Warrnambool East PS Ward Street, Warrnambool Edition 29, September 17, 2020

Warrnambool East PS
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Ward Street, Warrnambool   Edition 29, September 17, 2020

Principals Report
YES…WE ARE ALL BACK ON MONDAY 5 OCTOBER.
We only knew of the changes ourselves initially by Facebook and then a late evening communication on Tuesday night that
we can return through week one. This is only for standalone primary schools. The four Warrnambool Primary Schools have
all agreed that we will all return on Monday 5 October with all classes. We apologise to those of you who have made
arrangements from your work or with family for this week. We too have to abandon the plans we had for that week too.
However, we are grateful to have the students coming back and looking forward to a very positive term.
Please give yourselves a big pat on the back parents. You have looked after your family, many of you with added pressures of
changing work conditions and the need to supervise remote learning. Be proud of what you have achieved. Your children will
always remember how you have cared for them during this time.
We appreciate the sacrifices you have made and the new learning you have undertaken in using technology as well as some of
the school work.
I am also proud of the staff who have also learned new ways of teaching and connecting with their students. They have also been flexible to help with onsite supervision and supporting
these students emotionally as well as with their learning. It has been a very different time and everyone has rallied.
I expect there will be some changes to arrangements during the holidays. We will notify you of them as we are notified.
What is currently in the operational guide for schools but MAY change are…
• Social distancing, non-contact sport, increased cleaning, good hygiene practices with frequent handwashing and access to sanitiser, good ventilation. (Face masks for all aged over 12
  (all grade 6 students are excluded))
• Students must bring their own drinking water in their own labelled bottles
• HATS…this won’t change
• No visitors/volunteers into the school. Parents to make contact via phone, email or WebEx.
• The school playground is not for community use at all at this stage.
• No excursions, incursions, camps or swimming (this may change). Teachers will do whatever they can to make up for these with other options at school.
• Temperature checking of all students (this may change)
• We are not sure of staggered starts and exits (we hope to ensure all students have a full day if this is requested.

• The curriculum is adjusted with a key focus on wellbeing, literacy, numeracy and physical activity.
• If parents choose to keep their students at home, teachers are not obliged to send home work. They may be able to send, if practicable, any work already planned for that week
  at school. They are not expected to give detailed feedback and this would only be given when they have a suitable time. If a child has a medical certificate to say they must learn
  from home, then work can be provided.
• Virtual transition strategies will be used…we remain hopeful that we may be able to have actual visits for 2021 preps and year 7s to secondary schools. Stay tuned.
• We are waiting advice regarding end of year events including graduation.
• You will receive a written report against the Victorian Curriculum but it must include comments on the students’ participation and engagement in the learning from this semester
  (including remote learning).
We will communicate any changes that occur during the holidays via COMPASS and then PLEASE READ THE LINK IN WEEK ONE TERM FOUR …this will highlight any changes to the
above.
Please note the additional public holiday on the Friday prior to the AFL grand final (Friday October 23). This is for schools this year too due to the delayed date.
We wish you all a great break and we are so grateful that for Regional Victoria we have some new options and possibilities to visit other regions.
I still long to see my own family but patience is important if we are to be permanently safe.
Thank you again.
Michelle

Storyathon
  Competition
Term 3 Storyathon Competition Theme:
Australia or New Zealand
This term these Year 4 students - Remy
Boote, Lillias McKellar, Luka Price,
Abbey Drinkell, Abra Curran and
Gemma Henderson - have been working
in a small Literacy group with me every
Wednesday to write a microstory of 100
words exactly to enter in an Australia-
wide competition. To write a micro story
you really have to think about word
choice, varying sentence length for
effect, engaging the reader and showing
your 'voice' in the writing. They have all
done a fantastic job and the entries are
quite different. Well done to all and
congratulations to the finalists -
Gemma, Remy and Luka!
Michaela Allender

Abra

What our students
 are up to during
Remote Learning

 Knox Tinkler enjoying
     Beethoven.

Vela Rajasegaran

    Vela looks forward to
    learning tasks each
           morning.
He enjoys catching up with
 his peers and Mrs Gill. His
  family are proud of Vela
because he’s self motivated
and enjoys sharing what he
   had done for the day.

Sophie, Charlotte and Brandan Lynch
Sophie - class Webex with Ms Allender and working    Charlotte- class Webex      Brandan - class Webex
                  on her writing.                   with her guinea pig Snowy   with his guinea pig Comet

Jordan Brockway , Aleira Wilkens

                                Jordan and Aleira took a break to
Working hard!                  watch how a windscreen gets fitted.

Amber Sloan

Amber enjoying rowing
  on the Merri River.

Isaac Parsons

       Reading time.
Enjoying the outdoors with
    his best mate Jack.

Ava & Harley Gardner & Mia Redpath
Ava doing phonics on Webex with Mrs Clarke   Mia and Harley counting money in maths.

Library Books

   When school
  resumes next
term please bring
 back any library
 books you have
    at home.

This is just a reminder
   that the country
buses will be running
 at the earlier time of
  2:30pm tomorrow,
Friday 18th , being the
  last day of Term 3.

https://www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/vacation-care

We hope you have an amazing day
Nicholas Rattray   Lainie Robertson   Blair Dedini      Oona O’Brien
Leah Magahy        Willow Hoppitt     William Joyce     Jack Joyce
Degan Brown        Alkira Couzens     Tamara Stennett   Peyton Chevalier
Joseph Tatti       Ariana Tesoriero   Isabelle Dart     Oscar Pearce
Jordyn Schache     Lucy Shanley       Noah Adams        Ella Geeves
Raeesa Khanyari    Jack Bradley       Kira Thomson      Jona Thomson
Henry Zhuang       Joshua Rodgers     Ava Gardner       Harry Donovan
Hamish McBain      Jackson Looby

Monday October 5th     All students return to school for onsite learning

Friday October 23rd    Public Holiday for AFL Grandfinal

Tuesday November 3rd   Public Holiday for Melbourne Cup