Phase 3 Information
You’ll be aware that this afternoon the Government announced that New Zealand is moving into Phase 3 of our response to Omicron from 11:59pm tonight Thursday 24 February.
In Phase 3, only household contacts of confirmed cases are required to self-isolate. The isolation period will be 10 days. All other contacts of COVID-positive people are not required to isolate, but they will need to monitor for symptoms. Rapid antigen tests will become the primary testing method.
Attending school has so many benefits for the learning and wellbeing of our tamariki and ākonga. We have very good systems in place to keep everyone as safe as possible, and to support your child’s return to school.
Although New Zealand is moving to Phase 3 of our Omicron response, we are still at Red under the COVID-19 Protection Framework and we will continue to follow our current health and safety procedures.
Please continue to be vigilance about symptoms and staying away if unwell.
Contact tracing changes for our school
This will become much easier because only household contacts of a case must isolate. All other contacts should continue to monitor for symptoms. If any arise, they should stay home from school and get a test.
People who are currently self-isolating as close contacts and are not household contacts can stop isolating and return to school from tomorrow Friday 25 February if they are asymptomatic.
You are not required to produce a negative test result.
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