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DATES FOR THE CALENDAR
16 Dec Last day of Term for students
2021 29 Jan Students 1-6 return 3 Feb Kinder students Commence
29 Jan Best Start Interviews for Kinder 1 Feb Best Start Interviews
for Kinder 2 Feb Best Start Interviews for Kinder
UNIFORM SHOP HOLIDAY HOURS
14 Jan 10am-1pm 21 Jan 10am-1pm 28 Jan 10am-1pm
Enter via Uniform Shop gate (Hill St)
CANTEEN ROSTER
Week 10
14 Dec Racheal J 15 Dec Racheal J 16 Dec Racheal J
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE This will be our final newsletter for
2020!
We were able to hold the Year 6 Farewell dinner last Wednesday
night at the RSL. It was a lovely celebration for our Year 6
students. We also held the Year 6 Final Assembly on Friday
afternoon and our Captains presented the school with the Year 6
gift. The gift this year is seating for under our ‘Four Trees’
area. These seats are being designed and made by the Scone Men’s
Shed and should be completed and installed for the beginning of the
school year. Thank you, Year 6!
This week all students have been participating in the Circus
Challenge Rewards Day activities. This is a great celebration of
the wonderful behaviour our students have displayed throughout this
term. Thank you to Mrs Croucher for organising these
activities.
Finally, I would like to wish everyone a relaxing, healthy and
safe holiday. We look forward to seeing everyone back in the new
year. School will start back for students in Year 1-6 on Friday 29
January. Kindergarten will have their first day on Wednesday 3
February.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Deborah Fisher Principal
SCONE PUBLIC SCHOOL Success For All 82 – 98 Liverpool Street,
Scone NSW 2337 Phone: 6545 1049 Fax: 6545 3046 Email:
[email protected] Website:
www.scone-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Term 4 Week 10 Tuesday 15 December 2020
UNIFORM SHOP The Uniform Shop is operational. Orders can be
placed over the phone or emailed to the school office. The Uniform
Shop assistant will call you to arrange a collection time and
payment options. EFTPOS will be available or exact money can be
placed in an envelope. No change can be given.
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Term 4 Week 10 Tuesday 15 December 2020
YEAR SIX FINAL
ASSEMBLY FOR 2020
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K-2 Frolic and Special Guest
Visitor
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SHOWING GRATITUDE TO OUR NEIGHBOURS Our leaders went for a walk
around the block delivering Christmas gifts to all of our lovely
neighbours. We thanked them for returning balls that may have gone
over the fence and wished them a Merry Christmas. The gifts were
made by the SRC students and a wonderful way to show our
gratitude.
KINDERGARTEN BEST START INTERVIEWS 2021
An email has been distributed to parents of Kindergarten
students enrolling at Scone Public School in 2021. Please book an
interview online for your child’s Best Start Interview. Parents
will need to book an interview using the same ‘school interviews’
program used for transition bookings using the codes provided.
UNIFORM SHOP SCHOOL HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS
The uniform shop will be open during January for your uniform
requirements. Opening hours will be 10.00am -1.00pm on Thursday 14
January, 21 January and 28 January 2021. Please enter via the
Uniform Shop gate on Hill St.
CHAPEL ARRANGEMENTS
At Scone Public School we offer combined Religious Education. We
call it ‘Chapel’ and it is held for 30 minutes on a Wednesday
afternoon.
Our local Chapel/SRE coordinator is Kerry Cooke and the
Authorising Priest is Jesse Baker (Anglican Church).
Permission forms have been signed to acknowledge your child’s
attendance or non-attendance at Chapel. These arrangements will
remain in effect for the remainder of their schooling at Scone
Public School unless we are advised otherwise.
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COVID RESTRICTIONS FOR 2021 There are currently draft guidelines
for the start of 2021. Department of Health are waiting to see what
happens over the Christmas period before making any changes to the
guidelines for schools. To start the 2021 year, we will:
• Allow P&C meetings, on the school site after school hours
for no more than 30 adults. • Ask that no parents come on site
unless they have made arrangements through the office. • Canteen
helpers, Uniform shop and Reading Helpers are allowed with
restrictions. • Pick up times will be 3.15pm for all students, with
parents observing social distancing outside the school
gate. • School Bubblers will be operational but students are
encouraged to bring their own drink bottles, if
possible. • Our SRC ‘Chapel’ program will continue in 2021, with
restrictions. • NDIS providers will be allowed on site to work with
students (not in the classroom) as per the current
arrangements. • Whole of school assemblies can recommence from
12 November. Where possible, students should remain
within their relevant cohort to limit the mixing of students
between cohort groups. Parents and carers are not permitted to
attend school assemblies.
• Note that all adults visiting a school must comply with the
department’s COVID-safe requirements including personal hygiene,
infection control and physical distancing guidelines. All visitors
must sign the external visitors form each time they visit the
school regardless of the frequency and duration of the visit.
