As you will have heard in this afternoon’s announcement we are remaining at Level Three for a period of 12 days. At Albany Senior High School we have been planning for this possible situation for some time. We want to assure our learners, staff, and whānau that we are well placed to continue with delivering learning whilst our students remain at home. We recognise this second outbreak will have been a shock to many and that it will be a challenging period as we get used to being in lockdown once again. Firstly, it is okay to not be okay and secondly, we are all in this together and as a school community, we will work together to get through this period with a sense of purpose and a whole lot of kindness! 

As a school, we are focusing on three areas: wellbeing, connectedness, and doing NCEA from home! The last point (NCEA) is a bit of a shift from last time but we recognise that as a senior school our young people want to continue to work toward their academic goals. To this end, we will work with our school leaders and teachers to focus on meaningful learning and assessments that lend themselves to working from home. As a school, we also have the opportunity to develop “derived grades” for those assessment opportunities that can’t be completed this way. We will look to manage learning and assessment as effectively as we can and will keep you informed with any updates we receive from the Ministry of Education and NZQA (who manage NCEA) as they come to hand. And whilst we are focusing on continuing to complete assessments it is important to stress that whilst we value NCEA we value the wellbeing of our young people more! 

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with your Tutor teacher to make a plan if learning from home is a challenge in any way.  

And remember…

Be kind.
Stay safe.
Stay home.
Wear a mask if going out!

We got this team!!

Please read the plan for learning from home below!