Dear Parents and Carers of Good Samaritan,

It is certainly good news that we now have return dates for our students to come back to school. We now have to begin the planning for the transition back to face to face learning.

As a school, we recognise that for many children the return to the school environment will be seamless and easy, however there will be other students who may experience anxiety, worry, have many questions to be answered or may even experience school refusal.

All of this is normal and our work will aim to meet students’ needs regardless of how they present in their return. Undoubtedly, the most successful students will return to face to face learning where parents and school work together giving the same or similar messages, the same or similar answers about the return to school.

As a school we are working on a Return to School Action Plan. This will involve support strategies that will aim to assist you in preparing children for their return. The action plan will also assist our school to manage the end of the year and student transition to the new school year.

I have begun discussions with our Captains and Vice Captains to seek their input into what they would like addressed as they enter the final term of primary school.

I plan for our communication and support to meet your needs as parents as the students returning to school. Our upcoming newsletters will seek to ask you to contribute your thoughts and ideas to our return to school strategy.

I am confident that, together, we will return to face to face learning successfully knowing that our community works so well in supporting each other.

Enjoy the week ahead as we journey through these unusual times, with Jesus,

Toni Sillis

Principal