Head of Preparatory School
Vacation Care – 20 September to 1 October
We are happy to notify K-6 families that Vacation Care will be open for children of essential workers this holiday break. Due to current COVID 19 restrictions, our operating times will be 8am-4pm and numbers will be capped at 30 per day. The program will also be modified to accommodate restrictions therefore set activities won’t be posted on Pulse beforehand.
Parents who are essential workers can lodge a request for OOSH Vacation Care (20 September to 1 October) by clicking the link below. Booking requests for Vacation Care will close at 8pm on Wednesday 15 September to allow sufficient time for staffing to be organised based on the numbers
https://forms.gle/QpqaRqNp7yZ93ehB9
Once your request has been approved, confirmation and information outlining logistics and COVID safety measures will be sent via email to you by 5pm, Friday 17 September. Please be aware that all bookings are to be made through the link provided, the OOSH Bookings email is currently not is use for booking purposes.
R U OK Day
Some of our classes embraced R U Ok Day this week and shared their R U OK pledges in Assembly times. R U OK day in the Prep School is a chance for our staff and students to share the message that connecting often with friends and showing them that we care is so important.
The Yr 2 students highlighted the message by wearing yellow to their Zoom Assembly and sharing ways they can reach out to their friends and check in on them. Hearing and reading some of the pledges made by our students was so encouraging. A wonderful demonstration of how our Prep students truly value the essence of friendship now more than ever.
An example of a Yr 2 R U Ok pledge:
I pledge to ask my friends and family if they are ok by asking them and showing them I care. I will do this by sitting with them and asking them to play with me. I won’t just ask this on Thursday, I will ask this every day.
Acts of Kindness
Letters to Bougainvillea
Our Yr 1 students demonstrated a wonderful act of kindness this week by writing letters to elderly residents at Bougainvillea nursing home. Our Year 1 learners showed concern that the residents were lonely as they were unable to see their families during this lockdown period. They put their heads together and decided that the best way to connect with them and to show that they cared was to write! Mrs Hunt was able to then pass letters on to the nursing home and within hours, return messages were being written! We are now in the process of sharing these letters with our students.
I am so proud of the compassion and care demonstrated by Yr 1 and for making authentic and thoughtful connections with a different generation.
Zoom Free Day
Friday 17 September
Our last day of term, Friday 17 September will be a Zoom Free day for our Prep students. The day will begin with a normal roll call session with teachers, followed by a message from me to wish everyone a lovely break. Following this, the children can then choose different activities from an uploaded grid.
Week 10 Request for On-Campus Learning for Children of Essential Workers
Parents who are essential workers can lodge a request for on campus learning support for the week of September 13 – 17 September. Booking requests close again at 8pm on Friday 10 September at 8pm to allow sufficient time for staffing to be organised based on the numbers.
https://forms.gle/JNvXj1CZzaxbhY9o9
Mrs Ainslie Breckenridge
Head of Preparatory School
abreckenridge@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848