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- COVID-19 Mental Health Advice
Dear Families and Carers,
Welcome back to a very unusual term 2! The COVID-19 virus has certainly challenged everyone in the way we interact, work and deliver educational programs. Congratulations to all students and families who are learning to navigate the new online platforms. We acknowledge that this is a very new and challenging learning environment for both the students and the teachers. We will continue to refine our delivery during the online learning period and thank you for your patience and understanding as we all develop new skills together.
Please remember that well-being is the priority and only complete what is manageable for your family and circumstances.
Discussions continue in the media on the transition back to school. At this point in time, we do not have a timeline of when and how this will happen. We are currently operating in a rapidly changing environment and will provide information as it becomes available. Our goal at Campbell Primary School will be to have a smooth and safe transition for students, families and teachers back into the classroom once it is announced that school will recommence on site. We are missing the children terribly and hope to see their smiling faces in the classrooms soon.
A message from the P&C: AGM
A reminder this year we will be hosting the AGM on Tuesday, 12th May at 8:00pm online via Zoom. Due to security requirements, you will need to register for the AGM to get the meeting ID and password. This can be done any time but I recommend you do not leave this to the last minute. If you have any concerns around this security process please contact us and we will discuss. Note once you receive the meeting ID and password please do not post this in public forums like Facebook etc as we will be breaching the requirements we have agreed to meet by using the AARNet Zoom service.
Please follow this link to register https://aarnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArcu-uqT0sGdwpXrGjeULM0MyjZdWmrfcD
Paula Kinsman
Campbell Connects
Last week Kindergarten to Year 6 families received an invitation to join our Campbell Connects Google Classroom. As mentioned in that invitation the purpose of this Classroom is to provide our community with ways to connect and for some school processes to continue, for example, STAGS and certificates. If you and your family have not had a chance to join the Classroom, please do so.
Staffing in Preschool- Sea Turtles
As of this week Helen Scott is the new teacher for the Sea Turtles. The students and their families will be quite familiar with Helen as she already teaches the Preschool groups every Wednesday. Helen will be covering Kylie Cheater who has started her maternity leave. We are very thankful for all the work Kylie has done across the Year 1/2 class she worked with last year and the setting up of our third preschool group. We wish her all the best and cannot wait to meet the newest addition to our Campbell community.
Photo Gallery of Remote Learning at CPS
As Scholastic Bookclub have moved to a paperless ordering system, all orders will need to be placed through their normal LOOP process. Below is a link from Scholastic Bookclub which will take you to their Issue #3 catalogue.
Please note, all orders for Issue #3 must be received by 18th May.
Estimated delivery will be the end of May/early June. Families will receive emailed notifications once their orders have arrived at the school, and book orders will then be available for collection from the School Hall.
You do not know how much you have until you lose it. I am not sure about you but we are really missing going to school. We never realized how much we would miss getting in the car/on our bikes/ on to the bus or walking to get to school. We never thought we would miss our teachers lessons or the fortnightly assemblies.
In fact some days we did not even want to go to school. It was not until going to school was cancelled that we realized how much we would miss it.
We’ve been looking into some jobs that are isolated to help us cope with COVID19 restrictions.
One job that is really isolated is a submariner.
When submariners are at sea they do the following things:
- Have a routine everyday.
- Always practise good hygiene because they are in small spaces often hot bunking which means sharing a bed between night and day shifts.
- Walk away from arguments with people and try not to irritate each other.
- Keep in touch with their loved ones by email.
- Keep up their exercise - they do squats, push ups, lunges and weight bearing exercises.
- Eat healthily.
- Start something new like learning a language or reading new books.
- Maintain hobbies where they can like reading, writing stories or playing games.
- Most importantly they recommend having a laugh and love telling jokes.
So here is a joke for you all.
Q: Did you hear the joke about the germ?
A: Never mind I don’t want to spread it around
Something to add for things to do, is cooking. Here’s an easy and quick recipe to make a delicious dessert of sponge pudding.
Ingredients
115 grams of butter softened
2 eggs
170 grams of self raising flour
115 grams of caster sugar
Splash of milk
Method
Mix all together until smooth. Put into a microwave safe pudding bowl. Cover with a cloth or plastic and cook about 4 minutes in a 900w microwave
To tell that it’s done it will not be wet on top.
Turn out onto a plate and serve with maple syrup or golden syrup or jam and ice cream. Yummy!!!!
You can share your amazing cake with Campbell by putting it on the Campbell Connects classroom.
That is all from us, stay safe and hope to see you soon at school.
From,
Amelia Rose, Harisen Smith, Billie Wilcox, Henry Doggett
English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Families
Hello EAL/D Families,
The ACT Government sent out the following information about COVID-19 and pets. We are sending a copy of it home today for your information. We hope you are all keeping well.
From Ms Woods
There is currently no evidence of humans getting COVID-19 from pets or that pets play a role in the spread of the disease.
There have also been no reports of any animals becoming sick with COVID-19 in Australia.
However, since animals can spread other diseases, always wash your hands with soap and water before and after touching animals.
As irresistible as they are, remember not to pat other people’s dogs when you’re out for a walk to assist with our social distancing measures.
To stay informed visit the ACT Government COVID-19 website
Kind regards,
Ms Woods
