All Students to Return to Qld Schools 25 May

The announcement we have all been waiting for was made this morning, all students would return to Queensland school from Monday 25 May.  This is great news for all parties concerned and we cannot wait to have everyone back.  Next week will function in the same manner as this week and more details regarding items such as carparking and drop offs will be communicated early next week.

Importantly we must remember that just because students are back at school, it doesn’t mean that things will return to “normal”.  We will still need to limit the amount of non-essential people on the College site, alter lunch and break times for students to reduce concentrated areas, and much much more.   

We trust everyone will have a great last week of Remote Learning, and will enjoy getting back to classroom learning next Monday 25 May. I must say that seeing the formal end to Remote Learning @OLSCC is quite a sad experience, given the amount of effort and energy invested in Remote Learning by our staff, students, parents and wider community.  I continue to be amazed by the standard of work being done by both staff and students in this domain.  It’s amazing what can be achieved when we have such an amazing group of people dedicated to education the students of OLSCC.

Welcome Back!

This week we welcomed back a few staff members, the majority of Preppies, Year 1, Year 11 and Year 12 students.  We averaged around 250 students per day including 70-80 students in Years 2-10 completing their Remote Learning at school. It has been energising to welcome the children in the morning and see them off in the afternoon, as well as just seeing the buzz that is happening in classrooms. 

Moving Forward Post-Covid

As a College, we are beginning to plan our way forward as limits are eased on travel, sport and social distancing.  Accordingly this will be a hot topic at the meeting of the Board on Monday evening.  In next week’s newsletter I will provide greater details regarding our intentions in this regard.  It might not yet be appropriate to get the College Coach up and moving, though we are continuing our Year 6 Canberra Trip preparation, as well as exploring some sporting options so that our kids don’t completely miss out in 2020.

Peter Cuskelly

Principal