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Week 7 Term 2 Friday 12 JUNE 2020

In Science this term, Kindergarten have been learning about how different insects grow and change. Today, Kindy Waratah wrote interesting facts about ants. Miss Horton was so impressed with her students’ work. Pictured are Alyssa Mayer, Lola Edwards and Lily Constance

This week, Lavender enjoyed explor-

ing positional language through the

use of Beebots. They designed and

made their own mazes for the

Beebots to navigate through. Take a

look at our creations!

This week in Year 1 Maths Extension we

learnt about the Pyramids of Giza. We cre-

ated our own square-based pyramid from a

net and listed all the properties we knew

about them using our mathematical lan-

guage. Ms Milne

Students who attend EALD lessons with

Mrs Lau are learning about Australian ani-

mals. Each student created an artwork of

an animal and used their developing Eng-

lish language skills to describe features of

the animal.

SNAPSHOTS FROM THE CLASSROOM

Dear Parents and Carers, You may have noticed our newsletter format has changed slightly. For now, we do not have any weekly or termly activities list down the side. As we resume activities, we will begin to publish the up and coming events as we usually do. We very much look forward to the easing of restrictions and being able to return to normal. In the meantime I have taken the opportunity to publish small snapshots from classroom activities to share with our school community.

YEAR ONE MATHS EXTENSION

ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS LESSONS

YEAR 2 LAVENDER

KINDERGARTEN WARATAH SCIENCE STUDY

As you are aware, Rozelle Public School sends a summary of student progress through written reports twice a year and provides ongoing detail through parent-teacher interviews or meetings. This year in line with advice from the NSW Department of Education, the Semester One report has had to be adjusted in recognition of the impact of learning from home. This report will describe your child's progress and achievement in the learning cov-ered during Term 1 and Term 2 in English and Mathematics and will identify the next steps to support your child's learning growth next semester. Reflecting the many adjustments that were required from students, par-ents and school during the learning from home period the Semester One report will not grade student achieve-ment using the usual A—E scale. Student reports will provide information about learning habits, attendance and a general comment that reflects on your child's commitment to learning. Pre School Portfolios will be sent out in Week 1 by Friday 24 July and K– 6 reports will be sent out at the end of Week 2 in Term 3, Friday 31st July. Se-mester Two reports will be delivered using the usual grading format and describe progress and achievement in all Key Learning Areas.

SEMESTER ONE SCHOOL REPORTS

Angela Svinos Acting Principal

PRESCHOOL ENROLMENTS for 2021

Applications for enrolment into the preschool program have now opened. All the necessary information and application forms are available on the school website at https://rozelle-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ or from the school office. Children are eligible for enrolment in preschool classes from the beginning of the school year if they turn four years of age before July 31 of that year. Applications close at 3:00pm on Friday 26 June. There is no priority for the order in which enrolments are received by the office. The Preschool Placement panel, consisting of the Principal, the President of the P & C and one of our preschool teachers, considers all applications in accordance with the priorities of the Department of Education and Communities' Preschool Enrolment Policy and the Rozelle Public School Preschool Enrolment and Fee Policy.

ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PROCEDURES

Our arrival and dismissal procedures have been very successful thus far. Thank you to all our families that have been adhering to the social distancing guidelines, dropping off and picking up their children and leaving the school playground as quickly as possible. We have advice from the Department that social distancing arrangements in schools should continue into Term 3. We will continue to keep our school community updated as advice is commu-nicated to us. While we are trying really hard to make these arrangements as easy as possible for families to enter and exit the school grounds we also want to ensure the safety of our students and families. Parents and carers who are parking in the Merton Street Car Park need to walk around to the front of Darling Street and avoid using the the path behind Tilly’s as this is unsafe. Cars are moving in and out of the private car park area and it is being used as a short cut to Darling Street but this is extremely unsafe practice. Please try to avoid that area.

ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT

The Annual School Report for 2019 is now on our website and you can also access the document from the link below; https://rozelle-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/r/rozelle-p/localcontent/Annual_school_report_2019.pdf

INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A YEAR 5 OPPORTUNITY CLASS PLACEMENT IN 2021

Letters were sent out this week to all students in Year 4 who may be interested in applying for an opportunity class placement for Year 5 in 2021. Opportunity classes cater for highly achieving academically gifted students who learn by being grouped together with other gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and provid-ing educational materials at the appropriate level.

Detailed instructions on how to apply online for a place in 2021 are available from Tuesday 9th June https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5 The application web-site opened on Tuesday 9th June 2020 and closes on Friday 26th June 2020. No late applications will be accepted and there will be no appeals process for illness or misadventure if non-attendance on the test date this year. The Opportunity Class Placement Test will be held on Wednesday 16th September 2020 and this year will be based solely on the results of the test with no consideration for school assessment scores.

Please speak with Mrs Hunt or your child’s class teacher if you require any further information.

The next P&C meeting will be held on Thursday 25 June at 7.00 pm. It would be open to financial members only as per constitution. The meeting will be via Zoom and you can join using the following link. Topic: P & C Meeting Time: Thursday Jun 25, 2020 Join Zoom Meeting https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/61745756660?pwd=MVhMTWdwL0VFMXY3ejRtOXl4YllIdz09 Meeting ID: 617 4575 6660 Password: 983471

P & C NEWS

Uniforms will only be available online (via Flexischools) whilst parents are not permitted within the school grounds. Orders are completed by Friday 3pm each week and available or collection from the office (if ordered before 5pm Thursday).

UNIFORM SHOP