COVID 19-Update number 15 At school and at home learning

Throughout term two, class and specialist teachers will be using Seesaw to communicate with parents about the teaching and learning programmes that will be offered to our students. This will happen on a weekly basis.

On Thursday 23rd April (the Thursday prior to school resuming on Monday 27th April) teachers will post on Seesaw what week one’s plan will look like for each team / class. Our professional learning teams are a combination of like year level teachers, who have worked extremely hard to ensure there is consistency across year levels with our teaching and learning programme – at home and at school.

Our teaching and learning programme has and will continue to be aligned to the Australian Curriculum and build on the learning which has occurred during term one, as closely as possible. Programmes have been designed with a continued focus on literacy, numeracy, specialist areas and other areas of inquiry. All programmes will incorporate an element of student wellbeing, reflection and feedback.

With regard to take home packs for students learning at home, we ask that parents come to school on Friday 24 April to pick up your child’s / children’s take home pack. All packs will be located in the hall, clearly marked with a name and class number. Enter the hall from the main entrance and exit from the western doorway. Please practice, as you do when shopping, physical distancing. Parents/caregivers may ask another parent to collect their child’s pack if they are unable to attend. Only attend if your child will be involved in at home learning next term.

At school learning will mirror, to the best of our ability, at home learning. Everything else will remain as normal at school.

There will be times at school when like year level classes, both mainstream and specialist, will combine to deliver a lesson. This will occur when student numbers are low in classes. The combination of students will still remain way below current ‘normal’ class sizes. This could vary daily according to attendance.

Parents are asked to communicate all home to school notices through our front office for any matters that are not learning based, for example: absences, early pick up, appointments, going to OSHC etc. All learning based enquires should be through Seesaw or Teams to your child’s teacher. By following this approach you can be assured the all messages will be actioned successfully.

We are entering a new world of learning that will be full of challenges, excitement, frustrations but hopefully a lot of fun. I believe this approach will have a huge impact on how we educate our students in the future.

As I have said previously, be kind, particularly to yourselves, as you and your child/children head out on this new adventure.

Have a joyful Easter and a great holiday with family.

Ian