So far over 160 children have tested positive for COVID and around 85% of them have returned to school. There doesn’t appear to be a pattern in where the cases are arising in the school, with different year groups being affected at different times.

We have a number of protections in place including, mask wearing in Years 4 to 8, hand washing/sanitising, ventilation, regular outside breaks and separate play areas for teams. Please also remember that children do not just catch COVID at school, there are a range of other places children can come into contact with the virus e.g. as household contacts, through sports teams, scouts, at a cafe etc.

You can find updated information on our website, regarding what to do if you test positive for COVID or are a household contact; www.kns.school.nz.

· 143 children have returned to school after testing positive, completing the required self-isolation and having no COVID symptoms.

· In total we have 22 current positive cases throughout the school distributed as follows:

• ­ Year 0 0 current positive cases and 0 children returned to school
• ­ Year 1 2 current positive cases and 8 children returned to school
• ­ Year 2 2 current positive cases and 12 children returned to school
• ­ Year 3 0 current positive case and 28 children returned to school
• ­ Year 4 0 current positive case and 25 children returned to school
• ­ Year 5 4 current positive cases and 20 children returned to school
• ­ Year 6 2 current positive cases and 14 children returned to school
• ­ Year 7 3 current positive cases and 20 children returned to school
• ­ Year 8 9 current positive case and 16 children returned to school

If you have concerns about your child returning to school, please contact one of the SLT;

• Conrad Kelly ckelly@kns.school.nz

• James Appleton jappleton@kns.school.nz

• Phil McIntosh pmcintosh@kns.school.nz