Nar Nar Goon Primary School 27 Spencer St, Nar Nar Goon 3812 Phone: 5942 5311

Email: nar.nar.goon.ps@education.vic.gov.au

Issue No: 17 October 21st 2021

BABY NEWS!

Congratulations to Jackie Lowe who welcomed her beautiful new baby daughter: Millie Paige Lowe born in the early

hours of yesterday morning. Both mother and daughter are doing well!

Kimberly Feher has commenced maternity leave this week and we wish her the best of luck as she awaits the birth of

her second child. Kylie Wendt will be taking over Kimberly’s classroom responsibilities in 3/4K four days a week and

Lorinda Eden will be the classroom teacher on Wednesdays. Lorinda will also be fulfilling her normal counselling role

on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

RETURN TO ON SITE LEARNING:

It has been wonderful to welcome back our two Prep grades (Mon-Wed) and our Year 1/2s (Thurs-Fri) this week as

part of the staged return to on site learning. These junior classes have returned to the routines of school with great

excitement and a minimum of fuss. Tomorrow we will be welcoming back our year 5/6s and next Tuesday &

Wednesday we will see the return of our 3/4 classes. There is a real buzz among the staff as we anticipate the return of

everyone full time on 5th November – we can’t wait for this return to “normality”!

I would ask everyone to please refer to my previous email (sent to all families on 14th October) outlining the steps in

our COVID Safe Plan that we have implemented to keep everyone safe. In summary, extra ventilation, thorough

sanitisation and cleaning, full vaccination of all staff, mask wearing requirements for year 3-6s, and all staff, and

procedures for the entry and exit of students via the four gates according to their allocated house colour (Byrne,

Threadgold, Collins and Hughes).

Whilst we are doing our utmost within the school grounds to keep everyone safe and healthy, I would ask all parents

and carers to exercise social distancing protocols and mask wearing during pick up and drop off times. Please also

understand that if students present with symptoms of illness such as a cough, runny nose, sore throat, tummy ache or

fever they must remain at home or if they present at school, we will require students to be collected and taken home.

All principals have been briefed extensively on the steps to implement should a positive case present within our

school environment so please rest assured that we would take action and communicate with you swiftly.

CAR PARKING – SPENCER STREET:

Now that we are gradually returning to onsite learning, parents need to refrain from parking immediately outside the

school administration building at drop off and pick up times. Buses require the entire space where it is clearly signed

as NO PARKING. We have been lenient whilst essential worker parents were dropping off and picking up on site, but

this will no longer be possible as the buses return to their regular schedules. We thank you in advance for your

cooperation in this matter.

REFUNDS FOR CAMPS AND EXCURSIONS:

An email was sent out yesterday to parents who have paid for camps and excursions that can no longer go ahead due

to the current COVID restrictions. Please use the form attached to that email to provide us with your bank details so

that refunds can be organised. (There is also the option to credit your account if you so wish.)

Continued next page….

Please Keep Sick Children At Home

The Department has a COVID Team that can take any queries from parents (and teachers!) and can be contacted on 1800 338 663. Please call them any time you have a concern about your child’s symptoms. DHS also have a hotline and can be reached at https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

If you aren’t sure about anything, give those hotlines a call, as we are taking our directions from them. Children who are ill should remain at home. Any child unwell and sent to sick bay whilst at school will be isolated until collected. We are being vigilant to ensure safety of everyone in our school community.

As with staff, students will be required to stay home if they display any symptoms of illness such as a cough, runny nose, sore throat, tummy ache or fever.

Please keep us all safe by avoiding attendance if you know your child is not well.

From the Principal continued

100/ 200 NIGHTS OF READING:Congratulations to the following students who during the past fortnight, have all reached the

milestone of 200 nights of reading for 2021. They will all be awarded a book of their choice when they come back on site

(our Foundation students who achieved 100 & 200 nights of reading milestones during remote learning, are pictured above with

their bookmarks and individually selected books):

Kind Regards, Mrs Fran Van Lambaart

YEAR LEVEL: STUDENT: YEAR LEVEL: STUDENT:

Foundation F Hudson K Mason F

Foundation W Levi D Chloe T

1/2R Oscar N Lucy B

1/2L Mia N

3/4K Isla E Lexi M

6CD Zaylee F Azahlia P Skylah D

OCTOBER

Monday 25th School Council 4.45pm

Friday 29th Y7 2022 KWRSC online info session

NOVEMBER

Tuesday 2nd MELBOURNE CUP DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Monday 8th Foundation Myuna Farm CANCELLED

Friday 12th Prep only transition 10-11am TBC

Monday 15th PAFA 9.15am TBC

Friday 19th CURRICULUM DAY TBC

Monday 22nd School Council 4.45pm

Friday 26th Prep only transition 10-11am TBC

Cashless Payments

Nar Nar Goon PS has now moved to

Cashless Payments for all transactions

OTHER THAN PAFA FUNDRAISING

BPay-using your unique Family Ref No

Credit Card over the phone

Eftpos Tap and Go

Dakota H

Olivia W

Marshall F

Charlotte B

Paisley M

Jax F

Xavier L

Ruby L

Jay F

Happy birthday!

