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Meet the Teacher session 2019
Our Staff
Staff Member Class/Role
Ms Wade KW Classroom Teacher
K-2 Assistant Principal
Ms Oliver KO Classroom Teacher
Mrs Clark KC Classroom Teacher
Mrs Mangan 1DM Classroom Teacher (Monday and Tuesday)
Mrs Durston 1DM Classroom Teacher (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
Mrs McKinnon 1M Classroom Teacher
Mrs Crutchett 2C Classroom Teacher
Mrs Hill 2HD Classroom Teacher (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)
Mrs Dale 2HD Classroom Teacher (Thursday and Friday)
Mr Allan 3A Classroom Teacher
Year 3-6 Assistant Principal
Mrs Scholes 3S Classroom Teacher
Miss Thatcher 3/4T Classroom Teacher
Mrs Browning 4B Classroom Teacher
Mrs Ward 5/6A Classroom Teacher
Mrs Ingram 5/6MI Classroom Teacher (Monday and Tuesday)
Mrs Maddern 5/6MI Classroom Teacher (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
Mrs Stewart 5/6S Classroom Teacher
Mr Weigand 5/6W Classroom Teacher
Mrs Galli Librarian (Monday)
Staff Member Class/Role
Mrs Smith K-6 Librarian and RFF Teacher (Tuesday and
Wednesday)
Mrs Burnett K-6 RFF Teacher (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Miss Papadoulis K-6 RFF Teacher
Mr Taunton RFF Teacher (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Instructional Leader Digital Technologies
Assistant Principal
Mrs Barford Learning and Support Teacher
Mrs Morgan School Learning and Support Officer (SLSO)
Mrs Jeffereys School Learning and Support Officer (SLSO)
Mrs Martin School Learning and Support Officer (SLSO)
School Administration Officer (Friday)
Miss Hunter School Learning and Support Officer (SLSO)
Mrs Condos School Administration Manager
Mrs Bronner School Administration Manager (Monday)
Mrs Archibald School Administration Officer (Monday – Thursday)
Mrs Glance-Wilson School Administration Officer (Wednesday and
Thursday)
Miss Dean Instructional Leader Literacy
Assistant Principal
Mrs Purnell School Counsellor (Mondays and every second
Friday)
Mr Fergusson General Assistant
Miss Scott Principal
Uniform
Once a child is enrolled, they are required by law to
attend school each day.
Some points to be aware of:
• If a child arrives late or leaves early, it is recorded as a
partial absence and must be explained by parents.
This is recorded at the front office.
• If your child is absent for the whole day it is recorded
as either justified or unjustified.
• Justified absences are sickness, having an
unavoidable medical appointment, attending a
recognised religious holiday or exceptional or urgent
family circumstances.
• An explanation for an absence, either verbal or
written, must be provided within 7 days.
Attendance
Once a child is enrolled, they are required by law to
attend school each day.
• If you are picking up a child early, please visit the
front office to sign out your child. No teacher will let a
child leave early without a slip from the office.
• If you are applying for leave for the purpose of travel
and the travel will be for more than 10 school days,
please complete an Application for Extended Leave
– Travel. If you are travelling for less than 10 days,
please advise your class teacher in writing.
Attendance
Please keep our students safe around our school. You can help by:
• Observing the road rules. • Avoid parking on the yellow lines near the intersections.
• Holding your child’s hand.
• Discussing road safety with your child.
Road Safety
If your child has a medical condition, please make an appointment with the class teacher early in Term 1 to ensure that they have all up-to-date information and procedures on how to manage your child’s condition. Medical conditions include anaphylaxis, allergies, asthma, epilepsy, diabetes and all other medical conditions which have been diagnosed by a doctor.
Any medications sent to school must be handed in through the school office and labelled with your child’s name and date of birth. A permission to administer medication form must be completed for any medication to be administered which is not part of a health care plan.
Student Health
Students may carry asthma relievers (puffers such as Ventolin) in their bags or the classroom. Epipens are kept in the sick bay or in the classroom depending on the individual student plan. All other student medication is stored in the sick bay. Medication and emergency response plans are taken with the child whenever we leave the school grounds. Please inform the office and the class teacher in writing if there are any changes to your child’s health.
