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A Great Resource for Parents

Teachers at Moss Vale Public School have developed a great resource for parents in understanding the expected skills students should display in numeracy. It outlines the grade expectations for each year level and uses parent-friendly language to explain the skills students work towards in numeracy. It also contains links to videos, explanations and web links which are helpful in exploring the skills further. This is a great resource for parents to be able to help their children at home. 

https://mossvale-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/supporting-our-students/support-kit.html

Permission to Publish

This week, permission to publish notes will be sent electronically to your email to be signed by parents. It is a requirement that we seek your permission annually to publish any information about your child. We love to put photos of students and/or their work in our newsletter and on our website, and your permission allows us to do that. When publishing information online about students, we take all care to publish minimal identifiers of students. That is why we only publish first names or initials near a photo. At any time, you may withdraw your consent for information to be published. Please do this in writing. 

Parent Workshop - Learn and Connect

With many of the COVID restrictions lifting over the last month, we are planning to run a monthly parent workshop where parents can learn about some of the initiatives being implemented at the school and join us for some morning tea. The first session will be presented by our Instructional Leader Mrs Hermon and our Assistant Principal Mrs Rice. We hope to be able to video these sessions so that all parents are able to access the information. 

Attendance

Schools are legally responsible for maintaining accurate records of student attendance. Every day teachers mark their class rolls and record absences, both whole day and partial (including late arrival) electronically. The absences are recorded as explained or unexplained and justified or unjustified, according to the reason provided by the parent or caregiver.

Every day counts, as regular attendance helps students to:

• develop a sense of belonging

• develop and maintain friendships

• be more engaged at school

• progress with their learning

• be more aware of career and life options.

Please read the information attached at the end of this newsletter regarding compulsory school attendance.

Anti-bullying

At Bexley North Public School, we are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning community that promotes student wellbeing. This term we have been working hard on the Bexley North Public School Anti-bullying plan. Preventing and responding to bullying (including cyber-bullying) is a shared responsibility of every school community.

The Anti-bullying plan which can be downloaded below, outlines a timeline of actions that we as a school will undertake as preventative and educative measures. We are encouraging feedback from the school community around our anti-bullying plan. Please email us with any feedback you have regarding the plan at bexleynth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au.

This week we have also attached a fact sheet that outlines the features of bullying behaviour. This resource and others can be found at bullyingnoway.gov.au. Bullying behaviour has three key features. It involves the intentional misuse of power in a relationship. It is ongoing and repeated, and it involves behaviours that can cause harm.

If a bullying concern is raised with staff at school, we have steps that are followed to ensure a thorough and fair investigation is conducted. We endeavour to consult and communicate with students and parents throughout the entire process. Reports of student bullying can be made to any staff member at a school. A teacher or school executive staff (such as the principal, deputy principal or assistant principal) at the school will address the reported bullying in a timely manner.

At Bexley North Public School we are responsible, respectful and resilient learners. Please refer to the attached Behaviour Code for Students in NSW Public Schools for a broad overview of the behavioural expectations in schools.

The Covid Intensive Learning Support program has begun this term with our new learning support teacher, Ms Victoria Cuk. All students selected will have received a note to take home outlining their participation. This round of support is focusing on a discrete number of spelling rules as identified in our term 1 spelling diagnostic assessment task. Students are withdrawn from class for brief (approximately 15 minute sessions) up to three times per week. The intervention will run for approximately 10 weeks, after which time students will complete a short assessment to evaluate learning. If your child did not receive support in this round, they may be eligible for the second round in term 2.  Please contact the school to speak to Ms Cuk or Mrs Davis if you have any questions.