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The Randwick BuzzIssue 13 Thursday, 29th August 2019
Term 3 - Week 6, 2019
Principal’s Message Friday 30/8/19PSSA Winter ends Tracky Dack
Day
Thursday 5/9/19ICAS Science
Tuesday 10/9/19ICAS Writing
Thursday 12/9/19ICAS Spelling
Monday 16/9/19P&C Meeting 7pm
Tuesday 17/9/19ICAS English
Thursday 19/9/19ICAS MathsYear 4 Camp
Friday 20/9/19Year 4 Camp
Friday 27/9/19Last day of Term 3
Monday 14/10/19First day of Term 4
Monday 21/10/19P&C Meeting 7pm
Wednesday 23/10/19Grandparents Day for Kindy
Thursday 7/11/19Kindergarten Parent Information Evening 6pm
Monday 18/11/19P&C Meeting AGM 7pm
Mon 18/11/19- Wed 20/11/19Year 5 Camp
Friday 22/11/19White Ribbon Day 7am
What’s on?
iParentTips and strategies for creating a safe gaming
environment for children and young people from the Department of
Education NSW
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As teachers, one of the areas we grapple with is how to develop
persistence in our students and not just give up on the learning
moment when the outcome is not easily achieved.
It’s probably something you deal with regularly as a parent,
whether it be the junior reader that is just a little harder that
night, the maths problem that doesn’t have an easy solution, the
instrument practice or keeping up with the sporting team. So often
our society is geared around making success, particularly everyone
else’s seems to just be so easy. It’s in fact the theory behind the
addictive nature of devices and games, make ‘success’ easily
achieved.
At school, part of the focus on student voice is to talk about
these challenges and rehearse strategies for persisting, for
overcoming the struggle bit by bit and ultimately learning.
For students, teachers and parents focussing on the journey or
process is more helpful than on the outcome.
As a parent and teacher it’s good to repress our frustration or
our helpfulness to just get it done. Instead ask the questions to
point the way when the effort, thinking or risk taking have
observably stopped for your child.
QUESTIONING Asking the right questions to narrow the area of
struggle; asking questions at the right time.
ENCOURAGING Encouraging children to participate in reflecting on
their learning journey rather than the end result.
ALLOWING TIME Allowing children time to manage the struggle by
not stepping in too quickly or often.
ACKNOWLEDGING Acknowledging that struggling helps us all grow
and learn: use personal anecdotes.Figure 1: Adapted from Warshauer
(2015).
Although there are many paths to persistence, these are just
some that develop lifelong skills for independence rather than
dependence, waiting for someone else to fix everything or to
blame.
As the last standing institution for socialisation beyond the
home, the school is increasingly responsible for health, wellbeing
and learning for children in our community. A large part of that is
the expectation that we know where children are at all times. Your
part is to keep us informed as soon as your child is away, through
Skoolbag or email to [email protected].
Please ensure:
• You get our SMS for un-notified absences - if not update phone
contact
• You respond promptly to the SMS
• You provide a medical certificate to the office where absences
are frequent or more than three days
Where attendance drops below 70% an attendance program (Home
School Liaison) must be implemented. Randwick’s attendance average
is 96.7% and well above the state average. The correlation between
this attendance and our achievement is clear.
Absences
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Library Message
Book Week Writing Competition Winners
Congratulations to those who entered our Book Week Writing
Competition this year. So many wonderful stories!
The following students are our winners for 2019:
1ST Place Millicent.T - 5J
2nd Place Emma.K - 5W
3rd Place Olivia.Z - 2D
Highly Commended Yuwei.C - 1G
Highly Commended Ashling.C - 4S
Randwick City Council Book Week Art Prize
Totoro in Year 5 has won this year’s Book Week Art prize!
Congratulations Totoro. His art work will be on display at Lionel
Bowen library and was given two books as his prize.
School Parking
• Are you a good Randwick PS Citizen?
• Obey road rules.• Keep children safe.• Don’t annoy the
neighbours by blocking their drive!
• The Rangers have been called!
Tell Them From Me Parent SurveyThursday 29th August 2019
Dear Parents and Carers,
This term, our school is taking part in the Tell Them From Me
parent survey. The survey asks parents and carers questions about
different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and
engagement.
Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and
carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These
include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities
and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school’s
support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help
our school make practical improvements.
The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads,
tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15
minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The
parent survey will be conducted between 4 September and 25 October,
2019. Although participating in the survey is voluntary, your
responses are very much appreciated.
This research will help schools in New South Wales to better
understand how to improve student wellbeing and engagement. It will
also help teachers and principals discuss what works to improve
student outcomes.
A link to complete the survey will be sent out next week via
SkoolBag.
More information about the survey and the research is available
on the CESE website: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au
Susan Allen Principal Randwick Public School
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‘Fortnite - Battle Royale.’ is a free to play section of the
game ‘Fortnite.’ The game sees 100 players dropped on to an
island from a ‘battle bus,’ where they have to compete until one
survivor remains. The last remaining player on the
island wins the game. Players have to �nd hidden items, such as
weapons, to help them survive longer in the game.
To make the game more challenging, there is an added twist
called ‘the storm’ which reduces the size of the island from the
start of gameplay, bringing the players closer together
in proximity. The game is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox
One, Mac and iOS.
