PROACTIVE MEASURES TO LIMIT THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 AT BRISBANIA PS
Brisbania PS requests your help and understanding with the following to assist the health and safety of our school. Please stay calm and encourage your child to practise good hygenie at home and school.
WHEN TO STAY AT HOME
Please keep your child at home if they are are sick or have respiratory symptoms (sore throat, cough, congested nose, low grade fever, shortness of breath), until they are well. Students who come to sick bay feeling unwell will be sent home.
WHEN TO SELF-ISOLATE
If you or your child has been overseas. It is manadatory to self- isolate for 14 days from 16 March. If you are diagnosed with COVID-19 or have had close contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 you must self-isolate. Please inform the school immediately if you need to self-isolate.
ARRIVAL AT SCHOOL
Please drop your child at school as close to 8:50am as possible. From today, all classes will be going to their rooms from 8:40am, as this is when the majority of students start arriving at school each morning.
WET WEATHER PICK UP
Due to the ongoing building works as well as social distancing, if it is wet weather at 2:50pm, students will be dismissed from their classroom rather than the COLA.
If students are catching the bus or using Brisbania Close , they will meet in the hall to be escorted by supervising teachers.
If using Kiss and Drop, meet in Stage Three area.
SKOOLBAG/ FACEBOOK UPDATES
As new information is sent to schools from the Department of Education, updates will be sent via Skoolbag and FACEBOOK.
PERSONAL HYGENIENE/ HANDWASHING
It is essential that all students wash their hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. Please encourage this practice at home and school. Reduction in face contact is necessary and covering your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing. Sneezing or coughing into your elbow or a tissue, then disposing of the tissue ASAP.
CANCELLATION OF EVENTS
All assemblies, carnivals, sport events, Easter Hat Parade, ANZAC assembly, Assembly of Excellence, Stage One Taronga Zoo excursion, Stage Two Bouddi National Park excursion, Year Five Great Aussie Bush Camp and Year 6 Canberra overnight excursions have been cancelled until further notice.
SRE/SEE
Both Ethics and Scripture have been cancelled until further notice.
BUBBLERS/ WATER
Students will not be using school bubblers, please send enough water in bottles each day with your child.
CLEANING/ VENTILATION
Staff have been asked to increase ventilation in classrooms and are encouraged to use outdoor settings where possible. Additionally, cleaners have been asked to focus on cleaning high touch surfaces.
Thank you
Annette Parrey
Principal
