These are the details the logistical requirement for our safe return of Stockton Public School students to site. As you know the dates for our return are as follows:
· from 18 October – Preschool, Kindergarten, Year 1.
· from 25 October – all remaining year groups.
Preschool next week will be Bathu Bila Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Garuwa are returning Thursday and Friday.
We urge our community to stick to these dates as much as possible to allow us sufficient time to plan and prepare the premises.
In the event of illness
Our COVID-safe return to school plan is NSW Health approved and includes numerous effective practices to support the health and wellbeing of our students and staff. These practices include vaccinations, mask wearing, reduced mingling of student groups and staff, ventilation in classrooms and continued good hygiene and cleaning.
Students and staff must not attend school if unwell, even with mild symptoms of COVID-19. Any person with any COVID-19 symptoms must be sent home and not return to school unless:
- they have isolated for 10 days, when no medical certificate is available
- they have a negative COVID-19 test result and are symptom free.
In circumstances where children have other medical reasons for recurrent symptoms, a letter from their GP is sufficient to negate the requirement for a negative test. Anyone who is unwell with COVID-19 symptoms is strongly encouraged to get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received.
Cohorting
As we return to school students will be kept in their cohorts to minimise opportunities for transmission of COVID-19 and to enable effective contact tracing and containment. This means minimising interaction between students on school grounds and keeping cohorts together where possible. Our plan is as follows:
Cohort | Playground | LUNCH | RECESS | END TIME |
KM KW | Infants | 10:50am -11am eating 11am -11:30am play | 1:10pm -1:20pm eating 1:20pm -1:50pm play | 2:45pm |
1/2S 1/2M | Infants | 11:30–11:40am eating 11:40-12:10pm play | 1:50-2pm eating 2-2:30pm play | 2:50pm |
2/3T 3/4D 3/4H | Primary | 10:50am -11am eating 11am -11:30am play | 1:10pm -1:20pm eating 1:20pm -1:50pm play | 2:55pm |
4/5S 5/6W 5/6K | Primary | 11:30–11:40am eating 11:40-12:10pm play | 1:50-2pm eating 2-2:30pm play | 3pm |
Before school - parents are asked to drop all students as close as possible to 8:55am.
Cohort | Playground Area |
KM KW | ½ of infants playground – teacher on duty will support |
1/2S 1/2M | Other ½ of infants playground – teacher on duty will support |
2/3T 3/4D 3/4H | ½ of primary playground – teacher on duty will support |
4/5S 5/6W 5/6K | Other ½ of primary playground – teacher on duty will support |
In addition to student cohorts, staff will operate in two groups. Staff groups will remain separated as much as possible when indoors.
These precautions will make it much easier for contact tracing and ensure the continued operation of the school should we be unfortunate enough to have a positive COVID-19 case.
Pick up routines
- The gate system has not changed.
- Parents and carers are not permitted on school grounds. Please wait outside your child’s designated school gate.
If your child’s surname begins with | Gate |
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H or I | Monmouth Street gate |
J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q or R | Lomond Street gate – near canteen |
S, T, U, V, W, X, Y or Z | Clyde Street gate |
Additionally
rides a bike or scooter | Lomond Street gate – near library |
catches a bus home | Monmouth Street gate as usual |
OOSH after school | under the COLA |
sibling in preschool | Clyde street gate |
Preschool
In the mornings –
The sign in book will be outside the front gate. Please use hand sanitizer if you are using the pen on the table. Once your child is signed in, a staff member will open the gate for your child to enter.
In the afternoons –
At pick up time, the students will be in the front playground with the educators. Please sign your child out of the sign out book outside the gates. An educator will open the gate to allow your child to come through the gate to you.
- We will open the gates at 9:00am and will keep arrival open until 9:30am. This should give us plenty of time for all families to arrive. Pick up time will be from 2:30pm onwards.
- If you arrive later than this or need to collect earlier than this time, you will need to call the office, who will transfer the call through to the preschool and an educator will come to the gate to help you. Please do not come through the gates.
- If you need to contact the educators for any reason, please call the school office, who can transfer you through, if need be.
Mask wearing
Masks are required to be worn on school site by staff indoors. Masks are strongly recommended for students indoors. Students are encouraged to bring their own masks. Students who choose not (or are unable) to wear masks will not need to provide an explanation. The only circumstance in which a staff member will suggest a face mask be worn by a child not wearing a mask is if they are in sick bay with symptoms of respiratory illness, waiting to be collected.
Canteen
Our school canteen will continue to be non operational for the first few weeks of the return to school. I will communicate with the community when it is opening. Please ensure your child has enough food and drink for the day. All classes will still have a fruit break in the morning session of the school day.