I am aware that rumours started to circulate in the community that one of our students may have contracted COVID 19. These rumours are false, however a student did go home yesterday (Friday) after lunch as he was feeling sick and as a precaution went for a test which returned negative today.
School resumes as normal on Monday and I reinforce the well known safety tips which will keep us all safe:
– stay home if you are unwell
– sneeze or cough into your elbow (should you be at school……?)
– wash your hands
– minimise contact with other people and do not share personal items
The Ministry of Health has reminded us that face masks may be worn at school but are not required.
Over Waitangi weekend, Ella Ma’afu-Poi (8W2) was representing Auckland in the Under 13 Auckland (White) Team. She was awarded Best and Fairest Girl at the Rookie Sox Softball Tournament held in Albany which had teams from around New Zealand.Congratulations Ella on your community achievement.
MHJC would like to celebrate our students’ community achievements.If your son or daughter has an outstanding community achievement, please share the news with your child’s Whānau Admin Assistant.
Video resources are available from The Revolution Tour, thanks to funding from the Ministry of Social Development, it has developed 6 short talks that support young people’s mental health.
On Friday 12th February, students and staff from Water Whānau travelled to the Panmure Pools for a start of year celebration. Students spent time strengthening relationships, building water confidence, and having fun.
Just a brief welcome message from me to our new and returning staff and students. I trust this year will be a fulfilling one for you all as you continue your journey of growing your greatness.
Hopefully we will be able to follow a normal start up to the year with Admin Day on Tuesday 2nd February. Should the lockdown levels change, owing to COVID, I will inform you as soon as possible by email, web site and facebook.
This message from the Ministry of Education is particularly relevant as we must remain vigilant and follow the regular reminders we received last year:
We continue to have a large amount of control over how we can prevent the spread of COVID.
For our school we will:
display QR code posters for the NZ COVID Tracer App
keep our visitor register, attendance register and timetables up to date
be monitoring for illness and asking anyone who is unwell to remain at home, or to go home
encourage people with relevant symptoms to seek medical advice through Health Line or their GP and get tested for COVID if recommended to do so
reinforce the importance of good hand washing and drying
reinforce good cough and sneeze etiquette
we will continue to regularly clean all parts of our school.
Best wishes to you all.
Nga mihi
Ian Morrison
Principal
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