Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,

In-line with advice announced by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, the Victorian Government has announced that from 11:59 pm on Thursday 8 September 2022, the isolation period for those who test positive to COVID-19 will be reduced to five days following a positive test, provided that the person is asymptomatic on day five.

For symptomatic cases, the isolation period will remain at seven days from the date of the positive Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) or PCR test.

People who are asymptomatic and leave isolation after five days cannot visit or work at a sensitive setting – such as hospitals, residential aged care, disability care settings or in-home care for the next two days, or if they have COVID-19 symptoms.

This means that staff and students who are asymptomatic and leave isolation after five days can attend school. The school must be notified that the asymptomatic staff member or student has completed their isolation period if they are attending the school.

As an additional risk mitigation, staff and students who leave isolation after five days are recommended to undertake rapid antigen testing in the days following their isolation and test negative before attending the school or other settings of higher risk, and to wear a face mask in indoor settings outside the home – in line with existing recommendations.

There are no changes to the current isolation requirements for close contacts (household contacts), who can continue to leave home each day, provided they continually test negative on a rapid antigen test.

Fire Rescue Victoria visit

The Foundation children recently had members from the Traralgon Fire Rescue brigade visit them to talk about the role of the fire brigade as a part of their unit on People in our Community. The children got to see the trucks up close and how the hoses work. The children were encouraged to discuss with their parents at home where their safe meeting place would be in case of a fire.

Kind regards,

Jodie

Due to a processing error, direct debits due on 15th September were processed last night, 12th September. Our apologies for any inconvenience this error may have caused. Payments will NOT be processed again on the 15th but will be processed as normal on the next due date for your payment. If a payment has been returned unpaid due to this error then the payment will be reprocessed on the 15th September. This error does not affect direct debits from credit cards which will be processed as normal on the 15th September.

From the beginning of Term 4 the School Office Hours will be 8:30am - 4:00pm 

Staff will be not be available to answer the phones before 8:30am

Thank you

As we finish off the term I am pleased to announce that we have raised $300 so far to support the Goat Rearing Centre in Ethiopia. The winner of our third Lolly Jar is Mrs Jo Hemming with a guess of 136 lollies. 

The winners of the Colouring Competition will be announced at our school mass on Friday and will be posted in the newsletter in week 1 of next Term. A big shout out to the Gippsland Regional Aquatic Centre for their donation for the prizes.

Next term we will continue with our fundraising efforts. One of our events will be a cent line, where you make a line with the coins to see who has the longest line. You might like to start collecting those silver coins!

FOOTY DAY - Thursday 15th September 2022.

Footy Day is on Thursday 15th September 2022. All students are invited to wear their favourite football team colours to school.

This is not a free dress day, children should be in school sports uniform with footy colours or their footy club gear. Children are not permitted to spray their hair or wear face paint. The student leadership group are asking for a gold coin donation to support their fundraising  effort for the gaga pit.

At 2:00pm we invite all families and friends to attend the school for:

• The football teams parade
• The longest kick competition from Foundation to Year 6
• Then we will have fun with our footy team club songs.

Each week students from each class are awarded Student of the Week certificates. These children are nominated for the example they have been within the school based on the School Wide Expectation focus for that week. The weekly focus will be from Wednesday until Tuesday the following week. Awards will be presented to students at assembly on Friday.

In Week 9 the School Wide Expectation focus was Learning : 

I set high expectations of what I can achieve.

I work hard and always try my best.

I reflect on my own learning and how I can improve.

I can receive and act on feedback.

Icy poles are back for sale at lunchtime during Term 4. They are 50 cents each.