Please refer to this page for information, protocols & updates regarding COVID-19.
Updated 3 May 2022
Please refer to this page for information, protocols & updates regarding COVID-19.
Updated 3 May 2022
30 April 2022
Dear parents and carers
The state government has announced that public health and social measures will be eased from 12.01am Friday 29 April (details at wa.gov.au).
For schools, these changes include:
If your child becomes an asymptomatic close contact, due to a person in your household being COVID-19 positive, they will no longer have to isolate for 7 days. They will be required to:
We will let you know when you can collect the free RATs the state government is providing for all students. In the meantime, if your child
please contact us by phone 9168 4400 between 07:30AM – 3:30PM or email EastKimberley.Col@education.wa.edu.au
All school activities can resume, and we will continue to follow COVID-19 safe measures:
If your child becomes symptomatic they should stay home and be tested for COVID-19. Refer to healthywa.wa.gov.au for information on close contact definition, testing and isolation requirements. You should notify the school if your child tests positive for COVID-19.
Thank you for your continued efforts in keeping our school COVID-19 safe.
Kind regards
Learne Dunne
Principal, East Kimberley College
Dear Parents,
We have made an enormous effort to reduce the spread of Covid-19 at East Kimberley College and I thank you for your support.
You may wish to access the children’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic over the school holidays. They are free and available for children aged 5 years and older.
The WA Chief Health Officer has encouraged all school principals to provide the following information to parents.
As we move into the school holidays, vaccination is the best thing you can do to keep your children and family safe while reducing the spread of COVID-19 in the community.
Vaccination reduces the chances of children becoming infected and reduces the number and severity of symptoms if children do get infected.
Children may also be less likely to pass on the infection if they are vaccinated.
Getting children vaccinated is being assisted through a range of convenient vaccine providers and additional pop-up clinic events during the April school holidays.
Here are some fast facts to help you make an informed decision about COVID-19 vaccination.
Visit Roll up for WA or Vaccine Clinic Finder to find and book your child’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Kind regards
Learne Dunne
Principal, East Kimberley College, Kununurra
We are:
With the increase in numbers of positive cases in Kununurra it is best to assume anyone could be positive and to apply these measures at all times. We are doing this whilst ensuring our children can safely learn and play together so all aspects of their development and wellbeing are being considered.
Thank you to the parents and carers who are calling and emailing us to inform us their child has tested positive. We ask that parents and carers continue to contact us so we can complete contact tracing, provide support and Learning From Home packs.
If we are informed of a positive case then we:
Thank you to the parents and carers who are calling and emailing us to inform us their child is a close household contact.
Household close contacts are required to get tested and quarantine at home away from the positive case for 7 days. The child is not allowed to attend school.
We can provide Learning From Home Packs or links to Connect, our online learning program. Please call the school on 9168 4400.
If a child is deemed close contact at school or through an outside organisation then the child can attend school provided they are tested on Day 1 and 6 (PCR) or Day 7 (RAT), are asymptomatic and isolate when they are not at school. Parents and carers who choose to keep the child at home can access Learning From Home packs. Please call the school 9168 4400.
If your child is deemed a close school contact then this cycle commences. It commences each time they are notified they are a close contact.
There has been a positive case of COVID-19 in Year 5 at East Kimberley College. On advice from WA Health, I am providing the following information.
They attended school on Friday 25.3.2022. They may have been infectious from 25.3.2022 and 27.3.2022. Any staff and student close contacts have been identified and contacted by the school. You can find out more about what to do if you are a close contact including testing dates at healthywa.wa.gov.au.
Advice for all families and staff:
– The school remains open.
– If your child is not identified as a close contact, your child is not required to quarantine and should attend school.
– If staff are not identified as a close contact, they are not required to quarantine and should attend school.
– As for everyone in Western Australia, we ask that you monitor your child/yourself for symptoms of COVID-19 and get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result, if symptoms develop.
– If you or your child develop symptoms, please do not attend school.
– Please note that the Omicron strain can present with less typical symptoms such as diarrhoea, particularly in children.
If you have queries or concerns, please contact WA Health on 1300 316 555.
Please contact Erin Whiticker, Deputy Principal regarding Learning at Home packs.
As of 25 March 22 there have been at least six positive case of COVID-19 associated with East Kimberley College. The positive cases attended school on Wednesday 16.3.2022, Thursday 17.3.2022 and Friday 18.3.2022.
The confirmed positive cases are in the following classes:
Kindy Red Joeys and last attended school Wednesday 16.3.2022
Year 1 Room 3 and last attended Friday 18.3.2022
Year 2 Room 7 and last attended Friday 18.3.2022
Year 7 and last attended Friday 18.3.2022
Year 9 and last attended Thursday 17.3.2022
The positive cases and their household contacts are isolating for 7 days per the Chief Health Officer directions.
Students who do not have symptom and are identified a school based close contacts may continue to attend school. During the 7 days students must:
1. Get tested on Day 1 and Day 6
2. Wear a mask
3. Actively monitor for symptoms and get tested and follow household close contact guidelines.
The parents and carers of students who were in classes that these students attended last week will be notified in a separate email as a courtesy.
School is open and safe for face to face learning. Thank you to our students for adhering to mask wearing at school.
Please be advised there has been a positive case of COVID-19 associated with East Kimberley College. The positive case attended school on Friday 18.3.2022.
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