Semester 1 Reports - Charles Conder Primary School

Semester 1 Reports
Teaching and learning in ACT public schools shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers have adapted to
provide remote learning successfully and this has included their ability to assess against certain achievement
standards within a modified curriculum. Schools are required to report on student progress against the
achievement standards of the Australian Curriculum, however for Semester 1 2020 these requirements will not
include A-E reporting for years 1 - 6. The revised requirements recognise that learning and assessment hasn’t
continued as normal throughout semester 1, in particular during the remote learning period.
At Charles Conder the Report will be highly modified with less outcomes to be assessed and you will see
achievement and progress in the areas of Personal and Social capability, English, Mathematics, Science and P.E.
The report will include student strengths and areas to be developed. We understand that this may be limited
information however, early in term 3 the week beginning of 27th July we will be inviting parents and carers to
attend three way interviews to discuss children’s progress and review personalised goals. We will provide contact
via seesaw the week before this.

COVID Update
Please find attached information regarding the continued easing of restrictions and advice provided to schools.
We are looking forward in developing opportunities for certain events to occur in term 3. These will include;
parent/teacher interviews, Monday morning assemblies, school incursions and planned camps for the senior
students and hopefully run the Colour Explosion event towards the end of term 3. We will provide key updates
on these occurrences as they get closer.

Enrolling for 2021
We are busily receiving new enrolments for 2021 for preschool and kindergarten. We encourage any existing
families that have children at this age to contact the front office or go to www.education.act.gov.au

Coffee with the Principal
I hosted the first coffee chat last Friday which was a great opportunity to hear experiences from your perspective
and learn about how we make the school better together. I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation. Along with
some insights into school life, we talked about a diverse range of things. ‘Coffee with the Principal’ for me is a
wonderful way to start a Friday. Connecting with our parents and hearing their ideas and feedback is important
to me and I’d encourage any parents who wish to attend a ‘Coffee with the Principal’ to register your interest by
emailing info@conderps.act.edu.au

Parent Conduct

We all have the right to be treated with fairness and dignity, to learn and work in a safe, respectful and
supportive school environment that values diversity and is free from bullying, harassment, discrimination
and violence. Children, young people, their families, school staff and the broader community can expect ACT
public schools to be positive and engaging environments where young people feel connected, respected,
achieve success and are fully engaged in their learning. We have a strong positive culture at Charles Conder
whereby our Values of Respect, Diversity, Cooperation, Honesty and Support provide us with a language to
deliver the P.B.L (Positive behaviour for Learning) expectations of Being a Safe, Respectful, Learner. There is
no place at Charles Conder for any parent to raise concerns with other children regarding issues. It is
paramount that all parents contact their child’s teacher or school principal about any issue or concern
regarding their child’s welfare. I will not tolerate any anti-social parent conduct on school grounds during
school hours of 8.30 – 3.30pm. We are fortunate at Charles Conder that we have terrific parent conduct and
connected families nearly 100% of the time and we are grateful for the on-going support that families pro-
vide. We look forward to continuing this dynamic into the coming months.

                        School Banking

      The school banking will restart at the beginning of Term 3.
      Preschool Banking days are Tuesday’s and Friday’s.
       Primary school banking day is Friday’s

      Dollarmites Tokens and Contribution Payments
      We understand students have missed the opportunity to earn tokens during this period and
      schools have missed the opportunity to earn contribution payments for their school. We are
      currently working through options to address this and will be in touch with you and your school
      very shortly.

Ricky Stuart House is taking on new families for respite! Ricky
Stuart House is an NDIS registered service run by Marymead
that provides respite for children (5-12) with disability. Mini-
mum three hour booking including through the school holi-
days.
For further information and/or to come and have a look at
the house please call Michelle Groeneveld on 61625800 or
email Michelle.groeneveld@marymead.org.au
Many thanks,
Michelle Groeneveld
Manager, Accommodation and Support Services
255 Goyder Street, Narrabundah, ACT 2604 I PO Box 4260
Kingston ACT 2604
Tel (02) 6162 5800 I Mob 0439 509 894 I Fax (02) 6295 9944 I
michelle.groeneveld@marymead.org.au

www.marymead.org.au

Brindabella Blues Extend Registrations for 5 to 8 year old All-Girl Football program

                   Tired of being in lockdown? Want to run around outside in a safe, protected environment?
                   Want to make new friends and learn new skills? Want to learn the game that took the Matil-
                   da’s Sam Kerr and Ellie Carpenter to play with the biggest football clubs in Europe? Want to
                   have fun?

                   The Brindabella Blues have extend registrations and dropped the cost for its popular 5 to 8
                   year-old All-Girl Football program. Running Saturday mornings from late June to mid-
                   September the program has a focus on fun, friends, family, fitness and football.

                   For registration information see the Brindabella Blues website https://

RE: Updated public transport timetables from 18 July 2020
From Saturday 18 July 2020, Transport Canberra will be updating timetables for bus services.

These changes will help make public transport in Canberra easier to use by providing more services and increased
frequency, to ensure that people have greater opportunity to spread out their travel across the day as we recover
from COVID-19.

Transport Canberra has worked closely with the school community and we are providing increased frequency and
additional services for school students across Canberra.

As a new timetable is being introduced, there will be minor changes for all students travelling to and from school
on public transport across Canberra from the first day of Term 3, 2020 (Monday 20 July 2020). In most cases, this
will mean that students will catch the same service from the same stop, but the times that services arrive and
leave may change.

All schools, parents and students can find out more about the specific chang-                                    es
by:
checking the information packs for each school, which are online at
www.transport.act.gov.au
checking timetables for each route (including school specials), which are
online at www.transport.act.gov.au calling 13 17 10.

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