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The Randwick Buzz
Issue 8 Thursday, 6 June 2019
Term 2 - Week 6, 2019 better indication of readiness
What’s on?
will be obtained in a group
Principal’s Message setting. You are however Monday 10/6/19
always welcome to contact Public Holiday - Queens Birthday
As I walked me for advice. Sunday 16/6/19
back from Working Bee 9am-3pm
Did you know that our school
Hydrotherapy this
is now part of the Birds, Bees Monday 17/6/19
morning I noticed
and Butterflies Corridor Project P&C Meeting 7pm
I was the only
and thanks to a grant from
one not looking Thursday 20/6/19
Randwick Council we can Swimming and Cross Country
at a screen as
now purchase some additional assembly 9am
I walked. This
plants to attract the 3 B’s. Year 5 Cupcake Day
could be a function of age or
Thanks to teachers Emma
being conscious of avoiding Friday 5/7/19
Garroway and Rhys Whalley PSSA Ends
another fall, but it did prompt
for their interest in promoting Last day of Term 2
me to read an article about
Environmental Sustainability
managing screentime not
and their successful
only for our children but also parking on Avoca Street from
application just in time for our
for ourselves. Children follow 9am-4pm each day for such
first Working Bee on Sunday
what we do far more than purposes.
16th June. It would be lovely
what we say, particularly at
to see as many families as
a young age so you need to It critical from 2.15-2.45pm
possible to help out with
prepare now for later primary each afternoon when Special
some general jobs around the
and adolescence. Are you Student Transport picks up
school including the emptying
the “New Normal”? https://bit. students from Centennial Park
the back sandpit in the forest
ly/2KoaGar. School, a School for Specific
ready to refill with fresh sand,
Purposes. We have asked
reviving compost and filling
CPS transport to limit the
garden beds, lots of weeding
time they are stopping in the
both inside the school and
carpark but please respect
around the boundaries and
that this is an essential part
tidying up the kitchen garden
of the educational provision
area.
provided by CPS.
Urgent Reminder: New Avoca
Street entrance and carpark iParent
Further along in this newsletter Watch this 15 sec video to get you
The new main school entrance thinking about how to “Start the
we have included our new
and carpark on Avoca Street Chat” about online safety:
enrolment procedures for
is shared with Centennial Park
children who will be 5 before https://vimeo.com/323633823
School.
the end of July 2020. We
suggest that you discuss More ideas here: http://www.
There is a pedestrian gate thinkuknow.org.au/parents-portal
enrolment first with your pre- opposite the front entrance on
school or early childhood Avoca Street for RPS parent
teacher. Seek their advice and visitor access. The only
on readiness and how you time parents should enter this
might assist with this. You carpark by vehicle is in an
can contact the school for emergency (picking up from
enrolment or download an sick bay) or for designated
application package from the disabled parking. It is NOT a HAVE YOU GOT
school’s website. Please note
that we have changed our
drop off point for instrument, SOMETHING TO TELL US?
other forgotten items or
process this year as we feel a children. There is on street https://goo.gl/qpjMDY
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2020 Kindergarten Successful non-local Attendance/Absences
enrolments will be notified
Enrolment early Term 4 and be provided
with transition session details. Regular attendance at
Students are eligible for
school is compulsory under
enrolment if they are turning Please see the school website the Education ACT (1990).
5 before July 31 the year they at Our School: Enrolment or Being at school every day
wish to start Kindergarten. contact the office for more counts. We are required to
Kindergarten 2020 enrolments information. record explanations for non-
are now open. attendance and therefore
Once you have lodged your Semester 1 Reports - monitor student attendance
and reasons for absences on
completed ‘Enrolment Pack” Sentral Parent Portal a daily basis. It is essential that
at our school office, you will
students arrive at school on
receive an acceptance email Semester 1 reports will be time so their attendance is
with a link and a code to published in a few weeks on registered.
select a time for your child’s your child’s Sentral Parent
2019 ‘Transition to School’ Portal available via our school If a child is absent from school
session. website homepage or directly for any reason, the parent/
here https://rps.sentral.com. caregiver must notify the school
Transition sessions provide the
au/portal/login. If you have office via Skoolbag, email or
opportunity for teachers to
forgotten your password, phone and explain the reason
meet your child, and allows for the absence. Please do not
please use the link under the
your child to get to know the email or message the teacher
‘Sign in’ button.
classroom environment before - they may not see their emails
they start school the following before school.
