Ridley Street, EDGEWORTH NSW 2285 Phone: 4958 1180 Email: [email protected]Edgeworth Heights Public School Special Edition NEWSLETTER Term 1 Week 2 2020 Here is our new PBL mascot ! What ’ s On UNIFORM SHOP OPEN NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAYS &THURSDAYS 2.30 - 3.30 pm New FRONT ENTRY to EHPS We have a new school gate entry. This new gate leads directly to the office. The old gate will be opened only on rainy days. Please keep the gate closed to support student safety. School times: Supervision from 8.30 am - 2.55 pm Classes commence at 9.00 am Department of Education Security Hotline 1300 880 021 . Last week we introduced our new Positive Behaviour Learning (PBL) mascot a gecko. We are asking students to keep the suggestions and reasons why they chose that name coming in through Seesaw. The competition will close at the end of Week 3 and then school community will be able to vote from the top 5.
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Special Edition NEWSLETTER€¦ · Ridley Street, EDGEWORTH NSW 2285 Phone: 4958 1180 Email: [email protected] Dear parents and friends of EHPS We wanted to have
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This new gate leads directly to the office. The old gate will be
opened only on rainy days.
Please keep the gate
closed to support student safety.
School times: Supervision from 8.30 am - 2.55 pm
Classes commence at 9.00 am
Department of Education
Security Hotline
1300 880 021
.
Last week we introduced our new Positive Behaviour Learning (PBL) mascot a gecko. We are asking students to keep the suggestions and reasons why they chose that name coming in through Seesaw. The competition will close at the end of Week 3 and then school community will be able to vote from the top 5.
Dear parents and friends of EHPS We wanted to have a special edition newsletter as we have many positive student achievements that we wanted to share with our school community. Firstly an update on what returning to school in Term 2 will look like. I look forward to moving past this time and for us all to further develop the new skills and understandings we have learned through COVID-19 . Take care, Mrs Duncan Returning to school in Term 2 There has been a lot of uncertainty and mixed messages in the media. As you are aware, this is an ever changing educational climate we are in and schools make decisions based on the latest information from the Department of Education (DoE). Hopefully we will see an increase in students being able to attend school sooner, as we move through the phases. https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/learning-from-home We have started back to school as directed by the DoE in Phase 0-Week 1 and Week 2 (4th May-8th May). Please note, all students who are on site will be learning from one unit of work with K-6 teachers present on site. Student learning grids will continue this week and next week. School is open and operational for those families who need it.
Next week…. Week 3: we move to Phase 1 with all children attending for 1 day per week in stage groups. As communicated, all children will be returning to school from May 11 (week 3) for a minimum of one day a week. This model was chosen for a number of reasons: 1. Parent feedback from a recent survey. 2. We see all children in the school across the week. 3.Students will be working with their class teacher through the allocated day. 4. Students will be interacting with their peer groups. 5. We can meet the NSW Health and NSW DOE guidelines of approx. 25% of the school on site at any one time. Please note, that this continues to increase as restrictions are lifted. On the day allocated for the stage the students will be working and learning with their stage teachers.
To support siblings or family groups they are able to attend on other days than allocated if necessary to support
parents working etc. These students will be in mixed groups and their learning supervised by a K-6 teacher. I
acknowledge that the allocated days may not suit every single parent due to work commitments. I understand the
frustration with this, but we are working as flexibly as we can to meet the needs of the Department, the students, the
staff and the parents. This is not an easy ‘juggle’, so we ask you to work with us the best you can. Thank you in
anticipation of your support.
Phase 1 Organisation Week 3 All students have been allocated a day where they will be working with their class teacher throughout the day. The row of “Other” means students that are attending due to parents being essential workers, siblings attending, students cannot be supervised at home.
Seesaw catch up - Monday-Stage 2 9.30 –10 am Stage 1 10 –10.30 am
Thursday Kindergarten 9.30 –10 am Stage 3 -10-10.30 am
Phases Briefly explained up to date ( Please note as the risk lessens the phases will be moved through at a
quicker rate)
Phase summary of how many days students will attend approx. weeks in the term;
Phase 0: schools are open for families who need them - Term 2, weeks 1 and 2 Phase 1: Students at school for one day a week - Term 2, weeks 3-6 Phase 2: Students at school for 2 days a week - Term 2, weeks 7-10 Phase 3: Students at school five days a week with social distancing measures. Students in class groups. No excursions, no interschool activities, no assemblies, no extra curricular - Term 3
Phase 4: Students at school 5 days per week in their own class groups with a return to full school activities - Term 4
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Stage 3
Years 5 &6
Including 5J
Early Stage 1
Kindergarten
Stage 2
Years 3 & 4
Including 4J
Stage 1
Years 1 & 2
Department of Education updates and requirements. Teacher professional learning. and supporting student learning.
Other K-4 Other 1-6 Other K-2,5,6 Other K,3-6 Other K-6
Look out for more information about this mystery symbol!
