Mulwala Public School

Tuesday 21 November

Goal - 95%

Term 4 -89.84%

Year -89.68%

No of days 100% for 2023- 0

Yarma (Welcome)

School captain speeches

The Year 5 students will be presenting their school captain speeches on Friday  24 November at 9:20 am. Familes are invited to come and listen to the speeches. I wish them all the best of luck as they all deserve to be a school leader.

THRIVE OSHC

THRIVE is offering free 'COME AND TRIAL' from Monday 20 November until Friday 24 November. You can enrol your child here, or contact the school for a paper copy of the enrolment form. Preschool children can also be enrolled.

Swimming School

Unfortunately we have had to cancel swimming school for 2023. If you are aware of any community members who would be able to employed to assist with swimming lessons in the future, please ask them to contact the school office. Austwim qualificiations and NSW Working with Childrens Check are mandatory.

Presentation Day

The annual Presentation Day will be held at school on Wednesday 13 December at 9:30 am. All families and friends are invited to attend.

Year 6 Farewell assembly

The Year 6 farewell assembly will be held at school on Friday 15 December at 2 pm. Family and friends are invited to attend to farewell our granduating class.

End of Term 4

Students finish the term on Friday 15 December and return to school on Thursday 1 February 2024.

Proposed changes to school holidays

The Mulwala PS P&C has contacted the Director of Educational Leadership to request the school follows the Victorian school holidays. To assist in gathering the community's views, please complete this form by Friday 24 November. 

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

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.