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260 Wondall Road Manly West QLD 4179 Subscribe: Subscribe: https://wondallheightsss.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe Email: Email: [email protected] Phone: Phone: 3906 6444 Wondall Heights Newsletter Week 1 Term 2, 2020 From the Principal From the Principal Welcome back to Term 2, a term like no other. The first week has been a significant adjustment for all members of the school community. I ask for the community’s patience as we work collectively and positively through problems and issues as they arise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NB4tzY8gGZQ?showinf o=1&rel=0 Roll Marking Roll Marking A directive has been issued to schools to monitor and record students’ daily involvement with learning. In response to this we have set up year level emails for Students or Parents to email each day, prior to 9am to indicate they have joined the online learning process. Using the relevant year level email students/parents are to put the student’s name in the subject header. No other message content is required and it will not be read. Students / Parents will need to email the year level appropriate email below: If you have children in multiple year levels you’ll need to send an email for each child to their year level address. If your child is not engaging in online learning on a particular day due to illness, PARENTS or CARERS are requested, as per usual school processes to ring to leave a message 3906 6460 or QParents. If an email has not been received from the student/parent indicating they are online or a message from a parent indicating their child is unwell PARENTS and CARERS will receive an SMS notification prior to the end of the day. Suggestions Suggestions for for Parent Parent to to help help Students Students work work from from Home Home Term Term 2 : Working from home and home schooling will no doubt have its challenges but also provides a great chance to better connect with the family. I found the following bank of suggestions to be relevant for families working to establish a positive work-from-home environment. Feel free to select, adopt, adapt or reject any of these ideas. General Suggestions: General Suggestions: • [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • Student- Wake up at the time you would if you were attending school • Student- Complete some form of exercise/walk/ride • Student- Enjoy a healthy breakfast • Student- Help out with the family tasks – make it an offer to your parents • Student- Check your school emails and any other platforms that you are instructed to use. • Student- Have a Monday to Friday Timetable for your learning and other tasks. • Parents- The home-school day can and will be different to the at-school timetable. • Parents- Be flexible and check-in with your child’s teacher. <div class="player-unavailable"><h1 class="message">An error occurred.</h1><div class="submessage"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/ 1
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Email:Email: [email protected]:Phone: 3906 6444
Wondall Heights Newsletter Week 1 Term 2, 2020
From the PrincipalFrom the Principal
Welcome back to Term 2, a term like no other. The first weekhas been a significant adjustment for all members of theschool community. I ask for the community’s patience as wework collectively and positively through problems and issuesas they arise.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NB4tzY8gGZQ?showinfo=1&rel=0
Roll MarkingRoll Marking
A directive has been issued to schools to monitor and recordstudents’ daily involvement with learning.
In response to this we have set up year level emails for Studentsor Parents to email each day, prior to 9am to indicate they havejoined the online learning process. Using the relevant year levelemail students/parents are to put the student’s name in thesubject header. No other message content is required and itwill not be read.
Students / Parents will need to email the year level appropriateemail below:
If you have children in multiple year levels you’ll need to send anemail for each child to their year level address.
If your child is not engaging in online learning on a particularday due to illness, PARENTS or CARERS are requested, as perusual school processes to ring to leave a message 3906 6460or QParents.
If an email has not been received from the student/parentindicating they are online or a message from a parent indicatingtheir child is unwell PARENTS and CARERS will receive an SMSnotification prior to the end of the day.
SuggestionsSuggestions forfor ParentParent toto helphelp StudentsStudents workwork fromfrom HomeHome TermTerm22::
Working from home and home schooling will no doubt have itschallenges but also provides a great chance to better connectwith the family. I found the following bank of suggestions tobe relevant for families working to establish a positivework-from-home environment. Feel free to select, adopt, adaptor reject any of these ideas.
General Suggestions:General Suggestions:
• Student- Wake up at the time you would if you wereattending school
• Student- Complete some form of exercise/walk/ride
• Student- Enjoy a healthy breakfast
• Student- Help out with the family tasks – make it anoffer to your parents
• Student- Check your school emails and any otherplatforms that you are instructed to use.
