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Issue 5 - Term 1 - Week 10 Friday, 3 April 2020

Principal’s Report It has been an incredible fortnight since our last

newsletter. Thank you to all of our students, families

and staff for their efforts and understanding over the

past few weeks. We are all extremely grateful to our

families for taking on board the challenge of working

and learning from home under such extreme

conditions. I am very pleased

and proud to say that our entire

community has worked together

and taken on the importance of

social distancing and staying at

home unless necessary.

Thank you to all of our families for taking time out to

take our school calls and respond to our Classroom

Dojo and School Stream messages and information. It

is important that we continue to check in with our

students and ensure they have regular contact with our

school and staff as well as are working through their

learning from home work packs. We do understand

that this may not happen every day and that our

families have taken on a mammoth task of managing

and balancing work, family and school commitments,

in a brand new environment. We appreciate you all

making this our new normal for a little while. Whilst it is

ok to miss some of the work sent home and take a

break, it is important that we keep up the continuity of

learning for our students. As you are aware we are still

required to mark student attendance, any students

participating in learning from home activities and

engaging regularly with our school will be marked as

participating in flexible learning. If you child is unwell or

is taking an extended break from learning for home we

need to change their attendance accordingly, please

contact us here at school if you have any questions.

We will continue posting important updates on our

School Stream App, please take some time to ensure

your app is updated and you are using it as a registered

user. This allows us to contact you directly if needed

via our app messenger service.

Have a great weekend everyone, please ensure you

take time out for yourselves and stay safe.

Rebecca Smith, Principal

Learning From Home The Department of Education have released their

Learning From Home website, full of helpful and useful

hints, tips and support for our families. Visit the website

for further information Learning From Home

alendar

DON’T Forget Daylight Savings

Ends this weekend!

Daylight saving will end at 3am on Sunday, 5 April 2020 when clocks go back one hour.

Date Event

Sunday 5th April Daylight Savings Ends

Wednesday 8th April Easter Hat Parade Entries due

Thursday 9th April Last Day of Term 1 2020 Easter Hat Parade

Friday 10th April Public Holiday – Good Friday

Issue 5 - Term 1 – Week 10

In our classrooms…

Infants Class

Our Owlets have all been busy working and learning from home and at school with lots of exciting adventures happening at home and at school. Our students have all been working on creating book reviews, identifying and looking at key information to share. This week we have all worked on creating a piece of pizza to share our thoughts on our favourite books. Next week we are looking at creating a layered cake! Yum! Our maths focus has been on looking at our number talks and using and learning about number patterns. We have also looked at probability and what chances there are of events happening. Is it likely that it will rain today? Thank you to all of our families who have continued working on their family crest and family tree projects for our history unit of work. Keep up the great work everyone! Owlets have been looking at the Earth, Sun and Moon. A fun activity is to trace the shadow of a favourite toy then repeat throughout the day. Label tracings with the time it was drawn. See it change as the Earth rotates. One thing that will keep happening regardless! Mrs Smith & Mrs Pugh

Primary Class Thank you to all of our Raptors for working so well from home and at school. It has been great to see so many students interacting with our daily Dojo Posts and completing tasks. Thank you to our families who have returned or organised to return work packs to our school for marking. In Science Raptors are finishing their science reports. All information is on Google Classroom. 2 students have already submitted their reports…well done. Hopefully the others will come in shortly. There is a marking guide but don’t get stressed about that as some of the expectations and language will be challenging. Just DO YOUR BEST. Please remember the importance of your family’s mental and emotional health in these changing conditions. Finding a new balance of exercise, mental stimulation, good food and relaxation is essential for a strong immune system. Mostly… STAY POSITIVE… and have some fun with each other. There will also be stressful moments but these will pass as we remember to be grateful for the family and home we have.

Happy days, Mrs Scullion and Mrs Pugh

Challenge accepted, working from home is awesome!

Check out some of our new learning spaces! Great work everyone!

We will post some more pictures in our next newsletter!

Thank you for sharing!

Issue 5 - Term 1 – Week 10

HOME CONNECTIVITY SURVEY Please follow the link to our School Stream App to

fill in the home connectivity survey.

This is vital to our planning processes as we look at

ways to best suit our community to deliver learning

materials and lessons to our students.

If you do not have our app please see the questions

below and respond by phoning, emailing or taking a

photo of your answers and sending them via School

Stream or email. Gladstone-

p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

We are looking at supporting our families in any way

that we can to stay connected. Please contact us if

you have any concerns or issues. Where possible

we will make arrangements to lend out necessary

equipment. Some families have already been in

contact with us and have loaned out technology

devices to make use of for school work.

NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY

I hope you find time to share my book readings that are posted on class DOJO. Thank you to the students who help with the production of these presentations.

SPORTS NEWS The Plovers are happily minding their eggs with only the weekly stress of Robert’s ride-on. I hope you are getting creative in ways to stay fit and continuing to improve basic skills such as throwing, catching, striking, skipping etc. If you need any equipment I am sure we can arrange a loan from our well stocked sports shed.

