Principal's Report
Principal's Report
State Government commits $18.9 million to Beaumaris Secondary College
We are so excited to share the news with our school community that we will be allocated $18.9 million in the Education-JobsBlitz program announced this morning. This project will begin this year and ensures that students will have continued outstanding facilities as they move through their senior years. I would like to thank School Council members for their lobbying efforts and commitment to seeing Beaumaris Secondary grow. A special thanks to School Council President, Steve Pearce, and School Council Treasurer, Shaun Mooney, for keeping our college on the forefront of the government's planning agenda. It was wonderful to have the support of Parliamentary Secretary for Schools, Tim Richardson, and Southern Metropolitan Representative, Enver Erdogan support the college within the government and Member for Sandringham, Brad Roswell providing bipartisan support. We value our local members and their commitment to the excellent educational opportunities provided with this investment. This funding is further endorsement of the amazing teaching and learning that happens at Beaumaris Secondary College. Thank you to our wonderful team of educators and support staff who make the vision a reality. Please see announcement below:
On-Site Learning preparations
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Beaumaris Secondary College students will return to on-site learning on Tuesday June 9. Victoria’s return to on-site school attendance is based on the advice of the Victorian Chief Health Officer. The message from the Victorian Chief Health Officer and health and safety advice for schools below. This should be read in its entirety for full context.
The health and safety advice indicates that schools should consider a variety of strategies to support physical distancing, particularly among adults, and good hygiene practices to reduce the risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission within the practical limitations of a school environment. We have considered and adapted a range of measures that will be implemented at Beaumaris Secondary College to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of staff, students and wider school community. We will be updating students and parents with these details later in the week after they have been endorsed by School Council.
All students in the year levels returning to on-site schooling are expected to attend school. Schools are not expected to provide remote learning where parents elect to keep these students at home, except where this is based on medical advice.
To support all school staff to prepare for the transition Monday 25 May 2020 will be a pupil-free day. Schools will use this day to ensure the health advice will be followed in their school, re-establish school routines, establish an approach to assessing student learning progress during the period of remote and flexible learning, and identify students in need of immediate health and wellbeing support.
It is important to support students to return to normal routine, acknowledging the situation, providing developmentally suitable information about what is occurring, as well as providing a safe space for students to raise their concerns and feelings. We know that working together as a school community will provide the necessary supports for our students to feel safe in the transition back to on-site learning. There will be many adjustments and new routines as part of our return.
Message from the Victorian Chief Health Officer
As Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, and as a member of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, and with the health, wellbeing and safety of students and staff front of mind, I fully endorse a return to on-site schooling for all Victorian schools.
As you know, since the beginning of Term 2, most children have been learning remotely in order to limit the number of people moving around the state and to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
This careful approach continues, and I trust that you have confidence in my view that it is safe for our community to have school students begin a phased return to classrooms.
I thank teachers, staff and families for their incredible efforts in helping deliver remote and flexible schooling and, in doing so, helping to flatten the curve of the pandemic.
These efforts, in addition to significant testing, mean we are now in a position to begin moving back to face-to-face teaching.
This is in addition to the available evidence that largely indicates that transmission between children in the school environment is low.
This growing evidence, coupled with low levels of community transmission in Victoria, means that the risk posed to staff and students returning to on-site schooling at this time is very low.
As we begin this transition, the following guidance provides some sensible steps schools can take.
Everyone in the Victorian community has a role to play in protecting themselves and keeping the spread of kcoronavirus (COVID-19) suppressed.
Thank you for your incredible contribution to Victoria’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19).
Adj Clin Prof Brett Sutton
Victorian Chief Health Officer