Dear Parents and Carers,

As  we conclude  Term 1 this week I would like to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to our  parent community for the support and encouragement we have received throughout this ongoing COVID-19 situation. In whichever small way you have assisted your child to remain connected to Good Samaritan  we are all extremely grateful.

In  addition,  I have to convey my deep appreciation for the Good Samaritan staff. The last two weeks have seen us establish a new way of ‘being’. We have made many decisions, learnt from our mistakes, endured frustrations, entered into robust discussions, reflected deeply on our beliefs both personally and professionally. We have also kept at the forefront of all of our thinking our mantra:

Mission    Consistency   Impact

This has been the  basis of our planning which will aim to provide students with a fully developed remote learning experience from the start of Term 2. This  means that the school will not be delivering face to face lessons until we are instructed to return to ‘school as normal’ by the State and Federal Governments through Catholic Education Diocese  of Wollongong. At this stage schools will remain open, unless we are instructed otherwise, for students where there is no other alternative. However, the teaching and learning remains the same for all students.

This planning is supporting us to be in a position where we are able to respond rather than react as much as we can in a time of  truly fluid and rapid change. Our planning has been working in phases. The first phase was our immediate response which was to continue the teaching and learning. As we head into Term 2 we will be in phase 2 - remote teaching continuation to online learning. As we progress through Term 2 we will enter phase 3 which we are referring to as our sustaining phase where we will revise, rework if necessary, and plan for the transition back to face to face schooling.