DIARY DATES

NUMBER 13 – 4 June 2020

Friday 5 June REMINDER: Curriculum Day

Cancelled

Monday 8 June

Tuesday 9 June Students in Yrs 3 - 6 Return To School

Student Entry Gates

Surname

A - G Front Gate 2

H - O McLeod Rd between Gates 3 & 4

P - Z Community Centre Gate

* Gate 1 and the gate between Gates

4 and 5 will also be open for those

walking and riding to school.

SchoolPix photos will be distributed.

Yr 6 Bomber jackets will be handed out

to those who placed orders.

Friday 26 June Remote Learning Survey Closes

End of Term 2 - 2.30pm dismissal

PATTERSON LAKES PRIMARY SCHOOL No. 5190

Gladesville Boulevard Patterson Lakes 3197 P.O. Box 330, Patterson Lakes, 3197

Phone 9772 4011 Fax 9776 0421 Principal: Carole Mayes

Email: patterson.lakes.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: http://www.patterson-lakes-ps.vic.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

WELCOME BACK TO ALL STUDENTS NEXT WEEK

With the assistance of the Kingston Council, the Patterson

Lakes Primary School community has a number of options

available for families to ensure their children get to and from

school safely.

We encourage all families to make use of the Patterson Lakes

Primary School Walk and Wheels to School Route map and the

new Parking Around Patterson Lakes Primary School map.

The Kingston Council in conjunction with groups of parents from

our school, have created these maps to reduce the vehicle

movement around our school, and encourage families to walk

from home, or park their car and stride to school from a nearby

location. I have noticed over this last week, brand new navy rain

coats being worn. A sensible solution to an unwieldy umbrella!

Families who use the roundabout at Thompson and Dandenong

– Frankston Roads will be aware that there will be road works in

this area and will need to plan their journey appropriately. Staff

will continue to be on duty at the entrance gates from 8.30am

each morning and from 3.15pm – 3.45pm in the afternoon.

We will continue with the process of students in Foundation,

Years One and Two being brought to their respective gates by

a teacher at 3.25pm to allow for some of the traffic to move.

Years Three to Six will make their own way to their respective

gates when the bell sounds at 3.30pm.

Rather than competing with the road traffic at peak times, I

would advise families who have not accessed our Out of

School Hours Program, to make a booking with TheirCare on

www.theircare.com.au and allow your child the opportunity of

a supervised play date and for you to forego the peak hour

travel crush.

If you do have the need to use one of the Kiss and Go zones,

then please have your child place their school bag in the

foot well of the car, so that there is no need for you to exit your

car and hold up traffic in these drop off zones.

I will send an updated Parent/Carer Handbook for the

remainder of the term on Friday via Compass, which outlines

all of the new protocols. Thank you to the families for their

support over the past two weeks, but with the Years 3 - 6

students returning to school next week, it is important that all

processes be adhered to for the safety of our children.

MOBILE PHONES

I would encourage families to have all mobile phones remain

at home unless absolutely necessary. If you need to send a

message, you can phone the school office on 9772 4011 and

a message will be passed on to your child. Students who

bring a mobile telephone to school, must abide by the school’s

mobile phone policy. Phones will now be locked in a safe

located in their year level, and not brought to the office for

safeguarding.

ATTENDANCE

All students are expected to attend school each day. Parents

have the responsibility of informing the school when their child

is away, either via Compass or leaving a message on the

attendance voicemail. It is important that students be at

school and ready to learn in their classrooms at 9.00am,

however in line with the repeated message over these past

few months, if your child is unwell, then they must stay at

home.

I would recommend all families booking into our Out of School

Hours Care Program with TheirCare, so that your child may be

cared for within an organised program if you are running late,

or held up in traffic.

REMOTE LEARNING SURVEY

On Monday, I sent families a Compass message in regard to

completing the Remote Learning Survey.

Thank you to the families who have already taken the time to

complete the survey. I have added the survey to the

newsletter in anticipation that other families may also take the

opportunity to provide the school with feedback on the

experience.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating

their birthday during the next week. We hope you have a

lovely day.

NAME BIRTHDAY

Ruarc D 4 June

Dylan W 4 June

Joel S 5 June

Brock S 5 June

Indi F 6 June

Hannah M 6 June

Cooper T 7 June

Zane A 8 June

William R 8 June

Eve E 8 June

Blake S 9 June

Ava J 10 June

Charli M 10 June

REMOTE LEARNING SURVEY CONT.

