Winter, Flu, COVID and You!

Help Our Community Stay Healthy

At this time of year, it is important that we all follow health and safety guidelines so that everyone in our community is as safe and well as possible throughout the cooler months of the year. With both influenza and COVID still circulating in NSW, it is important that we all play our part to help reduce the risk of transmission of these illnesses for students and staff members.

Help reduce the spread of flu and COVID

To stop the spread of both influenza and COVID, there are effective measures that students and staff can take:

• Stay at home when sick with acute cold and flu symptoms (such as a runny nose, sore throat, fever, cough).
• Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue and sneeze into your elbow instead of your hands.
• Wash hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
• Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth.

If a student is unwell and has any symptoms for any illness they should stay home and test for COVID-19. Whether the test comes back positive or negative for COVID-19, the student should not return to school until the student no longer has any acute symptoms.

Staff and students may obtain a 5-pack of RAHTs from Student Services or the Primary Office any time they would like one. I would also encourage families to check any RAHTs at home in the cupboard and ensure that these have not expired.

Parents/carers should continue to notify the school if a student has tested positive to influenza or COVID-19 as part of the usual absence notification process, by emailing absences@sceggs.nsw.edu.au

Health advice is that staff and students who are sick should always stay home to rest and recover and avoid putting others at risk of getting sick.

Please help us keep everyone in our community as safe and as well as possible this winter!

Holly Gyton
Deputy Head of School