Term 3 Week 9 Tuesday 7th September 2021.

Principal’s Message Hats off to all our parents who are juggling the very difficult task of balancing your own work, life in general and supporting your children as they continue to learn from home. The Premier has detailed a clear pathway of when students can return to school: • from 25 October – Kindergarten and Year 1 • from 1 November – Years 2, 6 and 11 • from 8 November – Years 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Depending on how our LGA is coping with Covid numbers, it may be that some schools will be permitted to open-up a little earlier. If this is the case, we will all hear via the regular 11am updates, and through the media. I will also keep you updated if I receive any news. In saying this, I can't see children back at school before the holidays. Please continue to encourage your children to engage with the online and/or printed learning material. We thank you for your efforts and for complying with the NSW Health orders to keep students at home. We are all looking forward to welcoming students back, when permitted. Mark Thomson

Attendance Expectations Schools are required to maintain attendance data during the lockdown. To be marked as being 'present at school', we need to see that children at home are engaging with the learning from home material and taking part in the teacher/class catch-up sessions. If we are not seeing or hearing from your child through the week, it is our legal responsibility to mark the roll as absent and attempt to make contact with you. In these situations, teachers will try to call to see how you're going and to offer assistance to ensure your child/ren continue/s to learn from home. Just so you know, as our teachers are largely working from home, these calls will probably come through to you as an unknown caller. If you are having difficulties or issues, please reach out to your child’s teacher who would be happy to help, where they can.

PSSA Sport news Due to the impact of COVID-19 across New South Wales, the School Sport Unit has made the decision to cancel the following revised term four calendar events: • NSW All Schools Cross Country Championship (primary

and secondary) on Monday 18 October at Eastern Creek. • NSWPSSA Primary Athletics Championship on Thursday 2

December and Friday 3 December at Sydney Olympic Park.

As the District Athletics carnival that was planned to happen this term at Frogs Holla will not go ahead, I would like to acknowledge the strong team that would have represented our school. I'm sure we would have had many students that would have progressed to Regional level and possibly even State. I would also like to acknowledge Cameron who had qualified for NSW All Schools Cross Country and will not get a chance to compete. He is an outstanding runner and I am sure would have achieved a great result. We wish him all the best in his high school years for continued success in running together with his many other sporting codes. There are still some team knockout events that are postponed and not cancelled yet and we will keep you updated. Mrs Harding PSSA Sports Coordinator

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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY

• Learning from Home THURSDAY

• Learning from Home FRIDAY

• Learning from Home MONDAY

• Learning from Home TUESDAY

• Learning from Home

• P&C Meeting—7:00pm on zoom

POSTPONED EVENTS Due to covid restrictions, the following events have been postponed. Parents will be notified of new dates once they

can be confirmed.

Kindergarten Zoo Excursion

Year 4 Whale Watch Excursion

ICAS Assessments

Book Week Parade

Fathers Day Stall

Fathers Day Raffle

CANCELLED EVENTS

Due to covid restrictions, the following events have been cancelled.

Year 5 Berry Camp

Year 5 Berry Day Camp

Year 6 Canberra Excursion

NSW Cross Country Championship

NSW Athletics Championship

Book Character Parade Term 4 Due to the current restrictions, students were not able to be at school during Book Week and therefore missed the Book Week Parade. Milton Public School is hoping to proceed with a Book Character Parade in term 4 2021 when students return to school. A Scholastic Book Fair is planned for week 8 commencing November 22

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information will be sent out early next term. Thank you for your understanding. Stephen Grant Teacher Librarian

Learning from Home Poem by Iluka (5M) I can see the glowing blue sky with seagulls diving down into the crystal-clear water. As I run across the burning sand on a beautiful sunny Australia Day. “Best Australia Day ever”. I scream while diving into the chilly water. As I dive down into the water, I could see blue bottles and dolphins gliding through the smooth water. As I came up for a breath, I felt my skin and hair crusting. I could hear the calm seas turn wild!

Stage 3 News Last week Stage 3 kids were making slime as part of their online learning. It was a messy one for the parents, but there was a heap of smiles online!

Canberra Tour Year 6 went on a virtual tour of Canberra last week. We checked out all the favourite spots such as the War Memorial, National Gallery, The Mint and of course Questacon. There were interactive quizzes, surveys and virtual tours of the buildings. Definitely no replacement for the real thing and no sleepovers with friends, but still really informative and interesting....We're also pretty certain that there were a few lollies being consumed behind closed doors...in true camp tradition.

CANTEEN NEWS

Canteen closed until further notice

5M celebrated last Wednesday in style during their Zoom meeting with students at home and at school dressed up for “Wacky Wednesday”. Remember this classic story from when we were kids?

1S students have been busily creating their transport models! Wow there are some amazing mechanical engineers at MPS. Super effort everyone and thank you to the parents who helped with the master pieces.

Ulladulla High School - Year 7, 2022 Dear parents and carers, Re: Year 7 2022 Transition to High School check-in As we are nearing the end of term 3, and another step closer to your child starting year 7 in 2022 at Ulladulla High School. It is an exciting time, despite the current challenges. It is important for our team to reassure you that all is in progress for the transition to high school. As we look to term 4, the scheduled events for you and your students in preparation for next year are detailed below and remain steady: · Year 6 Taster Day – Term 4, Week 5, Friday, 5 November (to be confirmed) · Year 6 into 7 Information Evening, Term 4, Week 8, 22 November We look forward to welcoming you and your child to UHS and providing all the necessary support for successful transition to high school. Rest assured that we are still on track to provide this schedule. If there are any changes, we will communicate them to you promptly. All parents will receive an individual Letter of Confirmation at the beginning of Term 4, confirming your childs’ enrolment at Ulladulla High School. If you haven’t commenced or completed your enrolment paperwork for your student, you have other questions, or have additional information regarding your child, please contact Ulladulla High School for any assistance. Our team is happy to answer any questions and provide support in the process. Yours Sincerely, Denise Lofts

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