Hello, Giinagay, Hai
We appreciate everyone’s support while we navigate through this unprecedented time. By staying at home and following the advice, you are keeping our staff, our community and your families safe and well.
This week we move to Phase 1 of the managed return to school - students are encouraged to attend one day per week as per our timetable. Some families have opted to continue to keep their children at home and continue with home learning, which is fine. Students will continue to be marked on the roll as ‘flexible’, whilst there is evidence that they are engaging in learning each day.
It is very important that students bring their learning packs to school with them on the days they attend. They will then take the packs home with them. Please make sure all students have a drink bottle as the bubblers will not be operating at school.
To maintain social distancing during morning drop off, families are required to drop their children near the school gate and keep moving. Please ensure not to park on, or obstruct the school crossing. During afternoon pick up the duty teacher will walk students to the gate or to your vehicle. The school bus will continue to run as normal.
What can parents do to help?
The following social distancing measures at school will be until further notice:
We thank you for supporting online learning in your home. We know how challenging it can be, especially when you are also working from home. As you know, the staff at Scotts Head PS have kept this front and centre as they deliver planned learning. Whilst not all staff are physically at school, all staff are connected via Google Classrooms and email. From this week the majority of staff will be on site.
We are impressed by the large number of our learners who are online and connecting with teachers. If you are facing challenges with learning at home, please reach out to the classroom teacher. Teaching is our area of expertise and we are able to break down problems, offer suggestions or provide different learning options.
We understand there are times when the best solution is to pack it all up and go for a bike ride, do some cooking, read a book or play a game. All of these activities provide valuable learning. One of the most valuable gains of this time is the quality time you spend with your child. Your children, and hopefully you in years to come, will look back at this time and remember it was a period of extraordinary family connection.
We thank you again for your support.
Thanks, yaarri yaraang, terima kasih.
Bu Gillian
Gillian Stuart - Principal
During the current health climate students will not be able to use the bubblers at school. Please make sure students bring their water bottles to school when they come back.
SHPS is very excited for our Little Whales Transition from Preschool to School Program.
It is with great pleasure that we introduce you to our Little Whales Teacher for 2020, Shoshona.
Shoshona has previously worked as an early childhood educator at Eungai Preschool so many of you will know her! She is super thrilled to be part of the Little Whales Team and we have already begun planning.
Parent Workshops this term for the Little Whales Program
School Readiness Workshop to demystify what school readiness actually looks like! - Tuesday 19 May in the Library at 3.00pm.
The Little Whales Information Workshop - Tuesday 16 June in the Kindergarten room at 3.00pm.
Working together to give your child the best possible start to school!
On Thursday year 3-6 students were treated to a traditional Indonesian game of ‘bottle fishing’ by Pak Mur. The activity required focus, perseverance and resilience. Students needed to get the nail caught in the neck of the bottle to walk it forward without dropping it. We timed students and it was a tight race to first between Noah and Ava with Noah being the fastest at 25 seconds.
In class we made movies with the green screen. When we did the videos it was fun and we felt confident. We all made mistakes a lot but it was ok because it helped us improve so much. We made a video called TV Mystery and one called the The Road Trip. It was a good way to make people laugh who haven't able to come to school. By Kaydee
Pak Adam and Bella have been working hard to get our beautiful whale mural finished on the office building. The mural represents the work we have been doing with students about 'feedback'. Each whale represents a level that students are aiming to progress to with their learning.
The Success Whales are a system being used at Scotts Head Public School to support 'effective feedback' in all classrooms K-6. The system is based on research from John Hattie, Robert Marzano and professional learning with Corwin University on Visible Learning.
Teachers work with students to talk about:
The learning intention: the goal or intention of the lesson at the beginning of the lesson.
The success criteria: what learning will look like at each level of novice, developing, proficient and mastery levels.
The whales provide a visual for students to make a connection with what is expected from them in their learning.
All staff have received professional learning on this system and the system has been established in the year 4/5/6 classrooms for a year with huge success.
All classes are working on the idea of 'progress' and developing an understanding that everyone works at different levels and stages. Within our classrooms we aim to have high expectations and provide effective feedback through explicit teaching of learning intentions and success criteria. This aligns with our school plan and the learning staff are undertaking with Corwin University. Lyndsey Caldecott is driving this work with staff through the Leadership Directorate Initiative.
The link below will take you to the Virtual Catalogue.
All classes across the school are communicating with students and parents via the app DoJo. This will be our main source of communication with parents and we are aiming for 100% of students being connected this way across the school. Everyone should have got instructions in their student packages on how to set this up on your device.
If you need some help setting this up, please contact the school.
