2020 TERM 2 WEEK 4

Dear North Fremantle Community,

It has been so nice to have our school community back together with a lot more face to face interaction. This week we have had approximately 90% attendance with a few children and teachers away during the week due to illness. Thank you everyone for being so positive for our students and supporting them as they come in the school gate. It is a privilege to watch their happy faces come across the grass and up the stairs each morning. We are particularly proud of our younger students who are demonstrating such independence as they carry their own bags (for some students their bags are almost as big as they are) and set themselves up for their day of learning.

Classroom teachers are commenting daily about how settled the students are and how much learning they are achieving each day.

HYGIENE During the school hours we are continuing to remain vigilant with hygiene washing our hands, making sure that when we cough we cough into our elbow, sneezing and keeping our nose clean with tissues, sanitising, lots of cleaning and disinfecting. We would appreciate it if you continue to remind your children of these things also. As winter sets in these ‘habits’ are needed to keep everyone safe.

ATTENDANCE Thank you to all parents and guardians who have continued to keep us informed about student attendance. The telephone calls, emails and use of Connect to send through absences when children are unwell is an important aspect of our legal requirements to record student attendance. This evidence is retained and must coincide with absences marked on the class roll. As attendance has returned to being compulsory the classroom teacher will follow up all unexplained absences and continual unexplained absences will be referred to the school administration. While we love having your children at school we need to remain diligent during this time and keep students home if they are unwell. The Chief Health Officer also advises that if you or your child have fever, cough or cold symptoms, get tested for COVID-19.

SCHOOL UNIFORM The cooler weather has arrived and it is great to see our children arriving rugged up in their school winter uniform. Our super warm polar fleece lined microfibre jacket with school logo and black microfibre track pants are available from our Uniform Shop. An order form is attached for your convenience. Black full length leggings may be purchased from your local clothing store. As part of our Dress Code we ask that students do not wear fashion accessories, make-up, nail varnish, jewellery or clothing that is not the school uniform colours to school. Hoods on jackets are to be worn down during school hours. To protect student health long hair should be tied back. Please label all uniform items with your child’s name so items can be quickly returned if lost around the school grounds. Thank you to everyone for your understanding and support using the Uniform Order forms to purchase items from our P&C Uniform Shop. Special thanks to Bindi for her

Address: 30 John Street, North Fremantle, 6159 Telephone: (08) 9432 1300 Website: www.northfremantleps.wa.edu.au Email: northfremantle.ps@education.wa.edu.au

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday 25 May Early Close 2.30pm

Tuesday 26 May Edu Dance

Wednesday 27 May National Simultaneous

Story Time

Monday 1 June Public Holiday - WA Day

Tuesday 2 June Edu Dance

Monday 8 June Early Close 2.30pm

Tuesday 9 June Edu Dance

Wednesday 10 June Edu Dance

flexibility in filling these orders. Attached with this newsletter is a copy of the current P&C Uniform Order form. Please return these forms along with money or payment information to the office with your child or email to northfremantle.ps@education.wa.edu.au

VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY While we are still limited by some events that we can do at school we have had a team of very busy students and staff working to create our first virtual assembly. All students stayed in their classrooms with their classroom teachers and watched our Virtual Assembly that was filmed and produced by our Student Councillor team. The sound may have been very low but every student across the school showed outstanding whole body listening manners as they watched their friends from across the classes be given Merit Certificates. As it has been some time since our last assembly we had two Aussie of the Month recipients and a group of BUG Award winners also. It was music to my ears listening on the verandah as every class sang the National Anthem and said our School Creed. Congratulations and well done to everyone involved!

NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME 2020 National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is hosted by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. NFPS will be joining in this virtual experience reading a special book together on May 27 2020. At our virtual assembly I gave the students some clues about the characters in the story. You may like to quiz your children next week and find out what they thought about this special shared experience.

NATIONAL DAY OF HEALING and RECONCILIATION WEEK On the 26th May we recognise a National Day of Healing- Sorry Day. This is followed by Reconciliation week. The theme for 2020 – In this Together - is now resonating in ways that could not have been foreseen when it was announced in 2019. It reminds us that no matter the circumstances we are all in this together. The Department of Education has put together a video highlighting the relationships to country, culture and family, and the significance of connection during times of uncertainty. You may enjoy watching this video together and talking about the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation Week as a family. Link: https://www.education.wa.edu.au/culturally-responsive-schools

KINDERGARTEN 2021 We have begun accepting Kindergarten enrolments for 2021. If you are a parent, or know of a parent, with a child who is turning 4 years of age before 30 June 2021 (born between July 1 2016 and June 30 2017), please be aware that they are eligible to attend Kindergarten in 2021 Application for Enrolment forms can be obtained from our school’s

website https://www.northfremantleps.wa.edu.au/ or by emailing the

school. When submitting your Kindergarten application, you will need to present your child’s birth certificate, any visa documentation and a copy of their AIR (Australian Immunisation Register) History Statement. You can obtain a copy by phoning AIR on 1800 653 809, emailing acir@humanservices.gov.au, or from Medicare. We also require proof of your residential address. Please enrol your child as soon as you can. Applications close on 24 July 2020 (the first Friday of Term 3). Unfortunately, we will not be able to run our scheduled ‘Play and Learn’ mornings this term but hope that we will be able to host these special opportunities to meet with future students and their families later in the year.

APPRECAITIONS During this time of change I am grateful to our school community for the ways in which they have shown appreciation to each other. In this Newsletter I have collected some phrases that were shared with staff through conversations and emails along with cards and other expressions of thanks that have been received. Thank you all for your support and understanding during this time.

Please remember to contact the office 9432 1300 or northfremantle.ps@education.wa.edu.au if you have any questions or require assistance.

Linda Chandler Principal

SPOTLIGHT ON APPRECIATION FROM THE NFPS COMMUNITY

We hope that you enjoy these samples of appreciations that have been shared with staff from the NFPS community.

Thanks for all

your hard work.

This teaching business

really is challenging. It

has given me a new

appreciation for what

you do each day.

Thanks for the amazing job

you guys have done

welcoming all the kids back

under such difficult

circumstances. **** has

been so happy to be back

in the classroom.

I thought that learning at

home would be fun but

after 1 day, I wanted to

come back to you!

… our thoughts are with you all and thanks for all you do.

I've been thinking of you all a lot! Please convey our support to all the teachers during this difficult time. I can't imagine how

you've been keeping up with the constant changes!

Firstly, we would like to let you all know how much we appreciate everything that you do for our

children and the school community... to us you are true heroes!!

A quick email to acknowledge your strong leadership in this time. And to say thanks!

I hope you're well and bearing up OK in this ever-changing world we live in. Thank you for all of your efforts and the efforts of the teachers and other school staff caring for our kids during

a very difficult time.

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OSHC

Hi YMCA families, Welcome back and we’re more than excited to get back to fun and engaging activities. A reminder due to the Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package we have had to temporarily disable our online booking platform in the shortterm. Please email your bookings to oshc@ymcawa.org.au. We will let you know once this has been turned back on. Thank you and we look forward to seeing all of you all.

Jacinta Lydiate

OSHC Manager