Covid Safe Information
Our first priority is to keep everyone in our school community safe. To achieve that, we have taken a number of precautions to minimise the spread of Covid-19 in the school environment.
Cranbourne Primary School was the only school in the local area that did not have a positive case in 2020. We have effective systems to control the spread of the virus and thank our school community for supporting the school with these guidelines.
Rapid Tests (RATs)
Each student will be provided with Rapid Antegen Tests (RATs) each week. Each student attending school should be tested on Monday and Wednesday of, prior to attending school. If you recieve a negative result, you do not need to take any further action. If you recieve a postive result, you will need to report it to the state department of health and the school.
Positive Cases in schools
If there are positive cases in the school, we will publish some general information (including year level, class and days they attended) through Sentral. Please make sure you are able to access Sentral to recieve these important announcements. If there is a positive case in your class, you should continue to test using the RATs provided and check they do not show any symptoms. If you do not have access to Sentral, the office can help you with your access details.
Masks in schools
Masks are required for all students in grades 3-6 and are strongly encouraged in F-2. Students should bring a mask from home (the school has a limited number of spares for students who break or lose their mask). Students who are unable to wear a mask for medical reasons should provide a note to Mr Clydesdale
Parents are required to wear a mask while on school grounds. Masks are also encouraged while waiting outside the school.
School events and parents on school grounds
Parents are allowed in the office and outside areas of the school. Unfortunately parents are not allowed in classrooms at this point. When you are on school grounds or in the office, please make sure you are wearing a mask.
Events such as assemblies will not be able to go ahead at this point in time. We will let you know when these can resume as normal. We are very much looking forward to when we can continue to run our regular school program!
Breakfast club and lunchtime clubs
To minimise the mixing of different cohorts, lunchtime clubs and breakfast club will not be running at this stage. We are hopeful that these can start up again following this period, but information will be provided in the newsletter. School gates will open at 8:45 and we remind parents that leaving students unsupervised outside of the school before this time is dangerous and is not permitted.
Sick students
Students who are showing symptoms are not allowed to attend school. Please be aware that if your child is showing symptoms (e.g. running nose, cough, sore throat) you will be asked to collect them from school. While potentially disruptive, this is vital to slowing the spread of the virus and keeping everyone safe.
If you have any questions at all, please contact the office or myself and we will be happy to help!
Rapid Tests (RATs)
Each student will be provided with Rapid Antegen Tests (RATs) each week. Each student attending school should be tested on Monday and Wednesday of, prior to attending school. If you recieve a negative result, you do not need to take any further action. If you recieve a postive result, you will need to report it to the state department of health and the school.
Positive Cases in schools
If there are positive cases in the school, we will publish some general information (including year level, class and days they attended) through Sentral. Please make sure you are able to access Sentral to recieve these important announcements. If there is a positive case in your class, you should continue to test using the RATs provided and check they do not show any symptoms. If you do not have access to Sentral, the office can help you with your access details.
Masks in schools
Masks are required for all students in grades 3-6 and are strongly encouraged in F-2. Students should bring a mask from home (the school has a limited number of spares for students who break or lose their mask). Students who are unable to wear a mask for medical reasons should provide a note to Mr Clydesdale
Parents are required to wear a mask while on school grounds. Masks are also encouraged while waiting outside the school.
School events and parents on school grounds
Parents are allowed in the office and outside areas of the school. Unfortunately parents are not allowed in classrooms at this point. When you are on school grounds or in the office, please make sure you are wearing a mask.
Events such as assemblies will not be able to go ahead at this point in time. We will let you know when these can resume as normal. We are very much looking forward to when we can continue to run our regular school program!
Breakfast club and lunchtime clubs
To minimise the mixing of different cohorts, lunchtime clubs and breakfast club will not be running at this stage. We are hopeful that these can start up again following this period, but information will be provided in the newsletter. School gates will open at 8:45 and we remind parents that leaving students unsupervised outside of the school before this time is dangerous and is not permitted.
Sick students
Students who are showing symptoms are not allowed to attend school. Please be aware that if your child is showing symptoms (e.g. running nose, cough, sore throat) you will be asked to collect them from school. While potentially disruptive, this is vital to slowing the spread of the virus and keeping everyone safe.
If you have any questions at all, please contact the office or myself and we will be happy to help!