Covid-19 updates

Please note that we continue to have staff and students testing positive to Covid-19 who are then isolating for the required time. We currently have about 50 students across the school who have Covid-19 or are isolating because they are a close family contact of someone else who has Covid-19. Please continue to monitor symptoms within your own family and keep children home if they have symptoms. We are finding many children are starting with headaches and/ or some sore stomachs before actually getting the flu-like symptoms we expect with Covid. We all want to get through this wave of the pandemic as safely as possible. Children from Year 3 -6 are encouraged to wear masks and all adults on site at school should be wearing masks too.

Pedestrian Crossings

Please use the pedestrian crossings yourself when walking around the carpark as we are all role models for our children who are still learning the road rules. If a young child sees you walking across the carpark, the temptation for them to run to you is very high. If you are on a crossing this increases their safety if they do take off. Please avoid calling children across the car parking areas.

Run Club

It has been so great seeing how many new students, especially our Preppies, are joining in each morning for Run Club. It has been a great way for students to burn off any excess energy they have at the beginning of the day and to build their confidence. Many children are making new friends simply by forming walking or running groups. A few parents have been roped in too. While we won't be having assemblies this term, our teachers are tallying up all these laps and we will present prizes for this next term.

Class Newsletters

I hope you are all enjoying your class newsletters from your teachers. They are an excellent source of information for the coming fortnight, giving you information about different events coming up but also detailing some of the learning happening across the fortnight. There are often suggestions for how you can engage your children in discussions about the learning that is happening at school and these can be highly valuable in making connections between school and home.

Have a fabulous weekend.

Cheers

Penny