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Coral Park Primary School
Achieving SUCCESS 145 Coral Drive, Hampton Park 3976
www.coralparkps.vic.edu.au
NEWSLETTER Term 3 Issue 6, 19th August 2021
Email: coral.park.ps@education.vic.gov.au
Phone 9702 8398
From the Principal
COVID 19
We would love to be able to open the school for all our students every day as I fully understand the pressure
this remote learning period is putting on families, students and our staff. Unfortunately though, we must abide
by the rules outlined by the Victorian Government. I thank all of the parents and families who, although doing
it tough, are doing the best they can to follow all of the lockdown rules. I remind parents that the school does
not get to make the rules, we just have to follow them. When dealing with the school and staff please remember that our value of
respect is now, more than ever, required. Sometimes the answer to your inquiry is no, simply because we have no other choice.
Curriculum Day
Each year schools are allocated a limited number of curriculum days. These are vital for our professional learning to ensure we can
deliver the most comprehensive and up to date teaching and learning for all students. Once the government announced tighter
restrictions, limiting the number of staff allowed onsite to those supervising the children of essential workers, we were forced to
postpone our curriculum day. I apologise for the inconvenience of having to reschedule this. Instead, this Friday students will only be
required to do their DB attendance forum and attend their daily class meeting. They will then have access to specialist activities for
the day, if they choose to do so.
On Site Supervision
As per our communication emails we send to you whenever the guidelines change, the following rules apply to all schools across the
state of Victoria:
Permits for on-site supervision
From Wednesday 18 August, parents and carers are only able to request on-site supervision for their child/ren in the below
categories:
A) Children where both parents and/or carers are considered authorised workers who cannot work from home, work for an
authorised provider and where no other supervision arrangements can be made:
Where there are two parents/carers, both must be authorised workers, working outside the home in order for their children to be
eligible for on-site provision
For single parents/carers, the authorised worker must be working outside the home in order for their children to be eligible for on-
site provision.
An authorised worker permit is required for parents requesting on-site supervision for their child/ren under Category A as an
authorised worker.
B) Children experiencing vulnerability, including:
In out-of-home care
Deemed vulnerable by a government agency, funded family or family violence service, and assessed as requiring education and care
outside the family home
Identified by a school or early childhood service as vulnerable, (including via referral from a government agency, or funded family or
family violence service, homeless or youth justice service or mental health or other health service)
Where a parent/carer indicates that a student with a disability is vulnerable because they cannot learn from home, and/or informs
the school the student is vulnerable due to family stress, the school must provide on-site supervision for that student. This may apply
to students enrolled in specialist schools and students with a disability enrolled in mainstream schools.
An authorised worker permit is not required for accessing on-site supervision under Category B
Remote and Flexible Learning
Our teachers are working hard to ensure they provide work at each individual student’s levels. They are making videos to teach the
content and model the task required. Even though they too are having to work from home, they are still available as your child/s
teacher. If your child needs any assistance with any of their learning, please send their teacher an email to request help. You as
parents do not need to teach your children, we just need your help to ensure they are out of bed, have access to a device on which
they can learn and, as best as possible, free from distractions whilst they complete their learning for the day. In most cases, this
learning can be completed within 1.5 hours and can be completed at any time of the day.
Stay Safe
Justin Thompson
Principal
Due to the tightened restrictions, our Curriculum Day planned
for tomorrow, Friday the 20th August will be POSTPONED.
Instead, all Coral Park students will engage in a remote learning ‘Specialist Day’ this Friday.
Tomorrow students will need to:
Log into their normal DB Community page
Complete their daily attendance forum
Attend their daily class meeting (at their normal time)
If your child wants to they can then access their specialist’s activities
from their DB Community page
If your child is eligible for onsite attendance supervision as per the current guidelines, they
will now be able to be supervised this Friday 20th August. These students will also be en-
gaging in the above “Specialist Day”.
A reminder that all Victorian Metropolitan Government schools will continue with Remote Learning until
Thursday 2nd September. All children who can learn at home must learn from home – with exceptions only in
extremely limited circumstances.
Also, ‘Authorised Workers’ now require permits, as was the case in 2020. If you believe your child meets one of the
below criteria, you are now required to provide the school with a copy of your partner and your worker’s permits.
Onsite Supervision: LIMITED
• Onsite supervision is NOT available for authorised workers (parents, guardians or carers) who are working
from home
• Onsite supervision is ONLY available to authorised workers (parents, guardians or carers) who are working
outside of the home AND who cannot organise someone to supervise their child(ren) and can therefore provide
the school with current Workers Permits
Onsite supervision is available for those children considered ‘vulnerable’:
*Children in out of home care and whose placement is under stress
*Children deemed by Child Protection to be at risk or harm
*Children identified by the school as being vulnerable (usually via referral from a family violence
agency or mental health or other health services)
*Children with a disability who cannot learn from home due to vulnerability or family stress as
approved by the principal.
If you or your partner are not working, can work from home or have a responsible family member that can
supervise your children at home, you must keep them at home.
CLASS MEETINGS
We will continue to hold daily wellbeing check-ins via WebEx. Please ensure you
continue to assist your child to log into their meetings each day. If your child is having
any difficulties with these meetings, please email their teacher directly.
Daily meeting times will be:
9:20am P5, P8, P9 10:20am M14, M17, M18, S15, S19, S20
9:40am J3, J6, J7, 10:40am M12, M13, S10, S11
10:00am J1, J2, J4,
S11 had a hoodie/oodie theme for one of their class meetings and learnt how to draw a Minion!
S11
Students
participating
in remote
learning
Jirah Bailee
During a class meeting this week S10 had a little drawing competition using a tutorial from Art Hub. They drew “Flamemallows”. Indie
Diana
J1
J1
Coral Park STARS Awards
Congratulations to the following students for earning classroom awards...
Marc J2 For showing determination with all of his learning and
being a respectful listener during WebEx.
Deborah J2 For always uploading a high standard of work and
following all instructions during Remote Learning.
Grade 1 students enjoyed making masks for their Webex meeting....
Kyro
Piradheep
Rozita
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