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JUNIOR SCHOOL
PREPARATORY SCHOOLJUNIOR SCHOOL
Hello Girls! I am so excited to welcome you back to Term 3 on Tuesday 21 July. Your teachers (together with Mrs Plant, Mrs Holobrodskyj, Mrs Hooper and Heidi Hedgehog) and I can’t wait to see you as we have all been missing you. We are looking forward to hearing all about your holidays. We are also excited to be welcoming two new students to our Junior School family; Kyraa and Jingya, who are joining Year 5.
What do I do when I arrive on campus in Term 3?
Your parents need to stay in their cars if they drop you off at car line. You need to sanitise your hands as you get out of your car and arrive on campus. There will be hand sanitisers available at Flagpole. Mrs Brown and Mrs Plant will be there to welcome you each morning and to remind you to sanitise your hands carefully. The school day will start as usual with roll call at 8.15am. The Library will be open in the mornings as per usual. We will end our day at 3pm as normal. You will go to your Connect room at 8.15am for the start of the day. We will start the day with an Assembly at 8.25am. You will listen to it online as you did in Term 2. Your teacher will give you the link to this assembly. This will just be a short but very important Assembly so we can welcome you back and talk through a few things to keep us all safe and healthy back at school together. We will also be celebrating Mrs Plant’s birthday, which is on that day!
Where will I be learning?
You will be learning in your normal class rooms just like last term. This means you can move classrooms for Literacy and Numeracy groups and for your specialist lessons. You will have now have access to your lockers, so please ensure that your school bag is kept in your locker.
What do I wear to school?
You will now need to wear your full school winter uniform. Please remember to always wear it with pride! Please remember your bucket hat for playtimes.
Information for girls from the Head of Junior School
JUNIOR SCHOOL
Can I use the water bubblers at school?
At the moment, the water bubblers are closed. You will need to remember to bring your own water bottle that you can refill during the day at school.
Year 3: in the Courtyard Year 4: around the Turning Circle and the area outside the Year 4 block (grassy area) Year 5: behind the downstairs Year 5 classrooms and Valley Playground Year 6: Valley Playground. We will organise a roster so that each year group gets to have time to play in Valley Playground throughout the term.
Year 3: in Sunshine Square, in the JR Hall and in your classrooms (as directed by your teachers) Year 4: in your class areas Year 5: in your classroom spaces and the Learning Café (as directed by your teachers) Year 6: in the Library and in your classroom areas as directed by your teachers.
Can I borrow books from the Library?
Yes, you can! Our fabulous Librarian Mrs Itzcovitz and our amazing Library technician Mrs Recchia will quarantine books for three days once they’ve been returned, just to make sure we all stay healthy, so there may be a delay in borrowing books. The Library will also be open at lunchtime.
Sisters' Line
If you normally collect your little sister from Sisters' Line you need to go to the Performing Arts room in the Preparatory School.
PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Are we allowed to hug each other?
To keep us all safe and healthy we are not hugging one another or holding hands. We can have lots of ‘virtual’ hugs! We can give each other lots of huge smiles and lots of kind words so we can all help kindness to grow throughout our school community this term!
Will I still get to do Challenge by Choice?
Your teachers have been working on timetables to create space for you to keep challenging yourselves and your creativity throughout Term 3. We will send you your timetable in the next few days, which will outline all your learning activities for Term 3. There are certainly lots of exciting learning opportunities to look forward to!
Will I still get to do Cyber Safety?
You will continue working on your Cyber Safety lessons, which will be led by your Connect Teacher, Mrs Brown or Mrs Plant.
JUNIOR SCHOOL
Will we still have Assembly?
Yes! Mrs Plant and I love our Assemblies with you all. We will continue to live stream these to you at the moment. Your teacher will send you the link for Assembly each Monday.
Will we still have Chapel and RE?
Yes, we will! Our fabulous Revs will continue to send us a link to their online Chapel message each week. Your teachers will share that link with you. Mrs Plant and I will run RE each Monday afternoon. This will continue to be online and your teachers will send you the link. See you soon!
Mrs Kate Brown HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL
PREPARATORY SCHOOL See you soon!
TERM 3 2020 Middle School
