COVID-19 update 19th August 2020 ​ ​ Some reminders to all of our school families and whanau As you are aware, the Level 3 lockdown restrictions in Auckland will be in force until 11.59pm Wednesday 26th August, which includes 8 school days. Cabinet will review this decision on Friday 21st August and formally consider Alert Levels on Monday 24th August. Hopefully it will be a short, sharp lockdown. We have an amazing community, so working together and supporting each other, we will get through this once again. If anyone requires additional support please contact the school or your child/ren’s teacher. MOE support with television and radio: Home Learning TV | Papa Kāinga TV will be back on Monday 17 August to support learning for children aged 2-to-11 years while Auckland remains in Alert Level 3. Home Learning TV | Papa Kāinga TV will take over TVNZ DUKE's daytime schedule 9am to 1pm on weekdays. Programming for younger children includes the popular Karen’s House at 9am, followed by programmes for children aged 5 to 7, including junior movement with the Dingle Foundation and junior science and maths with Suzy Cato. DUKE is available on Freeview channel 13, Sky and Vodafone TV channel 23. It can be live streamed on the TVNZ website, www.tvnz.co.nz. Content will be ​ ​ available for catch up viewing on TVNZ OnDemand. Important On-line Safety Message from MOE, N4L, Netsafe NZ Firstly, we hope your wider school community is safe and well as we navigate our restricted world again. We wanted to take this opportunity to remind you that our free safety filter is available to help protect ākonga from the worst of the web while they are learning from home. FREE N4L safety filter for all students: Parents can set up the filter on their child's learning devices from home. Clear instructions on how to do this can be found at switchonsafety.co.nz. ​ The free N4L safety filter (by global cyber-security leader, Akamai) blocks websites containing known cyber threats like phishing scams, malicious content and viruses, while also protecting children from content inappropriate for young eyes (like adult sites). Please remember that technology is not a silver bullet and the filter is best used in combination with Netsafe's online parent safety toolkit. ​ Ngā mihi, The Ministry of Education, N4L and Netsafe (Your Online Safety Team) ​ Please keep connected with us, as you have been doing. We look forward to seeing everyone in person very soon. Kia Kaha. Ngā mihi nui Megan Allen and the team at Awhitu District School [email protected] .