School News 

A Note From Emily

A big welcome back to everyone! This term's focus as a school is all about communication. We use communication constantly throughout our days, even when we don’t intentionally mean to. Communication plays a massive role in our wellbeing. It helps us to ask for help, to reach out to others, to communicate if we have a worry, to spread love and kindness to those around us.  My encouragement for you it to think about what ways you can intentionally communicate a positive and uplifting message to someone. This may be through words or not. There are so many ways we can communicate care, love and positivity to those we come across. 

Help Wanted

Can you spare 30 mins after assembly to help serve drinks? 

The P&F love bringing the Uraidla Primary community together but need a little extra help.

 We are looking for volunteers after assembly each fortnight, to help make hot drinks, take money and wash cups.

All the tasks are really simple or just require some simple training to use the coffee machine.

If you can help just once or regularly, please email Amanda Preskett (apreskett@gmail.com) with the date/s you can do (assembly dates listed below).

Or just drop into the gym kitchen after the next assembly and let us know.

Thanks so much! Parents and Friends 

Term 1 dates (Every second Friday odd school weeks after assembly)

February 17

March 3

March 17

March 31

April 14 (last day of term)

Around the school 

It has been fantastic visiting students in their classes and seeing their amazing work. Here are some snapshots of students in class and the yard in the first few weeks. Troy

CHECK: Covid measures 

Here are the current recommendations from the Department for Education:  

COVID safe measures

• All students and staff must stay home if unwell, even mildly. If students become unwell at school, we are unable to care for them here and we will be contacting you to collect them asap. Please have a plan in place for someone who can collect your child within a half hour. 
• We will be maximising ventilation by leaving doors/windows open, using air conditioning and fans, and keeping doors and windows open. 
• Adults will practise physical distancing where possible. 
• We will continue to practise and promote hand and respiratory hygiene. Hand sanitiser will be provided for regular use, and disposable masks.

Face masks

• We are still recommending adults and children in Years 3-6 to wear masks inside, to minimise the risk of infection. However, we are now leaving this up to individual discretion. 
• If there is a known case in the family of a child in any class, we are encouraging the adults and children in that class to all wear masks during the infectious period. 

Pick up and drop off

• In the morning please continue to drop children off at one of the entrances to the school grounds, and allow them to make their own way to their classrooms. If you need to speak to your child’s teacher, please make contact through the SeeSaw app. 
• We are now welcoming families to come into the yard at the end of the day.