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Gunnedah Public School
Quality Education in a Caring Environment
Newsletter
Bloomfield Street, GUNNEDAH. 2380
Phone: (02) 6742 2266 Fax: (02) 6742 4309
Term 3 - Week 1 Email: gunnedah-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Tuesday, 21 July 2020 Principal: Mrs Cathie McMaster
More NAIDOC activities
During NAIDOC week, 1/2L came into
5/6A for buddy writing. The Stage 3 students
helped their Stage 1 buddies write their own
Acknowledgement to Country.
Ollie Wilmen & Se-annah Meredith
Sarah McInerney & Haylee Bell
Xavier Hunt & Bailey Hartwig
More NAIDOC activities
NO CANTEEN DAY
THIS WEEK
Welcome Back Welcome back to all our families and students. We hope you have all had a fun and relaxing break and are ready for Term 3 learning. We also welcome two new families to our school this term. As you are all aware, there are still restrictions in place for schools across NSW and below I have outlined the information given to schools to date. We will be starting our temperature testing at the gates in the morning for the next two weeks following the holidays, to ensure we are doing everything we can to stop the spread and keep our school safe. The hall gate will remain closed in the mornings until further notice. School Office Restrictions As our office is a small space, it is very important that everyone practices social distancing when entering. We are only able to have two adults in the office area at one time. So, if you know that you are needing uniforms or to talk with office staff or myself, it is imperative that you make an appointment whenever possible. This will enable us to reduce the numbers in the office as well as outside the door and keep everyone safe. School Reports School reports will be sent home at the end of Week 2. If you would like to discuss anything about your child's report please contact their classroom teacher and make an appointment to have a phone consultation. New Playground Equipment As you will have noticed and seen in previous newsletters, we have new primary playground equipment. It is now up and running and looks FANTASTIC. We are all so excited to actually now be able to use this equipment. Cathie McMaster, Principal The following guidelines are from the DEC information given to schools. Guidance for community use and visitors to the school Non-essential adults are still not permitted on school grounds or at school events. This includes parents and carers except for face-to-face parent/teacher meetings that are essential. Parents and carers who need to be on site for canteen or uniform shop purposes, or for other purposes where they are providing a service. P&C meetings should continue on-line where possible. P&C run activities involving gatherings should continue to be discouraged to minimise the number of non-essential adults on the school site. Staff and students who have travelled through or visited Victoria All staff and students returning from Victoria after this time must have a permit to enter NSW and are required to self-isolate for a period of 14 days. NSW Health has requested anyone who has been in Victoria and is unwell or has flu like symptoms arrange to be tested through their local medical practitioner or one of the COVID-19 clinics. Safety and hygiene Physical distancing is not required for students. Physical distancing of children in schools is not required by the latest AHPPC guidelines. Physical distancing requirements remain for adults. Schools must strongly promote to all staff the need to remain vigilant and take all precautions to minimise the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in our schools and when out in the community. When physical distancing is combined with good personal hygiene, the spread of illness and infection can be slowed. Staff should exercise good personal hygiene and cleanliness including around staff spaces and shared usage areas. All adults must maintain physical distance from each other (1.5m) including teachers, support staff, and visitors.
The following guidelines are from the DEC information given to schools (continued) Hygiene measures Schools must remain vigilant in applying infection control and personal hygiene practices while at school. Schools must continue to promote and encourage regular washing of hands, exclusion of any staff and students who are unwell, avoiding the sharing of food and personal items and cleaning of any shared items such as musical instruments, learning and sporting equipment between uses. Students should continue to bring water bottles from home to fill at water bubblers rather than drink directly from the bubbler. School activities Activities that have recommenced in our schools •Library ensuring supervisors/staff maintain physical distancing •School sporting activities including all contact sports and inter-school sport competitions •Choirs and performing arts including interschool activities such as debating, public speaking and performing arts •School assemblies (limited to 15 minutes and no external visitors) •All curricular and extra-curricular programs or services delivered by NSW Department of Education staff including targeted school support programs delivered by School Services, itinerant support staff and other department employees •Allied health providers, wellbeing and case management professionals (including NDIS suppliers and health programs such as student vaccination programs and dental health programs) •Incursions/external adult providers to support delivery of curriculum (e.g. music tutors, sport skills development programs, science demonstrations, drama tutors, Healthy Harold) and day field trips to outdoor locations that require minimal physical distancing considerations (e.g. DoE Environmental Education Centres and sport and recreation facilities, trips to local river to collect water samples) •All Department of Community and Justice activities •School photos (Staff photos can be taken where physical distancing requirements are able to be met.) Student activities that can recommence in our schools •Students may attend other schools for essential curriculum-related reasons or placements (e.g. auditions or placement tests or Year 7 orientation). For Year 7 orientation, schools should implement measures to reduce the mixing of students from different schools and maintain attendance records of participating students Activities on hold until further notice A small number of activities remain on hold and will be reconsidered during Term 3: •Kindergarten orientation •School camps •Excursions (other than field trips explained above) •Interstate excursions •International excursions (cancelled until further notice) •Gathering of large groups of staff (from either one school or from multiple schools) for face to face conferences, all day professional learning activities, meetings or planning sessions. •Parent and carer attendance at assemblies and other school events. •Parent and carer volunteers – e.g. parent reading helpers (note: canteen and uniform shop volunteers are permitted) •School-based activities that involve large gathering of adults. These include parent/ community gatherings such as parent functions, working bees, fundraisers, school BBQs, large parent information evenings, and large on-site cultural events.
PBL
Our PBL focus for Week One is
"Classroom Expectations"
New Primary
Play Equipment
The staff just needed to make sure it was safe
for students!
Gunnedah Public School
Early Birds - 2020
Gunnedah Public School’s Early Birds program will be running
again in Term 3. This transition program is open to all children
intending to enrol in kindergarten at Gunnedah Public School in
2021.
The program will be operating on Monday and Tuesday
mornings beginning August 31st.
More detailed information will be provided in the coming weeks.
We are excited to offer this outstanding program again.
Please contact Miss Flannery if you require further information.
STAGE 2/3 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Due to COVID restrictions, we will be unable to hold a Primary Athletics carnival this term.
All primary students and the students who will be turning 8 this year will have the opportunity
to participate in Athletics activities during Term 3. This will allow us to still tally age champions.
One of the activities students will be participating in is long jump, which will be held at Donnelly
fields. All students have already returned their blue permission note that gives permission for
them to walk to and from the fields for this activity. If you would not like your child to participate,
please inform the school. This will begin this Friday 24/7 and will run for the term.
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