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WEEK 8 | TERM 3 | THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2020Bingara Central School

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WHAT’S ONMonday 14 September

Aussie Hoops Basketball

Thursday 17 SeptemberSRC speeches being filmed

Friday 18 SeptemberK-2 Sports Carnival

Monday 21 SeptemberVoting for SRC

Thursday 24 SeptemberSchool Photo Day

INSIDE THIS WEEKSTARS OF THE WEEKDEBATING SUCCESS

YEAR 4 CREATIVE ARTSA FRIENDLY REMINDER

HSC SAFE EXPECTATIONSSCHOOL HOLIDAY TENNIS CAMP

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESKR U OK?Today is R U OK? Day and all our students are looking spectacular in their bright colours that they chose to wear to signify the event. Today our students enjoyed a morning tea with pancakes, bananas, jam and maple syrup. We were all able to come together across the school and take the time to check in with each other. Throughout the day students will have participated in activities that assist in raising awareness about mental health and how to start a conversation with someone that may be doing it a bit tough. These skills are highly important for all of our students at every age. In our community everyone is so tough and many people fight their own battles by themselves. Who knows what the impact may be if we never asked our mates the simple question - R U OK? Thank you to Hayeon our Social Worker in School who has organised this event along with the assistance of Mrs Boyle.

Brooke WallPrincipal

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!Would you like to have a real say in the things that matter to young people in regional NSW? Are you aged 12–24 years old and live outside of Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong?The NSW Government is offering regional young people the opportunity to share their opinion on local issues, to represent their mates and peers, and to help make decisions that will drive change in their own community. Applications are open now and close on Sunday 18 October 2020 www.nsw.gov.au/RegionalYouthTaskforce

STUDENT SUCCESSWe love seeing our students succeed at Bingara Central School. Congratulations to Ruby Miller who has been awarded a credit in the ICAS English competition. Throughout the assessment she was able to demonstrate a deep and thorough level of knowledge which has placed Ruby in the top 25% of Australia in this subject.

COVID-19 SAFEThis week the Department of Education has released a COVID-19 safe expectations of students document which will provide our HSC students with an understanding of the arrangements that will be put in place when attending their HSC examinations. These procedures have been developed to support the safety and wellbeing of our students and staff during the examination period. These expectations will be discussed with the HSC cohort over the coming week. Please see the attached document for further details.

VISIBLE LEARNINGAs a part of our Visible Learning project at Bingara Central School Miss Schmidt and myself have this week been talking with a range of randomly selected students about their progress in their learning and how they know that they are progressing in identified subjects. We spoke with students from all year groups and it was great to hear their thoughts which gave us an insight into their learning. Next week we will be looking at the Visible Teaching and Leading strand. The focus again will be on our students, however, we will be gathering information on what learning practices they are implementing within the classroom. INFANTS ATHLETICS CARNIVALNext week on Friday 18 September the Infants Athletics Carnival will be held. This is very exciting for K-2 as they have already seen the older students a couple of weeks ago participate in the Thomson Cup. For our Kindergarten students this will be the first time that they will get to wear the colours and represent their house, whether it be Laver, Bradman or Fraser. Unfortunately we cannot have parents on site for this special event however, we will make sure that we get as many photos as we can to share with you.

PREMIERS DEBATING CHALLENGE SUCCESS

Congratulations to our Stage 3 Debating Team on their second round win against a very strong Bundarra Central team! The topic of today’s debate was ‘All Year 5/6 children should cook dinner for their families once a week.’ Bingara were the Negative team and presented some very well thought out arguments on a rather tricky topic. Well done Barnaby, Zoe, Izabella and Ellé-Grace.

Mrs Johnson | CLASSROOM TEACHER

Weekly Award Recipients CONGRATULATIONS

Stage 5INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Below is a photo of a firepit made out of old plough disc’s. The firepit is the major Metal Work project made by Stage 5 student Isaak.

BREAKFAST CLUB63kg of fresh fruit has been consumed by our students

over the last four weeks.

Primary Star of the Week

STEPHANIE PStephanie is a delightful, diligent and motivated student. She is always ready to offer help and daily moves the laptop trolley into the next class, even when she may lose a few minutes of her recess.

STARS OF THE WEEKInfants Star of the Week

NOVAK BNovak has been working hard this term. He enthusiastically engages in class activities and enjoys interacting with his peers. Novak is a positive member of the class who always has a smile on his face.

