Excellence & Equity for All
Excellence & Equity for All
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Welcome to Mangere Bridge School!Ko Tainui Te Waka
Ko Te Pane o Mataoho te Maunga Ko Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa te Moana Ko Te Waiohua te Iwi Ko Te Piriti o Mangere te kura Together Growing Inquiring minds for successful futures through Partnership, Achievement and Learning EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY FOR ALL 
Whanaungatanga Day Booking InformationNew Principal AnnouncementCOVID 19 UpdatesImportant covid updates for the remainder of 2021Monday 29 November, 2021
Kia ora MBS whaanau, We hope this email finds you safe and well. New COVID-19 Protection (Traffic Light) Framework You may have heard that everyone in Aotearoa will move to the new COVID-19 Traffic Light Framework on Friday 3 December. We will be moving to Red. Elimination and the alert levels have worked well with New Zealand having the lowest numbers of cases and hospitalisations in the OECD. While controlled, Delta is in our communities and the strategy now focuses on minimising its impact. 85% of eligible New Zealanders are now fully vaccinated and by mid-December it is expected to be approximately 90%, allowing for a careful reopening while continuing to protect New Zealanders. What does it mean for us? Auckland schools have been given instruction to continue with the same health and safety measures and organisation they are currently operating at under Alert Level 3.2. This means at Mangere Bridge School, we will continue to offer part-time 9am - 12pm school for the 50% of our tamariki who are learning at school. Between the hours of 1 - 3pm, teachers will continue to connect with the other 50% of our tamariki who are continuing to learn from home. If your tamariki are in a school bubble with Mrs Malam or Whaea Bernie, this will continue as it has been. For next year, we can confirm that everyone will be back onsite for learning from the start of the school year, regardless of what setting under the new Traffic Light Framework we will be in (Red/Orange/Green). This is good news and means we can plan for a great 2022. Health measures in place at school This year and next, the health, safety and wellbeing of our whole school community will continue to be a priority for us and the same public health measures you are very familiar with will remain in place:
Additionally at Red, our current level:
With all of these measures in place, public health has confirmed the risk of infection remains low when at school, with households continuing to be where COVID-19 is spreading the most. As noted by Dr Caroline McElnay, Director of Public Health: Our experience in New Zealand and overseas with COVID-19 shows that it does not affect children and teens in the same way it does adults. Children and teens don't become as unwell if they do get infected, and they don't tend to pass the virus on so much as adults when in a classroom setting. Compared to other places, schools and early learning services are not environments where we have seen significant spread of COVID-19. Household members and work colleagues who are in close contact with people with COVID 19, are the most common sources of transmission. However, if we do have someone confirmed with COVID-19 in our school, we have a plan in place to manage this and will contact you as soon as possible. If you’d like to learn more about the framework visit COVID-19 Protection Framework. Important calendar updates
Ngaa mihi, Dale Munro Acting Principal 
Uniform shop will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday from 12.15 to 1.30pm till the end of the year 2021
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Uniform shop during Covid BookingsOpening Hours during Level 3.2 / Red light
Monday - 12.15 - 1.30pm Wednesday - 12.15 -1.30pm Thursday - 12.15 - 1.30 pm To book a time please go to https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code and enter the code 3uxju, then follow the instructions to book a time. Note: Booking slots are 15 mins long and is available until 16th of December. If you do not have access to a computer and need to make a booking, you can call the school office on 096367304 and we can make a booking for you. Thank you and have a great day. 
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