Dear parents,
Welcome back to term four. Our Foundation to Year 2 teachers are getting out and about this week and getting used to teaching and learning outside. The outdoor learning is not always viable with the unstable weather at the moment, however as things warm up it will get easier to utilise the outdoor spaces.
Onsite and Remote Learning Settings – First 3 Weeks of Term
This table sets out the onsite and remote learning settings for the next three weeks before we are all back onsite from Tuesday the 26th of October.
| Date/week | School Attendance | Remote Learning |
| Week 1 - Monday October 4th | Foundation, Year One and Year Two attend 5 days/week | 3/6 5 days remote learning Week 1 |
| Week 2 - Monday October 11th | F-2 5 days/week 3/4 Tuesday/Wednesday 5/6 Thursday/Friday | 3/4 Monday/Thursday/Friday 5/6 Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday |
| Week 3 - Monday October 18th | F-2 5 days/week 3/4 Tuesday/Wednesday 5/6 Thursday/Friday | 3/4 Monday/Thursday/Friday 5/6 Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday |
| Week 4 - Tuesday October 26th | All students/staff return to face to face teaching | |
Tier 1 Exposure Sites
With the start of the term and onsite learning we are already seeing the sharp rise in families who have been effected by visiting Tier 1 exposure sites. If you or a family member find yourself in this situation, please inform the school immediately and keep you children at home. If you’re children are at school when you find out, please let us know immediately as you will need to pick up your children in a COVIDsafe way. We will bring your children out to your car. Please feel free to call and get advice from me if you’re unsure about the rules and if you’re having trouble getting information from DHHS.
In the instance that a positive case is linked to our school will be in touch with you all very shortly after I am informed and our COVIDsafe management plan will be enacted. At this stage there are no positive cases linked to the school.
Parents coming into the school
Please support us to maintain a COVID safe environment by refraining from coming into the school buildings and classrooms. If you need to sign your child in late or collect them earlier, please come into the office foyer and check in using the QR codes. A staff member will then take your child to class or collect them from the classroom.
Families Required to Isolate
For parents and families who are required to get tested and isolate for 14 days we are going to develop hardcopy learning packs and deliver them to homes. We are also to going to trial using WebEx to link student needing to isolate with their peers at school. If you are currently isolating, your classroom teacher will send you their personal WebEx room link so your child can login. Class teachers will do their best to manage this and it will be a bit of trial and error to see what works best for students.
Year 3-4 and 5-6 Camp Cancelled
I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news again, but under the current restrictions the Year 3-4 camp cannot go ahead. Julie Stein-Reeves will be in touch with those parents who have paid with the reimbursement options in the next week. We will be attempting to organise an activities week that we will run during the day in lieu of the 3-4 camp.
On a positive note the grade 2's have been writing cards to emergency services people such as nurses, doctors and police. The above drawing is by Asha and some examples of the letters are included later in the newsletter.
Sampai jumpa (until next time)
Matt Forrest
matthew.forrest@education.vic.gov.au
