Term 3, Week 7 26 August 2021

No Notes home this week

COVID Restrictions

Please remember that parents/visitors are not allowed on to school grounds attending a scheduled appointment/meeting. If you are wanting to collect your child or drop them off during school time, please ensure you DO NOT enter the school. Please call our office and request your child be sent out to you. The office will sign your child out and watch that they are collected from the top gate by the appropriate person. Please ensure you are at the gate and not waiting in your car. When you are dropping your child off during school time, please call the office to let them know your child is coming into the grounds and send them to the office to sign in. We will then send them to class.

If you do have to enter the school for a meeting, please ensure you report to the office, QR Code in and wear a mask. Thank you for your co-operation on this matter, the safety of our students, staff and community is essential.

Payments and Notes

Please feel free to keep paying off your excursions

Year 6 Canberra

Year 5 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Year 4 Warrumbungles

Year 3 Lake Keepit

School Canteen and Uniform Shop News

Our School Canteen and Uniform Shop will be closed during Lockdown. We are sorry for any

inconvenience this may cause our families. Once things are back to normal, hours will be

as usual. Thank you for your patience.

From the Principal’s Desk Learning From Home and Attendance What an incredible two weeks it has been and we cannot thank our school community enough for the way they have supported and embraced the period of Learning From Home. Over 95% of our students have collected their student learning packs which is an enormous increase on the Learning From Home period in 2020. Please remember that student attendance is marked according to the learning packs being returned and evidence of students having engaged in the learning. We know it is a difficult time and all we ask is that our parents do the best they can under the circumstances. At this stage, we are still awaiting advice on the continuation or easing of the Level 4 restrictions that are currently in place. We will communicate this with everyone as soon as possible. Excursion Surveys (Years 3 - 6) Earlier this week we posted a copy of the Excursion Survey for Years 3-6 parents on our Facebook page and on the SkoolBag application. If parents could please complete the survey to assist us in making a final decision about our Years 3-6 excursions which are set to take place at the beginning of Term 4. The final decision will be made by the end of Week 8 and will be based on current Department of Education/NSW Health COVID guidelines, parent survey responses and staff/student wellbeing. NAPLAN Online School Readiness In 2022, all schools throughout NSW will transition to NAPLAN Online. Our Year 3 and Year 5 students are scheduled to participate in NAPLAN Online School Readiness Testing (SRT) in Week 8 this term but this may be impacted by the current Learning From Home period. We will endeavour to keep our families informed of any changes to the implementation of the SRT. School/Student Activities impacted by COVID Whole School Performance (9 September 2021) - CANCELLED Willow Tree Horse Sports (17 September 2021) - CANCELLED Year 3-6 Excursions - Survey sent home to families for completion Mr John Ireland – Principal

Book Club The latest issue of Book Club is out now. Don’t let staying at home mean your children miss out on some wonderful books. Go online to scholastic.com.au/LOOP and browse Issue 6. Orders need to be in by Wednesday 1 September 2021. They will come to the school and we will contact you for pick up. Get browsing! .

Quirindi Public School Bell Times

9.20am -School begins

11.20am - 12.00pm - Break 1

1.30pm – 2.05pm - Break 2

3.20pm - School concludes

COVID at Home Learning Thanks to the families that have sent photos to us showing what is happening during the period of Learning from Home. It is wonderful to see our students being engaged with their learning both at home and in school. Thanks also to our wonderful parents who are helping our students and our teachers who are working tirelessly to make sure our students have work to complete.

Parent advice of requirement for COVID-19 test for your child

Please remember students and staff with flu-like symptoms will need to be tested and return 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 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.

Students who have seasonal allergic rhinitis or another condition that presents similarly to flu-like symptoms are still required to get tested for COVID-19 and return a negative test result. Where their symptoms continue beyond 10 days, students should provide documentation from their GP confirming their symptoms are typical for their condition. If the student develops new or changed symptoms, they should get tested for COVID-19. Find more information about COVID-19 symptoms External link.