From the Principal's Desk
WORLD TEACHER'S DAY - THANK YOU P&F
What a lovely surprise and gesture from the P &F to acknowledge World teacher's Day.
The card, that accompanied a scrumptious box of chocolates for each staff member read, 'Celebrating your amazing skills that you bring to school each day to teach and inspire the students of St Brigid's. Happy Teacher's day!
COVID-19 UPDATES
School sport activities are allowed to proceed from 1 November 2021 for the rest of Term 4 with specific restrictions to align with NSW Public Health Orders and the Reopening NSW roadmap.
Schools should take into account their local context and follow principles for COVID-safe practices.
Schools are encouraged to enable participation in school sports within defined cohorts as part of re-establishing regular school timetabling and routines, and for the well-being of all students.
Schools are discouraged from enabling students to participate in sports across different school cohorts, and are not permitted to enter into inter-school competitions during school hours until 2022. Wherever possible, the remainder of Term 4 should be focused on restablishing face-to-face teaching and learning with our students.
Sport within an individual school sport activities
School sport may proceed by cohort in outdoor settings as follows:
- No more than 50 people, including participants and organisers.
- Organisers must have a COVID-19 safety plan in place including plans to minimise mingling and mixing between cohorts entering and exiting the location where the sport is taking place.
- Schools can make use of school facilities or local outdoor facilities (e.g. parks, ovals) but must minimise contact with those outside of the school cohort.
- The school must maintain a list of all students and staff that participate and attend each session for contact tracing purposes.
- Third party providers are allowed to support school sport if they are fully vaccinated and must check in and check out using the school’s QR Code.
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Drop off and pick up |
Morning drop off will be from 8:35am - 8:50am via the car zone. Alternatively, students walking or riding to school will enter via the pedestrian gate in Vickery Street. On arrival the student/s proceed directly to class.
Afternoon pick up will commence at 2:55pm - 3:10pm. Students are dismissed via the car pick up zone and Chrysalis Park. Students riding their bikes from school will exit through the gate in Chrysalis Park. |
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Separation of students by year/cohorts |
Students will be learning, playing and interacting in their class groups only. There will be no mingling of class groups at any time. |
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Staggered breaks for recess and lunch |
Due to the size of our school, staggered breaks will not be necessary, however, we will only use the oval for recess and lunch breaks. Each class group will be allocated a designated area to eat and play. There will be no mingling of class groups. |
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Face masks |
Staff: Masks will be worn by teachers and staff at all times indoors. Primary students: Masks are strongly recommended to be worn by all students, at all times, indoors. Some exemptions apply. Please see the Level 3 / Level 3 Plus restrictions for more detail about face masks. |
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Cleaning |
Enhanced daily COVID-19 cleaning arrangements (with a focus on high-touch surfaces) will remain in place until further notice. |
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Responding to a positive case of COVID-19 |
CEDoW has an established process for responding when a member of a school community tests positive for COVID-19. In the event this occurs, we will work closely with the Catholic Education Office and the Public Health Unit to rapidly inform impacted families and ensure we complete all required steps to safely reopen. |
While under Level 3 restrictions, parents and carers must:
- follow the physical distancing advice and avoid gathering outside school gates
- adhere to mask-wearing requirements in accordance with the Public Health Order
- remain outside school grounds (some exceptions apply for vulnerable students or students with a disability)
- When an exception allows a parent or carer to enter school grounds, they must sign in using both the Service NSW QR code and the CEDoW Quick Sign-In.
SENIOR AGED CHAMPION
A belated congratulations to Tayah A who was the Senior Girls Athletics Age Champion. Well done Tayah!
