Glen Huon Primary School
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801 Glen Huon Rd
Glen Huon TAS 7109
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Email: glen.huon.primary@decyp.tas.gov.au
Phone: 03 6266 6240

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Principal's Report 19/10/2021

Well, what a start to Term 4 it has been! I certainly did not expect to be writing this newsletter from behind a facemask.

COVID Update

As per the Premier’s announcement on Monday 18th October, the lockdown has now been lifted and we are ‘snapping back’ to where we were, with the exception of facemasks being mandatory for anybody aged 12+ and some continued restrictions in hospitals and aged care facilities until 6pm on Friday night. The Premier will make further announcements on Friday. It is important to note that students in primary school are NOT required to wear a mask at school, however children who have already turned 12 will need to wear a mask when out in public.

Thank you and well done to everyone for pulling together during the COVID-19 lockdown. Hopefully we will not have to do this again, however if we do, and in the event that a lockdown would be announced for a longer period of time, the school has been discussing options for how best to support learning from home.

We have looked at several options and platforms and it has been decided that SeeSaw provides a very easy platform for teachers, parents and students to use as a way of communicating and sharing learning. Some classes in our school are already using SeeSaw. For those classes not already using it, we will be sending home information to families on how to get set up in the near future.

We have all been reminded to continue the following hygiene, distancing, and safety requirements:

  • Continue to practice good hygiene by washing your hands regularly and coughing into your elbow. 
  • Maintain physical distancing of 1.5m where possible.
  • Stay at home if you have any cold and flu symptoms and arrange a COVID test.  
  • Ensure you are wearing a facemask if you leave the house. 
  • If you enter a school site make sure you check in using the Check In TAS App as well as signing into the visitor logbook at the office.
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Public Holiday (Show Day) this Thursday 21st October

Student Free Day Friday 22nd October

A reminder that this Friday 22nd October is a Department of Education mandated Student Free Day. Staff will be coming together to review our school plan for this year and undertake planning for 2022. This is a very important and valuable day and we thank you for supporting us.

Athletics Carnival

We were able to go ahead with the running events in the Athletics carnival program for our Grade 3-6 students last Thursday and we even managed to squeeze in a few novelty events before we headed back to school and the rain set in.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped out on the day, particularly to Mr West for his organisation and to Mr Daryl Watson for helping with the setting up and packing away.

As we have the Colour Fun Run coming up on Thursday December 9th we have decided that this will give us the perfect opportunity to incorporate some of the Early Childhood running and novelty events as part of this day.

Details on the Huon-Channel Athletics carnival which is coming up on Wednesday 10th November will be provided to students who have qualified soon.