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COVID-19 safety update

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School closures due to positive COVID cases will be minimised under new settings announced by the NSW Government. Updates to Year 12 end-of-year school celebrations. 

Dear Parents and Carers,

In order to minimise disruptions caused to schools by COVID-19 cases, and to maximise the time our students have learning in the classrooms a number of changes to operations for schools will be introduced from Monday 29 November for the remainder of Term 4.

Rapid antigen 'test-to-stay' program

A rapid antigen home testing (RAHT) ‘test-to-stay’ program will be available to any student who is a close contact of a COVID-19 case in a school setting. This will enable them to get back to school immediately following a negative PCR test and on the basis they do daily RAHTs before attending school across 7 consecutive days. This means that our students' learning is able to continue with minimal interruptions following a positive COVID-19 case. Full support will be available to help you implement this should it be required at our school and many other schools and students are already using RAHTs successfully.

Year 12 end-of-year school celebrations allowed for all HSC students

Minister Hazzard has announced that all Year 12 and HSC students can ​attend end-of-year school celebrations including formals, dinners or graduations – regardless of their vaccination status. The event must be organised by, or on behalf of, the school in which the student is enrolled and the unvaccinated students will be required to show a negative PCR COVID-19 test within 72 hours prior to the event. Students must follow the COVID-safe rules in place at the venue – including wearing a mask indoors. This is a welcome change and will ensure that all of our Year 12 and HSC students can celebrate their work and achievements over what has been a tough final year of school.

An update to our cleaning protocols

NSW public schools are cleaned by professional cleaners each day, guided by expert advice from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC), the National Health and Medical Research Council and NSW Health. As we have already seen in many schools, cohorting and our other COVID-safe layers of protection have been effective at minimising disruption. NSW Heath has provided clear advice, based on evidence that the department's regular clean, day clean and enhanced clean provides a more than sufficient layer of protection in schools for students and staff. NSW Health have advised there is no health and safety benefit to undertaking an environmental clean which is highly disruptive to a school’s ongoing operations and can close a school for up to 2 days. This is another important change that will get students back into classrooms faster in parallel with the ‘test-to-stay’ program. You can read more on the department's website about the different levels of cleaning in place in our schools.

Please continue to refer to the department's Advice for families page for the latest information on settings in our schools.

Thank you again for your continued support during this school term.

Yours sincerely,

Lachlan Erskine.

Principal