Change of mandatory vaccination requirements

Dear parents and carers 

The WA government announced that from 10 June 2022, the mandatory vaccination policy would be updated in line with health advice. This means that staff in schools and residential facilities will no longer need to be vaccinated. 

The triple dose vaccination requirements only remain in place for those working in healthcare and health support, workers in residential aged care, and workers in residential disability settings. 

The change also means that parents and carers who regularly visit, volunteers, third party providers and contractors are not required to be vaccinated to enter a school or residential facility. 

It is also important to remember that the removal of the vaccine mandate does not mean the pandemic is over. We continue to follow health advice and COVID-19 safe protocols, such as staying home when sick, wearing a mask as required, taking a daily RAT when identified as a close contact, and having good hand hygiene. I encourage you to visit the HealthyWA website for further information about COVID-19. 

If you have any queries, please contact (08) 9345 6100 

Thank you for your support. 

Matt Pinkard 
Principal 

Changes announced by WA Department of Health

Dear Parents and Caregivers, 

As announced by the WA Department of Health, a range of public health measures have eased as of 12:01am this morning. See below for the changes: 

1. Students can attend school if they are close contacts, provided they: 

  • have no symptoms 
  • undertake daily RATs and return negative results 
  • wear a mask at all times outside the home 
  • parents notify the school on 9345 6100 before attending school as a household close contact 
  • avoid high-risk and large public gatherings 

2. Students are not required to wear masks at school unless they are a household close contact as above. 

3. Parents are welcome in classrooms but are reminded to socially distance from staff, parents and other students where possible. Do not enter the classroom if you are unwell. 

4. Face to face parent meetings can resume with social distancing. 

5. Assemblies can resume this term. We will communicate more information about this soon. 

6. No close contacts will be identified from school. The only close contact rule that applies to students is the household close contact rule. 

7. Students will be allowed to eat with the peer group they would have eaten with prior to COVID restrictions being introduced. 

While parents are now allowed back in classrooms, please respect the morning routines established throughout the school as this time of the day is crucial for learning and developing independence. We are very excited to be able to return to many of our normal processes and thank you for your ongoing support of our school as we navigate COVID together. 

Sincerely 

Matt Pinkard 
Principal 

Covid-19 Room 10, Year 4

Dear parents/carers and staff 

There has been a positive case of COVID-19 in Room 10, Year 4 at Warriapendi Primary School. On advice from WA Health, I am providing the following information. They attended school on Tuesday 26th of April. 

Please note that under the regulations no students are considered close contacts. 

You can find out more about what to do if you are a close contact or if you are displaying symptoms at healthywa.wa.gov.au

Advice for all families and staff: 

  • The school remains open. 
  • If your child is not identified as a close contact, your child is not required to quarantine and should attend school. 
  • If staff are not identified as a close contact, they are not required to quarantine and should attend school. 
  • As for everyone in Western Australia, we ask that you monitor your child/yourself for symptoms of COVID-19 and get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result, if symptoms develop. 
  • If you or your child develop symptoms, please do not attend school. 
  • Please note that the Omicron strain can present with less typical symptoms such as diarrhoea, particularly in children. 

If you have queries or concerns, please contact WA Health on 1300 316 555. 

Kind regards 

Matt Pinkard 
Principal 

COVIC-19 in Room 6, Year 2

Dear parents/carers and staff

There has been a positive case of COVID-19 in Room 6, Year 2 at Warriapendi Primary School. On advice from WA Health, I am providing the following information. They attended school on Wednesday 6th of April and Thursday 7th of April while infectious.

Any staff and student close contacts have been identified and contacted by the school. If your child was not in this class on these dates, they are not a close contact.

You can find out more about what to do if you are a close contact including testing dates at
healthywa.wa.gov.au

Advice for all families and staff:

  • The school remains open.
  • If your child is not identified as a close contact, your child is not required to quarantine and should attend school.
  • If staff are not identified as a close contact, they are not required to quarantine and should attend school.
  • As for everyone in Western Australia, we ask that you monitor your child/yourself for
  • symptoms of COVID-19 and get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result, if symptoms develop.
  • If you or your child develop symptoms, please do not attend school.
  • Please note that the Omicron strain can present with less typical symptoms such as diarrhoea, particularly in children.

