Earlier this week I had the pleasure of spending time with Senior Constable Allan Clapham who is our School Liaison Police Officer based at Campbelltown Police Station. Snr Constable Clapham spent some time in the playground meeting students and joined our College Captains for lunch to discuss a range of issues pertinent to the lives of young people in our broader community. We are in the process of organising a student Vs police basketball game for later in the term, as well as a number of presentations that Snr Constable Clapham gives to various year groups throughout the year. We sincerely thank him for his support and ongoing partnership with all of us here at the College. 

Each year, the College works in consultation with NSW Health to support our state-wide vaccination program for HPV and whooping cough (Year 7) and meningococcal (Year 10). Over the next week, students in Year 7 will be receiving their immunisation packages which outlines the details of this vaccination program and includes the consent details which are required to be completed and returned for any student to be vaccinated. Please note that this program does not include access to any COVID-19 vaccination. 

As you may be aware through our Compass calendar, the first Pupil Free Day for 2022 is taking place this coming Friday 11 March. I thank in advance, the parents who are required to make alternative supervision arrangements on this day so that staff are able to engage in these worthwhile opportunities. 

Last week I informed our parents that we were anticipating a further delivery of rapid antigen tests to assist with our response to COVID-19. The use of these tests will be at the discretion of students/parents as opposed to the twice weekly testing that was in place for the first four weeks of term. We are expecting delivery of these tests in the week ahead and will distribute them and notify parents as soon as they arrive. 

Finally, as has been stated previously, I request that families inform the College immediately should any student test positive to COVID-19 and again stress that should this occur, the student must isolate for a minimum of 7 days, along with any sibling from the same household. Finally, I would also ask that students who are displaying any type of flu-like symptoms stay at home until such symptoms have ceased.

Kind regards,

David Cloran
Assistant Principal