Dear Parents,
Late on Friday night we received an updated advisory from the Committee for Private Education (CPE), who, with an abundance of caution, are now strongly advising that international schools remain on home-based learning (HBL) until the end of the heightened alert phase on 13 June. We are therefore cancelling the plans shared with you in the last couple of days, and maintaining arrangements as they have been since Wednesday, 19 May.
This means that most students and teachers will be on HBL until 13 June. We still very much hope that students will have time together in person before the end of the school year and will keep you updated on developments.
Activities that were possible to move online have changed some of their start times to facilitate a return to campus. We will be sticking with the new start times to avoid any confusion for our students or our providers.
A reminder of the arrangements at the moment, which will continue until further notice.
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School
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Arrangements
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Infant School (K1–G1)
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- K1 to Grade 1 will remain open from 8am to 2pm each day.
- There will be no Activities on campus after school.
- Infant students who are currently on HBL can continue with HBL.
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Junior School (G2–5)
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- All students on HBL until 13 June, with current arrangements continuing.
- Arrangements for the last week of school will be shared in due course.
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Middle School (G6–8)
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- All students on HBL until 13 June, with current arrangements continuing.
- Arrangements for the last week of school will be shared in due course.
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High School
(G9–12)
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- (I)GCSE exams will proceed on campus as planned, with enhanced Safety Measures.
- Internal exams in High School will continue with arrangements already communicated.
- Students not taking exams will be on study leave/HBL.
- High School students can come on campus to complete Internal Assessments, if necessary. Details have come from the Principal or Head of Department.
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We appreciate the ongoing challenge this is for our families and our staff, who have worked tirelessly to prepare for a phased return to campus from Monday. We are sorry to change again at short notice, but are committed to following the advice of the regulators.
Please let us know if you have any further questions and we hope you have a restful weekend.
Sincerely,
Nick Alchin, Head of UWCSEA East
Elizabeth Bray, Head of UWCSEA Dover
