Kia ora koutou BDS whānau, Week 7, Term 1, 2022
Thank you to the families who have already registered for our virtual parent interviews. Our teachers are looking forward to connecting with you and sharing information about your child. If you still need to book in a time please see further details in the newsletter below.
We are very fortunate that we have had very few COVID positive cases at school. Since the beginning of the year we have only had a total of 16 cases. When we are informed of a positive COVID case in a classroom, we are continuing to notify the families of the students in that classroom. Please read below if you are wanting the recent information on the change from ten days to seven days from the Ministry of Health.
The rail on the pool has now been fixed and we look forward to another two weeks of swimming, making the most of this stunning weather.
Our wonderful PTA has raised enough funds for a turf area with games under our junior canopy. They also have some further great fundraising opportunities for us so that we can move ahead with other exciting opportunities to enhance our school for our tamariki. Take time to have a look at their latest newsletter. Thank you PTA.
Please do not hesitate to contact us or your class teacher if you have any queries. We are here to help. Have a great week.
Ngā mihi nui,
Vicki Parkins Principal vickip@botanydowns.school.nz
Mark Insley marki@botanydowns.school.nz
Joanne Hughson joanneh@botanydowns.school.nz
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Coming up @ BDS…
Wed 16 Mar – BOT meeting
Wed 23 Mar – Parent/teacher interviews (online)
Thurs 24 Mar – Parent/teacher interviews (online)
Thurs 14 Apr – Teacher Only Day
Thurs 14 Apr – Last day of Term 1
Fri 15 Apr – Good Friday (public holiday)
Mon 2 May – First day of Term 2
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Botany Best & Values Awards
Well done to the following children who will receive their awards on Friday:
Botany Best: Bailando Rongo, Aryan Karthick, Aaryan Verma, Liam Cho, Varya Govender, Archie Barson, Jessie Stirling, Jas Kaur, Emily Green, Connor Rudman, Claire Zhou, Isla Jones, Cameron Ellis, Louie Yu, Nixon Schwager, Daisy Yang, Tanique Bischoff, Isabella Venter, Russell Escalona, Dion Choi, Arissa Ezra Fesolai, Jay Kim, Amelia Klee & Felix Cao.
Values Award: Sion Nell, Finn O’Neill, Leo McKeen-Smith, Curtis Li, Mikaela Nagoorsamy, Elani Venter, Yara El Chami, Zoey Van Wyk, Ethan Ramos, Nikita Winterstein, Mika Nel, Wynand Bloem, Judi Tbakhi, Skyla Kretzmann, Young Xu, Connor Henderson, Joy Turner, Luke Liversage, Sienna Tye, Saket Andala, Ryder Lindgreen, Dhyan Patel & Sean Davey.
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Parent Interviews – Online
This term our Parent-Teacher Interviews will be held online on the dates and times below:
- Wednesday 23rd March 3.20pm to 5pm
- Thursday 24th March 3.20pm to 7.30pm
To book your interview, go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz click ‘Make A Booking’ and enter the event code 8cwhz to access the bookings. You will then need to follow the steps below:
- Enter your email address, name, phone number and student’s name.
- If you need to book for more than one student, change the ‘Book for x students’ setting and enter the other students name. When booking times for more than one student please leave a 10 minute gap to enable you time to join your next interview.
- On the next page, select the teachers you want to meet.
- You’ll then see a timetable showing when your chosen teachers are available. Click on the times that suit you.
- When you have finished, a confirmation email will be sent to you. You can return to the site and enter the event code above if you need to change or cancel your booking.
- If you have any questions about booking please contact our school office.
On the day and time of your Parent Interview you will need to:
- Connect by clicking ‘Join video-conference’, which is found on your confirmation email.
- Once the online video opens you will need to click ‘Ask to join’. This will put you in a waiting room and the teacher will then let you in for the interview.
- When you have finished your Parent Interview click the red phone icon to leave.
We ask that you please join your Parent Interview at your selected time as early arrivals may cause system errors.
