St Monica’s Primary School - Evatt
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Moynihan Street
Evatt ACT 2617
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Email: office.stmonicas@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 6258 5105

Covid 19 Updates

COVID Safe measures

You can access a copy of the Back to School plan developed by the ACT Government here. Many of the measures in these Term 1 arrangements are very similar to the measures that were in operation in our school during Term 4 of last year.

Measures include:

  • provision of rapid antigen tests
    • two per week for all St Monica's staff and students for the first four weeks of term
  • compulsory use of masks indoors for all adults in schools and students in Years 7-12
  • masks for Years 3-6 encouraged
  • cohorting of children and staff
  • maximising outdoor learning and ventilation in classrooms to ensure good circulation of fresh air
  • increased cleaning across the school, including high touch surfaces
  • restrictions to visitors on site during school hours; parents and carers will only be allowed on school grounds for scheduled essential appointments
  • restrictions on school events – events that bring cohorts of students together will not go ahead eg whole school Masses and assemblies
  • restrictions on excursions 

Unwell at school

Any student or staff member who is unwell and/or displays symptoms of COVID-19 will be asked to go home and isolate until they can complete a RAT or PCR test.

  • If a student or staff member displays even mild COVID-19 symptoms, they must take a RAT or get a PCR test and isolate until they receive a negative test result.
  • Students must not come to school until they are symptom free, even if they get a negative RAT result.

Reporting a postive case.

Through the Compass Portal, the school will advise you daily when members of our school community test positive to COVID-19. This report will be attached as a table, to the daily COVID notification, and it will be pushed out by 7am each morning.
In the event your child tests positive, parents are required to notify ACT Health and the school. At all times, positive notifications to the school will be kept private and confidential and names will not be shared. Negative tests do not need to be reported.

RAT kit collection for weeks 3 & 4

The next lot of RAT kits will be delivered to the school next week. This time we will be sending the kits home to families via the eldest child. If you would prefer to collect your kit, please contact the school.