nar nar goon primary school
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Nar Nar Goon Primary School 27 Spencer St, Nar Nar Goon 3812 Phone: 5942 5311
Email: [email protected]
Issue No: 17 October 21st 2021
BABY NEWS!
Congratulations to Jackie Lowe who welcomed her beautiful new baby daughter: Millie Paige Lowe born in the early
hours of yesterday morning. Both mother and daughter are doing well!
Kimberly Feher has commenced maternity leave this week and we wish her the best of luck as she awaits the birth of
her second child. Kylie Wendt will be taking over Kimberly’s classroom responsibilities in 3/4K four days a week and
Lorinda Eden will be the classroom teacher on Wednesdays. Lorinda will also be fulfilling her normal counselling role
on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
RETURN TO ON SITE LEARNING:
It has been wonderful to welcome back our two Prep grades (Mon-Wed) and our Year 1/2s (Thurs-Fri) this week as
part of the staged return to on site learning. These junior classes have returned to the routines of school with great
excitement and a minimum of fuss. Tomorrow we will be welcoming back our year 5/6s and next Tuesday &
Wednesday we will see the return of our 3/4 classes. There is a real buzz among the staff as we anticipate the return of
everyone full time on 5th November – we can’t wait for this return to “normality”!
I would ask everyone to please refer to my previous email (sent to all families on 14th October) outlining the steps in
our COVID Safe Plan that we have implemented to keep everyone safe. In summary, extra ventilation, thorough
sanitisation and cleaning, full vaccination of all staff, mask wearing requirements for year 3-6s, and all staff, and
procedures for the entry and exit of students via the four gates according to their allocated house colour (Byrne,
Threadgold, Collins and Hughes).
Whilst we are doing our utmost within the school grounds to keep everyone safe and healthy, I would ask all parents
and carers to exercise social distancing protocols and mask wearing during pick up and drop off times. Please also
understand that if students present with symptoms of illness such as a cough, runny nose, sore throat, tummy ache or
fever they must remain at home or if they present at school, we will require students to be collected and taken home.
All principals have been briefed extensively on the steps to implement should a positive case present within our
school environment so please rest assured that we would take action and communicate with you swiftly.
CAR PARKING – SPENCER STREET:
Now that we are gradually returning to onsite learning, parents need to refrain from parking immediately outside the
school administration building at drop off and pick up times. Buses require the entire space where it is clearly signed
as NO PARKING. We have been lenient whilst essential worker parents were dropping off and picking up on site, but
this will no longer be possible as the buses return to their regular schedules. We thank you in advance for your
cooperation in this matter.
REFUNDS FOR CAMPS AND EXCURSIONS:
An email was sent out yesterday to parents who have paid for camps and excursions that can no longer go ahead due
to the current COVID restrictions. Please use the form attached to that email to provide us with your bank details so
that refunds can be organised. (There is also the option to credit your account if you so wish.)
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Please Keep Sick Children At Home
The Department has a COVID Team that can take any queries from parents (and teachers!) and can be contacted on 1800 338 663. Please call them any time you have a concern about your child’s symptoms. DHS also have a hotline and can be reached at https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus
If you aren’t sure about anything, give those hotlines a call, as we are taking our directions from them. Children who are ill should remain at home. Any child unwell and sent to sick bay whilst at school will be isolated until collected. We are being vigilant to ensure safety of everyone in our school community.
As with staff, students will be required to stay home if they display any symptoms of illness such as a cough, runny nose, sore throat, tummy ache or fever.
Please keep us all safe by avoiding attendance if you know your child is not well.
From the Principal continued
100/ 200 NIGHTS OF READING:Congratulations to the following students who during the past fortnight, have all reached the
milestone of 200 nights of reading for 2021. They will all be awarded a book of their choice when they come back on site
(our Foundation students who achieved 100 & 200 nights of reading milestones during remote learning, are pictured above with
their bookmarks and individually selected books):
Kind Regards, Mrs Fran Van Lambaart
YEAR LEVEL: STUDENT: YEAR LEVEL: STUDENT:
Foundation F Hudson K Mason F
Foundation W Levi D Chloe T
1/2R Oscar N Lucy B
1/2L Mia N
3/4K Isla E Lexi M
6CD Zaylee F Azahlia P Skylah D
OCTOBER
Monday 25th School Council 4.45pm
Friday 29th Y7 2022 KWRSC online info session
NOVEMBER
Tuesday 2nd MELBOURNE CUP DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Monday 8th Foundation Myuna Farm CANCELLED
Friday 12th Prep only transition 10-11am TBC
Monday 15th PAFA 9.15am TBC
Friday 19th CURRICULUM DAY TBC
Monday 22nd School Council 4.45pm
Friday 26th Prep only transition 10-11am TBC
Cashless Payments
Nar Nar Goon PS has now moved to
Cashless Payments for all transactions
OTHER THAN PAFA FUNDRAISING
BPay-using your unique Family Ref No
Credit Card over the phone
Eftpos Tap and Go
Dakota H
Olivia W
Marshall F
Charlotte B
Paisley M
Jax F
Xavier L
Ruby L
Jay F
Happy birthday!
