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North Weekly News

Tuesday, 5 May 2020 Term 2 Week 2

Phase 1 Return to School Next week (week 3) we will be moving into Phase 1 of the Returning Students to School guidelines. This phase has students returning at least one day a week. (See back page for Phase One Guidelines) The model that GNPS will be using is based on surnames for students in Years 1-6 and Kindergarten classes will be returning to school two days a week. The following are the days that students will be expected to return to school:

Monday- KA, KP and students in Years 1

-6 with surnames starting with A-E;

Tuesday- KS, KC and students in Years 1-

6 with surnames starting with F-L;

Wednesday -KA and students in Years 1-

6 with surnames starting with M-R;

Thursday- KS, KC and students in Years 1-

6 with surnames starting with S-Z; and

Friday- KP

Phase 1 Return to School (Continued) The school will be open for the five days for the essential workers to continue sending their children to school. If you will not be sending your child/children on their day and you will be continuing with online learning, can you please notify the school otherwise they will be marked as absent. We are looking forward to seeing our students return in week 3 for their one-day a week and Kindergarten for two days.

Dropping off and Picking Up Students at

School

When dropping off or picking your child up from

school, please just drop off at the gate and meet

your child at the gate at the end of the day. If you

would like to talk to your child’s teacher, please

phone the office and a message will be given to the

teacher to return your call. This will support having

less adults within the school and will allow social

distancing between adults to be adhered to. We

appreciate your ongoing support.

Tuesday, 5 May 2020 Term 2 Week 2

Attendance Advice from the Department of Education Even though students may be learning from home, schools are still marking attendance. For your child to be marked as present at school, teachers need to see evidence of students signing into their google classrooms and submitting work. If students do not have access to technology they need to be completing work, returning the work for marking and ensuring that they are communicating with classroom teachers about their child’s learning. If the school has not had any communication from you at all, we will assume your child is not participating in learning and will be marked absent as per Department of Education’s guidelines and policy.

Learning Packs We still have a few home learning packs that have not been collected from the office. If your child is not completing the work on the Google Classrooms and they have not collected a learning pack, they will be marked as absent, as they will not have completed any learning. Please ensure your child has access to the work that has been organised by their classroom teacher.

Maintenance Around the School Over the past few weeks, we have had some maintenance completed around the school. The reading storeroom has been painted, new floor laid and new shelving put in, and the seats outside 2C, 3M, 3P and 4M have been replaced due to being damaged. Thank you to Mrs Triggs, Mrs Morel and Mrs Marshall for all their efforts in organising the reading room and the resources. They all look great and have been finished in time for our students to return.

Tuesday, 5 May 2020 Term 2 Week 2

PBL Expectations for Online learning

When your child is completing their online

learning, the following are PBL expectations:

Care

Find a suitable work space free from

excessive noise

Move away from the screen after

30mins for a short break

Respect

Be patient when waiting for support or

feedback from your teachers

Keep your learning space tidy and

organised

Responsibility

Be ready to begin learning on time

Celebrate your success

Canteen News As part of our phase one returning students to schools, our school canteen will be re-opened from Monday 11 May. For the canteen to be re-opened we will be following the strict hygiene measures. This will include:

Only Kelli and Paulina in the canteen, no

volunteers yet;

Hand sanitiser on the counter for students;

and

Social distancing spots for the students to use

when lining up.

Michael Carr- Greg Special Online Webinar

Tuesday, 5 May 2020 Term 2 Week 2

Bubblers and Equipment During the COVID 19, we are asking students to bring a drink bottle to school and to refill from the chiller bubbler and not to use bubblers to have a drink. Students will also not be allowed to play on the playground equipment until further notice. We appreciate your support and understanding with this matter.

P&C Coin Challenge

Congratulations to KA who were the winning

class for the Coin Challenge. They raised

$187.10, with 1U coming second with $101.30.

Overall, the Coin Challenge raised $886.80 from

all classes for our school. Thank you to everyone

who donated coins to the school. We appreciate

your support. KA will now have a pizza lunch

when they return to school. Mrs Aitken will let

her class and the parents know when this will be

held.