20 May 2020
Dear Parents and Carers,
You will probably be aware that the NSW Premier announced on Monday that all students are to return to school full time from Monday 25th May. Schools received guidelines to manage this return to full time schooling late yesterday afternoon. Understandably parents, students and staff have a lot of questions about the organisation for this next phase of school operations.
The executive team are meeting today to carefully consider how we move forward as a school community on Monday. We will be discussing arrangements for hygiene procedures, student drop offs and pick-ups, staff and student health and supporting student learning as they return to face-to-face teaching.
Once we have a clearer picture of our organisation we will communicate with our community via the school Facebook page and Skool Bag. We anticipate that this information will be posted tomorrow. Thank you for your ongoing patience and support as we navigate our way through this next phase. Please be assured that our focus remains on the wellbeing, health and safety of our students, staff and community.
Return of Devices
We have loaned out a high number of devices to support remote learning during the covid-19 shutdown. Coordinating the return of these devices presents a large organisational task for our staff and it is crucial that we can complete this by 11 am Friday so that we are ready to teach students on Monday. If your family has borrowed a device:
The device needs to be returned to the school NO later than 11am Friday.
Ensure all charging cords are also returned.
Devices need to be returned by an adult. Please do not send the device in your child’s school bag. These devices are expensive and we do not want them to get damaged.
Online learning will cease at 3pm Thursday. Classroom teachers will set tasks that can be completed offline for Friday.
Devices can be returned to a designated space outside the school hall. Staff will be present from 9am- 11am Friday to receive devices and sign them back into the school.
Please observe social distancing procedures whilst returning your device (ie stand 1.5 metres away from other adults and use hand sanitiser).