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School Term Date 2020 Term 2 Monday 27 April 2020 – 3 July 2020

(Students return Tuesday 28 April 2020) Term 3 Monday 20 July 2020 – 25 September 2020

(Students return Tuesday 21 July 2020) Term 4 Monday 12 October 2020 – 18 December 2020

3 June 2020 Issue 145

Principal Report

Teacher Change on KL

There has been a change of teacher on KL starting this week. Ms Stephenson will be teaching KL Monday to Friday for the rest of the Term 2. Mrs Martin will be taking on the position of Instructional Leader at Campbelltown East PS. Ms Stephenson has been working with KL from the beginning of the year and is very familiar to all of the students. Mrs Richardson, Miss Steven and Miss Abbey will continue working with the class providing support to all students in Kindergarten.

Congratulations to Mrs Pearce Congratulations to Mrs Pearce who was taken on the role of Acting Principal at Luddenham Public School for the rest of the year. We wish Mrs Pearce all the best at Luddenham PS. Mrs Martin will be working as Instructional Leader at CEPS for Term 2 and will continue to supervise Kindergarten.

Sick Students

It is important that if your child is unwell or showing signs of illness that you keep them at home. We need to ensure our staff and students feel safe where germs are not being shared. If a child is unwell at school, a phone call will be made to the parent /carer requesting for the unwell child to be picked up from school immediately. Please ensure your contact details are up to date.

No Assemblies

In the times of COVID 19 we have had to make many changes to the way that we operate in society and at school. As we are unable to have assemblies to hand out awards, teachers will be handing out Special Awards in class presentations.

School Uniform

The weather is certainly becoming much cooler, especially now that we have officially reached winter. The cold weather means that we now need our winter woollies to keep us warm throughout the school day. It is important that our students wear their full school uniform every day. Coloured jumpers and jackets are not part of our school uniform, nor are black pants and denim. Wearing our school uniform demonstrates pride and provides a sense of belonging. Taking pride in our school uniform is very important to us. Uniform items can be purchased from the front office at any time.

Morning and Afternoon Drop Offs

Thank you to all parents, carers and friends who have supported our school by embracing the changes we have made to morning and afternoon drop offs. CEPS staff members enjoy the opportunity to greet both students and parents / carers at the gates each day and appreciate your positivity and friendly responses. As you are aware, the NSW Department of Education have made changes to the way our schools operate in order to ensure the safety of our students, staff and community. These changes will continue for a long time to come. I would like to say a huge THANK YOU for your support. It certainly makes a difference when our staff can see that they have the support of our community. We are all in this together and it is something that we will need to continue to work together as a team in order to ensure positive outcomes continue to be achieved. Thank you all for your flexibility and patience. Regards, Janene Cook Principal

Opportunity Class Applications for 2021- Opportunity classes can provide intellectual stimulation by grouping together high potential and gifted students who may otherwise be isolated from a suitable peer group. Successful students will usually have to leave their current school to enrol in a school with an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. How to apply If you would like to have your child considered for Year 5 opportunity class entry in 2021, you need to apply between Tuesday 9 June 2020 and Friday 26 June 2020. You will need to access the online application at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5 . You must not use the child’s email address. You must submit only ONE application for each student. Important – the school cannot apply on your behalf.

Aboriginal Shirts

An order is being placed for Aboriginal shirts. If you would like to order a shirt at the cost of $35.00 could you please send a note with your child to the blue letterbox in the office foyer. The order will be placed by Friday 12 June so please return ASAP so you don’t miss out.

