From the Principal

We are looking forward to welcoming students back to normal attendance hours next week. This term has certainly been very different and somewhat challenging for all of us. We have, however, had lots of new learning - some of which we hope to incorporate into our new normal and educational delivery.

It is important that we all understand that it may take some children time to settle back into the normality of classroom routines and structures, and in particular some new structures that are guidelines from Public Health. These are important and put in place to keep our community safe and healthy.  

Public Health guidleines are that schools put organisational structures in place to restrict the amount of adults on school sites.  

We want to make school as safe as possible for everyone. Feel free to ask questions if you require any further information. These things won’t be forever, but we all have a shared responsibility to act in a way that supports everyone being safe.

Physical Distancing in Schools during COVID-19

Public Health advice is clear – it is safe for schools to be open. This is because we have a low rate of Coronavirus (COVID-19) community spread in Tasmania and there has been increased and expanded testing. To reduce the risk even further, schools have hygiene and physical distancing measures in place.

While it is safe to send your child/ren to school, we still need adults to maintain a distance from other adults, whilst on site.

To help us with adult physical distancing, we are asking all parents/carers to:

Arriving at School:

• Grade 2 & above are to be dropped at a school entrance and make their way to their classroom.

• Kinder-Grade 1 are to be dropped at the door of the classroom…..their class teachers or teacher assistants will be there to settle them. 

If your child has special circumstances that require you to come to the classroom, please talk with your child’s teacher or one of our leadership team.

End of School Day:

• P-6 students with siblings in kinder will be dismissed at 2:45pm on kinder days & move to the bottom oval to meet with Parents/Carers to allow them to leave the school grounds quickly.  Those students old enough to meet parents at a nominated area (e.g. near an entry point) please organise with your child/ren.

• For all other parents collecting students please arrive at school as close to 3:00pm as possible, apply PHYSICAL DISTANCING whilst waiting, and exit school grounds quickly.

If you need to talk to your child’s teacher, please call the school office on (03) 6344 2533 or email the class teacher.

• When communicating with the school office, please consider whether this needs to be in person or can be done via phone or email. If you need to come in then please ensure that you attend to physical distancing requirements.

More information is available on the Department of Education website: www.education.tas.gov.au