Lyneham High School

A person with COVID-19 was at our school during the time that they may have been infectious to others on:

• 16 November 2021
• 17 November 2021
• 18 November 2021

Years 9 and 10 students must now stay at home on Wednesday 24 November.

Years 7 and 8 students can continue to attend school.

ACT Health is working with our school to assess the situation. This includes tracing where the person went and who they may have had contact with during these times.

ACT Health will then phone or message everyone who is identified as having an exposure to ask them to quarantine and get tested. These messages are expected to be sent tomorrow morning (Wednesday 24 November).

If you are contacted by ACT Health you will need to follow all instructions about testing and quarantine. Students and staff cannot attend school while required to be in quarantine.

If you are not contacted by ACT Health you do not need to quarantine or get tested. Once ACT Health has contacted everyone who might have been exposed, another letter will be sent out informing you that this process has been completed. If you have not been contacted by ACT Health directly, then you can resume your normal activities.

ACT Health encourages everyone to continue to monitor closely for symptoms of COVID-19. If anyone in your home has symptoms of COVID-19, no matter how mild, get them tested immediately at one of the ACT COVID-19 testing sites.

Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 must not attend school.

Students in years 9 and 10 will return on-site from 25 October (week 4), and students in years 7 and 8 from 1 November (week 5).

The school has put in please detailed arrangements to manage the COVID risks associated with the return from remote learning.  Refer to the letter/email issued on 15 October, and to our “Returning to School” site.

Dear Lyneham High School parents and carers,  

Please check your emails for an update on testing times for our Lyneham High School community. We have been given dedicated testing times for those people who’ve been identified as close contacts of the Lyneham High student who has tested positive for COVID-19.

These times are only for:

• staff, students and visitors/volunteers who attended Lyneham High school Monday 9 August, Tuesday 10 August, Wednesday 11 August, or Thursday 12 August between 8.30am and 3.30pm
• staff, students and visitors/volunteers who were at the IMP Rehearsal Room at UC High School Kaleen from 4.00pm to 6.00pm on Monday 9 August

Please attend during the time allocated. If there are multiple members of your family who are close contacts, please go to the first scheduled time for testing.

If you or a member of your family requires additional assistance or support, please make your request known to the testing staff on arrival.

GOLD CREEK POP TESTING CLINIC

12PM-4PM TODAY MON AUGUST 16

• Year 8 students, their siblings and families
• Lyneham High staff
• Adult visitors to Lyneham High during those periods
• any staff, students and visitors/volunteers at the IMP Rehearsal Room

BRINDABELLA PARK TESTING CLINIC

12pm-4pm TODAY MON AUGUST 16
Year 7 students Lyneham High

4pm-7pm TODAY MON AUGUST 16
Year 9 students Lyneham High

7pm-10pm TODAY MON AUGUST 16
Year 10 students Lyneham High

Rob Emanuel

Principal