SAFETY

COVID 19 

Current advice and update on the current restrictions for regional NSW and advice from the NSW Government can be found here.

COVID RESTRICTIONS /ARRANGEMENTS

The term 3 COVID-19 guidelines and protocols. 

Masks are not mandatory in the Primary School setting but are recommended for staff. 

Schools are not allowed to have non-essential visitors in the school, this includes parents.

Parents or family members are NOT to visit the school - this includes the grounds or classrooms.

Parents or family members can only come to the Front Office to meet with school staff and to sign students in and out.

At this stage parents can volunteer in the canteen, wearing Masks & Gloves.

The new requirements are that all visitors & parents must sign in with the QR code on entering the school site and wear a mask. The QR Code is on the Front Door & the Office Window. If you do not have a mobile phone Mrs Sally Pittman has a sign in form to be completed.

It is essential that families stay outside the gates/fence at drop off and pick up times. Parents must Social Distance while waiting at drop off & pick up.

At school we continue to have procedures around hand washing, sanitising and coughing and sneezing hygiene.

Students who are unwell with even the mildest flu-like symptoms need to produce a negative COVID-19 test before returning to school.

We will keep you up to date when any changes occur to the restrictions. 

If you have any questions, please contact the school by phone or email.

Attendance 

Parents are asked to inform the school if their child is absent from school. Please contact the school by phone call, note, email or responding to the SMS sent home on the day of absence. 

Being on time for school is really important. At the beginning of the day, teachers set the plan for the day and give reminders. We ask that families make every effort to be on time. Students who arrive after the bell must sign in at the Front Office so our attendance data is accurate.

Students Arriving Late or Leaving School Early

PLEASE NOTE that all students arriving late, or being collected early for an appointment, MUST REPORT to Mrs Pittman at the Office to be signed in or out by a parent /guardian.

Unwell students

It is very important for unwell students to stay at home until they are better. 

Students who are unwell with even the mildest flu-like symptoms need to produce a negative COVID-19 test before returning to school.

 A general rule of thumb about whether you should send your child to school is as follows:

• If you have to give your child Panadol or Nurofen for a fever today, they should STAY AT HOME
• If your child has a hard cough, constant runny nose, sore throat or swollen glands THEY SHOULD NOT BE AT SCHOOL
• If you have given them Panadol or Nurofen in the morning to get them “through the day” THEN THEY SHOULD NOT COME TO SCHOOL
• If your child has vomiting and/or diarrhoea today, they should not come to school for 48 hours AFTER SYMPTOMS HAVE RESOLVED

Please do not send your child to school if they are still unwell or recovering from an illness.

Students who are unwell will be sent to the Sick Bay & if necessary parents will be called to collect them.  If your child has been tested for COVID 19 please keep them at home until the test has been returned negative.

Medication 

If your child needs to take medication during school hours eg. antibiotics or antihistamines, a Medical Permission Form is required to be completed and handed into the front office along with the medication.    Please see Mrs Pittman in the Office.

School Hours & Supervision

Teachers commence duty at 8:30am and finish duty when the last bus leaves St Patrick’s approximately 3:10pm.

Supervision begins at 8:30am in the COLA,  School starts: 9am (Bell  - 8:50am)

Recess: 11.00am – 11.30am, Lunch: 1.30pm – 2:10pm  School finishes: 3.00pm.

SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS

The school office hours are 8:30am to 3:30pm

Afternoon Process

Students are dismissed from class at 2:55pm and assemble in the COLA area for messages & dismissal. Students are dismissed at 3pm.

Buses are loaded at 3pm, pickups are taken to the front gate at St Patrick's Church, walkers are seen across  Apsley Street.