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Newsletter Mayfield West Demonstration School

Gregson Avenue, Mayfield NSW 2304

P 4968 1539 F 4960 2367 E [email protected]

Week 3 Term 1 Date: Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Welcome Back Hello 2021! A very warm welcome to all parents and carers, students and staff as we start the new school

year. Despite the rainy weather recently, the school year started very smoothly. We trust our students

and families had a relaxing and safe holiday. This year we welcome 42 new Kindergarten students and

a number of new families who have enrolled in our school. Kindy have had a fabulous start to school and

demonstrate great confidence and engagement in their learning. We love seeing their excited happy

smiles.

We would like to introduce Mrs Foley who has commenced with us this year as a new Assistant Principal.

Mrs Foley is an experienced school leader and former Instructional Leader. She is really enjoying her

class and is excitedly meeting as many people as she can. Mrs Pont and Mrs Wilson have returned from

maternity leave and are very excited to be back.

We would also like to acknowledge the contribution Miss King, Miss Turner and Mrs Bear have made to

our school. They were employed as a team at a nearby school and we are hearing very positive reports

about their fabulous teaching and relationships with students as they settle in.

Reminders for Parents and Students Whilst we are officially in Week 3, Kindergarten have only been at school for 4 days and Year 1-6 for 7

days. It has been a very busy start to the year.

School supervision commences at 8.30 am. Students are not to be on school grounds prior to this time

unless they are registered with OOSH services. OOSH operating hours are from 6am to 8.30am and

3.00pm to 6.00pm Monday to Friday. Please call 0457 840 313 if you have any queries.

Official hours of attendance at school are from 9:00am to 3:00pm. We often recommend to parents to

aim for 8:55am at the latest to ensure that children have time to come in, see friends and settle prior to

bell time. Students are to be dropped off at the front gates. If you have been called to the school to collect

children or for a meeting please ensure you register by scanning the COVID QR Code on the main entry

prior to entering the school.

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With Kindergarten settled they are now joining the K-2 COVID collection time of 2:50pm. Kindergarten

will be collected from the small gate outside the Stage 1 building and Year 1/2 from the main gate. Years

3-6 including 2/3G are collected from the Primary gate at 3:00pm.

Where possible please book appointments and sporting engagements outside of school hours that also

allows travel time.

All School staff are off duty from 3.15pm. Sometimes teachers volunteer their time to remain at school

for meetings, organising or planning lessons. If you have any urgent matters that need to be attended

to, please phone the school on 4968 1539 where our lovely administration staff will be able to assist.

Seesaw messages are not always able to be checked by teachers during the school day. At times

teachers are forced to take leave for life events, personal health or the health of their children. Under

these circumstances staff will not be checking Seesaw. We ask that important information is emailed to

the school [email protected] and not sent via Seesaw so that administration staff are

able to pass on messages to the appropriate person.

Please ensure all contact numbers are up to date. In the event that a parent is very late to pick up their

child and we are unable to contact them we are placed in the position where we need to make contact

with NSW Police and Department of Communities and Justice to hand over duty of care. This can be

very distressing to all parties involved.

School Administration Team COVID has certainly reduced face to face contact in the school and we thought we would take this

opportunity to remind the community of our wonderful staff in Administration. Mrs Freeland is our School

Administration Manager on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Mrs Cooksley fulfils these duties on Tuesday

and Wednesday and works as a School Administrative Officer through the week. We also have Mrs

Urquhart and Mrs Johnstone who work part time in the office, preschool and library as School

Administration Officers.

Our team are often the main contacts for students and families in the school, collecting notes, registering

attendance and seeing to students’ health needs. We look forward to when restrictions are lifted and we

can welcome parents and the community back.







Class structures The executive and classroom teachers have worked together to place your child into a class for 2021.

This process takes countless hours and each student was considered for class placement in regards to

their work habits, educational needs, peers and positive friendship groups. At Mayfield West

Demonstration School, we have talented and committed teachers who are supporting each student to

Learn for Life.

Some parents may have noticed that we have straight Kindy, Year 1 and Year 2 classes. This structure

was adopted out of necessity this year due to class size restrictions and numbers. Most of our classes

are extremely full with a number of primary classes with 30 students.

There have been some movements of staff through the school which we see every year. Teachers will

often move across stages and teach throughout the school. These changes occur for a teacher’s

professional development, and renewal and sharing of expertise. It will be increasingly rare in schools

for any teacher to be the Kindergarten teacher and for them to fulfil that assignment for 10 years.

Preschool Wattle and Banksia classes – Mr Creasey

Early Stage 1 KA – Miss Asquith KS – Miss Scarcella

Stage 1 1F – Mrs Foley 1P – Mrs Pont

2F – Mrs Chisholm-Ray 2T – Miss Thomas

Stage 2 2/3G Mrs Gray

3/4P – Miss Peake 3/4S – Miss Sampson 3/4W – Mrs Wilson

Stage 3 5/6RP – Mrs Roberts-Prisk 5/6C – Mrs Connolly 5/6D – Mrs Dabboussy

Mrs Troup is our Librarian

Ms Riley teaches relief from face to face






2021 Executive Team Internally executive team members fulfil a role in leading areas of our school. Parents may speak to their

child’s teacher or any member of the executive in relation to matters across the school as we all work

closely together to support staff, students and families within our community.

