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IMPORTANT DATES TERM 4

Tues 2 November

Interspeak

–

Mon 15 – Fri 19

December

Swimming Safety

Program

The traditional custodians of the catchment area are the

Widjabul people. The Widjabul have lived and cared for the

catchment area for thousands of years.

With care of our environment and sustainability being a

priority at Barkers Vale Public School, Mr Pett in collaboration

with staff has been writing a Sustainability Policy for our

school. We are currently putting the final touches on the

policy before offering students and parents an opportunity to

view the draft version of the policy, comment and make

suggestions or offer expert support and guidance for the

implementation of the policy.

Danielle Haywood

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have had a very settled and productive return to school, with students actively

engaged in a range of learning activities and opportunities. This week we are excited to

have the Rous County Council Catchment Trailor come to our school to share a

wonderful learning experience with our students.

Council’s catchment trailer is an interactive model of where we live, work and play. The

scaled-down model represents the Richmond and Brunswick catchment with a flowing

river, a water supply dam, a town, farms and beaches. It is a hands-on education tool

that demonstrates how agricultural, urban and industrial activities impact water quality.

It illustrates how everything in the environment is interconnected – people, land, other

animals, plants – and how together we can support a healthy, living catchment.

FAMILY INFORMATION

It is important that all of your family details are up to date

in case of an emergency. If you have a new phone

number, email, emergency contact or address please call

the office to talk to Shannon and update your family

information.

FEAST Program

Students learning about the process of growing their own food and taking it to the plate. In this lesson students picked carrots, beetroot and cabbage from our school garden, then learned how to cut and grate them to make a healthy sauerkraut. Another valuable lesson in this process was learning that when you make a mess in the kitchen, you need to clean it up. We are very excited about offering our students the FEAST program to inspire healthy eating while teaching them essential life skills

INTERSPEAK On Thursday last week we were informed that the Rivers Public

Speaking Competition had been cancelled. After consulting with the

Principals of the COLOURSS schools we agreed that it was still important for students to have a

chance to present their speeches to an audience. So on Tuesday 2

November four students from each of the COLOURSS schools and two

students from Stage 2 and two students from Stage 3, chosen from

our Gabul class will present their speeches via ZOOM to students

and staff. We will not be judging the speeches but will be giving

feedback to each student to support them in developing their speech

writing and presenting skills.

COVID UPDATE

Level 3 restrictions are still in place and the following NSW Health and Department of Education guidelines are being followed at our school:

• Staff will be required to wear masks indoors and outdoors while on school grounds.

• We will reduce overall mingling of our different student years which means no school assemblies or sport (outside of existing PDHPE classes), excursions or field trips.

• Only essential visitors will be allowed on site and will be required to check-in and wear masks at all times.

• Canteens are open with appropriate hygiene measures in place.

• Parents and carers will need to remain outside of school grounds and follow physical distancing and avoid gathering for drop-offs and pick-ups.

• There will be enhanced daily cleaning of the school and wherever possible we will ensure classrooms will be well-ventilated with open windows.

I am Responsible – Home Time: I line up and wait

respectfully in the correct place. I listen to

teachers, bus monitors and the bus driver. I walk

in a timely manner, respecting others, to where I

need to be.

Positive Behaviour for Learning

• Snack pikelets with margarine spread and jam

Lunch reduced fat cheese and chutney sandwich, with fruit in season and water

• Snack half a corn on the cob (pre-cooked and wrapped)

Lunch ham, mustard and tomato sandwich, with fruit in season and water

• Snack small tub reduced fat yoghurt (plain or fruit)

Lunch tuna, lettuce and avocado in a wholegrain roll, with fruit in season and water

• Snack small can or tub of fruit

Lunch chicken and lettuce rolled up in Lebanese bread, with fruit in season and

plain, reduced fat milk in a thermos (to keep it cold)

• Snack vegie sticks (e.g. carrot, capsicum) with a small tub of salsa dip

Lunch peanut butter sandwich, with fruit in season, small tub reduced fat

yoghurt (plain or fruit) and water

• Snack fruit loaf with margarine spread

Lunch rye bread sandwich using lean meat (choose sandwich meats with the Heart Foundation’s Tick of approval), with small tub of carrot sticks, celery sticks, and cherry tomatoes and water

• Snack plain, fruit-based muesli bar

Lunch homemade pizza (make your own pizzas the night before with Lebanese

bread, tomato paste, vegies and reduced fat cheese. They taste great cold the

next day!), with fruit in season and water

• Snack plain or fruit scone with margarine spread and jam

Lunch egg and lettuce sandwich, with fruit in season and water

• Snack banana, ricotta and sultanas wrapped in wholemeal lavash bread

Lunch kidney beans (mashed), tomato, spinach leaves and avocado in a

wholegrain bun, with fruit in season and water

• Snack reduced fat cheese stick or triangle and sultanas

Lunch chicken or turkey, celery and lettuce sandwich, with fruit in season and water

• Snack small tub of yoghurt (plain or fruit) Lunch vegetable soup in a thermos served with a bread roll spread using margarine, with fruit in season and water

4501 Kyogle Road, Wadeville NSW 2474 E: barkersval-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

T: 6689 7202 W: barkersval-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Proud member of COLOURSS "Towards a brighter Future" (Community of Learners Of Upper Richmond Small School)

During our Kindergarten Orientation program, your child will experience our beautiful learning environment with Ms Natasha Jankovic who will be delivering the orientation program and is looking forward to meeting and getting to know our 2022 kindergarten students. The students will get to experience and participate in a range of wonderful activities and helps to prepare students for their start to Kindergarten in 2022. The program also ensures Natasha has all the relevant information to support your child with the best start to their education.

It is a requirement of the Department of Education that parents of prospective students have completed an enrolment application and submitted it prior to attending the orientation program. The application form can be found at https://barkersval-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/enrolment.html

Please contact our school office on 6689 7202 if you have any questions about this free transition program.

While we are in Level 3 COVID restrictions parents will be able to drop off their child in the school grounds at

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