Principal’s Report

Welcome back everyone to Term 3. I hope that you have all had a relaxing break ready for a busy term. Since the commencement of Term 3 restrictions for some activities that can take place in the school have been allowed. We now are able to have choir begin again, school debating and to welcome back our scripture teachers this Friday. The Department of Education is allowing health providers such as speech therapists back into our classrooms. Any visitor who is attending the school needs to visit the school office and fill out a COVID-19 declaration form. If you require any other information about COVID - 19 or up to date information please visit:-

https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/advice-for-families

I would like to thank you again for your ongoing support in supporting the school’s entry arrangements by dropping your child as close to 9.00am as possible and the staggered exit arrangements in the afternoon. We do understand the increased amount of traffic outside and parking problems and as a result we are allowing students to enter the school without going to the office for a late note up to 9.10am. If your child is later than 9.10am then they will need to go to the school office for a late note before going to class.

Education Week- Learning Together 2020- Monday 3rd to Friday 7th August, 2020 Key messages In this year of bushfires, floods and COVID-19, the key messages of Education Week 2020 are: Schools are the cornerstone of communities Parents and carers are our partners in learning. Schools and families benefit from strong, respectful relationships where responsibility for student learning is shared. Change and resilience Our teachers and students are lifelong learners, collaborating in a positive learning environment to achieve their best. Learning together makes us strong and creates resilient communities. Connect better and learn together

Our school staff are dedicated professionals who know, value and care for all students. Technology enables learning together anywhere, any time. Gwandalan Public School will be celebrating these key messages by creating and sharing with the school community a short movie about what learning together means and looks like to us. Please look out for this during Education Week on both our Facebook page and Skoolbag app. We will, despite the fact that we cannot have our annual Education Week whole school presentation be awarding two well deserving students from each class with a special ‘Learning Together’ award. These awards will be presented at our two assemblies- K-2 on Monday 3rd and Yrs 3-6 on Wednesday 5th August, 2020. Our award winners will be published on our sites such as the school facebook and skoolbag app. Anti- Bullying Program- Stage 2 This week we saw the Anti-Bullying program connected with our Second Step program start in all Stage 2 classrooms. The program will be delivered by Claudia Harmon from Uniting and our school Chaplain Liam Barlow. These lessons are designed to inform and provide opportunities for all students to recognise, report and refuse bullying. Interrelate Cyber Safety Course Stage 3 this week have been able to be a part of a cyber safety course given by Interrelate. From the reports back from the teachers and students involved the course was very informative and helped students with their understanding of what cyber safety is. Lake Munmorah High School: Year 6-7 Transition Transition activities for students attending Lake Munmorah High School are to go ahead this term. These include taster lessons, Aboriginal transition days, a debating competition and the class placement test. All information will be made available to those students involved in these activities. Staff Changes I would like to welcome Mrs Notley back to school tomorrow and I am sure she if looking forward to seeing everyone. Miss Ritchie is on leave and Mrs Leah Ingram will be replacing her on 5/6R. Mrs Henry will be relieving Assistant Principal for the time that Miss Ritchie is on leave. Mrs Sue Tangye- Relieving Principal

Class Awards

GWANDALAN PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Term 3 Week 2 2020

GWANDALAN PUBLIC SCHOOL Phone: 02 4976 1318 Email: Gwandalan-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Kanangra Drive Fax: 02 4972 5189 Web: www.gwandalan-p.school@det.nsw.gov.au GWANDALAN Principal: Sandra Notley NSW 2259

KA Baye W A thoughtful and kind class member who consistently displays teamwork in the classroom

Seth S A cooperative and respectful class member who is always willing to help others

KI Aimme-Leigh T Displaying enthusiasm in Creative Arts

Olivia P Excellent effort in all activities

KW Daniel G Fantastic effort writing all the numbers to 100

Zayne V Improved focus and effort in Literacy Groups

1P Leylani C Working well in all area’s

Brody G Excellent effort in Maths

1T Ruby G for participating confidently in class discussions

Mason M for showing great progress in his writing

1J Frankie F For a terrific response to the question WHAT IS A FAMILY?

Amelia T For a thoughtful response to the question WHAT IS A FAMILY?

2L Tayla H For rapid improvement in reading

Jad Z For using adjectives and similes in his writing

2T Ky C Having a happy and settled return to GPS

Ryan W Positive start to Term 3

2W Faith U Being a focused learner in literacy groups

Harrison G Consistently following class instructions

34V Charles H Great work on LitPro reading

Amelia N an outstanding approach to all tasks

3/4B Nate J Working hard in all learning areas.

Kobie HM An amazing start to Term 3.

