Muswellbrook Public School What’s On – Term 2 – Week 4 Humanity and Excellence Roger Street, Muswellbrook NSW 2333 Telephone: (02)6543 2500 Fax: (02) 6543 3378 Email: [email protected]Stay up to date with the Skool Bag App – Muswellbrook Public Skoolbag” Find us on Facebook: @MuswellbrookPublicSchool Dear Parents and Carers, Happily, it seems we have reached a turning point in our community response to COVID-19. As I’m sure you’ve heard, public schools in NSW will return to full time face-to face ‘on campus’ learning for all students from next Monday 25th May. This move results from the determination that schools are safe to re-open, underscored by the guidelines from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee and NSW Health. In line with these, there will be some changes to usual operations to support the ongoing safety and wellbeing of students and staff. What aspects of MPS will return to be, ‘as usual’? • Students will return to their usual classrooms and teachers. All students will be expected to attend school every day unless they have a medical certificate which states they are unable to return due to his/her ongoing medical condition, or if they are currently unwell. • Teaching and learning will return to being class based. Weekly grade based learning packages and timetables for daily Learning From Home activities will discontinue. • Students will not be required to maintain social distancing from peers, although increased hygiene measures will remain in place. • Students will be able to use the library and engage in non-contact sporting activities. What COVID-19 changes will remain, ‘in place’, for now? • There will be no assemblies, visiting performances, excursions or camps. • There will be no in-school activities that require parents or other volunteers. • Students are to bring their own water bottles to refill during the day. • Staff promotion and monitoring of Increased hygiene measures for students including regular hand washing, avoiding sharing drinks or food and safe coughing/sneezing procedures will be prioritised. • Minimisation of adults on the school site. Parents and carers are to drop off and pick up students promptly from outside the front and hall gates, or the path area just inside the bottom gate, while maintaining social distancing from each other. • Parents/carers and school personnel are asked to use email or phone systems for communication. • Enhanced cleaning. For MPS, this means eight additional cleaning hours daily to intensify the cleaning of high-touch areas such as bathrooms, door handles, light switches, hand railings and fixed play equipment. Cleaners also monitor and replenish supplies such as soap and paper towels throughout the day. What will be ‘different’ for now? • Modified canteen and uniform shop arrangements will be advised as soon as possible. • Parent /teacher meetings will be hosted online to minimise adult interaction as much as possible. • Student temperatures will be taken as necessary. If a student becomes unwell at school, his/her parent, carer or emergency contact will be contacted to collect the student. We are really looking forward to welcoming all students back into their regular classrooms next week. Please don’t hesitate to contact me, your child’s class teacher or our administrative staff with any queries you may have. Kind regards, Fiona Lewis Relieving Principal
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Public Skoolbag”
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Dear Parents and Carers, Happily, it seems we have reached a turning point in our community response to COVID-19. As I’m sure you’ve heard, public schools in NSW will return to full time face-to face ‘on campus’ learning for all students from next Monday 25th May. This move results from the determination that schools are safe to re-open, underscored by the guidelines from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee and NSW Health. In line with these, there will be some changes to usual operations to support the ongoing safety and wellbeing of students and staff. What aspects of MPS will return to be, ‘as usual’? • Students will return to their usual classrooms and teachers. All students will be expected to attend school every day unless
they have a medical certificate which states they are unable to return due to his/her ongoing medical condition, or if they are currently unwell.
• Teaching and learning will return to being class based. Weekly grade based learning packages and timetables for daily Learning From Home activities will discontinue.
• Students will not be required to maintain social distancing from peers, although increased hygiene measures will remain in place.
• Students will be able to use the library and engage in non-contact sporting activities. What COVID-19 changes will remain, ‘in place’, for now? • There will be no assemblies, visiting performances, excursions or camps. • There will be no in-school activities that require parents or other volunteers. • Students are to bring their own water bottles to refill during the day. • Staff promotion and monitoring of Increased hygiene measures for students including regular hand washing, avoiding
sharing drinks or food and safe coughing/sneezing procedures will be prioritised. • Minimisation of adults on the school site. Parents and carers are to drop off and pick up students promptly from outside the
front and hall gates, or the path area just inside the bottom gate, while maintaining social distancing from each other. • Parents/carers and school personnel are asked to use email or phone systems for communication. • Enhanced cleaning. For MPS, this means eight additional cleaning hours daily to intensify the cleaning of high-touch areas
such as bathrooms, door handles, light switches, hand railings and fixed play equipment. Cleaners also monitor and replenish supplies such as soap and paper towels throughout the day.
What will be ‘different’ for now? • Modified canteen and uniform shop arrangements will be advised as soon as possible. • Parent /teacher meetings will be hosted online to minimise adult interaction as much as possible. • Student temperatures will be taken as necessary. If a student becomes unwell at school, his/her parent, carer or emergency
contact will be contacted to collect the student. We are really looking forward to welcoming all students back into their regular classrooms next week. Please don’t hesitate to contact me, your child’s class teacher or our administrative staff with any queries you may have. Kind regards, Fiona Lewis Relieving Principal
WHAT’S ON – MUSWELLBROOK PUBLIC SCHOOL -TERM 1 – WEEK 4 18 FEBRUARY 2020
LIBRARY NEWS!
The Introduction of EBook borrowing.
