PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Hello Swan Reach,

Term 3 is back on-track and progressing well as we re-embed ourselves in teaching and learning routines – our core business. SRAS is amazed and thankful for the resilience shown by families, students, and staff to collectively and collaboratively encourage, engage, support and provide safe and on-going learning for ALL students.

So often, it is through adversity that our inner strength, resolve and courage shines the brightest. “Our way is not soft grass, it’s a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upward, forward, towards the sun.” Ruth Westheimer. Let’s hope that like the seasons - as the colder, darker winter begins to fade into warmer and sunnier spring – that this COVID-19 test we face together, enhances and strengthens our care for one another and our community.

COVID-19 UPDATE

The Department for Education continues to adhere to and apply advice from SA Health. They are keeping a watchful vigil on the state of COVID-19 in neighbouring states and keeping sites updated as needed. As we have experienced, the COVID-19 pandemic is unpredictable and changes quickly. It’s important we remain well prepared.

 School and preschool staff must:

• Have the most up-to-date contact details (including phone number) for all parents/carers so they can be quickly contacted in the event of a lockdown, temporary closure or regional closure
• Be prepared to transfer to remote learning at short notice

 SRAS will continue to facilitate the recently re-opened services:

• Playgroup
• Occasional Care
• Parent Child Mother Goose (PCMG)
• Community Library – after school hours OR pre-arranged pick up and drop off
• Assemblies
• Intra state excursions
• School and inter-school sports
• Volunteers - Reading

 SRAS is thankful to the adherence and application of community members in maintaining our COVID-19 free environment. Thank you for continuing to follow the advice below given by Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier, based on the current COVID-19 risk level in South Australia:

• Parents / Carers and adult visitors onsite (eg Playgroup, PCMG, meetings, volunteers) must QR check in and wear a mask
• Community members accessing the library after hours must QR check in and wear a mask
• All adults onsite need to continue adhering to social distancing and hygiene practices – using sanitiser and covering coughs and sneezes
• If unwell, thank you for staying home. If you have symptoms of COVID-19, cold or flu, no matter how mild – this applies to staff, students, parents, carers and volunteers (ALL)  

 Mr John Robertson

Principal