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Barham Public School Newsletter

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In this week’s issue …

Principal’s Message

New Tab on School Website

Online Teaching and Learning Platform

Bus Runs

New ‘Learning from Home’ Hub

Attendance

Student Wellbeing

HEEL Hub Principals’ Meeting

Riverina Swimming

Easter Assembly and Hat Parade

National Day of Action Against Bullying

Hockey Clinics

Altered Learning Photos

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thurs 9th Apr Virtual Easter Assembly 2pm

Last Day of Term 1, 2020

Tues 28th Apr

Term 2 commences

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Welcome to Week 10.

Wow! It is certainly a time of change and I

would like to commend everyone for their

compassion as they support each other at this

time. Thank you to the teachers for working

tirelessly to quickly get learning packs out to

families. We appreciate the understanding of

our school community and we are bolstered

by the positive feedback from families about

this incredible undertaking. Teachers are

working quickly to set up the infrastructure

and expertise to engage students in learning

from home and we would welcome your

communication to ensure that your child is set

up with the resources and access they need to

engage fully in their learning. This week we

are checking in with families to get everything

in place to attend daily class meetings. A letter

went home to parents to explain our

communication strategies. Please don’t

hesitate to call us to help you work through

this challenge.

Keep safe

Roslyn Buchanan

2020 NSW Term 1 Week 10 Newsletter T: 03 54 532 133

01/04/2020 F: 03 54 532 972

E: [email protected] www.barham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

BARHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.barham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/


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NEW TAB ON SCHOOL WEBSITE

‘Learning From Home’ is a new tab added to

the top right of our school website to assist

our communication strategy. Under this tab

you will find ‘How to’ instructions and videos

as well as learning plans and daily timetables

for each class. These resources get updated

continuously as teachers provide learning

plans for your children and you give us

feedback about where you need help. This site

is the first point of call for parents to quickly

find student learning plans.

ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING

PLATFORM Microsoft Teams is the teaching and learning

platform that our school will be engaging with

during this period of remote learning. We

have chosen this platform because it is a

Department of Education platform and

therefore a secure site for students and

teachers to share teaching and learning.

Teachers can store all the documents and

resources students require in the team files.

Students can access all of their class learning

from the Microsoft Team Class platform and

teachers will be guiding students as they

develop their skills to navigate in a virtual

world.

If your child requires a device to engage in

online learning and they currently are

required to share a device with a sibling,

please contact the school for assistance.

BUS RUNS

The school buses continue to run and Lakes

have generously offered to help you in

accessing educational resources for your

child. You can meet the bus at your bus stop

to put things on the bus in the morning and it

will be dropped at school. In the afternoon,

teachers can put any learning resources you

require on the bus and it will be delivered to

your bus stop. Please let your bus driver know

if you would like a pick up. School staff will

inform you if there is a package being dropped

off to you in the afternoon.

NEW ‘LEARNING FROM HOME’ HUB

The Department of Education has recently

launched a ‘Learning from home’ Hub on the

Department of Education website which

provides information and resources for

teachers and parents to support students

learning from home. You will find the advice

for parents pages helpful as you set up

learning environments at home for your

children.

ATTENDANCE

Normal attendance processes apply for your

child during their time of learning from home.

Teachers will be marking students based on

their interaction during the school day. That

interaction can include class online meetings,

class lessons, phone calls and emails. It is

important to communicate with the

classroom teacher at least once a day so that

we know your child is engaging with lessons.

STUDENT WELLBEING

We have sent home social stories to help your

child understand COVID-19 and how to

protect themselves from illness. It is

important that you talk with your child about

how they are feeling. We have hygiene

measures in place to ensure that we can

continue providing a safe environment for

your child if you require to send them to

school. Don’t hesitate to contact the school if

you would like to discuss any aspect of your

child’s attendance.

https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/learning-from-home


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HEEL HUB PRINCIPALS’ MEETING

On Friday 13th March, I had the privilege of

working with my principal peers at our Term 1

HEEL Hub meeting. These Hub meetings are

part of our Network activity with the Director,

where small groups of principals work

together to develop skills and understandings

that extend their leadership capacity. HEEL

stands for ‘Higher Excellence Effective

Learning’. The name of our Hub serves to

make visible the commitment the principals in

our group have made to improving individual

and school leadership and performance. It

was a productive day and a privilege to be

hosted by Mayrung Public School and Mrs

Julie Eason.

RIVERINA SWIMMING

Results have come back from the Riverina

Swimming Carnival on 11th March 2020 in

Albury.

Congratulations to Ayla McGowan who swam

the open 100m Freestyle in a time of 1:31.22,

the 11 Years girls 50m freestyle in 38:59 and

the 11 Years girls 50m breaststroke in a time

of 55:56 and the 11 Years girls 50m backstroke

in a time of 50:57. What a day of racing!

Remi swam the 12 Years girls 50m freestyle in

36:47 and the 12-13 Years girls 50m

backstroke in a time of 49:15. Ebony swam the

12-13 Years girls 50m breaststroke in a time of

50:33. Tennysen swam the 9 Years boys 50m

freestyle in a time of 50.00. James swam the

10 Years boys 50m freestyle in a time of 47:47.

The girls 4X50m freestyle senior relay placed

8th with a time of 2:42:91. Kynan swam the 13

Years boys 50m freestyle in 41:52 and placed

first in this event. Congratulations on your

achievements.

Kynan has qualified for the Riverina Team in

13 Years boys 50m freestyle to attend the

State Championships. Unfortunately, the

championships have been cancelled.

EASTER ASSEMBLY AND HAT PARADE

In the current climate, school gatherings are

not possible. This does not stop us having a

different sort of Easter Hat Parade. Students

will make hats as a home learning creative arts

task. On Wednesday 8th of April we will ask

students to send to their teacher photos of

themselves with their Easter hat on and we

will create a virtual parade that we can put in

our foyer and upload to our website. Please

let your teacher know if you do not wish your

photo to go on the website and it will be

omitted.

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST

BULLYING

Whilst the National Day of Action Against

Bullying was postponed, we continued our

individual classroom activities and “Odd Sock

Day” to raise awareness about the importance

of looking out for each other and accepting

differences.


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From Grade 3/4

The Grade 3/4s participated in a discussion

about what bullying is and the different types

of bullying. We then listened to a song created

by some students, called, 'Be a Buddy, Not a

Bully.' Students then worked in groups to

create their own chants and presented these

to the class.

Bullying's Not OK! By Emilee, Hannah, Olivia and Ebony

Getting pushed in the mud and rain,

that's not ok!

hey, hey, heyyyyy

not today.

Stick up for yourself and others,

because it's not ok!

hey, hey, heyyyyy

Be a buddy not a bully!

Don't bully!

From Grade 2/3

During our anti-bullying lesson we acted out

how to solve problems. We talked about ways

to deal with bullies and we had a fun time. We

decided that next time we saw bullying,

instead of saying nothing we would stand up

for the person being hurt.

By Class 2/3


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HOCKEY CLINICS

Arrangements for the hockey clinic in our

school, with classes engaging in lessons

independently of other classes, enabled us to

continue with the Hockey Clinics on Friday. It

was a wonderful day and we thank David and

Brioni for their enthusiasm on the day.


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ALTERED LEARNING PHOTOS


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DAVID WALLIAMS

David Walliams will be releasing an audio

story every day for the next 30 days for free.

First up is The Terrible Triplets! Enjoy. xxx

Click here to listen

https://bit.ly/AudioElevenses

Please note this has already commenced but

you may have only missed out on a few days.

GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL

At this stage, it seems the Good Friday Appeal

will not be going ahead. Our collection tins

are being securely stored until we receive

further news regarding the appeal.

YEAR 6 FUNDRAISER

The Easter Raffle Draw will continue to go

ahead and will be drawn of Thursday 9th April.

Year 6 students will need to return their raffle

tickets and money as well as their donated

item for the raffle by Tuesday the 7th April.

These items need to be place in a box at the

school office. Please avoid making extra trips

to school by picking up your child’s learning

pack for week 11 when you drop of items or

money.

https://bit.ly/AudioElevenses


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