Developing Responsible Learners for a Changing Society 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 evaluang 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 opportunies to connect with each other, undertake short learning experiences and take part in small group focused reading sessions. Our Educaonal Support staff will also be taking part in these sessions with our teachers and be able to be beer equipped to support your children. Furthermore, we have pared back our extra-curricular acvies 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 interacve learning tasks for Physical Educaon, Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Spanish. To ensure our students are sll receiving the daily requirements of literacy and numeracy, we have embedded these within the tasks. We hope the students really enjoy these acvies and value the learning. Please note that the classroom teachers are not online for the specialist days. If you have any concerns or quesons, 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 aſter your children and your own health and wellbeing and take a break each day. Exercise, meditaon, mindfulness and play are all great ways to destress! Below is further informaon that you may need to know during this remote me: On-site Supervision Program: Like last term, we have an on-site supervision program for some students to connue learning at school. This service is limited to the following 3 categories: Children of essenal workers who are unable to be supervised at home and no other arrangements can be made. Children who have been idenfied 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. Applicaon forms are available from our school web site at hps://www.kilberryps.vic.edu.au and are due back to school by 4pm Thursday aſternoons via the school email each week. [email protected]Thank you We acknowledge the tradional custodians of this land and pay our respect to all the elders past, present and future for they hold the memories, the tradions, the culture and hopes of Indigenous Australia”.
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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: