From the Principal’s Desk

Welcome back everyone! It has been so wonderful to

see all classes back at school this week. The children

have all settled into school learning and routines

extremely well. TEPS staff and I are extremely proud

of just how well students have transitioned back. They

should all be commended for their efforts, resilience

and bravery.

A little reminder for families to please use the

allocated gate when dropping and picking students

up. This is in line with our COVID Response Plan and

allows for less interaction between cohorts.

If your child is unwell, it’s important they get tested

and stay home until results are known. If a positive

result is given, we ask that parents/carers let the

school know straight away. If the school receives

communication that there has been a positive test

result and this is confirmed by NSW Health, we will

follow the Department of Education’s guidelines and

protocols. This is a summary of what will occur:

• Ensure all staff and families receive a formal

letter from the school to advise what to do if

they have been at school on a day when the

confirmed case was considered to be

infectious.

• Cease operations of the school for a period of

time (where it is deemed appropriate) and

contact tracing will occur to identify all

contacts. Information about the operational

status of the school will be sent out via the

Class Dojo page and the department’s

website.

• Enable thorough cleaning of the school site to

ensure the environment is clean and safe

prior to the school resuming onsite learning.

• Advise staff, students and parents who are

identified as close contacts and they will be

required to remain in home isolation for the

duration specified under NSW Health’s advice

for close contacts. In this situation, the school

will arrange learning from home.

• Advise staff, students and parents who are

identified as casual contacts to follow advise

from NSW Health and have a negative COVID

test prior to returning to school.

• During this period, educational material will

be made available through the department’s

learning from home hub to enable students to

continue learning from home.

• The school would notify parents/carers when

it is ready to resume onsite learning.

We, like all schools have COVID-safe plans and are

taking precautions to reduce the risk of COVID-19

transmission onsite. This includes all staff and

contractors must be comply with vaccination

requirements, wear a mask, have enhanced cleaning

and ensure classrooms have adequate ventilation.

Intentions for students wanting to apply for a

selective high school in 2023 are now being taken.

Selective high schools cater for academically gifted

students with high potential. If you would like to have

your Year 5 child considered for Year 7 selective high

school entry in 2023, you need to apply on the

internet using a valid email address (not the student’s

email address). The Selective High School Placement

Test will be held on Thursday, 10 March, 2022.

Detailed instructions on how to apply are found on

the below link.

Term 4 Week 4 Harris Road, Constitution Hill 2145 4th November 2016 Phone: 9631 3996 Fax: 9896 3191 Email: toongabest-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 4 Harris Road, Constitution Hill 2145 29th September, 2021 Phone: 9631 3996 Fax: 9896 3191 Email: toongabest-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Mrs Kristy Haggett School website: www.toongabest-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Important Dates

Term 4

3rd November Kindergaten Orientation

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-

schools/selective-high-schools-andopportunity-

classes/year-7.

Applications are open now and close on 17 November

2021. You must apply before the closing date and

submit only one application for each student. If you

have any questions, please contact the school office.

Today is National Teacher’ Day and I’d like to take this

opportunity to thank the dedicated, hard working

teachers at TEPS. Their passion for making a

difference and enhancing the lives of students is

evident every day.

Wishing families a lovely weekend.

Mrs Kristy Haggett

Principal

News From the Canteen Due to the COVID-19 management the school canteen will be closed until further notice. Students will need to bring a packed recess, lunch and drink bottle each day. We thank you for your assistance and understanding during this period.

News From the Office Although students have returned to school parents/carers are still restricted from coming onsite. We kindly ask all office inquiries to be made via a phone call. Parents/carers can call the office on 9631 3996 from 8.30am and 3.30pm. Our school gates will be locked from 9am to 3pm. Please call the office on above number.

News From the P&C

P&C AGM is on Tuesday 9th November 2021 at 5pm

(online). We would like to see parents/carers to join in

as a valued school community member.

News From Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club will run every Thursday for this term.

