23rd August - Lockdown Update

​Mōrena,
By now you should have received another email with some ideas to support learning at home. Remember that you are the best judge of what you and your family can complete right now and we are aiming to keep screen time balanced.
We hope you are doing OK at the moment – but it is also OK if you aren’t. As the Mental Health Foundation of NZ says, “it’s all right to feel a range of emotions right now. Going into a Level 4 lockdown is a big deal and it brings all sorts of different feelings to the surface, including frustration, worry and even gratitude. However you are feeling, know that you’re not alone – we’re all going through this together.”
If you need to talk, check in with a friend or whānau member, or free call/text 1737 to chat with a trained counsellor. It's free and confidential. There are also a lot of other supports available to you, your whānau and your community if needed.
You will also understand the importance of routine for your family. If your routine has been shaken up, it’s good to structure your time. Routines are reassuring and promote health and physical wellbeing.
For our Pacific families, if you are not aware the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ has been working to ensure useful information is available to Pacific peoples in nine different languages.
As always, please let us know if there is anything you need to support you and your tamariki during this time.
We hope to be in touch later in the day with more information after the 4pm announcement.
Take care,
Christchurch East Staff