Community Wellbeing

Actions

Reason

Student Attendance: for Prep -Year Six (whole school)

Return to on site learning in classrooms for all students. If parents choose for students to remain at home and participate in learning at home, parents are required to advise the school of absence. The class teacher will not be able to be responsible for providing alternative home based learning- parents are advised to access the Department of Education’s learning@home website.

Queensland Government directive

Parents Requested to Drop Off and Pick Up outside of School Buildings

Parents are respectfully asked to assist the school in maintaining ‘social distancing’ measures by dropping off and picking up students outside of the school classroom buildings and dropping off outside the school grounds if possible (i.e. by not coming up the stairs and into corridors) and only coming up to the school office if it is essential. Maintain contact with school staff by email or phone. The school asks that no non-essential persons enter the school grounds. The following locations have been set aside as morning drop off points (at 8.45am) and afternoon pick up points. Parents are asked to drop off/collect students and then leave the school grounds immediately. Teachers will meet the students at these designated spots and take them to classroom locations as well as return them to these locations at the end of the day:

Prep- outside Prep classrooms (Parents are asked to stay at the bottom of the Prep classroom steps and not come up on to the verandas or into the classrooms. Prep Teachers will stand at the door of their classroom and provide access to students at 8.45am. Students only will be asked to step up on to the veranda with their bags. No sign in processes by parents will be required. Parents are asked to wait away from the Prep stairs at the end of the school day and children will be sent down when a parent is sighted. This will help us ensure that the community is practising physical distancing measures)

Yr 1- on artificial grass beside the Year One building (Parents are asked to not come up the stairs into the Year One building or into the classrooms. Year One Teachers will stand at the bottom of the Year One building at 8.45am. Students only will be asked to move inside with their bags. Parents are asked to wait away from the building at the of the school day and ensure that you are practising physical distancing measures)

Yr 2 - outside of buildings/ bottom of stairs- own classrooms

Yr 3- bottom of stairs- own classrooms

Yr 4- bottom of stairs- own classrooms

Yr 5- outside of buildings/ bottom of stairs- own classrooms

Yr 6- bottom of stairs- own classrooms

Minimise contact. Parents encouraged to limit contact across whole school community.

Parent volunteers in class

No class parent volunteers to attend school until further notice. Thank you for your assistance to date.

Minimising exposure

No sharing of food

Reminders to all students before every break. Students are encouraged to bring their own water bottles.

Hygiene and allergies

Sick school children

STAY HOME for any illness

Any students arriving at school sick will be sent home ASAP to follow Qld Health guidelines.

Cross contamination risk

Flu-like symptoms

If a student or staff member presents to the office with flu-like symptoms they will be isolated from other students and staff, as appropriate, and immediate contact made with parents, sent to hospital/Drs ASAP.

Public Health requirement

Increase to cleaning allocations for schools

Provision of additional cleaning hours by Education Queensland from 23/3/2020.

An additional allocation from EQ- daily plan has been developed.

All incursions and excursions excursion

All cancelled or postponed until further notice. Any possible new dates to be confirmed at a later date.

Following EQ directive

Handwashing

Students to be directed to wash hands with soap and paper towel before and after each break time. Staff who move between classrooms are asked to wash hands between each class.

Health and Safety advice

School Events/Activities

STATUS

Reason/ Further info

Assembly (P-2 & 3-6)

Cancelled until further notice

Large gathering of people. ‘Virtual’ assemblies will be held in classrooms until further notice.

YOSHC

Ongoing

Will continue at this stage. To follow government guidelines regarding ‘social distancing’. P&C and organisers to confirm if any changes.

Classroom supervision

MODIFIED

Incorporating physical distance where possible. Student seating to be considered so not in close proximity, where possible. Hand washing prior to and after each break. Line ups after breaks so not too close together to other students.

Resource Centre

CLOSED

Closed until further notice. No Library lessons at this stage. Class weekly borrowing of books to occur in smaller groups.

Inclusion Teacher Support

Ongoing

Inclusion Teacher support for students as required.

Specialist lessons: PE lessons

MODIFIED

Outdoor PE lessons only

Specialist lessons: PE, Music & Spanish

MODIFIED

Specialist staff to go to classrooms to deliver lessons.

School Choir, Band and Strings (all ensembles)

Cancelled until further notice

Large group

Spelling Mastery

Cancelled until further notice

Cross class groupings

Instrumental Music

To continue

IM lessons to begin again from Week 6. Hygiene practices in place between lessons.

P&C Tuckshop

OPEN

P&C will communicate information as needed.

Report Cards

MODIFIED

An alternative report card format will be provided to parents in Week 10 of Term Two (to be sent by email).

Interschool sport including District Team rep events

CANCELLED

All events cancelled until further notice.

Pre-Service Teachers

Cancelled until further notice

Limit non-essential personnel in school. Universities have been contacted.