• Our newsletter is sent out each fortnight (even weeks) via the Skoolbag app. It can also be downloaded from our school website. To reduce paper, we do not send out paper copies but they are available at the front office.
• Parent notes are also available on our school website – There is a tab across the top – Newsletter and Notes.
• Parent / Teacher interviews will be held late in Term 1. Written Student Reports will be sent home in Term 2 & Term 4.
• If you have any concerns or questions, make an appointment to see your class teacher. If the issue continues, see the Assistant Principal for your grade or stage.
• We use the Skoolbag app to send out reminders and notices. If you turn on notifications within the app, these reminders will pop up on your phone. This app will also be used to communicate with parents in the case of an emergency.
8 Home / School Communication
Contact Details
The office must be notified in writing, if any of
your contact details change –
•Home phone number
•Mobile number/s
•Emergency contact details
•Address
•Family Circumstances
•Custody Arrangements
Child Protection
Any visitors to our school must report to the front office.
If you are volunteering in classrooms or across the school, please
complete the Declaration for Volunteers and submit to the office a
long with identification.
The school is only accessible through the Taplan Street Gate during
school hours. For the safety of our students, please close the gate
behind you when entering and exiting.
Positive Behaviour for Learning
Positive Behaviour for Learning is implemented to establish consistent behaviour expectations and the consistent management of behaviour. There are behaviour expectations for all areas within the school. Students are to be safe, respectful and successful learners. Student expectations are displayed and are explicitly taught so that students, staff and parents are using a common language. These expectations have their foundation in our school values. For further details about PBL, please see our Student Welfare and Discipline policy which can be found in the Documents section under the Our School tab.
English
Mathematics
Science and Technology
History and Geography
Personal Development, Health and
Physical Education Creative Arts
Learning Areas
At the beginning of each term, you will receive an outline of what topics will be covered for that term. It will include information about each key learning area and different activities students will participate in for the term.
A focus on Writing in 2019
• Miss Dean, our instructional leader in literacy will be visiting classes weekly. • Revision of the key elements of ‘Seven Steps to Writing Success.’ • Review of available data, including NAPLAN results, pre and post writing samples
2018 and annual school report. • Integrated programs and tasks for Writing and Geography. • Tracking of student data using the learning progressions for ‘creating texts.’ • Explicit Learning Intentions and Success Criteria (LISC) for all writing programs. • Consistent teacher judgment (CTJ) for marking writing using stage based rubrics. • Student self reflection and opportunities for feedback. • Writing goals for all students. • A plan for sharing quality student texts with families using SeeSaw (term 2). • Ongoing teacher collaboration across stages and with the Instructional Leader
(IL) • 4C’s evident throughout all programs (Collaboration, Creativity, Communication
and Critical Thinking.
Digital Technologies
Digital technologies is now a compulsory part of the NSW Science and Technology curriculum. Digital Technologies provides students with opportunities to investigate existing technologies and create digital solutions. Students explore the automation of repetitive tasks through developing their own software and by using existing software packages.
ICT supports students to be effective consumers of technology. Digital technologies moves students from technology consumers to CREATORS. This year Mr Taunton is our instructional leader in digital technologies three days a week. He will be working with all classes.
The 4C skills
This year, we will continue to develop
students’ 4C skills:
Collaboration
Creativity
Communication
Critical Thinking
Students will participate in Inquiry Based Learning to help practice and develop these skills.
All students participate in Crunch and Sip each day.
This is a small snack during the first session of the day.
Students continue learning while having Crunch and
Sip.
Crunch and Sip
A small
container of
cut bite-
sized fruit or
vegetables is best.
We request that your child’s food is
nut free as we have children at the
school with severe nut allergies.
Anaphylaxis
The Year 3 and Year 5 National Assessment
Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
online will be held from 14th – 24th May.
Further information is available on the
following website:
http://www.nap.edu.au
NAPLAN
Students in Years 3-6 may bring an iPad to school
from Monday 25 February.
Students and parents must sign the Student Use
Agreement before bring the iPad to school.
Please see the information package
for details about our BYOD program.
Bring Your Own Device
Questions
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