Dear Parents/Carers,
Many of you may now be aware of a number of locally acquired cases of COVID-19 that were confirmed overnight.
As a result, the Deputy Premier has today announced that Greater Brisbane will be entering a 3- day lockdown, from 4pm tonight until 4pm Tuesday 3 August for residents in the local government areas of Brisbane City, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Gold Coast Council, Ipswich City Council, Lockyer Valley Regional Council, Logan City, Noosa Shire Council, Redlands City, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Somerset Regional Council and Sunshine Coast Regional Council.
Our school will therefore be closed for a two-day period from Monday 2 August 2021. At present the school will reopen on Wednesday 4 August.
During this 2-day period, the school will however remain open for vulnerable children and children of essential workers. We kindly ask all parents who can keep their children at home to do so. We also ask parents to NOT enter our school grounds until the lockdown is over.
We ask that parents/carers and students at home access the wide range of resources via the department's Learning@home website. From Day 2 of the lockdown students will also be able to access the Wishart State School Term 3 “Working From Home Page" on each Year Level edStudio. Please contact the school should you not be able to access the resources.
The Tuckshop will be operating and on-line orders are preferred.
Staff will attend on-site as normal to support those children still attending school.
As a reminder, while the school is closed it is important that we all continue to follow state-wide recommended hygiene and physical distancing measures throughout this period and to stay within our homes as much as possible.
If you are unwell or develop any COVID-19 symptoms at all, please get tested immediately.
Please continue to monitor the Queensland Health website for affected locations. If you have been to any of the listed locations you should refer to the online self-assessment, get tested, isolate immediately. and contact 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84) if you have any questions.
I will continue to provide any further updates as appropriate.
I would also encourage you to continue to refer to general information as provided on the Queensland Health website. It is important that we all continue to focus on our own wellbeing and mental health and there are some great resources and information tools available on this website.
For assistance in languages other than English, please refer to the National Translating and Interpreting Service, and the Translated Australian COVID-19 information and resources.
I thank all parents/carers for your support as we embark on this temporary closure.
I look forward to bringing our whole school community back together again and resuming our normal school on Wednesday 4 August.
Yours sincerely,
Yolanda Tognini
Principal
Wishart State School