• Student- Have a Monday to Friday Timetable for yourlearning and other tasks.
• Parents- The home-school day can and will bedifferent to the at-school timetable.
• Parents- Be flexible and check-in with your child’steacher.
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Student learning Space (respect for your working environment)
Student Clothing (respect for self)
Student Equipment (respect for working environment)
Student Etiquette (respect for others)
Student Healthy Routines (respect for self)
Students Being Productive
Parent resources toParent resources to support remote learningsupport remote learning
Listed below are additional resources to assist parents insupporting remote learning for their children.
CyberCyber safetysafety As the students' time at home and onlineincreases, I thought it may be timely to share with you links onhow to control and deal with cyber issues from home.
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/big-issues
https://www.esafety.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-04/aus-global-parent-online-safety-advice.pdf
AnzacAnzac DayDay, 25 April, is one of Australia’s most importantnational occasions. It marks the anniversary of the first majormilitary action fought by Australian and New Zealand forcesduring the First World War.
It goes beyond the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in1915. It is the day on which we remember all Australians andNew Zealanders who served and died in war and on operationalservice. The spirit of Anzac, with its qualities of courage,mateship and sacrifice, continues to have meaning andrelevance for our sense of national identity.
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
Anzac Day 2020 will be unlike any other. For the first time in acentury there will be no suburban dawn services, mid-morningmarches or school services.
This year, Australians are asked to stand in their driveways at6.00am as an acknowledgement and sign of respect for ourcurrent and past armed services men and women.
Please email a photo of your child/ren marking ANZAC Day inyour driveways to [email protected] and we’ll publish themin a PPT and email out to parents. Only email your photo
• Your learning space should be tidy, comfortable andas quiet as possible
• Always be respectful of any shared spaces in yourhouse
• Do not wear your pyjamas all day
• Dress in neat, casual clothes when completing work
• Ensure your home device is ready and you knowyour MIS ID login and password
• Test all applications and platforms required to makesure they are working
• Have a pens/pencils and paper ready
• Use headphones if necessary
• Turn your phone and other non-learning devices offor to silent and move it away from your workspace toavoid distraction and temptation.
• Remove any other distractions.
• Be polite, appropriate and respectful in how youcommunicate be it online, adults at home and withyour siblings (Respect for others)
• If sending an email to a teacher, write it with anappropriate greeting and with correct language,grammar and spelling
• Look for opportunities to be healthy
• Drink at least two litres of water every day
• Have a 15 minute break for every 45 minutes of work
• Have a healthy morning tea and lunch at the sametime each day
• Manage your time efficiently.
• Use your time for learning.
• As required, complete any set work and submit it ontime using the correct methods.
• Spend time revising any items you don’t understandand be sure to ask questions (by email or othernominated platform)
• Years 4 -6 check your school email throughout theday.
• The 'Parent information' section'Parent information' section of the AustralianCurriculum website has useful materials for parentsand carers.
• The Department of Education has a number of onlinetools and resources to support students throughlearning@home: https://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/learning-at-home
• ABC TV Education https://www.abc.net.au/tveducation/programs/primary/
• ABC Online content https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/home
• Scholastic has launched a free "Learn at Home"website that has daily courses for students fromPre-kindergarten to grades 6 and higher.
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Today’s growth mindset quote of the day …
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Confucius
Thank you for your understanding as we navigate our waythrough a new way of working.
Melissa
From the Deputy Principal YrsFrom the Deputy Principal Yrs3 - 63 - 6
ANZAC Day – 25ANZAC Day – 25thth April 2020April 2020
For many families and students of Wondall, ANZAC day willbe remembered in different ways to previous years. Due tothe current health situation we are unable to hold a ceremonyat school or participate in the local march but we can stillremember.
The Australian Government and the Department of VeteranAffairs encourages us all to privately commemorate ANZACDay. The service from the Australian War Memorial will betelevised nationally to enable us all to watch from our homes.There will also be a range of other commemorative activitiesbroadcast throughout the day.
