From the Principal’s Desk
Hello again from the Principal’s desk.
Just to let everyone know that for the next couple of weeks, Mr Culhane will be on leave and I (Mr Prigg) will be the Relieving Principal. While I am the Relieving Principal, Miss Miller will be teaching and having fun with 4/5P. Miss Miller has been teaching with me and working with 4/5P over the past 4 weeks and is very familiar with the routines of 4/5P.
I would like to say a big thank you to every family for your eorts to support learning from home for your children. We acknowledge the experience for every family will be dierent. The connection between the school, teacher, you and our students is vital to ensure that everyone feels supported. Even in a learning from home environment these connections can have a profound impact on the learning that continues to take place. Please ensure you are keeping in contact with school. Each class has scheduled Zoom meetings as well as lots of opportunities to post learning activities on Seesaw and Google Classroom.
Important to remember, if you are collecting learning packs or booklets from school please make sure that you pick up a new one each Monday morning.
The department is working very closely with NSW Health as the restrictions and the stay at home orders change. The clear messaging from Health, at this current time, is that families should be keeping children at home unless it is absolutely necessary they need to attend school. We will be in communication with you as soon as there are any changes to these health orders.
We understand the pressures of parents both supervising learning from home as well as completing their own work. Parents are the best judge of what is appropriate for your child to be doing at home. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or your child’s teacher if you need further guidance or something is not working for you.
As always, student and sta safety are our number one priority. The Premier has strongly indicated that restrictions may ease but will not be fully listed for some time and the department will be directed by the NSW Health and the Government advice. We will continue to work on the best way to support the safe return of students to schools.
I have included below a picture that I came across on the Internet that has some words of wisdom which is relevant during learning from home. I don’t know who the original author is, so I can’t take credit for it.
Remember to have a great week learning from home.
John Prigg – Relieving Principal
