Important Notices
Schools will open under Red
We are sure you will have all heard that we will be at traffic light RED from midnight tonight (Sunday).
All children, whether they are vaccinated or not, will be able to come to school from Tuesday 1 February.
We were prepping for an Orange school opening, but we also knew that our decisions would be impacted by Omicron at some time sooner or later.
Although we have the traffic light framework to guide our big picture decisions, the Ministry of Education has informed schools today that they ‘will be providing further guidance following Cabinet’s consideration on Tuesday’.
We will keep you informed as further Ministry of Education guidance and specific detail emerges.
In the meantime, you may wish to look at the framework provided currently by cutting and pasting the following link
We have had confirmed for us over and over during the last 2 years that the DSS family has an enormous capacity to remain calm and resilient… to be open and responsive to uncertainty and challenging expectations, and to be thankful for our school culture where staff, board, children and most of our community understand and support us through these challenging and uncertain times.
Thank you.