Principal – Matt Bradley

School Administrative Manager – Mrs Freeland

P-2 Assistant Principal – Mrs Foley

3-6 Assistant Principal – Mrs Roberts-Prisk

Assistant Principal Wellbeing and University Liaison – Mr Dean Morrison

Assistant Principal Excellence and Accountability – Mrs Flossy Chisholm-Ray

Learning and Wellbeing Support We use targeted funding in our school and grants to provide additional access to support the learning

and wellbeing of our students. Whilst all of our staff have the knowledge and experience to work with

students with a variety of needs, we often identify students who would benefit from additional help. This

is a limited resource with a high demand that is prioritised by the Learning and Support Team.

Our support staff are:

Mr Morrison – Assistant Principal

Mrs Reynolds – Learning and Support Teacher

Mrs Munro – Learning and Support Teacher

Mrs Thornton – COVID Tutoring Support

Tim – School Chaplain

Ms Hinchey – School Counsellor

Mr Rolston is working on a project basis for the first 8 weeks before he takes over from Mrs Munro when

she will leave for maternity leave.






Preschool Vacancies 2021 We have a number of vacancies in our Preschool Blue Group. The days of attendance are Thursday,

Friday and every second Wednesday. If you have a child that turns 4 prior to 31st of July and is planning

on going to Kindergarten in 2022, call the school on 4968 1539 or head on over to the school website to

download an enrolment form and information pack.

Years 3-6 Swimming Carnival 2021 Our annual school Swimming Carnival for all students in Year 3 – 6 will be held, Monday 15th February

2021, at Beresfield Swimming Centre. The bus will depart the school at 9.10 am and

return at approximately 2.45 pm.

Students are reminded to bring swimmers, hat, sunscreen, rash shirt, lunch, recess,

healthy snacks and a water bottle. Students are encouraged to wear their swimmers

under their uniforms to avoid using the change rooms. There will be canteen facilities

available.

Students will undergo a swimming assessment at the beginning of the day and will be

allocated a wrist band to indicate swimming ability to supervising staff. All supervising

staff have current CPR and Emergency Care Training. A lifeguard will also be on duty throughout the

day.

Please note: Due to COVID Safe Health Advices spectators and the general public will not be able to

attend the pool for the duration of this event.

If your child has not returned permission note, please do so as soon as possible.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be a separate note sent home with students today for alternate arrangements

in the event of storms.

Building Works You may have have noticed that there is still a number of building works happening around the school.

Stage 3 is undergoing major seismic works and our OOSH facilities are receiving a major facelift. These

works scheduled be finished soon and we can’t wait.


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Library News Welcome back for 2021 I’m sure 2021 will be another busy year for MWDS Library.

Borrowing started this week for all students and we encourage the use of a

library bag.

The library is open to students 3-6 Monday and Tuesday, and students K-2

Wednesday and Thursday during second half lunch for reading, craft,

drawing and games.

Happy Reading

Louise Troup

Teacher Librarian

Scholastic Book Club Students will shortly receive the first Scholastic Book Club order form for this year. This is a convenient

way to order some great books while helping the school - every order earns 20% back in rewards to the

school library. There are two Book Club orders each term and all ordering and payments are now

completed by parents and caregivers online. The school is unable to accept any cash or cheques for

Book Club. Please see the brochure for details or ask the office if you have questions. The first order will

be due by Monday, 15th February.

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P & C News Canteen and Uniform Online Ordering System Both the Canteen and Uniform Shop are now online via QKR! Information included below shows how

to download and use the app. Cash payments are still accepted.

Canteen News Canteen is open for lunch orders Wednesday, Thursday and Friday every week. Cash orders are to be

placed in classroom lunch baskets.

Uniform Shop Our Uniform Shop will be moving back to the school site in the very near future. In the meantime,

orders can be placed via the QKR! app, email ([email protected]), text (0432 350 805) or by

messaging the P&C Facebook page. Both the order form and an approximate size guide are available

to view on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Mayfield-West-Demonstration-School-PC-

407244706665464/. Orders will be packed and delivered to students at school on Wednesdays.

Our Preloved Uniform Shop also has a dedicated Facebook group. Please follow the link to see what

we have available. https://www.facebook.com/groups/679163949381280

P&C Meeting Our first P&C meeting of the year will be a face-to-face meeting held at 6pm on Wednesday 17th

February 2021. New members are welcome. Please send RSVPs to [email protected] no later

than 6pm Monday 15th if you wish to attend so we can ensure this is a COVID-19 Safe event.


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