EHPS Reading GEMS
Has your child levelled up over the last few weeks? If so, students are invited to bring their EHPS Home Reading books back to school on their allocated school days. Please keep in mind that with so many students expected to level up, we may not get awards printed on that day. We will however endeavour to send them home as soon as possible. Teachers will also be able to post their class treasure bag on Seesaw during the week.
Hello to all my wonderful stu-dents in 1E. I really miss all your smiling faces and can't wait to see you when you are able to come back to school. Be kind to yourself as well as to your parents and carers. Stay safe and have fun. Missing you all. Mrs Edwards.
Well done to the students of
class 1S and their families. Our
new virtual classroom has kept
our PBL and reflecting on our
learning alive. Thank you for all
your effort
Mrs Scott
I am super proud of how you and
your families have handled all
the changes to our way of life. I
have joked in the past that the F
in 2F stands for flexible and
during this time your true colours
have shone through and you
have shown the world that you
can do anything. I'm proud of the
way that you have embraced this
opportunity and that you have
been striving to do your best. I
can’t wait until we can all be
together again, until then keep
your heads up and enjoy your-
self. Mr Fleming
We're all missing you lots at
school, keep safe and see you
soon from Mr Cady.
I miss everybody from EHPS and
hope to see all of your smiling
faces very soon! I think I've
eaten my weight in chocolate
over the last few weeks :) Mrs
Bronish
The books and robots are miss-
ing you!! I hope you have all
been keeping safe and enjoy-
ing your online learning. I know I
am loving all the technology we
have been using to keep in
touch. I can’t wait to see your
smiling faces when it is safe to
come back to school
Miss Radford
I simply can't wait to have you all
back in the classroom. I am so
proud of how you have changed
your way of learning over the last
few weeks. We have all adjusted
so well to our new situation, but
don't get too settled at home be-
cause I need your little faces in
front of me very soon. Keep
sending me your quality work
superstars. Mrs Howard.
Hi 4/5J
I hope everyone is well. I am really looking forward to seeing each and everyone of you, when you return to school next week. I trust that everyone is continuing to work hard and that you will be ready for the next phase of our learning.
Welcome back to Term 2. I hope you are safe and you have enjoyed your holidays. Things will be a bit different this term but I am looking forward to seeing you in Week 3. This has been great learning experience for us all. I hope you are being respectful to the people around you, responsible family members and striving to suc-ceed while learning at home. See you
soon. Mr Russell
Hello 6H, I hope you are all well and happy. It has been wonderful being able to keep in contact with you on Seesaw. I have enjoyed looking at the work you have posted, as well as the photographs some of you have taken of yourselves completing tasks. We have some colourful new tables and stools in our classroom and the room has been re-arranged for even more flexible seating and group activities.
Ms Hammond
Hello 5C! I am missing all of your smiling faces. I enjoy seeing the great work coming through on Seesaw and look forward to our class meeting on Seesaw on our allocated days. Keep smiling and trying hard with your work and don't forget to ask questions if you are not sure. Thank you for mak-ing me smile every time I read your messages, see your completed tasks
or receive our mail!
Mrs Coleman
Hi everyone! I hope everyone has been staying safe :) I look forward to seeing everyone when we return to
school as normal. Mrs McQuillan
Hi 6J! I am so proud of how hard you have been working in these difficult times. Keep up the great work. Look-ing forward to see you all back in the
classroom! Mrs Jarvis
We hope you are all keeping yourselves well and staying warm on these chilly mornings, we can't wait to see everyone when isolation is over.
Office Ladies
3/4Z you are all amazing and I have been so impressed by all of your quality work on SEESAW. I can see that your work shows me that you are striving for your personal best. Your interaction with others in an online environment has been courteous and respectful and a pleasure to be a part of. During my online time on SEESAW you have all made me smile by telling me jokes or just being the wonderful little people that you are, so thankyou! Keep smiling and I will see you all very soon! –
Miss Zahra
Hello 2R I have checking to see the things you have been doing at home and I am impressed. I can see lots of very neat writing, so I know you have been trying hard with your work. Hopefully, we will all be back together again soon and be able to enjoy learning together. Please make sure you remember to work on something beautiful for Mum, Nanna or someone else that is special to you this week for
Mother’s Day on Sunday!
Ms. Randall
I look forward to seeing everyone when we can.
Mrs Williams
I hope everyone is staying healthy and happy. I am quite excited to see lots of faces in Week 3 where we will have you
back at least one day per week.
Miss Dodds
Thank you for your efforts in learning from home on the grid activities, your quality work on Seesaw makes me smile every-day. I am missing seeing you all at school and look forward to having you back here really soon. Stay safe, stay
healthy! Mrs Eather
Dear 3/4H, I’m missing you all like crazy! I hope you’re all staying safe. I love the messages coming through from you all let-ting me know how you are and what you’re up to. Keep being superstars! We’ll be back together again before you know
it. Miss Harvey
I would like to thank 3/4G for embracing learning from home. Thank you for all the fantastic work you have completed and congratulations on your effort. Everyone is following our PBL expectations by striving to do their best. I am extremely proud of each of you! I miss you all and hope to see your smiley faces again soon. Miss Gadowsky Hi KA, I miss you all so much! I can't wait till we are all together again and having fun. I am so proud of all of you for all your hard work with our Online learn-ing. Your grid work has been amazing and I can see how hard you are all working, you are all such resilient kids! I can't wait to
Students recognised for work and effort in Term 1 Week 11.
