Muswellbrook Public School What’s On – Term 2 – Week 8

Humanity and Excellence

Roger Street, Muswellbrook NSW 2333

Telephone: (02)6543 2500 Fax: (02) 6543 3378

Email: muswellbro-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to Week 8! This week brings some more small advances in returning school operations toward ‘normal’. Our Occupational Therapy program has resumed, with Speech Therapy hopefully back on board next week. Students have been excited to hear that school assemblies will resume this week, albeit in a modified, shortened format. Although families and visitors are still unable to attend, these assemblies will provide the opportunity to recognise and celebrate student achievement through our usual merit system. Keep a look out for plenty of white awards heading home in the near future! We’ll be sure to share plenty of photos with families of these proceedings. Many thanks to those who have already completed the MPS parent and carer survey. We would love feedback from all families. This information will be so helpful to understand how best we can continue to communicate and work in partnership to support all students’ learning and wellbeing. The survey can be found here: https://forms.gle/M9sWwx86od5A5EGL7 Thanks also to families who have returned their ‘student report’ evaluations for the Learning From Home period. These can be completed by parents or carers with input from children as well, if you’d like. Teachers are currently writing their own comments for the Semester 1 student reports. On a final note, please be advised that the Student Representative Council will be holding a Beanie Day fundraiser this Friday for The Mark Hughes Foundation, which supports research in to brain cancer treatments and cure. Please see the attached flyer for more information about how to support this worthy cause. Stay well, take care and have a great week! Kind regards, Fiona Lewis Relieving Principal

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Happening this week!

Modified Assemblies We are excited to announce that modified Assemblies will take place this week!

As you are aware, Student Achievements are very important to us. Given this,

starting Wednesday, we will conduct small assemblies to hand out awards.

We have a large number of white awards to hand out! Not all students will receive their awards this week, but we will endeavour to work through the pile.

If you child has 10 blue cards at home, or 10 white awards, please bring them in!

Please note that Parents and Carers are not permitted to attend at this stage.

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Important Information Student Feedback

I am delighted that this term, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices. At Muswellbrook Public School, only students in Years 4, 5 and 6 will do this student survey.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. More than 6,300 schools in Australia and around the world have used Tell Them From Me to survey 5.4 million students. Capturing the voices of our students will help improve how we do things at our school.

I want to assure you that the survey is confidential. The survey is conducted online and will typically take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school hours between 15 June and 3 July. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.

A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey is being sent home with students. If you do not want your child or children to participate, please return the form to school by 15 June. Copies of the form and FAQs are available from: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.

Enrolments Muswellbrook Public School is now taking enrolments for 2021 Kindergarten.

Children turning 5 on or before 31st July 2021 are eligible to enrol.

Please contact the school office on 6543 2500 to register your child/children’s name and to pick up an enrolment pack.

Call in and pick up an enrolment pack!

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Important Information regarding External Visitors to Muswellbrook Public School

Please note all visitors will be asked to adhere to the following

guidelines.

External Visitors to School Site form

For visitors providing a service to the school during school hours Before external visitors are allowed on a school site to perform a service to the school, they must provide a signed copy of this form to the school principal. This form acts as evidence that the visitor is aware of, and will abide by their obligations to comply with the health advice of the day, including hygiene and distancing requirements. The visitor must provide personal contact information to the school to be used in an emergency or when performing contact tracing if required. •Stay at home when unwell. Do not attend the school site if you are unwell. •Practise good hygiene when on the school site. •Wash your hands regularly and thoroughly.Wash your hands or use hand sanitiser on arrival to the school and between providing support to students. Implement hand hygiene practices at regular intervals throughout your visit to the school. •Maintain respiratory hygiene.Cover your cough or sneeze through coughing or sneezing into your elbow or tissue, and then disposing of tissues immediately. Always wash your hands after you have coughed, sneezed or blown your nose. •Avoid shaking hands. Adopt non-contact greetings. •Maintain physical distance.Maintain physical distance from other people while on the school site. In particular, maintain a physical distance from adults at the school and limit physical contact with students. •Implement cleaning protocol for shared items. (where relevant)Any tools or equipment that will be used by staff or students must be cleaned before use. Equipment that will be shared between groups of students should be cleaned between each use. Equipment that cannot be cleaned should not be shared and must be disposed of between each use. Equipment that is exposed to any bodily fluids must not be shared and must be cleaned and disinfected between each use. •Use personal protective equipment (PPE) (where relevant)If there is a risk of exposure to bodily fluids, suitable PPE must be worn while conducting the activity or task. •Keep our school environment clean (where relevant)Schools maintain a clean working and learning environment. Working and learning spaces should be left clean and tidy. Any high touch surfaces or work spaces areas should be wiped down following use with a suitable cleaning product. Acknowledgement from visitors on health and hygiene measures at our school: I am well and have no signs or symptoms of flu like illness. I have provided my personal contact information to the school so I can be contacted where appropriate. I have reviewed the most recent AHPPC Guidelines and NSW Health advice on COVID-19 and can confirm that I can comply with the requirements outlined - https://www.health.gov.au I have reviewed the current NSW Public Health Orders and I understand the current requirements and directions in place for hygiene and physical distancing. I confirm I have reviewed the safety and hygiene measures in place at the school and I agree to follow and implement these requirements. I confirm I have received/read a copy of the Muswellbrook Public School WHS induction brochure. All visitors will be asked to provide personal details for record of their visit. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the office on 6543 2500.