If you have queries or concerns, please contact WA Health on 1300 316 555.

Kind regards

Jacob Slavin
Principal
Warriapendi Primary School

Covid Room 5 Year 1/2

Dear parents and carers

There has been a positive case of COVID-19 at Warriapendi Primary School. On advice from WA Health, I am providing the following information.

They attended the Room 5, Year 1/2 class while infectious between Wednesday 30th of March and Friday 1st of April.

Please note that any student wearing a mask throughout the day in Room 5, Year 1/2 will not be a close contact. Additionally, any student who has recovered from being COVID-19 positive will not be identified as a close contact for 12 weeks following their isolation period.

Under very high caseload settings, children must take a PCR test or a RAT within 24 hours of becoming a close contact. Provided the test is negative, and the child has no symptoms, they may:

  • continue attending school provided they don’t develop symptoms;
  • attend before school care or after school care;
  • attend sporting or cultural training, practice, or events organised through the school and held immediately before or after school; and
  • travel between the student’s usual place of residence and their school, avoiding public transportwhere possible.

At all other times when they are not engaged in an activity listed above, these students should isolate at home. If these students have not developed any symptoms and returned either a negative PCR on day 6 or RAT on day 7, they may end isolation after day 7.

The end of isolation date and time for these students is: Friday 8th of April, 2:50pm

If a student develops symptoms or becomes a household close contact (for example, if a family member is confirmed positive), these arrangements above do not apply, and they must stay home and isolate for 7 days.

You can find out more about what to do if you are a close contact including testing dates at healthywa.wa.gov.au.

COVID-19 PCR tests can be accessed at a COVID Clinic.

A list of clinics can be found at healthywa.wa.gov.au/COVIDclinics.

Advice for all families and staff:

  • The school remains open.
  • If your child was not in this class at the same time as the case, your child is not a close contact.
  • As for everyone in Western Australia, we ask that you monitor your child/yourself for symptoms of COVID-19. If you or your child develop symptoms, please do not attend school. Get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result.

Please note that the Omicron strain can present with less typical symptoms such as diarrhoea, particularly in children.

If you have queries or concerns, please contact WA Health on 1300 316 555.

Kind regards
Jacob Slavin Principal
Warriapendi Primary School

High covid-19 case numbers

Dear parents and carers

As we all know, there are currently high numbers of COVID-19 positive cases in Western Australia. Our school’s priority is the safety of our students and staff. Keeping the community safe is a shared responsibility and I am writing to advise how our school is managing positive cases. 

Once the school is aware that a COVID-19 positive student or staff member has been infectious while at school, we will identify close contacts from school and advise them of the testing and isolation requirements. The school is only responsible for identifying close contacts that occur during school and at school-based activities.

When transmission risk is likely (e.g. mask is not worn at all times) through activities outside of school, and a family member becomes COVID-19 positive, parents and carers are responsible for informing friends and community members that are close contacts that they meet the close contact definition.

For example, if a child attended a party at the weekend and tested positive on Monday, the parent/carer should contact anyone they interacted with, where masks were not worn for:

  • 15 minutes with face-to-face contact 

OR

  • 2 hours in a small room.

The infectious period starts 48 hours before symptoms develop or 48 hours prior to a positive test if the person does not have symptoms. Therefore, anyone who meets the close contact definition above over that weekend should be contacted. 

Healthywa.wa.gov.au has information on close contacts, the close contact definition and isolation requirements should you require further clarity on how to identify a close contact.

Please continue to let us know if your child becomes COVID-19 positive, or if your child is required to isolate due to being a household close contact the school on 93456100. 

We are committed to ensuring students continue to learn and we will provide learning for students should they need to isolate.

Thank you for your continued support for keeping our schools COVID-19 safe.

Kind regards

Jacob Slavin
Principal
Warriapendi Primary School

COVID-19 Kindy 2, Room 1


Dear parents/carers and staff

There has been a positive case of COVID-19 in Kindy 2, Room 1 at Warriapendi Primary School.
On advice from WA Health, I am providing the following information. They attended school on
Wednesday, 30th of March while infectious.

