Dear Community
I want to thank you again for your support throughout what has been a very unusual school semester. The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our entire community and has presented us with extraordinary challenges in managing schooling during the first half of 2020. I am pleased that together, we have been able to make the best of this situation and ensure your child’s safety and continuity of learning.
It has now been 2 weeks since the state government asked that all students return to school unless they had a medical condition that required them to remain at home. It has been fantastic to have over 90% of our students back each day, happy and eager to re-engage in learning at school. It has also been great to see our community being so responsible and keeping their children home when they are unwell. Whilst I’m sure this is not always convenient as life slowly returns to some sort of normality, it is essential to ensure the long term health and well being of everyone within our school. So, thank you.
For now, other regulations such as no entry onto school site for parents and a ban on whole school events such as assemblies and carnivals remain in place. So too do our newly introduced cleaning and hygiene regimes. My prediction is that these measures will be required to stay in place for the remainder of Term 2. However, should the government announce any changes before then we will, as always, update you as to how these will affect our school.
Please read below for some information on how the current situation has impacted on the Semester 1 Reports that are due to go home at the end of this term.
With the regular attendance of many students being greatly reduced over this time, missing up to six weeks of schooling, the breadth and depth of the curriculum covered throughout Semester 1 has been greatly impacted. For this reason, the Department of Education has directed that schools are not required to include A to E grades on this year’s Semester 1 student reports. It also means that your child’s attendance may not be reported, and any written comments may provide less information on their progress than usual.
The reports will still include information on what your children have been covering in each learning area. English and Maths comments will also include some goals for students to work towards in Semester 2. The reports will also have a general comment and an indication of the attitudes, efforts and behaviours that have been displayed by students. We hope that more detailed reports will once again be able to be provided at the end of Semester 2.
As always, if you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me
Sarah Dawson
Principal
