Thank you

Thank You

Thank you to our wonderful community for the amazing support that we have so openly shared with each other during the past few days.  Today was a remarkable day, one that after 20 years of being a principal I never ever dreamed of experiencing.

To our Parents and Carers, I cannot express how grateful I am that we as a school community have come together to share the challenges that the current restrictions have placed on us all.   Today as parents and carers came into the school to collect the work packs I was humbled by the manner, appreciation and deep respect that was shown so openly to all staff.  The impact on our families has been significant.   Families spoke openly of their challenges at home, work and in heir everyday life.  Today we had significant support from our families keeping their children away from school to assist the school in managing Social Distancing.   Thank you so much for this support as it enables teachers to transition across from face to face teaching to facilitating the online/ offsite delivery of learning.   School is an option for those parents and carers who are “essential workers”.  This supports our broader community and families that are on the frontline or serving critical services.  By reducing the number of students in school we are also assisting schools to enact Social Distancing to protect our students and their families.  I cannot thank our parents and carers enough for their support in this matter.

If students must come to school they must bring their work pack. There is only “one body of work”.   This was sent home in the work pack, Teachers at school will supervise any student that must be at school.  They will undertake the same work as those at home.   I understand that some students will be coming to school on different days due to their parents being essential workers, however, I must stress that the school is not a baby sitting service for those who are not essential workers and it is just too hard.

Teachers and the school will now start to organise for further work, structures and online support for families, parents and carers.  I urge everyone to take this process slowly and make it as positive experience as possible.   

If you have questions I urge you to use the school email of flinders-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au The school email will be constantly monitored throughout the school day.  You can expect that an email will be responded to within a 24 hour period.

Again, thank you to everyone on what has been an exceptional day.  A special thank you to the staff at Flinders who have scrambled to ensure a level of support for all students and their families.  Their work, commitment and dedication has been exceptional.