Please remind your child to pop into the Hub from

8:30am for a warm slice of toast or a bowl of cereal.

News From the Tassie Devils The Tassie Devils along with the Possums and Kangaroo Joeys have all enjoyed coming back to school! The students have had a wonderful time seeing their friends again and playing in the new playground. We have rekindled our love of learning at school and are settling into our familiar routines. There is a lot of exciting learning coming up and we are looking forward to being able to show off our amazing talents! On behalf of the Support Unit we would like to give a big shout out to all the parents for all their wonderful efforts during the home learning period.

Miss Gibson SU Classroom Teacher AP

News From the Koalas It is so lovely to see all of the Koalas back in the classroom after such a long and strange time apart from each other. We have spent the last week catching up with our friends, having lots of laughs, lots and lots of chatting and of course working on our sentences and collecting data for our graphs in maths. I am so proud of how far the Koalas have come in the last 13 weeks. Learning from home has definitely given them the ability to further develop their skills in technology which they have already demonstrated by the excellent work they are doing in class. Keep it up Koalas. I can’t wait to see what wonderful things we can achieve for the rest of the year.

Miss O’Rourke Classroom Teacher

News From the Platypuses K Platypus has arrived back at school with big smiles

on their faces and an awesome attitude towards their

learning! I would like to take this opportunity to thank

the parents and guardians of K Platypus for their

amazing work and support during Learning From

Home.

This week we have enjoyed reading the story “Don’t

Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” by Mo Willems and we

even created our own pigeons.

Mr Brock Classroom Teacher

News From Ms Buckman It has been wonderful to see all our TEPS students

back in the classrooms! We have dived straight into

language lessons, and it has been great to see the

enthusiasm from all the students. In Kindy Platypus,

we played ‘I Spy’ and worked on extending our

sentences by adding more details. We started with “I

spy a girl.” Look what we finished with! Here are some

pictures of the Kindies writing ‘I spy’ clues for each

other.

Ms Buckman Speech Pathologist

News From Mr Fisher

The magpies wrote some letters to our local MP Mr.

Mark Taylor. No topic was given, but it had to be

about a community issue that was important to each

student. Topics ranged from youth mental health to

housing affordability and the depth of thought was

impressive. I delivered them to Mr Taylor’s office after

school on Thursday and he read them and addressed

the class on Friday. It’s important that our youth know

they have a voice and how to use it, and that they

matter.

Choose healthy snacksHealthy snacks help meet kids’ nutrition needs. Choose snacks based on:

• vegetables • fruit • milk • cheese • yoghurt • wholegrain breads, crackers and cereals

Include a vegetable

and fruit snack each

day

Include fresh foods & wholegrain varieties as snacks

Get your kids to help

prepare snacks

Cut up vegetables

and fruits so they are

easier to eat

Keep a range of healthy

snacks in the fridge and

pantry

Show kids you enjoy eating

healthy snacks

*homemade popcorn, no added salt or butter

*reduced fat cheese

*vegetable pancake

*hummus

TIPS TO PLANHEALTHY SNACKS

WHAT IS A HEALTHY SNACK?

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High fat and sugar snacks • no more than 1 a day • only a small serve

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Flavoured milk

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Plain milk

Energy drink

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Show them you like drinking water too

Drink water throughout the day

Take a bottle of waterwhen you go out

Pack water withyour child’s lunch

Choose water as a drinkwhen playing sport

Save money – don’t buysugar sweetened drinks$

TIPS TO HELPKIDS DRINK

MORE WATER

1-5 years

6-12 5 x 250ml glasses = 1.25 litres

6 x 250ml glasses = 1.5 litres

EXTRA WATERIF YOU AREACTIVE

HOW MUCH WATER SHOULDKIDS DRINK EACH DAY?

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Water is the best drink. It has no added sugar. Fruit juice, soft drink, sports drinks and cordials have a lot of sugar. Kids should not drink these every day. Tap water is the best choice. Most tap water contains fluoride which helps kids grow strong teeth.