Below you will find a number of links that will support you incommemorating ANZAC Day.
Commemorative ServicesCommemorative Services
https://www.dva.gov.au/recognition/events-and-reminders-all-who-served/commemorative-services/anzac-day-2020
Personal Commemoration SuggestionsPersonal Commemoration Suggestions
https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/commemoration/personal-commemorations
Resources to use with childrenResources to use with children
https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/resources/here-they-come-day-remember
https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/resources/here-they-come-day-remember-video
https://www.brisbanekids.com.au/tips-for-explaining-anzac-day-to-toddlers/
https://www.youtube.com/embed/oELuBINBpKA?showinfo=1&rel=0
Story read by Mrs Kondys – Lest we Forget by K.Brown
Zones of RegulationZones of Regulation
Positive and negative emotions are part of life. Zones ofRegulations has been used by staff at Wondall to supportexplicit instruction of emotions. Students have been workingon identifying when they might feel different emotions, how theirbody responds to emotions and how to respond to differentemotions in a positive way.
Inside Out is a movie that explores the emotions of a little girlcalled Riley. The story takes place inside the mind of Riley.Throughout the movie we meet the five characters thatrepresent her emotions: Joy, Anger, Sadness, Disgust, andFear. This movie provides great opportunity to open thediscussion with your child/ren about their emotions. Whilewatching this movie ask your child/ren how they would managethe different emotions observed and the strategies they woulduse to help them respond in a positive way.
From the Deputy PrincipalFrom the Deputy PrincipalPrep - Yr 2Prep - Yr 2
As we begin a period in where many students will learn fromhome, remember that a lot of learning comes from theconversations and experiences we have with our children, notjust the tasks and activities we ask them to complete.
Conversations and experiences with our children are valuable topromote learning when we give insight into our own thoughts,feelings and perceptions. Children don’t know what they don’tknow. As adults, making our own thoughts, feelings and
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perceptions explicit can help children gain a betterunderstanding of the world around them and open up a wholenew way of thinking and learning. This process is called‘Thinking Aloud’.
Some ways in which we can ‘think aloud’ are as follows:
You can ‘Think Aloud’ through nearly any activity, whether it bereading, cooking, gardening, driving or visiting a new place.
An example of this would be as you approach a school zoneand see the school zone sign. Does your child actually knowwhat the sign means?
From the Head of CurriculumFrom the Head of Curriculum
The curriculum delivery this term is looking very different for allinvolved. Thank you to the school community for their supportand understanding throughout these early stages. Staff haveworked exceptionally well to develop the year level edStudiosfor online learning. To find the edStudios please log into thelearning place and search WHSS year ? to find your child’sresources.
You may need to download the Adobe Reader to be able toaccess PDF documents from this site.
From the Head of InclusionFrom the Head of Inclusion
Here is a link to a video from our Head of Inclusion, SarahMoscoso with some tips on making online learning tasks moreaccessible for students by supporting their ExecutiveFunctioning.
If you find your child is able to understand tasks but strugglesto organise the task, get started or focus on the importantelements – this is for you!
https://www.youtube.com/embed/CFZlHGwfNwI?showinfo=1&rel=0
Below is a fact sheet on The Nationally Consistent Collection ofData on School Students with Disability (NCCD)
https://wondallheightsss.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/49/nccd_fact_sheet_for_parents_guardians_and_carers.pdf
From the Guidance OfficerFrom the Guidance Officer
PleasePlease findfind belowbelow somesome usefuluseful informationinformation fromfrom ourour GuidanceGuidanceOfficerOfficer
https://wondallheightsss.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/53/family_support_program_letter_re_covid_19.pdf
https://wondallheightsss.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/54/april_2020_keep_kind_and_connected_amid_covid_19.pdf
https://wondallheightsss.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/56/coronavirus_fact_sheet_for_parents_and_carers.pdf
Tuckshop and Uniform ShopTuckshop and Uniform Shop
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Community NewsCommunity News
https://wondallheightsss.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/50/brisbane_city_council_parking_letter.pdf
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