Essential Information for the Return of Students Term 4

Decision Making 

Will continue to be informed by:

  • Victorian Government, Catholic Education Commission Victoria, Catholic Education Office Sandhurst
  • School COVID Safe Plan
  • Relevant School Risk Assessments
Visitors 
  • Parents/carers are unable to enter school grounds
  • Please phone the office for all enquiries or email your child’s teacher
Illness
  • Students feeling unwell must not attend school under any circumstance 
  • If your child presents as unwell or is unwell during the day, they will need to be isolated at school and a parent/carer will be called

Morning Drop-Off 

 

8:30am onwards

  • Staff member on Yard Duty at the front of school (Hogan Street) to support students in walking into school
  • Students can also walk into school from Hunter Street
  • We cannot have any students onsite before 8:30am unless they are in Before School Care

Afternoon Pick-Up

 

3:20pm onwards

  • Students will be dismissed at 3:20pm
  • Classes to stagger leaving their classroom to minimise traffic flow exiting school
  • Year 5/6 students will exit between the Mercy Centre and Church
  • Students are able to exit via Hunter Street and are encouraged to do so to lessen the amount of traffic on Hogan Street
  • Please ensure your child knows where you will be
  • Parents/Carers to remain behind signs placed outside the front of school to allow free movement of students exiting school gate 
  • Staff members on Yard Duty to support students exiting school
  • Parents/Carers are not to use school pick-up as a chance to gather together – Normal social distancing expectations apply
  • Parents/Carers are unable to enter school grounds
  • Children may walk or ride to school as normal and must exit the school ground through Hunter Street
  • Bus is normal time
  • We cannot have any students onsite after 3:30pm unless they are in After School Care
Recess and Lunch Time
  • Units will be allocated specific play areas
Before and After School Care 
  • Before School Care is available between 7:30am - 8:30am
  • After School Care is available between 3:20pm - 6pm 
  • We cannot have any students onsite before 8:30am or after 3:30pm unless they are booked in for Before or After School Care 
Masks
  • Masks for students remains at the parent/carers discretion  
  • Teachers may need to ask a student to remove the mask during learning time
Drink Bottles
  • Students to bring their own drink bottle/s
  • Please ensure your child brings enough water with them to last the day
  • Bubbler taps are not to be used due to cross contamination 
Gatherings
  • Assemblies to continue via Google Meet with classes in their own rooms
  • Larger gatherings of students may occur outside within the relevant health requirements