NURIOOTPA PRIMARY SCHOOL Newsletter
RESPECT | RESPONSIBILITY | ACHIEVEMENT | PERSISTENCE
Principal: Jill Hess | Deputy Principal: Anne Thomas 26th March 2020
FROM THE PRINCIPAL Our Purpose We key into excellence by WELCOME TO WEEK 9 developing engaged independent lifelong What interesting times we are living in. It is learners who demonstrate respect and responsibility Important that we listen to the experts and within our school and wider follow their instructions. When discussing COVID community. -19, be honest with your children but not alarmist. Children need to know the facts and not blindly believe some of the DIARY DATES social media comments. Following simple procedures, we should be relatively safe. Such a challenging time for parents deciding on what is best for their children. APRIL
NEW PROCEDURES MONDAY 6th PUPIL FREE DAY We are still operating with full staffing and taking all precautions to protect all members of our school community. TUESDAY 7th The school remains open and we are here working hard. Some PUPIL FREE DAY parents have chosen to keep their children home in isolation. WEDNESDAY 8th For those families we have year level/class learning packs in PUPIL FREE DAY the Front Office for parents to take home and use to work THURSDAY 9th with their children. PUPIL FREE DAY
For the students attending school we have implemented the Last Day of Term following procedures:- FRIDAY 10th
Physical distancing students as best we can in classrooms Good Friday Students reminded to wash their hands with soap often during the day
Separate lunch and recess breaks for R-3/4’s and 4/5’s – 7 (if student numbers drop even further, we will resume R -7 break times)
Students who are on school grounds before Before 8.30am students need to wait under the 8.30am and after 3.30pm are not supervised and shelter near the staffroom and after 3.30pm they the school is not able to take responsibility for are asked to come to the office so we can con- them. tact families.
15 Buna Tce P: 8562 1040 Nuriootpa SA 5355 F: 8562 1958 E: [email protected] W: www.nurips.sa.edu.au FROM THE PRINCIPAL CON’T
Breakfast Club and toast have finished
Soap is in all classrooms, which have a sink, as for the one class which does not have a sink, hand sanitizer is in place.
We are monitoring that there is soap in all toilets
The Colour Run, assemblies and the Open Morning have all been postponed st Pupil Free Day on May 1 - postponed
Express O Coffee Club meetings are on hold for the time being.
Limiting the number of parents who enter classrooms Additional 6 hours of cleaning per day, paid for by our department, to wipe down all hard surfaces in the school including tables and chairs each night, plus an additional toilet and sink clean during the day. Our department is certainly working very hard to protect children and staff members, so glad I work for the Department for Education. I believe we have everything in place that can be at this time and we are following all recommendations made by our department. Students attending are happy and relaxed and with your on-going support, I am sure this will continue.
LEARNING RESOURCES If you would like further resources to support your child while he/she is in isolation, please click on the following link Our Learning SA . This is a resource established by our department to support student learning both at school and home. Depending on future decisions about schools being open, we may need to develop a range of other protocols to support students and their learning. We will keep you informed about this.
FROMFROM THE THEPRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL CON’T
CANTEEN Unfortunately, our Canteen will stop operating today. With the number of absences this week, there have not been enough orders to make the canteen viable. Although the Canteen is a non-profit organization, it does need to take enough orders to pay the employees. The other issue is we do not want student lining up for food and being in close proximity to each other. The Canteen is managed by the Governing council and the Governing Council Chairperson – Stephen Garrett, is supportive of this measure.
YARD BEHAVIOUR SURVEY In weeks 7/8 we conducted a yard behaviour survey. No student reported ANY CASES OF BULLYING during any break times over that time. Some children did not enjoy either a recess or lunch because they fell and hurt themselves; could not find a friend or were bored. The issues raised provided us with both class and whole school direction so we can address the issues raised through social skills programmes and new lunchtime activities next term.
Blair Reinders Cadence Laney Ava Cobain x2
Esther Guy Lilly Corbally Oscar Ivanov
Isabella Jabarin Tilly Block Zac Butler
Jayden Calley Jyzahleah Kirchner
BUS NEWS
Please Note: The Bus notification from Nuriootpa High regarding buses for May 1st and end of term early dismissal
FINANCE NEWS
2020 MATERIAL AND SERVICES CHARGES Material and Services Charges are now Due. Thank you to those who have made payments already or contacted the Finance Office to make alternative arrangements. If you haven’t, be- low are the payment options available:
Cash or EFTPOS (in person)
EFT—Internet Banking - BSB: 105 055 ACCOUNT: 2317 40640
Payment by instalments—Formal agreements can be made and must be signed with Fi- nance Officer SCHOOL CARD SCHEME: Eligibility for School Card assistance is dependent upon the combined family gross income for 2018-2019 financial year. Further information regarding income limits, eligibility and forms for 2020 School Card are available from the website: www.sa.gov.au/education/schoolcard or by contacting them on 1800 672 758
STUDENT CORNER
In Week 3 we had a visit from Olympian Rachel Sporn. She talked to us about never giving up and having a positive mind set. When she was younger in her childhood she talked to us about her inspiration to go to the Olympics. She said when she was younger she was watching the Olympics on tv one day and she saw this female runner and that was what inspired her. Then she talked to us about her basketball career. She stated that she played in the WNBL for Adelaide Lightening when she first started playing basket- ball. Then she progressed playing basketball for an Olympian team called The Opals. Then she went on to telling us that she met Guy Sebastian and she showed us a photo of her and Guy.
