This year the school is again working in accordance with Department of Education and NSW Health covid requirements. These requirements include mask wearing by all staff, limitation of school visitors who are deemed non-essential and the provision of Rapid Antigen Tests for both students and staff for the first four weeks of the term. These measures are to increase student and staff safety in relation to the virus and I would like to thank parents for the remarkable take-up of collecting the RAT tests provided. Over the coming week we will communicate information about the distribution of additional RAT kits for Week 4 & 5.
Covid is now a feature that we accept and something we’ll have to work around everyday. There will certainly be challenges that we will face throughout the term along the lines of illness, both students and staff, and staffing of classes. Some days and weeks may look quite different to what we might expect.
From time to time there will be students at home who are close contacts or unwell with Covid, isolating for 7 days. If this happens to your child, please contact the school. The school will provide work to do at home if they are well enough. Our aim for these work packs is to make them easy for families to access, understand and complete. A staff member will deliver the pack/s to your home. Staff members will also make contact with your family regularly to maintain support during any periods of home learning.
Please note that when we are notified of a confirmed Covid case for either a staff member or student, we will communicate information to the community detailing the cohort of effected students. Due to privacy and confidentiality requirements, please understand that we are not permitted to reveal the identity of a specific student or staff member. To give some idea of the impact that Covid is already having, we currently have several staff members and a number of students sick or isolating. At this stage, we have had no Covid positive students or staff onsite since students have returned on Tuesday.
Some days your child may have a different teacher in their classrooms. Please know that every effort will be made to ensure that the best alternative is found. We will work hard to make the best arrangements that we can for the day ahead, given the resources at hand. Fingers crossed that things go as smoothly as possible for us all.
The link below will take you to the most recent school operations update which explains various details around Covid-Smart Guidelines.