FORTNITE: BATTLE ROYALE
AGE RESTRICTIO
N 12+
MICROTRANSACTIONSNewly featured items are released daily and are
only
available to purchase within 24 hours of their release. These
are cosmetic items, called ‘skins,’ ‘gliders’ and
‘emotes,’ which change the characters’ appearance, but do not
improve the game play. Once purchased, the player
has full use of these in the future. The designs are attractive
for players to purchase and even celebrities are endorsing them.
Also available to purchase in the game is
a ‘Battle Pass,’ When a new ‘Battle Pass’ is released, users can
take part in a series of challenges, receiving more
rewards (cosmetics) by progressing through di�erent tiers.
Whichever rewards they achieve can then be used in the
game.
What parents need to know about
IT CAN BE ADDICTIVEGames can last around 20 minutes but this
varies
according to the game. Children may feel angry if they lose the
game and will want to continue playing until they
achieve their desired result. The competitive nature of the game
may make it di�cult for them to stop playing
halfway through as their position in the game could be
a�ected.
IT CAN BE PLAYED ON THE GOThe game was released on mobile
devices in April 2018, meaning it can be played without the need
for a home
games console. Some schools have reported that the game is
distracting their students whilst in the classroom. As the game is
available outside of the home, parents may not be
aware of how long their child is playing this game.
HACKER ATTACKSNews site Forbes stated that it had seen “dozens”
of online
reports from people who said their accounts had been compromised
by hackers, who had gained access to user’s accounts in the game
and accrued hundreds of pounds in
fraudulent charges.
TALKING TO STRANGERS DURING SQUAD MODE
Interacting with other players in the game is part of the fun as
players can communicate with their friends and
other players in the game. Players will bene�t from wearing
headphones to hear footsteps from other players
trying to compromise their game. Wearing headphones makes it
di�cult for parents to hear what exactly is being
said and children may be exposed to inappropriate language.
Fortnite includes really good reporting features
for players either cheating or misbehaving, and works towards
having one of the best online gaming
communities.
‘FREE’ TO PLAYThe game IS free to play. However, if playing on
Xbox, you will need an Xbox gold subscription,
which does require a fee.
NO PROOF OF AGE REQUIREDSigning up to the game is relatively
simple. Users have the
option to log in with either their Facebook or Google accounts
or their email address. When signing up with an email address, no
proof of age is required. If your child is
under the age of 12, it is important to check whether your child
has the game downloaded.
TALKING TO STRANGERS DURING SQUAD MODE
There are many accounts on Facebook and Twitter which claim to
give away free money (known as ‘V bucks’) for
games which will be transferred to their Xbox Live or PSN cards.
Any giveaway promotion from Fortnite will be in the
game. It is important to check the authenticity of these
accounts before giving away personal information in order to claim
‘V bucks.’ The websites or accounts may ask you to share your
account name and password in order to claim the money; if these
o�ers seem too good to be true, they
usually are.
AGE RESTRICTIONSPEGI has given the game a rating of 12+.
Even
though the game includes violence and weapons such as crossbows,
grenade launchers, ri�es, pistols,
shotguns and more, PEGI say “more graphic and realistic looking
violence towards fantasy characters is allowed. Any violence
towards human characters
must look unrealistic unless it consists of only minor or
trivial injury such as a slap,” making the game
‘suitable’ for children aged 12 and over.
LIMIT GAME TIMEParents can use parental controls on Xbox and PC
to limit the time a child is playing games on these devices. Be
aware that the game is
available on iOS and will soon be available on all mobiles. With
this in mind, it is worth having a conversation with your child to
discuss
and agree how long you would like them to play the games for.
Even though the games last around 20 minutes, it may be di�cult to
take them away from a game mid play. It may be worth imposing a
limit
on the amount of matches they play rather than a time limit.
PREVENT YOUR CHILD FROM TALKING TO STRANGERS
There is an option to turn o� the voice chat feature, which
means your child wouldn’t be able to talk to anybody,
including their friends. However, they would still be able to
use the in-app chat and hear other people’s conversations. To turn
o� voice chat, open the Settings menu in the top right of the main
Fortnite page, then click on the cog icon. Open the Audio tab at
the top of the screen. From there, you can turn
o� voice chat.
LOOK OUT FOR VBUCK SCAMSIt is important that your children are
aware of the scams that they
may come across online in association with the game. Open up
conversation with them about scams and how they should never
share their username or password with people in order to gain
anything for the game.
RESTRICT PAYMENT METHODS‘Fortnite: Battle Royale’ is a free to
play game, but there are
still options to make additional purchases. If you do not want
your child to make payments, ensure your card is not
associated with their account. If you are happy for your child
to make payments in the game, but want to restrict
spending, we suggest using a paysafecard, or a games console
gift card. These can be purchased in speci�c
amounts, which will allow you to restrict the amount your child
spends and removes the need for a credit/debit card to
be used with their account.
SHOW THEM HOW TO MAKEA REPORT
If your child believes a player is playing or talking
inappropriately, you should advise them to report them. To
report a player, you can use the in-game feedback tool located
in the Main Menu of the game. Additionally, you can
report a player in-game when spectating them.
USE A STRONG PASSWORDIt may seem like a simple tip, but it is
important that your child
selects a strong password when creating an account, particularly
if a credit/debit card is associated with the account. This will
help
reduce the risk of their account being hacked.
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