Assistant Principal's News
Josie Burt
Thank you
Thank you to all staff, students, and parents for an excellent term of learning and collaboration.
It has been fantastic to see so many parents and grandparents staying to read with their children in the morning as part of their regular drop-off routine in the Foundation to Year 2 classrooms. Regular reading is an important practice, and the more children read in their first years of school, the better readers they become!
ICAS assessments
We have received all the results except writing from our recent ICAS testing. This was an optional assessment that was offered for students from Years 2 to 6. The subject areas families could choose to enrol their children in were: Digital Technologies, English (reading, grammar and punctuation), Writing, Spelling, Mathematics and Science.
I am pleased to share that we had 7 distinction awards, 19 credits and 7 merit awards. Well done to all students who completed these assessments. They were challenging and for many, this was the first time completing timed tests using digital technology.
Certificates should start arriving in the next week – we will distribute them at an assembly when they arrive.
Whooping Cough
There have been many cases of Whooping Cough confirmed in schools around Melbourne – none yet at CNPS.
Whooping cough is a very contagious infection, mostly spread through coughing or sneezing. Symptoms include:
- blocked or runny nose
- tiredness
- mild fever
- severe bouts of coughing, often followed by a ‘whooping’ sound on breathing.
Whooping cough can lead to life-threatening infections in babies. If your child is unwell, they should not attend school. Please see a doctor if you or your child develops whooping cough symptoms. Early diagnosis and treatment will help reduce the spread of the infection.
Students diagnosed with whooping cough must not attend school
If your child is diagnosed with whooping cough, they must not attend school for 21 days after the onset of the cough, or until they have received 5 days of antibiotic treatment. You must notify the school if your child is diagnosed with whooping cough.
To further reduce the spread of infection to your child and the school community, the Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2019 require that some students who were in the same classroom as a student diagnosed with whooping cough should not attend school.
Your child should not attend school for 14 days after they were last exposed to a person diagnosed with whooping cough, or until they have taken 5 days of a course of antibiotic treatment if they are:
- aged less than 7 years; and
- not fully vaccinated with 3 doses of whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine.
This exclusion is required by law – refer to the School exclusion table for primary schools and children’s services.
Sun Smart Policy
Students are required to wear sun hat protection from September to April. In Term 4 it is advised that students have sunscreen in their bags to apply before sport classes and lunch if they intend to play for an extended time in the sun.