3/4G Olivia J Dedication to reading with BIG improvements in Literacy Pro

Izabella S Outstanding results in her Maths pre-test

3/4K Indee C Working in a quiet and conscientious manner

Sieanna G Excellent comprehension when reading

4/5B Jesse C working with persistence on his whole number. maths skills

Hayley N Being a kind and considerate class member.

5/6R Art Works

Our office hours are 8.15am to 3.30pm. We accept cash, card and Parent on line payments (via school website). Notes can be dropped off at the office and put into the payment box at the front counter.

Outstanding amounts for Bookpacks can be paid for with cash or eftpos at the front office or via our school website through Parent on line payments.

We are currently updating health care plans, we will be in contact with you in regards to paperwork needing signing or plans needing updating. If your child carries a puffer in their bags please notify the office as we now have paperwork that needs to be filled in.

If so, we would appreciate you arranging to have your child's medication prepared into a Webster pack. This is prepared for you at the Chemist. Many Chemists do this as a free service. However, some may charge a small fee.

If so, please contact the office.

We will be sending out sms messages to parents when students are absent. Please ensure that we have your correct mobile as we ask that you reply to these messages by phoning the school or recording the absence via the skoolbag application.

Have you got our skoolbag app? If not, why not download it to keep up-to-date with all the latest news happening around the school. Just go to your application store and search Gwandalan Public School.

Bookpack payments – $60 per student

The Uniform Shop is currently stocked with most uniform items. The preferred method of purchase is online ordering although you are able to purchase at the school on Wednesdays 8.30am – 9.30am and Fridays 2.30pm – 3.00pm. Please note the change of time on Friday afternoons.

GPS P&C UPDATE Term 3, Week 2

Our first fundraiser for the year has been completed. Thank you to everyone who has supported this year’s Pie Drive. Once we get details from them, we will let you know how much was raised. Our next event will be Father’s Day and we are working through how we will run this due to Covid conditions still being at the forefront of our minds.

We are still not able to have our meetings at the school so will continue with Zoom meetings; we have changed the time of our meeting to 6.30pm so people can get dinner organised prior to the meeting.

JOIN GWANDALAN PS P & C Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 5th August at 6.30pm. The zoom details are published on the monthly P & C meeting invite. We are hoping we will see some more people come to the meeting now that it is online. We would love for you to come and see what we do and have input in what happens around our school. We are all volunteers and many hands make light work. It only costs 50 cents to join so why not come and see what great stuff is happening around the school.

SCHOOL BANKING

Our Commonwealth Dollarmites Banking program runs every Tuesday morning. Banking went back Tuesday of this week which is great. Join the Facebook Group to stay up to date.

Just search Gwandalan Public School Banking on FB.

Digital Entertainment Books are available for order. Gwandalan Public School code www.entbook.com.au/34637o

CALENDAR OF EVENTS DATE EVENT

Wed 5th August 6.30pm

Zoom P & C Meeting

Wed 2nd September 6.30pm

Zoom P & C Meeting

Emotionally Intelligent Parenting

This six session course is for parents of children aged from 2 years.

Tuning in to Kids shows you how to help you and your child develop emotional intelligence. Children with higher emotional intelligence:

♦ have greater success with making and keeping friends

♦ build better concentration skills

♦ are more able to calm down when upset or angry

Would you like to learn how to:

♦ be better at talking with your child?

♦ be better at understanding your child?

♦ help your child learn to manage their emotions?

♦ help to prevent behaviour problems in your child?

♦ teach your child to deal with conflict?

To be held at Northern Lakes Neighbourhood Centre, 1 Colongra Bay Road, Lake Munmorah

on Tuesdays from 4 August to 8 September 2020 from 10 am to 12 noon

Bookings are essential as class size is limited Childcare is not available for this Program

For registrations please contact Kim Denmeade on 0417407997 email kdenmeade@uniting.org

or Dianne Kingi on 4305 6200 email dkingi@uniting.org

Canteen News Term 3

• OPEN 3 DAYS A WEEK, in term 3 the canteen will remain open Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays. Any changes to this will be updated as they happen.

• FLEXISCHOOLS LUNCH ORDERS ONLY, to help cope with the increasing workload in the canteen ALL lunch orders will need to be placed via the Flexischools App or Flexischools Website.

• LUNCHTIME WINDOW SALES for small snacks and ice blocks has returned for term 3 if your child would like to purchase a snack or drink with cash they will be able to do so. Please note there will be NO hot foods, sandwiches or other lunch type sales at this time. FLEXISCHOOLS is the preferred method for all sales.

• VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUIRED, every day the canteen is open it requires a volunteer for 2.5 hours to help it run efficiently. If you can help from 9:30 to 12 any day this term please contact Jane or leave a message at the office.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the families that have registered for Flexischools. We now have over half the school registered and lunch order records are being smashed all the time. This is a great system with many benefits for families and the canteen. Keep up the great work. Welcome back for Term 3.