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National Simultaneous Storytime

is back for its 20th year!

Leura Public School will be joining in on

Wednesday 27th May 2020 at 11.00am

as we head into the world of

Whitney and Britney the Chicken Divas!

Newsletter of the Leura Public School Community Volume 8, Issue 7 Term 2, 2020 Week 4

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From the Principal… Dear Families,

This week has been a big week of announcements, and we have all

dealt with a number of changes. We have taken time at school

to consider carefully how the announcements will effect our

teaching and learning, as we head into Week 5.

Our school will be open next week with students attending each day, returning to a 'new normal'.

As we return, we will have a time of transition and some aspects will not be returning to completely

normal operations. We will continue to keep you updated with new announcements as soon as we are

advised.

Teachers will return to full time 'face-to-face' teaching. Following the Department of Education

directions, teachers will not be continuing with learning packs or home learning plans for remote

learning as they will be fully focused on educational delivery onsite.

ATTENDANCE

We have been instructed to resume usual 'attendance' recording as of Monday 25th May. This means

if students are absent they will need to bring a note when they return with an explanation. If you

are unsure about any of the attendance procedures at school, please contact our office for

assistance.

BUBBLERS

All students are reminded that they cannot use the bubblers at this time and must bring their own

water bottle with them to school.

ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE

We are continuing next week to do 'kiss and wave goodbye' at each of our three gates in the morning

and afternoon. Teachers and student leaders will be close by for support. We ask that parents

remain off site and remember social distancing outside the school gates.

SPORT AT SCHOOL

We will be following the department guidelines with regard to hygiene and safety guidelines to

support our students with sport and physical activity.

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE

Before and After school care continues to operate.

CLEANING

To help keep our school safe during COVID-19, we have had have extra cleaning in place during the

day, and this will continue in coming weeks.

GUIDE FOR PARENTS FROM NSW GOVERNMENT

Please read carefully through the information in the following link as it may answer some of your

concerns at this time. https://education.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/main-education/news/Face_to_Face_Learning_Guidelines_for_Families.pdf

As always, we will continue to work with our families to support our students in a positive transition

back to full time on site schooling. Please reach out to your child's teacher if you have concerns.

We look forward to seeing you all next week.

Jodie Field

Relieving Principal

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PBL Focus for Week 5

As we welcome students back to school next week, our PBL rule for Week 5 is:

I am resilient when I adapt to changes and environmental factors.

Students can show they are resilient by saying goodbye to parents at the school gate

on arrival, continuing to follow school and class rules (even when a casual teacher

is on their class or in the playground), engaging positively with friends during play time or

during wet weather eating in a different place as directed. Teachers are looking forward

to welcoming students back next week, and looking for the ways they are adapting

to change and environmental factors.

Assessment and Reporting for Semester 1

We will be adopting a revised approach to student assessment and reporting for Semester

1, 2020, reflecting the teaching and learning environment in this first half of the year.

Schools are required to provide a simplified written report to parents/carers about

students’ learning in Semester 1. Principals have the flexibility to modify

their existing report templates, or develop a new simplified report.

Reporting will focus on the learning that has taken place so far this year in

English and Mathematics, with other key learning areas being combined in

one comment. The report will include a student’s progress and

achievements, as well as areas for development. The grading of students

using the five point A-E scale is not required and will not be used. The key

things to note about the revised approach are that it fulfils our

requirement to provide information about student progress and

achievement and recognises the upheaval in schooling these past few

months. We intend on issuing reports in Week 10, however have flexibility

for them to be available up until 30th August (Week 6 Term 3). Looking forward, we

envisage the Semester 2 reports (issued in December) to be back to normal and using our

existing reporting template with which many of you are already familiar.

Parent Resources: Office of e-Safety Commissioner

During the COVID-19 pandemic, young people are spending increased amounts of time in

online environments, engaging with others through various digital platforms. Now, more

than ever, we need to be vigilant in understanding what children are engaging with and how

we can support them. The ‘Office of the e-Safety Commissioner’ webpage has a

vast range of information, advice and resources to support parents. To access the

webpage: https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents

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STUDENTS LEARNING ING FROM HOME

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STAGE 2

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It looks like snow but it’s actually lots of little hail!

A timely reminder to wear full winter uniform

now that students are returning to

face-to-face learning in Week 5.

Stay warm!

Coming Events

National Sorry Day * Tuesday 26th May

National Reconciliation Week * 27th May – 3rd June ‘IN THIS TOGETHER’

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ANZAC DAY Zoom Summary By Ewan 5/6A

Recently, our school leadership team recorded

an ANZAC Day Zoom conference. In this

conference we recorded ourselves speaking

about ANZAC Day using a traditional script

that would have been used at a school

assembly. We did this in order to honour the

soldiers who fought for a better future for us.

Doing it through a conference was the only way

we could do it as we weren’t supposed to be at

school at the time, due to what is going on.

Our leadership team feels honoured to have

sent this out to families because we are

helping to keep the ANZAC spirit alive.

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Jump Rope for Heart program is a fun school based physical activity that also raises

funds to support the Heart Foundation. Our school has supported Jump Rope over the past two

years, raising hundreds of dollars to support the Heart Foundation with the added bonus of improved

fitness levels in all students. The students' enthusiasm is second to none and each year the bar is

raised a little higher in terms of skipping expertise. During recess and lunch breaks, the playground

replicates a sea of ropes; looping, twisting and turning as students strive to improve their skills.

In Term One we sent home details for students and

families to register an online account to fundraise and

log their skipping activities through the website

https://www.jumprope.org.au/parents

On Friday 29th May, we welcome students to celebrate

their skipping achievements this year in the annual

'Jump Off Day'. Students will participate in a range of

skipping activities run by our Sport Captains. We ask

students to wear red and bring a gold coin donation.

Happy Skipping!

Mrs Crowe

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