PREP ENROLMENTS FOR 2022
We are now taking enrolments for next year.
Enrolment packs are now available from the office.
***Please note that ALL event dates are
subject to change due to
Covid Restrictions***
Special Digital Issue 8
Is now ready for you to order.
Delivery direct to home Closes 4.11.21
SUNSMART POLICY
In line with our school’s Sun Smart Policy, students must wear a
hat at all times when outdoors from the 1st September through to
the 30th April. Please help us to instil good sun smart habits in the
children by ensuring they have a blue sun smart hat for the
remainder of the year.
Baseball caps are not acceptable.
Please use an approved sunsmart hat.
E for Excellence Recipients
for the week ending OCTOBER 15TH 2021
Congratulations!
E for Excellence Recipients
for the week ending OCTOBER 8TH, 2021
Congratulations!
Leon D
Sadie D
Franki S
Marshall F
Beau Z
Charlottle M
Rylie C
Kiara P
Lauren B
Blake T
Lawson K
Miles B
Levi D
Mason R
Sonny B
WORKING WITH CHILDREN’S CHECKS—A
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
A reminder that EVERY HELPER in our school must wear their
Working With Children Card on one of our visitor lanyards, or a
visitors badge when helping in our school. This could be for
reading helpers, sport helpers, classroom helpers, PAFA friends
etc. This is policy in our school and we will be monitoring this
diligently. Remember, it is not only for the safety of our children,
but protection for yourself. Our students have also been instruct-
ed to look for these.
Also when signing in please sign in your toddlers too,
just in case of emergency.
STUDENT SUPERVISION
Please be aware that staff are on yard duty in the playground from
8:45 am before school and until 3:45 pm after school. Students
travelling on late buses are supervised in the Multi Purpose Room
after school until the final bus leaves. For your own child’s safety
it is recommended that children do not arrive at school before
8:45 am.
STUDENT INSURANCE
Please be aware that the Education Department does not cover
students for accidents in the school grounds, nor does it cover for
Ambulance costs should the need to call an ambulance be
necessary. I would therefore encourage all families, to please
consider making personal insurance and ambulance cover
arrangements for all their children.
CHILD SAFE STANDARDS
Nar Nar Goon Primary School is committed to child safety.
We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We
support and respect all children, as well as our staff and
volunteers. We are committed to the safety, participation
and empowerment of all children. We have zero tolerance
of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be
treated very seriously and consistently with our robust
policies and procedures. If you would like more information
please go to the ‘Wellbeing’ or ‘Policies’ tab on our website
where you will find our Child Safe Policy and/or further
information and resources go to: www.education.vic.gov.au/
protect
FEEDBACK
Your feedback is important to us. If you have a concern or
would like to raise a complaint as a parent, please speak to
the classroom teacher in the first instance, Team leader in
the second instance (ie: Foundation: Jodie Watt, Years 1-2:
Ryan Marsland, Years 3-4 Daniel Mason, Years 5/6:
Jackie L).
Otherwise, please contact the Principal Mrs Fran Van
Lambaart or Assistant Principal Jacqui Cutler, by calling
the office to arrange an appointment.
VISITING THE SCHOOL
We would respectfully ask that every person who comes
onto the school grounds between the hours of 9:15am and
3:15pm does so through the main office to ensure that we
know who is on the school grounds at all times. We would
ask for your cooperation as parents to ensure that if you
have a message for your child or an item that needs to be
delivered to the classroom that you ask the office staff to
pass it on rather than interrupt the class and/or the
teacher during instruction time. Anyone without a WWCC
lanyard or Visitors badge will be redirected to the front
office.
MEDICATION AT SCHOOL
Often we are asked to administer medication for students at school and if provided with the correct written information and parent signatures, we are more than happy to do so. Students know (and parents need to be aware) that any medication brought to school must be kept in the Sick Bay, not in classrooms or student school bags. In order to administer medication correctly we are seeking parent support to ensure the medication provided to staff does not fall beyond the expiry date provided on medication packets/bottles. We will notify you when the medication is due to expire. Please support us in our endeavours to keep your children safe and healthy.
ABSENCE MANAGEMENT AT NAR NAR GOON
PRIMARY SCHOOL
When submitting online absence forms please ensure you
provide us with details to enable us to determine whether
or not they will be school approved absences or not.
Parent Choice
School Approved – Illness/medical, Religious/cultural
observance, Bereavement, Family holiday (with principal
approval), Special circumstances, Unforeseen
circumstances, Ill family member.
School Unapproved- No explanation provided by
parent. Student absent due to participating in leisure or
social activities such as shopping, a child’s birthday,
visiting relatives or friends. A day off for no valid reason.
No approval given by principal to attend family holiday
(requires an absence learning plan with Principal’s
signature).
PLEASE REFER TO THE NAR NAR GOON PRIMARY
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE POLICY LOCATED ON THE
‘ABOUT US/POLICIES’ TAB ON OUR WEBSITE FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION
PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION
**FACEBOOK PAGE**
Join the Nar Nar Goon Primary School – Parents & Friends Group as another way to stay informed and up to date with the activities and events happening
within the School. (*Please note: this is a closed group only available to parents/carers who have current enrolled students at the school*)