Senior School Weekly - Term 1, Week 8

Issue – March 2021 Term 1, Week 8

Senior School Weekly Parent Teacher Interviews – Monday, 29th March 2021 4.15pm to 7.30pm on campus in the college library Year 11 End of Preliminary Examinations – Thursday 25th March to Thursday 1st April 2021 Last day of Term 1 – Thursday 1st April 2021

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Year 7 Program Yesterday our Year 7 students commenced their “Managing the Bull” as part of their transition into High School.

Over the next 5 weeks Year 7 students will participate in group activities incorporating Bullying as the “BIG IDEA”.

Term 1 - Thursday, 25th March, Thursday, 1st April 2021 Term 2 – Thursday, 22nd April and Thursday, 29th April 2021 Managing the Bull is a 6-week program that incorporates a person-centred approach that builds resilience in bullied teens through games, activities and discussions.

In a safe, supportive environment, students will learn to: • Recognize bullying • Discover inner strengths • Build self esteem • Communicate effectively • Deal with cyber-bullying • Build support networks • Use a personal protection plan Outcomes from this week’s session include: • Help facilitators get to know the students • Identify students’ strengths • Introduce the topic of bullying • Prepare students to identify bullying behaviour Our next session will be held on Thursday, 25th March 2021.

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TREAT YOURSELF TUESDAY Treat yourself Tuesday was a big hit.

Our next stall set up will be Tuesday 30th March. $10.00 pizzas. Orders can be placed with the SRC.

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IST – Senior School Information and Software Technology Salam Alaykom Parents, Year 9 and 10 have settled well into IST this term. They are learning about Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Modelling. They have researched the history of Artificial Intelligence and its different areas. The students thoroughly enjoyed the heated debate we had arguing who is stronger Human or Machine! They have also created a Petrol Cost Simulator using Excel Spreadsheets.

Students are currently working on their Term 1 Assessment where they have built a maze using the Project Development Cycle and will be coding the sphero ball to navigate through it. A special mention to Roya, Hiyam and Fizza who have created a maze of the human respiratory system. Well done girls!

Kind regards, Mrs. Chebli

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Biology Excursion – Camp Coutt Biology Compression - Camp Coutts waterfall in the Heathcote National Park On Wednesday 17 March, the Biology Compression class braved the leeches and spiders and went to Camp Coutts waterfall in the Heathcote National Park. There we met our guides for the day, Matt.

Students compared two plant communities by measuring abiotic factors such as temperature, soil moisture, soil depth, pH and aspect. Quadrats were used to measure distribution and abundance of trees. Native plants and animals were studied in detail to observe their structural features and adaptations. Students observed and identified relationships between organisms studied throughout the day. Human impacts on the ecosystem were also observed and discussed.

Down at the water, we caught different animals such as the Spiny Sydney crayfish, freshwater prawns, tadpoles, back swimmers, and the whirligig bug. After this, we met back as a group to identify and share our findings.

Despite it being such a wet day, we had a lot of fun and it was a great learning experience for everyone.

Dr Ali

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Elevate Study Skills Study Skills Information Session It isn’t enough that students simply understand what they need to do in their study. The challenge in any study skills program is getting students to use and apply the skills they learn. Elevate gets students using the skills from its seminars and workshops by using an integrated process that works.

Student Portal: https://austudent.elevateeducation.com Website: https://au.elevateeducation.com

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Teacher Career Path Handbook Dreaming of a career in Teaching?

Spend your time motivating the next generation of learners, while you pass on your skills and knowledge. You’ll be a valued member of the community so if you’re a positive person who likes working with people you could make a great teacher.

Choosing a career path can be daunting, but the Handbook will help you decide if teaching could be the career for you, then walk you through the process of finding a pathway to become a teacher.

Inside • • • • •

we’ve covered: The in’s and out’s of teaching Learn about the teaching lifestyle Explore study pathways Find an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Program Understand the Registration process

This is the individual career path handbook https://studyworkgrow.com.au/product/teacher-career-path-handbook/

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Teach kids not to jump to conclusions!

Many children jump to conclusions when an unpleasant situation occurs, thinking and acting impulsively rather than thinking rationally before reacting. (This is not just the domain of kids, by the way!) While these snap judgements may be justified, in reality they are the least likely to be the right ones.

