contact information for staff during remote learning
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Hello Family and Friends of Willaura Primary School,
Welcome to Term 2, which is promising to be the most memorable term of our lives! I hope you all are well and
are settling into the new routine with your families. Moving to Remote Learning
has brought with it many challenges and triumphs. I am so proud of our
school community in their smooth transition into remote learning. I was
actually clapping on Thursday when all students logged into our video
conferences for the first time. It will take a bit of time to adjust to the change
and I feel everyday we will face new discoveries, about ourselves and our
character. It is a time to remain calm and show courage, even if you have to
fake it. It is hard to imagine what the world will be when we emerge from our
cocoons. One thing is certain, the fact that we are social-distancing and
isolating means that we are suppressing the spread of the virus.
I would like to thank the teaching staff for the incredible job, with their flexibility
to move to remote teaching and settling into working from their homes. I would
like to thank the parents for your support and encouragement which has been
second to none. There has not been one complaint from any parent and you
have all accommodated the move to having your children at home enthusiastically, thank you. Having said
that, having your children at home learning has many challenges. It is your home, not a school…you are their
parent, not a teacher. But you have been teaching them since the day they were born. You do not need to
replicate the school experience, be the teacher you already are.
Thank you for the sacrifices you all are making. You have shown resilience,
empathy and gratitude. We will come out of this stronger with a new sense of
purpose and will never take what we had for granted. This week a former teacher
dropped in some baked goods from the Willaura Bakery, with this beautiful note.
Her thoughtfulness made my day and I realised that we are all looking after one
another. If you are feeling stressed or have any questions or concerns please
contact your classroom teacher or myself, we may not have all the answers, but
we will be there to listen and support you.
Thinking of you all,
Miss Rae
Newsletter Issue 5
24th April, 2020
14 Warranooke St
Willaura 3379
ph: 5354 1401
www.willauraps.edu.au
WILLAURA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Contact information for staff during remote learning
Miss Rae: [email protected]
Miss Maddi: [email protected]
Miss Milli: [email protected]
School: During school hours, you can ring the school mobile on 0492 858 733 to reach
Christine.
Prep/2
Welcome back to term 2! We have all embraced our new classroom with such a postive mindset that I couldn't be prouder of the P-2 class. At times it can be overwhelming and tricky to use the computer as well as staying focused in class but every family should be so proud of everyone involved in our new 'normal'. Already in 1 week the skills and confidence gained in the class with working online and using a computer is amazing!
We have been busy as always learning new things, like how to mute our microphone, that we are always on the camera, how to tell a retell, write a narrative and all about time!
We have been set different challenges each week. Last week they went off on a maths scavenger hunt after having to answer lots of counting questions. This week everyone had the challenge of either cooking a meal or baking something to share with their family. There were so many tasty pictures sent in with everyone in the kitchen cooking things like golden syrup dumplings, scones, cookies, Chocolate crackles and dinners on the bbq, pizza and even a home made kfc chicken and bread. This was a great way for the P - 2 to help in the house as well as working on their literacy, maths and even science skills!
Thank you everyone for being so helpful and doing your best it is very appreciated and I am excited for what this term will bring!
Miss Milli
Grade 3-6
Welcome back to Term 2 and learning from home. It has been so lovely seeing everyone’s bright and bubbly faces.
Learning from home is new to us all and our learning will be at a significantly slower pace than normal. It is important to remember that our learning from home program is flexible and can be changed to suit your families to reduce stress from both parents and students.
Currently, our structure is as follows:
9.30-10.30: Catch-up and Literacy
11.30-12.30: Numeracy
Afternoons: Flexible to suit your families
We will video conference with all students at 9.30 and 11.30 to explain the days learning then they will work independently. Please note that students will not be required to be in our ‘meetings’ for the entire time of each learning block.
I will stay in our meetings so students can pop in and out if they or you have any questions.
If you have any questions, queries or concerns please don’t hesitate to email me.
Willaura Primary School is committed to child safety (Ministerial Order No. 870) and
takes all reasonable steps to ensure that the safety of our students is paramount.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:00 – 10:00
Literacy Literacy Literacy Literacy Literacy
10:00 – 10:30
Morning Tea Morning Tea Morning Tea Morning Tea Morning Tea
10:30 – 11:15
Maths Maths Maths Big write Maths
11:15 – 11:30
Brain Break Brain Break Brain break Brain Break Brain Break
11:30 – 12:30
Meeting with Miss Milli
or Reading for 20
minutes Handwriting
Practise
Meeting with Miss Milli
or Reading for 20
minutes Handwriting
Practise
Meeting with Miss Milli
or Reading for 20
minutes Handwriting
Practise
Meeting with Miss Milli
or Reading for 20
minutes Handwriting
Practise
Meeting with Miss Milli
or Reading for 20
minutes Handwriting
Practise
12:30 – 3:20
Have a lunch break Activities for the afternoon
Play based learning activities – minimum 30 minutes PE – minimum 30 minutes
Prep—2 Timetable
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9.30 – 10.30
Literacy Literacy
Show and Tell Literacy
Show and Tell Literacy
Show and Tell Literacy
Show and Tell
10.30-11 Maddi available to answer questions
10.30-11.30
Break
11.30 – 12.15
Numeracy Numeracy Numeracy Numeracy Numeracy
12.15-1.20 Maddi available to answer questions
1.20 – 2.20 Break
2.20 – 3.20
Optional Activities PE
Cooking Gardening
Board Games Mindfulness Colouring
MARC Van sessions - Tuesday and Thursday - Please see MARC Van PDF in classwork
3-6 Timetable