Reports School have flexibility in

reporting to parents this semester due

to Covid-19. Following the NSW

Department of Education guidelines,

your child’s Semester 1 report will

report on key skills in English and

Mathematics. Students will not be given

A-E gradings. Teachers are currently

assessing learning for every student on

essential skills in literacy and numeracy

and determining next steps in learning.

Reports will be distributed the first

week of Term 3 and parent teacher

interviews will follow early in the term.

Term 2 Fri 03/7 Last day Term 2

Term

Tues 21/7

3 First day Term 3

Fri 25/9 Last day Term 3

Term Mon 12/10

4 First day Term 4

Wed 16/12 Last day Term 4

For your calendar

Thank you to all our families for your continued support with the

staggered arrival and dismissal times. Please continue to work with us

as our processes have been very successful and ensure continued

safety for our whole school community. Some positive observations we

have seen are that many of our younger students have developed

more independence in taking themselves to the playground and

straight to their classrooms and our older students have assumed the

responsibility for their younger siblings and demonstrated leadership in

so many ways. The students and staff have really enjoyed being back

at school full time and we are hoping we receive updated advice from

the Department that allows us to return to our more regular

procedures.

Teacher communication with parents Our teachers are busy

teaching and assessing their students. As you have learnt, this is a

full-time task, leaving little time for other things. Our teachers get 2

hours per week free from face to face teaching for lesson preparation

and responding to parent questions. Unlike the remote learning

platforms during COVID-19, our teachers are unable to respond to

your questions as quickly as they were previously. We seek your

understanding and patience. Our teachers will respond to your

questions within 48 hours.

Supporting our Students Our teachers have been supporting all

students to re-learn our school expectations. They have been

conducting playground tours reminding children of where and how to

play safely and cooperatively, how to wear their school uniform with

pride and the importance of relationships. Teachers have prioritised

wellbeing lessons on gratitude and optimistic thinking. As children

begin to resettle into school, our teachers are also looking for evidence

of learning. We have employed additional casuals to release teachers

from face to face teaching (in addition to their preparation time) to

interview each student to gather current data about reading,

comprehension, writing and number. We realise that for some students

the absence from school may have had an impact on learning and it is

our priority to ensure that any gaps are identified and learning is

catered for.

Our home learning survey has been a great help with this! The information has been distributed to the Learning Support Team and class teachers, so we can use the data to support our students. A huge thank you to all the parents who took the time to fill out the survey.

From the Principal

Tracy Gray

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Kindergarten

2021

The Kindergarten Echidnas have been learning how healthy food choices can promote well-being. We loved getting

creative with our impressive artworks!

We examined the artworks of Sally Morgan and read all about her journey to becoming one of Australia’s most

popular Aboriginal artists. We were inspired to do our own artwork that incorporates elements of Morgan’s

work and explored the theme of this year’s Reconciliation Week, ‘We Are All in This Together’.

The Rosellas have been practicing their dramatic flair with their Readers Theatre production.