Please note the update to COVID restrictions below. It seems each day the rules are modified. We are doing our best to comply as we want to keep the school open and the community safe. We do appreciate the support parents are showing in complying with restrictions.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

The Northern Region Public Speaking Competition will be held next Thursday 27^th August from 9.30am. St Mary’s Crookwell are running the competition and students will be competing through the Zoom platform rather than in person.

Thanks to all the students from Year 3-6 who put so much effort into their speeches. Students from Year 3-6 will be tuning to watch the competition. We will also have a couple of trial runs at school to help students get ready.

This year the following students have been selected to represent our school in the competition.

Our representatives and their topics are:

Year 3- Elsie Martin, Willa Reynolds - Belonging in school

Year 4- Lexie Maple-Brown, Monet Remington - Kid power!

Year 5- Sam Ford, Ellie Thrower - Words can hurt

Year 6- Isaac Foley, Sophie Smithers - Many voices, one land

Good luck to all students!

Lexie Maple-Brown, Sophie Smithers, Ellie Thrower, Isaac Foley,

Sam Ford, Elsie Martin and Monet Remington. Absent: Willa Reynolds

COVID 19 UPDATE

Additional safety measures for school activities have been put in place to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission in schools for the remainder of Term 3.

The following principles underpin these measures:

• Where possible, students will stay within their relevant cohort group (i.e. class, year group, or stage) for all learning activities within the school in order to limit close contacts to the relevant student cohort.

• Only providers that are essential to the delivery of curriculum can continue to provide services and programs until further notice.

• Students and staff with flu-like symptoms will need to provide a copy of a negative COVID-19 test result before being permitted to return to school.
• Parents/carers and other non-essential visitors are not allowed on the school site. Parents cannot walk through the school grounds. You must come via front gate to access the office.

SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL

The School Community Council met last week and discussed a range of topics. The Council urges parents to park carefully in Princes Ave and allow for cars to be able to pass. Parents need to keep children close as they cross roads and get into cars in this area.

The Council were pleased to see our enrolments strong for 2021 with over 40 students enrolled in Kindergarten. We looked at the school budget and collection rates of school fees. We want to thank parents for their efforts to keep up school fee payments in these tough economic times. We are also appreciative of Di’s work in the canteen and parents support that keeps our canteen viable. There maybe some limits placed on uniform purchases in the future as there are delays in manufacturing and delivery of some parts of the uniform.

Our council has vacancies and is always looking for new members. It meets 4 times a year and it is important advisory group to the Principal. The Council looks at school finances, enrolments and maintenance needs. If you are interested in finding out more give me a call.