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Murwillumbah East Public School
Newsletter Term 2, Week 4
19 May, 2020
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Announcement today
As of 9:45am this morning, the Department of
Education advised schools are returning to full
on-campus learning from Monday 25 May. All
school activities and operations will be in line with
Australian Health Protection Principal Committee
(AHPPC) and NSW Health Guidelines.
We are all very excited about this development
and look forward to welcoming everyone back to
school on Monday. For the rest of this week, our
school remains in Phase 1 of our managed return to
schooling for our students. To date, this has been
extremely successful in minimising the number of
students on site whilst also providing the opportunity
for students to experience at least one day of
face-to-face teaching and connection with their
teacher and classmates.
School students do not need to follow strict adult
physical distancing guidelines, but should follow
good hygiene practices like:
regularly washing hands.
avoiding sharing drinks or food.
coughing or sneezing into your elbow, or a
tissue which should be discarded immediately.
maintaining physical distancing from teachers
and school staff.
School attendance
All students should be at school unless:
they have a medical certificate which states
that they are unable to return to school due to
an ongoing medical condition.
they are currently unwell.
Students who have a medical certificate to stay at
home will be supported to learn from home in line
with regular procedures if they are able to. These
regular procedures are different from what was
offered during the learning from home period.
Please do not send you child to school if they are
unwell. If they are unwell at school, you or your
nominated emergency contact will need to
collect them immediately. Please ensure your
child’s contact details are up to date.
There may be individual cases or circumstances
where the implications of this for your family may
need to be discussed. If you are concerned at all
about returning your child to school at this stage,
please contact the school to discuss your
individual situation.
Semester 1 Assessment and Reporting
Your child has been assessed during the learning
from home period and will receive additional
assessment on their return to school.
For this semester, schools will adopt a revised
approach to student assessment and reporting. As
per NESA’s (NSW Education Standards Authority)
instruction, the usual five-point A-E scale used to
grade students is not required this semester. You
will receive your child’s semester 1 report before
the end of August (Week 6, Term 3).
Our school will communicate our reporting
planning over the coming weeks.
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Student of the Week
Mrs Watts &
Mrs Cambridge KW Indiana
Ms Harris K-1H Lucy
Mrs Lindsay 1-2A Scarlette
Ms Kirwan 2-3K Joshua
Mrs Chaffey 3-4C Melody
Ms O’Loughlin 3-4O’L Ella
Mr Wills 4-5W Noah
Ms Noble 5-6N Olivia
Mr Tunaley &
Mrs Cullen 5-6TC Riley
Ms Lamrock K-3L Jack
Mrs Reeves 4-6R Tyson
“Happy Birthday” to these students
Britta, Bryce, Sarqwan, Winter, Sasha, Julian,
Cameron, Hunter.
Bell times
Through this recent period of a managed return,
we have had modified breaks which vary from our
regular break times. This has not reduced break
time but has evenly spread playtime across breaks.
This will continue for the remainder of the term with
1st break from 11:30-12:00 and 2nd break from
1:40-2:10. Both breaks have 10 minutes eating time
with your child’s class teacher prior to playtime.
Canteen opening
Our P&C has advised that our canteen will be
operational from next week. Our first canteen day
will be Wednesday 28 May. Our canteen days
remain Wednesday and Friday.
Returning of school devices
All students who borrowed devices over the
learning from home period are asked to return the
laptop, charger and mouse provided. Students are
asked to take these straight to their classrooms on
Monday morning where the teacher will sign the
device back into the school.
Where our younger students may have borrowed
these devices, we will have a drop off area at the
front gate on Monday morning where staff can
assist our K-2 students with their returns.
Pedestrian crossing
Our school carpark works continue and we look
forward to ensuring continued pedestrian safety
and structures for our families coming to and from
school. We ask parents to please support us in
these endeavours and lead by example by using
our designated pedestrian crossing and not
crossing the road going between the buses in our
bus zone. This ensures your children learn and
continue to use the road safety messages we
teach in our classrooms every year.
Update on Infrastructure Improvements
Work on the school carpark is progressing well. All
concrete and asphalt will be laid this week and
fencing will be installed. Line markings will be
added next week and it is expected that the
carpark will re-open by the end of the month.
The covered walkway to the hall will also be
completed this week with the addition of the final
sections of roofing and handrail.
There has been a slight delay to the installation of
fencing at the front of the school and around the
K-2 playground. The required fences and gates are
being made to order and will be installed this
Saturday 23 May 2020.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation,
particularly as we deal with the additional
challenges of maintaining social distancing while
construction is underway.
Earphones for school use
For your convenience, earphones for students’
classroom are now available for purchase from our
front office. They are $5.00 a pair (cost price). POP
payment through the school website is available.
Have a wonderful final week of online learning,
Joanna Henderson
Principal
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Week 3 Gotcha’s
Congratulations:
Stage 1: Amelia, Winter, Jesse, Tilly,
Lucy, Felicia, Emily R, Trinity N, Sienna,
Kaida.
Stage 2 & 3: Olivia, Ricki, Makenzy, Nerissa, Noah,
Amarney, Sienna T, Oliver, Felicity, Dominic.
Congratulations to our Virtual Assembly
Award Recipients for - Having a great return to school.
KW Sofia and Kalilah 3-4C Noah and Carly
K-1H Joshua and Eidan 4-5W Cody and Ethan
1-2A Rudy and Indeeka 5-6N Delilah and Sebastian
2-3K Josie and Charlie 5-6TC Indigo and Jayah
3-4O’L Makenzy and Jack K-3L Timerah and Gabby
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
What memories are your family making this weekend?
Try something new like:
Building and flying a kite
Catch and release some bugs or tadpoles
Handball competitions
Take a family walk somewhere new
The recommendations are that children should spend
at least 60 minutes undertaking huff and puff physical
activity and spend no more than 2 hours per day
watching screens.
My School Connect
Don’t forget you can use our online ordering
platform to order your child’s lunch from the
canteen. It’s easy and convenient.
Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner
45 George Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au