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The NSW Department of Education has updated its COVID rules for school sites. From Monday 28 February: schools will align with community settings of ‘symptomatic testing’ and the department will provide 8 tests per student and staff in schools and…

P&C Federation, in consultation with the Department of Education, provides the following advice to P&C Associations on the return to school 2022. Areas covered in this document are: • Mandatory Vaccination for P&C Association Employees and Volunteers and access to…

The NSW Government has released its plans for the 2022 Term 1  return to school. Information for parents and carers can be found on the NSW Department of Education’s website: COVID-smart plan to start 2022 school year  Advice for families…

The Department of Education are creating an outcomes framework to measure and track the educational outcomes of students with disability and are inviting students, and their parents and carers to get involved by completing an online survey. The valuable input…

If you have applied for government funding under the Community Building Partnership CBP2021 round in April/May this year, the wait is over. Letters of notification have been sent to applicants. You can also find out if your application has been…

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…

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…