Mulwala Public School

Tuesday 4 May 2021

Yarma (Welcome)

Future Jarmbie Information Session

An information session will be held for parents with children beginning school in 2022 on Wednesday 5 May at 6 pm. Please contact the school if you have a child starting school next year. Please pass this information on to other parents.

SRC Mothers Day stall

The SRC will be holding a Mothers Day stall on Friday 7 May at lunchtime. The students are invited to purchase gifts for their mums, grandmothers or anyone special in their lives. Gifts range from $1-$5.

SRC Crazy Sock Day

The SRC are holding a Crazy Sock Day on Wednesday 19 May. Students are invited to wear their most interesting socks to school. The P&C will be selling socks as a fundraiser for $6 per pair.

Parent-teacher interviews

Parents are invited to contact the teachers to book an interview at a convenient time for both of them. Please contact the teachers via Class Dojo.

Covid Guidelines

The NSW Department of Education has updated the guidelines for this year. They can be viewed here. Please note the following

• parents are now able to enter the school grounds. However, they must enter via the office to sign-in appropriately.

• Parents may now attend the school assemblies. Again they must enter via the office.

• All students will be dismissed by the Erne St gate.

• Students are requested to bring a water bottle to school each day.

• Students are requested to supply an art smock and headphones/earbuds

• If any student has the mildest flu-like symptoms they are to provide the school with evidence of a negative Covid test, or remain absent from school for 10 days. Students are not to return to school until all they are symptom-free. Students and staff must not attend school or work if they are unwell, even with the mildness of symptoms including fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, loss of taste, and loss of smell. Students need to be symptom free and a negative COVID-19 test result must be received and sighted by the school prior to their return to school. Students who do not undertake a COVID-19 test are not permitted to return to school for a 10 day period and they must be symptom free for at least 3 days prior to their return. Students who have seasonal allergic rhinitis or another condition that presents similarly to flu-like symptoms are still required to get tested for COVID-19 and return a negative test result. Where their symptoms continue beyond 10 days, students should provide documentation from their GP confirming their symptoms are typical for their condition.

Moodamoot (farewell)

Regards

Gayle Pinn

Principal

Goal - 95%

Term 1 - 87.5%

No of days 100% for 2021- 2

To commemorate ANZAC Day students students in Goonie studied the book ANZAC Ted and then had the task of drawing his uniform and hat on.

Walk safely to School

Walking to and from school with your child helps ease traffic congestion, reduces your carbon footprint, promotes physical activity and provides a talking point about road safety.

When you walk with your child, talk about safe behaviour. Always demonstrate correct pedestrian behaviour. The best way you can help your child to be a safe pedestrian is to:

• give them lots of supervised practice with you or another trusted adult.

• talk with and teach your child about being alert in a road environment.

• always hold your child's hand.

• explain why the place you have chosen is the safest place to cross the road.

• point out dangers, such as vehicles coming out of driveways.

• use pedestrian crossings and traffic lights correctly.

• teach your child to keep turning their head in both directions to look and listen for traffic as they cross the road.

• talk with them about everything they need to think about to keep safe when walking.

• explain why they should look and listen before crossing a driveway, road or carpark.

• talk with your child and reinforce Stop! Look! Listen! Think! every time you cross the road together

  • STOP! one step back from the kerb.

  • LOOK! continuously look both ways.

  • LISTEN! for the sounds of approaching traffic.

  • THINK! whether it is safe to cross.

Walking together also helps you to observe if older children are ready to cross the road independently.

At school, your child will learn about road safety as part of Personal Development, Health and Physical Education. Help them learn the pedestrian safety messages by using them and sharing them whenever you are out and about.

Students who are between 4 and 9 years old (EARLY STAGE 1 and STAGE 1)

• Hold a grown-up's hand when

  • you cross the road

  • you're on the footpath

  • you're in the car park

Students who are between 8 and 11 years old (STAGE 2)

• Hold an adult's hand when you cross the road

• Use a safe place to cross the road

Students who are between 10 and 13 years old (STAGE 3)

• Stop! Look! Listen! Think! every time you cross the road

• Use a safe place to cross the road

It is a requirement of the P&C association that all members have a current WWCC. Volunteer applications are free of charge. Follow the link to submit your online application prior to visiting the mobile centre: Working with children check. Once applications have been cleared a copy can be sent to the school office mulwala-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au and to Cherie Korbut at chezza_13@hotmail.com

Community Ecology Walks