DUE TO COVID-19 ANDERSON'S BAY SCHOOL IS CLOSED Dear Parents/Caregivers and Whānau We have now been advised that schools are closed from today onwards. This means that Anderson’s Bay School will not reopen for general instruction, at this stage. There is provision for supervision of children of essential core-workers up until midnight on Wednesday. This will of course mean that we need to make the appropriate arrangements to cater for these students, which will include the requirement to ensure that we have appropriate staffing, spaces and activities in place. If you are an essential core-worker, that this applies to, and require your child to be at school please contact me directly on principal@andybay.ac.nz as soon as possible so that I am able to make the appropriate arrangements. The coming weeks are going to be very difficult and challenging for everyone, please exercise care and patience and in the Prime Ministers words “Be Kind”. Over the coming days I will be sending you additional information regarding home learning for your children and our teaching staff will be implementing aspects of this through digital sources. However, it is important to understand that home learning is not a replication of the school environment and in the first instance we need to take a moment to digest what is happening across our country, ensure that our families are safe and secure and then look to how we tackle this in a sustained manner. As I receive further information from our Ministry of Education I will, of course, be sending this through, to our community and whanau, so that you have direct access to the most up to date information. From here, please allow us the time to implement the plans that we have in place, to support you and your children, in their learning. Our thoughts are with you all as we move forward in unprecedented and challenging days. Ngā mihi nui Hamish McDonald PRINCIPAL