For example, imagine a boy walking across a schoolyard when he’s hit in the face by a football. He automatically thinks someone is trying to hurt him, basing his conclusion on the fact that he has been on the receiving end of some rough treatment in the past. He is angry and starts a fight with the boy who kicked the ball, with both of them ending up in trouble.

Don’t react, hit the pause button instead In contrast, if the boy had paused to think before reacting, he may have drawn quite a different conclusion. He might have looked at the person who kicked the ball and, knowing that boy’s general skill level, understood that the most likely scenario was that it was just an accident. In fact, the chances of the boy deliberately aiming at and successfully hitting him were very slim. He would have laughed and kept walking, or joined in the game.

Imagine a girl waiting outside a shop for her friends. They are late, and after ten minutes the girl gets annoyed, concluding that her friends have ditched her – they had tricked her into going to the shops and were never going to meet her; they just wanted to make a fool of her! She sends them an angry text message and goes home in a huff.

This is classic pessimistic thinking – the type that often spirals out of control, leaving a person feeling physically and emotionally exhausted.

If, instead of jumping to conclusions, this girl had slowed down and thought through the possibilities, she would have realised there were lots of quite reasonable scenarios causing her friends to be late.

Perhaps they had missed their bus, or they got stuck in traffic. Maybe they got on the wrong bus. The buses always ran late anyway. Instead of her angry text message she could simply have sent a questioning one, wondering if her friends were okay. She could even have called them!

Resilience is a skill Slowing down your thinking and avoiding jumping to conclusions is a great resilience skill that can be improved with practice. As a parent, you can model this type of thinking, reciting the possibilities out loud so your kids can see how it’s done. If you are the type of parent who instantly assumes the worst and builds mountains out of molehills, this practice could help you as well. (Don’t forget to do this when making judgements about your children’s behaviour too!)

It can be challenging to think rationally in our modern lives. The propensity of the media to focus on sensationalism and worst-case scenarios in many news items doesn’t help – they simply normalise the practice of catastrophising. “The worst recession in years…”, “Record drought figures…”, “Poll figures spell defeat for the government” – you know, the attention-grabbing headlines.

But neither we as adults, nor our kids, need to think this way. We can think differently, reach our own conclusions, and teach our kids to do the same.

Michael Gross

Slowing down your thinking and avoiding jumping to conclusions is a great resilience skill that can be improved with practice. As a parent, you can model this type of thinking, reciting the possibilities out loud so your kids can see how it’s done.

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School Holiday Program CORE Youth Services

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Lunch 1 Monday to Friday B07 Commencing Monday Term 1, Week 8

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Coming up….

Week 9 to Week 10 22/03 MIN STDS YR 10 9a

23/03 MIN STDS YR10

24/03 MIN STDS YR10

25/03 MIN STDS YR10

Year 7 STEM Leadership Program “It isn’t Rocket Science”

Young Halogen Leaders Day SRC Students & Ms Ramadan

Year 7 STEM Leadership Program “It isn’t Rocket Science” END PRELIM EXAMS

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CAT Maths Competition 7-12 selected student

CAT Maths Competition 7-12 selected student

CAT Maths Competition 7-12 selected student

29/03 END PRELIM EXAMS

30/03 END PRELIM EXAMS

31/03 END PRELIM EXAMS

01/04 END PRELIM EXAMS

MIN STDS YR10

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Year 7-12 Parent Teacher Interview On campus: College Library

Year 7 & Year 8 ISD Gala Day

Year 7 Lighthouse Community Support Managing the Bull Workshop

26/03 MIN STDS YR10

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28/03

03/04

04/04 Easter Sunday

END PRELIM EXAMS

02/04 Good Friday P/H

LAST DAY OF TERM 1

Birth of Imam al Mahdi (as)

ENROLMENTS 2022 Dear Parents / Guardians Bellfield College will be commencing their Enrolments for next year's positions after Term 1 Break.

Kindly call the College should you wish to enrol any children for next year.

(Especially Kindergarten Positions) Should you know of any family and friends that wish to enrol their children as well, kindly inform them to contact the College.

Thank you Sana Saleh Enrolments Officer

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Bellfield College Canteen Bellfield College Canteen – Lunch Orders Senior School We are pleased to advise that the Bellfield College Canteen will be offering Lunch Orders from Monday, 8th March 2021. The canteen will be in operation on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout term 1 during the LUNCH BREAK ONLY. The Canteen is now CLOSED during the recess break.

