TJURINGA ‘Message Stick’

Term 2 Week 1 Thursday 16 April. 2020

Laura Street ASPENDALE 3195

9580 3255 www.aspendale.vic.edu.au

aspendale.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

From Coby Larrieu, Principal

Dear Parents, A very BIG welcome to the NEW normal.

I would like to thank our wonderful school community for

the overwhelming support in these unexpected times. The

positive e-mails received by staff have been overwhelming

as we navigate this new experience together.

As per the Departmental requirements to increase

physical distancing across the population and slow the

spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), children in

Victorian government schools have moved to remote

and flexible learning.

The message from the Department is very clear,

students who can learn from home must stay at home.

Curriculum Day

On Tuesday our wonderful staff all came together via

Webex to tweak, modify and refine learning resources for

this upcoming term ahead.

An acknowledgement also to all the work staff have done

over their holiday break to ensure a smooth transition to

remote learning. This included setting up work areas from

our living rooms and ensuring they were okay with all the

new platforms for teaching and learning.

LEARNING FROM HOME

You can support your child by:

having a routine and setting expectations

making sure your child has a space to work in

providing a level of supervision suitable to your child’s

stage of development

monitoring communications from teachers

checking in with your child often to help them manage

and pace their work

monitoring how much time your child is spending online.

A few words from Hudson Yr 2

Please find attached information about the G suit for

education platform we are using and how data is being

collected and stored.

TAKE CARE

If ever there was a time to be flexible and adaptable it is

right now! There are bound to be challenges along the

way. We have to be flexible when things don’t quite go

to plan. Please don’t compare yourself to other families

or other schools. Everyone is working hard to do what is

best for our students. Be KIND and grateful to each

other.

Kind regards

Coby Larrieu

Principal

A little story to share with our

community

The Struggles of Our Life

Once upon a time a daughter complained

to her father that her life was miserable and

that she didn’t know how she was going to

make it.

She was tired of fighting and struggling all

the time. It seemed just as one problem

was solved, another one soon followed.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen.

He filled three pots with water and placed

each on a high fire.

Once the three pots began to boil, he

placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the

second pot and ground coffee beans in

the third pot. He then let them sit and boil,

without saying a word to his daughter.

The daughter, moaned and impatiently

waited, wondering what he was doing.

After twenty minutes he turned off the

burners.

He took the potatoes out of the pot and

placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs

out and placed them in a bowl. He then

ladled the coffee out and placed it in a

cup.

Turning to her, he asked. “Daughter, what

do you see?”

“Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she hastily

replied.

“Look closer” he said, “and touch the

potatoes.” She did and noted that they

were soft.

He then asked her to take an egg and

break it. After pulling off the shell, she

observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its

rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the

eggs and coffee beans had each faced

the same adversity-the boiling water.

However, each one reacted differently. The

potato went in strong, hard and

unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became

soft and weak.

The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell

protecting its liquid interior until it was put in

the boiling water. Then the inside of the

egg became hard.

However, the ground coffee beans were

unique. After they were exposed to the

boiling water, they changed the water and

created something new.

“Which one are you?” he asked his

daughter.

“When adversity knocks on your door, how

do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg,

or a coffee bean?”

Moral of the story:

In life, things happen around us, things

happen to us, but the only thing that truly

matters is how you choose to react to it

and what you make out of it. Life is all

about leaning, adopting and converting all

the struggles that we experience into

something positive.

https://wealthygorilla.com/best-short-

moral-stories/

Published May 2018

Published May 2018

INFORMATION PACK FOR PARENTS The Department of Education and Training (Department) and your school are using online learning services to support learning

and teaching. This pack provides information on one of the online services, G Suite for Education and advice in relation to its safe

and responsible use.

What are the benefits of this service for students?

Teaches students to be ‘digital citizens’ through the use of an online system.

Provides access to digital tools for a range of classroom activities.

Allows students to actively collaborate with their class on school work.

Provides digital whiteboard capability in group discussions.

Enables students to access their classwork from different channels (i.e. laptops, iPads and smartphones).

Helps students to build working relationships with each other.

Promotes knowledge sharing.

What information might students store in G Suite for Education?

In addition to the information needed to provide access to G Suite for Education (student’s username, password, name, year level, home group, school, location information and preferred language), student’s schoolwork will also be stored in G Suite for Education.

Students have the ability to store and share any school work related content on the platform, such as photographs, audio, video recordings. They can also add non-classroom related information.

Student’s data is stored in data centers located in the USA, Chile, Taiwan, Singapore, Ireland, Netherlands, Finland and Belgium.

Sheets

Forms

Slides

Sites

Hangouts

Published May 2018

How can you help protect your student’s information? Whilst your school provides your student’s Department username and password to Google to enable them to only access their own information on G Suite for Education, there are some things that you can do to help keep their information safe.

Remind them not to share passwords with anyone, as they cannot be sure how secure another person will be with their details.

Teachers will remind students to only use G Suite for Education for activities related to schoolwork.

Talk about appropriate uses of technology at school and at home. Remind them that anything uploaded to G Suite for Education can be viewed by teachers.

In rare cases, Google’s technical support team may have access to information stored in G Suite for Education.

Please note that Google will never contact you or your child directly. If you or your child are contacted by anyone claiming to be Google support, contact your school immediately.

Example information students can safely put online

Class presentation.

Conversations about classwork/assignments.

School related contact details.

Class related media – i.e. videos, photos.

Whiteboard notes.

Emails between students on school work.

Example information students should always be cautious of putting online

Personal mobile or home phone number.

Personal photographs and video clips unrelated to schoolwork.

Other student’s private information.

Health information.

Bank details.

Home address.

Information on racial or ethnic origin.

Religious beliefs or other opinions.

G Suite for Education - Opt-Out Form If upon considering the above information you have questions or concerns please contact your school. You do not need to do anything for your child to have access to this service.

I DO NOT wish for my child to have access to G Suite for Education and understand that alternative arrangements for allocating work will be made.

Student Name: Parent / Guardian Signature: Home room: Parent / Guardian Name: Date:

ONLY complete the section below if you DO NOT want your child to have access to this online service.