Covid-19 Plan for Joseph Rehearsals

To protect students and staff it is important that physical distancing practices as advised by NSW Health are observed during our rehearsals. In line with public health advice, here are the details for our school’s plan to minimise interaction between students and school staff. This will be updated as necessary.


Our Covid Safe Plan for the performances can be found here.


Updated 4 March 2021 by K. Breen.

All measures are enacted in accordance with the current NSW guidelines found here.


Physical Distancing

  • There is no longer a requirement for students to be spaced apart while at school

  • Students who are singing will be 5 metres from those they are facing

  • Parent pick up: for after school rehearsals parents are asked to please remain in their cars when picking up their secondary aged children in order to keep interactions between people to a minimum. The cast will be able to meet their parents in the front carpark or just outside of the school. (This will remain until the school changes its procedures).


Singing

  • Secondary students will remain 5 metres from anyone they are facing while singing

  • There is no longer a limit on numbers for group singing

  • Staff working within these areas will continue to physically distance themselves 1.5 metres from one another and will adhere to other requirements

  • We will monitor the health practices and make changes as appropriate.


Extra Measures

  • Hand sanitiser will be available

  • Students will be encouraged to be wise with their movements so as not to jeopardise our time together

  • Students will use their own scripts to reduce the need for cleaning

  • All student details are already retained by the school

  • We will not be having parent helpers for the time being.


Other Information

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Previous plan as of 26 February 2021 by K. Breen.

All measures are enacted in accordance with the current NSW guidelines found here.

Physical Distancing

  • Students will be spaced apart appropriately according to the rehearsal space being used

  • Parent pick up: for after school rehearsals parents are asked to please remain in their cars when picking up their secondary aged children in order to keep interactions between people to a minimum. The cast will be able to meet their parents in the front carpark or just outside of the school.


Singing

  • Secondary students will have their singing rehearsals in the hall, spaced 1.5m apart; up to 30 students may rehearse inside in an appropriately spaced, well-ventilated area.

  • Junior school students will have their singing rehearsals in a well ventilated classroom with windows/doors open.

  • Staff leading singing will comply with the same rules.

  • We will monitor the health practices and make changes as appropriate.


Extra Measures

  • Hand sanitiser will be available.

  • Students will be encouraged to be wise with their movements so as not to jeopardise our time together.

  • Students will use their own scripts to reduce the need for cleaning.

  • All student details are already retained by the school.

  • We will not be having parent helpers for the time being.


Other Information


Previous Plan - as of 29 September 2020 by K. Breen.

Physical Distancing

  • Students will be spaced apart according to the rehearsal space being used (ie gym, classroom, TLC).

  • Parent pick up: for after school rehearsals parents are asked to please remain in their cars when picking up their secondary aged children in order to keep interactions between people to a minimum. The cast will be able to meet their parents in the front carpark or just outside of the school.


Singing

  • We will start singing back up in groups of 5, spaced out appropriately.

  • Singing rehearsals will still be run at home so students can embed practice done during rehearsals, especially since we can’t all sing together yet.

  • We will monitor the health practices and make changes as appropriate.


Extra Measures

  • Hand sanitiser will be available.

  • Students will be encouraged to be wise with their movements so as not to jeopardise our time together.

  • Any parent helpers are asked to sign in via the front office and to follow physical distancing requirements while on site. They are also asked not to linger beyond their intended job.


Other Information

  • What You Can and Can't Do - Musicals - NSW Government website

  • At this point it looks as if we can have 50% of our audience space filled so we should be able to run live performances in some way. We are exploring streaming options.