021

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The Whanau Support Group ” Kai and Korero” has been postponed from tomorrow night to later in the term.

If your child (Years 3-8) would like to be part of Artsplash this year, permission slips are due back by this Friday 16 April.

Netball Fees Due: If you have not paid your netball fees ($52.00) per player could you please pay these by this Friday 16th April?

Fees must be paid before anyone plays a game. Thank you to everyone who has paid these fees. If you are unsure if you have not paid you were sent a reminder invoice last week.

Newsletter Wednesday 7 April

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Thanks so much for coming along to our Easter Play. We are immensely proud of every student!

Thanks to our wider families and whanau- Grandparents, friends and other family for your support.

We look forward to a relaxing Easter and the opportunity to celebrate as a faith community this year, as we were unable to do last year.

We encourage you to take your children to the Easter ceremonies in the Parish, as they are very simple and very beautiful. The timetable is below:

Holy Thursday – Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7.30pm

Good Friday- Ceremony of the Lord’s Passion 3pm

 Easter Saturday – Easter Vigil 7.30pm

Easter Sunday- One Mass only at 9.30am

Don’t forget clocks go back an hour this Sunday morning at 2am and don’t eat too much chocolate!

We look forward to seeing you all back at 9am on Wednesday 7th April.

With every best wish for a blessed and holy Easter full of the joy of the Risen Christ!

Happy Easter

Tomorrow Wednesday 31st March we will present our Easter Play in the church at 1.45pm. Everyone is welcome to join us for this celebration.

 Students may wear their Easter Play costumes to school tomorrow with their school jersey.

FOSH holiday programme. Book now for our school holiday programme. Details in last week’s newsletter