COVID-19 Update from Bellfield College Easing of Restrictions Monday, 8 March 2021 Asalamu Alaykum Dear parents and carers, In line with the recent easing of restrictions in NSW, the three schooling sectors have continued to work with NSW Health to revise the current advice to schools. NSW Health has agreed to the following activities resuming across all schools in NSW effective 8 March 2021:
Visitors including parents/carers are permitted in schools and at activities offsite when following the COVID-19 requirements for visitors. This includes: o Parents/carers can attend meetings with teachers, including prospective parents, and attend orientation meetings. o Parent/carer volunteers are permitted to volunteer in educational support roles o Parent/carer volunteers are permitted to volunteer in the canteen and uniform store o Parents/carers can attend school sporting and arts events at external venues
Advice for parents on Campus:
Drop off and pick up from the College will remain unchanged. We request that all parents utilise the carline in the morning and afternoon. Parent attendance for College events will be via invitation only. Parents must not attend if unwell, even with the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms All visitors, including parents must comply with sign-in arrangements. (QR Code) Before signing in using the school’s sign in process, all visitors and parents should review the COVID19 requirements for visitors, contractors, and service providers (located on the last page of this correspondence) and confirm agreement to the conditions. Visitors must maintain 1.5m physical distance from other adults (including staff) and other visitors when at the College
Advice for students
Students should only attend school if they are well. Students will be sent home if they become unwell at school with even the mildest flu-like symptoms. Symptoms can be found on the Department of Health website: https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-healthalert/what-you-need-to-know-about-coronavirus-covid-19#symptoms If a student has been absent due to flu-like illness or develops flu-like symptoms while at school, they are not to return to school until they have a negative COVID-19 test and are symptom free.
The negative COVID-19 test result must be sighted and received by the school for both students and staff members before their return to school. Please send your negative test result to the College mobile number: 0430 842 666 Students who do not undertake a COVID-19 test result will not be permitted to return to school for a 10-day period. Additionally, they must be symptom-free for at least 3 days prior to returning to school.
At Bellfield College our staff and students practise the highest standards of hygiene. When on the School campus students and staff are encouraged to; o
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Coughing and sneezing - Cover your cough or sneeze through coughing or sneezing into your elbow or tissue, and then disposing of tissues immediately. Always wash your hands after you have coughed, sneezed, or blown your nose. Greetings - Adopt non-contact greetings. Eg. Hand of chest for males and females Physical Distancing - Maintain physical distance from other people while on the School campus.
Winter Uniform Purchases: Due to the limited space in our uniform shop only one family will be permitted access at a time. Parents and carers are encouraged to consider their winter uniform purchases for Term 2, 2021 now. Access to the uniform shop will only be given to those parents who have made an appointment. Our uniform shop is open on Monday and Wednesday by appointment only. It is wonderful that we can now reconnect with our parent community as this is an important feature of our College which we have all missed. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation and look forward to seeing you back at the College soon. Kind regards Bellfield College