Birthdays

Zainab Al Zameli 3-4W Bella J 3-4W T Johnson 3-4W William M 4A Lincoln M 4A Lochan M 3-4W Zephaniah S 4A Leah Marie D 2-3CT James C 3-4W Celeste G 2-3CT Banafsha N 2H Madison A 1M Cayden N 1M Levi Reid KY Willow L KY Braiden M 5-6H Thomas H 3-5S Eric W 5-6H Kpsh M 12/6 Antoine F 4A Julius F 3-4W Emily B 3M Zane E 2-3CT Deen Abdu 2B Tarnie M 2B Daniel J 2H Mia-Rose W 2/3CT Deujah Galvin-Paki KL Tiana K KY

To apply for an Opportunity Class, you will

need to register and then apply through the

Department’s website:

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

schools/selective-high-schools-and-

Parent Feedback-Suggestion Form

Parent Feeback-Suggestion Form

Please complete the slip below and return to the office blue mail box if you have any feedback, comments or ideas you would like to let the school know about. Name: _____________________________

Childs Name (optional): _________________

Childs Class (optional): _________________

Comment-Suggestion: _________________

__________________________________

__________________________________

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Your Feedback is valued

Student Banking

Teach your child how to save at an early age

Banking every Thursday We Will advise you when school

banking will start again

Place your bankbook in the blue box in the foyer and you will be able to pick your bank book up from the office that afternoon or it will be returned to the class teacher once processed if requested by parent/carer. CommBank Youth app. The CommBank Youth app provides a hands-on experience, teaching your child to earn, save and spend their money responsibly. With the CommBank Youth app, your child can: • Check the balance of their Youthsaver

account • View School Banking deposits in their

transaction history • Track the number of Dollarmites tokens

they collect • Set up savings goals and track progress • Create a list of chores-jobs they can do to

earn pocket money.

ICAS Assessment

Expression of Interest

If you wish your child to participate in the UNSW Assessments for English, Writing,

Maths or Science please log onto https://www.unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/educational-assessments/products/icas-assessments/

for more details.

Second Hand Uniforms

Preloved Uniforms Wanted Has your child outgrow any of their uniforms? If so please consider donating these prelove items to assist other students in our school.

Skoolbag

To receive up to date information relating to your child’s class, click on GROUPS then on Add/remove groups then on the plus next to the class name.

SMOOSH

Dear Families, Carer’s & Service- users, Please be advised upon official and recent notification from DET, NSW schools will implement social distancing measures from Monday and cancelled assemblies, excursions, and travel, as well as some events and conferences in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. Thus incurring ALL SMOOSH VACATION CARE EXCURSIONS ARE CANCELLED. The booking form will remain the same in case this is subject to change. Please be advised as current, all days remain open as centre days (only) and remain at $50.00 per day and days where lunch is provided an additional $10.00 (only)

If there are any questions or feedback, please let me know.

I will be in contact if anything is subject further to change.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

Child Care Absences and COVID-19

Whether a child is actually ill or not, including where a child does not attend care as part of the family’s own precautionary measure against potential contact with COVID-19, CCS can be paid for up to 42 absence days per child, per financial year, without the need for families to provide documentation.

Once a child’s 42 initial absences have been used, CCS can be paid for additional absences for a reason defined in the Family Assistance Law, including illness Evidence is required to be kept by the provider for any additional absences claimed, e.g. a doctor’s certificate.

• If a child is not ill and does not attend care (as part of the family’s own precautionary measure against potential contact with COVID-19, some medical practitioners may support families by providing a medical certificate allowing them access to additional absences, if required.

• If a child is not ill and does not attend care for a longer period of time (for example, a month or longer), the family may wish to follow the established advice around longer absences, noting that an enrolment automatically ceases when a child does not attend care for 14 weeks).

What About Child Care Subsidies at the moment?

Child Care Subsidy (CCS) and Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS) are a family’s entitlement, based on their individual circumstances, used

for subsidising the cost of childcare to help them undertake work-related activities.

Importantly, the general application of CCS and ACCS is that it can only be paid where services are open and providing care, with the exception of public holidays or when a period of local emergency has been declared. This means for the early childhood sector that CCS and ACCS cannot be applied to family’s accounts during the period of a forced closure due to the pandemic of COVID-19 virus.

Anthony Hoban

Safe Multicultural out of School Hours Manager

P&C News

Unfortunately the AGM meeting scheduled for Tuesday the 17th 2020 had to be

cancelled. We will advise once we know when the next

AGM meeting will be held.

Congratulations to the following winners for the P&C Easter Raffle.

1st H collins 2nd M Petrucci 3rd P Tunnicluffe

Congratulations to Lidiah 5-6H who won

the Mother’s Day $50 Gift Card.

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