NDIS EXTERNAL PROVIDERS The final day for NDIS External
therapists to attend Scone Public School for 2020 will be Wednesday
16 December 2020.
Therapist Procedures and Guidelines 2021
To allow students and staff to settle into the new school year,
therapy for 2021 will not commence until the beginning of WEEK 4,
Monday 15 February 2021.
The process for requesting therapy delivery at school is as
follows:
1. The family must submit in writing to the Principal a request
for NDIS Service Provision to be conducted during school hours.
Parents are asked to meet with the school to discuss their request.
This request will be through the Request for NDIS Service Provision
form. (Appendix 6).
2. This form is then processed during Learning Support Team
meetings which are conducted on a Monday. 3. A letter will then be
forwarded to the family with recommendations which will outline
days and times
available and they will inform the therapists of availability.
4. Therapists will be required to contact the school office by
email at [email protected] and
provide relevant details (name, email address, contact number
and student they will be working with). That will enable the
classroom teacher to contact you and confirm appointments.
5. New therapists that have not visited Scone Public School
during 2020 will be required to complete an Appendix 11 and supply
our school with the necessary 100 points of I.D. which include a
birth certificate/ marriage certificate or passport, drivers
licence and their Working with Children clearance (letter with
number and expiry date).
6. When current therapists’ WWCC expires, documentation relating
to the new number will need to be submitted. A new Appendix 11 will
need to be completed at this time.
7. An induction will also be required before being able to work
with students. An appointment must be made with the school office
for this induction.
8. Therapists will be required to give a copy of their 2021
Child Protection Awareness Certificate.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the
school.
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Term 4 Week 10 Tuesday 15 December 2020
2020 Library Report
Best Borrowing Class
3O 2408
2W 1113
2S 1003
2P 863
3M 804
KL 671
Class with Books Returned
2W 1W 3M 6DR
Best Borrowing Teacher
Mrs White 267
Mrs Williams 258
Mr Pulik 203
Mrs Shoesmith 191
Ms Thomas 187
Best Borrowers
Matika 3O 197
Charlie 3O 163
Abbey 3O 154
Rhylee Jane 3O 148
Isabella 3O 135
14,615 Books
6824 Authors
Stage 1 Most Popular Books
Junior Fiction Fiction Non Fiction
5 Minute Magical Stories Bluey: Bob Bibly The Day the Crayons
Came Home Arnie the Doughnut Bluey: Fruit Bat
Hotdog! The Copycat Kid Fetch 22 The Beautiful Haircut The
Perfect Present
Minecraft Guide to PVP Minigames Horse Dictionary: An A-Z of
Horses Minecraft Guide to Creative Minecraft Guide to Enchantments
and potions Roblox annual 2019
Early Stage 1 Most Popular Books
Junior Fiction Non Fiction
• Thelma the Unicorn • Hulk: An Origin Story • Captain America
Joins the Avengers: An Origin story • Coral Sea Dreaming: The
Picture Book • Hairy Maclary from Donaldson Dairy
• Australia’s most dangerous sharks and their relatives. • How
dinosaurs really work! • Tough Trucks • Aladdin • Leaf Litter:
exploring the mysteries of a hidden world
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Stage 2 Most Popular Books Junior Fiction Fiction Non
Fiction
• Grug • Grug meets Snoot • Little Miss Chatterbox • Little Miss
Princess • Little Miss Tiny
• Hotdog! • Mega Weird! • The 78 Story Treehouse • Claudia and
Mean Janine • Kristy’s Great Idea
• Knock, Knock Jokes • School Yard Jokes • Once upon a Slime •
Jokes and Riddles • 100 Most disgusting things on the
Planet
Stage 3 Most Popular Books junior fiction fiction
non-fiction
• Mr Bull in a China Shop • Ten little Princesses • Little Miss
Princess • Bluey: Bob Bilby • Fairy and the Catwalk Catastrophe
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days • Fetch 22 • Wrecking Ball •
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick
Rules
• Guinness World Records 2019 • Roblox Annual 2019 • Sleeping
Beauty • Disasters • Mega Builder Roblox: A Complete Guide
Favourite Authors
Anh Do / Dan McGuiness
Andy Griffiths / Terry Denton
Jeff Kinney
Dav Pilkey
Raina Telgemeirer/ Ann Martin
Sally Rippin
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Term 4 Week 10 Tuesday 15 December 2020 COMMUNITY NEWS
Children need to hear to learn. Parents have the opportunity to
check their children’s hearing over the summer break so they are
ready to learn and play in 2021. To support home testing Sound
Scouts have created an easy to follow guide via the following
link:
https://bit.ly/free-hearing-test-guide
The Guide will equip parents with the information parents need
to test at home during the holidays.
The Guide includes information on why hearing tests are
important and takes parent through the simple steps on using the
Sound Scouts app.
https://bit.ly/free-hearing-test-guide
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