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ASHS will be holding a parent information evening for all Year 10 students entering Year 11 in 2023.

There will be two sessions on Wednesday 29 June 2022

• ATAR Information: 5pm – 6pm
• VET/General Information: 6pm – 7pm

Parents and students are welcome to attend either or both sessions.

Sessions will be held in the school Library.

We look forward to seeing you there.

TAMARA NURSE

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

The onsite Midford Uniform Shop will be temporarily closing due to building works being undertaken on site. 

Dear parents and carers

The WA government announced that from 10 June 2022, the mandatory vaccination policy would be updated in line with health advice. This means that staff in schools and residential facilities will no longer need to be vaccinated.

The triple dose vaccination requirements only remain in place for those working in healthcare and health support, workers in residential aged care, and workers in residential disability settings.

As you know students are not required to be vaccinated, however if your child is on a work placement at one of these settings, they will need to continue to comply with the industry/business requirements at that workplace.

The change also means that parents and carers who regularly visit, volunteers, third party providers and contractors are not required to be vaccinated to enter a school or residential facility.

It is also important to remember that the removal of the vaccine mandate does not mean the pandemic is over.

In the school setting we continue to follow the health advice and COVID-19 safe measures remain in place including:

• following ventilation guidelines;
• staying home when unwell;
• high touch surface cleaning and other site hygiene measures;
• wearing a mask as required as well as at one’s own discretion in certain settings especially where social distancing is not possible; and
• following the testing and other protocols when identified as a close contact.

• taking a daily RAT when identified as a close contact, and
• having good hand hygiene.

I encourage you to visit the HealthyWA website for further information about COVID-19.

With a flu season on its way we are committed to the health and wellbeing of everyone on our school site.

If you have any queries, please contact 9797 4400.

Thank you for your support.

Domenic Camera

Principal

7 June 2022

Music continues to thrive in the ASHS Music Department.  All students have embraced the challenge of 2022 with positivity.

Shaun Molewyk
Class Music Teacher

The Australind Dental Therapy Clinic has re-opened in the new location on Break O’Day Drive and has re-commenced making appointments for students.

The EXCEL Sports and Leadership Program has been developed to help maximise the potential of talented students in the areas of sport and leadership. All EXCEL students will participate in a combination of practical and theoretical lessons throughout the year. It is expected that students participate fully in all activities and demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities both at school and in the community.

EXCEL students must be able to uphold the following principles:
– Display a high standard in effort, attitude and enthusiasm in all class activities
– Display excellent organisational skills
– Maintain behaviour standards in all classes and demonstrate exceptional leadership across the entire school
– Maintain excellence attendance
– Be achieving an A or B grade in Physical Education

Please note – limited positions available. 

Feedback will also be requested from teachers of other learning areas. Final selection will be made by the EXCEL Coordinator (Miss Fedele).

Please complete this form by Friday 6 May 2022 (Week 2 Term 2). Successful applicants will be notified by Friday 13 May 2022 (Week 3 Term 2).
Please see Miss Fedele if you have any questions.

DOMONIQUE FEDELE

As we welcome students and staff back for Term 2 we also have some important changes in relation to how we manage and respond to COVID-19 infections and close contacts.

From 12:01am Friday 29 April the mask mandate has been lifted. Although no longer mandated, individuals should feel comfortable wearing a mask if they choose, and we expect that our community will continue to welcome this.

In a school setting, particularly in classrooms, and where social distancing is more difficult, we encourage staff and students to wear masks.

Close Contacts:

In effect, only two groups of people will have to isolate from Friday:

people with COVID-19, and

close contacts with symptoms.

If you’re a close contact but symptom-free the following remains in place. For the seven days you would have been in isolation, you can leave the house but only if you:

• take a RAT daily and returned a negative result
• wear a mask when not at home
• avoid high risk settings (like hospitals and aged care facilities) and
• avoid non-essential gatherings and people vulnerable to the virus.

For anyone aged 12 and over, they will still have to wear a mask in places like:

• public transport, including buses to and from school, taxis and rideshare vehicles
• airports
• hospitals
• aged and disability care facilities
• correctional facilities

It is possible that with these changes there might be more COVID-19 cases and that this may impact critical worker shortages and reduced school participation.

We appreciate that parents will continue to inform us of their child’s health status, and if COVID-19 related we would ask that parents inform us of the date they were confirmed COVID-19 positive or a close contact so that we can keep accurate records for when they need to return to school.

With updated close contact definitions in place, a child will no longer be identified as a close contact via a school contact. Any child who becomes symptomatic should stay home and be tested for COVID-19.

Please continue to refer to healthywa.wa.gov.au for information on close contact definition, testing and isolation requirements.

The easing of restrictions has meant some of our school activities can resume this term, and we will provide more information on the requirements and COVID‑19 considerations for each activity as they arise on the school calendar.

Yours sincerely,

DOMENIC CAMERA

PRINCIPAL

28 April 2022

Details of our 2022 School Board AGM are outlined below: