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Message from the Principal Dear Parents & Caregivers,

As COVID-19 restrictions are eased across the state, we will be keeping you

updated with the changes that impact our school. You may have seen ABC

National News on Monday morning featuring Linden Park Primary School. It

highlighted the changes that we and schools across South Australia have made to

keep our children and staff safe and the return to face to face teaching. If you missed

it, you can see it on our school website or LPPS Facebook page.

Returning to School

While we have been supporting parent choice during this pandemic, the Department

for Education now expects all public school students who are well and not considered

vulnerable to COVID-19 to attend school.

Students are required to attend school unless they are: Feeling unwell

Have a chronic medical condition or compromised immune system and are not able to

attend school on advice from their medical practitioner

Live in a household with others that are deemed vulnerable to COVID-19 and are not able

to attend school on advice of their medical practitioner

Have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or have been required to self-isolate by SA Health

We will continue to provide support for students not able to attend school on advice

from their medical practitioner. For all other students we will resume full face to face

teaching and online resources will not continue from Monday 25th May. If you have any

concerns please call the school and ask to speak to a member of the leadership team.

School sports

We will slowly be introducing some school sports training, e.g. Aerobics & Cross Country,

however transition to full training and competition without spectators, including indoor

sports will commence from 8th June. The advice is these activities should commence

gradually, rather than a comprehensive and simultaneous recommencement of

competition and only include non and low-contact sports in localised competitions.

Physical distancing at school drop off and pick up

I would like to remind parents to maintain the 1.5m physical distance between

themselves and other adults (parents and teachers) at all times, including school drop

off and pick up.

As of Friday 22nd May we will be allowing all parents of Junior Primary (R-Yr 2) students to

enter the grounds at drop off and pick up times.

For drop off we ask that you do not enter or congregate around the buildings but say

good bye to your child in the yard and quickly leave the school grounds.

At pick up times parents can enter the grounds to collect their children from the

designated pick up outside area. Staggered dismissal times remain: Reception and Year 2

students at 3:00pm, Year 1s at 3:10pm.

For Year 3 to Year 7 we ask parents to wait outside the school grounds at drop off and

pick up. We ask that parents only enter the school grounds if you are attending a

meeting or collecting a child early/dropping late and ask you to go to the front office

to sign in. We continue to ask parents to not enter the classroom buildings.

Thank you for your continued support in this area. Deb O’Neill, Principal

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School Events

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22/05/2020 Yr 7 Growth & Development Incursion

25/05/2020 Governing Council

25/05/2020 PHOTO MAKE UP DAY

27/05/2020 National Simultaneous Story Time

27/05/2020 Yr 3 Making Waves Incursion

28/05/2020 Yr 3 Fire & Ice Incursion

29/05/2020 STUDENT FREE DAY

01/06/2020 Yr 4 Sciworld Incursion

02/06/2020 Yr 4 Sciworld Incursion

03/06/2020 Yr 4 Sciworld Show

05/06/2020 Yr 7 Growth & Development Incursion

08/06/2020 PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Queen's Birthday)

12/06/2020 Yr 7 Growth & Development Incursion

19/06/2020 Yr 7 Growth & Development Incursion

26/06/2020 Yr 7 Growth & Development Incursion

29/06/2020 Governing Council

03/07/2020 Last day of Term 2 - EARLY DISMISSAL 2:10pm

20/07/2020 First day of Term 3

SCHOOL PHOTOS

We have booked in on Monday 25th May (WEEK 5) a school

photo make up day for all children who missed having their

photo taken in Term 1. If you have NOT yet ordered—please

see Skoolbag for ordering details.

SCHOOL FEES

Dear Parents/caregivers

School Fees were due in March 2020, with statements for

Material & Services Fees (Excursions not included) posted this

week. However if you are suffering financial hardship and have

any queries or concerns please feel free to contact

[email protected] for support or help regarding

options such as Payment Instalment Plans.

