Return to School - Stage 1
We return to school next week but we will need to say good-bye at the gate
We look forward to welcoming our returning students in grades prep, one and two back to the classrooms, however COVID-19 safety restricts parents and carers on the school grounds. As a consequence we have divided returning students into family groups and will enable access at 3 gate locations separated by a few minutes. Classroom teachers will be in their classrooms ready to welcome the children back into class, all other available staff members will be rostered to attend the 3 entrance locations. Paint dots are being prepared to allow families to access the entrance in an orderly manner. When it is your turn we will have signage asking parents to ‘Kiss and Go’. Teachers and classroom based education staff will then accompany students to their classrooms.
Students have been allocated into family groups based on the family name. This is to enable parents or carers needing to accompany their children, to only have to attend a school entrance once of a morning and afternoon.
Arrangements are as follows: Please take particular note at what time you are required to drop and collect your child and from which particular location.
Kiss and Go Locations
Starting times | Gate | Alphabetical grouping | Student numbers | Collection times |
9.00 am | MAIN GATE (Argyle St) | A-G | 100 | 3.20 pm |
9 -00 am | Blandford St access path (Blandford St) | O-Z | 102 | 3.25 pm |
9.10 am | SCHOOL CROSSING GATE (Argyle St) | H-N | 97 | 3.30 pm |
*Before school students attending TheirCare will be collected in the yard and directed to class *Teachers will accompany students attending the TheirCare after school program | ||||
Towards the end of the day teachers will accompany the students in family groups back to the same gate they entered to be collected by their parents or carers. Please note the times as listed in the table (above).
*At all times we require parents and carers to remain outside the gates or designated area.
**Please understand that these arrangements do not and cannot take into account each family’s residential proximity to entrance/exit gates.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for parents, carers and guardians
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/parents/Pages/coronavirus-advice-parents.aspx
