Level 2 Information to families
Please click on the following link to view the letter which has been emailed home today.
2021 Level 2 letter for families
Orientation Packs will be emailed out at the end of December/beginning of January.
This email has all the information required to start the school year.
If you did not receive the email can you please contact the school via email: school.information@kirkwood.school.nz.
Please follow the link to view the Metro bus school services and timetables: Metro Bus Services
Dental Care during the School Holidays
The Community Dental Service will be providing dental care for children enrolled with our service during the upcoming school holidays. The clinics will offer treatment and relief of pain sessions by appointment only. To make an appointment please call/email our Contact Centre which operates between the hours of 8am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday throughout the holidays (closed between 25th December to 5th January).
The following Dental Clinics will be open during these school holidays:
The clinics will offer appointments between 8.15am and 4.45pm for school-age and preschool children. If your child has dental pain because of an accident, please contact your dentist in the first instance.
To book an appointment at one of our clinics please: call 0800 846 983
Or email commdental@cdhb.health.nz
Our school year starts with ‘meet the teacher’ for all pupils where you book a 15 minute meeting online, on either Monday 1 February or Tuesday 2 February 2021. On this day you have the opportunity to buy all of your stationery so you are well prepared to start school on Wednesday 3 February.
Details are in the Orientation Pack which will be emailed to you mid January.
If you did not receive this email by 15 January then please contact the office via email: school.information@kirkwood.school.nz
You will be aware that all of New Zealand, except for Auckland, has been placed on Level 2. For our school and our pupils and staff this will mean:
Thank you for your understanding and support. I will get back to you if anything should change.
Best wishes
Phil Tappenden
Principal
Please click on the link below to view the Ministry of Health Tracing poster
The Ministry of Health have sent through details regarding welfare support which include tips on looking after your mental wellbeing and information and contacts on how to access support. Please click on the following link to view: Ministry of Health COVID 19 Welfare Info Sheet
Services and Support: Where to go for help
Increase in Child Exploitation Material and Online Child Sexual Abuse during Lockdown
Netsafe Stay Connected Stay Safe campaign launch
We know many parents are under pressure these days managing work, child-care and self-care. During this time our relationships with each other may be tested and parents may need some extra support at home.
Families can reach out to Parent Help for support:
Parenting Helpline
For support and advice on any parenting issue; if you need someone to talk to about what is happening in your family, or need some advice on how best to support your family, call our free parenting Helpline on 0800 568 856. Available from 9 am – 9 pm 7 days a week.
Online coaching
Online coaching to develop parenting strategies or coping skills you can implement straight away.
Our parenting coach can support you with strategies to help in chaotic situations, create structured routines that best support your family, suggest strategies to stop unwanted behaviour, create plans to achieve a calmer household and learn how to work together as a team, etc.
30 minute or 60 minute sessions available via Zoom. Call 0800 568 856 to book an appointment or read more here: www.parenthelp.org.nz/coaching
Affordable counselling
We understand that in this strange new environment we are in that all relationships can be tested and we urge you to reach out for support. Our counsellors offer therapy online via Zoom or via telephone. We offer a 30-mins free initial appointment.
Call 0800 568 856 to book an appointment or read more here: www.parenthelp.org.nz/counselling
COVID-19 can include new onset or worsening of one or more of the following:
Health’s information on who should get tested notes that people with any of the COVID-19 symptoms who are close contacts of confirmed cases, have recently travelled overseas, or been in contact with recent travellers, should get assessed.
If anyone has symptoms but is unsure if they have been exposed to COVID-19, they should ring Healthline on 0800 358 5453 or their GP for advice. Over winter there are many other viruses about that can cause people to feel unwell and have symptoms similar to those of COVID-19.
Subsidised broadband
Skinny Jump is flexible prepaid broadband: Only $5 for 30GB of data, no contracts or credit checks. https://www.skinny.co.
Message from the CDHB re: Dental services
Due to the pressures on our health system from Omicron, we are suspending delivery of Community Dental Services within the Canterbury area effective Thursday 10 March 2022. We will be redeploying our teams to support the delivery of essential health services.
We will be closing our clinics and removing our mobile dental vans from schools over the next few days and redeploying these to help in other areas.
Could the following be included in your newsletters or sent directly to parents’ mailboxes?
Community Dental Service is suspending some of its services from 5pm Wednesday 9 March 2022 to provide support to the Canterbury health sector in response to Omicron.
We will continue to provide relief of pain clinics by appointment only from Thursday 10th March. You can access these appointments by calling our Contact Centre on 0800 846 983.
For any dental advice please call the Contact Centre on 0800 846 983.