Principal's Messages
AN IMPORTANT COVID UPDATE FOR ALL ST ITA’S PARENTS AND CARERS
Welcome back to all our families for Term 4. I hope you’ve all had a restful break and fingers crossed, we get back to normal day to day schooling on Monday 25th October.
During the school holidays there were reports of Tier 1 COVID-19 sites both in and around the Baw Baw Shire. Upon return to school today, several families have alerted me that they have been to a Tier 1 site and they are currently in isolation.
Tier 1 represents exposure sites where people attending are at greatest risk of catching the virus and passing the infection onto others. As such, people who have visited a Tier 1 site during a time specified must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days — regardless of their result.
From a school perspective, I am appreciative to the families who have alerted us to the fact that they need to isolate as it helps us to maintain a safe workspace for our children and teaching staff.
Last Friday we sent out the current COVID-19 roadmap out to all families in our school community (see below). Please be aware that this roadmap could change if the COVID-19 virus forces the Baw Baw Shire to enter a snap lockdown.
ONSITE REMOTE LEARNING
Remote Learning will continue for all students and onsite remote learning will resume for only Category A and Category B students.
CATEGORY A
Students where both parents, guardians and/or carers are considered authorised workers who cannot work from home, work for an authorised provider and where no other supervision Arrangements can be made:
- Where there are two parents/guardians/carers, both must be authorised workers, working outside the home in order for their children to be eligible for on-site provision.
- For single parents/guardians/carers, the authorised worker must be working outside the home in order for their children to be eligible for on-site provision.
- Please complete the onsite intentions form
CATEGORY B
Students experiencing vulnerability, including:
- in out-of-home care
- deemed vulnerable by a government agency, funded family or family violence service, and assessed as requiring education and care outside the family home
- identified by a school or early childhood service as vulnerable, (including via referral from a government agency, or funded family or family violence service, homeless or youth justice service or mental health or other health service)
- where a parent/carer indicates that a student with a disability is vulnerable because they cannot learn from home, and/or informs the school the student is vulnerable due to family stress, the school must provide on-site supervision for that student.
If your child is in grade 3-6 and does not fall into either of these categories, they must complete remote learning from home.
We thank you for your efforts, patience and the ongoing support and encouragement that you’ve given during these really testing times. Keep positive and roll on Monday 25th October.