Please ensure you pack a healthy recess for your child/ren.

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Orders for lunch items, must be pre ordered and cannot be purchased over the counter during the lunch break.

Please ensure your child brings their lunch order in a brown paper bag with their full name, year group and order clearly labelled. The correct money for the order must be included in the bag, no change will be given.

Students must place their lunch order in the designated ‘lunch order’ box in the Senior School administration office prior to 8.30am.

Failure to place their lunch order by 8.30am will result in your child not having their lunch order fulfilled.

Lunch orders will be available for collection at the canteen during lunch 1, 12.30pm – 12.50pm.

Senior School students will collect their lunch order and return to senior campus immediately.

Senior school students are not permitted to enter the junior school playground other than to collect their lunch order from the canteen.

Items available over the counter: Snacks, frozen treats, and drinks will be available for purchase over the canteen counter at LUNCH time ONLY. Senior students may purchase items from the canteen at the following time.

Lunch: 12.30pm – 12.50pm Can I place a lunch order over the telephone?

Unfortunately, we do not accept lunch orders over the telephone.

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Parent Communication - Sentral Parent Portal Bellfield’s Student portal is a one-stop shop for everything. Students can access the portal using their school logon, which gives them access to their timetable, assessment marks, attendance history and reports from anywhere at any time.

In addition, the parent portal provides parents with 24/7 access to their child’s data. Parents can log in to access their child’s reports, attendance and welfare details as well as updating family contact details. Furthermore, if you are a parent and want to see your child’s records, contact the college and you will be given an access code for the parent portal, which you will use to access your child’s data.

You can access the portal here: https://bellfield.sentral.com.au/portal

Please download the Sentral for Parents app from App Store or Google store. Enter the name of the college (Bellfield College) and Click ‘Next’

Parent Communication - WhatsApp Save the college mobile number:

0430 842 666

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Senior Girls Summer Uniform (7-12) White long sleeve cotton shirt Long striped summer skirt

Senior Girls Winter Uniform (7-12) White long sleeve cotton shirt Long teal check winter skirt

Seniors – Teal head scarf Bellfield College logo bag White school socks to cover the shin or longer Black hard leather hard sole school shoes

Teal wool blend knitted jumper Teal blazer Charcoal lycra tights

Senior Girls Sport Uniform (7-10) Long teal polo shirt with logo Striped cotton long polo pants (unisex) Long White Sport socks School hat Microfibre long jacket

Black hard leather hard sole school shoes

GIRLS

These white socks should also be worn on Sport days for both boys and girls Senior Boys Summer Uniform (7-12) White short sleeve cotton shirt Charcoal wool blend long pleated pants Grey school socks to cover the ankle Seniors - School tie Bellfield College logo bag Black hard leather hard sole school shoes

Senior Boys Winter Uniform (7-12) White long sleeve cotton shirt Charcoal wool blend long pleated pants Grey school socks to cover the ankle Teal wool blend knitted jumper Teal blazer Black hard leather hard sole school shoes

Senior Boys Sport Uniform (7-10) Teal polo shirt with logo Striped cotton long polo pants (unisex) White sport socks School hat Microfibre jacket

BOYS

These white socks should also be worn on Sport days for both boys and girls

Sport Uniform Sports Uniform is worn for PE PRACTICALS and Sport days only. Please refer to the student timetable and CANVAS classroom for PE practicals days. o Year 7 - Year 8 students attend sport on Wednesday afternoon. o Year 9 - Year 10 students attend sport on Friday afternoon.

Students not in the correct and full summer uniform will be issued afternoon detention.

NOTE ** Our College uniform shop stocks open toe tights suitable for ablution Not wearing leather school shoes is a WHS risk and students will not be allowed to participate in practical lessons (ie Food Technology)

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IMPORTANT REMINDER NOTICE

UNIFORM SHOP Change of operating hours As of Monday 22nd February 2021, the uniform shop will be open on Monday and Wednesday ONLY

Any telephone calls to the office to change your child's dismissal arrangements must be received before 2.30pm.

We will also ask that students are not collected from the Junior or Senior office between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. If you have a medical appointment, we ask that students are collected before 2.30pm.

