Dear Families

This week, I have just included an excerpt from the Department’s website on Learning from home:

Learning from home in a school setting

When you start to think about helping your child to learn from home, remember that no one expects you to be a subject matter expert or teacher. The most important thing you can do is to continue to provide comfort, support and encouragement to your child.

You can help your child to learn from home by working with their school and supporting your child as they undertake the activities provided.

How the school will support your child Your child’s school will:

communicate with you and your child about teacher responsibilities and what you and your child need to do

communicate with you and provide learning activities for your child to do at home

use their normal communication tools such as their website, newsletters, emails and other online tools

provide technical support with devices, as needed.

Remember that you also have access to our wonderful therapists in supporting your efforts with home schooling; especially helping with changes in behaviour that are as a direct result of the changed circumstances and loss of major routines in child’s life.

Please be kind to yourselves and be proud of any effort that you make toward ‘normalising’ a home educational program at this significant time.

Newsletter Coburg Special Developmental School

27th April to 8th May 2020 Principal’s Report

Volume 9 Issue 6

27th April 2020 to 8th May

Coburg SDS

Inside this Issue:

Principal’s Report 1

Remote Learning 2

Room 3 3 & 4

Room 9 5

Room 12 6

More Information 7

Happy Birthday to You 8

Forms 8

News 9

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Room 3

Students from Room 3 have been working very hard completing all their work from home. We have done lots of different activities including art, cooking, reading and science! What a great effort from everyone!

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Room 3 Cont...

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Room 9

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Room 12

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More Information

https://issuu.com/sourcekids/docs/source_kids_covid-19_survival_guide_special_issue

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Term Dates for 2020

Term 2 Monday 8th June Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Term 3 Monday 10th August

Tuesday 11th August

Curriculum Day

Curriculum Day

Term 4 Monday 2nd November

Tuesday 3rd November

Pupil Free Day – school closed

Melbourne Cup Day Holiday

Forms Available:

Is your child turning 16? Ring the day they turn 16 and register to get the Pension from Centrelink. Make sure your child has a TAX file number (from the age of 5 years old).

Is your child in nappies or pull-ups? Make sure you include it in your NDIS plan.

Taxi - Doctor submits it online.

Forms are available from the office:

Companion Card We Care Disability Parking Permit etc

NDIS - When your child turns 18 years old, you will need a Plan Nominee Form (available from the NDIS office) to speak on your child’s behalf.

Emergency Care Plan: Each student should have an Emergency Care Plan in case something happens that carers and other family members can refer to. Extra copies available at the office. Contact: Angelina on 9354 4366.

Happy Birthday to You!

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