Mulwala Public School

Tuesday 11 Oct

Yarma (Welcome)

Dear parents and carers

Combined Schools Signing Choir

Congratulations to the nine students who represented our school at the Combined Schools Signing Choir at the Sydney Town Hall last night. The students were committed to rehearsing many hours in their own time. A big thank you to the parents and Mrs Rosmulder who provided support for this wonderful opportunity.

NSW PSSA State Athletics

We wish Nancy good luck at the NSW PSSA State Athletics championships in Sydney on 19 and 20 October. Nancy will be competing in the Junior girls' discus, long jump and high jump. This is an amazing achievement.

End of Term 3

Friday 23 September is the last day of Term 3. This is a normal school day for NSW schools.

Term 4 commences on Monday 10 October for both staff and students.

Bringing belongings to school

We discourage students from bringing any belonging from home to school. This prevents students from becoming upset because they have lost something, or it gets broken. We have had some students trading their toys. The school has plenty of various equipment for the students to play with during their breaks.

Parent Parking

I encourage all parents to follow the parking rules around the school, to keep all students safe. There are an increasing number of parents parking in the No Stopping zone in Erne St.

Lost Property

There are hundreds of dollars worth of lost property belonging to students at school, which is unnamed. This consists of clothing and drink bottles. Please ask your child to look in the lost property baskets to retrieve their items.

Updated Covid Information

The recent announcement to the changes in how schools use RATs as a surveillance measure against COVID-19 means that students and staff will only need to test if they are displaying COVID-19 symptoms. If you require more RAT kits please contact the school.

• Our school will continue to ensure our core COVID-smart layers are in place, including vaccinations, physical distancing where possible, maximised fresh air flow through natural ventilation, continued good hand hygiene practices and enhanced cleaning.

Registering your child’s RAT result

If a student or staff member receives a positive RAT result, they need to:

• record the positive RAT result through the Service NSW website or Service NSW app and please include the name of your child’s school when prompted

• notify the school of the positive RAT or PCR result as soon as possible

• follow NSW Health advice to isolate for 7 days.

Registering your child’s positive RAT with Service NSW is a requirement of the Public Health Order and helps NSW Health track COVID-19 in schools and address any public health issues early on if required.

Negative results do not need to be reported to Service NSW or to the school.

Unwell at school

Any student or staff member who is unwell and/or displays symptoms of COVID-19 will be asked to go home and stay until they can complete a RAT or PCR test.

• If symptoms continue, they should stay at home and take another RAT in 24 hours or have a PCR test.

• If the second RAT or initial PCR test result is negative and they are displaying no symptoms OR they are diagnosed as another condition such as hayfever, the student or staff member can return to school.

• In NSW, positive COVID-19 cases are provided a Medical Clearance Notice after 7 days and allowed to leave self-isolation as long as they do not have COVID-19 symptoms.

For further information refer to the NSW Government’s Rapid antigen testing fact sheetExternal link.

Close contacts

The announcement to ease the isolation requirements for close contacts was made on 20 April 2022. This will enable students and staff who are close contacts and have no symptoms to continue to attend school if they follow guidelines agreed with NSW Health.

Note that staff and students who have had confirmed COVID-19 in the last 12 weeks do not have to comply with the following guidelines if they become a household or close contact and are not required to self-isolate or test unless they develop new COVID-19 symptoms.

Close contacts attending school will need to adhere to the following in addition to the NSW Health guidelines

• They must notify the school and/or early childhood education (ECE) service provider (including their outside of school hours care provider) if they are intending to return under this provision.

• They should conduct a daily RAT and return a negative result each morning before attending school for 5 school days.

• They (if in a secondary school setting) must wear a mask indoors except when eating or exercising. Primary school students are recommended to wear a mask indoors (except when eating or exercising).

• No student or staff member identified as a close contact will be permitted to participate in overnight excursions, including school camps.

Thank you again for your continued support during this school term.

Covid Safe Guidelines

• All staff, volunteers and providers are fully vaccinated

• Staff are no longer required to wear masks

• All visitors when attending the school site must QR code in.

• Students have been provided with rapid antigen kits.

• Visitors are allowed on school site . They are required to check-in.

Moodamoot (farewell)

Regards

Gayle Pinn

Principal

Goal - 95%

Term 3 -88.67%

Year to date -89.13%

No of days 100% for 2022- 0

Yesterday 9 students travelled to Sydney to perform in the 2022 Primary Proms Combined Schools Signing Choir.

The students joined 50 other signers, which included deaf and hard of hearing students, interpreters and signing conductors, for a full day of rehearsals. The students then perormed I was Here and Evening Star to a sell out concert in Sydney Town Hall.

A huge thank you to the familes of the students for their support and getting them to Sydney.

Mrs Rosmulder

Hunter S, Tex,

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.