The term is half way through and it is proving to be very busy. It is important for us as educators to keep at the forefront of our thinking, the main game. It is easy to get distracted by events and schedules. Teaching and learning is our core business. Well done to students who come to school every day and demonstrate all the learner assets. I am also impressed with those students who might have reflected and know what their next step is in their learning journey. Student voice was clear when the reviewers visited the school.

Thank you to parents and carers and teachers who connected via phone for the parent teacher interviews. Clear lines of communication about student progress in learning and wellbeing is important.

This partnership between home and school extends to many aspects of the community. I would like to thank Sue, Jeremy and the volunteers who plan to give up some of their time on the weekend to participate in the working bee and paint some more of the Gingerbread fence people. Yeronga fence line is known far and wide.

Quadrennial School Review

With the conclusion of the school review, begins the work around developing the next four-year plan. The process will begin with the receipt of the review report, community consultation and school data analysis. The school has requested the facilitation of the process by an outside consultant with school leadership experience. We are currently finalising the process and timelines but the graphic organiser is a snapshot of what has been considered. Parents will receive a request to complete a survey before the end of the term. A random selection of parents will then be invited to join the forum. The final report and plan will be ratified by the P&C.

COVID-19 update

In the interest of clarity, the following reminders and actions that all of us should prioritise, have been circulated to all families:

• Students who are unwell must remain at home. If at school, parents will be asked to collect the sick child.
• Adults and children who are unwell must not come into the school grounds.
• Parents are respectfully asked to assist the school in maintaining ‘social distancing’ measures by dropping off and picking up students outside of the school classroom buildings and dropping off outside the school grounds. The following locations have been set aside as morning drop off points (at 8.45am) and afternoon pick up points. Parents are asked to drop off/collect students and then leave the school grounds immediately.

Prep- outside Prep classrooms (Parents are asked to stay at the bottom of the Prep classroom steps and not come up on to the verandas or into the classrooms. Prep Teachers will stand at the door of their classroom and provide access to students at 8.45am. Students only will be asked to step up on to the veranda with their bags. No sign in processes by parents will be required. Parents are asked to wait away from the Prep stairs at the end of the school day and children will be sent down when a parent is sighted.

Yr 1- on artificial grass beside the Year One building (Parents are asked to not come up the stairs into the Year One building or into the classrooms. Year One Teachers will stand at the bottom of the Year One building at 8.45am. Students only will be asked to move inside with their bags.

Yr 2 - outside of buildings/ bottom of stairs- own classrooms

Yr 3- bottom of stairs- own classrooms

Yr 4- bottom of stairs- own classrooms

Yr 5- outside of buildings/ bottom of stairs- own classrooms

Yr 6- bottom of stairs- own classrooms

• No parents or carers should be on verandas or in buildings.
• At 3.15pm parents will be asked to leave the premises.
• No children should be on the playground equipment before and after school.
• Parent-teacher meetings will be conducted by phone. Any face-to-face case meetings where necessary, will be under COVID-safe conditions with 1.5 m social distancing.
• All parent volunteers and visitors must come and sign in at the office and complete a COVID safe survey.
• Parents and carers who have children at before or after school activities must also drop/pick up-and-go. At all times social distancing must be observed.
• The school will continue with cleaning protocols.
• We will continue to monitor guidelines around music, sport, library and sharing spaces.
• Make sure that your child can log into OneNote from home.
  
  

Michelle D’Netto