From Monday 18th October our drop off and pick up procedure will revert back to our regular systems. We will no longer have the top basketball court/carpark area open due to the increasing number of children returning to school. Teachers will be on duty before and after school once more. Parents are able to enter the school buildings. Any parent who enters the buildings is required to sign in via our QR Code. If parents are not entering the school buildings you do not need to sign in.
At this stage the roadmap for the children returning to school is still on track. I understand that for some families you may feel anxious with your children returning to school. We have our covid safe policy in place. All staff who will be teaching your children have been vaccinated. The government will be issuing air purifiers to all schools over the coming weeks. Children in Years 3-6 and all staff are required to be wearing masks according to the public health guidelines. Masks are optional for children in Prep-2. If your child has an exemption from wearing a mask please let me know via a phone call to the office or via email -
cmason@sjferntreegully.catholic.edu.au
Last term I placed the following link in the school newsletter. The video is a discussion between medical experts from the Royal Children's Hospital. Many parents have expressed to me that it did allay some of their fears regarding the risk of COVID-19 to their children’s health. If you haven’t had a chance to watch it I thought it may be timely once more.
COVID-19 and children's health link