FREE Resource to Help Parents

COLUMBA Catholic Primary School is so glad to announce a wonderful FREE resource for Parents SCHOOL TV https://bunyip.catholic.schooltv.me/ Essential information for modern day parenting. Columba is supporting parents to help keep their children safe. SchoolTV offers parents a fresh approach to the growing issues and pressures faced by Australian youth. SchoolTV is a unique online resource delivering powerful and credible information to empower parents with the skills to address these issues and raise happy, well and resilient kids. Content is based around major topics of influence and are delivered via a series of videos presented by leading youth health specialist, Dr Michael Carr-Gregg. Each month a new topic will be presented and introduced by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg. Some topics will include: • Youth Anxiety • Depression • Digital Reputation • Screen Addiction • Drug and Alcohol use • Cyberbullying • Social Networking • Self-harm and Suicide I implore families to check out this resource as it brilliant and will most certainly help us all find the words and actions to support our children as they grow.

WATCH FOR SYMPTOMS

• If your child is unwell, even with mild COVID-19 symptoms, you must keep your child at home until their symptoms resolve and get your child tested with a PCR test (nose and throat swab) or complete a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).

• If symptoms continue, your child should stay home and take another RAT or PCR test in 24 hours. If that test is also negative, your child may return to school if another diagnosis is confirmed (such as an underlying health condition or medication).

TESTING

• RATs will be provided to all staff and students at no charge. 

• Students and staff should take a RAT twice-weekly on the morning before attending school. Test kits will continue to be supplied by schools during this time.

HOUSEHOLD AND HOUSEHOLD-LIKE CONTACTS

• Household and household-like contacts are no longer required to quarantine but are required to undertake the following additional safety measures in the seven (7) days that would have been their quarantine period:

Parents must;

1. 1. notify the school if returning during their seven (7)-day period;
   2. undertake daily rapid antigen testing five (5) times within the seven (7) days;
   3. wear a face mask indoors (if aged eight (8) and above) unless a lawful exemption applies;
   4. are not permitted to visit hospitals or care facilities unless an exemption applies. 

• Household and household-like contacts are still permitted to participate in school activities, including camps and excursions, as long as they wear a mask when indoors (if aged eight (8) and above or have a valid exception) and complete five (5) rapid antigen tests within the seven (7)-day period that would have been their quarantine period.

• A household or household-like contact attending an off-site activity during this period must notify the school they are attending under these requirements.

• If a student, parent, guardian or carer cannot comply with the additional safety measures at any time, they must:

1. 1. quarantine immediately for the remainder of their seven (7)-day household contact period
   2. get tested on day one (1) (or as soon as possible) and on day six (6) of their household contact period
   3. not attend school until a negative day six (6) test result is received.

Take care

Andrew Greco