(We are currently designing new PBL Merit awards. These student will receive an award when they are printed.)
KF Koa T has been consistently submitting work of really high quality.
Eli L has been submitting lots of work each day and seems to really be enjoying learning from home.
KM Eli F has posted evidence of over 60 activities that shows his commitment to learning.
Jasper M has posted over 20 items with lots of detail. His 'I can see a...' sentence was longer than anyone else's.
KA Able F has been doing a great job of learning online. Luka P has been having such a great time doing his grid activities. The level of
work he has submitted has been of a high standard and has really impressed me with his commitment to learning.
1S Chace G has an excellent attitude to his learning, great participation on the chat time. Reflective question response show commitment to learning.
Layla A was powering on with her learning before we broke up. I can see she has maintained this commitment. Her video of her science experiment is excel-lent.
1-2H Lilliana D has tried hard, outstanding work being pre-sented on Seesaw through navigating the new learning platform and used all features including uploading posters and audio messages.
Ryan C has submitted all tasks, with quality work. He worked cooperatively with his family and , set up an amazing obstacle course in their backyard. He has welcomed our new way of learning and communicating as a team.
1E Benjamin M has submitted quality work in Literacy and Numeracy activities and excellent videos demonstrating his learning.
Cooper B has produced quality work in Literacy and Numeracy activities. He submitted excellent interviews with grandparents.
2R Axel P for quality work produced and his enthusiasm for learning.
Aidan Mc for always producing outstanding work and fantastic attitude to his learning
2F Aidan J has had an amazing online presence on See-saw. He has been completing all his activities to a high quality standard. He has been communicating with all of his peers as well as telling jokes to keep us all enter-tained and keeping our spirits high.
Ashton B has been working very hard in all of the grid activities. He has also been very creative in developing his own obstacle course from his brother's Stage 3 grid.
3/4R Kaelan B continues to strive to do his best, be respon-sible while doing his work and being respectful during Seesaw by helping his peers out.
Lilly W has completed tricky problem solving activities and persevered by trying new strategies and ways of working through the tasks
3/4Z Annabelle H has demonstrated that even though she is learning from home her standards are still high and she is striving for her personal best by participating in online discussions and tasks, including challenges from school staff.
Kaylee J has shown empathy to others and quality work in the Seesaw program. She has entertained her peers to cheer them up and demonstrated inclusivity to all. Her activities are of a high standard with regular and consistent participation and application.
3/4H Gabe M has been working really hard and completed a wide range of activities from Numeracy, Literacy and KLAs.
Indiah T has been consistently uploading work each day of a beautiful quality and standard. She has continued to strive to her best.
3/4G Logan Z has made an outstanding effort on Seesaw, getting involved in challenges and completing and submitting quality work daily.
Xavier D is working independently on grid tasks while mum is at work and has submitted quality work on a regular basis. Well done!
4/5J Indi E has been striving to do her best and continues to present quality work and has completed all extra activities such as Design a card for Hawkins Masonic Village.
Monique K has been striving to do her best with the learning grids. She continues to present quality work, engages respectfully when communicating on line with peers and teachers.
5C Alexis P has made and outstanding effort on Seesaw, getting involved in challenges and uploading quality work.
Sophie C has shown commitment to her learning by getting involved in challeng-es and uploading quality work. Outstanding effort on Seesaw.
6H Kohan W has made outstanding effort and contribu-tions on Seesaw.
Lily L has produced quality work and demonstrated commitment to her learning through her efforts in Seesaw.
6J Hannah S has demonstrated her dedication to home learning by completing assigned task and developing additional personal projects.
Makayla S has shown a high level of commitment to at home learning by completing and submitting quality work.
Mr Russell made the Newcastle Herald in the break sending a message to his community. Sam Russell made
the signs with his housemates "instead of binge Netflixing".
Edgeworth Heights Public School teacher Sam Russell is displaying two home-made signs outside his home.
One reads 'Be kind wherever possible', the other 'If you want to be happy... be'. "The kids inspired me to do it,"
he said.
"They were doing rainbows on their footpaths, little signs and writing letters to the elderly.
"I thought 'We shouldn't just leave it to the kids to come up with great ideas'.
"We get a lot of foot traffic with workers in the city and thought it would be nice for them to see something... par-
ticularly health professionals and people working for the public.
"It's to remind people that even in the hardest times you can still be happy and kind."
He is also investigating setting up a street library of books to borrow, plus a stick library for dogs.
"There's a lot you can do if you think creatively," he said. "I really encourage everyone to promote a sense of
community."
From Mrs Foster
Keep looking after yourselves and your family. Remember to ask for help if you need it, as every-body needs help at some stage. In the newsletter there is a "Coping Calendar" from the 'Action for Happiness' website. Take time to have a look, work through some of the suggestions and most of all look after yourselves. We hope to see you all back safe and well as soon as it is logistically possible.