Introduction

Eduction Plan for Schooling under Alert Level Two

Click here for our Alert Level 2 Procedures

Click here for a full explanation of our Alert level 2 Education Plan

A summary of the DRAFT Education Plan for Schooling under Alert Level 2 is explained in these bullet points.

Waikanae School will be ‘open for business’ but not as per usual.
All staff will be at work except for thosedesignated as having and/or
1. an underlying medical condition
2. a compromised immune system
3. those aged over 70 who choose to stay at home
4. those who provide ‘day to day’ care for a person with one or more of the above
All students will be at school except for those with compromised immune systems.
Social Distance rules will apply
Waikanae School will no longer be offering comprehensive Home/Distance/Online Learning Programmes.

Click here to be taken to an Analysis and Summary Report of our first Parent Survey regarding our Home/Distance/Online Programmes

Kia Ora Waikanae School Whanau... a short clip from us to you!!

Our home is now our classroom...

(Thanks & acknowledgements to Rachel Parkinson)

This is our ONE STOP SHOP for dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic. You should overtime (under continual development) find all the information that you will need in this section of our website.

I hope this finds you well as we head into our fourth week of lockdown. I know many of you will be wanting to know what learning will look like moving forward. Outlines (by syndicate) for the first eight school days of distance learning starting on Wednesday 15 April through until the proposed end of the Level 4 Lockdown on Tuesday 28 April can be seen in the menus to the left.

In my opinion, (personal) I cannot see our school returning to onsite classes at the end of this period. It looks and sounds like the MoE is preparing for a protracted period of school closures. So we are preparing for that too. I will give you more information on the home/online distance learning option for post-April 28 should the need arise closer to this date

REMINDERS

PLEASE DO THESE THINGS

Do focus on emotional well-being. Find time to laugh and keep things light and positive.

Do fun, low-key activities with your kids: Read to your child, play games, do puzzles, draw or bake a cake.
Get kids out in the backyard for fresh air and exercise
Have lots of discussions with your child - oral language is excellent for brain development
Try to balance device time with hands-on tasks and physical activity
Find ways for kids to keep in touch with friends, e.g. phone calls, skype, share photos of what they’ve been up to etc
Reach out if you are feeling stressed, e.g. email your child’s teacher, email me, talk to a friend, call a helpline

PLEASE DO NOT THESE THINGS

Do not sit your child down between 9 am and 3 pm and try to recreate daily life at school. Doing this is likely to stress you and your children out.
Do not feel the need to complete every single task your child’s teacher sets. We will only be offering a range of things to select from.
Do not worry about your child’s learning progress. All NZ kids are in the same situation, and they will be ok.

It is my expectation that not a lot of online/home learning will occur in the next three days (March 25,26 and 27). Your teachers are humans too. They need time to come grips with the situation that we are all dealing with, just the same as all other families. Some staff have highly compromised family members and they are busy trying to sort ‘care issues’ for their families. Furthermore, many of our teachers come from other regions and they are desperately trying to get home to their loved ones.

So, parents and students please be kind and have patience with your teachers. I have no doubt we will end up running quality home/online programmes but it will not happen instantaneously.

SOME BASIC RULES FOR HOME/ONLINE LEARNING…

Home/online learning hours will be 9.00 am to 3.00 pm on school days. Your teachers will only be available for during these times. This is the same as every school day. Do not expect your teachers to answer any emails sent outside of these hours, on the weekend or in the holidays. Please be reasonable. In extreme cases of ‘unreasonableness’, we reserve the right to block emails and lockout student accounts.

No home learning will be provided during the school holiday break. (28 March to 14 April inclusive)

For password or login issues….

Chromebook Logins only b.campbell@waikanae.school.nz

All other APPS your child’s classroom teacher

The first full-on day of home/online learning will be Wednesday 15 April

Click here for Education Plan for Schooling Under Alert Level 3

Click here for our Home Distance Learning Plans. ( Updated 11 April)

Click here for Home TV - Papa Kainga TV Schedules

Click here for a free Internet filter for parents/whanau

Click here for Te Poutama Y7/8 Home Learning

Click here for Te Aramoana Y5/6 Home Learning

Click here for Te Rau o Te Rangi Y3/4 Home Learning

Click here for Te Waharua Y1/2 Home Learning

Click here for our Waikanae Portal Page. Some useful school-based links for learning.

Click here for our use of a School Chromebook for Home Learning Guidelines (Rules)

Click here for all of the updates that have been emailed home.

Click here for good resources to use to talk to your children.

Click here to be part of Flutracker.

Click here for an explanation of the symptoms and how to get help if you think you or your family members have COVID-19.

Click here for our Pandemic Action Plan. A summary of our plan amended for the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Click here for our Pandemic Plan (Full). A full Pandemic plan updated for the COVID-19 Pandemic in March 2020. (Acknowledgements to Craig Steed of Paraparaumu College)

Eduction Plan for Schooling under Alert Level Three

For our full Education Plan for Alert Level 3 click here.

A summary of the Education Plan for Schooling under Alert Level 3 is explained in four bullet points.

A skeleton crew of volunteers will staff Waikanae School. These people will provide childcare/ supervision (not teaching) for the minimal number of students expected to turn up during Alert Level 3.
Attending students will undertake their Home/Distance/Online Learning Programmes while at school.
These students will be ‘essential workers’ children for whom there are no other childcare options available.
Parents must complete the weekly Student Attendance Intentions Survey so that we know who will be attending. To be issued later this week. See School website for weekly links

Click here for the Alert Level 3 Procedures

COVID-19 Updates and Information