Contents
Headmaster DEEDs App
Term 3 - Pick Up and Drop Off Zones Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Middle School
A Message from the Head of Middle School
Junior School
A Message from the Head of Junior School
Sport Music Library Careers Calendar OCGA Support Groups
Edition 86, 26 June 2020
From the Headmaster
This Term has been a challenging one for all of us, and I am very grateful to all of our teachers, parents and students for the hard work, and commitment in organising and managing the majority of learning this Term from home. This last week in particular, has not been easy and I would like to thank all of our staff, students and parents for your support at this time. I am pleased to report we have had no further cases of Covid-19 reported at this time, and the boy who tested positive is well, and his family have all tested negative as well. Over one hundred of our staff were tested again for the disease yesterday, so we are doing our best to remain proactive and to protect our community as best we can. I hope the coming weeks allow our families to enjoy a more relaxed pace at home or on vacation where possible, and to spend some time simply enjoying each other’s company. However, we still need to be cautious about our health and I ask that parents and students remain vigilant about any symptoms of ill health at all – even minor sniffles or coughs – and not to return to School next Term even if those symptoms seem very mild, until those symptoms have fully resolved, or until you have received a negative Covid-19 test. Please click here to find attached a message from the Chief Health Officer with advice for families which may contain useful tips for all of us. Classes will begin again in Term 3 on Tuesday, 14 July. On Monday, 13 July, we will be conducting Professional Development activities for members of staff. The School Offices will be open as usual throughout the vacation, though many staff will be working from home. We are making plans to slowly reintroduce a range of co-curricular activities from the beginning of next Term. Sport, Music and Drama will be phased in gradually, and we will hold some Winter Sports matches the first weekend in Term 3. We remain hopeful also that the School Musical will go ahead between Wednesday 2 September to Friday 4 September in one form or another, and that we will be able to have a large Concert before the end of the year. All of that, of course, depends on the requirements of the Victorian Government at that time.
DEEDs App You should have received an update from me earlier in the week on our new DEEDs app. This app and its associated webpage with its live news stream, is now fully operational, and from the beginning of next Term it will replace the Weekly Bulletin. The DEEDs app targets news to each group of parents, and is a way for us to communicate with parents, to complete forms and to share information. News will be published as it occurs, but there will also be a weekly News Digest published on Friday afternoons. If you have not already done so, please download this free app – search for Camberwell Grammar DEEDs – in the App Store or on Google Play.
Term 3 - Pick Up and Drop Off Zones
Camberwell Grammar School 55 Mont Albert Road Canterbury Victoria 3126 T +61 3 9835 1777 registrar@cgs.vic.edu.au www.cgs.vic.edu.au
Please also continue to support us when dropping off and picking up your sons from School next Term. Please only use Gate 1 for Junior School students and the Chatfield Avenue drop off for all other students. As part of our efforts to reduce the number of people on the campus, we would ask that parents not come on to the campus unless absolutely necessary. The beginning and end of each day are very busy times and I again seek your cooperation in keeping our students safe and also in respecting the amenity of our neighbours. A number of parents have been arriving very early for the Junior School pickup, and waiting in Mont Albert Road and Barnsbury Avenue, causing significant disruption to traffic and sometimes stopping across our neighbour’s driveways and nature strips. It would be greatly appreciated if parents arrived ‘just in time’ rather than having to wait nearby because they are early. Middle and Senior School parents are asked to use Chatfield Avenue as their drop off and pick up points. Enter through Gate 7 and Exit through Gate 8. Please only use Gate 5 in Mont Albert Road for dropping off students who are attending early or afternoon music rehearsals. Your co-operation in observing these drop off/pick up zones is greatly appreciated in the interest of your son’s safety, and to help us maintain positive relationships with our neighbours.
Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
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Again, in line with the Victorian Government requirements at the time, we have decided to once more hold our Annual Carol Service at St Paul’s Cathedral, Flinders Street, Melbourne on Thursday 10 December at 7.30pm.