COVID-19 Update
On Monday 17 August a new set of revised guidelines was released to both schools and parents. These guidelines outline some of the changes and restrictions in Education. Some of these are:
- Non-Essential adults including parents are still not permitted on school grounds. Please call or email if you have any queries or concerns.
- Call if you need to collect your child/ren and we will arrange for them to be at the laneway gate for collection.
- Drop-off and pick-up zones are still a part of morning and afternoon routines.
- Any adult that enters the school grounds, even to place a school bag on a hook, will need to now complete an 'External Visitor To School Site' Form. Staff will have these ready on playground duty. This is a Departmental requirement should there be a need to complete contact tracing on a school site.
- P&C events and functions are no longer permitted - we will explore options for online meetings in Term 4 if this is still in place.
- Students that are absent or sent home due to flu like symptoms will need to be Covid-19 tested.
- Students must not return to school until they return a negative COVID-19 result and are symptom free.
- The school must sight the negative COVID-19 test result prior to allowing students to return to school.
- Orientation programs in term 3 are currently on hold.
- Some restrictions to school activities have changed and we will modify our programs around these restrictions.
- School canteen can still operate under these new changes.
- School camps are still on hold for term 3 and we will let you know as soon as we find out the determination for term 4.
Father's Day Stall
Our 'Parent and Caregiver Weekend' stall will operate on Friday 4 September. The stall will have a variety of gifts with a wide range of prices. Classes will be creating cards for students to take home for this weekend.
Sadly, it looks very likely that our planned 'Father's Day' Breakfast that we wanted to operate on 4 September will not be allowed to operate with the renewed set of restrictions. Our current plan is to hold a community Breakfast for any member of Captains Flat, when the current COVID-19 restrictions are rolled back. Time will tell when this will occur.
Comic Book Day
Comic Book Day just happens to coincide with the last day of term 3. There will be lots of activities related to comic books on this day. As it is the final day of term, students are encouraged to dress as their favourite comic book character on this day. Once again the great people at Spotlight Queanbeyan have many options for costumes if you are stuck for ideas.
High School Transition Programs
The planned transition days for both Karabar HS and Queanbeyan HS will not occur this term, under the current set of restrictions for schools. More information about possible rescheduled events or online days will be forwarded on when these changes are made.
Absences from School
It is a requirement of the Department that all student absences need to be in writing. This can be completed in SkoolBag in eForms or send an email to the school email account. We appreciate all those that complete this daily.
