On-site attendance

DET advises that:

Perhaps the most important action school communities can take to reduce the risk of transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19), is to ensure that any unwell staff, children and young people remain at home.

As the main risk of transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the school environment is between adults, it is important that visitors to school grounds are limited to those delivering or supporting essential school services and operations.

THIS MEANS THAT at WARRNAMBOOL COLLEGE:

• All unwell staff and students must stay home.
• Parents/carers of students with complex medical needs (including those with compromised immune systems), should seek advice from the student’s medical practitioner to support decision-making about whether on-site education is suitable, noting that this advice may change depending on the status of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Victoria. This is in line with theDET Health Care Needs policy.
• Visitors to school grounds will be limited to those delivering or supporting essential school services and operations (e.g. student health and wellbeing services, specialist curriculum programs, maintenance workers).
• Warrnambool College requests that parents/carers wishing to discuss any matters with a staff member to first use either an email or phone call. If a face-to face meeting is needed, it must meet the physical distancing requirements of 1.5m between adults.
• All interschool activities that involve onsite attendance by students from other schools will either take place virtually or will be cancelled. [This does not include Year 10, Year 11 and 12 students who must attend Emmanuel College or SW TAFE for VET subjects].