COVID-19 Response Plans and Advice

During the break, the NSW Government announced changes to COVID-related community settings that affect schools.

Please note the following amendments to health and safety guidelines for Term 2 at Pymble.

Changes to advice for household/close contacts

If your daughter is a household or close contact of someone who tests positive for COVID-19, it is no longer mandatory for her to self-isolate for seven days unless she has symptoms and/or tests positive. She can choose to either stay at home and learn online (if practicable) or she can come to school, under the following provisions:

She has no COVID-19 symptoms and is feeling well.
She returns a negative Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) each day before she attends school (the College will supply students with multipacks of RATs).
She wears a mask at all times while indoors or at large gatherings such as assemblies.
Her School Office is notified and the College undertakes a risk assessment that approves your daughter attending school.

If your daughter chooses to self-isolate, please advise health@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au and your relevant School Office, who will respond with a link to the Online Learning Application form required for your daughter to learn online during the seven-day period.

See the NSW Health Household and Close Contact Guidelines for more detailed information.

Pack a mask (or two) each day

Mask-wearing is optional at school except in the following circumstances:

Masks must be worn at large indoor gatherings (ie assembly and tomorrow’s Anzac Day Service, which will very likely be indoors, due to the weather).

While using public transport or school transport.
If it is deemed a requirement for your daughter attending school as a household or close contact (see above).

All students are encouraged to pack a mask in their bag for each school day, and School Offices will also have a back-up supply.

Residential programs

Students attending Vision Valley or an Outdoor Education program at another location will be required to undertake a RAT at school before they get onto the Pymble bus for departure.

Each program organiser will advise parents/carers of any further COVID-safety guidelines or requirements prior to departure.

A student who is a household or close contact at the time of a scheduled residential program is required to contact their Head or Deputy Head of School to discuss their specific case.

If your daughter is unwell in Term 2

If your daughter tests positive to COVID-19 and is well enough to attend online lessons while in isolation at home, as per the process in Term 1, please advise health@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au and your relevant School Office, who will respond with a link to the Online Learning Application form required for your daughter to learn online during her isolation period.

If your daughter is not well enough to attend campus for a day or two (unrelated to COVID-19), she needs to rest and follow the normal procedure for absence due to illness.

Students are not permitted to join their classes via Teams in place of on-campus learning, unless they have previously applied for exemption due to medical reasons or notified the school that they are self-isolating.

Medical exemptions for on-campus learning

Finally, if your daughter or a member of your family who lives in your household is immunocompromised or has an underlying medical condition that prevents her from attending campus, please complete our Online Learning Application form, if you haven’t already done so.

Thank you for your continued efforts to observe the health and safety measures we have in place to protect our Pymble family.