Dear Students, Parents and Host Families,
It is with regret that I must inform you that our school will not reopen this coming Thursday 19th March 2020 as we had hoped.
The reasons for this are two-fold:
As such, we have taken the difficult decision to keep the school closed until the Easter holidays which commence next Friday 27th March 2020.
We will communicate again towards the end of the Easter holidays when we will once again take Government advice and complete our own risk assessment procedures before confirming whether the school is abe to re-open as normal. The situation is not one we can predict at this time.
In the meantime, our teachers will continue to send work home electronically for your children and can support you via the telephone as appropriate during normal school hours should you need it.
If you need to collect belongings and/or books from school, please do so THIS WEEK between the hours of 9am and 3pm, and certainly no later than 3pm on Saturday 21st March 2020. Please only enter the site if you are asymptomatic of the coronavirus COVID-19 and not under advice to self isolate.
I sincerely hope that you all stay healthy and well at this difficult time, and I apologise for any inconvenience caused. Our actions have the primary aim of keeping our entire community safe.
Yours sincerely,
Jeff van Zyl
Education Manager
It is with regret that I must inform you that our school will not reopen this coming Thursday 19th March 2020 as we had hoped.
The reasons for this are two-fold:
- The new government advice is clear that whole households now need to isolate for 14 days if anyone in the household has a new, persistent cough and/or a high temperature. This inevitably leaves us with significant absence in both the student and staff population.
- The number of staff needing to self isolate has developed to a point where we cannot remain fully open and guarantee student safety and supervision to the level we would wish.
As such, we have taken the difficult decision to keep the school closed until the Easter holidays which commence next Friday 27th March 2020.
We will communicate again towards the end of the Easter holidays when we will once again take Government advice and complete our own risk assessment procedures before confirming whether the school is abe to re-open as normal. The situation is not one we can predict at this time.
In the meantime, our teachers will continue to send work home electronically for your children and can support you via the telephone as appropriate during normal school hours should you need it.
If you need to collect belongings and/or books from school, please do so THIS WEEK between the hours of 9am and 3pm, and certainly no later than 3pm on Saturday 21st March 2020. Please only enter the site if you are asymptomatic of the coronavirus COVID-19 and not under advice to self isolate.
I sincerely hope that you all stay healthy and well at this difficult time, and I apologise for any inconvenience caused. Our actions have the primary aim of keeping our entire community safe.
Yours sincerely,
Jeff van Zyl
Education Manager
