Dear Parents and Carers,

Things certainly changed rapidly over the weekend when we were given very short notice of an impending lockdown at 5pm on Saturday afternoon for all rural NSW. We appreciate the support, patience and understanding of our families, as we have had to make a very quick turnaround to ensure our Remote Learning platform was ready to roll out on Wednesday. Staff have worked extremely hard over the past two days, to ensure that classroom programs and learning can continue at home and that our students have access to the Remote Learning Platform. It is our priority that education for all our students, continues to meet the needs of all learners and that we proceed in the safest way possible as required by NSW Health Regulations.

Worryingly, the Delta Strain seems to spread easily, quickly and to children. This has placed an even greater impact on our school community. NSW Health has placed schools at Level 4 (highest level) of restriction. Therefore, we advise that school is open for children of essential workers, or if they have no one to care for them at home. Otherwise, we ask that you please keep your child/ren at home.

The directives from NSW Government and Catholic Education are clear. We need to minimise our movement in the community and contact with one another. This goes against everything our schools are about, but we must make a priority of keeping each other safe, well and healthy. For the students that do come to school, we will ensure hygiene and physical distancing measures are in place. Minimal staff will be rostered to be on-site each day. We ask parents to please let us know, by contacting the front office, if your child/ren are attending school on any given day to ensure we have adequate supervision and care in place.

Please remember we are here to support our families in everyway possible through this period of time. If you need to ask questions, please contact your child’s teacher or ring our front office. We understand the additional stress Remote Learning may place on our families and we want you to know that we are only ever a phone call or an email away.

We continue to pray that our families and community stay safe.

Best wishes for the week ahead,

Christine Baron

Principal