COVID-19 UPDATE 2.10PM 24/3/20:
We are currently receiving advice from the relevant health authorities and Department of Education on a daily basis.
We endeavour to update staff, students, parents, caregivers and our broader school community in a timely manner as we receive these updates.
We continue to have increased cleaning staff on site before, during and after school.
All excursions scheduled for the remainder of Term 1 have been cancelled. The School will re-assess excursions moving forward in early Term 2.
Students who are unwell at school:
If a child arrives at school unwell, or becomes unwell while at school, the school First Aid Officer will ask parents to collect their children and take them home. Please do not send your child to school if they are unwell.
Parents and school:
While school remains open and in the absence of other advice, the decision by parents to remove their children from school requires that parents accept responsibility for the student's:
· wellbeing and
· education.
To support parents with this, we have available the resources from the Queensland Department of Education including the curriculum resources in the link below.
In the current situation I would ask parents to refrain from requesting work from individual teachers. These staff are already working full-time, teaching those students who are in attendance.
Schools continue to plan for the provision of learning materials in an online format in the event of a school closure, but until then, the primary service delivery of learning is in our face to face format.
Absences and roll marking:
The Prime Minister recently acknowledged that parents need to make decisions about their children attending school. It is reasonable for parents to elect to keep their children home during this time, however, they have been asked to notify their child's school of this decision.
Where parents decide to keep their children at home due to COVID-19 concerns, absences will not be considered "unauthorised" for the purpose of roll marking.
Please phone or email the school on to notify us of any absences in relation to your student/s.
Resources for learning at home:
The newly-developed learning@home website, accessible via the Queensland Education website, is open to the public. It provides a range of activities to support students to continue their learning, as well as general advice and links to a range of high-quality public learning sites.
Two-week units of work for Prep to Year 10 across English, Mathematics, Science, HASS (History and Geography), Digital Technologies and Design and Technologies will also be available via this website. These materials will continue to be made available, with fortnight 2 uploaded by the end of the week. These units are available in a digital and print format.
Access the website here: https://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/learning-at-home
Social distancing:
We ask parents and caregivers to please phone or email our office staff with any enquiries where possible in place of physically visiting the office in accordance with the Government's social distancing regulations. Our staff are dealing with a high number of enquiries at this time, and ask for your patience and understanding in managing any enquiries you might have.
I encourage you to keep up to date with our Facebook page, eNewsletter and website for the latest advice as it becomes available.
Jackson Dodd
Principal
James Nash SHS