Ian Filer
Dear parent/caregiver,
Today the Premier announced a 6 day statewide lockdown starting at midnight tonight (Wednesday 18 November) through to midnight Tuesday 24 November.
Only the children of essential workers and vulnerable children will be able to attend school. If your child will be at school tomorrow or Friday, parents are asked to drop them off at an entrance gate to the school. A member of leadership will greet each child upon entry. Parents are not permitted to enter the school grounds. This will remain in place until circumstances change. All students will, upon arrival at school, meet in the STEM space and then move to an appropriate learning area. OSHC will be ONLY available for such students before and after school.
A skeleton staff will provide supervision but not a learning program for the remainder of this week. If your child needs to attend, we will be here for them.
Students have taken home some books for the next few days but more information on learning programs will be provided early next week, as we work our way through the new COVID-19 Directions.
All South Australians are making sacrifices to ensure our community remains as safe as possible. We appreciate that this is a significant undertaking for you and your family. Your child’s teacher, our support staff and I are here to support you where we can.
Ian
What are the student free days in aid of please? Children are already not receiving a learning program this week so essentially pupil free days this week also.
Hi Sheree
We have posted an update to the COVID-19 posts which will give you some more information as circumstances have now changed.
Thank you
Awesome. Thanks so much.
Glad things not as bad as thought 🙂
Is there a definition of an essential worker available?
I.e. I’m working from home as a public servant
Hi Carly
Thank you for your comment.
We are still waiting on an official list from the Education Department.
Who is deemed an Essential Worker?
Essential worker means a person who performs work that is essential for the continued operation of any of the following:
•a supermarket, butcher, fruit and vegetable store or fishmonger (but not an indoor or outdoor market)
•premises commonly known as a bottle shop
•a financial institution
•a post office
•a pharmacy
•a hardware store
•a petrol station
•a distribution centre
•a pet store or veterinary clinic
•the following emergency services: ◆fire fighting services
◆paramedical services
◆ambulance services
◆medical retrieval services (including Royal Flying Doctor Services)
◆police services
◆State Emergency Services
◆military and defence services deployed in South Australia.
•essential infrastructure and essential services (within the meaning of the Essential Services Act 1981)
•vehicle and mechanical repair services
•roadside assistance services
•National Heavy Vehicle Regulator compliance activities
•government or local government services (whether provided by government, local government or outsourced) determined to be essential by the relevant Chief Executive
•consular and diplomatic services
•Australian Border Force and Commonwealth law enforcement and intelligence agency services
•journalist and media services
•a factory or facility that is not able to be shut down without causing damage to plant and equipment, but only those operations that are necessary in order to prevent that damage
•organisations that provide urgent services necessary for the health and safety of any person, animal or premises i.e The performance of emergency plumbing services, Centrelink services or Food banks
•public transport, including taxis and other public passenger services
•air transport (including the operation of airports)
•freight services (including postal and courier services)
•essential health services
•a blood bank (including blood bank collection and delivery)
•care services for people with particular needs because of homelessness, age, infirmity, disability, illness or a chronic health condition
•childcare, early childhood education and primary and secondary schooling services
•hotel or motel accommodation
•truckstops and roadhouses, including the provision of food for seated consumption at, or take away from, a truckstop or roadhouse by a truck driver
•production and distribution of food and groceries for sale by a supermarket, butcher, fruit and vegetable store or fishmonger (but not an indoor or outdoor market), other than production at a red meat abattoir; and liquor for sale at premises commonly known as a bottle shop; and medical and pharmaceutical products
•primary industries only to the extent necessary to ensure adequate supply of food and care of crops
This information comes from https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/restrictions-and-responsibilities/stay-at-home