If you are new to Randwick,
year. While your child attends
you will have received or will
their ‘Transition to School’ Email: randwick-p.school@det.
receive a letter containing
session, you will be given a nsw.edu.au
a code for your registration Phone:93986022
short presentation. You will
to the Sentral Parent Portal.
also have the opportunity to
Please use your allocated Randwick Public School
take part in a school tour and
access key provided in the contacts parents on the day of
visit the Uniform Shop.
letter to register for access. any unexplained absence, via
We will also be holding SMS, seeking a reason for the
a Kindergarten Parent If you do not receive your child’s absence.
Information Evening on letter by next week, or have
Thursday 7 November at 6pm. any questions, please do This information is critical
not hesitate to contact the in ensuring all students are
Non-local enrolment school for assistance. accounted for as student safety
and well being is a high priority.
Where there are places to
complete whole grade classes
in Kindergarten, these may be
offered to non-local students.
Please be aware that there
will be no priority for non-local
siblings in subsequent years.
Non-local Applications
need to be received by 6
September 2019 in order to
be eligible for consideration.
Complete the appropriate
form addressing the criteria.
When addressing the criteria
it should be clear and concise
and specifically prove the
case for enrolment of the
student for the placement
panel.
How are Reach and ICAS different?
Reimagined
for 2019
Designed for benchmarking and Designed for recognising academic
measuring full-cohort progress, excellence for high potential students
year-on-year
PRODUCT
SIMILARITIES
Sitting window of 5 DAYS Sitting window of 1 DAY
Available in both ONLINE and scheduled Available ONLINE ONLY*
ONCE
PAPER-BASED formats (ICAS Writing: paper-based for Years 3 & 4 only)
*
per year
Focused on TRACKING STUDENT
Emphasis on CHALLENGE & EXTENSION
PROGRESS in key subjects
Suitable for ALL STUDENTS, targeting Provides ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE
a wide range of ability. Even the most able for the most able students
students will find some items challenging lock-down
BROWSER
COMFORTABLE LOW-STAKES TIGHT time HIGH-STAKES
time restrictions assessment restrictions assessment
RESULTS waiting period: 3-4 WEEKS RESULTS waiting period: 4-6 DAYS
SUBJECTS: (ICAS Writing: 4-5 weeks)
English
Mathematics
All students will receive HARD-COPY
All students will receive DOWNLOADABLE Science
Digital Technologies
CERTIFICATES of achievement and
CERTIFICATES of ACHIEVEMENT
Spelling have an opportunity to WIN MEDALS
Writing
Requires students to apply their skills and
Allows high potential students to
knowledge in ways using accessible contexts
be FURTHER CHALLENGED
while still providing CHALLENGES
Comprehensive online reporting, tracking All students receive hard-copy of performance
student progression is available to teachers, information (ranking) acknowledging students
students and parents placing compared to all who sat ICAS (subject)
in the corresponding year
To find out more about our new range of assessment options and the special 2019 offers available to
your school, visit unsw.global/2019assessments or email assessments@unswglobal.unsw.edu.au
At National Online Safety we believe in empowering parents, carers & trusted adults with the information they need to hold an informed conversation about online safety with their children, should they
feel it is needed. This guide focuses on one platform of many which we believe trusted adults should be aware of. Please visit www.nationalonlinesafety.com for further guides, hints & tips for adults.
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Tips To Protect
YouTube is an online platform - owned
by Google - where anyone can upload & Your Child
watch video content. All different types of
? information, advice & entertainment are
uploaded & billions of people tune in to
APPLY ‘RESTRICTED MODE’
Restricted mode helps to hide any mature or unpleasant videos
watch, rate & comment on it. As a parent, from your children. It uses YouTube’s own automated system &
it’s important you understand exactly what looks at what other users flag as inappropriate content. It must
be enabled in the settings menu on each individual device.
content your children might be seeing.
CHANGE WHO CAN SEE VIDEOS
? You can change who can view your child’s content in the
settings. Options include Public (available to all), Private
(only available to people you share it with & cannot be
shared) or Unlisted (available to people you share it with
& can be shared further).
BLOCK CONCERNING USERS
To help protect your child from cyber-bullies, harassment or
What parents need to know about
persistent offensive comments, you can ‘block’ individual
YOUTUBE
users. Doing so hides your child’s videos from the user &
stops the user being able contact your child in any way.
CUSTOMISE THEIR EXPERIENCE
Influence & control what your child watches using features
such as Playlists (your videos play continuously rather than
videos YouTube recommends) & Subscriptions (you choose
channels your child can watch). It’s also good to turn off auto
play by toggling the blue button alongside the ‘Up Next’ title
when viewing a video.
INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT USERS CAN PRIVATELY CREATE A ‘FAMILY’
EASY TO ACCESS CONTACT YOUR CHILD GOOGLE ACCOUNT
Any child with a Gmail account can sign into When your child is signed-in to YouTube Create a Google account to be used by
?
YouTube & access videos. Some content is with their Gmail account, there are the whole family. This will allow you to
flagged ‘age-restricted’, but the platform various ways they can send & receive monitor exactly what your child is watching,
relies on self-verification, meaning kids can messages. This could be via the uploading & sharing. Plus, your child’s
get around the rules with a fake date of birth. messages icon, or via the ‘About’ tab. YouTube page will display their recently
watched videos, searches, recommended
This could enable access to vulgar, violent & There is scope here for users who your
videos & suggested channels.
dangerous videos. child does not know to make contact.
GET YOUR OWN ACCOUNT
YOUTUBE SUGGESTS ‘CHALLENGE VIDEOS’ Create your own account so you can explore features yourself.
Learn how to flag inappropriate videos, how to moderate
RELATED CONTENT CAN GO TO FAR comments & how to block users. This will help you feel more
confident when providing advice & guidance to your children.
YouTube will often ‘auto play’ Challenge videos refer to a stunt you’re
videos based on your child’s viewing encouraged to recreate & film. Many
habits. The aim is to show related &
appropriate content. But the problem
challenge videos can be harmless & for
a good cause, like the Ice Bucket
BE MINDFUL OF
is: it’s possible your child will be Challenge. But some are dangerous & CYBERBULLYING
exposed to inappropriate content even life threatening, such as the Bird
Once your child has posted a video, a
that isn’t accurately related. Box Challenge.
worldwide audience can see it. Strangers
may choose to comment on the video, both
positively & negatively. So, be careful to check
comments & any other interactions your child
SHARING VIDEOS RISKS is making through the platform.
YOUR CHILD’S PRIVACY
If your child has a Google account, they
can upload their own videos. To do this,
GET TO KNOW POPULAR
they must create a personal profile page CHANNELS
known as a ‘YouTube Channel’. The videos
It’s good to know which channels are most popular with your
uploaded here can be viewed, commented
children. Some of the most popular channels right now are:
on & shared by anyone. This could put your
PewDiePie, NigaHiga, Zoella, KSI, JennaMarbles, Markiplier,
child’s privacy at risk.
Smosh, ThatcherJoe & Casper Lee.
DON’T ASSUME YOUR
Meet our expert CHILD IS TOO YOUNG
Pete Badh is a writer with over 10+ YouTube and YouTube Kids are quickly becoming
years in research and analysis. Working the chosen viewing platforms for children
within a specialist area for West between the ages of 3-15 & it’s likely this trend
Yorkshire Police, Pete has contributed will only increase. It’s also possible children will
work which has been pivotal in become familiar with the platform at a younger &
successfully winning high profile cases younger age. So it’s important to understand the
in court as well as writing as a subject positives & negatives of the platform.
matter expert for industry handbooks.
SOURCES: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1350409, https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6401182, https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802272?hl=en-GB, https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7354993?hl=en-GB,
https://www.youtube.com/intl/en-GB/yt/about/policies/#community-guidelines, https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/134907/Children-and-Parents-Media-Use-and-Attitudes-2018.pdf, https://www.raisingdigitalnatives.com/youtube-parenting/, https://www.net-aware.org.uk/networks/youtube/,
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/16/youtube-bans-dangerous-pranks-after-bird-box-challenge
Users of this guide do so at their own discretion. No liability is entered into. Current as of the date of release: 10.04.2019
TAFE NSW RANDWICK COLLEGE
LITERACY & NUMERACY
COURSES
SEMESTER 2 2019
Reading • Writing • Digital Technology
INFORMATION SESSION
Day: Wednesday DISCOVER HOW TO:
26th June 2019
Read and write information
Time: 1pm - 7pm
Improve your spelling, grammar
Room: B149 and punctuation
[Building B, Level 1]
Speak clearer English
Address:
TAFE NSW Randwick College
Use the computer and the
Cnr King & Darley Rd, Internet
Randwick 2031
For more information:
CONTACT US TODAY
E: caroline.kane@tafensw.edu.au
T: 02 9469 8615
131 601 tafensw.edu.au /english-literacy-numeracy
This document is correct at the
time of printing: May 2019.
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