Principals Message

Dear Families

I want to pass on my thanks to you for the way that you have responded to the snap lockdown. Your patience, understanding and efforts under the current circumstances are much appreciated. 

As noted in the last few newsletters we have been working to ensure that we could manage a lockdown should one happen. I particularly want to congratulate our staff who with very short notice prepared the learning packs and learning platforms to ensure that blended learning started on Wednesday.  

A reminder that families who are essential workers (that is that they are unable to work from home) can send their children to school. Any family who considers they may have a vulnerable child needs to contact the school to organise their school attendance, please.

As staff are abiding with the instructions to also obey the work from home ruling, there will only be limited staff at school until next Tuesday, however, they can be reached through email (in school hours).

A big congratulations to our students in the way they have adapted to the change to blended learning very quickly and enthusiastically. I am trying to get around to most of the Zooms and am in contact with the teachers about student engagement in their learning. I love that in one Zoom, garden gloves were being used by a teacher at home to get the students to count by 5's. Then students were questioned and counting the arrays around the farm.  In another, students were playing a memory game with a teacher working from home with all sorts of household items. The LLI (Leveled Literacy Intervention) small group Zooms have been an absolute joy to witness highlighting the continued learning and effort of our students.  The learning, ingenuity and student excitement and enthusiasm in the Zooms are fantastic. 

It is important that despite the changes the children continue to be engaged with their learning. Please don't hesitate to contact the school if you have any concerns or issues.

Below is a copy of the Zoom timetable for the current lockdown. 

The lockdown at this stage is planned to last until next Tuesday at 12.01 am. In the event that it is extended then the work online in Blended Learning will continue.

IN WEEK 5 OF TERM 3 WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR:

• Our student for adapting and engaging so readily to blended learning
• Our parents for your patience, understanding and work in our current normal. 
• Our staff for your effort, organisation, ingenuity and enthusiastic engagement. 

Have a wonderful weekend! Stay safe and well.   

Regards