KURUNJANG PRIMARY SCHOOL ~ “Learning Together”

NEWSLETTER 20 - 2020

Thursday 23rd July, 2020

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Hello everyone and welcome to Term 3. The photo above is little Cora Ann-Marie Marks, daughter of Brendan Marks (Year 3/4 teacher) who was born at the end of the holidays. A lovely event in these otherwise uncertain times. Reading back over the last newsletter on 25th June, I reflected on the term that had been, including the weeks of remote learning and the staged return to on-site learning and the necessary adjustments of staggered arrivals and dismissal times. Although the future remained uncertain, we hoped that the children would again return to school following the holidays; but unfortunately this was not to be and we have commenced Term 3 with additional uncertainty in terms of the duration of our return to remote learning and the increasing numbers of confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Victoria but particularly in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Please find included today the COVID-19 Operations policy which is an update of the policy forwarded last term detailing then, the arrangements for the staged return of students to school, but now details the current direction for the return to learning from home within the current Stage 3 restrictions. Please take the time to read through and call me if there is anything you would like to discuss or need clarified. As my letter last week conveyed, we have had a greater warning for some of the changes imposed but others have occurred more suddenly in response to Government and Departmental announcements. As a result the policy details are correct to date, however we continue to be alert as I know you are too, to further announcements and the possibility of further change if necessary which we will update on COMPASS as soon as they occur. Take care all, and stay safe,

~ Learning Together

FORWARD PLANNING

Monday 20th July ~ Wednesday 19th August

Learning from Home ~ At Least Friday 18th September

LAST DAY TERM 3 Monday 5th October

FIRST DAY TERM 4

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

AWARDS

Student of the week awards are made each week and announced in the newsletter on a Thursday. These awards will be presented to

the student’s on their return to school.

Foundation Potts ~ Archie Borg Foundation Wagner ~ Mason Stevens Foundatoin Amy ~ Tameka Cameron

Foundation Sarah ~ Emily Bartlett 1/2 Havers ~ Charlotte Collins 1/2 Micallef ~ Jackson Offer

1/2 Lisa ~ Logan Curtis 1/2 Gonzalez ~ Zarah Hassan

1/2 Patton ~ William Ainea 1/2 Ransome ~ Logan Diprose

1/2 Mellissa ~ George Thompson 3/4 Castellas ~ Taylem Ross

3/4 Kirstin ~ Indiana Hamilton 3/4 Marks ~ Chiemeka Anoruo 3/4 Condon ~ Prabaldeep Kaur

3/4 Blake ~ Levi O'Toole 3/4 Dovaston ~ Abeny Kur

3/4 Estelle ~ Connor Stevens 5/6 Ana ~ Claire Couwenberg

5/6 D’Elia ~ Bryce Farrugia 5/6 Templeton ~ Tidus Hamilton

5/6 Ryan ~ Sienna Stokely 5/6 Ellie ~ Hana Sioli

5/6 Price ~ Charles Cumming 5/6 Layton ~ Lauren Nicholson

CELEBRATION OF LEARNING

FOUNDATION AMY

Students in Foundation Amy have settled in really well to Remote Learning. Students have shown great effort by logging in every morning and responding to the morning message. It has been great to see their enthusiasm in responding to their assigned tasks. I look forward to seeing more of their hard work over the coming weeks.

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called COMPASS.

Through Compass, you will be able to update personal details such as phone numbers and be kept up to date

with important dates, whole school events, excursions, book parent teacher conferences, contact teachers

and more.

You will be able to view your childs school report and learning tasks completed throughout the school year via

Compass.

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