St Bernadette's School Newsletter
13th September 2022
Newsletter a day early
No more masks - for now!
You’ll be aware that New Zealand will move to a new, long-term approach to COVID-19. These changes have been made based on public health advice and reflect high levels of immunity and declining case numbers across New Zealand.
This new approach will only result in minor changes to the way we operate.
The very positive news is that household contacts of a person with COVID-19 do not need to isolate, but instead are asked to complete a RAT test each day, for five days. Therefore, ākonga who are household contacts but test negative and do not have COVID-19 symptoms, should continue to attend. It is the best place for them to be so they can be engaged in their learning, and connected with their teachers, classmates and friends.
Information on how to get RAT kits can be found here: Request a RAT– Ministry of Health
Mask wearing is no longer required.
All the other recommended public health measures will stay in place as we know they reduce the spread of infectious illnesses including COVID-19. These include ensuring our indoor spaces are well-ventilated, maintaining good hand hygiene, encouraging everyone to cough or sneeze into elbows and, most importantly, staying home and getting tested if they have COVID-19 symptoms.
Thank you for your ongoing support in protecting our community.
Hutt Fest Tickets- Tuesday 27th September
Public Holiday
School Photos
Attendance dues
Please do not let attendance dues be a stress for you and your family. Regular payments are the best way to go but if at anytime you are worried about attendance dues - please come and see me. I can help.
If you would prefer you can talk to Barbara at the Parish or the attendance dues office directly
Phone: 0800 462 725 Email: dues@wn.catholic.org.nz Text: 021 08907902
New Newsletter, website and app
It is great to see more and more people using the app. We are now up to 103 users. This is especially handy for us to communicate up to date information to you and you letting us know about absences or sending messages through. Our app will improve and grow in time as we put more and more on it, it will become more and more useful.
To get the app on your device go to the app store. Search "SchoolAppsNZ" and download the app onto your device. Then search St Bernadette's School in that app.
Contact Us
Email: admin@stbs.school.nz
Website: www.stbs.school.nz
Location: 190 Naenae Road, Naenae, Lower Hutt 5011, New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 567 8056
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbs.naenae