In this week’s issue …
Principal’s Message
PBL – Online Learning
Social Media – How Do I Keep My Child Safe?
Parent Teacher Interviews
Week 6 Assembly Award Recipients
Canteen
Classroom Learning Photos
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tues 9th June P&C Meeting, 7.30pm
15th – 19th June
Parent – Teacher – Student Interviews
Tues 23rd June
School Photos
Fri 3rd July Assembly – Item Kinder, Leading Yr 5/6 Emus
Fri 3rd July Last Day of Term 2
Mon 20th July
Term 3 – Staff Development Day
Tues 21st July
Term 3 commences for all students
27th – 30th July
Reports Sent Home
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Welcome to Week 7 of Term 2.
The long weekend provided us all with a
wonderful opportunity to rest and recharge
in the warmth of the winter sunshine and I
look forward to an energised week ahead.
We held our big assembly on Friday from
separate classrooms. Students voice-
recorded their messages for peers and Year
5/6 Curlews provided a dance video
performance as a mid-term assessment
opportunity for the class. With feedback from
their peers, they learnt about the
improvement process and were able to
increase the quality of their performance.
Today, we move back to whole school breaks,
with students in their class groups allocated
areas in the school to sit and eat lunch to
avoid the whole school congregating
together to eat. After consulting the SRC, we
have ordered extra outdoor seating and
when they arrive students will have a variety
of seating options to eat and learn outside.
This week staff are preparing for parent-
teacher interviews that will be conducted
next week and I encourage you to make an
appointment for a face-to-face, phone or
video call with your child’s class teacher to
discuss their learning so far this year, as we
2020 NSW Term 2 Week 7 Newsletter T: 03 54 532 133
09/06/2020 F: 03 54 532 972
E: [email protected] www.barham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
BARHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL
prepare the next steps for your child’s
learning.
Have a great week.
Roslyn Buchanan
PBL – ONLINE LEARNING While we have returned to school, our PBL
focus continues to be online learning. This is
because we are using technology to provide
differentiated, engaging learning experiences
to our students and devices feature
prominently in all classrooms throughout the
day.
This fortnight we will be teaching students
about responsibility during online learning.
Focus on Learning – It only takes a few clicks
to get off track! I am sure we have all had
that experience. As a student using a device,
responsibility is needed to stay on the
learning task and NOT get distracted.
Communicate Clearly – It is easy to have
your message misconstrued. Think carefully
before you communicate online. Avoid
abbreviations and have something important
to say or ask if you are going to post. DO NOT
post personal comments about others. Your
communication should be about learning
tasks.
Share the space – Ask questions to find out
information related to your learning. Answer
questions if someone posts a question and
you can help them solve their problem.
SOCIAL MEDIA – HOW DO I KEEP MY
CHILD SAFE?
There are a number of key ways to keep your
child safe online.
• Remind your child to tell a trusted
adult if they are bullied online.
• Tell your child not to share their
passwords with others.
• Remind your child to only give their
mobile number or personal
information to trusted friends.
• Talk with your child and understand
the ways in which they are using the
internet and their mobile phone.
• Find out the age restrictions for the
sites and applications your child
wants to use.
• Depending on the age of your child,
set up your own accounts and ‘friend’
your child. By doing this, you can
understand how the site’s privacy
settings work, see what your child
posts online and how your child
responds to posts made by others.
• Make sure that your child’s account
settings are set to ‘private’ to control
who sees their information.
• Know how to block unwanted users.
• Encourage your child to only be
friends online with people they know
in day-to-day life.
• Remind your child to think carefully
before they post comments, or
upload or send images online.
For more information go to iParent on
the Office of the eSafety Commissioner
website to learn about the digital
environment and keep updated on your
child’s technology use. You can find out
about using safety settings on your family’s
web-connected devices, tips for choosing
movies and games and strategies for keeping
your child safe online.
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS
Parents and carers will have opportunity to
meet with class teachers via phone, video
conference (Zoom) or in person for Parent-
Teacher Interviews in Week 8 of this term.
Parent Teacher interviews will run from
Tuesday 16th June, 2020 to Thursday 18th
June 2020.
Each Parent Teacher Meeting will run for 10
minutes and will provide opportunity for
teachers and parents to discuss students so
that they are well informed about their needs
and goals for the remainder of the 2020
school year.
Again this year we are using the online
School Interview program for bookings. To
make a booking please go to the following
website: www.schoolinterviews.com.au and
enter the following event code: vve63
This will give you access to the program and
from here you can book interviews with your
child’s teachers at your chosen times.
At point of booking you are able to choose
how you would like your interview conducted
either over the telephone, via video
conference (Zoom) or attending the school in
person.
We prefer for bookings to be made online
but we are available in the office to assist
with making appointments if required.
WEEK 6 ASSEMBLY AWARD
RECIPIENTS
Above: Our Kindergarten assembly award
recipients.
Above: Our Year 1 assembly award
recipients.
Above: Our Year 2/3 assembly award
recipients.
Above: Our Year 3/4 assembly award
recipients.
Above: Our Year 5/6E assembly award
recipients.
Above: Our Year 5/6C assembly award
recipients.
Above: Our Library and Garden assembly
award recipients.
Above: Our NSW PSSA Cricket 2020
Participant.
CANTEEN
The canteen will recommence for Barham
Public School in Term 3. Information on how
this will be undertaken will be outlined in our
forthcoming newsletters.
CLASSROOM LEARNING PHOTOS
Above: Kindergarten classroom learning
photos
Above: Year 1 classroom learning photos
Above: Year 2/3 classroom learning photos
Above: Year 3/4 classroom learning photos
Above: Year 5/6E classroom learning photos
Above: Year 5/6C classroom learning photos
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