PREP ENROLMENTS FOR 2022

We are now taking enrolments for next year.

Enrolment packs are now available from the office.

***Please note that ALL event dates are

subject to change due to

Covid Restrictions***

Special Digital Issue 8

Is now ready for you to order.

Delivery direct to home Closes 4.11.21

SUNSMART POLICY

In line with our school’s Sun Smart Policy, students must wear a

hat at all times when outdoors from the 1st September through to

the 30th April. Please help us to instil good sun smart habits in the

children by ensuring they have a blue sun smart hat for the

remainder of the year.

Baseball caps are not acceptable.

Please use an approved sunsmart hat.

E for Excellence Recipients

for the week ending OCTOBER 15TH 2021

Congratulations!

E for Excellence Recipients

for the week ending OCTOBER 8TH, 2021

Congratulations!

Leon D

Sadie D

Franki S

Marshall F

Beau Z

Charlottle M

Rylie C

Kiara P

Lauren B

Blake T

Lawson K

Miles B

Levi D

Mason R

Sonny B

WORKING WITH CHILDREN’S CHECKS—A

GOVERNMENT REGULATION

A reminder that EVERY HELPER in our school must wear their

Working With Children Card on one of our visitor lanyards, or a

visitors badge when helping in our school. This could be for

reading helpers, sport helpers, classroom helpers, PAFA friends

etc. This is policy in our school and we will be monitoring this

diligently. Remember, it is not only for the safety of our children,

but protection for yourself. Our students have also been instruct-

ed to look for these.

Also when signing in please sign in your toddlers too,

just in case of emergency.

STUDENT SUPERVISION

Please be aware that staff are on yard duty in the playground from

8:45 am before school and until 3:45 pm after school. Students

travelling on late buses are supervised in the Multi Purpose Room

after school until the final bus leaves. For your own child’s safety

it is recommended that children do not arrive at school before

8:45 am.

STUDENT INSURANCE

Please be aware that the Education Department does not cover

students for accidents in the school grounds, nor does it cover for

Ambulance costs should the need to call an ambulance be

necessary. I would therefore encourage all families, to please

consider making personal insurance and ambulance cover

arrangements for all their children.

CHILD SAFE STANDARDS

Nar Nar Goon Primary School is committed to child safety.

We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We

support and respect all children, as well as our staff and

volunteers. We are committed to the safety, participation

and empowerment of all children. We have zero tolerance

of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be

treated very seriously and consistently with our robust

policies and procedures. If you would like more information

please go to the ‘Wellbeing’ or ‘Policies’ tab on our website

where you will find our Child Safe Policy and/or further

information and resources go to: www.education.vic.gov.au/

protect

FEEDBACK

Your feedback is important to us. If you have a concern or

would like to raise a complaint as a parent, please speak to

the classroom teacher in the first instance, Team leader in

the second instance (ie: Foundation: Jodie Watt, Years 1-2:

Ryan Marsland, Years 3-4 Daniel Mason, Years 5/6:

Jackie L).

Otherwise, please contact the Principal Mrs Fran Van

Lambaart or Assistant Principal Jacqui Cutler, by calling

the office to arrange an appointment.

VISITING THE SCHOOL

We would respectfully ask that every person who comes

onto the school grounds between the hours of 9:15am and

3:15pm does so through the main office to ensure that we

know who is on the school grounds at all times. We would

ask for your cooperation as parents to ensure that if you

have a message for your child or an item that needs to be

delivered to the classroom that you ask the office staff to

pass it on rather than interrupt the class and/or the

teacher during instruction time. Anyone without a WWCC

lanyard or Visitors badge will be redirected to the front

office.

MEDICATION AT SCHOOL

Often we are asked to administer medication for students at school and if provided with the correct written information and parent signatures, we are more than happy to do so. Students know (and parents need to be aware) that any medication brought to school must be kept in the Sick Bay, not in classrooms or student school bags. In order to administer medication correctly we are seeking parent support to ensure the medication provided to staff does not fall beyond the expiry date provided on medication packets/bottles. We will notify you when the medication is due to expire. Please support us in our endeavours to keep your children safe and healthy.

ABSENCE MANAGEMENT AT NAR NAR GOON

PRIMARY SCHOOL

When submitting online absence forms please ensure you

provide us with details to enable us to determine whether

or not they will be school approved absences or not.

Parent Choice

School Approved – Illness/medical, Religious/cultural

observance, Bereavement, Family holiday (with principal

approval), Special circumstances, Unforeseen

circumstances, Ill family member.

School Unapproved- No explanation provided by

parent. Student absent due to participating in leisure or

social activities such as shopping, a child’s birthday,

visiting relatives or friends. A day off for no valid reason.

No approval given by principal to attend family holiday

(requires an absence learning plan with Principal’s

signature).

PLEASE REFER TO THE NAR NAR GOON PRIMARY

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE POLICY LOCATED ON THE

‘ABOUT US/POLICIES’ TAB ON OUR WEBSITE FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION

PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION

**FACEBOOK PAGE**

Join the Nar Nar Goon Primary School – Parents & Friends Group as another way to stay informed and up to date with the activities and events happening

within the School. (*Please note: this is a closed group only available to parents/carers who have current enrolled students at the school*)