Please be assured that your responses are completely

confidential. The survey is conducted anonymously and it

is important to us that you complete the survey as honestly

as possible. Your comments in the final, open-ended questions

will be provided to the school.

Please note that there are separate instructions for parents

and students.

The survey will be conducted online and should take 10

minutes to complete.

The survey can be completed on any internet enabled

device (desktop or laptop computer, tablet, smartphone)

and is compatible with most browsers.

The survey will be open until Friday 26 June 2020

To complete the PARENT survey, simply:

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the text into your

browser. This link will take you directly to the survey. NOTE:

Only one parent from your family is invited to complete the

survey.

https://www.orima.com.au/lfh/parents

Select the School and Campus name below.

School Name: Patterson Lakes Primary School

Enter the School PIN: 976724

When complete, please click on the ‘FINISHED!’ button at the

end of the survey to submit your answers. Please note that the

survey will time out after 60 minutes of inactivity.

To complete the STUDENT survey, simply ask / assist your

child to follow the instructions below:

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the text into your

browser. This link will take you directly to the survey. NOTE:

Only students in Years 4 to 12 are invited to participate in this

survey.

https://www.orima.com.au/lfh/students

Select the School and Campus name below.

School Name: Patterson Lakes Primary School

Enter the School PIN: 9326

If you don't know what a question means, please ask your

parent or teacher to help you. When you have finished the

survey, please click on the ‘FINISHED!’ button on the last page

to submit your answers. Please note that the survey will time

out after 60 minutes of inactivity.

Questions?

Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you have any

general queries about the survey.

For specific technical issues, please do not hesitate to contact

ORIMA Research on 1800 654 585 (toll free), or by email:

atoss@orima.com

Thank you for taking the time to participate, your feedback is

important to us.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

SCHOOL PHOTOS

School photos will be distributed to families on Tuesday, 9th

June when our Years 3 - 6 students return to school.

Samples of the group photos taken for School Captains,

Junior School Council, House Captains, Environment

Leaders and the Aerobics Team will be displayed outside

Room 5 (in the Junior Corridor) and order forms will be sent

home for those involved who may wish to purchase these.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who won our

‘Student of the Week’ awards for Week 8 of this term.

Students will be presented with their certificates in their

classrooms on Tuesday, 9th June. Keep up the super work

everyone!

Foundation B – Mitchell I for displaying resilience as he set-tles into the classroom routine each day. Well done Mitchell!

Foundation C – Mikayla V for being such a superstar and always making me smile during home learning. You tried so hard Mikayla. Well done.

Foundation D – Macie C for working hard towards her writing goal. Keep up the great effort Macie!

1A – Hamarni J for an outstanding effort during remote learn-ing. Well done for your enthusiastic participation, Hamarni.

1B – Montana F for writing an outstanding recount about your weekend. Keep up the great work, Montana.

1C – Sienna H for working so hard on her reading goal. Well done, Sienna.

1D – Will S for being a Maths superstar. Great thinking skills!

2A – Aiden K for his commitment and excellent work ethic of going beyond the classroom and involving his family to make a three dimensional turtle for our reading unit in class. Awesome, Aiden and family!

2B – Lily L for her great sentence about reptiles.

2D – Alisha A for trying hard with all of her schoolwork.

Applications Close

Friday 26 June

2020

Winter Health – Beating the Bugs In Australia, our ‘flu’ (influenza) season typically runs from May to October, usually peaking

in August.

It is just not possible to stop all bugs from spreading at school, however, a lot of illnesses

can be prevented and controlled simply by practising good hygiene.

Handy hygiene tips for you and your family

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing

Throw used tissues in plastic-lined rubbish bins

Wash your hands with soap and water, preferably warm water if available

Reduce the spread of germs by avoiding touching your eyes, nose and mouth

What can you do to prevent the spread of infectious diseases?

The three main ways of preventing the spread of infection are:

1. Remind your child of effective hygiene methods.

2. Keep your child home when they are unwell. Your doctor will let you know if your child

has an 'excludable' condition. You will need to advise the school as soon as possible and

keep your child home for the length of time that your doctor advises.

3. Ensure your child's immunisations are up to date.

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