Please contact the office 10 minutes prior to collecting your child/ren so we can have them waiting for you.

We also encourage parents to inform their child/ren that they are leaving early so they are prepared for an earlier dismissal time.

These strategies are in place to ensure that teachers and students can maximise learning time and assist in keeping the dismissal as calm and safe as possible.

Thank you for your understanding.

Winter Uniform Purchases

Term 1, 2021 guidelines allow parents and carers to be onsite to purchase uniforms. 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.

Blazer Orders Families are encouraged to pre order their child/ren's Blazer prior to the end of term 1. It is compulsory for ALL students to wear a Blazer for school photos. School photo days are being held on the following days: Senior School Photo Day: Thursday, 3rd June 2021 The uniform shop does not take orders over the telephone for Blazers. Students are fitted for Blazers and full payment is required to place an order.

There will be NO REFUNDS or EXCHANGES for an incorrect size or purchase.

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Suspension A suspension from school is offered to students as a last resort or for a breach of College rules.

Students can be suspended from school from anywhere between 2 - 3 days. The length of time is dependent upon a number of variables and is at the discretion of the CEO/Principal.

An immediate suspension will be given to a student who: swears at a teacher, engages in physical fighting, violence directed toward a person, steals from someone or engages in immoral behaviour.

Other behaviours may also result in suspension at the CEO/Principal’s discretion and include vandalism, high level bullying, an ongoing accumulation of issues and an inability to demonstrate improved behaviour.

Mobile Phones Our College is a student phone free zone.

Mobile phones MUST be placed in the school bag and switched off before entering school grounds, this includes before the 8.30am bell and after the home time bell. If seen, heard or used on school grounds devices will be confiscated immediately and held for two weeks. Please note that this also includes mobile phone devices such as Air Pods and headsets. Other technology items including IPADS and Apple watches are also not permitted.

Students also have the option of handing in their mobile phone to the senior administration office each morning. Pick up occurs at 3.20pm, not earlier.

Afternoon Detentions Your child may receive an on-the-spot afternoon detention for reasons including but not limited to: o Late to class o Out of Uniform o Non completion of class work If a student is absent from school when the afternoon detention is served, then he/she will have to serve it on another day and families will be notified accordingly.

Failure to attend the afternoon detention may result in a suspension as this is considered a serious breach of college rules.

Homework Homework is sent home every night. Please contact your child’s class teacher if you have any questions.

The Main Types of Homework are • • • •

Practice Exercises – providing students with the opportunities to apply new knowledge, or review, revise and reinforce newly acquired skills Preparatory Homework – providing opportunities for students to gain background information on a unit of study so that they are better prepared for future lessons Extension & Research Assignments – encouraging students to pursue knowledge individually Revision and consolidation – reading over class notes, applying information and organisation or reformatting notes

Students late to class Students late to class will receive an Afternoon Detention. Late to class can be defined simply as ‘wrong place, wrong time’. If a student is late to class / truant an entire period they are marked as absent on the Sentral roll marking system. This is then followed up by the class teacher and the Head of Department the next day. Continued late to class / truancy may result in further action being taken.

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Withdrawing from the College If you are withdrawing a student from the College, please be advised that 10 weeks’ notice is required If you do not provide the College 10 school weeks’ notice of withdrawing from the college, a term’s fees will be charged to your account.

Roll Call Students must arrive prior to 8.30am and will attend period 1 class immediately after the morning bell (8.30am). Attendance rolls will be marked at the commencement of period 1 and throughout the day occurring at the beginning of each period. Students late to class will be issued with an ‘on the spot’ afternoon detention.

Travel Policy Please ensure that prior to booking any holidays during term time, that you seek approval from the college. We only allow 10 school days leave maximum during a calendar year. Any families who are in breach of our travel policy will be asked to repeat their current grade.

Please note that students enrolled in the Compression classes will not be granted leave during term time.

Private Buses Students travelling to and from school via private buses should use the foot path along the front driveway. When leaving school, students must use the Junior crossing and the student exit pedestrian gate.

Afternoon Pickup and Morning Drop off – Kiss and Drop If travelling to and from school by car, pick up and drop off is strictly via the school car line zone. Car line may be accessed through the Junior school gate, follow the road through to the senior school library and wait in your car for your child. Children must wait in front of the library until mum or dad are seen to approach the library.

