Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be a Learner

Date: Thursday 21 May Term 2, Week 4

Tregeagle PS students return to the classroom full-time - Monday 25 May (Next Week) Students at Tregeagle PS will be back in our classrooms full-time from next Monday, 25 May. The Tregeagle PS Team would sincerely like to thank our wonderful school community and parents for your ongoing patience and support during this difficult time. Tregeagle PS will be maintaining health precautions and measures such as increased cleaning, access to hygiene supplies and compliance with hygiene practices – and look forward to seeing all students back at school five days a week next week.

Return of Learning Resources

We ask that all students return all home learning books, text books, school computers/chargers and any completed work to school on Monday 25 May. Please place your child’s resources into a tied up plastic bag, clearly labelled with your child’s name and class. Children’s resources are to be placed on their class table (located at the front of the office) on Monday morning. Hygiene Practices at School School students do not need to follow strict adult physical distancing guidelines, but should follow good hygiene practices like:

• regularly washing hands • avoiding sharing drinks or food • coughing or sneezing into your elbow, or a tissue which should be discarded immediately • maintaining physical distancing from teachers and school staff.

School Attendance All students should be at school full time from Monday 25 May 2020 unless:

• they have a medical certificate which states that they are unable to return to school due to an ongoing medical condition

• they are currently unwell. If your child is unwell, do not send them to school. If they are unwell at school, you or your nominated emergency contact will need to collect them immediately. Please ensure your child’s contact details are up to date. If a student is absent without a medical reason for more than three days, this will be recorded as an unauthorised absence and will be followed up by the school.

Principals Message, Rebecca Fletcher

Birthdays Isabella, Sarah, Erin, Aria, Issac H, Emmett

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Reporting and assessment Some of your child’s work has been assessed during the learning from home period. On their return to school, all students will receive additional assessment. You will receive your child’s semester 1 report before the end of August (Week 6, Term 3). This will be a simplified version of the report you would normally receive.

School activities Teachers will continue to follow the same school curriculum and KLA scope and sequences with the exception of some activities that can’t go ahead for now.

What students can’t do:

• School incursions and excursions including camps

• Inter-school activities (debating, inter-school sport)

• In-school activities requiring parent or other volunteers

• No school assemblies School cleaning and hygiene supplies Tregeagle PS has received additional cleaning in line with the AHPPC guidelines and advice from NSW Health. Target areas include high-touch areas and other hard surfaces, door handles, lockers, light switches and handrails in stairways and movement areas. There will also be additional cleaning of toilets and bubblers and topping up of supplies like soap. We have received supplies of soap, hand sanitiser, toilet paper, paper towels, disinfectant wipes and personal protective equipment. The school is able to order more as needed. We would like to sincerely thank Robyn Nilon, our amazing school cleaner, for working tirelessly over the last months to keep our school clean. You are amazing!

Parents/Community on School grounds Parents and community members ARE NOT to enter school grounds, unless for essential reasons i.e. picking up sick child. Please contact the school office via phone or email.

Parent Pick up Arrangements - CHANGE BACK - Monday 25 May On Monday 25 May (next week), parent pick up arrangements will return to the hall side gate.

• Parents may park back on the grass near the hall.

• Parents - do not come inside the school gate.

• Keep a safe physical distance (1.5m) from other parents.

• Teachers will send your child over to you at the gate. NOTE: Put your child on the bus school if you can to limit adults around school.

Responding to COVID-19 cases There is a clear plan in place for schools to notify the NSW Health and the Department of Education if there is a suspected case of COVID-19. This includes temporarily closing schools where necessary followed by a strict protocol to ensure the school is safe to return to being operational.

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Transport Our school bus service will continue to run as normal.

Drink bottles All students need to continue to bring their own labeled drink bottle to school each day, as bubblers are remaining closed.

Acknowledgements With so much evolution toward ‘Remote Learning’ in recent months it is imperative that the Tregeagle Team provide the following ‘thank you’ messages:

• To our parents and carers for the high level cooperation in a rapidly changing world. • To our incredible teachers who have modified and adapted practices at an instant to meet the

changing expectations of schools. • To our administration and school support staff who have changed their own work practices and

routines. • To our students who are showing a high level of resilience in a very fluid world. Students, in many

cases, are moving between learning environments, coping with changed ways of instructions and certainly missing the regular interactions with their friends and classmates.

Mrs Collins – Could students please return their library books as soon as possible. At this time we are not loaning books out, but we are revamping the library.

Teacher Information/Class News

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Week 3 Learning Goals

Week 4 High expectations for book work

PBL/Certificates

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Scholastic Australia’s Book Club will continue to operate this term. Catalogues will continue to be sent home each month. Issue 4 has been sent home this week & is due to be ordered via LOOP by 21 June. Orders are now only via the Parent LOOP function online through Scholastic Book Club. Physical order forms & monies will no longer be an option at Tregeagle P.S. THANK YOU for supporting Book Club & as a result, supporting your school!

School Canteen Re-Opening NEXT WEEK! Friday 29 May will see the return of our canteen

operating. There will be no snack day Thursday as of yet. Lunch orders are to be returned BY NEXT Thursday 28 May.

Administration, Mrs Benson

P & C including Canteen and Events