Kia ora and greetings to all
I am absolutely loving the videos and writing coming through from our tamariki. I watched Blake Harkness do a drifting tutorial (Ken Block look out), Miller Mohan made a perfect 'egg window' for his mum's lunch as well as many other special snippets. Perhaps someone could do a bike wheelstand tutorial, I can't seem to do them anymore.
Not the best news to hear that we have an extended time at Level 4 in Auckland. At the very least we will be operating at level 4 until the review takes place on the 13th of September. If there was a reduction to Alert level 3 the Ministry of Education has provided the following guidance for schools and families:
At Alert Level 3, children should only go to school if their parents are required to work and there is no other care option available at home. Ultimately, schools, for the most part, do remain closed except for those workers where there are no other options available for the care of their children.
From the intial MOE guidance outlining Alert Level 3 health and safety measures for schools it appears that things will be a lot tighter due to the highly transmissable nature of the delta variant.
I had to back track with the reward element of theTamarki o te ra / Child of the day programme running in our house. A little bit of friction was created in our household and it appeared that my eldest two children were setting up their younger brother for a bit of a fall in order to get the reward. So the whistle blowing has stopped and we only use the concept to reflect on our day now.
Calf Club as indicated in last week's newsletter, will go ahead all dependent on a workable reduction of alert levels. Planning is underway and provisions have been made for it to be run over several days very early in term 4 e.g. Dogs on a Wednesday, lambs and goats on Thursday and calves on Friday. Anyhow, the plans are far from firm at this stage. But it is just to give you an indication of where our thinking is at.
Safe TV viewing for students in Alert Levels 3 and 4. More time at home can see young people watching more TV, and potentially watching outside their normal viewing hours – which can increase the risk they will encounter unsuitable viewing. Tools are available to help parents protect students from TV content that may harm them. A practical guide to the latest tools (including parental locks, classifications, advisories, warnings and timebands) plus an informative video from Jordan ‘How to DAD’ Watson is available at safeviewing.co.nz.
I am pleased to note that the Patumahoe staff are in good spirits despite all that is going on. We had a Google MEET on Monday night and Mr Williams came up with a great idea to run a staff TRIVIA night this Friday. It is sure to be a fun way to end the week.
Have a great rest of the week. Get outside and get some exercise. The Hunters Road- Woodhouse 6km loop is an excellent short run/ walk. Especially if you start at the Hunters Road end.
Mr Tawhiti
