Parents and carers can no longer visit classrooms

8/2/2022
Dear parent/carer

Further to my previous COVID-19 communications, you may have seen the announcement
of the high caseload settings in place across WA as of Tuesday 8 February 2022. This
includes additional measures to keep our schools open and providing face-to-face learning
to your children.

In the current settings, parents and carers can no longer enter classrooms, including to
volunteer.

You are allowed on school grounds for drop-off and pick-up in outdoor locations, but please
physically distance, avoid gathering where possible and follow mask wearing requirements
as applicable in your region.

We are currently planning and implementing further ways to minimise the risk of COVID-19
entering or being transmitted at schools including:

  • moving parent-teacher interviews to paper information;
  • changing indoor face-to-face events;
  • cancelling or postponing school choir;
  • limiting the mingling of groups; and
  • modifying timetables, where practical.

We are working through these changes and you will receive further communications as the
details are confirmed. For more information on the high caseload protocols visit WA.gov.au.
Thank you for your understanding as we take the necessary steps to keep our school safe
and open for learning.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the school on 93456100.

Jacob Slavin
Principal
Warriapendi Primary School

Postponement of assemblies and breakfast club

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

I am writing to let you know of some changes to gatherings at school sites we will be making to minimise the number of students and staff impacted by the presence of a person in our school community who unknowingly may be COVID positive.

The Chief Health Officer has advised that schools should limit in-school gatherings of students and staff to class groups or small groups within a year level. This is to minimise the number of students or staff impacted by the presence of a positive case.

At this stage, it is not necessary for us to postpone or cancel infrequent special events, such as interschool carnivals or parent information sessions. We have however had to postpone assemblies and breakfast club and our students are eating recess and lunch in year level groups. As previously announced, further public health measures may be stepped up in line with high caseloads in the community which WA is not yet experiencing.

Please remember that when you enter the school grounds as a parent/guardian/adult you are required to wear a face mask.

In the future as things change due to COVID-19 we will be sending you a text message asking you to look at the updated COVID-19 information on the Warriapendi school web site.

If you have any questions in relation to this, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Slavin.

We will continue to provide your child with quality teaching and learning as we take sensible and proportionate actions to respond to the changing environment we are living in with COVID-19.

Regards,

Mr Slavin
Principal

Parent COVID letter 04 02/22

Back to School – Keeping your child safe

 Welcome back for 2022 

A letter form Warriapendi PS Principal

Dear parent/carer

I look forward to welcoming our students and all the excitement of day 1 when our school opens on Monday 31 January.

For the safety of our students and staff we are following the latest heath advice and I attach a factsheet on our Safe return to school plan. This shows how we will work together to keep our students, staff and school community safe.

FIND OUT MORE by reading the correspondence from Warriapendi Primary School Principal Jacob Slavin.

A letter from Department of Education

All schools are open from Monday 31 January and school staff look forward to seeing their students and families on day one of Term 1. As with every year, it will be an exciting start with new teachers, new classmates and new things to learn. 

As we prepare for the start of school, we are all mindful of COVID-19 transmission occurring in the community. We have developed a ‘Safe Return to School Plan’ to keep students safe at school so they can continue to learn and thrive in the best educational setting. 

As parents/carers, you can help us keep our students safe by supporting our Plan and using COVID-safe practices when you come to school for drop off/pick up, assemblies and sports carnivals, parent/teacher interviews or to volunteer. 

FIND OUT MORE by reading the correspondence from The Department of Education.

Principal Update No 8

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Room 4 Assembly

Congratulations to Room 4 for their confident dramatization of the book “Where is the Green Sheep” by Mem Fox. They have been focusing on learning the new sounds that make up words in the book and learning what the new words mean. Learning vocabulary is our whole school focus and will assist our students to comprehend what they are reading. It is fantastic to see our young students showing willingness to speak clearly into the microphone.

News Article Sunday Times

If you haven’t already seen the article in the Sunday times, you need to get a copy and read the three page article that highlights how
we are leading the way in

teaching reading. A journalist from the West Australian watched Ms Sarah Bihary teach reading to her cross-set reading group. This article is a fantastic celebration of the hard work and commitment of the teachers to ensure that they are teaching your children using the latest evidence based approaches.

Cyber Safety

Whilst the internet can be a wonderful resource for your child to research information for their homework, communicate with other children and play interactive games, access comes with many risks of inappropriate content, cyberbullying and online predators. Parenting in the digital age can be very complex. As parents, you need to be aware of what your child sees and hears on the internet, who they meet and what they share about themselves. It is important that you keep an eye on your child’s online activities, monitor the games they are playing and who they are talking to. It is important to spend time together to teach your child appropriate online behaviour and encourage your child to use their device in a common area where you can watch and see what they are doing.

Sarah Morrison our Board Chair has investigated a parent workshop on Cyber Safety Education that will help you manage the complexities of raising a child in the digital age. If you would be interested in attending a workshop, please let Lisa know in the front office. If we have enough interest, we will go ahead and book the workshop.

Staffing

Mrs Heather Rao will be taking her well deserved Long Service Leave in Semester 2. Miss Lauren Heiden will be replacing Mrs Rao for the remainder of the year. I hope that Mrs Rao enjoys spending time with her family. Ms Nicole Moustakas will be taking Room 5 each Friday while Mrs Davidson is taking her LSL. Miss Shani Mercer is getting married over the holidays, we wish her the best for her special day.

Natasha Doyle (Principal)