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Kirkton Public School Newsletter 797 Standen Drive
Lower Belford NSW 2335
t: 02 6574 7152 m: 0427 473 405 f: 02 6574 7227 e: [email protected] w: www.kirkton-p.school.nsw.edu.au
Term 4, Week 6 Achieve With Pride 16th November 2020
Dear Parents, Carers and Friends,
We would like to congratulate Jakobe and his family
on the arrival of their new baby boy Reef. We hope
you are enjoying new baby snuggles and getting to
know the newest member of your family.
We would also like to congratulate and thank Mr
Taylor for his dedication to our school and effort put
in over the last almost three years. Mr Taylor leaves
us this week to undertake an early childhood
practicum for his teaching degree and will not
return to Kirkton Ps as a teacher’s aide. This is
because next year he will enter the teaching
profession. We know you will be an excellent
teacher– remember we saw you first! We hope we
might be able to have Mr Taylor back to visit for
some casual teaching days.
We loved meeting our 9 new Kindergarten students
at their first orientation last week. Congratulations to
our senior students who assisted our new kinders feel
welcomed at the gate and helped the transition to
play and exploration of the classroom. We look
forward to seeing you again next Wednesday 25th
November at 9.30am.
This Friday we will hold an assembly which will
include the captain’s speeches for 2021 on the front
verandah of the school. Commencing at 9.05am
We invite all parents to attend in a drive in fashion,
watching from parked cars at the fence. The
exception to this is we invite parents of our Year 5
students who are completing their speech to watch
speeches outside of their car maintaining social
distance. FLORA awards will also be presented at
this assembly. Speech order will be drawn out of a
hat. Good luck Lachlan, Nayte and Savanna!
Calendar of Events
Term 4
Week 6
Friday 20th November 2020
School captain speeches delivered at
assembly on front verandah 9.05am.
Assembly Week 7
Tuesday 24th November 2020
P&C meeting 7.30-8.30am Library
Wednesday 25th November 2020
9.30am-11.30am Second Kindergarten
orientation for 2021 students
11.30am—Beach to Bush Royal surf
lifesaving session at school. Week 8
Wednesday 2nd December—Friday 4th
December 2020
Great Aussie Bush Camp—primary students
Friday 4th December 2020—6pm-8.30pm
Year 6 Farewell—Singleton Heights, Diggers
Alroy Road Week 10
Tuesday 15th December 2020
2.15 pm—Presentation Day Parents Invited
Wednesday 16th December 2020
Last Day of term for students
I spy healthy eaters!
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The children have been enjoying the golf
and tennis skills and activities that have
been funded by the government’s Sporting
Schools initiative and this week saw the
arrival of equipment of some of our own
equipment to keep—Two portable training
nets and 10 short handed tennis rackets. We
are hoping we will be able to secure our last
golfing session at the course on the last
Wednesday of school. More information to
come soon!
We thank Mr Hill for coming in on Friday and
teaching the Kangas about aquaponics
and our aquaponics system. Students were
very interested in how it all linked together
to reflect cycles in our everyday world. The
students are looking forward to learning
more.
Our COVID safety guidelines have been
updated—News and information pertinent
to our school include:
P&C meeting can recommence face to
face as long as these are outside school
hours.
Parents are allowed on site to visit office
and uniform store, volunteer in classrooms,
attend essential teacher/principal meetings
and attend special/significant award
ceremonies and presentations.
Following this advice we anticipate holding
our Year 6 farewell on the 4th December. To
meet COVID distancing requirements we
are inviting all students to attend with one
parent only in grades from K-5. If your child is
in year 6, we have accommodated for two
adults in our planning. An invitation will be
sent shorty. RSVP is essential for COVID
safety planning. Our last step awaiting is
approval to have all grades attend due to
the unique nature of our classes (K-6).
Guidelines at this point discuss only Year 6 in
attendance to avoid mixing of cohorts.
We will now be holding a Presentation
Ceremony Tuesday afternoon 15th
December from 2.15pm. This will be a formal
assembly to present student awards, special
awards and complete captain oaths.
Unfortunately, but understandably I’m sure,
we are unable to host the P&C usual shared
plate event and Santa is not able to
negotiate quarantine to attend so many
school events, so this traditional part of our
school presentation will not be at this year’s
event
Restrictions have not eased around
guidelines for students who are ill. The
guidelines continue to be:
“In accordance with advice from NSW
HealthExternal link, parents and carers are
reminded NOT to send children to school if
they are unwell, even if they have the
mildest flu-like symptoms.
NSW Health has requested that schools
encourage anyone who is unwell or has
even mild flu-like symptoms, to arrange to
be tested through their local medical
practitioner or one of the COVID-19 clin-
icsExternal link.
Students and staff with flu-like symptoms will
need to be tested and provide a copy of a
negative COVID-19 test result and be
symptom-free before being permitted to
return to school.
Students who do not undertake a COVID-19
test result will not be permitted to return to
school for a 10 day period. Additionally,
they must be symptom-free for at least 3
days prior to returning to school.
We understand that this may be
inconvenient, after all we as staff are also
following these guidelines for our own
children, but it is essential for maintaining
health guidelines.
I urge you to read the latest and most up to
date information from the Department of
Education in full which can be accessed
from this link:
https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/
advice-for-families
Water bottles are required each day at
school. We are going through many plastic
cups and plastic water bottles at the
moment.
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Not long now until the Y3-6 camp at The Great Aussie Bush Camp. Please ensure all
medical information sheets are returned as soon as possible and final payments are
made by Thursday 26th November.
There are many exciting camp activities planned, the first being a mud run. Please send
children to school dressed in an old set of clothes and shoes—Ones that you are happy
to have thrown out are preferable as these will be super stinky, even rinsed out, after
three days.
A final information note will go out next week with an activities list and students will need
to have a filled out a camp wellness declaration with them on the morning that they
leave. We will leave school to go to camp at 10.30am Wednesday Week 8 and should
arrive back at school by 2.30pm Friday Week 8. On this day you may pick up your child
from the arrival time, to allow rest before the Year 6 farewell on the same night.
This week we are reinforcing our Visible Wellbeing Strength of Leadership—
Leadership
“I take charge and guide groups to meaningful goals, and ensure good relations
among group members”
Claire Johnson
Principal
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