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Clothes from Sick Bay!

If your child has borrowed an item of clothing from sick bay, please ensure it is returned to school washed.

We rely on these spare clothes to assist children who have had an accident or those who

have fallen over and ripped holes in their clothes.

We would also like to encourage those students who get warm during the day to pack

shorts in their bag rather than borrowing them from sick bay.

We appreciate your co-operation on this matter!

Canteen News!

A friendly reminder to ensure that all enviro lunch bags have been cleaned prior to reordering, as we have had a lot with rubbish and left overs in them.

All orders must be handed in during morning play (8:45-9:15am). We ask that you please print your child’s name, class and their order clearly on the bag.

Please note at this stage we are not permitted to have volunteers in the canteen.

The temporary menu is included for your convenience.

Tarn and Les

Flying above the clouds!

Please be reminded that all raffle tickets whether sold or unsold are due back on Friday

3rd July 2020.

The lucky winner will be drawn on Monday 20th July 2020 (please note this will be a Pupil Free Day). Roger may even make a special appearance for the draw!

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Musica Viva Concert

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Assembly Awards Term 1 2 3 4

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Class Name Activity

KM Laci S For her care and enthusiasm while creating her own home reader. Laci coloured beautiful illustrations and showed off her personal best reading.

KT Lizaiha D For her fabulous handwriting this week.

KS Luke R For his brilliant independent writing about honey ants.

1/2W Rylan F For a wonderful Big Write about his forest adventure.

1F Emrik H For his efforts and perseverance during imaginative writing.

1M Heath W For his fantastic effort and great narrative writing about ducks in space.

1WT Harper R For her excellent work in Maths.

2H Brye H For his outstanding knowledge of music and excellent participation during Musica Viva.

2J Liam H For his fantastic effort in Maths making equal group

3M McKenzie M For her diligence and attitude to learning. McKenzie is setting a wonderful example for others.

3S Storm A For her effort in writing. Storm mapped out, drew, signed and wrote a great imaginative story!

3/4P Hannah J For her amazing self portrait.

4C Bette L For her great sentences during our review verbs lesson.

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4D Riley H For his outstanding focus and hard work during literacy.

5/6A Chad D For his excellent work with fractions.

5/6B Matilda M For her great focus during her big write.

5/6H Woody S For his great participation in Grammar activities (personification) and working hard to get it done correctly on paper. So proud of you Woody!

5/6K Melody G For her excellent effort in Mathematics, working hard with fractions, decimals and percentages.

5/6S Joseph V For demonstrating excellence and dedication in all areas.

5/6W Samantha P

Will E

For her excellent home reading in MacqLit. For his wonderfully structured persuasive texts on ‘We should not have homework’ and ‘Gaming is not a waste of time’.

K/6B Sherjay G For achieving 100% in his spelling words review.

Reminder: DON’T FORGET TO HAND IN YOUR

PIE DRIVE ORDERS!

A fabulous opportunity presents itself for families to order delicious Thompson Pies! Order forms have been sent home. If you didn’t receive one and would like to order please let us know.

A percentage of all orders will be donated back to the school.

Order forms and money are due back on Tuesday 23rd June 2020. Orders will be delivered on Wednesday

1st July 2020. (Times and location for collection to be advised)

One more week to get those orders in!