Booking Code: 8cwhz
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BDS Learning and Fun
In Room 7, we read a book about the ocean called ‘What does the Tide Bring In?’ One thing the tide brought in was the ‘Jellyfish’ therefore we decided to make our own jellyfish!
In Room 11 we wrote our own Pepeha and decorated our Korowai with feathers.
Year 5 Team Building Activities – Due to our camp being postponed, the Year 5 teachers decided to hold team building activities over the week within our House Groups. The teams had to use their Botany BEST to win points over the week. The winning House was Hillary!
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EZ Lunch is Back!
We are pleased to advise that Ezlunch will start this week on Thursday 17th March. It will then be available for lunch ordering until the end of term on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
The menu available for Botany Downs can be viewed on the Ezlunch website, and is also attached to this newsletter.
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Changes to Isolation Requirements:
Ministry of Health
From 11:59pm Friday 11 March isolation requirements for positive cases of COVID-19 and their household contacts will be reduced from 10 to seven days.
This change has been made due to up-to-date public health advice: there is a decline in infectiousness of Omicron over time and in most cases, transmission occurs within seven days.
This reduction in the isolation period will ensure we maintain a balance between controlling the outbreak effectively and minimising the impacts of isolation requirements on people’s lives.
Evidence also shows that the risk of re-infection within the first three months after someone has had Omicron is very low. For this reason, recovered cases will no longer need to isolate again if they become a household contact within 90 days of having the virus. This has been extended from 28 days.
From 11.59pm Friday 11 March, all cases and household contacts who are currently isolating can end their period of isolation after Day 7. Those currently in isolation will not have to complete their Days 8, 9 and 10 of isolation.
Please see the information below for changes that will be in effect from Saturday 12 March.
Cases of COVID-1: Anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 will be required to isolate for seven days.
Day 0 is the day symptoms began or the day the test was taken (whichever came first). Cases will isolate for a full seven days and are free to return to normal activities on Day 8, if they are not symptomatic.
Household contacts: Household contacts are required to isolate for the same seven days as the case.
They can return to their normal activities on the same day as the first case in their household, so long as all test results have been negative, and they are not symptomatic.
Household contacts should continue to self-monitor for symptoms up to Day 10.
Household contacts will be required to take a self-administered rapid antigen test (RAT) on Day 3 and Day 7 of the case’s isolation period.
If symptoms develop at any time during isolation:
- the usual advice remains in place to undertake an additional RAT
- if the test is negative and symptoms persist or worsen, test again 48 hours after that negative test
- if symptoms resolve there is no need for a further test until the required Day 7 test. If this is negative, they can return to daily life on Day 8.
If a household contact has new symptoms on the day of release:
- they should undertake an additional RAT and stay at home while unwell
- if that test is negative and symptoms persist or worsen, test again after 48 hours. If symptoms resolve, there is no need for a further test.
If a household contact has finished their period of isolation they do not need to return to isolation if a new case is identified in their household. However, this only applies for a period of seven days following their leaving isolation.
Should a new household member be confirmed as a case eight or more days after the household contact has left isolation, then they must start a new period of self-isolation for seven days.
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 Room 12 practising alphabetical order in the library…
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Returning Library Books
Books are usually returned during the weekly class library visit.
If your child has not been at school but has overdue library books, these may be dropped off at the school office during school hours.
However, if you or your household are self-isolating, please hold on to the books until your isolation is complete.
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Holiday Soccer Development Camp
The HJ Elite Soccer Academy will be hosting a two week Holiday Soccer Development Camp at Rongomai Park Sports Complex, commencing on April 19- 29, 2022.
HJ Elite Academy is run by Horace James who is an Jamaican International footballer. Horace has played professional football in six countries and brings 20 years international experience to football in Auckland.
Limited spaces available, so enroll your child today!!!
To register click →: https://enrolmy.com/hj-elite-academy/book-now/35-April-Holiday-Soccer-Development-Camp—
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