Term 3 Calendar 2021

Jul/Aug

Aug

23-27

Book Week

Term 3 Week 2| Monday 19 Jul 2021 From Troy’s Desk ….

PBL Our 3 core values are

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY and

EXCELLENCE

This term we are focussing on being responsible for your

actions

Being RESPONSIBLE means that you

know you are in charge of your be-

haviour and choices and you take

pride in doing the right thing.

Responsible behaviour makes us

shine like a firefly.

Payments Due

Cost Due by

Resource Pack

$70 ASAP

Dance2bfit $40 ASAP

Deposit Stage 3

Excursion

$54 ASAP

Dear parents, carers and friends of our school,

We have had a very busy week with the Zone Athletics Carnival on Wednesday, Stage 2 excursion to Shoal Bay Beach on Thursday and the students receiving their Cross Coun-try and Athletics Carnival ribbons. Thank you to everyone that has been following our COVID-19 guidelines and procedures. These will continue until 30 July and please make sure we continue to follow these guidelines for the safety of our children, staff and com-munity. Zone Athletics Last Wednesday 18 students travelled to Medowie to compete in the Zone Athletics field events as well as the 800m and 1500m. On a very gloomy and cold day, our Shoal Bay students all performed very well. Special mentions to Isaac S, Niku S, Nash S and Dash L who all finished in the first two places in their event to qualify for the Hunter Athletics Carnival (if it is able to go ahead). Many other students finished just outside qualification, in 3rd or 4th place. Our students displayed determination, sportsmanship and fantastic behaviour for the whole day and were outstanding representatives of our school. We would like to thank all the parents for their understanding and co-operation with the COVID-19 restrictions on the day, your support was appreciated. Peter Ham-shaw and Jason Crowley.

Stage 2 Excursion Last Thursday Stage 2 went on a walking excursion to sketch the coast line of Shoal Bay Beach. This term in History we are learning about our local environment and this was a great start to the unit. We saw lots of amazing things such as birds, boats and the jetty. It was really fun being able to sit in the shade while chatting to your friends and sketch-ing the coast line. The view was amazing with all the natural features right in front of us. We are very lucky for our school to be placed in such a wonderful area. Written by Shae and Piper in Stage 2.

Term 3 Week 2| Monday 19 July 2021

Class Representatives Congratulations to the Class reps for Semester 2. I am sure you will do a fantastic job displaying Respect, Responsibility and Excellence.

2B- Cleo K and Lachlan R 2/3S– Marli M and Max E 3/4D- Mackenzy C and Joel Mc 3/4W– Harvey B and Ava J 3/4S– Beau L & Ivy B 3/4C– Tsubi H and Indi C 4/5P- Caitlin J and Connor M 5/6C– Lyla B and Rex O 5/6P– Ruby H and Taylor W 5/6H- Lukas F and Tara R

Education Week I would like to congratulate the staff, students and community members who have won an award for Education Week. Unfortunately, we will not be having the traditional celebration at Tomaree High School due to COVID restrictions and we will present the awards in Week 3 during Education Week. We have amazing students, staff and community members who make our school such a great place. Well done to all our award winners. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Leon H and Tara R EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING Danielle O’Brien and Erin Samuel OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION BY A NON-TEACHING STAFF MEMBER Kim Roche and Amanda Vines OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCHOOL BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER Justin Ridgeway and Shoal Bay PS Rotary Readers SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Aboriginal Education Team OUTSTANDING SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT Charli V and Niku S COVID-19 updates Shoal Bay PS will be continuing to follow the NSW Health advice. If we need to contact you regarding any changes, we will do this via: • Shoal Bay Public School Facebook page; • SchoolEnews through an email; and • Parent Portal (Sentral) • At this stage we are at LEVEL 2 restrictions until July 30, which means: • Staff are required to adhere to social distancing. • Excursions will be reviewed - generally no excursions outside our local area. Each excursion will be assessed

against COVID requirements. • Assemblies can be held without visitors. • Allied health workers are considered as essential and are allowed to work with the children. • P and C meeting are allowed to take place. Drop off and pick up arrangements • When dropping off your child, make sure it is to the school gate or just inside the school grounds and leave

promptly. No parent or carer should be walking their child up to the classroom or coming into the office. • When picking up your child, please wait in the Northern Playground (3-6) grassed area. Do not wait near the

Library, as parents, carers, staff, and the children will not be able to maintain social distancing procedures. Parents and carers will need to wait until roughly 3:00pm to come onto school grounds.

• We do not want parents or carers walking up to their child’s classroom to pick up or drop off their child.

• When you enter the school ground you must sign on using the QR code and maintain social distancing. • It is recommended that anyone aged 13 years and above should wear a face mask indoors, however, we are asking

that you wear a face mask when you enter the school to pick up or drop off your child. Please leave promptly when you have picked or dropped off your child.

Term 3 Week 2| Monday 19 July 2021

Volunteers There will be no volunteers allowed in the classroom or onsite such as parent helpers or rotary readers. Only essential visitors will be allowed on the school site and will sign on using the QR code and sign on sheet located in the office. We can still run meetings for wellbeing reasons. You must be invited to this meeting so we can meet health requirements. Any essential worker will need to show proof of address. If the worker is from the Fairfield Local Government Area (LGA) they will need to get tested every three days. This procedure will also be for workers who live in the Greater Sydney area, however they will need to get tested every 7 days and show proof before working on school grounds. Attending School Children are expected to be at school unless they are unwell. Any child with any COVID-19 symptoms will be sent home and not return to school unless they have isolated for 10 days, when no medical certificate is available, or they have a negative COVID-19 test result and are symptom free. Further information around COVID-19 Further information on COVID-19 is available on NSW Health website and the NSW Government Education website listed below. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx. https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/advice-for-families/schools-outside-of-greater-sydney1. Attendance The week 1 Amazing Attendance winner is Flynn F from 5/6H. Congratulations you have won a pizza voucher at Cartel Pizza Co. Well done to 4/5P for having the highest attendance rate in Week 1. You get to have Shoalie the Dolphin that was donated by Moonshadow-TQC Cruises. Thank you to Cartel Pizza Co, Shoal Bay Country Club and Moonshadow-TQC Cruises for donating to this important initiative.

Term 3 Week 2| Monday 19 July 2021

Kindergarten 2022

Parents and carers if you have a child or have family or friends who have a child starting next year at Shoal Bay Public School, please make sure you fill out the enrolment forms. It is very important to start the process of filling out all necessary paperwork as soon as possible. Please do not hesitate to call the office if you have any questions.

Sentral Portal Demonstration for parents

As of next month our school will no longer be using School Enews. We will be switching over to the Sentral Student and Parent Portal App. Please click on the link below to see the Sentral Portal Demo.

https://helpme.sentral.com.au/resources/Manuals/Common/User/PortalAppGuide/new_school___portal___app_linking_.htm?ms=AA%3D%3D&st=MA%3D%3D&sct=MA%3D%3D&mw=MzUw#

Dance 2 B Fit

During Term 3 Week 10, Shoal Bay Public School will present “A Night In”. Enjoy an evening of dance and drama set to a fabulous arrangement of popular movie songs.

The dates for the performance are:

Matinee Performances: Thursday 16th & Friday 17th September

Evening Performance: Thursday 16th September

Tickets will be available for sale in Term 3 – stay tuned for more information.