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- From the Principal and Assistant Principal
- Level 3 and Level 3 Plus Restrictions
- Masks - Mandatory
- Years 7-11 students return on Monday 25 October
- Arrangements for Year 12 Home Room Next Week
- School Uniform and Uniform Shop Opening Hours
- Canteen - On Line Ordering Only
- Sick Bay / Parent Drop Off and Pick Up / School Visitor
- School Bus Arrangements
- Playground Areas
- Toilets
- Library Access
- COVID Safe Practices / Cleaning
Dear Parents, Carers and Students,
This week, we welcomed our Year 12 students back to school. It was wonderful to see them all happy and enjoying each other’s company back at school again - albeit for just a short time before the HSC commences on Tuesday, 9 November.
Taking into consideration the valuable feedback and insights obtained from parents and students towards the end of last term via the online survey, our teachers have discerned and planned excellent learning and wellbeing experiences for Years 7-11 students to enjoy when face to face learning resumes on Monday, 25 October.
A variety of information has been included in this newsletter regarding the arrangements that will be in place when all students return on Monday.
As always, the safety and wellbeing of all members of our school community is of paramount importance to us at this time. If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We ask the school community to continue to keep Year 12 in your prayers, as they complete their final preparations for their upcoming HSC exams.
Please feel free to contact the school if you have any queries or concerns.
Have a restful and relaxing weekend!
Ms Amanda Wilson Mrs Jenny Bell
Principal Assistant Principal
From Monday 25 October 2021, all students are required to attend school.
Under the current guidelines, we will be following the Level 3 AND Level 3 Plus restrictions.
COVID-safe operations will be maintained through high rates of vaccination, physical distancing, and minimised contact between students and staff.
What if staff and students are unwell?
Students and staff must not attend school or work if they are unwell, even with mild symptoms of COVID-19. Any person with any COVID-19 symptoms will be sent home and may not return to school unless:
- they have a negative COVID-19 test result and are symptom free; or
- they have completed isolation according to NSW Public Health advice, when no medical certificate is available.
Activities in Year Groups
While we are under Level 3 Plus restrictions, we will be restricting activities to student Year groups. As far as possible, students will learn and engage in activities only with those in their Year group, including during breaks.
We have considered, where practical, physical distancing and limiting interactions between groups at entry and exit points, transitioning between classes, and during recess and lunch breaks to reduce contact between student cohorts and staff.
Masks and face coverings
As mandated by NSW Health, all students and staff are required to wear a mask while at school when in indoor settings. Students and staff may also prefer to wear a mask when outdoors.
Masks are mandatory on public transport. This applies to students aged 13 years and over, and staff when travelling to and from school by public transport or by chartered or private transport services.
It is also mandatory for all staff and students to carry a mask with them at all times – in playgrounds and on school grounds.
It is the expectation that students will bring their own masks to school to wear during the day. Masks are available to purchase from the school canteen for $1.00.
Parents are asked to support their children to prepare themselves so that they are fully equipped and ready to learn well when they return to classroom learning. This includes getting all items of summer uniform ready over the weekend and packing their bags with books, a fully charged laptop/iPad, a calculator and other stationery needed to successfully engage in learning. Where possible, a range of practical learning activities will be included with students having expressed their keenness for these types of opportunities which they have missed during remote learning.
Getting students back into school routines
At the start of the day on Monday 25 October, Years 7-11 students will be in their normal Homeroom classrooms for roll call. PALS will then deliver assemblies via Zoom for Stages 4 and 5, and Year 11. Years 7-11 will then participate in wellbeing activities led by their Homeroom Teachers.
For the remainder of Week 4, Years 7-11 students will have extended Homeroom until 9:55am each day to facilitate their participation in some structured wellbeing support time. The purpose of this time is to support students to reconnect and make the necessary adjustments as they transition back into learning in the School setting.
Arrangements for Year 12 Homeroom during Week 4
NSW Health Guidelines for Year 12 students indicate they are not permitted to participate in activities apart from those which support curriculum-based learning. Accordingly, while Years 7-11 have extended Homeroom time next week the arrangements for Year 12 students will be as follows:
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Week 4 Homeroom Arrangements for Year 12 |
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Monday 25 October |
Year 12 Students are required to be at school for Homeroom in their Homeroom classrooms commencing at 9:30am. Students who attend school prior to 9:30am will be supervised to complete private study either in the library or outdoors. |
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Tuesday 26 October |
Students are required to attend school at 9:00am to attend Homeroom in their normal Homeroom classrooms. This will be followed by an important Year Meeting via Zoom. The Leader of Learning - Curriculum, Mr Moran and Stage 6 PALS, Mr Hetherington will be explaining the 2021 COVID Safe HSC Examinations Procedures. |
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Wednesday 27 October & Thursday 28 October |
Year 12 Students are required to be at school for Homeroom in their Homeroom classrooms commencing at 9:30am. Students who attend prior to 9:30am will be supervised to complete private study either in the library or outdoors. |
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Friday 29 October |
In the lessons where Year 12 do not have scheduled classes on this day, they are required to complete private study at home. |
Students are required to wear their summer uniform when they return to school on Monday.
We appreciate that some students have not been able to purchase or collect uniform items as needed during the COVID lockdown and we have arranged for the uniform shop to be open for extended trading hours on Monday 25 October 2021 (see below).
This will provide the opportunity for parents, carers and students to collect any uniform items they need to support the School’s expectation that students are wearing the correct uniform.
The uniform shop is required to follow Level 3 and Level 3 Plus restrictions. This means:
- Fittings are not permitted.
