Principal’s Report

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Mon 19 July

• Canteen open

Thu 22 July

• Sushi orders due for Friday

• Spelling Bee School Finals

Fri 23 July

• Paid Sport

• Canteen open

• Sushi orders due for Monday

Mon 02 Aug

• Years 5 & 6 Interrelate

Payments due!

• Term 3 Paid Sport

• Resource Fee - (online

subscriptions, exercise books,

extra stationary) $30 per child

• Voluntary Contributions - $35

per child or $50 per family

Ocean Shores Public School

16 July, 2021 Issue 1, Term 3

Ocean Outlook 166 Shara Boulevarde, Ocean Shores 2483 P: (02) 6680 2766 F: (02) 66802764

E: oceanshore-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W: www.oceanshore-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Operation Dolphin - Week 2

I am Respectful - I use manners

and show respect for all

teachers

Welcome back to Term 3!

Wow I can’t believe it is term 3 already.

What an exciting term full of teaching and

learning we have ahead of us. I hope

everyone had a wonderful and relaxing

holiday with their families. Please keep an

eye on the parent portal, Facebook and

newsletter for upcoming events.

On Monday the staff participated in

professional learning this included Visible

Learning. They looked at setting specific

learning intentions and success criteria for

whole class subjects and individual student

goals. The staff also had a chance to have a

stage meeting and finalise teaching and

learning programs for term 3.

This week paid sport started. It was

wonderful to see the enjoyment on the

students faces. I watched the AFL skills and

mini game in action with Mr Wiblen. I also

popped my head into the basketball games

with Mrs Ensor and dance – Hip Hop with

Tiana Carr and Contempory with Danielle

Stewart. Rob Brough our GA even took a

group fishing and one of the students

(Archer) caught a Bream. Archer obviously

kissed and threw the fish back into water

before they got a picture – a true

fisherman! The students were all engaged,

sweaty and inspiring. A massive thank you

to Mrs Torresi for all your hard work,

organisation and thorough planning of

another amazing opportunity for our

students.

We would like to welcome Mr James Egas

three days per week who will be taking

Mrs Lengyel’s class while she is on leave

this term. The staff would also like to

welcome Miss Bianca Lowe who is a fourth

year practicum student. Miss Lowe will be

on K/1B this term.

COVID update

Regional schools which includes Ocean

Shores Public School will remain on Level 2

Restrictions up until 30th July, 2021 where

this advice will be revised and updated.

This information is based on advice from

NSW Health, schools in regional NSW are

asked to restrict non-essential visitor

access to school sites and make

adjustments to some activities, such as

choir and band. NSW Department of

Education website will be updated regularly

with more information.

This is a challenging time for us however

we have risen to the COVID challenge

before and have the utmost confidence

that we can manage in a way that maintains

safety while ensuring quality teaching,

learning and support. Our staff will follow

Public Health Orders which are in line with

practices for all workplaces across NSW.

We instruct any student, teacher or staff

member with any symptoms, or who is

feeling unwell, to not attend school and to

take a COVID test immediately or isolate

for 10 days with a doctor certificate until

symptom free. Students and staff who have

attended any venue of concern identified

by NSW Health should follow NSW

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Principal’s Report

Health advice. The provision of education is an essential

service for our students. Our priority is to make sure we have

COVID-safe arrangements in place for every school to

support our students and staff. Hygiene supplies have been

issued and will continue to be provided as needed.

The major changes include:

• Non-essential visitors (parents/

carers) are to remain off school

site;

• The parent/carer classroom volun-

teer program has ceased until fur-

ther notice;

• Scripture/Ethics can still go ahead;

If entering school grounds for

emergency purposes please sign in

with QR code and sign in at the of-

fice;

• Do not assemble or gather at the

front gate entrances, if possible

join the car pick up line or collect

your child and leave as soon as

possible;

• Staff and essential visitors recom-

mended to wear a mask.

We will provide you with updates as they become available

through the Newsletter. You can also visit: https://

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

Parent drop off and pick up safety

Just a quick safety reminder for the parent drop off and pick

up zone:

• Make sure your cars are stationary and all children are

in the car before moving off from parent pick up

• Parents collect your children and try not to gather

around the school gates particularly in the line of car

zone

• Please hold your child’ hand if possible when they leave

the school grounds

• Please remind your children not to run down the path

outside the school gates

• Please be aware of where your children are when they

get picked up to ensure their safety

• Please remember it is a school 40 zone and remember

to slow down both in parent pick up zone and when

leaving the school on the other side of the road.

Safe on Social Media

Just a reminder please be aware that the legal age for students

to have most apps on devices is 13 years old. On Wednesday

morning I had a meeting with Stage 3

students to discuss aspects of social media. In particular, Snap-

chat, Instagram and Tiktok. To my surprise the apps are being

used by the majority of students in years 5 and 6. Please make

sure that you are

monitoring your child’ access to these apps as some of the

content being sighted by students is not only inappropriate but

they would not be adequately prepared to

psychologically deal with the content. Technological devices

are a wonderful means to communicate and use as a study

tool however only if these are being used correctly and safely.

I also played this clip to Stage 3 entitled - Is it true? Is it kind?

Is it you? (link – Josh Shipp https://topyouthspeakers.com/mlo/

- Before you get your kid a phone – My Life Online) which I

recommend parents/carers to view, then discuss with your

children.

Felicity Henderson

R/Principal

Bundjalung word of

the week

Week 2

Head

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Below are the age restrictions for children who are legally

allowed to access social media applications. Children who are accessing social

media prior to 13 - it is illegal!

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The Sentral Parent

Portal is here!

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1/2H News

What a week!

Students in 1/2H were

so excited to return to

school on Tuesday and

reconnect with their

friends.

We enjoyed throwing and catching frisbees on the back field. There was even

enough time to have a quick play on the adventure playground.

Starting next week, our class is going to learn about gardening with Siggie. Each

Monday afternoon we will be putting on our hats and getting our hands dirty

weeding, planting, and mulching in the school gardens. It is going to be so much

fun!

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1/2H News

We have started learning about Japan.

Luckily, we have Hina, Nagomi and Ray

as our classroom experts.

Japan has 2-3 earthquakes a day, but

fortunately most are so small that

they can’t be felt.

Our artistic side is showing with these

stunning artworks based on “The

Great Wave off Kangawa” by Japanese

artist Katsushika Hokusai.

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How great are the budding artists in K/1B. Self portraits or

photographs, we can’t tell the difference!

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It’s an afternoon of ART here at Ocean Shores!

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Library News

Thank you to the Billinudgel Post Office for their kind

donation of non fiction texts!

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