COVID-19 Update #29
18 October 2022
From 14 October, it is no longer mandatory to self-isolate if you test positive for
Learning from Home
As we continue to navigate interruptions to on-site learning due to illness or extended absence, parent partnership for learning from home is vital in achieving successful educational outcomes for your children.
Our digital classrooms provide a robust platform for continuous curriculum delivery, whether at home or school. Please get in touch with your class teacher or the School Office if you have any questions about learning-from-home expectations or how to access work.
- Parents should contact their Class Teacher to arrange appropriate work if a Primary student is absent for an extended period.
- Classwork may be provided as printable paper resources or online work via Google Classroom.
- Primary students in Years 1-6 already have Google Classroom accounts. If you need help accessing this, please speak with your Class Teacher.
- Google Classroom does not have a parent portal facility. To view a student’s Google Classroom, parents need to ask their children to show them.
- Please refer to our Google Classroom – Parent Guide for instructions on accessing and using Google Classroom.
As we work together to facilitate learning from home, please be mindful of the following:
- Be familiar with the K-6 Student Expectations for Learning @ Home class teachers have of your child when learning from home.
- K-2 students will require a parent (or another suitable person) to sit beside them as they access their learning material.
- Students in Years 3-6 will require varying levels of support according to their confidence with digital technologies and general academic ability.
- Any questions a student or parent may have about the work can be asked through Google Classroom, emailing the class teacher, or phoning the School.
- Staff details can be found in the Contacts section of your Kuyper App.
- If you have technology issues, please contact the school or submit an IT Help Request.
Please phone or email the School Office if you have any further questions or concerns.
Hybrid Learning using Google Classroom will be employed for Secondary students learning from home. All Secondary students already use Google Classroom as the digital hub for their lessons and other important information and resources.
- Alongside face-to-face learning, Google Classroom is the main place for students to access and complete work.
- Teachers will post lessons in Google Classroom as needed and based on student requirements.
- If a student is absent for an extended period, they may access the necessary work for each subject through Google Classroom or by emailing their class teacher.
- Any questions a student may have about their work can be asked through Google Classroom, emailing the class teacher, or phoning the School.
- Google Classroom does not have a parent portal facility. To view a student’s Google Classroom, parents need to ask their children to show them.
- Parent questions about classwork should be directed to Subject Teachers.
- Parent concerns about general learning should be directed to Core Class Teachers.
- Staff details can be found in the Contacts section of your Kuyper App.
As we work together in partnership to facilitate learning from home, please be mindful of the following:
- Be familiar with the 7-12 Students’ Expectations for Learning @ Home.
- Students must have a suitable workspace for learning at home, away from distractions but allowing direct supervision by a parent or carer.
- Evidence of completed student work will be required either during the student’s absence or on a student’s return to school. Each class teacher will explain to students what is required for their subject area.
- Please refer to the Google Classroom – Parent Guide for instructions on accessing and using Google Classroom.
- Staff will be following the normal assessment calendars and procedures. Each student will be notified through Google Classroom and Gmail of any upcoming assessment tasks.
- Year 11 and 12 students can find all information regarding Assessment Tasks in the Stage 6 Study Handbook.
- If you have technology issues, please contact the school or submit an IT Help Request.
Please phone or email the School Office if you have any further questions or concerns.
- Parents/visitors are allowed on school grounds, irrespective of vaccination status.
- Parents/visitors may attend school gatherings and assemblies.
- Close contacts must follow the NSW Health Household and Close Contact Guidelines.
- Please sign the Visitors’ Register outside the School Office before proceeding to your destination. (Prep parents may continue to sign in at the Prep room).
- Uniform can still be ordered via phone or email, and paid for via phone or direct deposit. Contact the Office to place an order or to arrange a visit to the Uniform Shop.
- Parents and carers should continue to socially distance from each other in the drop off/collection areas.
- Please practise good hand hygiene while on the school grounds.
- Masks are no longer mandatory on public transport.
- Students should not attend school if unwell, even if they have had COVID in the last 4 weeks or returned a negative RAHT.
- Any student with other medical reasons for recurrent symptoms must provide the school with a letter from their GP.
- Any student who tests positive to COVID-19 must follow NSW Health Advice regarding self-isolation.
- Household contacts are no longer required to isolate. However, The NSW Health Household and Close Contact Guidelines requires students to notify the school if they are a household/close contact.
- Household contacts must RAHT test each day before coming to school and students 12 years and older must wear a mask indoors at school.
- Student RAHT kits continue to be available from the School Office.
- Students should use a RAHT at any time symptoms occur.
- All students will be required to follow COVID safe procedures at school, including using hand sanitiser on entry and exit to classrooms and other school buildings.
What's New?
Masks are no longer compulsory on public transport.
Students
Please visit the Student Portal for all School@Home resources.
Administering Your RAHT
Latest COVID-19 Updates
Last RAHTs
6 September 2022
We are sending home one last RAHT kit per student during this week and next. Guidelines for isolation have also changed slightly.
Contact Us
- (02) 4573 2999
- admin@kuyper.nsw.edu.au