Spring Hill Public School

Newsletter Email: springhill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Phone: 6365 5259 Fax: 6365 5247

Dear Parents, Friends and Students,

We hope everyone enjoyed the Easter break and the glorious Autumn weather. This week continues to be

stunning and provides a wonderful opportunity for bike, scooter and fort making activities outside.

As we commence Term 2 and the transition back to school we want to say thank you to all those parents

& grandparents that worked with their childrens home learning and connecting to ZOOM. Also those

parents who supported their children attending school and the COVID-19 guidelines. It has certainly been a

new experience for our whole school community and staff but I believe we have all done an incredible job!

Last Wednesday was so exciting welcoming our students back to school and hearing their voices and

incredible laughter, such a fantastic start to the term.

This week we have seen an increase in students attending school whilst some families have elected to

continue full time remote learning. Monday,11th of May is the start of Week 3 and is when all students

must attend school one day a week. As a staff we have decided on Mondays for one day attendance for

all students learning from home. We are so looking forward to seeing all our students and catching up with

them. If you have any questions or concerns please ring to discuss with Mrs Mac.

6th May 2020 Term 2 Issue 1

4 C’s

Students participated in the 4C’s today with our gardening group taking advantage of the beautiful weather

to plant seedlings! Mr William and Kerry commemced our Robotics Program with several extremely

enthusiastic particpants and Chantelle challenged our students with a delicious Japanese chicken recipe.

Art with Deina, Miss Em and Miss Cornish looked incredible as students complete their recycled projects.

Individual Programs

All students on Individual Reading and Spelling Programs are asked to be at school at 8:30am if at all

possible, to start their program.

Drop off and Pick up

We now have designated “kiss & drop” parking zones along the front of the school, at the beginning of

the day students can be dropped at the school gate and walked through the gate by a teacher on duty.

This will minimise social gatherings of adults at the front of the school. In the afternoon students will be

directed to parents and walked across the street if needed.

Communication with the office is preferred via phone, if you need to speak to a teacher please send a

message over Class Dojo.

Please do not come into the school grounds or congregate near the front gate.

Wednesday Hot Dog Day- Starting week 2

For the duration of Term 3 we will be having “Hot Food Wednesday” students will be able to purchase a hot

lunch for $2.00.

Please fill out the form on school stream if you would like to purchase one for your child and send the

money in with your child every Monday or you can pay $18 up front to cover the whole term. As food is

purchased in Orange or made the previous day it is essential we have accurate orders.

Friday Hot Lunches

Every Friday students can bring lunches from home that can be heated in our pie warmer.Please

remember when packing a hot lunch it will need to be wrapped in foil with a name on top.

If you send in a thermos please make sure the food is heated prior to sending it in as we will only be

heating food in the pie warmer not the microwave. Don’t forget to send in cutlery if required.

School Stream

It is extremely important to read and return all notes on School Stream to ensure everyone knows what is

happening at our school.If your child is unwell and is not able to attend school please advise through

School Stream.

Infants Classroom

This term, students are rexploring a range of texts with the central theme of being creative and using their

imagination. So far students have been producing some fantastic pictures and writing by using their wide

range of imagination. Stay tuned on Class Dojo for some wonderful pictures.

Miss Nagle’s Classroom

Students in Miss Nagle’s 2/3 Reading group have been exploring the text ‘The Bugalugs Bum Thief’ by Tim

Winton while also being introduced to a range of writing including Persausive.

Homework- Infants

Infants homework is changed every Friday. This consists of changing reading books, marking student’s

reading logs, giving out reading awards when reached their next target and checking Maths Online tasks. It

is important that you try to remember to bring it in on Friday as time is set assist every Friday to ensure that

student’s reading goals and levelled books reflect their learning that week. Thank you in advance.

Primary Classroom

Our primary students have commenced term 2 enthusiastically and have especially enjoyed seeing their

friends. During the next five weeks our students will be working in groups studying the novels The Faraway

Tree or The Forgotten Pearl. In Geography all primary students are investigating Deserts around the World

and in Science we wie have started our unit on Natural Disasters! Maths this week is on Addition and Time.

Homework- Primary

Primary students will receive their homework grid and spelling words every Monday fortnight, students

received this weeks spelling grid on Monday and will need to be returned on Monday 18th May. Please

remember to sign boxes once they are completed.

Typing Jungle

This term students will be learning to touch type using “Typing Jungle” this can be accessed at home using

students DEC passwords.Students are really enjoying this program and are showing improvement in their

accuracy and speed.

Scooters

A big thank you to Pete Rodgers for donating 2 scooters to our school.

Friday Afternoon Dancing

Last Friday we had our first dance class via Zoom with Miss Bell from Dance Fuse. All of our students

thoroughly enjoyed dancing and it was a perfect way to end a very productive week. Dance lessons will

now be every Friday as we work towards our own Spring Hill concert later in the year..

School Assemblies

This term we will continue to have weekly assemblies in class only. We will post photos of award winners

on Facebook & Class Dojo.

Calendar Dates

Monday- Primary Library Day

Primary Homework due (fortnightly)

Tuesday- Geography

Wednesday- 4 C’s

Hot Dog Lunches (information above)

Thursday- Infants Library Day

Friday- Dancing

Term 2 dates to remember