While the number of cases of COVID19 continue to decline across the country we remain vigilant in ensuring that the health, safety and hygiene practices that we adopt here at the College are maintained. You would be aware that incursions and excursions have been allowed to recommence from Term 4 and, as of next week, year group and College assemblies are able to recommence, albeit with a number of precautionary measures in place. We remain grateful for the ongoing support that we have received from families despite the challenges we have faced this year, and offer a reminder of three simple ways that parents can help supprt a safe environment here at Mount Carmel:

• Keeping your children home when they are unwell, even with very mild symptoms.
• Informing the school immediately if your child is self-isolating or undergoing testing and informing us of the result as soon as possible. Following sickness with flu-like symptoms, ensuring your child is free of symptoms

AND can present a negative COVID-19 test, which must be sighted by the College, before they return to school.

Over the past few months, there has been a suggestion that more parents are choosing to drop their children at the College each day as opposed to having them catch public transport while some evidence of COVID19 looms within the community. With this in mind, I would ask parents and students to be particularly mindful of pedestrian traffic when exiting vehicles of a morning in the parent car park, as well as of an afternoon as students make their way back to vehicles either in the parent carpark or along Spitfire Drive. I’d ask parents to please be aware that travelling through the parent car park should only be done at walking pace and to encourage their children to exercise caution as they move from the vehicle they are disembarking, across the carpark, and into the main area of the College. Regular reminders such as this go a long way in promoting a safe environment for everyone at the College. 

Mr David Cloran