Term 2 Week 1 Tuesday 28th April 2020.

From the Principal Dear Parents and Caregivers, I hope this message finds you well. I have no doubt you are aware of the Premier and Education Minister's media briefing last week regarding learning in NSW Public Schools through Term 2. NSW Public School students will gradually transition back to school, one day per week, beginning in Week 3 (Monday 11 May). The learning from home model will re-commence from tomorrow, Wednesday 29 April. Families who are able to are strongly encouraged to keep their children home to continue to learn remotely. New learning packs have been uploaded ready for use. Printed copies, for those who would like a hardcopy, are available from the school and may be collected after 10am. On Monday 11 May, we will move into Phase One of the managed return to school for students. In this phase, all NSW students will attend school one day per week and continue with the provided learning from home resources 4 days per week. It is anticipated that all NSW students will increase the number of days at school before the end of the term. There will be additional cleaning during the day at school and social distancing measures in place. Through this week, I will work with the executive team and staff to organise and structure Milton Public School's Phase One managed return for our students. I will communicate the structure as early as possible to give families enough time to make arrangements. At this stage we will be bringing students back to school one day per week based on sporting house teams. We will notify you of which day has been allocated to your child’s team in the near future. Organising the phased return to school in this way will allow families to attend school on the same day as most students are placed in sporting teams in family groupings. Students are asked to bring their pencil case and learning from home material to school on their allocated day. Normally we welcome parents and other adults into our school, however we are asking that at the moment parents not enter the school grounds unnecessarily and limit the time you remain in the area. We would like to encourage you to drop your child off at the school gate rather than walking them through the school to the classroom. We especially ask that parents do not enter classrooms at this time. It is very important that children not be sent to school if they are at all unwell. Any child presenting with any illness will be sent home. Thank you for supporting us in this regard. The website https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/advice-for-families has been updated and may have information that interests you. This term will certainly bring challenges but I am confident we can work through them together as a community. Mark Thomson Principal

Milton Public School Thomas Street (PO Box 111) Milton NSW 2538 Phone: (02) 44551504 (02) 44551433 Fax: (02) 44540456

www.milton-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

COMING EVENTS

Learning from Home continues Wednesday 29th April

Phase One Return to School

commences from Monday 11th May

Students returning 1 day per week

School Photo Day Thursday 12th November

Thought of the Week If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Monitor your child’s progress Parent, did you know you can monitor your child’s remote learning progress by downloading the app to your smart phone and then logging on as your child? Class Dojo—for Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2

Google Classroom—for Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

Phonics and Spelling Program - Sound Waves Sound Waves is a word study program designed to develop reading, spelling and writing skills through phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is essentially a knowledge and understanding of the sounds and sound patterns of our language.

Unit 11 - Phoneme of the Week Umbrellas up – u, u, u Pronounced as and represented by the graphemes – u, o

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