Excursions/Incursions invoices require payment please. Year 3, Year 4 and Year 7

all have incursions coming up. Please ensure payment has been received prior

to ensure your child can attend. Any Excursions/Incursions that do not go ahead

will be credited to your account in Term 4 if payment has been received.

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Library

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National Simultaneous Storytime is Wednesday 27th May. The

book this year is Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas by

Lucinda Gifford. Children will enjoy reading and activities

around this book on the day. Details on our LPPS Library

website.

This year the organisers of the Premiers Reading Challenge

have decided to forgo the formal PRC list and allow all titles

to count towards a student’s 12 books. So

there is no need to check for PRC stickers or

search for titles on the website. All titles can

be added to either the top or bottom of your

child’s list. Please remind children to record

only 2-3 titles from a particular series. This

encourages them to read widely and be a

balanced reader.

More details can be found on their website:

http://www.premiersreadingchallenge.sa.edu.au/

We appreciate many families who have made sure their child has returned

their stack of books that were borrowed towards the end of last term. If your

child hasn’t returned their books, please make sure they get returned as soon

as possible. All books borrowed last term are now overdue. R-3 classes have

their borrowing on even weeks this term and years 4-7 will borrow on odd

weeks. It has been wonderful to have students back in the library this week.

The LPPS Library Team

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Online Chess

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This term the inter-school chess competition has gone online

with our LPPS teams playing against opposition schools

remotely on Friday afternoons. Round 1 was last Friday. The

pictures below show some of our students competing.

Our A-Grade won 4 matches to 1 against St. Peter’s College.

Our A Grade players are Ian L, Giulio Z, Giovanni Z, Jiani Y

and Angelina L.

Our 7 other B and C Grade teams competed

against various schools in 2 fast-paced 15 minute

matches for each player.

Derek Woodcock

Out of Hours Sports Coordinator

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Food Allergy Week—Wk 5

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Food Allergy Week is an Allergy &

Anaphylaxis Australia initiative which

was launched in May in 2003, and

aims to raise awareness of food

allergy including potentially fatal

food allergies.

https://allergyfacts.org.au/faw2020

What is food allergy? Food allergy is an immune system response to a food protein

that the body (mistakenly) believes is harmful. When a food which a person is allergic

to is eaten, the immune system releases massive amounts of chemicals, triggering

potentially life-threatening symptoms. Currently there is no cure for food allergy,

avoidance is the only way to prevent a reaction.

What are the signs and symptoms of food allergy? Food allergic reactions can range

from mild to severe, severe being what we call anaphylaxis. Symptoms usually

appear within two hours of a person eating a food (even a small amount) they are

allergic to. Mild to moderate allergic reaction • swelling of the face, lips and eyes •

hives or welts • tingling mouth • abdominal pain, vomiting (these are signs of a

severe allergic reaction to insects) Severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) •

difficult/noisy breathing • swelling of the tongue • swelling/tightness of the throat •

difficulty talking and/or hoarse voice • wheeze or persistent cough • persistent

dizziness or collapse • pale and floppy (young children) c)

What foods can cause food allergy? Any food can trigger an allergic reaction and there

are more than 170 foods reported to have caused a severe reaction. However, there

are ten foods that cause 90 per cent of reactions, which are: • peanuts • treenuts

(e.g. almonds, walnuts, cashews) • egg • cow’s milk • sesame • fish • shellfish (e.g.

oysters, prawns) • soy • wheat • lupin

At Linden Park Primary we have an Allergy Awareness Policy which states:

Parents

Are requested NOT to send food to school that contain nuts, especially peanuts. This

includes products such as peanut paste, ‘Nutella’, most nuts, peanut cooking oil and other

foods that may contain nuts.

Students

Are encouraged to wash hands before

and after eating.

Who bring food containing nuts, or nut

products, are required to eat that food in

the front office and to wash their hands

before going to play.

Are not to share food.

Staff

Will be made aware of students who have

anaphylactic responses, including nut

allergy.

Will supervise students during lunch eating

time and will be vigilant in regard to this

policy.

Will regularly undertake first aid training.

The policy can be viewed on our school website

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