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Develop ing Respons ib le Learners for a Changing Soc ie ty
PO Box 126 HAMPTON PARK 3976 Web: www.kilberryps.vic.edu.au Phone: 9702 8688
Term 3— Issue 10 22nd July 2020
Principal’s Message Dear Parents/Guardians, Welcome back
As I am sure you are all well aware now, we have returned to learning from home. Last week we spent 5 days reviewing our work from term 2 and evaluating what worked and the areas that needed improvements. We undertook our parent teacher interviews via telephone conferences and we reviewed our community feedback from our survey monkey. We also reviewed our student data and student feedback. From all of this, we developed the next steps in learning from home, “Remote Learning 2.0”. With Remote Learning 2.0, we are hoping to stay more connected with our students through regular Webex conferences. These conferences will be occurring with all year levels from Prep through to Year 6. Students and teachers will have the opportunities to connect with each other, undertake short learning experiences and take part in small group focused reading sessions. Our Educational Support staff will also be taking part in these sessions with our teachers and be able to be better equipped to support your children. Furthermore, we have pared back our extra-curricular activities and narrowed our focus to our core subjects of Literacy and Numeracy. This will enable our students to further develop these skills in a range of learning experiences and not be overwhelmed with tasks to complete.
Finally, we are introducing a specialist day. On Wednesdays our specialist teachers have created some fun and interactive learning tasks for Physical Education, Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Spanish. To ensure our students are still receiving the daily requirements of literacy and numeracy, we have embedded these within the tasks. We hope the students really enjoy these activities and value the learning. Please note that the classroom teachers are not online for the specialist days. If you have any concerns or questions, please direct them to the specialist teachers. We hope you enjoy the remote learning period and remember we are here to support you and your children so if you require any assistance, do not hesitate to contact us. Please remember to look after your children and your own health and wellbeing and take a break each day. Exercise, meditation, mindfulness and play are all great ways to destress!
Below is further information that you may need to know during this remote time:
On-site Supervision Program: Like last term, we have an on-site supervision program for some students to continue learning at school. This service is limited to the following 3 categories: Children of essential workers who are unable to be supervised at home and no other arrangements can be
made. Children who have been identified by DET or the School that they have vulnerable needs. Children who have a disability and parents require respite for specific days. Please remember that if your children can learn from home, they must learn from home. Application forms are available from our school web site at https://www.kilberryps.vic.edu.au and are due back to school by 4pm Thursday afternoons via the school email each week. [email protected] Thank you
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land and pay our respect to all the elders past, present and future for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Indigenous Australia”.
Friday 24th June
Assembly live On Facebook
Friday 31st July
Monday 3rd August
Last day for Book Club online orders
Temperature Checking For those students who do attend on-site, we are now required for students to have their temperature taken upon arrival. The Department of Education has informed schools that if a child has a temperature reading of 37.5 or higher, they must go home and we encourage parents to have their child tested. In the event of your child being tested, you will need to isolate your child at home until you receive your results. Remember your child can continue to participate in the remote learning opportunities at home to ensure they do not miss out on any learning opportunities. Face Masks The Victorian Chief Medical Office has announced that those in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire must wear face coverings when they leave home. Face covering is mandatory for persons 12 and over. However, the following are not required to wear a face covering: Students in Year 6 who have turned 12 in a primary school. Primary aged children. Students and staff who have a medical condition as per the latest advice. Teachers and Education Support staff while in the act of teaching. At Kilberry Valley Primary School we require all parents and carers to wear face coverings when dropping off and collecting their children from the school and when visiting the school for any reason. Teachers and Education Support staff will wear face masks in other learning areas of the school such as yard duty, staff room, providing first aid and taking temperatures. Remember all adults are still required to practise social distancing and everyone needs to continue with good hand hygiene. SeeSaw
During our Remote Learning 2.0, we are continuing to use SeeSaw as our main delivery service for your child’s learning. Each day our teachers will be providing learning through this app for your children to access. Your children will need their username and passwords, so if you are having any trouble accessing this learning, please contact us through our tech support email: [email protected] Furthermore, we are using the SeeSaw Family App to distribute communications for our families. So please remember to check this regularly for our school notices, forms and announcements. You can also
view and comment on your own child’s work, as well as communicate with the classroom teacher. We hope you enjoy continuing to use SeeSaw. Unwell students or staff, should not be at school Important advice from the chief medical officer of Victoria and the Department of Education, is that any students or staff who are unwell, should not be at school. If any child presents any symptoms of being unwell, we will be notifying the parent and asking that they be collected as soon as possible. Please understand that we cannot take any chances with this and if your child has any medical conditions or allergies, please ensure your child’s action plans and documentation is up to date by contacting our school office. School Loaned Devices During the Remote Learning 2.0, we are able to offer families loaned devices to assist students with accessing their learning. Students are able to borrow either an iPad or a school Laptop. We also have internet dongles available for those families who have no internet at home. Please contact us through [email protected] if you require assistance with devices.
