From the Principal
There has been a definite buzz around the campuses as we have welcomed students back this week. We have had strong attendance rates across the School on the specific days that each Year Group has returned to On-Campus Learning, and it has been a pleasure to see the smiling faces, particularly from parents at drop-off!
As previously advised, we distributed our plan for attendance up until the end of Week 4, realising that the landscape could well change by Week 5 and beyond. As has recently been mentioned through the media, the preliminary indication is that the NSW Government will most likely move to have all students attending school each day from the beginning of Week 5, Monday 25 May. Our current plan is that we would support this move and will be working towards being able to welcome all students back every day from that date. We would also look to reinstate our OOSH program at this time, and are in the process of reviewing the program of cocurricular activities and the staged reintroduction of sport, in line with the AIS framework, endorsed by the AHPPC.
We will write to all parents and carers early next week with details of our plans and the steps we will be continuing to take to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our community. If you have any feedback or queries regarding the transition to having more students on campus each day, this can be provided through feedback@redlands.nsw.edu.au.
Thank you to all members of the school community for your fantastic support of our two recent fundraising initiatives in support of Taldumande Youth Services and breast cancer research through the Virtual Mother’s Day Classic 2020 last weekend. It is wonderful to know that thousands of dollars have been raised for these important causes.
I am very much looking forward to celebrating National Careers Week next week, from 18-24 May 2020. Please click image below for more details of the events.
Mr Stephen Webber
Photo caption: It’s been wonderful to welcome students back to On-Campus Learning this week.