March 29 2020

Dear Regent Families,

A reminder that tomorrow (Monday 30th March) we continue with our second student free day as outlined in the previous COVID-19 Update. Thank you for assisting the College with these days as teachers continue to develop the Distance Learning Program (DLP). 

DOING SCHOOL DIFFERENTLY

You may have noticed that the Government is now using different terminology with regarding to schools. Effectively what is happening across all sectors and in all states, is a transition from face to face tuition to online (or Distance) learning. This is for the benefit of students, but also as a strategy to assist teachers during this time. 

ESSENTIAL ATTENDANCE

From Tuesday, we are actively transitioning to the Distance Learning Programme. We strongly encourage students to complete their school work at home and not to attend the College. However we will make provision for supervision of students who have no other option including children whose parents are employed in essential services. 

• If you have already entered planned attendance data for this coming week via the following link, and it requires adjustment, please communicate the adjustment to Administration (rather than through the link). Email changes HERE
• If you require your child to attend school on a certain day(s) this week and have not already entered this information, please use the button directly below. 

• Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) continues this week, as required, and parents should register as normal for the service.

IMPORTANT - ACCESSING DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMME CONTENT 

An essential component of the Distance Learning Programme is students being able to access the content on a daily/regular and ongoing basis via an iPad or computer - as opposed to a phone. 

If you anticipate that your child is going to have no or very limited access to a device e.g. iPad, please contact your child's teacher ASAP. An example of this might be if parents are working from home utilising the devices and the child has no access. 

ABSENTEEISM NOTIFICATION

Every day (other than student free days) that your child is not at school needs to be accounted for with a notice of absenteeism; this includes remaining home for self-isolation and distance learning (at least for the remainder of Term 1).

For your information, the College records all student absences relating to COVID-19 as a Reasonable absence.

'Reasonable' includes: 

• students who are self-isolating due to Department of Health advice; 
• families keeping children home due to perceived and possible increased risk relating to children and family members who are in a higher risk category (e.g. diabetes, compromised immune systems); and 
• families keeping their children at home due to the perceived risk that they are safer at home, rather than in a school setting due to possible transmission of the virus. 

If you could please email absentee notes to your child's teacher and Cc Administration. 

Yours sincerely

Derek Nicholls. Principal

REGENT COLLEGE
22 Colombo Street
Victoria Park WA 6100
(08) 9470 4569