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State Girls U12 Championship
During the school holidays, Aishwarya participated in an Under 12's STATE Girls' Chess Championship in the city and came 2nd place! She also participated in an on-line Holiday State chess tournament and came 1st! We are so proud of our in-house chess champ and congratulate Aishwarya on her amazing efforts. Aishwarya is always practising and has been hard to beat in our own chess club this year. Chess club will resume in Week 2. Unfortunately, there are no new spaces this term.
Pick Up Shelters Underway
You will see some work has begun on the inside of the fence by the Drive through Pick Up Zone. We are putting up some shelters for our students for afternoon pick up. Our long term plans are to move the main entrance of our school to this area, and so we want to make sure we make the structures suitable for that purpose. Keep your eye out as things progress.
Welcome back for Term 3. Things certainly took a bit of a left turn yesterday, and we are working hard to prepare and resource our students and families for At-Home Learning. We do have students of Essential Workers for supervision here at school, but things are certainly a lot quieter in the rooms, halls and playgrounds than usual. Students of Essential Workers will be doing the same work as the At-Home Learning program while supervised here at school. No Uniform is required for those children, but they will need recess and lunch, and normal drop of and pick up times apply.
At-Home Learning will begin tomorrow and continue as long as we are instructed by the South Australian Premier. Class teachers will contact families today with information for families on how things will operate for that child’s class. Our Year 2 to 6 classes will use “Microsoft Teams”, and Foundation and Year 1 classes “SeeSaw”, as the basis for At-Home Learning.
When it comes to your child/ren learning from home, suggestions from educators who have experienced this arrangement include things like making sure families set up a structure for the day for children, set up a learning space based around the program sent by teachers, and include exercise and run around times. Be creative with the kids, and maybe add doing a family project together in the day’s schedule. We have shared information for safe computer use for our children in the newsletter as well.
At-Home Learning is quite a different arrangement to normal classroom learning. Teachers will NOT be presenting to students from 9 am to 3.15 pm as they do at school. There will be certain times during the day when teachers will have a video link with the class (Years 2 to 6), and teachers will also be available online at various times during the day to assist children, and also to support parents. Teachers will be responding to emails between 9 am and 4 pm. Students will be assigned work that will need supervision. Year 2 to 6 students will have a time each day when there is a live link-up in Teams. We have staggered the times of these video link-ups so that if there are children in various classes and only one computer, it can be free for all children to use for Teams.
Thank you for your patience and support as we develop and try some new things to ensure our children continue their learning during the lockdown.
Have a great week with your kids,
Mark B
Have you ever been invited out for a dinner party at someone’s house or at a fancy venue? I love food and I love sharing it together with family and friends. Eating together, just like we do at Connect 4 events, is a great way for people to connect with one another. This is one of the things I miss most in lockdown, the opportunity to hang out with friends and share a meal together.
Did you know the largest recorded silver-service dinner party was held in the Washington Convention Centre, USA and involved 16,206 guests?
There is a parable in the Bible found in Luke 14:16 about a dinner party. A man hosted a huge banquet and invited many guests. When the time came for the dinner to begin, he sent his servants to go out and tell the guests the banquet was ready to those who had replied that they would come. On the day, most of the guests came up with lame and ridiculous excuses as to why they couldn’t come. They were just too busy with their own lives. One guest said he had just bought a cow, another said he had just got married and another said he had bought some land. The invitees were so busy with their daily lives that they missed a great opportunity. The poor servants had to return home and tell the host that no one was coming to the feast.
This angered the host, so he sent his servants out once more, but this time they were asked to go and find people from the side streets, the lame, the blind, the beggars and the unworthy, and bring them to the feast. The servants did this, but there were still more empty seats at the feast. The servants were sent out a third time and instructed to bring in anyone who would come and fill the empty spaces.
So it is with Heaven. God has invited us all to an amazing celebration in Heaven that He is preparing for us. He has reminded us that the Heavenly banquet will be starting soon, but it is up to us to be ready, accept and not reject his call. We need to be careful that we don’t get so busy with our daily lives, or have too many ridiculous excuses that will ultimately exclude us from the greatest opportunity ever given – eternal life with Jesus.
During this lockdown period, if you would like/need to contact the chaplaincy team for any reason, please don’t hesitate to give me a call. I am more than willing to chat over the phone - 0432825200.
Until we see you all again back at school, may you stay safe and well at home and enjoy some family time together.
Student Guidelines for at-home learning
Please read!
Hi students,
We wanted to share with you some guidelines regarding your learning at home tomorrow. We will send the info to your parents too.
Student Guidelines
We must ensure student privacy and security and do our very best to keep students engaged and learning.
a. Students need to join while located in a quiet shared space, away from siblings or other distractions.
b. Students must not be joining from their bedroom.
c. Ideal location is a dining room with a blank wall background.
d. Any location must be easily accessible to parents.
e. Students to be wearing appropriate and comfortable clothing.
f. Students will respect others' rights to learn by not disrupting the session.
g. Students will not post inappropriate images, text or other content in the chat.
h. Students will not share images, video or text for a live-stream or video to others outside the class.
i. Students will keep their mic on mute unless they are contributing to the discussion or asking a question.
j. Students need to be reminded that all content they post or provide in Teams can be viewed by teachers.
k. Only teachers are to begin Class Video Meetings.
l. Online learning in our school context is part of the Prescott Primary Northern school experience and so we would expect students to act in accordance with the values and principles we uphold.
When online, we also expect students, families and teachers to abide by the Use of Technology Agreement and Codes of Conduct we have, for when we are at school.
IT Agreement
If I am unsure whether I am allowed to do something involving ICT, I will ask the teacher first.
-If I have my own username, I will log on only with that user name. I will not allow anyone else to use my username.
-I will use my school email address for school related business.
-I will keep my password private.
-I will use the Internet, e-mail, mobile phones or any ICT equipment only for positive purposes, not to be mean, rude or offensive, to bully or harass, or in any other way that may harm anyone else or the school itself, even if it is meant as a joke.
-If I do not follow cyber-safety practices, the school may inform my parents/caregivers. In serious cases, the school may take disciplinary action against me. My family may be charged for repair costs. If illegal material or activities are involved or e-crime is suspected, it may be necessary for the school to inform the police and securely hold personal items for potential examination by police. Such actions may occur even if the incident occurs off-site and/or out of school hours.
Thanks! PPN Leadership
At-Home Learning Video
If you would like to be included in a video in next week’s newsletter for our At-Home Learning experience, please email a photo of your child participating in their at-home learning to tamarabernoth@ppn.sa.edu.au by Monday afternoon and we will include it in a special video. We look forward to seeing you all learning at home during this lockdown!
