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Invermay TAS 7248
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Email: lbps@decyp.tas.gov.au
Phone: 03 6335 1500

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9. PUBLIC NOTICES

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Department of Education
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GPO Box 169, HOBART TAS 7001

OfficeoftheSecretary@education.tas.gov.au
Ph (03) 6165 5757

15 December 2021

Dear families,

As the end of the year draws near and holidays are approaching, I wanted to provide you with an update on current COVID-19 planning for our schools.

I know that there may be some concern and apprehension for you and your family about our transition to living with cases of COVID-19 in our communities. I also understand your concern regarding COVID-19 potentially being in our schools.

Moving into 2022, the health and safety of staff and students continues to be our number one priority. We will work hard to keep schools safe so that our students can remain at school learning with their friends and teachers. We know that to achieve the best possible education and health and wellbeing outcomes, every day that students are at school counts.

There are a number of preventative measures that our schools are adopting to reduce the spread of COVID-19. A Fact Sheet has been prepared that outlines what we are doing.

You may also like to watch this video which features Dr Shannon Melody. Dr Melody is a Tasmanian Public Health Physician, and talks about COVID-19 in relation to children and schools. I hope that it will help answer some of the questions and concerns that you may have.

Public Health will be offering COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 5-11 beginning in January. Parents can now book appointments for their children to get vaccinated at special children’s clinics across Tasmania in the New Year. Appointments are available from 10 January 2022. For more information visit the Coronavirus website. While we strongly support the vaccination of students, it will not be required for students to attend our schools.

We continue to base our response on advice from Public Health. We will always take every recommended precaution to keep our schools safe.

Please ensure you keep up to date with the situation over the holiday period by visiting www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au

We will also keep the DoE website updated with any new information. Should we need to we will actively communicate with you through your school.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas and New Year and all the best for 2022.

Yours sincerely,

Tim Bullard
SECRETARY

COVID-19 Vaccinations Available for Students Aged 12 and Over

The Tasmanian Government is working hard to provide the COVID-19 vaccination to all Tasmanian’s aged 12 and above.

As you may be aware there have been a number of clinics run in colleges to vaccinate students in years 11 and 12. There will also be a small number of regional high schools that will host a vaccine clinic but this is not something that will be occurring at high schools in larger population centres at this point in time.

However, there are a number of different options available for parents to arrange for students aged 12 and above to be vaccinated, these include:

  1. At one of the community clinics across the state. Appointments can be made by visiting coronavirus.tas.gov.au/booking or calling the Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738.
  2. At participating GPs - contact your local GP directly to make a booking.
  3. At selected pharmacies  - find one near you at com.au

Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself, your family and the wider community from COVID-19. Don’t wait. Vaccinate.

Young people under the age of 16 are encouraged to attend their vaccination appointment with a parent or guardian.

There are a number of places where you are able to find more information in relation to the COVID-19 vaccine. You may like to look at this information with your child to support them in understanding more about the vaccination:

Information from the Western Australia Government through a video presented by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki which answers common questions and dispel myths about COVID-19 vaccines.

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Facebook Posts 

In response to the recent High Court defamation ruling regarding Facebook posts, some important changes have been made to our Department of Education pages. This includes Schools, Child and Family Learning Centres, and Libraries.
While we monitor comments closely, social media is a 24/7 medium and our ability to moderate is not. As a result, you will see that our posts now have commenting capabilities turned off or contributions restricted.
We appreciate your understanding with these changes and look forward to continuing to share news and information with you.
As always, please remember that when engaging with any Department of Education page, to do so in a respectful manner, in line with our Terms of Use which can be found in the ‘about’ section of our page.
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Informing School of Student Absences

Your child’s Advisory Teacher records attendance daily using the DoE EduPoint system. Attendance is taken between 8:55am – 9:30am. 

If your child is going to be absent, you will need to inform the school ASAP - otherwise the EduPoint system automatically marks the absence as ‘Unauthorised-Unexplained’ and this is not altered until communication is received from parents.

The preferred method of communication is to send the school an SMS 0427 016 460 (this is a short message service only, so you will not be able to ring the school on this number).

LBPS admin check the SMS service throughout the day and update any changes to student attendance.

You can of course ring the school direct on 6335 1500 and leave a voice message on the answer phone.

Updating Student Medical Details

We are committed to ensuring that our information with regard to managing the wellbeing of our students is always accurate and updated.  

If your son/daughter:

-has a medical need and would benefit from being supported by a medical action plan (MAP)

-currently has a Medical Action Plan at school but has had recent health changes and would benefit from their plan being adjusted and updated

-requires the support of medication during the school day

-has any other medical or mental health needs (new or needing to be updated)

We ask that you please complete the relevant attached form and return to our office ASAP.

School Uniform

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It is compulsory for students to wear their school uniform when attending school excursions, interviews, LTIs or if they are representing the school at events. 

Uniforms can be purchased from the school office and are sold at cost price:

  • Polo Shirts with school logo = $30 
  • School Hoody with school logo = $65

Any pre-worn uniform donations would be very much appreciated and are used in our emergency uniform/clothing pool.

Parking Inveresk Precinct 

It is highly recommended that parents and visitors to the school DO NOT PARK along the nature strip in front of the school, slong the footpath or on the grass area beside Aurora Stadium.

The City Council have recently approached the school and have advised these areas are being patrolled and infringements are being issued.

Parents and visitors are advised to use the paid parking facilities at the Inveresk Car Park (next to Blue Cafe).

Communication & Useful Links

I would like to remind families of some useful links and apps that you may use to assist with receiving communication from our school.

  • SMS Only - 0427 016 460 to report student absences, please send a text to our short message service
  • Schoolzine App & Newsletter - Our newsletter is published at the end of every month through Schoolzine. Schoolzine is an app that allows you to communicate with the school, receive notices and newsletters

  • School Website - Our website allows you to access lots of useful information about our school

  • School Facebook - please 'like' our facebook page as we often post communication to parents on there

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