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In this week’s issue …
Principal’s Message
New Tab on School Website
Online Teaching and Learning Platform
Bus Runs
New ‘Learning from Home’ Hub
Attendance
Student Wellbeing
HEEL Hub Principals’ Meeting
Riverina Swimming
Easter Assembly and Hat Parade
National Day of Action Against Bullying
Hockey Clinics
Altered Learning Photos
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thurs 9th Apr Virtual Easter Assembly 2pm
Last Day of Term 1, 2020
Tues 28th Apr
Term 2 commences
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Welcome to Week 10.
Wow! It is certainly a time of change and I
would like to commend everyone for their
compassion as they support each other at this
time. Thank you to the teachers for working
tirelessly to quickly get learning packs out to
families. We appreciate the understanding of
our school community and we are bolstered
by the positive feedback from families about
this incredible undertaking. Teachers are
working quickly to set up the infrastructure
and expertise to engage students in learning
from home and we would welcome your
communication to ensure that your child is set
up with the resources and access they need to
engage fully in their learning. This week we
are checking in with families to get everything
in place to attend daily class meetings. A letter
went home to parents to explain our
communication strategies. Please don’t
hesitate to call us to help you work through
this challenge.
Keep safe
Roslyn Buchanan
2020 NSW Term 1 Week 10 Newsletter T: 03 54 532 133
01/04/2020 F: 03 54 532 972
E: [email protected] www.barham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
BARHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL
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NEW TAB ON SCHOOL WEBSITE
‘Learning From Home’ is a new tab added to
the top right of our school website to assist
our communication strategy. Under this tab
you will find ‘How to’ instructions and videos
as well as learning plans and daily timetables
for each class. These resources get updated
continuously as teachers provide learning
plans for your children and you give us
feedback about where you need help. This site
is the first point of call for parents to quickly
find student learning plans.
ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING
PLATFORM Microsoft Teams is the teaching and learning
platform that our school will be engaging with
during this period of remote learning. We
have chosen this platform because it is a
Department of Education platform and
therefore a secure site for students and
teachers to share teaching and learning.
Teachers can store all the documents and
resources students require in the team files.
Students can access all of their class learning
from the Microsoft Team Class platform and
teachers will be guiding students as they
develop their skills to navigate in a virtual
world.
If your child requires a device to engage in
online learning and they currently are
required to share a device with a sibling,
please contact the school for assistance.
BUS RUNS
The school buses continue to run and Lakes
have generously offered to help you in
accessing educational resources for your
child. You can meet the bus at your bus stop
to put things on the bus in the morning and it
will be dropped at school. In the afternoon,
teachers can put any learning resources you
require on the bus and it will be delivered to
your bus stop. Please let your bus driver know
if you would like a pick up. School staff will
inform you if there is a package being dropped
off to you in the afternoon.
NEW ‘LEARNING FROM HOME’ HUB
The Department of Education has recently
launched a ‘Learning from home’ Hub on the
Department of Education website which
provides information and resources for
teachers and parents to support students
learning from home. You will find the advice
for parents pages helpful as you set up
learning environments at home for your
children.
ATTENDANCE
Normal attendance processes apply for your
child during their time of learning from home.
Teachers will be marking students based on
their interaction during the school day. That
interaction can include class online meetings,
class lessons, phone calls and emails. It is
important to communicate with the
classroom teacher at least once a day so that
we know your child is engaging with lessons.
STUDENT WELLBEING
We have sent home social stories to help your
child understand COVID-19 and how to
protect themselves from illness. It is
important that you talk with your child about
how they are feeling. We have hygiene
measures in place to ensure that we can
continue providing a safe environment for
your child if you require to send them to
school. Don’t hesitate to contact the school if
you would like to discuss any aspect of your
child’s attendance.
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HEEL HUB PRINCIPALS’ MEETING
On Friday 13th March, I had the privilege of
working with my principal peers at our Term 1
HEEL Hub meeting. These Hub meetings are
part of our Network activity with the Director,
where small groups of principals work
together to develop skills and understandings
that extend their leadership capacity. HEEL
stands for ‘Higher Excellence Effective
Learning’. The name of our Hub serves to
make visible the commitment the principals in
our group have made to improving individual
and school leadership and performance. It
was a productive day and a privilege to be
hosted by Mayrung Public School and Mrs
Julie Eason.
