Mulwala Public School

Tuesday 10 October

Goal - 95%

Term 3 -86.73%

Year -89.65%

No of days 100% for 2023- 0

Yarma (Welcome)

Welcome back

I would like to welcome all students back to school for Term 4. This term is always very busy, so please be aware of all the activities that are occuring. Check the calendars at the bottom of this newsletter, or in the School Bytes app.

Permanent Appointments

I am very pleased to announce the following staff members have been appointed to the school in permanent positions. This has occurred via the NSW Department of Education's Temporary to Permanent program.

Lisa Linehan- 3 days per week

Michelle Rosmulder- now 5 days per week

Natalie Ferguson- 2 days per week.

All staff members have held long term termporarty positions over many years at Mulwala Public School and we are very fortunate they are now permanent members of our staff.

Personalised learning and support plans

The school is in a fortunate position to be fully staffed and we have a number of Support Officers (SLSOs) to assist students in the classroom. A new English syllabus has been implemented this year, and with that we have introduced a new reading program using decodable readers called Little Learners Love Literacy.  We have used the assessment tasks in this program, along with department assessment tasks to identify any 'gaps' the students have in their reading. This has allowed us to create personalised learning plans for many students. All personalised learning plans will be sent home over the next 2 weeks, stating the learning goal for the students. Please contact your child's teacher if you wish to discuss them further.

Grandparents Day

Grandparents Day is one of our favourite days of the year, and is very well supported. Your child will take home invitiations today to give/send to their grandparents and/or special people. Please contact your child's teacher if you require more invitations.

Date: Friday 27 Ocotber

Time: 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm

Lunch provided

Please RSVP to school by Monday 23 October

School Bytes

School Bytes now has an app which can be downloaded onto your phones. Please see the information in this newsletter.

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

Tex, Zain

The next P&C meeting will be held this evening at 7pm in the staff room at school. Please come along and suppor the hard working committee.

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.