In order to support our school community we will continue to maintain a high vigilance in regard the COVID Operating Guidelines and in particular maintain the required hygiene and physical distancing measures in place in our schools.

To comply with our department's guidelines can we please:

• Maintain pick up and drop offs at the front gate
• Parents coming to the school for late arrivals or early pick- ups or parent meetings please come to the office and undertake comply with personal hygiene and social distancing guidelines.
• We are limiting large adult gatherings at school: Sports Day Friday 7 August will be for students only for 2020, for Term 3 we will not resume After School Care, Playgroup and outside Therapists onsite.
• Parent Meetings eg P&C and My Time will be held in the Geyer Centre to follow personal hygiene and social distancing guidelines practices.
• This term is Individual Curriculum Plan and Personal Future Action Plan Reviews and parents please adhere to hygiene and social distancing practices.
• We can accomodate outside therapy input to ICP/PFAP meetings using Zoom.
• Meetings with Guidance Officer, Nurses or Departmental Therapy Meetings please adhere to hygiene and social distancing practices.                                   
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Student Attendance:

• Student attendance hours are: teacher aide supervision from 8.30 till 9.00 am, formal classes commence 9.00 am till 2.35 pm, students move to bus area and front of gate between 2.35 pm and 2.45 pm with formal departure at 2.45 pm.
• With current Medical Alert we will maintain drop off and pick up for parents and taxis through the front gate with staff guiding handover. Please be mindful of the flow to avoid congestion at the handover times.
• Late arrivals or early departures please go to the front office adhering to hygiene and social distancing practices.
• Please notify the school office and School Transport if your young person will be absent, if you have carers or family members picking up your young person.

Continuity of learning from Department of Education

Continuity of learning remains an extremely important consideration in response to any emergency event and the department continues to support sustained curriculum delivery through a variety of ways.

The learning@home and Learning Place websites will continue to be available. Two-week units of work across the English, Mathematics and Science curriculum areas for Prep to Year 10 students are being progressively released during the remainder of this year. Teacher resources aligned to the resources are available through the Learning Place.

Our YouTube channel is a ready resource with all episodes of learning@home TV, reading@home TV and coding@home TV available for use by teachers, students and parents.

Commencing next week EDTV will be airing on our YouTube channel fortnightly every Friday. It will feature STEM, Languages, Writing, Health and Physical Education, and will showcase some of Queensland’s outstanding state school teachers and students. To access episodes and receive the latest information, make sure you subscribe to the newsletter.

The State Schools Support Line (1800 570 793) continues to operate, providing advice to families in relation to continuity of learning.

Our focus is to move forward through this 'new' time together.