Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

I am really excited to be able to welcome Prep and Year 1 kids back to school next week. We are currently making preparations for the restart. This is because we have done a superb job in supporting the social distancing and limiting the spread of coronavirus across the last few months. Community efforts across the state need to applauded! Go us!

Families have been outstanding in their support for their child’s learning across the past 3 weeks. I am extremely appreciative of all you have done for us. Your patience, courage to be vulnerable, persistence, flexibility, grit and positive outlook has been wonderful.  A+ on your report cards!

Our next job is to provide a return to school for Prep and Year 1 students on Monday that doesn’t overwhelm them in an attempt to get back into school life too fast. Our focus will be on building a positive start for each child through a safe and supportive classroom environment. Teaching and learning will follow in the future - but not straight away.

Maintaining hygiene and safety standards at school

We are serious about maintaining these standards.  There remains a heavy focus on personal hygiene for everyone at our school.

• Hand washing, hand sanitiser, bathroom cleaning, classroom cleaning and more still remains.
• Day cleaning of bathrooms and high traffic touch points will continue.
• Adventure playgrounds and equipment will be available for use. A cleaning regime will be in place.  Adventure playgrounds will be cleaned twice daily.
• The water bubblers are able to be switched back on but we still recommend that children provide their own drink bottle.  Bubblers will be cleaned regularly across the school day.

Additional restrictions for schools for Term 2

Please refer to the CHO letter to families below for a list of the cancellations and restrictions that apply to schools and our planned activities for this term. We will be instructed on our next plans in the coming weeks. Camps, sports, musicals etc all need to be cancelled. If and when these restrictions lift we will reassess what we can do.

Please contact me (or teachers or Deputy Principals) if you have any questions or concerns regarding our graduated restart.

Life is beginning to return to a new normal but coronavirus is still about. We must comply with all health and social expectations if we are to see the end of the threat soon. So please look after yourself and each other. Once again, thank you in advance for helping us with getting back to normal.

Kind regards

Vic