Principal – Mr Derek Noffke...2020/03/24 · Term 1, Week 9 Tuesday, 24th March, 2020 Week 9...
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Newsletter Date Tuesday, March 24
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Adams Street Narrandera NSW 2700 Tel: (02) 6959 2144 Fax: (02) 6959 3274 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.narrandera-p.schools.nsw.gov.au “We learn and meet on Wiradjuri Country”
Narrandera Public School Informer
Principal – Mr Derek Noffke
Term 1, Week 9 Tuesday, 24th March, 2020
Week 9 Tuesday 24th - Friday 27th March Parent Teacher Phone Interviews
Week 10 Monday 30th March - Friday 3rd April Parent Teacher Phone Interviews Week 11 Thursday, 9th April Last day Term 1
TERM 2
Week 1
Tuesday, 28th April
Students first day Term 2
Home Learning packs are available at the Front Office for all children remaining at home.
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From the Principal . . . . . . . . . . . There have been a number of directives handed down to schools over the last few days. The main
areas that impact our school are shown below. Please remember to call the school if you have any
questions or concerns.
NAPLAN
All Education Ministers met last week and decided that NAPLAN will not proceed in 2020. The
NAPLAN test window was scheduled to be held from 12 to 22 May.
The decision to not proceed with NAPLAN in 2020 has been taken to assist school leaders,
teachers and support staff to focus on the wellbeing of students and continuity of education,
including online and remote learning that will take place during this time.
Schools Operation
The health advice on schools remains unchanged. Our Chief Medical Officers indicate that our
schools should remain open for education provision at this time.
The Government and Department are encouraging you to keep your child at home from Tuesday 24 March to contribute to supporting the community response to COVID-19. The school’s doors
will remain open for those students whose parents are in the essential services or who are
vulnerable. As updated expert information comes to the Department, who are in constant liaison
with NSW Health we will keep you informed of any impact on school operations.
Supporting continuity of learning for all students
Our staff have been working hard to develop a suite of learning resources and options for students
to undertake from home. The Department has developed and will continue to develop resources
and offer professional learning to help teachers with this task.
Whether your child is at school or at home, the aim is for all students to access the consistent
learning content provided by our school. This may mean sending work home, either with physical
materials or by email, or by making use of one of our online platforms at our school.
You will be contacted by your classroom teacher as work becomes available over the coming
weeks. Students will also be given usernames and passwords for Literacy and Numeracy online
programs. The cost of these will be covered by the school.
Teachers will also be basing their programs on Google Docs, however this work will also be
available from the school for those who do not have internet access. Feedback and marking of
work will be part of our structures and supports to student learning.
I encourage you to access the Learning from Home resource which provides practical advice to
parents and carers on how to best create and support a productive learning environment in the
home.
Breakfast Club
Also as part of a Department directive, our Breakfast Club will cease operation at the end of this
week. Once things settle back down again, we will recommence this service for our students.
Finally, I would like to wish all our parents, students and our community the best of health as we
enter these uncertain times. Please support each other and remember the school will continue to
support families who require it.
Have a great week.
Derek Noffke
Principal
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3/4S has had a great start to 2020. In
English, when looking at an author’s
purpose, we have been focussing on
persuasive texts. In particular, we have
looked at the book “Hey, Little Ant” and
written some wonderful arguments about
whether to save or squish the ant.
Artworks have been produced to support
our stance. Each week all students give a
Topic Talk in in front of the class. This is to
help us grow in confidence in Public
Speaking as well as support understanding
of persuasive arguments. We follow the
OREO method to arrange our thoughts
into amazing speeches.
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In Maths we have been learning different ways to
solve number problems as well as how to find the
important information in word problems. We have
also been learning some times tables, angles,
patterns and fractions. When learning angles and
lines we produced artworks based on Piet
Mondrian. We learnt that he was a Dutch painter
famous for his abstract art using simple geometric
elements.
To celebrate the Sydney Harbour Bridge’s 88th
Birthday this week we engineered bridges using
only one piece of paper. We discovered that
triangles are a strong shape and some of our
bridges could hold more than 6 Matchbox Cars!
Puff is an important member of our class. Puff is a blue
dragon who is a great listener and a fantastic friend to
3/4S students when they need support. He is always
available and loves a cuddle. Each weekend he gets to go
home with one student, where they share some time
together.
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WINTER JACKETS The NPS P&C Uniform Shop are taking orders for jackets
again until the last day of this term. $45 all sizes, money
and sizes are needed at the time of ordering, orders will
be delivered early next term. Please place your order at
the Front Office. Some sizes are available to try on.
Canteen News OPEN Until FRIDAY
Limited Menu
Principal: Derek Noffke Assistant Principal: Julie Neville Assistant Principal: Karla Jamieson Assistant Principal: Helen Files Assistant Principal: Julie-Anne Rowe/Kerryn Cassidy Phone: 02 6959 2144 Fax: 02 6959 3274 Email Address: [email protected] School Website: www.narrandera-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Dental Clinic: 1800 450 046 Narrandera Schools as Community Centre: 6959 3894
COMMUNITY EVENTS:
LEETON SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC The School Dental Clinic is available for all children aged from 0 – 18 years of age. We encourage all parents to make an appointment for your child to have a
full dental check. Treatment at our clinic is FREE to all children who have a Medicare card. To make an appointment please telephone our call centre on
1800 450 046 We hope to see you soon!!!
Our School has students who are highly allergic to
NUTS and NUT PRODUCTS
We seek your co-operation in trying to keep our
school NUT FREE
This newsletter is
produced with the
support of the
following local
businesses:
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125 East Street, Narrandera
02 6959 2091 For all your family health care needs
$50 deposit is due to secure your child’s place. Please pay at the Front Office or on online with payment reference Ballarat
Notice from CommBank School Banking
The health, safety and wellbeing of our communities and our people is our first priority. Due to the rapidly developing situation with coronavirus, School Banking has been temporarily paused from 20 March 2020 until the start of Term 2. Please don’t bring your deposit book with your weekly banking into school and we will notify you when banking will recommence.
KIDS CAMP OUT 2020 UPDATE The decision has been made to cancel Kids Camp Out for now. Anyone who brought in notes and money for
camp will be refunded. Please contact Christine on 0437 129 457 Camp may be rescheduled for later in the year, otherwise
we will aim for next year in 2021. We pray that you and your family stay well and safe over
the Easter break. Kind regards, Christine Sharp