GARDEN NEWS Last week we planted rows of snow peas. They will be a delicious and healthy treat. Growing seeds is a fabulous and easy thing to do with your children. Plant in small pots to germinate while you spend some time in the yard getting a small plot prepared. Start small and you will soon find out how rewarding growing your own food can be. Silverbeet and Italian parsley are very hardy and productive.

Issue 5 - Term 1 – Week 10

Supporting Mental

Health &

Wellbeing in a

Changing World

Article I. Access the following services in an emergency or if you need to report an incident.

In An Emergency

Phone: 000

About: Is someone seriously injured or in need of

urgent medical help? Is your life or property being

threatened? Have you just witnessed a serious

accident or crime?

Link: Australian Government Triple zero (000)

Department of Communities and

Justice

Phone: 13 21 11

About: Reporting a child at risk. Provides

information on child abuse and neglect

Link: NSW Communities & Justice Need help

now?

Article II. Do you or your child need support with mental health? You may find the following resources helpful.

Kids Help Line

Phone: 1800 55 1800 Age Group: 5 to 25 years

About: A private and confidential 24/7 phone and

online counselling service.

Link: kidshelpline WebChat Counselling

Chat Online: 24/7

Youth Beyond Blue

Phone: 1300 22 4636 Age Group: All ages

About: 24/7 information and support to help

everyone in Australia achieve their best possible

mental health, wherever they live.

Link: Welcome to Youth BeyondBlue

Chat Online: 3PM - Midnight

1800RESPECT

Phone: 1800 737 732 Age Group: All ages

Interpreter: 13 14 50

About: A confidential information, counselling and

support service for people impacted by sexual

assault, domestic or family violence and abuse.

Link: 1800RESPECT Online Chat

Chat Online: 24/7

headspace

Phone: N/A Age Group: 12 to 25 years

About: A 24/7 online and telephone support and

counselling service for young people, their families

and friends.

Link: Welcome to eheadspace

Chat Online: Group chat 24/7, 1-on-1 chat 9AM -

1AM 7 days.

Life Line

Phone: 13 11 14 Age Group: All ages

Text: 0477 131114

About: A 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention

service.

Link: Lifeline Crisis support chat

Chat Online: 7PM - Midnight Text: 6PM -

Midnight

Issue 5 - Term 1 – Week 10

QLife

Phone: 1800 184 527 Age Group: All ages

About: An anonymous and free LGBTI peer

support and referral service for people wanting to

talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies,

feelings or relationships.

Link: Qlife Webchat

Chat Online: 3PM - Midnight Phone: 3PM -

Midnight

Sane

Phone: 1800 187 263 Age Group: All ages

About: Supporting people living with complex

mental health issues and the people that care about

them.

Link: Sane Australia Phone, Online Counselling &

Peer Support

Chat Online: 10AM to 10PM Phone: 10AM

to 10PM

Suicide Call Back Service

Phone: 1300 659 467 Age Group: All ages

About: A 24/7 nationwide online counselling to

people who are affected by suicide, experiencing

thoughts of self-harm or suicide.

Link: Suicide Call Back Service Online

Counselling

Chat Online & Video: 24/7

Carers NSW

Phone: 1800 242 636 Age Group: All ages

About: Carers Line offers emotional support,

referrals and distributes carer specific resources and

information to carers and community members.

Link: Carers NSW Australia Carer line

Phone: 9AM to 5PM Monday to Friday

Mental Health Line

Phone: 1800 011 511 Age Group: All ages

About: A mental health professional will answer

your call about mental health concerns for you or

someone you are concerned about including

children, teens, adults and older people.

Link: NSW Health Mental Health Line

Phone: 24/7

Article III. If you are seeking additional information.

Black Dog Institute

About: Primary areas of mental health research and

treatment include: depression, bipolar disorder,

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety,

workplace mental health, adolescents and young

people, suicide prevention, e-mental health, and

positive psychology and wellbeing.

Link: Black Dog Institute home page

Reach Out

About: Our mission is to deliver innovative e-

mental health services that enable young people to

take control of their mental health and wellbeing.

Link: Reachout.com home page

The Brave Program

About: BRAVE-ONLINE is an evidence-based

cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) available

online to help children (8-12) and teenagers (13-17)

cope with anxiety.

Link: BRAVE-Online home page

Issue 5 - Term 1 – Week 10

WE ARE CALLING

ON OUR FAMILIES

AND FRIENDS TO

JOIN US FOR OUR

VIRTUAL EASTER

HAT PARADE…

Anyone who would

like to join in is

asked to create an

Easter inspired

headpiece from

reused or recycled

materials, we will be

sharing this with our

community next

Thursday – Please

send your photos or

videos through on

our App, the Class

Dojo or to our school

email: Gladstone-

p.school@det.nsw.ed

u.au

By WEDNESDAY

8th APRIL 2020 This is open to our

broader school

community, we are

asking our siblings and

neighbours to join in!

By sending in your

picture you agree to

have your photo or

video posted on our

schools social media

sites and shared with

our school community –

Please contact us on

65674253 of you have

any questions.