Kind Regards,
Corey Fleming Principal
We’re really excited to have BOOK CLUB running this term, but it
will look a little different! It will be an online catalogue rather than
the printed catalogues you’re used to receiving.
You will continue to have access to the wide selection of high value, low cost titles that
Book Club has to offer, all from the comfort of your own home!
To find the catalogue, go to:
https://scholastic.com.au/media/5642/bc_520.pdf
Once you’ve made your selections, you can order through the LOOP page:
https://mybookclubs.scholastic.com.au/Parent/Login.aspx
Due Date - To place your order as normal go to LOOP by: Monday 3rd August
Orders will remain being delivered FREE to the school as normal and we will contact
you to arrange a time and place for collection.
If you have any questions or queries, please contact:
Mrs Merritt at school on 9702 8688
How to help your child with their reading…
This term in our newsletter, we will be exploring
‘The Big 6’ of reading development. Research
has found that each of these is an essential
building block towards our students becoming
successful readers.
Oral Language Oral language is Speaking
and Listening – being able to
understand what we hear.
Listening can occur even
when no sounds are heard,
that is, by taking note of
pitch, tone, stress, and use of
gesture to understand a
speaker’s meaning.
Oral language skills usually
develop naturally as children
grow, unlike reading which
needs to be explicitly taught. What you can do at home to support oral language
development:
Talk!
Ask open questions rather than closed questions.
Eg. ‘What did you learn at school?’ rather
than, ‘Did you have a good day?’
Encourage your child to speak in full sentences
and questions.
Oral language
Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension
The Big 6
Samara 0A
Subhan 0B
Devon 0B
Marcelo 0C
Joel 0D
Skylar 0D
Indianna 0D
Iniya 0D
Macey 0D
Stephanie 1B
Nawid 1C
Ezaiyah 1D
Jasmine Kaur 1D
Baneen 1D
Eshaan 2B
Trinity 2B
Sugrisa 2B
Riley 2C
Dean 2C
Noah 2C
Jameel 3A
Alexus 3A
Kavin 3A
Bibi 3C
Grace 3C
Casey 3C
Ehsan 3D
Arielle 3D
Jiaxin 3D
Ahmed 3D
Zahra 4A
Liam 4B
Miracle 4C
Axel 4C
Luke 4D
Kayden 4D
Jovan 4D
Dion 4D
Linendee 5A
Abbas 5B
Hasra 5B
Hanah 5B
Sara 5C
Calais 5C
Aliyan 5D
Shaelee 5D
Samia 5D
Holly 6A
Umid 6A
Mustafa 6A
Parisa 6A
Caydence 6A
Angelina 6C
July
&
Families who have paid for cancelled activites will
have this money credited to their family account to
use in the future.
If you would prefer a refund, you will need to send an email to
our email account: [email protected]. You must include the following information in the email:
1. Child’s name and grade
2. Excursion/Camp to be refunded due to COVID-19 3. Bank account holder’s name/s
4. BSB & Account no.
Note; Camps or Excursions paid by CSEF are unable to be refunded to a bank account.
CSEF money will be credited to your child to be used for future Camps, sports and excursions.
31st July 2020
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