RIVERINA SWIMMING
Results have come back from the Riverina
Swimming Carnival on 11th March 2020 in
Albury.
Congratulations to Ayla McGowan who swam
the open 100m Freestyle in a time of 1:31.22,
the 11 Years girls 50m freestyle in 38:59 and
the 11 Years girls 50m breaststroke in a time
of 55:56 and the 11 Years girls 50m backstroke
in a time of 50:57. What a day of racing!
Remi swam the 12 Years girls 50m freestyle in
36:47 and the 12-13 Years girls 50m
backstroke in a time of 49:15. Ebony swam the
12-13 Years girls 50m breaststroke in a time of
50:33. Tennysen swam the 9 Years boys 50m
freestyle in a time of 50.00. James swam the
10 Years boys 50m freestyle in a time of 47:47.
The girls 4X50m freestyle senior relay placed
8th with a time of 2:42:91. Kynan swam the 13
Years boys 50m freestyle in 41:52 and placed
first in this event. Congratulations on your
achievements.
Kynan has qualified for the Riverina Team in
13 Years boys 50m freestyle to attend the
State Championships. Unfortunately, the
championships have been cancelled.
EASTER ASSEMBLY AND HAT PARADE
In the current climate, school gatherings are
not possible. This does not stop us having a
different sort of Easter Hat Parade. Students
will make hats as a home learning creative arts
task. On Wednesday 8th of April we will ask
students to send to their teacher photos of
themselves with their Easter hat on and we
will create a virtual parade that we can put in
our foyer and upload to our website. Please
let your teacher know if you do not wish your
photo to go on the website and it will be
omitted.
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST
BULLYING
Whilst the National Day of Action Against
Bullying was postponed, we continued our
individual classroom activities and “Odd Sock
Day” to raise awareness about the importance
of looking out for each other and accepting
differences.
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From Grade 3/4
The Grade 3/4s participated in a discussion
about what bullying is and the different types
of bullying. We then listened to a song created
by some students, called, 'Be a Buddy, Not a
Bully.' Students then worked in groups to
create their own chants and presented these
to the class.
Bullying's Not OK! By Emilee, Hannah, Olivia and Ebony
Getting pushed in the mud and rain,
that's not ok!
hey, hey, heyyyyy
not today.
Stick up for yourself and others,
because it's not ok!
hey, hey, heyyyyy
Be a buddy not a bully!
Don't bully!
From Grade 2/3
During our anti-bullying lesson we acted out
how to solve problems. We talked about ways
to deal with bullies and we had a fun time. We
decided that next time we saw bullying,
instead of saying nothing we would stand up
for the person being hurt.
By Class 2/3
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HOCKEY CLINICS
Arrangements for the hockey clinic in our
school, with classes engaging in lessons
independently of other classes, enabled us to
continue with the Hockey Clinics on Friday. It
was a wonderful day and we thank David and
Brioni for their enthusiasm on the day.
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ALTERED LEARNING PHOTOS
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DAVID WALLIAMS
David Walliams will be releasing an audio
story every day for the next 30 days for free.
First up is The Terrible Triplets! Enjoy. xxx
Click here to listen
https://bit.ly/AudioElevenses
Please note this has already commenced but
you may have only missed out on a few days.
GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL
At this stage, it seems the Good Friday Appeal
will not be going ahead. Our collection tins
are being securely stored until we receive
further news regarding the appeal.
YEAR 6 FUNDRAISER
The Easter Raffle Draw will continue to go
ahead and will be drawn of Thursday 9th April.
Year 6 students will need to return their raffle
tickets and money as well as their donated
item for the raffle by Tuesday the 7th April.
These items need to be place in a box at the
school office. Please avoid making extra trips
to school by picking up your child’s learning
pack for week 11 when you drop of items or
money.
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