EAC Homepage

Years 7-10 No Longer Required To Isolate

Dear students, staff and families,

The Executive has continued contact tracing today in order to identify all potential paths of transmission of COVID-19 from the two students in Year 11 at the College that have tested positive
for the virus this week.

Following completion of an extensive risk assessment process and in line with the health advice, students from Year 7 to 10 are no longer considered to be of significant risk to exposure and are
therefore not required to isolate. Students and families should continue to monitor for symptoms and get tested if even the mildest of symptoms present.

Students in Year 11 who were present at school on the 8 December 2021 are asked to remain in isolation and await further information from either NSW Health or the College to advise formally if you have been deemed either a Close Contact or Casual Contact. This information should come to you by tomorrow morning.

Those staff that had been contacted for further information are also to remain in isolation and await confirmation of your contact status.

Once again I remind all our families that the College site remains non-operational and will not be open on Monday 13 December as contact tracing and cleaning continue. A decision about when the campus will be operational again is yet to be determined.

I thank all our students, staff and families for your patience and support with this matter. We will keep you updated as further information becomes available.

Mr Robert Tobias
Principal ... See MoreSee Less

Dear students, staff and families,

As reported yesterday, two students from Year 11 at Emmanuel Anglican College have tested positive for COVID-19.

The College has been working to review student movements and identify potential close contacts.

At this point, all students in Years 7-11 who attended the College on December 8 and a small group of teaching staff are potentially close contacts. All students in Years 7 -11 and those staff who have been contacted directly by the College are to continue to isolate and monitor for symptoms. If anyone in this group displays even the mildest of symptoms, they are requested to get tested.

Following discussion with the Association of Independent Schools who oversee contract tracing processes on behalf of NSW Health, students from Early Learning to Year 6 are not considered to be at significant risk of exposure and are not required to isolate. Should they develop any COVID-19 like symptoms they should isolate and get tested.

All College staff, unless they have been contacted by the College overnight, fall into the low risk domain and are not required to isolate, however, they should monitor for symptoms and get tested
if symptoms develop.

Staff who have been contacted and identified as potential close contacts are to continue to isolate and get tested.

The College site remains non-operational and will not be open on Monday 13 December as contact tracing and cleaning continue. A decision about when the campus will be operational again is yet
to be determined.

We will keep you updated as further information becomes available. Thank you for your support with this matter.

Mr Robert Tobias
Principal ... See MoreSee Less

Parents / Carers

There have been two students who have tested positive for COVID 19. All students and staff who attended College on Wednesday 8 December should self isolate until further notice. The College has commenced contact tracing and will provide further advice on Sunday 12 December.

Please note, the College will be non operational on Monday 13 December - this includes ELC and Vacation Care.

Check the School Stream app, parent emails and the College website (COVID 19 Info and Updates) for further information. ... See MoreSee Less