Mulwala Public School

Tuesday 25 July

Goal - 95%

Term 3 -69.28%

Year - 89.66%

No of days 100% for 2023- 0

Yarma (Welcome)

Welcome to Mrs Sullivan

I would like to welcome Mrs Jackie Sullivan to Mulwala Public School. Mrs Sullivan has come to us from Sydney with a wealth of experience and expertise. Mrs Sullivan is taking on the role of the learning nd support teacher and will also be teaching music and dance to all classes. Please introduce yourself to Mrs Sullivan when visiting the school.

Parent-teacher interviews

Parents are invited to contact the class teacher at any time during the year to organise a parent-teacher interview. In addiiton, teachers may contact parents and request an interview. Your child is invited to attend any interview to share their learning with you.

Learning and support

The teachers individualise their teaching to support the needs of all students. We also offer students extra support with COVID support funding from the Department of Education. In addition, with Mrs Sullivan taking up the position of learning and support teacher, we will be able to offer further individualised support to identified students. Later this week, any student receiving extra support at school, will bring home a personalised learning and support plant. This will identify the goal for your child and the support they are receiving. Please contact your child's teacher if you have an questions and sign and return the plan. 

NAPLAN reports

Students in Years 3 and 5 participated in the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeract (NAPLAN) in Term 1. Today their report has been distributed. The tests assesses the students' litercy, including reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuaion and grammar at a point in time. Teachers consider the resulsts of the assessments, along with school based assessments, for furture planning.

Please contact your child's teacher if you wish to discuss your child's results.

100 days of school for Kindergarten

On Friday the Kindegarten students will be celebrating 100 days of school. Their parents  and families are asked to join us for morning tea at 11 am. The students from Goonie and Bobinawarrah are asked to please bring in a plate of party food to share.

Parent Information Session

The teachers will be conducting a parent ifnormation session on Wednesday 2 August from 6 pm- 7 pm. Children are welcome to attend.

The following information will be shared:

How reading and spelling is taught.

How maths is taught

Communiction via Seesaw

Education Week

NSW Department of Education is celebrating 175 years of public education in NSW during Education Week. Mulwala Public School invites families and friends to join their child for lunch, then  join in class activities.

Please bring a packed lunch for your family.

Date: Friday 4 August

Time: 1:OO pm- 3:00 pm

Future jarmbies 2024 

The school is now taking enrolments for 2024 Kindergarten students. If you know anyone who would like a guided tour of the school, please ask them to contact the office. Our next parent information session is on  Wednesday 9 August. This will be followed by a long transition program for the future jarmbies. Children need to be enrolled to participate in the transition program.

Covid Guidelines

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that we are still continuing our COVID-smart measures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses such as the flu in our school community.

Our COVID-smart measures

While the community continues to live with COVID-19, NSW Health has advised that the unpredictable nature of the virus will continue to present a health risk to the community, especially during the winter months while other respiratory illness circulate. As a response, our school will continue to operate with our baseline COVID-smart measures in place throughout this term to minimise transmission while prioritising student and staff wellbeing. These includes a combination of layered safety measures such as:

• Staying home if unwell and test for COVID-19 if showing any symptoms

• . Students and staff are advised to stay home until they are well, even if they have a negative COVID-19 test result. Students can be supported to learn remotely if they are well enough.

• Boosted day cleaning of high-touch areas in our schools.

• Strongly encouraging masks to be worn by all students, staff and visitors, particularly when indoors or outdoors when physical distancing is difficult to maintain, and if exposed to COVID-1

• Strongly encouraging up-to-date vaccinations for our students and staff, including COVID-19 booster shots and flu vaccinations for anyone eligible.

• Maintaining natural ventilation with windows and doors open whenever possible, including when cooling/heating systems are in use.

• Continuing to provide RATs and other hygiene products to our school community, free of charge.

Our school may be directed to temporarily reintroduce additional COVID-19 measures, including mandatory mask-wearing and postponing events and gatherings, or directing a cohort to learn from home for a short period to minimise transmission risks. The NSW Department of Education’s COVID-19 Health, Safety and Staff Wellbeing team will continue to lead this work when it is needed.

For further information about the COVID-smart measures in place this term refer to the department’s COVID-smart measures at school on our Advice for families page

I would also like to take this opportunity to share Fire and Rescue NSW’s Winter fire safety checklist (PDF 864.8KB). Please download the checklist and follow the instructions listed to help keep our households safe and warm during the colder months.

On behalf of our school, I want to thank you for your support in helping to keep our students, staff and community safe.

Moodamoot (farewell)

Regards

Gayle Pinn

Principal

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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.