Notices

The PTF is encouraging labelling to help reduce lost property waste.

Please order name labels here so that 25 per cent of every registered IGS label order (using the IGS school code of 2127 or the School’s name) will be donated back to the PTF and then to the Sustainable Futures group to use for their good work.

The PTF has a new initiative with WornUp to send away old uniforms to be made into new school desks. A “pod” for collecting old items will arrive shortly. The PTF is paying for the collections and the recycling fees.

Please see the calendar for information about the next PTF Rue Kelly secondhand sale.

eSafety is running a free webinar for parents that looks at how parents and carers can set up devices and apps to help keep young people safer online. The webinar will include practical tips, demonstrations, and advice for parents and carers to help keep young people safer online.

Please visit this link for more information and to register for the event.

Please view the holiday opening times for the Uniform Shop here.

The Asylum Seekers Centre in Newtown need our assistance for donations of non-perishable food, toiletries and nappies.

Drop off is at the upcoming Rue Kelly second hand uniform sale from Monday 26 to Thursday 29 April.

For more information on items needed click here.

Kindergarten PTF Year Reps warmly invite all Kindy families to join in the fun of an Easter Egg Hunt at 9am on Saturday 3 April at Riverwood. Find out more and purchase tickets here.

We would like to give parents and caregivers the opportunity to support the production through sponsoring the show and in turn, the ability to promote their business.

There are four tiers of sponsorship as follows, and each comes with its own set of sponsor benefits:
– The Miss Honey package ($5000, one opportunity only)
– The Chocolate Cake package ($3000, three opportunities)
– The Poetry package ($1000, eight opportunities)
– The Readers package ($350, multiple opportunities).

Please click here to read more about the different packages and how you can apply to sponsor the show, and contact me with any questions you may have.

Please see the recent letter sent out from Vacation Care Coordinator Wendy Christie regarding the Vacation Care Program for the April holidays here.

Close to 100 unlabeled drink bottles await collection opposite ground floor reception. Please ensure your children collect their lost property and label all their possessions.

View the PTF Year Rep welcome letter for Year 2 parents.

Students should be at school unless:

they have a medical certificate which states that they are unable to return to school due to an ongoing medical condition and the expected timeframe they are currently unwell.

In accordance with advice from NSW Health, parents and carers are reminded NOT to send children to school if they are unwell, even if they have the mildest flu-like symptoms.

NSW Health has requested that schools encourage anyone who is unwell or has even mild flu-like symptoms, to arrange to be tested through their local medical practitioner or one of the COVID-19 clinics.

Students and staff with flu-like symptoms will need to be tested and provide a copy of a negative COVID-19 test result and be symptom-free before being permitted to return to school.

Students who do not undertake a COVID-19 test will not be permitted to return to school for a 10-day period. Additionally, they must be symptom-free for at least 3 days prior to returning to school.

Students who have seasonal allergic rhinitis or another condition that presents similarly to flu-like symptoms are still required to get tested for COVID-19 and return a negative test result. Where their symptoms continue beyond 10 days, students should provide documentation from their GP confirming their symptoms are typical for their condition. If the student develops new or changed symptoms, they should get tested for COVID-19. Find more information about COVID-19 symptoms.

COVID-19 testing for students with complex health or disability may be challenging. In these situations, schools will ask the parent or carer to have their child assessed by their medical practitioner. Where a medical practitioner determines that a COVID-19 test is not required, documentation must be provided to the school to confirm that the student does not have symptoms that warrant a COVID-19 test. The certificate must also indicate that the student is able to return to school.

IGS continues to be vigilant when implementing infection control, physical distancing and personal hygiene protocols to protect the health and safety of students and staff. At IGS we promote the need to follow good hygiene practices such as:

• regularly washing hands
• avoiding sharing drinks or food
• coughing or sneezing into your elbow, or a tissue which should be discarded immediately.

Students will be supported to learn from home in the following circumstances:

• If they are required to self-isolate due to being a close contact of a positive or suspected COVID-19 case
• Where the school is directed under public health advice to only remain operational for children of essential workers if an outbreak of COVID-19 was to arise in the local area.

A reminder to parents that they are not to enter onto the school grounds unless a prior arrangement has been with a member of staff.
In all circumstances parents and visitors to the school must register their attendance on school premises at Reception by signing in using the NSW Health provided QR code.

Thank you for helping us keep IGS a safe school environment for all our students and staff.

Mary Duma
Deputy Principal Students and Campus Life

As part of Child Care Subsidy (CCS) balancing, the Australian Government requires families to confirm their income.

For the 2018 to 2019 financial year, families need to do this by 31 March 2021.

The Government extended this deadline from 30 June 2020 to 31 March 2021 because of COVID-19.

Services Australia is sending letters to families this week reminding them to confirm their 2018 to 2019 income.

If your income is not confirmed by 31 March 2021 your CCS will stop.

If you confirm your income after 31 March, your CCS can start again but it won’t be back paid.

We encourage you to read the letter you may have received from Services Australia. There’s also a fact sheet.

If you have any questions, please contact Services Australia directly.

View our 2021 Parent Guide here.

The Year 5 parent representatives invite you to connect with them. Please click here for more.

View the document here.