Week 8 Term 2, 2020

Principal Message Kindergarten 2021: We are currently taking enrolments for Kindergarten 2021 and encourage parents who have school aged children to begin the enrolment process as soon as possible. This will help us to plan for the Transition to School process. Please let any local parents know to contact the school with their details so we can include them in the Kindergarten Transition process. Winter Weather: As the weather has cooled we encourage students to wear appropriate clothing to stay warm particularly in the mornings. Please ensure all clothing items are clearly labelled with student names. Teachers are not on duty in the morning until 8.30am. Parents are encouraged to make use of Before School Care if they have work commitments before 8.30am. Sick Bay visits and current health regulations: All students who present to sick bay are examined by our office staff and if necessary parents will be contacted to come and collect their children. This is allowing the school to follow guidelines for restricting contact with potentially infectious illness. If your child presents as sick prior to school, please keep them home and seek advice from your doctor. If your child presents with COVID 19 symptoms and they are tested they can return to school once a negative result is obtained. COVID 19: In the event of a positive case in our school community the school has a set procedure to follow. This includes notification when students are at home and at school. Please take a moment to read through the information. In the event of school closure these

procedures will be posted on Skoolbag and an email sent to all families. Kind regards Megan Druitt Principal

YOU CAN DO IT AWARDS

GABBY GET-ALONG Bridie – Year 4

Being a kind, friendly and inclusive student

CONNIE CONFIDENCE Kaitlyn – Year 6

Displaying initiative and willingness to support other students

OSCAR ORGANISATION Indya – Year 6

Demonstrating great organisation skills to improve procedures for the Zoom assembly

PETE PERSEVERANCE Tom – Year 4

Perseverance with all aspects of his schooling with great determination

RICKY RESILIENCE Eli – Year 3

Demonstrating a great attitude during sports and never giving up

Communication Procedure in the event of COVID-19 CLOSURE

All confirmed cases are immediately assessed by the Health and Safety Directorate and NSW Health to determine whether the person has been infectious while at school and to determine the appropriate course of action required to minimise any risk to the wider community. Key Points if Closure occurs out of school hours Principal will release general communication to parents regarding school closure through the following school communication channels.

• Skoolbag App • School Website • Email

The school site will be closed to all staff, students and community members for a specified time for contact tracing and comprehensive infection control. Principal will communicate with parents advising them whether their child has been in close contact with a confirmed case. Key Points if Closure occurs during school hours The school will be put into immediate lock down and police will be informed to assist with pick up. Principal will inform parents/ school community through the following school communication channels

• Skoolbag App • School Website • Email

All students will need to be collected by families from the front of the school.

Only authorised contacts will be able to collect students. - Parents are to remain in their vehicles and are not to enter the school site or gather around the exit points.

Students will be escorted to vehicles. Please follow instructions from the Police and school staff at the pick up points. Staff will be easily identified as they will be wearing their school hi-viz vests.

A big thank you to the Bengalla Mining Company for their generous donation towards our literacy program. Funds donated by Bengalla will be used to purchase readers to assist with literacy intervention programs.

Year 3 students are so excited to be back learning in the classroom and seeing all our friends again. We have had a great few weeks back at

school. We are learning about the Earth, moon and sun in Science and together with Year 4, we are learning about Australian’s neighbouring

countries.

Literacy In Literacy, our writing is focused on informative texts.

Students are working hard to use paragraphs and add more detail in interesting and effective ways. Year 3 are working hard in literacy groups and beginning to learn cursive handwriting. We also recently finished reading ‘Charlie and the Chocolate

Factory’ by Roald Dahl, which we all enjoyed.

Numeracy In Maths, we are working on lots of different concepts. Year 3 have enjoyed learning about 4-digit numbers, division, tables

and more. Why Year 3 has been so lucky!

We now have Miss Borg on Tuesday mornings to teach measurement topics in Maths as well as health and PE!

Year 3 were the first class to get to play with and use the brand new tee ball kit!

YEAR 3 CLASS NEWS Week 8

Thank you to Glencore for the generous donation of sporting

equipment including a fantastic new tee ball kit.

We were also one of only two classes that were given some amazing LEGO kits to keep and use in our classroom! As

part of World Environment Day (biodiversity was this year’s theme), Year 3 were tasked with either making a habitat or

drawing and researching an endangered animal.

KINDERGARTEN Nixon has been focusing on improving his handwriting. In

Maths, he worked hard to solve subtraction problems

and ensure his numbers were written neatly.

YEAR 1 Students in Year 1 were learning about information reports and the different sections to write about when writing

about an animal. Lane created this amazing piece of writing with an excellent

labelled diagram to match.

YEAR 2 During hand writing lessons this week, Rylan has

produced hand writing of consistent size and correct formation focusing on the letter ‘K’. He is

very proud of his outstanding work.

YEAR 4 Noah worked hard to complete this

Mathematics lesson on making categories to organise data. Afterwards, he chose a green

sticker to demonstrate his strong understanding of the topic.

YEAR 3 Year 3 have been accessing World Book

online to complete research tasks. Mia has worked consistently in all library lessons and

produced improved handwriting and outstanding bookwork.

YEAR 5 Dawson used BODMAS and his knowledge

of number patterns to solve a series of challenging maths equations. Well done

Dawson!

YEAR 6 Taleesha

Taleesha used the WALT: Create the twirling effect of tornadoes

using simple lines, to produce this terrific artwork