Overall it was a very great experience for all of us. I personally enjoyed her visit because I play basketball and she is a sports person I aspire to be. I also enjoyed it because she gave us some tips for achieving your goals, one of the tips she told us was always have a positive and growth mindset and never give up if you don’t succeed try, try, try and failure is key to success. She also got to have the torch that they light at the start of the Olympics.
By Tamika Tajnikar Page 4 CANTEEN NEWS
BREAKFAST CLUB Monday ONLY 8.30am to 8.45am Students are welcome to sit down for breakfast in the Community Build- ing. We will have a range of breakfast options available for students to enjoy. TOAST TUESDAY Tuesdays 8.30am to 8.45am Toast available from the Community Building window ANY donations or volunteers for these breakfasts are Welcomed & Appreciated
CANTEEN OPENING TIMES UNIFORM SHOP OPENING TIMES
Wednesday to Friday Wednesday to Friday Open for recess purchases 8.45AM TO 9.15AM Lunch Orders can be placed online via the QKr Uniform Orders can be placed online app BEFORE 8.45am via the QKr app Or by cash via the classroom box
BOSCH
For before & after school care: Please contact Happy Haven directly for bookings Website: www.happyhaven.com.au/nuriootpa-home Phone: 8155 5464 Email: [email protected] Page 5 WELL BEING CORNER
Page 6 WELL BEING CORNER
Friday 20th March, 2020 was National Bully. No Way! Day. Our school focussed on Bystander action and classes all participated in lessons based around this.
At the end of the day, our school came together to spell out the words “No Way!”.
Thanks to Darren Chap- man for donating his time with his drone to take some photos.
STUDENT EXECUTIVE GROUP
MEMBERS: B: Zoe Edwards, Zahlia Brand, Max Hocking, Jaimee Hudson, Mia Jasper, Luke Johns, Mitchell Sunman, Hannah Silvy M2: Scarlett Hall, Crystal Rose Schindler, Eve Little, Shelley-Anne Tonkin, Lilly Holmes, Maycen Zerna, Jemma Chapman, Elliot Jasper, Luke Wood, Scarlett Bates, Sid Block M1: Eliza Brand, Bella Pudney, Ben Quodling, Eamon Wilksch F: Sophie Powell, Asia Hunter, Olivia Greenland, Lily Judd
Page 7 CHOIR CAPTAINS
Latisha Wilton (Proxy) Zahlia Brand (Proxy) Tamika Tajnikar (Captain)
HOUSE CAPTAINS
Bradman House: Goolagong House:
Daniel Clayton (VC), Scarlett Bates (C), Kynan Wilksch (C), Amelia Jorja Yorath (VC), Pacific Hunter (C), Liam Readle (VC), Jade Poland (C) Silvy (VC)
Whitten House: Fraser House:
Kaleb White (VC), Jaimee Hudson (VC), Ava Cabot (C), Liam Kurtz Briana Radford (VC), Lexie Pudney (C), Kai Rohrlach (C), Brandan (C) Nash (VC) Page 8 GERMAN NEWS
German Apps and Websites students will find useful when working at home Apps:
Learnbots LinguPinguin German States (more suited to older students) Duolingo Lernkarten German Trip Trulingo – German German 1 Fun German Buchstabierspiel German Cards
There are lots of suitable German apps on both the Apple Store and Google Play, many are free
A great website that we use at school is https://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/german/german.htm
There are lots of great German songs, rhymes and videos suitable for children to watch on You Tube – Bingo – the dog song Old Macdonald had a farm in German Counting Alphabet Schnappi the crocodile Days of the week Months Etc.
Enjoy exploring the language of German online
Page 9 COMMUNITY NOTICES
Page 10 COMMUNITY NOTICES
Page 11 CALENDAR
Term 1 2020
Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9 23/3 24/3 25/3 26/3 27/3
10 30/3 31/3 1/4 2/4 3/4
11 6/4 7/4 8/4 9/4 10/4 PUPIL FREE PUPIL FREE PUPIL FREE PUPIL FREE PUBLIC HOLIDAY DAY DAY DAY DAY GOOD FIDAY LAST DAY OF TERM
Wishing all our families, A Safe & Happy Holiday
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