MORGIE NEWS Telephone: 08 8087 5155 Principal: Mr Sco Sanford Fax: 08 8087 3729 Email: [email protected] Webpage: www.morganst-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Learning for all at Morgan Street I hope that everyone has enjoyed a relaxing long weekend. I must say that it was nice to be able to sleep in on a Monday morning, especially when it was so cold. The last couple of days have showed us that winter is definitely here! COVID-19 put a halt to the applicaon process for Opportunity Class placement, our provision is through the Aurora Virtual Opportunity Class. We have had two students in 2019 complete the trial. It is now a full provision commencing in 2021 for Year 5 (current Year 4 students). The online applicaon process is open from today, Tuesday 9th June and it will close on Friday 26th June. Further informaon can be found at - hps://educaon.nsw.gov.au/public- schools/selecve-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5 Our reporng to parents process will look different for Semester 1 due to the interrupons experienced by COVID-19. As per NSW Department of Educaon advice, we will not be reporng using the usual descriptors to describe achievement and effort. We will be sending our reports home at the beginning of Week 3 of Term 3. The reports will be accompanied by a student reflecon (the student will reflect on their own learning in Semester 1) and a parents reflecon sheet for comments on student learning. Three-way interviews will then proceed from Week 3 onwards. Booking forms will go home at the start of Term 3. The three-way interviews will be used to reflect on learning and set learning goals for the second half of the year. We will be moving the Term 3 Staff Development Day from Monday 20th July to Monday 27th July. We need to move the day due to the availability of the presenter. We will undertake professional learning in the Effecve Primary Mathemacs Pracces iniave. It aligns to our school plan and will have further follow up events throughout the second half of the year as we connue to refine our school pracces for the teaching of mathemacs. A number of maintenance jobs have been completed around the school over the past couple of weeks. These include the removal of a branch in the 3-6 quiet area, relaying of pavers around the K-2 sandpit and the replacing of a fence behind the play equipment and lane. We are also ancipang news soon around the next step for the Cooler Classrooms program. The schedule for our school has been through the engineers and tendering process. Over the winter period it is expected that children will (as normal) likely develop colds and flu. We wish to thank our families for supporng the NSW guidelines around keeping your child at home if they have flu like symptoms. We have been very grateful to families who have nofied the school if their child has a COVID-19 test. Can families please connue to do this as we are required to report to the Department of Educaon when a student or staff member has a test. Have a wonderful week of learning! Thought for the Week: “To live a fulfilled life, we need to keep creang the "what is next", of our lives. Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely exisng, and that is not why we are here.” Mark Twain Sco Sanford Principal Tuesday 9th June 2020 Term 2 Week 7 Friday 3rd July Last day of Term 2 Monday 20th July Term 3 commences All students return to school Monday 27th July Staff Development Day Stage 2 students enjoyed completing a design task using LEGO