Mulwala Public School

Tuesday 13 July 2021

Yarma (Welcome)

We start off Term 3 with a number of changes due to the escalating COVID-19 cases in NSW. Due to the current restrictions, we have had to cancel the following activities:

• Small school athletics carnival. The school will hold its own athletics carnival at school on Thursday 22 July.

• The planned school musical has been cancelled.

• The 3-6 excursion to Ballarat has been cancelled.

The school will continue to follow all guidelines to ensure the health and safety of students and staff.

New students

Today we welcomed two new Mulwala jarmbies. Ruby and Brodie are both in Year 4.

Spelling Bee

The school spelling bee will be held on Friday 16 July. All students in Years 2-6 will participate.

NAIDOC Week

This week the school will acknowledge NAIDOC Week. This years' theme is Heal Country. The students will participate in visual art activities with Mrs Linehan and they will listen to a number of Aboriginal stories during the week.

Student Reports

Semester 1 student reports will be distributed on Friday 16 July.

Covid Guidelines

Schools in regional NSW are operating at Level 2 COVID-19 restrictions which are determined by NSW Health. The guidelines can be viewed here.

Please note the following

• All staff and students may continue attending school to work and learn.

• Parents are not permitted on site.

• Parents are asked to physically distance when dropping off and picking up their child.

• Students should not attend school if unwell, even with mild symptoms of COVID-19. Any person with any COVID-19 symptoms should be sent home and should not return until they have received a negative test result and are symptom-free. In circumstances where children have other medical reasons for recurrent symptoms a letter from their GP is sufficient to negate the requirement for a negative test.

• Overnight excursions are not permitted

• Community events are not permitted in school hours

• Any excursion or activity must occur outdoors in the Federation Shire.

Moodamoot (farewell)

Regards

Gayle Pinn

Principal

Goal - 95%

Term 3 -90.92%

No of days 100% for 2021- 2

This afternoon Stage 3 students completed an engaging start to our Term 3 history unit. Firstly, students had to understand the skills of an historian (collecting clues to piece together parts of history). Students then collected clues hidden around the playground. These included pictures of a war, weapons, gold, and gold licence. Students then came back into the classroom to piece together their clues together with the background sound of gunfire from long ago. Students concluded that people were at war due to finding gold, that migrants arrived to find gold and that it was about the Eureka Stockade. Students then wrote who, what, why, when questions to further influence their research projects. What a great way to start Term 3!

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.