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Queenwood’s COVID-19 Safety Plan
QUEENWOOD’S COVID-19 SAFETY PLAN
Queenwood’s COVID-19 Safety Plan
Organisation Details
Organisation Name Queenwood School
Plan Completed By The Risk and Compliance Manager
Approved By School Executive Team
Effective As Of July 2021
REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR SCHOOL
Requirements for our School and the actions we will put in place to keep
students, staff, parents and external visitors safe.
Requirements Actions
WELLBEING OF STAFF, STUDENTS AND EXTERNAL VISITORS
Exclude staff, volunteers, parents/carers and • As of July 13, 2021 students must learn from
participants who are unwell home, unless they do not have access to the
necessary equipment or their parents are
frontline workers, in which case the School
will accommodate these students.
• Staff have been given the option to work
from home or come into School to conduct
lessons.
• Staff must wear a mask if they are onsite.
• Once students and staff are back on
campus, students and staff must have a
COVID test, they must have a negative
COVID test result, their symptoms must
clear and the School must sight the
negative result before students and staff
will be allowed back to School.
• Parents, external providers and visitors are
not allowed onsite.
Provide students and staff with information and • Staff and students receive regular
training on COVID-19, including when to get communication through staff briefings,
tested, physical distancing and cleaning, and assemblies, the newsletter, WHS updates
how to manage a sick student or staff member and a dedicated COVID-19 site.
• Any questions can be raised with teachers,
tutors, the Executive team and the Risk and
Compliance Manager.
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Requirements Actions
Make staff aware of their leave entitlements if • Staff receive regular communication about
they are sick or required to self-isolate. their leave entitlements. The Principal and
Executive Team have made it clear that any
staff member who exhibits flu like
symptoms should not come to school until
their symptoms have cleared and they have
a negative test result.
Display conditions of entry (website, social • Clear signage is displayed on all campuses
media, venue entry). about QR sign in procedures. From Term3,
2021 staff must sign in and out using the
NSW Services QR code.
• Parent, external providers and visitors are
not allowed onsite unless there is a valid
exemption. They must report to reception in
the Junior and Senior School and must sign
in and out using the Service NSW QR code.
Ensure processes are in place to exclude staff, • This is communicated to staff and students
students and external providers if they have through the newsletter and WHS update.
attended any of the reported case locations
listed on the NSW Health website
(nsw.gov.au/covid-19/latest-news-and-updates)
and any locations at that time.
Requirements Actions
PHYSICAL DISTANCING
Ensure the number of people in a facility does • Physical distancing does not apply to
not exceed one person per 4 square metres of students onsite.
space (excluding staff) to a maximum number of • Communication is regularly sent to staff
people as per advice of the day through staff briefings and WHS updates
that they should maintain 1.5 m between
staff members and external providers.
• Staff should also maintain this distance in
staff rooms, common rooms and during
breaks.
• Staff must wear masks whilst onsite.
Have strategies in place to manage gatherings • The School has communicated to parents
that may occur immediately outside the that they are not to enter the campus unless
premises, such as with drop off and pick up absolutely necessary after going through
zones or staggered start/finish times. the external visitor procedure.
• Parents do not get out of their cars to pick
up and drop of their children to minimise
mingling of parents with students and staff.
Use telephone or video platforms for essential • All staff briefings and meetings take place
staff meetings where practical. on Microsoft Teams where possible.
• Where face to face meetings are necessary,
staff members are physically distanced,
where possible.
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Requirements Actions
HYGIENE AND CLEANING
Adopt good hand hygiene practices. • Signage has been placed around all
campuses to ensure students and staff are
washing their hands at regular intervals,
• Hand sanitisers have been placed
strategically through all campuses so even if
students and staff are unable to wash their
hands, they are able to sanitise throughout
the day.
• Communication is sent through regular
newsletters, staff briefings, the WHS
Update and the COVID-19 page about good
hygiene practices.
Ensure bathrooms are well stocked with hand • All bathrooms are stocked with adequate
soap and paper towels or hand dryers. Consider hand soap and paper towels to ensure good
providing visual aids above hand wash basins to hand hygiene amongst students and staff.
support effective hand washing. • Signage has been placed in all bathrooms
about good handwashing technique.
Encourage participants to bring their own water • Students and staff have been notified to
bottle, snacks/orange slices and sweat towels. bring own water bottles as water bubblers
Avoid shared food and drinks. have been turned off but taps are still
available to refill bottles.
• Students and staff are discouraged from
sharing food and drinks.
• Where food is offered to staff, food is
packaged in single portions to ensure food
hygiene.
• This is communicated through the
newsletter and the WHS update.
Clean frequently used indoor hard surface areas, • All classrooms have alcohol spray and
including play areas, at least daily; first with wipes to ensure surfaces such as desks and
detergent and water, and then disinfect. Clean chairs are wiped down at the beginning of
frequently touched areas and surfaces, classes.
including in communal facilities, several times • All communal spaces are cleaned by the
per day. person using the area.
Clean areas used for high intensity sports with • School gym and all equipment cleaned
detergent and disinfectant after each use. after use.
Reduce sharing of equipment where practical • Where possible, students are given their
and ensure these are cleaned with detergent own set of equipment to reduce several
and disinfectant between use. students using same equipment.
• Where possible, equipment is cleaned
frequently.
Ensure there is accessible • All external visitors have access to hand
detergent/disinfectant and gloves for visitors to soap and paper towels in the bathroom and
use, should they wish. hand sanitisers through the campus.
•
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Requirements Actions
Disinfectant solutions need to be maintained at • All hand sanitiser and surface cleaners are at
an appropriate strength and used in accordance the appropriate strength to effectively kill
with the manufacturers’ instructions. bacteria and are used in accordance with
the manufacturer’s instructions.
Staff are to wear gloves when cleaning and • Staff have access to gloves if they wish to
wash hands thoroughly before and after with use these whilst cleaning surfaces. Staff are
soap and water. encouraged to wash their hands at regular
intervals during the day.
Requirements Actions
RECORD KEEPING
Keep a record of name and a mobile number or • Parents and staff are regularly reminder to
email address for all students, staff, contractors update their personal details to ensure the
and external visitors for a period of at least 28 School has the most up to date details.
days. Ensure records are used only for the • Staff must now use the Service NSW QR
purposes of tracing COVID-19 infections and code to sign in and out.
are stored confidentially and securely.
• Parents, external providers and visitors are
not allowed onsite.
Make your staff and volunteers aware of the • All students, parents and staff members
COVIDSafe app and its benefits to support have been encouraged to use the
contact tracing if required. COVIDSafe app for contact tracing
purposes. Students have been given
permission to have their phones on in order
to allow the app to work effectively whilst
students are at School.
Cooperate with NSW Health if contacted in • Plans have been implemented to ensure
relation to a positive case of COVID-19 at your that if a positive case is confirmed by the
workplace, and notify SafeWork NSW on 13 10 School, the School can effectively contact
50. trace. The School also endeavours to work
closely with NSW Health and the Public
Health Unit should a positive case arise.
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