01 Dec 2021
COVID OUTBREAK
Last week, we had five students test positive to COVID – 19. We wish the affected students and their families a speedy recovery.
These cases were immediately reported to the Department of Education (DoE) and NSW Health.
Our school was closed for the onsite attendance of staff and students last Wednesday and Thursday. The school underwent a ‘COVID deep clean’ to ensure return to school was safe. During this time our executive staff also worked with the DoE and NSW Health to complete the contact tracing process.
Students and staff classed as contacts were identified and asked to self – isolate for the required period (7 – 14 days), having to provide negative COVID tests on specified days.
On Monday 29 November, the Premier introduced the rapid antigen home testing (RAHT) program which allowed close contacts to return to school immediately following a negative PCR test and on the basis that they do daily RAHTs before attending school across seven days. This means that our students' learning is able to continue with minimal interruptions following a positive COVID-19 case. Many of our families have taken RAHT kits home.
The safety and wellbeing of our staff and students is of paramount importance to us at all times. As such we will continue to work closely with NSW Health to ensure that all necessary health advice is adhered to.
2022 KINDERGARTEN PARENTS ZOOM INFORMATION SESSION
On Monday evening, Mrs Tillett ran a Zoom session with our incoming 2022 Kindergarten parents. The session familiarised parents with our school routines and outlined what school will look like for their children next year. Thank you Mrs Tillett.
2022 KINDERGARTEN TRANSISTION PROGRAM
Our Kindergarten transition program will be held Tuesday 7 December and Tuesday December 14. Despite the proposed teacher’s strike on December 7, our transition program will go ahead.
Following the new health advice from the Department only those with completed enrolments will be able to attend. If you have not yet completed the enrolment process and would like your child be a part of the program, we encourage you to finalise the paper work as a matter of urgency.
Our transition sessions will be split into two groups, with half the students attending in the morning and the other half attending in the afternoon. Sessions will commence at 10:15am and 12:45pm. Transition sessions will take place in the spare demountable buildings adjacent to the administration block. Parents dropping off and collecting their children will need to enter the school via the gate at the end of the administration block (next to the demountable buildings). There will be a designated drop off and collection zones for parents.
We look forward to meeting the newest members of our Carlingford Public School community in the coming weeks.
2021 PRESENTATION DAY ASSEMBLIES
Our presentation day assemblies will take place on Thursday, 9 December. Unfortunately, parents will not be permitted to join us this year. We hope to take some photographs of the award recipients throughout the day.
Due to COVID guidelines, we are required to hold a separate assembly for each stage. They will be held at the following times.
Early Stage 1 – 9:30 to 10:15 am
Stage 1 – 12:10 – 1:00 pm
Stage 2 – 10:30 -11:25 am
Stage 3 – 1:10 to 2:10 pm
YEAR 6 FAREWELL
The Year Six Farewell will take place on Tuesday 14 December, at Oatlands Golf Club. Students will have a great night of dining and dancing, farewelling CPS in style. Our fantastic P&C have kindly covered the cost of the farewell to ensure that no students miss out this year.
PRINCIPAL’S AFTERNOON TEA
Our 2021 Principal’s Afternoon Tea will be held on Wednesday 15 December. We have a long list of students who have earnt three gold awards and as a result will receive a prestigious ‘Principal’s Medallion’. We will publish the list of students in next week’s newsletter.
Unfortunately, due to COVID guidelines, parents will be unable to attend.
OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOKS
Currently we have about 550 books that are overdue. Please return any library books you have borrowed to the library no later that Friday 3 December.
SPORTS COURTS
The surface for our sport courts is now complete. There are a few final touches to be completed and then they will be handed over to the Department of Education for final inspection before being approved for use. We are hoping to be using the courts by week 9.
WORN UP COLLECTION
The Worn Up Textile Rescue Program funded by our local council has another collection coming up! If you have any non-wearable textiles please bring them into the office. These uniforms will be collected by Worn Up and reformed into new products such as tables, tiles, dog beds, acoustic tiles and more! To find out more about them and follow their progress follow them - @wornup
Please remember that Worn Up accepts Carlingford Public School uniforms only, no other clothing, no shoes, bags or underwear.
Neil Hinton
Principal.