Week 10 Term 3 Newsletter 2021
Principal's Message
Please see my video message below.
Term 4 resumes on Tuesday 5th October 2021.
Have a great holiday!
Kind regards
Sharon Hawker
School remains open for essential workers ONLY. The NSW Health Stay-at-home orders state: Families should be keeping students at home, if you work from home you must stay at home, this includes school students. This is to protect our students and staff until the majority get vaccinated. All our teachers are working remotely from home and we have casuals teachers supervising students at school. We cannot cater for an increase in students as we are only allowed limited staff onsite.
Friday 17th Sept. - SDD/ Pupil Free Day
All teaching staff will be completing professional learning as a whole school via Zoom on Friday 17 September. The PL continues to develop staff capacity in implementing Visible Learning at Canowindra Public School. This session is about specifically targeting Feedback when using Learning Intentions and Success Criteria. As a result of this online learning the school will not be open for essential workers; additional care will need to be arranged on this day. There will be no online lessons on this day either. Have a very well deserved early mark to the end of term!
By Alexis Sheehan
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Nature collage by Kadee Newcombe
Latest COVID-19 Advice
Roadmap to return to face-to-face learning
Updated 12:30 pm 27 August 2021
Schools will return to face-to-face learning either through a ‘staged return’ or ‘full return’, depending on NSW Health conditions in their area.
Full return (Level 3)
Areas across NSW that are removed from stay-at-home rules will return to school under Level 3 settings. This is a full return for all cohorts to schools, with reduced mingling and on-site activities.
Schools returning through the full return model should refer to the Level 3 guidance for schools.
Staged return (Level 3 plus)
When stay-at-home rules are still in place but other community vaccination and transmission conditions are met, students will return to school in a staged way. This is a staggered return for prioritised cohorts, with no mingling or on-site activities.
Students will return to face-to-face learning with NSW Health-approved COVID-safe settings on school sites in the following order:
- from 25 October – Kindergarten and Year 1
- from 1 November – Years 2, 6 and 11
- from 8 November – Years 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Students in Year 12 and those completing their HSC are already able to return in a limited way and this will continue for the remainder of Term 3. From 25 October, these students will have full-time access to school campuses and their teachers.
Remote Learning
We have all been super proud of everyone's efforts with remote learning, this includes students, staff and parents. You have all been amazing, only 2 days to go till the end of the term! Last week was "Footy/ Team Colours Week", here's some more photos of everyone dressed up. Thumbs up everyone!
Footy/ Team Colours Week
PBL News
This fortnight's PBL Booster lesson is on Hygiene. It is important to wash your hands, santise and cough and sneeze into your elbow please! Once school returns, masks will be "strongly encouraged" by the Department of Education for students under the age of 12, however, they are not mandatory. All staff are required to wear masks.
Healthy Snippets
Each week we will provide healthy living "Snippets" from NSW Health covering a range of topics including; healthy eating, lunchbox ideas, drinking water and food budgeting.
Healthy Snippet from NSW Cancer Council
Community News
Please find a list of events happening in our community
