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COVID-19 | Information for Schools
This page contains resources and information to assist Christian schools during the current health crisis.
Message from our CEO
We are living through interesting days and I commend our Principals and School leaders for the leadership you are showing to your school communities. I want to assure you that CSA staff are available right through this crisis. Our offices remain open and functional at all times. Please reach out to us, as many of you are already doing, if you need support, advice or direction. We are another set of hands to call upon. CSA is taking advice from public health experts and we encourage individual schools to do likewise. CSA is providing regular updates and resources as information comes to hand. Many of our resources around this outbreak are being made freely available to all Christian schools. As a service to members, CSA is providing a summary of information from leading sources in our updates all of which can be accessed from this page.
24 September – Updated advice for NSW schools on a range of issues relating to schools including camps, singing and musical instruments and social events is available here.
7 September – information on the ‘roadmaps’ for the easing of restrictions in Victoria is summarised here.
3 September – Guidelines for Queensland State schools provide a useful resource to prompt thinking on many practical issues.
6 August – Details of the latest additional Victorian restrictions are included in our Briefing.
29 July -The chat Q&A from the School Leaders “Town Hall” 28 July 2020 are now available.
22 July – our Keeping Schools Safe, Employment Relations Issues – Returning to onsite teaching, and Term Three and Beyond documents have all been updated.
21 July – details of the extension to JobKeeper are available in our Briefing.
12 July – we have outlined the recent changes made for Term Three education in some Victorian Government schools in our Briefing.
12 July – our Keeping Schools Safe document has been updated to address the “Al-Taqwa Cluster” in Victoria, border restriction orders and the wearing of face masks in areas of higher community transmission.
20 June – new document, Term Three and Beyond, dealing with issues schools are likely to be faced with as they move into terms three and four 2020.
10 June – read our Briefing for an update of the status of the various school data collections in the light of COVID-19.
8 June – the Government has started to wind back COVID-19 support measures in relation to early learning centres, see details in our Briefing.
1 June – fully revised and updated resource for schools to assist in responding to employment relations issues that might arise in the context of returning to onsite teaching
1 June – the impact of the latest Victorian public health orders has been addressed in the our Keeping Schools Safe document
Other Key Updates –
Information to assist schools in responding to any ‘outbreak’ is available here or as a download below.
AHPPC has released a statement on risk management for re-opening boarding schools and school-based residential colleges, see here
The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) has released ADVICE to to reduce even further the relatively low risk of COVID-19 transmission in schools.
Our Briefing covers the Regulatory and Compliance Changes in response to COVID-19 including the temporary regulatory relief in relation to Governance Standards 1 and 5 and External Conducts Standards 1 and 2 announced by the ACNC.
School cleaning and COVID-19 information in our Briefing.
The links to all applicable public health instruments can be found here.
Australian Government Department of Education
QLD Government Education Department, QCAA
NSW Government Education Department, NESA
ACT Government Education Department, BSSS
VIC Government Education Department, VCAA
TAS Government Education Department, TASC
SA Government Education Department, SACE
WA Government Education Department, SCSA
Smartcopying Website – copyright implications for schools during COVID-19
Fair Work Ombudsman (employment law issues)
Safework Australia (workplace health and safety guidance)
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (Privacy issues)
World Health Organisation (general health information)
Association of Christian Schools International (information from the global network of Christian schools)
Interviews with Brian Van Tasset, Angela Patterson, Jenni Johnson
Government health emergency response plans also generally include briefings and liaison with the independent schools association in your jurisdiction who will provide additional information.
 Sample Letter to Parents - 22 July file(s) 21.60 KB This resource is restricted to Members. Please login to download the resource |
 COVID-19 - Term Three and Beyond file(s) 331.75 KB This resource is restricted to Members. Please login to download the resource |
Keeping Schools Safe - 22 July file(s) 983.08 KB This resource is restricted to Members. Please login to download the resource |
COVID-19 - Employment Relations Issues - Returning to onsite teaching file(s) 319.35 KB This resource is restricted to Members. Please login to download the resource |
COVID-19 - Responding to Outbreaks file(s) 1.10 MB This resource is restricted to Members. Please login to download the resource |
 Sample Return to Classroom- Based Learning Plan file(s) 26.94 KB |
CSA Sample Working From Home Policy file(s) 41.32 KB |
 CSA Alternative Education Provision Framework - 22 March file(s) 140.50 KB |
CSA Social Distancing Guide for Schools - 21 March file(s) 217.42 KB |
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Below are examples from other CSA Member Schools