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Bardwell Park Infants School t: 9567 8754 4 Crewe Lane, Bardwell Park, 2207 f: 9567 2952 e: bardwelpki-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au w: https://bardwelpki-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

N E W S L E T T E R

Week 9 Term 2 22 June 2020

Sports uniform – Tuesdays and Fridays

Library bags and books – Fridays

School Day: 9.15am – 3.15pm

Lunch: 11.15-12.15pm Recess: 1.40-2.00pm

Term 2 Week 9 (this week)

Tapalinga Aboriginal Performer:

today Monday 22 June

Term 2 Week 10 (last week of term)

Last day of term 2: Friday 3 July

Reports go home: Friday 3 July

School holidays

Saturday 4 July – Monday 20 July

inclusive

Happy Holidays

Students return: Tuesday 21 July

Dear Parents and or Caregivers, Congratulations to the following students who received Merit Awards in Assembly last week:

KG Sylvie, Bowen, Gabriella

1/2 Amir, Ruby, Wellington

Playground awards Starcy, Jack, Amir

Core Value

I am Co-operative

Ludo,

Aleksandar

Student of the Week Ricky

Tapalinga Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performer All students enjoyed the previously planned Aboriginal performer today. The school funded the learning incursion, supporting Aboriginal education. Asset Management Plumbers returned early Friday morning to fix the girls toilets. The girls’ toilets were locked on Friday and re-opened this morning. Thank you to the staff for the extra vigilance and monitoring of toilets whilst on playground duty. The big tree Tree pruners returned again early on Saturday morning to remove a large bough on our big tree, which was of fear of falling. Core value/social and emotional learning Last week students engaged with the Worry Woo character Fuddle, who could never decide what to do, thereby suffering anxiety. Stage One students are responding particularly well to the stories and characters and the message underpinning the text. Library books Please return Library books on Fridays. There will be borrowing this week (week 9) but NO borrowing on the last day of term Friday 3 July (week 10).

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Skool Loop communication app The school has a communication app that may be used for a number of purposes such as instant messaging from the school to the community and to inform the school of a student absence. If reporting a student absence, it will be forwarded to our school email shortly thereafter. The absence can be signed with your finger on an iphone. Our school website is still active and receives important uploads from the Department of Education, which the communication app does not. The Skool Loop app may be downloaded for free on the app store for i-phones or via google play for androids.

Note from your P&C Hi parents

This Friday (26/6) we will be having a special P&C meeting in the park at 3.20 pm. The purpose of this meeting to make a decision to become incorporated. We will also be confirming a decision made at our last zoom meeting, to cover the cost of the dance program. More info on the benefits of incorporation can be found here. https://www.pandc.org.au/incorporation/ See you Friday. Cheers Ange, P&C President

Term 2 Week 9 (this week) Everyone enjoyed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performer today. It was excellent!

Term 2 Week 10 (last week of term) Mid-year academic reports Student reports will go out on Friday 3 July, the last day of term. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide reports earlier than this, even if your child is not present on the last day of term. We are happy to retain the report at school until the beginning of Term 3.

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Bardwell Park Infants School (BPIS) P&C Meeting Minutes, Wednesday 17th June 2020 Term 2 Week 8 Zoom Meeting: 7.30pm – 8.30pm

Meeting Opened: 7.30pm

Meeting URL: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/93288147558

Meeting ID: 932 8814 7558

Attendance: Will Browne, Ana Dias, Winnie Chen, Jo Fulham, Judy Lucy, Renee Burger, Angela Hume and

Louise Ker (minutes).

Apologies:

Chair: Renee Burger

Item Description Contributor/Owne

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1. Introduction Acknowledgement to country

Renee

2. Previous Minutes: Accepted: Angela 1st and Renee 2nd Renee

3. Principal’s Update:

Staffing:

DoE casual employment package: Mr David Stark to our school

on Mondays and Fridays for term 2.

Students: current enrolment 32

Curriculum based updates

Jellybeans Music program Term3

Term 3 Monday afternoons both classes $1430: 27 July – 21

September, 9 classes.

All Jellybeans instruments will remain at our school for the

duration of the program and wiped in-between classes.

Both the ES1 and S1 programs address NSW Syllabus outcomes.

P&C have offered financial payment for this project.

Footsteps Term 3: Term 3 with social/physical distancing in

place for the one teacher who will have to either check in using

our school app or sign the DoE external visitor form. Class will be

held in the playground as usual or in CC if wet weather. Classes

$2250 for 9 dance classes.

P&C have offered financial payment for this project on the night

of P&C.

Jo Fulham

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School academic reports: simplified version to go out last day of

term Friday 3 July.

Refunds for those who have already paid for Fundamental

Movement Skills and did not attend all lessons due to COVID-19.

Lesley to contact 3 community members.

Digital technologies

DoE Devices for Teachers Pilot Project: all staff at BPIS is

involved in this project.

Seesaw: school bought an annual full version for both classroom

teachers. Jo has surveyed community regarding their

perceptions of seesaw and for school reports as required.

iPads 2 at school – plookpleCachi~.pdf iPad 7th Ge~.pdf

Looking to the future….

To move the school to the supported MDM (Mobile Device

Management) solution Jamf the school will need to have the

following.

Apple Caching Server – As discussed this will assist with app deployment. At present the school does not have one. As of 5 May the caching server

Apple School Manager enrolment – As you already have a VPP enrolment we may be able to migrate it if it qualifies

Devices – The school may have to purchase new devices for iPads that cannot run iOS 12 or higher. All new iPads come bundled with a Jamf licence - iPad 32Gb

If the existing VPP account cannot be migrated a new enrolment

will need to be created. As of 5 May, the DoE are working with

Apple on a solution to this.

Jo has money in the budget $18500 for this project in our

budget.

Photographer

Is visiting the school on Tuesday (week 9) for promotional

photos, for enrolment postcards

Skool loop app

A communication app will be advertised in the newsletter next

Monday.

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Asset Management issue

Big tree:

Last Saturday the big tree was pruned for safety reasons.

Another bough needs to go, may be done this Saturday.

Toilets

All student toilets needed to be re-seated in the ground. Boys’

toilets were the worst with water leaking from the bowl onto the

ground. Plumbers did boys’ toilets yesterday. Girls toilets will

hopefully be done on Friday afternoon.

Photocopier October 2020

Jo has put money in budget for the new photocopier, around

$6,000.

Share Our Space: I have not had any notice from Share our

Space that this will go ahead in the July school holidays.

4. President Report Nothing to report. Angela/Renee

5. Treasurer’s Update:

Total cash on hand $21,932.81 - no activity during the period.

Discussions on the process, benefits, and obligations of

becoming an incorporated association. At present the P&C is

unincorporated and unable to hold zoom meetings.

Vote to move to an Incorporated P&C - Constitution will allow for

zoom meetings. Cost will be $100.00.

Committee agreed to hold a special P&C meeting in the park

(opposite BPIS) on Friday (26/6) at 3.20 pm.

The purpose of this meeting is to decide and vote to become

Incorporated.

Will

All

6. Fundraising

and

Promotion

Updates

Cadbury chocolates - Fundraising

Louise noted this will not be going ahead in Term 3.

Expressions Tea Towel

Louise

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Kit sent to Louise. Time frame for print 4 weeks approx.

Will not be a fundraiser. Sell tea towels at cost price.

Discuss with teachers how the children want to draw themselves

– theme.

Ordered 78 in 2017.

Other Business: Nothing to report Renee

Next P&C Meeting: Wednesday, 29th July 2020 – time TBC Renee

Meeting Closed: 8.30pm Renee