- The shop is only able to operate a click and collect service through online ordering.
- Parents are permitted to collect uniform items from the uniform shop - they are not permitted to collect items from the school office.
- From Tuesday 26 October, any items not collected can be left at the school office for your child to collect before school or during break times.
- If you are unsure of your child's size, exchanges are permitted.
- Masks must be worn
- You must sign in with your QR code
If you find there is an item that needs to be replaced over the weekend, please provide a note of explanation in your child's diary, including when the uniform item will be purchased.
UNIFORM SHOP HOURS
Monday 25 October 2021 11.30am - 6.00pm
Every Thursday 9.15am - 1.45pm
Monday 1 November 2021 11.30am - 4.00pm
Uniform Shop phone number is: 0413 441 892
Canteen available for online orders
The canteen will not be opened for serving staff and students.
All food is to be ordered online using the school lunches online link. All orders must be placed by 9:30am. Students will be able to pick up their lunch orders from allocated areas for each Year Group.
An information flyer is attached to order your lunch online.
If you do not have an account, please click here to access an online form.
Under the current guidelines, parents and non-essential visitors are not permitted on school sites.
Parents and Carers
Parents and carers are asked to stay in your car when dropping off and picking up students. If staying in the car is not feasible, social distancing and NSW Health guidelines will need to be maintained.
Students are not permitted to use their mobile phone during the day. If there is an unexpected appointment during the day and you need to collect your child for an early departure, please telephone the school office as soon as possible so that we can give advance notice to your child and avoid unnecessary waiting times.
If you are required to collect your child from sick bay, please remain in your car and telephone the school administration who will arrange for your child to meet you.
Essential Visitors
Essential visitors are required to sign in using the school’s Service NSW QR code as well as the CEDoW Sign in app. All visitors are required to wear a face mask or covering in accordance with the Public Health Order.
Year Group locations
Signs will be provided on bollards to show students their Year group’s designated waiting area for buses as follows:
Year 7: closest to Room D1, then Year 8 through to Year 9 closest to Church St
Year 10: behind Years 7-9 on the gym side of the shade cloth.
Year 11: on the opposite side of the driveway between the Gym and the Church St fence.
Year 12: outside the gate in the usual location.
Wet weather arrangements:
- Years 7-10 students catching a bus will be designated separate areas in the COLA
- Year 11 and Year 12 will wait separately on the verandahs outside Rooms D1 - D3 and D5-D8 respectively
- Years 11 & 12 students wishing to wait with umbrellas in the above designated areas will be permitted to do so.
During break times:
- The separate Year-based cohort system will be maintained, before school, during recess and lunch and while waiting for busses
- Physical distancing of 1.5m should be maintained, wherever possible; and
- Students are not permitted to bring their own ball games or equipment to school. They are only permitted to use the School’s loaned ball games equipment which are wiped down between use, wherever practicable.
Separate Playground Areas for each Year Group
The following areas must also be adhered to before school and during recess and at lunchtime:
Year 7 - the lower half of the COLA closest to the TAS block
Year 8 - the upper half of the COLA closest to C block
Year 9 - Gym side of the netball courts & under the blue shade cloth closest to the Gym
Year 10 - St. Paul’s side of netball courts & under the blue shade cloth closest to St. Paul’s
Year 11 - the Passive Area
Year 12 - the front of the school
Alternate playground areas
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Playground Area |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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The oval: -basketball courts end -dog leg end |
Yr 7 Yr 9 |
Yr 8 Yr 10 |
Yr 11 Yr 12 |
Yr 7 Yr 9 |
Yr 8 Yr 10 |
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Basketball Courts |
Yr 8 |
Yr 7 |
Yr 9 |
Yr 10 |
Yr 11 |
| * Maker Space (Students required to sign in) |
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Front Section |
Yr 7 |
Yr 9 |
Yr 7 | Yr 9 | Yr 7 |
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Back Section |
Yr 8 |
Yr 10 |
Yr 8 | Yr 10 | Yr 8 |
Toilets
New signs have been installed as students will access toilets in Stage cohorts as follows:
Years 7 & 8 - the old Yr 8-10 Toilets in the COLA with a maximum of 4 students at a time.
Years 9 & 10 - the old Yr 7 Toilets in the COLA with a maximum of 2 students at a time
Years 11 & 12 - Senior Toilets, with a maximum of 2 students at a time.
Signs outlining Covid safe guidelines for the use of toilets are displayed at toilet entrances. Reminders include students not being permitted to congregate in toilets, and the good hygiene requirements of wearing a mask, washing their hands thoroughly with soap and hand sanitising regularly throughout the day.
Shared spaces, such as the library, and other communal areas, may only be used by one cohort at a time, with adherence to strict personal hygiene protocols and physical distancing requirements.
Before school and at recess and at lunchtime, the Library will only be used by Year 12 students until Year 12 students leave to sit their HSC Examinations.
Personal hygiene and physical distancing of students
- Within each cohort, students are to maintain strict personal hygiene and maximise physical distancing.
- Students are reminded to wash their hands thoroughly or hand sanitise frequently throughout the day.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
- Maintain respiratory hygiene. Cover your cough or sneeze with your elbow or a tissue, and then dispose of tissues into a bin immediately. Always wash your hands after you have coughed, sneezed or blown your nose.
Cleaning of desks and hand sanitising
The regime of hand sanitising and desk cleaning will continue at the start of all lessons in classrooms.
Enhanced cleaning by our cleaners is a part of the daily cleaning of the school. Target areas include high-touch areas and other hard surfaces, door handles, lockers, light switches and handrails in stairways and movement areas.