Term 4, Week 6 11 November 2021

School Canteen and Uniform Shop News

As of Thursday 7 October 2021, Flexischools for the Uniform Shop ended. Our new square EFTPOS terminal and online shop for the Uniform Shop is up and running. Orders can be made here

https://qpsuniform.square.site

Please place orders by Tuesday evening for class delivery on Wednesdays. At the moment the Uniform Shop is still closed while the school is on Level 3 restrictions, however, on a Wednesday afternoon from 3pm until 4pm Debbie will be in the Uniform Shop. If you require anything, please

wait outside the fence and she will come out to you for EFTPOS sales only.

All orders will be delivered to students in their classrooms - ONLY on a Wednesday afternoon.

Thank you for your patience.

COVID Restrictions Please remember that parents/visitors can only enter school grounds to attend a scheduled appointment/meeting. If you do have to enter the school for a meeting, please ensure you report to the office, QR Code in, show your double vaccination status to our staff and wear a mask. If you need to collect your child at an alternative time, please call our office and request your child be sent out to you. The office will sign your child out and watch that they are collected from the top gate by the appropriate person. Please ensure you are at the gate and not waiting in your car. When you are dropping your child off during school time, please call the office to let them know your child is coming into the grounds and send them to the office to sign in. We will then send them to class.

Thank you for your co-operation on this matter, the safety of our students, staff and community is essential.

Notes home this week

1. Year 6 Farewell and Graduation 2021 Year 6 2. Book Fair Flyer All students

From the Principal’s Desk Kinder Ready Today is our last day of Kinder Ready for our 2022 Kindergarten students. This week, our new Kinders got to very briefly (with physical distancing in place) meet their 2022 Year 6 Buddies who delivered their individual Kinder Packs. We hope our new Kindergarten students have enjoyed the transition program and are excited to be starting their educational journey with us at Quirindi Public School. A massive thank you to all of the parents who have supported the program and special thanks to Mrs McGuckin, Miss Adams and Miss Taylor for their coordination of our Kinder Ready program. 2022 Classes It is that time of year where our staff are closely looking at class organisation for the 2022 school year. If you know that your family is moving or relocating in the near future, could you please contact our office to inform us so we can ensure our classes are accurate and balanced for the beginning of the year. Thank you to the parents who sent in their confidential requests, we will be taking these into consideration when we finalise classes in the coming weeks. Book Week/Book Fair Next week the Scholastic Book Fair will return to Quirindi Public School. Please keep an eye out for information regarding the organisation for this week. Unfortunately, due to current COVID restrictions, parents are unable to come on site for this event so each class will be allocated a separate browsing timeslot. Different classes/stages will then be allocated timeslots during Break 1 or Break 2 where they can purchase from the Book Fair. Please also keep an eye out regarding the Dress-Up Challenge. While we can't have a school parade, we are hoping to have an in-class challenge with a prize for the best dressed in each class. John Ireland Principal

2022 Uniform Shop Notice

The Uniform Shop will be open on

Friday 28 January 2022 1.00pm until 3.00pm

Monday 31 January 2022

9.00am until 11.00am

It will also be open during its usual time slot on Wednesday 2 February 2022 3.00pm until 4.00pm.

Student of the Week KA Peter Garbutt 1D/T Marnie Bellamy 2D Blake Curtin-Moore 2M Indi-Lee Graham 3F Claudia Rutter 3H Mahkeely Mills 4A Mia Webster 4D Xavier Merrick 5/6J Matilda Hayward K-6S Cooper Gourlay

Merit Awards KA Bella Webster 1D/T Award Given 2D Adalind Pekolj 2M Isaac Hall 3F Makayla Gordon 3H Lachlan Robertson 4A Jaydene Baker 4D Scarlett Schultz 5/6J Benji Slater K/6S Declan Scharkie

Quirindi Public School Bell Times

9.20am -School begins

11.20am - 12.00pm - Break 1

1.30pm – 2.05pm - Break 2

3.20pm - School concludes

Book Fair Times Monday 1st break – Years K/1/2 2nd break - Year 3/4 Tuesday 1st break - Years 5/6 2nd break – Years K/1/2 Wednesday 1st break - Years 3/4 2nd break - Years 5/ 6 Friday 1st break – Years K/1/2 2nd break - 1:30 - 1:45 - Years 3/4

1:45 - 2:00 - Years 5/6 Parent advice of requirement for COVID-19 test for your child Please remember students and staff with flu-like symptoms will need to be tested and return a negative COVID-19 test result and be symptom-free before being permitted to return to school.

Students who do not undertake a COVID-19 test will not be permitted to return to school for a 10-day period. Additionally, they must be symptom-free for at least 3 days prior to returning to school.

Students who have seasonal allergic rhinitis or another condition that presents similarly to flu-like symptoms are still required to get tested for COVID-19 and return a negative test result. Where their symptoms continue beyond 10 days, students should provide documentation from their GP confirming their symptoms are typical for their condition. If the student develops new or changed symptoms, they should get tested for COVID-19. Find more information about COVID-19 symptoms External link.

Dress-up Day

To Celebrate Book Fair and a PBL Rewards day we are going to have a dress-up day next Friday 19 November. Students can dress-up as a character from a favourite

book or come out of uniform for the day dressed in appropriate clothes with covered-in shoes.

There will be a prize for each class for the best

dressed costume. Due to covid restrictions parents/ carers are not allowed on school grounds during our

Book Fair celebrations.

Year 6 Slime Time! Year 6 have had fun with Mrs Sheaffe this week making slime!!! Our kids love making a mess!!!