Afternoon Car Lines:

Yesterday afternoon a Police officer approached school staff and myself concerned about the congestion car lines are creating in Cabbage Tree Lane and the Princes Highway. Whilst it was acknowledged that the school was managing the dismissal process as best as possible given the current requirements, I do ask that parents follow the following directions:

• Car lines begin at 2:40pm
• Car lines will conclude at 3:15pm or when all students have been collected

• No right turn out of the Parish carpark

• No right turn into the Parish carpark

• Make your family name card clearly visible to supervising staff
• Do not block intersections - continue on around the block
• Reinforce to your children to sit together with their siblings as directed by the supervising teachers
• Reinforce to your children to listen for their name
• Remain alert - mobile phone use whilst driving is illegal

Students need to be able to get into the car, close the door and do their own seat belt up. If your child cannot do this independently please use Cram Park parent pick up.

Thank you to parents who are picking up children in Cram Park and remembering the importance of social distancing and allowing staff to get the students across the road safely.

Car Line Family Signs:

This week each family will receive a car line sign to keep in your car. This will assist supervising staff to be able to clearly see family names when calling students to the cars. We appreciate your support in having the sign ready for staff each afternoon.

McGrath St Carpark:

The McGrath St carpark (back carpark) has become increasingly busy over the course of time. This is now presenting as unsafe to staff, students and parents. 

Parents of students in Amaroo are eligible to park in this carpark in the morning and afternoon. A family name card has been issued and will be displayed on the dashboards of cars. School Support officers and OOSH supervisors are also eligible to park in this space.

All other families are asked to complete the appropriate paperwork, available through the school office, in order to obtain permission to park here. A family name card will be issued and will need to be displayed on the dashboard of the parked vehicle.

Thank you for helping keep our school safe for all students, staff and parents.

School Drop Off:

Thank you to all our parents for your co-operation with morning drop off and afternoon dismissal. Please remember that school supervision does not begin until 8:20am each morning.

Winter Uniforms:

It is great to see so many students wearing the correct Winter uniform - many thanks to parents for ensuring students are in the correct uniform. As the weather becomes colder, more layers may be required under the uniform. Singlets and navy blue long sleeved T-Shirts can be worn under the sports uniform T-Shirt with the sports jacket as the outer layer. Jackets, other than the Good Samaritan sports jacket, are not a part of the school uniform and are not to be worn. 

A reminder that students will be prompted about the correct uniform, including haircuts and hair colouring. Whilst the enforcement of the correct uniform and appropriate haircuts may appear trivial in times such as these - it is the little things that will help us to return to a sense of ‘normal’ school routines. Parent support of the uniform policy is appreciated.

Semester One Reports:

Reporting in Semester One will be in the form of a written interim report. This report is designed to reflect the engagement in learning that has been undertaken during classroom and remote learning over the course of the semester.

It is important to note that the interim report is not a progress report or a report on achievement. Therefore, grades will not be allocated. The reason for this is that given the modes of learning that have had to occur valid assessment of student progress has been challenged.

Due to the nature of this type of reporting, grade distribution or placement of students’ level of achievement across the class/grade, will not be available.

Teachers will report on student effort and engagement in the three Key Learning Areas of Religious Education, English and Mathematics. The interim report will be distributed to parents on Friday 26 June and supported by a parent teacher interview in week 10 (29 June - 3 July). 

Further information regarding the organisation of parent teacher interviews will be distributed in the coming weeks. The approach to these reports (i.e: face to face or phone) will be dependent upon the level of social restrictions predicted for communities at that point in time.

Curriculum Delivery:

Remote Learning, or Learning from Home, has now ceased. All learning is face to face at school.

The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) has allowed flexibility with the delivery of the curriculum (syllabus) throughout the remainder of Term 2. Therefore, Good Samaritan will concentrate on the delivery of Religious Education, English, Mathematics and PDHPE – particularly the strands of Health, Wellbeing & Relationships; Movement, Skill & Performance.

Uniform Shop:

In order to manage the physical distancing requirements, parents must make an appointment at the uniform shop to purchase uniforms. This can be done through the Compass.

If you need to cancel an appointment with the Uniform Shop please do so through Compass or phone the school office and the cancellation or rescheduling can be done for you.

Canteen:

FRESH START CANTEENS  have begun to operate at Good Samaritan. Fresh Start will now operate each day.

The Canteen will not be open before school.

Check out the new GSFM website!

After many months of input, drafting and re-drafting our new GSFM website went live this week. Head over to the link below check it out. It would be great to get some anecdotal feedback as well. We will continue to improve and update the site with all school information.

Congratulations!  

Congratulations to Mrs Tessa Robertson (Amaroo Gold) who welcomed her baby boy, Joel Lindsay Robertson, on Monday 18 May weighing 3.14kg (6.9pounds) and is 51cm. 

Such wonderful news to share!

Keeping Safe Around School Crossings:  

Safety on and around the streets is so important. Cabbage Tree Lane is manned by a crossing supervisor each morning and afternoon. Parents are asked to remind students to stay on the kerb until the crossing supervisor indicates that it is safe to cross.