Secondary Star of the Week

EMILY-KATE REmily-Kate is a diligent worker in the classroom and exhibits many of the qualities found in an excellent learner. She actively seeks feedback and incorporates suggestions into her work to make improvements. Emily-Kate’s focus and effort has been noticed by different teachers and as such she has been nominated for student of the week. Congratulations Emily-Kate!

NO birthday cakes

YES sealed packet

a friendly reminder...NO BIRTHDAY CAKES AT SCHOOL

Living in the current COVID-19 environment has meant that we all have made adjustments to our day to day lives and practices. At school, we have made changes in the way we interact and limit contact to help stop the spread of Coronavirus.While we would normally allow parents to bring birthday cakes, cupcakes and donuts to class to celebrate a child’s birthday, we cannot currently allow this to occur under the Department of Education health and safety regulations for students and staff.While we understand this may be upsetting, we must all work together to limit opportunities for the virus to spread. We suggest that instead of a cake you send in a sealed packet of lollies to share with the class.

BIKE AND SCOOTER RIDERSWEAR A HELMET OR DO NOT RIDEIt has been brought to our attention that a number of students have been riding their bicycles and scooters to school without a helmet. Please make sure that if your child is going to ride to school they wear a helmet. In NSW, failure to wear a helmet can incur a $344 on the spot fine.

SCHOOL CANTEEN A reminder that the school canteen is CLOSED ON TUESDAYS. Canteen days of operation are: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays.

PLEASE BRING A WATER BOTTLE TO SCHOOL

Due to Department of Education COVID-19 restrictions in place at school, students are not able to drink from the bubblers. Students are remindered that they need to bring a water bottle to school. They are able to refill their water bottles at the bubblers if required.

If your child has cold and flu like symptoms they must be

COVID-19 TESTEDThey can only return to school once you have provided the school with a copy of their

NEGATIVE TEST RESULT

Year 4

CREATIVE ARTS

Last week, Year 4 started reading ‘Shadow’ by Michael Morpurgo. One of the main characters in this story is Shadow, an English sniffer dog who gets separated from her unit in Afghanistan and befriends a young boy named Aman. In Creative Arts last week, Year 4 completed a directed drawing of Shadow, a King Charles Cavalier. Their results are simply amazing! Well done Year 4

Mrs Johnson | CLASSROOM TEACHER

SCHOOL HOLIDAY TENNIS CAMPBingara Tennis Club and Ken Wray will be holding a two day Tennis Camp

Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th September (the first two days of the holidays)

More information will follow.Please call Jan on the number below to register your interest.

Bingara Sporting Club - Tennis SectionEnquiries please ‘phone: Jan on 042 999 1747

COVID-19 TESTING PROCESS

PHONE Bingara Medical Centre 6724 1900

Book a telephone consult with a doctor who will organise the pathology forms for Covid swab testing. The paperwork is faxed to Bingara MPS.

BINGARA MSP STAFF WILL CONTACT YOU To book a time for the swab (COVID-19 test) to take place at the Bingara MSP.

STAY AT HOME AND SELF ISOLATEYou need to stay at home and self isolate until you get your results.

The result is back usually within 3 days (depending on the day its sent to pathology), our doctors contact the patient (or carer)

and give the results over the phone when they are back.

NEGATIVE RESULT AND NO SYMPTOMS

You can return to school once you have provided the school with a copy of your

negative COVID-19 test result.Please email:

bingara-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

NEGATIVE RESULT BUT STILL DISPLAYING

SYMPTOMS It is from NSW Health guidelines that anyone that still has symptoms after a negative swab result should still isolate until all symptoms

have resolved.

Who should get tested for COVID-19?

More information: www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19

Testing is especially important for:

• anyone who lives or works in a high risk setting (e.g. healthcare facilities, aged care and other residential facilities, schools, prisons, and other closed settings)

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

• people who are close contacts of a confirmed case

• people who have returned from overseas in the last 14 days

• anyone admitted to hospital

• people who reside in areas for increased testing and surveillance

You do not need to be tested for COVID-19 if: • You don’t have symptoms.

• You have recovered from COVID-19 and have been released from isolation and/or are returning to work.

Special circumstances • If you are part of a public health unit outbreak investigation, you need to be tested.

Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms should be tested. Symptoms include:

fever (37.5 ° or higher)

cough sore throat shortness of breath (difficulty breathing)

loss of smellloss of taste

Other reported symptoms of COVID-19 include fatigue, runny nose, muscle pain, joint pain, diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting and loss of appetite.

© NSW Health June 2020. SHPN (HP NSW) 200292.