We are pleased to advise that the ebooks are ready and waiting for children to borrow them!
To access the ebooks at home, you will need to download the Wheelers app on your child/children’s
device.
Instructions on how to borrow ebooks from our school library (Oliver), will be handed out to
students this week. This will allow students to borrow ebooks from home and read them.
Ebooks can be borrowed for two weeks and then they will be returned automatically on the library
system.
Ebooks can also be returned by the student before the two week period has lapsed. To return a
book prior to the two week prior, students will need to go into their Department of Education
student portal, go to Oliver Library, click on their name on the top right hand side of the screen,
then click on loans, digital loans, the cover of the books and then click on ‘Return’ and then click on
‘yes’.
On another note, can you please ensure any physically borrowed library books which are now
overdue be returned to the school at your earliest convenience?
Thank you everyone!
Kind Regards
Rose (Rosanna) Neal
Teacher Librarian
Google Classroom
During the learning from home period, in Stage 3, we have been continuing our teaching and learning with the wonderful use of Google Classroom. The teachers have put together a sequence of learning activities that could be completed online at home or at school for those students of essential workers. This has meant that we can all be working on the same task, even in different locations. In such a short period of time, our students have learnt new skills in using technology, logging into the Google Classroom, opening assignments, completing them and then submitting them for their teachers to review and provide feedback. We are so proud of how Stage 3 have adapted to the new learning platform of a virtual classroom and how confident they are becoming as 21st Century Learners. We believe this is a fantastic tool to help with the transition to high school for our Year 6 students as the use of technology increases in Year 7. We would also like to thank all the families that have embraced Google Classroom into their lives, guiding their children to use it at home and provide the support to make this successful. As time back at school increases next week, we will still be using the wonderful skills we have learnt during this time and look forward to merging Google Classroom back into our regular routine. Keep up the fantastic work Stage 3, your teachers are extremely proud of you! From Mrs Kelly, Mr Bayliss, Mrs Hugo, Mr Andrews, Mrs Walsh and Mrs Sansom
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WHAT’S ON – MUSWELLBROOK PUBLIC SCHOOL -TERM 1 – WEEK 4 18 FEBRUARY 2020
UNIFORM SHOP We anticipate that the Uniform Shop will be operating from Week 5. Changes will be made to the way in which orders will be taken – details
to follow. In the meantime if you require uniforms we encourage you to phone the
office on 6543 2500 to place an order. Orders will be filled within 24-48
hours and you will be phoned when the order is ready to collect.
Please note that cash payment (no EFTPOS available) must be paid to the
office upon collecting the uniforms. We ask you to have the correct money
as no change can be given out.
(This is because the Uniform Shop is run by the P&C and not through the
school)
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WHAT’S ON – MUSWELLBROOK PUBLIC SCHOOL -TERM 1 – WEEK 4 18 FEBRUARY 2020
We would like to thank all the students and their families who have returned raffle tickets already. The response has been amazing and rightly so, who wouldn't like the opportunity to fly above the clouds.
Although the response has been great, we need to clarify that the tickets are $5 each. To purchase all 4 tickets issued to your child, it will cost a total of $20.
Please ensure when returning tickets sold that they are placed in a sealed envelope with your child's name and class clearly written on the front.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact the school on 6543 2500.
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WHAT’S ON – MUSWELLBROOK PUBLIC SCHOOL -TERM 1 – WEEK 4 18 FEBRUARY 2020
Assembly Awards Term 1 2 3 4
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Class Name Activity
KL Alexie K For enthusiastically reading 60 books on Epic and Reading Eggspress in our home learning program.
KM Kymani G Rainbow xylophone experiment presented on Seesaw
KT Blake T For his enthusiasm and eagerness to do his personal best on all class tasks
KS Jasmine O For consistent quality work online and at school.
1/2W Caitlin F For her consistent, outstanding effort towards online learning activities.
1F Alex E For contributing to all work with enthusiasm.
1M Melody J For her engaging videos posted on Seesaw of her exploring the topics covered in our learning.
1WT Bridget E For her commitment to learning at home and at school.
2H Levi S For his excellent and independent work determining position in maths.
2J Kenzi L For her commitment to learning from home and at school.
3M Brock E Working hard on all his online work!
3S Tieran P For powering through and getting his work done with a smile!
3/4P Nicholas D.H Dedication to his learning both at home and at school.
4C Lilly M Her beautiful handwriting and book presentation in spelling lessons.
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WHAT’S ON – MUSWELLBROOK PUBLIC SCHOOL -TERM 1 – WEEK 4 18 FEBRUARY 2020
4D Mason S For his outstanding effort and helpful nature with Google Classroom
5/6A Ellie H For her persistence and hard work.
5/6B Frankie R For great contributions to his online learning.
5/6H Isabella-Rose S For dedication and excellent work in all online activities! So proud of everything Izzy has handed in!
5/6K Xavier M Working super hard in all his Google Classroom tasks.
5/6S Blake F For his fantastic work, writing an entertaining super hero narrative.
5/6W Kelly L For her spectacular use of humour in her writing task entitled 'Superhero Lunch'.
K6B Rhes M For displaying a positive attitude towards learning.
REMINDER: Students are required to bring their learning resources to school
with them on the days that they attend this includes borrowed Laptops or
