18th June, 2020 Issue 9, 2020 · 8.45 – 9.00am Before School 11.00-11.30am Morning Recess 1.45-2.30pm Lunchtime Alicia 3.30-3.45pm After School 2020 TERM DATES Term 2: 14th April

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18th June, 2020 Issue 9, 2020

Karingal Primary School Mallum Avenue, Karingal 3199

P.O. Box 6112, Karingal www.karingalps.vic.edu.au

[email protected] Phone: 9788 4800 Absence Line: 9788 4838

RESPECT, INTEGRITY, PERSISTENCE, RESILIENCE AND RELATIONSHIPS

School Vision Karingal Primary School is committed in providing a friendly, dynamic and secure learning environment that strives to develop respectful, resilient , lifelong learners. It supports students to achieve their personal best in an atmosphere of mutual respect and cooperation.

Dear Parents/Guardians, On Tuesday last week, it was very exciting. We had all year levels back at school and undertaking face to face learning. It was wonderful to hear the buzz around the classrooms and in the playground which had been missing all of this term. Again I would like to thank all families for their support in working with their children and to our committed staff during the term while undertaking the journey of remote learning. It hasn’t been easy and we appreciate everything you have done for our school and the wider community as a whole. Remote Learning Survey Recently I sent home a link to a parent survey on Learning from Home. Thank you to the parents/guardians and year 4/5/6 students that have undertaken the survey. We appreciate you taking the time to complete this short survey. If you haven’t completed the survey, we would appreciate your feedback given the enormity of the transition to and from remote learning in such a short period of time. Drop Off and Pick Up at School

To reduce the number of adults congregating at the school gates, the following dismissal times still apply. 3.10pm—students with surnames A-K 3.30pm—students with surnames L-Z

Students should be dropped off at school between 8.40am and 9.00am. The school gates will be locked prior to this. Adults should observe physical distancing measures while waiting for their children and please do not socialise with other families upon collection.

Adults should not enter the school grounds. If you need to communicate with someone at school, please do so via phone or email as required.

Hygiene

All students and staff should undertake regular hand hygiene on arrival at school, before and after eating, after blowing their nose, coughing, sneezing or using the toilet.

Soap and water is available in the toilets.

Hand sanitiser is available in every classroom.

It is recommended that students do not drink directly from drinking taps. Instead they should bring their own water bottle for use (and refilling) at school.

Students should not share food. Food will be consumed in classrooms prior to going outside for a break. Management of unwell students

Any students who are unwell or have the following symptoms; fever, shortness of breath, flu-like symptoms such as coughing, sore throat or runny nose should remain at home.

Any students who are experiencing compatible symptoms with COVID-19 at school will be isolated if possible and a parent contacted to collect them as soon as possible.

Parents should seek advice from their health care professional who can advise on the next steps. We appreciate you following these guidelines as it helps to keep our students, staff and wider community safe and well. School Holidays The school holidays start on Friday 26th June and the students will be dismissed at 2.30pm for A-K and 2.40 for L-Z. School starts back after the holidays on Monday 13th July. I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday and ask the students to be extra careful when riding their bikes, scooters and skateboards. Stay safe and well. Take care. Karen Luff Principal


Supervision in the School Grounds Teachers are on yard duty in the school grounds at the following times:

8.45 – 9.00am Before School 11.00-11.30am Morning Recess

1.45-2.30pm Lunchtime 3.30-3.45pm After School

2020 TERM DATES

Term 2: 14th April to 26th June Term 3: 13th July to 18th September Term 4: 5th October to 18th December

June 18th Madeline 01A Xhiana M3A 20th Alicia 01B Alicia 3/4B Lishai M3A 21st Isabell M2A Luka M3A 25th Nathan 01B Sebastian 2/3A Kylana 5/6B Jasper M3A 26th Haley 5/6A 28th Precious 2/3A Jake M23 29th Bentleigh M12 30th Orlia M3A

July 2nd Nathaniel 01B 5th Jacob 3/4B 6th Odin M3A 8th Taylor 5/6B 9th Wau 3/4B 12th Hosanna M23 15th Yoshi 3/4A

Coming Events

2020 School Hours

Classroom Session 9.00am -11.00am Morning Recess 11.00am-11.30am Classroom Session 11.30-1.30 Lunch Eating Time 1.30 - 1.45pm Lunch Play Time 1.45pm-2.30-pm Classroom Session2.30pm -3.30pm

SCHOOL COUNCILLORS

President: Rachael Franks Vice President: Simon Tiller Secretary: Lisa Agar Assistant Secretary: Claire Montgomery- Campbell Treasurer: Michael Wilkinson Assistant Treasurer: Carol Chainey Parents: Simon Tiller, Tania Richardson Claire Montgomery- Campbell, Kathy Frolley, Michael Wilkinson, Rebecca Gaiewski Executive Officer: Karen Luff DET Representatives: Danielle Goldsmith, Deirdre Finnegan, Carol Chainey, Sam Marston Community Members: Lisa Agar, Rachel Franks

August 7th Curriculum Day—Student Free September 7th-9th Grade 3/4 Camp Manyung 16th Chess Tournament October 26th—29th Life Education Van November 2nd Curriculum Day—Student Free

OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILD SAFETY

Karingal Primary School is committed to child safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children. We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures. We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously. Our school is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks. Our school has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers. Our school is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability. We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments. If you believe a child is at immediate risk or abuse phone 000.






WRITER OF THE WEEK

LEGO CITY BY MITCHELL 3/4B

Click! Went the last lego piece onto Mitch's giant lego city. Mitch sighed in relief, what an effort that was. Mitch was sitting in his room surrounded by his amazing lego creation, he hoped his lego city was as stable as a gum tree. Mitch hoped it would stay together forever, he was so proud of what he had built. BANG! CRASH! BANG! Mum and Mitch ran up the stairs to see his puppy acting like King Kong smashing all my buildings and towers. “How did she get in here?” he said. ”Bark,” went the puppy. I think I can get some help. Eventually, Mitch started building again. He got all of his friends to help him that also treasure Lego as much as he does. Lenny, Alex, Wau, Charlotte, James, Tyler, Jordan and Miller from Lego Masters were all bunched up with him trying to rebuild the big Lego city. Lenny said, “This is fun”.

“Thanks everyone for helping, I couldn't have done it without you” Mitch said. They all said, “You’re welcome”. “Sssssshhhhhhh!” Lenny yelled, “I need to concentrate”. Then click went the last lego piece again. They all shouted “Hooray”. It was a crazy day in Lego City.


The Montessori Classes have a new Instagram page!

Montessori_karingal_primary

Feel free to have a look and see some of

the things taking place.

Forms have been sent home to all prep families and are also available on the Website. CSEF application form must be completed and returned to school to be eligible for the Prep CSEF Uniform Package 2020. FORMS DUE BACK TO SCHOOL BY 19TH JUNE 2020.

SECONDHAND UNIFORM

Please contact the school to make an appointment if you wish to visit the

second hand uniform shop.

All items are now $5.00

RETURNING MEDICATION TO SCHOOL

If you collected your child’s medication at the end of Term 1, could you please contact the school office to make an appointment to return it if necessary.

Thank you.





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18th June, 2020 Issue 9, 2020 · 8.45 – 9.00am Before School 11.00-11.30am Morning Recess 1.45-2.30pm Lunchtime Alicia 3.30-3.45pm After School 2020 TERM DATES Term 2: 14th April