14 Oct 2020
The Term 4 COVID advice for families is available on the Department of Education website. Some of the important reminders are listed below.
- Parents and carers are reminded that students must not come to school if they are unwell. Even with very mild symptoms.
- If a student has been absent due to flu-like illness or develops flu-like symptoms while at school, they are not to return to school until they have a negative COVID-19 test and are symptom-free.
- The negative COVID-19 test result must be sighted and received by the school for both students and staff members before their return to school.
- Where a school has difficulty obtaining a COVID-19 test result, for example where a parent or carer is unwilling to allow their child to undertake a COVID-19 test or provide the school with a negative COVID-19 test result, the student is to be excluded from school for a 10 day period. Additionally, the student must be symptom-free for at least 3 days before returning to school.
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