An update from the Principal 3rd April 2020

                                                                                                            Friday 3rd April 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

Thank you very much for your continued support and understanding during these incredibly challenging times. Like you, we have been coming to terms with the significance of the situation and are continuing to plan work and support for students during the closure period.

As you will be aware the school has been open for the last two weeks only for the children of Key Workers who cannot find any other solution to child care. This provision will remain in place over the two weeks of Easter. The government advice to parents to keep their children at home, wherever possible, remains the same and school will only remain open only for those children who absolutely need to attend.

We have been overwhelmed by the amount of work students have completed during the last two weeks. Staff have been engaging through Google classroom, email and other online resources with the students and we are thrilled at the response. As I’m sure you are aware, keeping routines and continuing to complete school work is essential at this time, in order to make sure that valuable learning time is not completely disrupted. We will however be taking a break during Easter.

For the next two weeks staff will not be setting additional work and students are not expected to complete any. Effectively we are observing the traditional two week break from school work. Work will resume after the two weeks and parents/students can expect new work to be set following Easter. The work will be for Learning Cycle 4 as we have now reached the end of Cycle 3. There will be NO ASSESSMENT week for the end of this learning cycle.

Finally, I hope that everyone is well and safe. Once again, I would like to thank you for your patience and understanding. We need the support of each other and our communities in these unprecedented times. Kindness is paramount and we really appreciate all of the messages of support we have received. We will continue to keep in touch through regular communication on our website and through our social media accounts.

Jacqui Scott

Principal - WCSA