Dear parents and carers,

This week has seen each class working busily on various units of study for this term.

This morning we completed our cross-country run.  The children did a fantastic job on a course that was very different, we stayed inside the school grounds and completed laps according to age groups.

Thank you to Mrs Best for coordinating this event for us.

Take the time to read the persuasive writing that our K/1’s have been busy with this round of publishing.  They have been exploring different ways to convince you about something. 

Yr. 2/3/4 have been looking at mapping this week, and making use of a bird’s eye view, this is making for some interesting representations of different scenes.

Our Yr.5/6 class has continued monitoring our water use to determine if or how we could make simple adjustments to daily routines to reduce wastage of our limited resources.

Our new chooks are settling in well and are making short work of our lunch scraps – another form of recycling at work!

We have also had some further work done this week in preparation for the connection to the recycled water – this water will be used to keep our oval green, while not so vital at this time, we can all remember how dry it has been in recent years and we are very excited to be able to complete works that will allow us to maintain green play spaces for the children.

Please be aware that the raised dust and windy weather may lead to extra sniffles or asthma like symptoms this week – please take precautions as appropriate most especially in relation to those who suffer from asthma.  Now is a good time to review your child’s asthma plan and provide an updated copy to us at school.

Thank you to those families who have ensured that all clothing is labelled, this has been even more helpful as the weather warms up – it makes everything much easier when returning lost property to the right person.

PLANT-A-DIFFERENCE – our school SRC group has been looking into different options for activities or fundraisers in these challenging times.  The team have found an online fundraiser that can be run between now and Term 4.  Information about this is included with this newsletter.  I encourage you to support this terrific initiative introduced by our school SRC.

This effort to preserve Australia’s biodiversity links well with the work that our Yr. 5/6  children are curretly undertaking as part of their Geography/ Science units for this term.

Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding regarding the updated health guidelines as provided by Health NSW.  These protocols will remain in place at least until the end of this term.  Reminder all families: 

• If your child is unwell, they should not attend school.
• Please ensure that children who present with cold and flu like symptoms/covid-19 symptoms is tested. The results of tests are to be forwarded to school.

End of Year Celebrations - We are hopeful that Term 4 will see a reduction to regulation levels and that our usual end of year events can go ahead as planned.

As such please set aside Thursday December 10 – Speech night and Tuesday December 15 for our graduation/end of year celebration Mass.

We will confirm these dates for you.

P & F – thank you to Mrs Baker for ensuring that our Canteen lunch orders were filled smoothly yesterday.  An order form is attached, all orders must be returned to school by Tuesday.  We ask that you include correct money amounts where possible.

Changes to routine - Thank you to those families who are keeping us informed when children are absent from school, or there are changes to the regular routine. 

 Please make it your custom to check in at the office if your children are running late to school – we appreciate your efforts to do this.

Take care and stay safe,