‘Encouraging individual learning and confidence in a friendly caring community’

MOVING FROM PHASE 1 TO PHASE 3! So we all learned via the media of the confirmed return to full time face-to-face learning as of Monday 25th May, which effectively means a jump from Phase 1 to Phase 3 next week:

RETURN TO SCHOOL PHASE 1 (18–22 May) Phase 1 of combination online/face-to-face learning continues this week (18-22 May): Monday: Kinder & Year 1 + siblings of these students.

Tuesday: Year 2 & 3 + siblings of these students. Thursday: Year 4& 5 + siblings of these students.

Friday: Year 6 + siblings of these students.

**REMINDER: IMPORTANT POINTS**: All students attending face-to-face

lessons must bring their learning packs and any borrowed school devices in to school with them

Please refer to the timetables for your continued online learning schedule.

“Kiss & Drop”; We ask that ALL students are driven up to the drop off turning circle and that parents remain in their cars. There is a staff member on duty to greet all students arriving before 9am but if you do arrive late, parents/carers must remain in your car as you are not permitted to escort your child to class. Please send your children to the office first so their attendance can be recorded appropriately. We respectfully ask that all parents and carers do not enter the school grounds on foot.

Please DO NOT park your car in Black’s Mill Lane or use the 5 minute parking space.

If you need to get in touch with any member of staff, please call the school office and if you need to pick something up, let us know and we will send it home with your child.

Every child must bring a water bottle. Bubblers are not to be used but the taps next to the bubblers may be used to refill water bottles.

The online learning timetable will continue wherever possible pending the number of students who turn up for face-to-face learning. We ask for your understanding and support while we combine delivery of face-to-face and online learning simultaneously.

**NB: If your child is displaying ANY SYMPTOMS of being unwell; KEEP THEM HOME!**

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RETURN TO SCHOOL PHASE 3 - Commencing Monday 25th May

Phase 3 commences in week 5 of term (25th May) which means all students can avail of face-to-face learning 5 days per week.

We are aware of several families who will continue to learn from home to mitigate health risks but if you are planning on not returning to full-time face-to-face, please keep us informed.

Whilst the Managed Plan attached says that during Stage 3 “You may walk your child/ren into and out of school, whilst maintaining social distancing”, we ask that you please respect our request to continue with “Kiss & Drop” for the time being so that we can limit the number of adults on school site. As with the students, staff are required to stay home if they show any signs of being unwell, so by staying offsite, you help to keep us well and most importantly, onsite!

Make sure that on Monday 25th, all students bring their learning packs and any borrowed devices to school with them.

VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY (ZOOM) FRIDAY 22 MAY Assemblies continue to be off the list of can-do items, so we thought we’d give our school captains the opportunity to host a Virtual Assembly. The Zoom link will be available via your child/ren’s Teams at 8.30am on Friday morning.

CYBER SAFETY—USE OF FILTERS FOR HOME COMPUTER SAFETY.

Use this QR Code to access a tutorial by Mr Hardy in the best way of using filters, etc. to safeguard your children from inappropriate online content.

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Important Dates Term 2 2020

18 May: Week 2 of Phase 1 (Week 4)

22 May: Virtual Assembly—9.15am

25 May: Week 1 of Phase 3 (Week 5)

‘Encouraging individual learning and confidence in a friendly caring community’

‘Encouraging individual learning and confidence in a friendly caring community’

Autumn herb, fruit & vegies planting guide

Lots of our students have spent the extra time we’ve had at home lately in their vegetable gardens planting up a storm! Now is a great time to enhance the herb garden or revamp the vegie patch! Here are a list of plants ready to be planted now. Gardening is not only great exercise but gives you that all important time out in the fresh air we’ve all been missing learning from home. We would love to see some photos of our students hard at work in their gardens!

HERBS – plant chives, coriander, garlic, lemongrass, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, shallots, tarragon and thyme.

FRUIT & VEGETABLE – plant broad bean, beetroot, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, Chinese

broccoli, Chinese cabbage, English spinach, leek, lettuce, onion, parsnip, potatoes, silver beet,

swede and turnip.