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In this week’s issue …

Principal’s Message

If your child is absent

To find out what is happening

Lions Junior Public Speaking

Canteen

Education Week

Week 10 Assembly Awards

PBL Out of uniform day photos

UPCOMING EVENTS

27th – 30th July

Reports Sent Home

3rd-7th Aug Education Week

Principal’s Message Welcome to Term 3.

I am sure you are feeling excited to get your

children back to school for some inspiring

learning in Term 3. I understand that you

may also feel concerned about the increasing

cases of COVD-19 (novel coronavirus) in

Victoria.

Thank you for your patience as the border

closures and their impact are considered by

authorities. You will be pleased to hear that

our voices have been heard and changes to

the border controls have been implemented

to assist the many schools along the Murray.

Please find an excerpt from the latest

updates about border closures.

• Government and non-government

school, pre-school and childcare

centre students and staff, as well as

people engaged in work to provide

services to such an institution, may

cross the border to attend that

institution, but are required to

2020 NSW Term 3 Week 1 Newsletter T: 03 54 532 133

21/07/2020 F: 03 54 532 972

E: barham-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.barham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

BARHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL

travel directly to and from the

school/pre-school/childcare centre

and

• comply with directions about school

attendance made by the Department

of Education.

• These people will not be allowed to

enter if they have been in a Victorian

hot spot (currently being Greater

Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire) in

the last 14 days.

You can read more on the website

From this you can see that staff and students

outside our border community may be able

to get an exemption to attend school and

should go onto the website to apply for their

border pass as soon as possible. I understand

that you will be able to do this from 4pm this

afternoon. However, please be patient with

the software required to access border

passes.

Please contact me if there is anything you

wish to discuss.

If your child is absent

If you do need to keep your child at home for

self-isolation or illness, please call the school

rather than dropping in. Parents are still

discouraged from entering school grounds. If

you do need to enter the school for an

essential reason, you must sign in and leave

your contact details.

To find out what is happening

Updates and changes impacting the

functioning of our school are posted on our

school website. We are aware that these

sudden changes impact your families in a

multitude of ways and our appreciation is

extended to you for helping to protect our

school and community as we continue to

educate our students.

I look forward to an exciting term where we

manage the hurdles of COVID-19 (novel

coronavirus) and share in some inspiring

learning.

Kind regards

Roslyn Buchanan

Prinicpal (Rel.)

Lions Junior Public Speaking

The aim of the Lions Junior Public Speaking

competition is to give students in Primary

Schools the chance to develop their ability to

speak in public. This competition is run for

primary students in Grades 3,4,5 and 6.

The topics for 2020 are as below:

Year 3-4: My Favourite Animal in the Zoo

is ???

• Where does it come from?

• What is its favourite food?

• What makes this animal so unique

and why do you like this animal?

Year 5-6: What do you think is the most

incredible invention in the world ???

• Who found it?

• When was it discovered?

• What makes it so incredible and how

has it helped life?

Canteen

Canteen will resume in Term 3 with some

very important changes. Because of COVID-

19, orders and payment must be contactless.

This means orders must be made via email,

and payments are to be made online

Orders are to be emailed to the canteen. The

canteen email address is

barhamhscanteen@gmail.com. Orders must

be submitted before 9am.

Payment for lunch orders are to be made

online. This is available through our website,

https://barham-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/.

• Click on the “Make a Payment” tab

and complete.

• In the description field, please type

“canteen”. A spreadsheet has been

developed, allowing parents to have a

“credit” with the canteen. For

example, John Smith may pay $50

online. On Monday, John may spend

$7, and Wednesday $5, leaving him

with a credit of $38 being held at the

canteen

Delivery of lunch will remain the same as in

the past.

As you are all aware, a lot of things have

changed in the past couple of months, and

the way we order and pay the canteen is one

of them. Please be patient with us as we

navigate our way through these new and

different times.

Education Week

Education Week 2020 will run from Monday

3 August to Friday 7 August. The theme for

Education Week 2020 is Learning together.

It's a theme that reflects an incredible year

for NSW public school students, staff and

parents, and the partnerships that have been

strengthened in response.

This year restrictions will still be in place but

we still plan to celebrate Education Week as

a school community.

Please complete the survey to have your say

about Education Week celebrations and

nominations.

Week 10 Assembly Award Recipients

Above: Our Week 10 Kindergarten Assembly

Award Recipients.

Above: Our Week 10 Year 1 Assembly Award

Recipients.

Above: Our Week 10 Year 2/3 Assembly

Award Recipients.

Above: Our Week 10 Year 3/4 Assembly

Award Recipients.

Above: Our Week 10 Year 5/6C Assembly

Award Recipients.

Above: Our Week 10 Year 5/6E Assembly

Award Recipients.

Above: Our Week 10 Garden and Library

Award Recipients.

Term 2 out of uniform day photos