Dear Parents, 

On Tuesday 11th November we held a Remembrance Ceremony in front of our Australian and Aboriginal flags to honour those who have served at war. It is important that our students remember the sacrifices that soldiers made and lives that have been affected by the conflict of war. Thank you to Mr McCann and Year 2/3 for organising.

This week we have been celebrating NAIDOC Week. The theme for 2020 is 'Always Was, Always Will Be'. We recognise the First Nations people who have occupied Australia for over 65,000 years. This week our students have been celebrating through creative arts, history and singing. We are very lucky to have Mrs Saunders and Uncle Jeremy teach our students 'Amazing Grace' in Gathang, our local indigenous language and we have been joining in this song as a whole school during the course of NAIDOC week. 

End of Year Events Update

CSNSW and NSW Health have issued a new update as to what schools are permitted to do in the coming weeks.

Parents and carers are allowed on school sites for specific end-of-year events as outlined in the updated and attached CSNSW Term Four Advice to Schools (4 November) to support planning activities for end-of-year activities.

• End of year school performances, productions, plays and concerts can proceed. Schools must have in place and comply with the COVID-19 Safety Plan for cinema, theatres, concert halls, drive-in cinemas when planning and conducting these events.

• Whole-of-school assemblies can recommence from 12 November. Where possible,
students should remain within their relevant cohort to limit the mixing of students between cohort groups. Parents and carers are not permitted to attend school assemblies.
• Schools can conduct field trips, excursions and overnight activities within NSW and in the ACT. All other states are on-hold until further notice.

• For staff development days in Term 4 2020, schools will be able to conduct face-to-face activities and bring up to 100 staff members together. This can include staff from within the same school and the local school network.

• Staff professional learning outside of school development days should not be conducted face-to-face unless it is absolutely necessary. Where professional learning activities are conducted face-to-face, they must be limited to a maximum of 30 people from the same school of local network.

We will make decisions in the next week as to how our End of Year events will proceed. 

Award Winners Week 4

Congratulations to our Award Winners for Week 4! Charnae Rose-Goldsmith, Cooper Allan, Rory Ashby, Xanthe Fenning, Mia Barnes, Kamryn Beard and Eli Fenning.