We have been advised that CEDoW leadership has made a decision that all gala days set for the near future are cancelled. The levels of staff and student absenteeism are at extreme levels so all non essential professional learning including non pathway sport is suspended until further notice. The aim is to ensure that teachers are available for classroom teaching in this time of excessive staff shortages. 

Therefore, the soccer gala days set for Friday 29 July (including the backup on Friday 12 August) have been cancelled. This will also apply to the soccer gala day in Tahmoor in August. There are 7 gala days in soccer all up, which all take out a large number of staff at each venue and also a significant number of secondary students who act as our referees.

The postponed Netball Gala Day is also cancelled.

This is unfortunate as the gala days, as you know, are so valued and enjoyed by our students in a time when exercise and activity are so important. It is, however, most important to consider the widespread nature of current illness and absenteeism and the predicted forecast that this pattern will continue over the next month or so. In addition, many schools are finding it increasingly difficult to continue to recruit staff for casual and temporary positions.