Students are not permitted to wait along the grass area, nor should they be encouraged to cross carline to enter your vehicle. o o o o o o o

ALL students must be picked up from the car line.

NO students will be permitted to exit to enter cars parked on the street.

Gates will open at 2.45pm.

Please join the car line. No cars will be permitted to make a right turn to enter the car line.

ALL cars must exit the driveway and turn left ONLY. Right turn and U-turns will not be permitted.

Students will be lined up in family groups during afternoon pick up to allow for faster access.

Please be respectful and courteous to our staff as they are only doing their job.

Sick Bay Illness at School o Students who are sick during the school day should: 1. See a teacher for written permission to go to the sick bay.

2. Present themselves promptly to the senior administration office.

3. Follow instructions from the administrative staff politely.

4. Stay at school until the administrative staff have contacted parents. o o

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Students must not telephone parents to arrange for their parent/guardian to collect them. This will be done by the office staff.

The sick bay is used for a short time only and students will be monitored by the senior school administration officer. If the problem persists parents or caregivers will be contacted.

For serious problems, parents or caregivers will be contacted immediately and for very serious cases medical help will be sought.

It is extremely important that the medical information in each student’s file is accurate. If there is a change in your child’s health status, the school MUST be notified. For students who are on medication parents are required to complete a ‘Prescribed Medication’ form explaining the nature of the medication and give clear guidelines for administering the medication. This form is available from the front office. Prescribed medications must be distributed from the office.

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Ms Mouina Ramadan Head of Senior School mouina.ramadan@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Cameron Barrington HSIE/English cameron.barrington@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Zeinab Rammal HSIE/English zeinab.rammal@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Miss Ayah Balloot Head of Department – CA.L.E ayah.balloot@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Mariam Bazzi HSIE/English mariam.bazzi@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Chanel Jbarah English chanel.jbarah@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Wassim Hijazi Head of Department – HSIE wassim.hijazi@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Mohamed Mohamedali HSIE mohamed.mohamedali@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Owen Gates Science and Mathematics owen.gates@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Hussein Akil Head of Department – PDHPE hussein.akil@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Ali Fawaz HSIE/English ali.fawaz@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Zahrah Shaddad PDHPE zahrah.shaddad@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Dr Abdi Ali Head of Department – STEM abdi.ali@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Miss Layel Jomaa HSIE/English layel.jomaa@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Mustapha Khalil Mathematics mustapha.khalil@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Javid Karimi Mathematics Coordinator javid.karimi@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Miss Monika Kumar HSIE/English monika.kumar@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Miss Staphanie Laguna Science and Mathematics stephanie.laguna@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Moustafa Nehme Year 7 Year Advisor moustafa.nheme@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Mahdi Hussain English mahdi.hussain@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Shweta Sharma Science and Mathematics shweta.sharma@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Chanel Jbarah Year 8 Year Advisor chanel.jbarah@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Riem Derbasi English and Learning Support riem.derbasi@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Marwa Hijazi Science and Mathematics marwa.hijazi@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Mahdi Hussain Year 9 Year Advisor mahdi.hussain@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Maysaa Balhas Arabic and Languages maysaa.balhas@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Rana Chebli IST rana.chebli@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Miss Zeinab Rammal Year 10 Year Advisor zeinab.rammal@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Sasha Hayes Visual Arts sasha.hayes@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Eman Soliman TAS eman.soliman@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Shweta Sharma Year 11/12 Year Advisor shweta.sharma@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Jenna Crisp Learning Support Senior School jenna.crisp@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Yasna Dench Learning Support Senior School yasna.dench@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

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COVID Communication for parents The NSW Health guidelines provided by the DoE advises the following:

Parents and carers should regularly be reminded that they are not permitted on school grounds except for the reasons outlined.

• Parents and carers are not allowed on school sites or at off-site school events held during

school hours except for the following purposes only:

1. Essential parent and carer meetings with teachers and/or school executives, with a scheduled appointment.

2. Entering a school administration building for the purpose of picking up your child if they are unwell 3. To attend the uniform shop via appointment only All parents are required to 'COVID Safe' Check-In at Bellfield College. Please look for the COVID Safe QR code posters when you enter the College. Be sure to sign in at the Business Support Office (white house) when you arrive.

Students should only attend school if they are well.

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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-ncovhealth-alert/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.

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