Hello, from Carolyn.

Hello everyone!

Changes to isolation period when testing positive to COVID-19.

There have been changes made to the isolation period. Any student or staff member who tests positive to COVID-19 must now isolate for a minimum of 5 instead of 7 days. If they are asymptomatic, they may return to school on day 6. If they are symptomatic, they must remain in isolation until day 7.  If they have symptoms after 7 days, they are strongly advised to stay home until their symptoms have resolved.

As an additional risk mitigation, the Department of Health strongly recommends that you wear a face mask away from home indoors and outdoors when you cannot physically distance. If you are leaving isolation on day 6, wear a mask for 5 days but particularly the first 2 days. If you are leaving isolation on day 7, wear a mask for 4 days but particularly first 2 days.

Consider taking rapid antigen tests before attending a workplace, including schools, sensitive settings or visiting people at higher risk of severe illness. If you are positive, stay home.

Rapid Antigen Tests available.

If you require RATs before the holidays, please let us know and we can send some home with your child/ren tomorrow, otherwise we will send the next lot home at the start of Term 4. Please use these tests to monitor your family's health and to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in our school community. 

YMCA OSHC register your child before start of Term 4.

If your child was registered with Camp Australia you MUST now register them with YMCA. Their Camp Australia registration/enrolment information is not transferred across. Go to our OSHC page in the newsletter to find out how to register your child/ren to attend OSHC for Term 4.

Evacuation Drill yesterday.

We regularly practice our emergency procedures so that we all become familiar with them and to have opportunities to rehearse and discuss what we might do in different emergency situations. On Wednesday we practiced evacuating to the basketball court. I was very impressed with the orderly way our students moved from their classrooms to the basketball court. It took us just under 6 minutes to get everyone out and to the court- well done BPS!

Thank you all for your support over the term. It has been a tricky one managing student and staff absences due to illness- I am sure we are all looking forward to some warmer weather and less winter bugs! See you all on Monday 3 October for Term 4!