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Dear Lawson Parents and Carers,

THANK YOU

I’ve had members of my staff approach me this week to pass along a very special message to you all. “Thank you to all Lawson Families for your continued support”

Our community has endured, fires, flooding and now the effects of managing the spread of COVID-19. The conversations and online communications have been so supportive of our school, our teachers and all of our staff. It means a great deal to all of us and is a morale booster during these tricky times.

We would like to thank those parents continuing to work in the essential services, we understand the position that this puts you in and our doors remain open to your children. Those families supporting social distancing measures, by keeping your children at home, you are helping to slow the spread of the virus and are taking part in our social responsibility to keep everyone safe. This is an enormous commitment and we thank you.

LEARNING FROM HOME

This week I have had the pleasure of calling and checking in on a number of our school families and our students. I was overwhelmed by the appreciation extended to our staff for all of their hard work and effort in getting our students connected with their learning. This in mind, I’d like to share some common challenges with you and shed some light on how we can all get through this together.

TECHNOLOGY

1. We want all of our students to have equal access to technology devices and reliable internet. Our staffcontinue to roll out additional devices for families who are sharing a few devices between many children in thehome. If this is an issue for your family and you would like assistance with, please contact me so I canhelp. In addition to this, I will be ordering Departmental internet devices known as “dongles” for those childrenwith no or limited access to the internet.

2. Google Classrooms – Logging in, switching between accounts and navigating the Google Classroom is newterritory for many of us. We are aware of this issue and are accessing or developing content to help makethings easier.

THE HOME CLASSROOM

Our goal for Lawson students during this week and next is, that all of our students are connected with school, that they are happy and that they are safe. That is, it. Plain and simple.

I have instructed all of our classroom teachers to emphasise that the “set work” is purely to test and shape the distance learning system. The emphasis for the school team should be on setting up student access to learning as our key priority. Please do not let the curriculum add additional stress to your home. Do what you can. Work towards setting up a home learning environment that is enjoyable. If you can’t get to everything each day, give yourself a break and just give it a miss. We know that everyone is trying their best.

Regards, Matthew Jacobson Principal

Issue 5 – Week 10 – Term 1 Wednesday 1 April 2020

Term 1 - 2020 Calendar Week 10 2 April School Banking – POSTPONED TO TERM 2 Week 11 8 April Uniform Shop: 8.30 – 9.30am - CLOSED 9 April SRE Easter Assembly- CANCELLED 9 April Easter Hat Parade - CANCELLED 9 April Last Day of Term

Term 2 - 2020 Calendar

Dates to be confirmed * Please note dates may be subject to change

School Banking We have been advised by School Banking that they will be temporarily suspending school banking and hope to resume the service in Term 2. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Permission Notes When returning permission notes for school activities it is a legal requirement to return a SEPARATE permission note for each child. If you pay online it is still necessary to return the permission note to the office. In addition, if returning multiple notes for more than one child/activity, there is no need to put each note into a separate envelope. We are able to process multiple payments for multiple activities/children in the one transaction. Please ensure your child/s full name and class are on the permission note.

p&cnews

Welcome to 2020 Lawson P&C

Our next P&C meeting will be held the next 2nd Thursday of the

month that is COVID 19 free

7pm in the Staff Room. If you are looking at getting more involved in

the school and think that you would like to take on a roll within the

P&C, please join us in the staff room. Everyone is welcome.

magpie markets

Due to COVID 19 the Magpie Markets have been

cancelled until further notice.

We are looking for a tech savvy member of our school

community to help us get our market booking system up

and running online for 2021. If this is you please contact

Danielle on 0401173547

The P&C will continue to run the Magpie Markets this year, and look

forward to working with you to continue making it our most successful

fundraiser – raising money towards supporting and enhancing our

children’s education.

uniform shop The Uniform Shop will operate on a fortnightly basis. (Wednesday)

Should you require any items urgently please obtain a uniform order

form from the office.

The uniform shop is open between 8.30-9.30am.

Term 2 Dates

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Upcoming dates

Mother’s Day Stall Wednesday 6th May (PENDING)

We hope everyone is staying safe and well

Online Learning

Our wonderful teachers have their Google Classrooms up and running. It is great to see all of the learning that is happening both at home and at school.

Please upload any learning from home pictures that you would like to share. In each classroom there is an assignment called ‘Learning from home photographs’ please

follow the prompts as if you were turning in work.

If you cannot access Google Classroom, please email the photographs to the school email – Lawson-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au. In the subject box please write ATTN: (your

teachers name). Your classroom teacher will upload the photo’s for you and we will post pictures on our Facebook page.

We are looking forward to seeing what you have all got up to this past week.

Mrs Hayley Cross

Lawson Learners!

Week 8 Merit Award Recipients and Worker of the Week Class Merit Award WoW Yellow Wk 8

Patrick Riley

Green Wk 8

Isaac

Kody

Blue Wk 8

Lachlan n/a

Purple Wk 8

n/a

n/a

Lime Wk 8

n/a

Jonathan Oliver

Peach Wk 8

Annabelle Archer

Millie Myah

Pink Wk 8

Lucas Evelyn

Lucinda

Red Wk 8

n/a n/a

Orange Wk 8

n/a n/a

Aqua Wk 8

Jake Ayah

Dean Rhys N.

Violet Wk 8

n/a n/a

We didn’t hold an assembly in week 8. Instead teachers gave our merit awards in

class. We also have our Worker of the Week work up near the front office.

Well done to all the Lawson Learners.

Students from Lime and Purple classes have been working hard at home, producing some amazing work. Keep it up! Thank you for sharing your photos: Leo Lachlan Brooklyn Jethro Nicholas Lucas Tyler Oliver Riley

With Lime and Purple

Learning From Home

Ultra-Violet have been studying Minibeasts, habitats and watching living things grow. Check out this little

playground buddy. At Lawson we take care of everyone and

everything!

Here are some photos of our

learning in CC Blue.

We believe learning happens

all the time, everywhere.

We like to learn inside, outside,

on the floor, at a desk, under a

desk, and on our comfy sofa.

We like to learn with our whole

bodies, with our whole

imagination, with our hands, with

what we find, and with what's

around us.

We like to learn with and from

each other - even when we are

further apart.

We like to learn!

Stage 2 Ultra Violet and Aquanauts worked together to create our fabulous

‘Autumn Tree’ for Harmony Day 2020