Principal's Report
Dear Parents and Carers,
As we move into Week 8 and Week 3 of Remote Learning, we continue to be very grateful for the support, efforts and understanding of our families. A special thank you must go to the Community Council parent group that put together the lovely collection of photos for a FB video post on Monday. We certainly miss the contact with all our families and especially our beautiful students. Thank you to parents who are sending great photos in of all the wonderful things that are happening during Remote Learning. The creative ways families are undertaking activities always brings a smile to our faces.
Since the Media Release last Friday by the Premier and Minister for Education regarding the safe return to onsite schooling for NSW students, not much more information has been released. The commencement of the return of students on October 25th is dependent on vaccination rates reaching 70% across the state. In addition, the Government will mandate through a public health order, the vaccination of all school staff. If ‘stay at home’ orders are lifted in any part of the state prior to October 25th, it is possible that some schools may return to onsite learning sooner. We are hoping this will be the case for our NSW rural Catholic schools. At this stage all we know is that the lockdown has been extended until Friday 10th September. We will now have to wait for further advice from NSW Health, NSW Government and Catholic Education before we have a clear pathway forward. Once more information is known we will share it with our families.
Until then, St Patrick’s school remains open to the families of essential workers and the students who have no one to care for them at home. Please continue to follow the advice of NSW Health in minimalizing movement and contact with one another. We certainly understand the challenges of keeping your children at home through this period of time, but we also thank you for following the requirements of the NSW Health Orders.
St Patrick’s continues to focus on providing high quality online learning opportunities for all our students Years K-6. I am extremely grateful to the teachers and support staff who are working tirelessly behind the scenes, to maintain the quality of learning and teaching of the normal classroom teaching programs. We are so fortunate to have such dedicated teachers and support staff at St Patrick’s.
We continue to pray that our families and community stay safe.
Best wishes for the week ahead,
Christine Baron
Principal
