COVID-19 Information and Updates

The NSW Government and NSW Health latest advice is that schools will return to face-to-face learning either through a ‘staged return’ or ‘full return’, depending on NSW Health conditions in their area.

Students will return to face-to-face learning with NSW Health-approved COVID-safe settings on school sites in the following order:

• from 25 October – Kindergarten, Year 1 and all of Year 12
• from 1 November – Years 2, 6 and 11
• from 8 November – Years 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10

Remote learning – Under current health orders, learning at home continues to be strongly encouraged. All families are encouraged to discuss any questions or concerns with their school Principal directly.

On-site School supervision – Parents who are essential workers and unable to arrange care for their child/ren at home are able to send their child to school.  No student will be turned away from our schools.  

This includes students attending schools within the Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown, Liverpool, Cumberland, Blacktown, Parramatta, Campbelltown and Penrith LGAs.  The health orders prohibit movement outside of the LGA for work purposes but not for education.

Students at school will have onsite supervision while they access their remote learning lessons.

QR Codes – Anyone attending our school sites during this time is required to check in and out with a QR code.  Parents and carers are not permitted on the school site and are asked to drop off and pick up students in a covid safe way. 

Masks – Adults and secondary school students above the age of 13 years are required to wear masks indoors and maintain physical distance from all other adults, unless they have an illness, condition or disability that makes wearing a mask unsuitable. Primary school students are recommended to wear masks. Anyone leaving their home must also have a mask with them at all times.

HSC students:

Students in Year 12 and those completing their HSC are already able to return in a limited way and this will continue for the remainder of Term 3. From Monday 25 October, these students will have full-time access to school campuses and their teachers.

Sydney Catholic Schools is not cancelling our schools assessments, which will take place in a modified online format. We are working with our 33 secondary colleges to develop appropriate assessment tasks and prepare our students for whatever may occur during the run up to the exams, which will be communicated to our students and families soon.

While remote learning will continue for the remainder of Term 3, schools remain accessible for children of essential workers, or where students, for agreed circumstances, are unable to learn remotely.

Sydney Catholic Schools is committed to ensuring the health of our students, staff and communities and to implementing strategies that support our students achieve their learning goals, in this extraordinary time of pandemic.

For further HSC information, please visit the NESA page.

Feeling unwell – Please remember that staff and students are not to attend school if unwell, even with the mildest of symptoms.  They should not attend a school site until they have received a negative test result and are symptom free.

We understand that the return to remote learning and the lockdown restrictions are challenging for students and their families.  Please feel reassured that our schools are here to support you and your child during these challenging times.