Head of Preparatory School
School Absences
During the current time, some families choose to keep their students home for periods of time. Please be aware that if the choice has been made to keep your child at home, our classroom teachers will not be supplying remote learning opportunities. We would suggest that if your child is at home for sickness or if you choose to keep them home, that they either take the time to rest and recover or take part in activities around the house, read, write stories, inquiry into areas of interest. There are many skills that your child can develop through these activities. When a student has an explained long absence from school then I will certainly have a conversation with families to discuss the path we will take to support their learning.
Vodcasts
This week we are very excited to be uploading our first vodcast to our Preparatory School Redlands Pulse page. This week, Mrs Louise Goold has provided a five minute information grab around sight words and tips for reading with your child at home. Please remember these vodcasts are to provide our community with tips on certain areas of the curriculum to help with conversation with your child. It is a great way to connect with our families.
Clubs Update
The Term 3 clubs are successfully off the ground and I would like to thank all families for respecting the School’s COVID-19 guidelines in picking up your children. When a staff member is away, we will endeavour to place those students into other Clubs for the session but in some instances where this isn’t possible, you will receive an SMS message communicating the cancellation of that particular Club. We thank you for your understanding as we navigate these weekly logistics.
Photos Update
We have been able to secure the following dates for those classes which missed out on having their class and individual photos taken in Term 1. KB, 1R, 1W, 2Y, 2W will have their photos on taken on Wednesday 21 October. Mrs Hunt will create the list of individual students who were absent on Term 1 photo day and will be in contact with those families in due course.
Welcome Amber Wilson to the Preparatory School Family
This week staff and students gave Ms Amber Wilson a very warm welcome to the Yr 2 Yellow classroom. There was a very thorough hand over from both Miss Patten and Mrs Sharp where all academic and medical information was communicated. Amber has posted a video on the class SeeSaw page introducing herself and I know she is very excited to meet her class families over the next few weeks. Amber will be conducting parent teacher Zoom interviews in Weeks 7 and 8 and is also contactable via her email awilson@redlands.nsw.edu.au.
Respecting Ourselves and Our Surroundings
Over the last two weeks we have been focusing again on respect. Respect is one of those words that we need to be using and referring to daily in all our lives. I love hearing the respectful way our students say good morning to me as they get out of the cars in the morning and how they greet parents in the afternoon. We teach our learners about respecting themselves as young people, we teach them to respect their school and their personal property and of course we teach respect of others. Our Prep students learn through example and modelling and this comes from us, the adults around them. I encourage you to keep having simple conversations around respecting others and what this actually looks like in a tangible sense. Maybe a car conversation could centre around how did they feel they respected their friends today? Did you feel respected when this happened to you? All these little discussion points that can happen at anytime, anywhere all help to contribute to the bigger picture of the R word as we refer to it in Prep Assembly.
Mrs Ainslie Breckenridge
Head of Preparatory School
abreckenridge@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848