Dear Parents and Carers
We continue to look forward to welcoming our families and almost 400 students back to Kapinara tomorrow morning. Apologies for the delay in sending this final information to you.
Please see the following links:
- Information about arriving on Day One, and arriving at school and leaving school from then on
- A Fact Sheet detailing the Department of Education WA’s ‘Safe Return to School Plan’
- A copy of a poster that will displayed in classrooms and around the school, for your information
- Department of Education WA – Department of Education
At Kapinara, our intent is, and will continue to be, striking a balance between supporting children and families to connect to school and minimising risk in terms of the health of our community. We have therefore planned for the morning of Day 1 to be very similar to the first day of school last year, but to follow that with the opportunity for parents to their child’s teachers ‘properly’ on Friday.
The information related to COVID safety measures, reflects the most current health advice and provides more detail about how we will work together to keep students, staff and our school community safe. As you are aware, public health and social measures are in effect for the Perth and Peel (including Rottnest Island) and South West regions, details at www.wa.gov.au This includes the requirement for masks to be worn while indoors at school in these regions. We also thank you for wearing a mask when you are not able to comfortably physically distance outside at school (most commonly at pick up and drop-off times) At State level, children are being encouraged to wear masks, but this is not mandated for primary school students. It is at your discretion.
All students are expected to have a school hat and a bottle of water each day. They will be able to refill water bottles with cold water from the ‘goose neck’ taps attached to the water fountain in the undercover area.
While there is sunscreen available at school which children can access throughout the day, we strongly encourage them to get into the habit of applying sunscreen before coming to school, particularly when the UV Index is high.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please email or call via the school office on 9237 7450. I will also check emails this evening given that this email has gone later than anticipated.
Best wishes
Elizabeth Blackwell
Principal