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After the Prime Minister’s address a week ago, many parents were unsure about whether to send children to school and over a quarter chose not to last Monday.  By Friday we were down to about half the children remaining at home. 
Moving forward I know families will make the decision based on each families circumstances.

Care for children next week has been a major point of discussion at the Catholic Education Office (CEO), more so from the point of view of not having an OSHC program at Rosary School.  I hope to be able to write to you about this tomorrow night, after I attend a meeting with the CEO Leadership team. 
I am sure we will be able to offer a very limited program for those families in great need.  Again more on this tomorrow night.

While we do not know what is going to happen next term, we have been asked to prepare for online learning.

In doing so we have already announced that:

1. All students from Year 2 to 6 already have 1-1 technology that will be taken home at the end of term
2. “SeeSaw” and “OneNote” will be our online learning platforms

Today I would like to confirm the following:

1. All students in Reception and Year 1 will be provided with an iPad by the school to use at home and will be taken home at the end of term
2. Receptions to Year 4 will be using “SeeSaw” as their online learning platform
3. Year 5 & 6 will be using “OneNote” as their online learning platform
4. Video conferencing (possibly) will be conducted through Microsoft 365 and the Teams App

Due to the above, we will be sending home two parent consent forms, these can be filled in and returned, or consent can be given via an email to your child’s class teacher.

Form 1 is for Reception to Year 4 families, for the use of school technology at home. 

One of the very important points to keep in mind is that the school technology is provided to aid education, it is not to be used for gaming/social networking etc.  Our overarching rule is the equipment is to be used in a just and moral way, in line with our Catholic Traditions.

 In regards to damage to equipment this is covered 50% by the family and 50% by the school.

Form 2 is to consent to video conferencing.  In the case of a school shutdown next term, teachers will check in with the whole class towards the beginning of the day.  Year 3-6 classes at 9:30am and R-2 classes at 9:45am. 

Parents will have a supervisor role if they wish their child to participate in this activity (see the form for further information).

For those families who already have your children at home, we have prepared the following timetable to pick up technology and books.  These will be left in the meeting room, for collection at anytime during the day, if possible:

THIS WEEK

Year 4 – Tuesday

Year 3 – Wednesday

Year 2 – Thursday

Year 1 – Friday

NEXT WEEK

Reception – Monday

Year 5 & 6 - Tuesday

Children who attended school today and throughout the week, will leave with all equipment required on whatever their last day is.

Kind regards

Damian Weeks
PRINCIPAL / March 30^th, 2020