Kia ora whanau, Our kinds thanks to you for following our new morning and pick up processes. Please read Sandy's email this evening which provides further clarity.
Here are our gorgeous kids enjoying time back together:
Thank you all so much for getting the children so well prepared for school today! We could absolutely see the work that you had done, when the children arrived this morning and were able to transition so successfully into school!
Thank you all for understanding the need to stay off the school site. The drop-off this morning worked very well
End of Day Pick-up:
The end of the day pick-up was always going to be the trickier time, with 476 children all leaving at 3pm.
Today we had the children from Koru and Kahikatea teams coming out to the gate at 2:45pm. This was a partial success, however, some of you ended up having to wait another 15 mins for your older children to come out.
From tomorrow, at 2:45pm, the teachers will ONLY bring out the Koru and Kahikatea children who do NOT have older siblings in Kōwhai, Pōhutukawa or Kauri. They will bring them to the Sandwich Road main entrance.
The children who have older siblings in the school will WAIT in their hub with a teacher, until 3pm, and they will be brought out then.
This will mean that those of you with older children and young children can just arrive at 3pm as usual. This will also mean that the younger children and their parents can move away from the front gate, before the rest of the school start to come out.
Here is a link to a survey re Winter Sports for our Pōhutukawa learners. We are still firming up what our options however it would be very helpful to get an indication of what support you may be able to offer. We would greatly appreciate it if you could complete the survey as soon as possible.
Level 2 information for students. Please view this with your child before Monday.
Level 2 information for parents:
High School Information:
At this time of each year, we start to get information from high schools for our Year 8 students and their families. We will pass this information on to you as we receive it.
Hagley College
Please note that due to the Covid-19 crisis, and in line with all Christchurch secondary schools, we will be unable to hold an open evening for prospective Year 9 students in Term 2.
We are still very happy to provide information about Hagley for 2021 to all interested parents, caregivers and students.
Our 2021 Junior College Lookbook is now available on our website at https://www.hagley.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2021_Junior_Prospectus-web.pdf.
Families are also welcome to contact Suzanne Waters (Director of Students) with any questions about learning in Year 9 at suzanne.waters@staff.hagley.school.nz.
To request an enrolment pack, or for any other enquiries, parents/caregivers should contact lisa.amer@staff.hagley.school.nz.
We are very excited to see you on Monday. The teachers have been busy at work for the last two days preparing our hub for you to come in, making sure it is nice and clean for us all.
If you haven't had a chance to look at the video with some information about coming back, watch it now - it has lots of important things for you to remember. You may want to make it full screen to see it best.
Parents: here is a video with information for you about pick up and drop off.
Some things to note for coming back to school:
Drink bottles - The students will need to bring their drink bottles in each day and take them home at the end of the day. Please make sure these are named clearly with a permanent marker. The drinking fountains are all closed. If your child does not bring their drink bottle in, you will get a phone call from Jacky requesting you bring a drink bottle in.
Skateboards - your child can ride a skateboard to school but it needs to be put in the bike and scooter area on Sandwich Road. It will be locked away throughout the day.
Sanitiser - your children will be sanitising their hands every time they enter a space and exit a space. If your child has skin allergies and cannot use sanitiser, please contact your child's homeroom teacher and they can discuss this with you.
Borrowed Chromebooks - if you borrowed a Chromebook, please return it on Monday to the library verandah. Someone will be there to collect it.
That's all for now!
Have a lovely weekend and we cannot wait to see you on Monday.
