Broken Hill North Public School

Week 10

Mon 28 March          Staff meeting Technology focus

Wed 30 March         BHNPS Athletics Carnival – Field events at school

Thur 31 March           BHNPS Athletics Carnival – Track events at Picton Oval

Fri 1 April                   Cohort groups’ assemblies in hall throughout the day

Principal’s Report

Breakfast Club

Many thanks to Mrs Yates and her helpers for getting our Breakfast Club up and running so seamlessly last week. Lots of positive comments regarding the behaviour and manners of our kids who took the opportunity to spend time in our Community Centre at the beginning of the day. KOKO!

League Tag Gala Day

Mr Welsh and Macy had a great day out at the Alma Oval with our senior and junior teams, who had a real crack as they played against the other schools. When I took the juniors out there was plenty of excitement and smiles on the bus. The trip home with the seniors was rather quite as the kids had obviously given their best and were pretty tired as we drove back to Paradise.

Thank you to all the students and teachers who took the time to write letters and make art and craft items to share with our Northie neighbours. It is a tradition which supports and enhances the positive relationships between the school and t’s neighbours. It was a beautiful day to take a walk in the communityand we were lucky enough to spot some of our neighbours out and about. Everyone we met shared with the teachers’ and students’ how wonderful it was to receive their letters and gifts, and how it really was a ‘pick-up ‘ during these tough times.

Unfortunately, the Broken Hill North P & C Annual General Meeting was unable to take place last Tuesday. It has been rescheduled to Tuesday 22 March at 7:00pm in the Community Centre situated in C Block, adjacent to the hall. It would be wonderful to see our record of 17 attendees surpassed at this meeting! It's a great opportunity for parents to get involved and share ideas and work in partnership with the school for our kids.

We will continue to support the use of rapid antigen tests (RATs) in our school. If you require test packs please come into the front office and we’ll help you out.

All workers on school sites must meet mandatory double vaccination requirements.

Any student or staff member who is unwell and/or displays symptoms of COVID-19 will be asked to go home and stay there until they can complete a RAT or PCR test.

• If symptoms continue, they should stay at home and take another RAT in 24 hours or have a PCR test.
• If the second RAT or initial PCR test result is negative, the student or staff member can return to school.
• In NSW, positive COVID-19 cases are provided a Medical Clearance Notice after 7 days and allowed to leave self-isolation as long as they do not have COVID-19 symptoms.

Our school will continue to inform the school community of a positive case and advise families of the current public health advice, including monitoring for symptoms

If a student or staff member receives a positive RAT result, they need to:

·         record the positive RAT result through the Service NSW l link 

·         notify the school of the positive RAT or PCR result as soon as possible

·         follow NSW Health adviceExternal link to isolate for 7 days.

Masks are no longer mandatory for all staff.

Visitors can be allowed back on school sites regardless of their vaccination status. We have considered activities such as assemblies, parent-teacher meetings and other gatherings in the coming days and the following organisation will be in place until the end of March –

• Cohort bubbles to remain in the morning, entry through any gate
• Morning lines under COLA to commence the day.
• Recess and lunch organisation to stay in place re current rosters. Review at end of March
• Friday assemblies to continue in cohort groups.  SpEd at 9.15am, Upstairs B Block at 10.40am, K-2 at 11.30am and C Block at 12.45pm
• Parents / visitors on site – Continue with sign in at office and sticky label until further notice

HOW2Learn

Each week I will endeavour to propose aspects of mindsets and challenge you to take it into consideration in your role as parents / carers. 

Which mindset is most likely to result in learning?  Change the words, change the mindset!

Attendance Snapshot

Term 1 Week 8

Target 91%

Actual - 90.2%

Lots of room for improvement here - Every day counts!

Raise Responsibility Class Points ( > 90% ) –K F, K M, 1 H, 1-2 H, 2 B, 4-5 M, 5-6 VW, K-6 D, K-6 R, 3-6 L & K-6 W

100% Green students – 1 H, 1-2 H, 4-5 M, K-6 R and 3-6 L

Attendance – K-6 W – YLBs!!!

100% attendees – 159 students attended every day this week. 11  more than last week.