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From Mrs Hogg

As we enter Week 8 of Term 2, the school has received updated advice around the types of activities that we may engage in. These have been outlined below.

As a result, our school NAIDOC week will look a little different this year as we acknowledge this important date in the school's calendar during Week 10. We realise that the national NAIDOC date has been postponed from the 11th July and a new date has not been announced, however, with the BWPS calendar already quite full in Term 4, we didn't want this important week to be put to the side. Events will be run in-school and we will aim to connect our community online, with a virtual assembly and other events throughout the week. Miss Cindy has been working hard behind the scenes to organise the week and we thank her for that.

All schools have returned to full-time on-campus learning. With updated health advice and changes to state and national restrictions, schools are able to recommence the majority of school-based activities from either 15 June 2020 or the start of Term 3 (20 July 2020). Some activities are continuing to be considered.

All students should be at school unless: 

• they have a medical certificate which states that they are unable to return to school due to an ongoing medical condition and the expected timeframe
• they are currently unwell.

This week Miss Kelly and Mrs Hogg have shared a video encouraging families to attend school, helped out with dance moves by our Director, Educational Leadership, Mr Peter Macbeth. 

As the words say - "If you want to learn to read and write, you've got to come to school. If you want to learn how to count, you've got to come to school. If you want to learn how to do it, we're here to teach it!"

Students should be attending school 5 days a week unless ill. If your child is sick, please let the office know by the SchoolStream app, replying to SMS messages from the office or ringing on 8088 4700.

Activities/site usage that can already take place: 

• Use the school library
• Engage in non-contact sporting activities

Activities/site usage that can take place from Monday 15 June 2020 

• School assemblies (limited to 15 minutes and no external visitors)
• Choirs and performing arts at school, with safety protocols in place
• Students may attend other schools for essential curriculum related reasons or placements (e.g. auditions or placement tests)
• Incursions/external providers can provide activities that support delivery of curriculum (e.g. music tutors, sport skills development programs, science demonstrations, drama tutors, Healthy Harold).
• Community use activities used by students such as dance classes, and student sport skills development, outside of school hours with limited adult attendance)
• Day field trips to outdoor locations with no physical distancing requirements can take place

Activities/site usage that can take place from beginning of Term 3 

• All school sport and activities including competitions aligned with current health advice (including those activities run by external organisations)
• Inter-school student events and competitions (choirs, sport , debating, public speaking, performing arts, Selective Sports High School trials etc)
• P&C meetings – with a strong preference for on-line where possible
• Parent/teacher meetings – where these need to take place – strong preference for online where possible unless involving serious matters that require face to face discussion

Activities under consideration from Term 3 

The following events will be reconsidered in Term 3. For now these events must remain on hold. 

• School camps
• Excursions (other than field trips explained above)
• Parent attendance at assemblies and other school events (e.g. graduation ceremonies or student speech events)
• Parent volunteers – e.g. parent reading helpers (note: canteen and uniform shop volunteers are permitted)
• Interstate excursions
• School based activities that involve large gathering of adults are not permitted at this time. These include parent/community gatherings such as parent functions, working bees, fundraisers, school BBQs, large parent information evenings, and large on-site cultural events. These large gatherings and the following activities will continue to be reviewed and assessed based on AHPPC and NSW Health advice and may be permitted at a later date.

Friday Funday 

We hope all staff and students will join in our Friday Funday and come to school with their sports house colours on! If you are unsure which house group you are in, please see your classroom teacher. 

It was great to see so many students getting into the spirit last Friday when students and staff came to school with their uniform accessorised! 

We love reading! 

Our teachers have a love of reading and we regularly share quality texts with our students. Every week we will be sharing a video of one of our teachers reading a favourite book (of which we have many!). 

This week we have Mrs Boyd reading Pig the Pug