Any staff and student close contacts have been identified and contacted by the school. If your
child was not in this class on these dates, they are not a close contact.

You can find out more about what to do if you are a close contact including testing dates at
healthywa.wa.gov.au.

Advice for all families and staff:

  • The school remains open.
  • If your child is not identified as a close contact, your child is not required to quarantine and
    should attend school.
  • If staff are not identified as a close contact, they are not required to quarantine and should
    attend school.
  • As for everyone in Western Australia, we ask that you monitor your child/yourself for
    symptoms of COVID-19 and get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result, if
    symptoms develop.
  • If you or your child develop symptoms, please do not attend school.
  • Please note that the Omicron strain can present with less typical symptoms such as
    diarrhoea, particularly in children.

If you have queries or concerns, please contact WA Health on 1300 316 555.

Kind regards

Jacob Slavin
Principal
Warriapendi Primary School

Covid-19 Year 1/2

Dear parents/carers and staff

There has been a positive case of COVID-19 in Year 1/2, Room 5 at Warriapendi Primary School.

On advice from WA Health, I am providing the following information.

They attended school on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th of March while infectious.

Any staff and student close contacts have been identified and contacted by the school. If your

child was not in this class on these dates, they are not a close contact.

You can find out more about what to do if you are a close contact including testing dates at healthywa.wa.gov.au

Advice for all families and staff:

  • The school remains open.
  • If your child is not identified as a close contact, your child is not required to quarantine and should attend school.
  • If staff are not identified as a close contact, they are not required to quarantine and should attend school.
  • As for everyone in Western Australia, we ask that you monitor your child/yourself for symptoms of COVID-19 and get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result, if symptoms develop.
  • If you or your child develop symptoms, please do not attend school.
  • Please note that the Omicron strain can present with less typical symptoms such as diarrhoea, particularly in children.

If you have queries or concerns, please contact WA Health on 1300 316 555.

Kind regards

Jacob Slavin

Principal
Warriapendi Primary School

Covid-19 in Year 1, Room 4 and Year 2, Room 6

Dear parents/carers and staff

There have been positive cases of COVID-19 in Year 1, Room 4 and Year 2, Room 6 at Warriapendi Primary School. On advice from WA Health, I am providing the following information.

They attended school on Monday 21st of March while infectious.

Any staff and student close contacts have been identified and contacted by the school.

You can find out more about what to do if you are a close contact including testing dates at
healthywa.wa.gov.au

Advice for all families and staff:

  • The school remains open.
  • If your child is not identified as a close contact, your child is not required to quarantine and should attend school.
  • If staff are not identified as a close contact, they are not required to quarantine and should attend school.
  • As for everyone in Western Australia, we ask that you monitor your child/yourself for symptoms of COVID-19 and get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result, if symptoms develop.
  • If you or your child develop symptoms, please do not attend school.
  • Please note that the Omicron strain can present with less typical symptoms such as diarrhoea, particularly in children.

If you have queries or concerns, please contact WA Health on 1300 316 555.

Kind regards

Jacob Slavin
Principal

Covid-19 in Year 3, Room 7 and Year 6, Room 9


Dear parents/carers and staff,

There have been positive cases of COVID-19 in Year 3, Room 7 and Year 6, Room 9 at
Warriapendi Primary School. On advice from WA Health, I am providing the following information.

They attended school on Thursday 17th of March and Friday 18th of March while infectious.

Any staff and student close contacts have been identified and contacted by the school.

You can find out more about what to do if you are a close contact including testing dates at
healthywa.wa.gov.au.

Advice for all families and staff:

  • The school remains open.
  • If your child is not identified as a close contact, your child is not required to quarantine and should attend school.
  • If staff are not identified as a close contact, they are not required to quarantine and should attend school.
  • As for everyone in Western Australia, we ask that you monitor your child/yourself for symptoms of COVID-19 and get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result, if symptoms develop.
  • If you or your child develop symptoms, please do not attend school.
  • Please note that the Omicron strain can present with less typical symptoms such as diarrhoea, particularly in children.
  • If you have queries or concerns, please contact WA Health on 1300 316 555.

Kind regards

Jacob Slavin

Principal