Community Update # 3 Transition to Remote and Flexible Learning

Flexible Learning (Flexi learning )
The staff are busy preparing for the transition to remote and flexible learning for the start of the second week of Term 3.
Last term we referred to "Home Learning".
This term we are going to refer to the learning that takes place for Term 3 as "Flexible Learning". Based on your feedback, we have made a number of changes to our Flexible Learning program and this time around we will all be more flexible. I will share some of these changes with you shortly. Flexible Learning can take place in your homes or back at school. Either way, the staff, students and families are making adjustments to the learning and in doing so are being very flexible.
Hereon in we will refer to Flexible Learning; Onsite (at school) Flexible Learning and Offsite (at home) Flexible Learning.
The tabs on the Learning Community Site will be renamed to Flexible Learning.

Onsite Flexible Learning
Students will be learning from home, except for those in the following categories:

       • children of essential workers on days or parts of days when they are not able to be supervised at home and no  other arrangements can be made

• any student identified as a vulnerable and are receiving PSG (Program Support Group termly meetings) support at school

Onsite provision will be available but only for students in the categories listed above, for the purpose of providing continuity of teaching, learning and support. 

When onsite flexible learning is provided, temperature checks will be conducted , hand sanitiser will be available at entry points and education will be provided on hand hygiene. 

Physical distancing will be implemented in classrooms to the extent feasible and unwell students will be excluded from attending. The Chief Health Officer has not recommended the use of face masks in schools.

Students learning onsite will be supervised by school staff onsite, but follow the teaching and learning program provided by their classroom teacher. 

The On-Site School Intentions Form must be completed and submitted by 12 noon on Friday of each preceding week.

Here is the link to the Onsite Intention Form
If you require a word version of the form then please email principal@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au

School Device/ Equipment Loan Agreement
During Term 3 we will also be able to loan devices to families who need support. We have a limited number of devices to loan. We can also loan out school furniture and other equipment.
We ask that any request be emailed directly to lizh@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au
Upon collection, you will be required to complete a loan agreement form to take responsibility for the safe return or damage to the device or equipment. We will try to arrange to coordinate the device and equipment pick up with the tub collections below.

Collection of Resources for Flexible Learning - Thursday and Friday
Because of the lack of notice provided for this time of flexible learning, students do not have access to all of their materials. Therefore each child’s tub or book box including their books, pencil case and other resources required will be made available for collection this week.

We ask that families with surnames from:

A to K collect their child’s/children’s tubs between 2-3pm on Thursday 16 July

L to Z collect their child's/children's tubs between 2-3pm on Friday 17 July

School gates in the back yard and front yard will be opened and year level tables / trolleys will be spread out in the back and front yard to assist you to adhere to safe social distancing.

If this is problematic for you, please contact the office on 9569 7487 to make alternate arrangements.

Prep parents are asked to return any prep readers into the return tub at school.