Posts by Patrick Doumani

Patrick Doumani

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NSW Department of Education Disability Strategy Reference Group – Expressions of interest for new members

18/11/2021

The NSW Department of Education is looking for new members to provide advice on the education of students with disability as part of the Disability Strategy Reference Group. The Department is seeking involvement from recent former students and parents/carers of…

Rollout of Home Testing for Primary School Students

18/11/2021

The NSW Department of Education has announced it is expanding the use of Rapid Antigen Home Testing (RAHT) to reduce the time school students and staff spend away from school if they are a close contact of a positive COVID-19…

Have Your Say! Working Together to Strengthen Consent Education

17/11/2021

Students across the state, both past and present, have called for improved consent education. This follows a recent petition by former Sydney student Chanel Contos which led to thousands of young people sharing their stories of witnessing or experiencing sexual…

School Banking Programs in Schools

15/11/2021

On 24 October 2021, the Treasurer and Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning, the Hon. Sarah Mitchell MLC, announced that school banking programs will no longer be run in New South Wales schools, from 2022. As school banking programs…

Mandatory Vaccination Public Health Order – Advice for P&C Associations

10/11/2021

P&C Federation has put together advice and information for P&C Associations to support them in complying with the Public Health Order requiring all people who work in government schools and early childhood education (ECE) sites, including employees and volunteers of P&C Associations, to have provided proof of vaccination before being…

Updated Department of Education Roadmap for Term 4

02/11/2021

From Monday, 8 November, all schools will operate on updated Level 3 settings for the rest of Term 4, with additional activities allowed in a COVID-safe manner: School sports allowed Inter-school sports allowed outside of school hours Assemblies and presentations…

Sharing of School Facilities Policy

25/10/2021

The Department of Education has consolidated advice from different existing policies about sharing school facilities into one simplified Sharing of School Facilities policy. The aim has been to make information about sharing school facilities easier to find and simpler to understand for…

Update on Ventilation in Schools

14/10/2021

NSW School Infrastructure has undertaken a comprehensive review of the ventilation in NSW’s 2,200+ government schools. This consisted of a state-wide review of the windows, fans and ventilation systems in government schools. NSW School Infrastructure has also prepared individual ventilation…

New Information for Parents and Carers on the Return to School

08/10/2021

On Thursday 7 October 2021, the NSW Department of Education released new advice for families about the roadmap for the return to school. They can be read here: Roadmap for parents and families on the return to school for level…

P&C Federation’s Response to the Latest Announcement on the Return to School

07/10/2021

The NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has today announced amendments to the timetable for returning to face-to-face learning. Students will now return in the following order: From 18 October – department preschools, Kindergarten, Year 1 From 25 October – all remaining…