Education Week 2020 is a state-wide, annual event to celebrate public

education in NSW. Reflecting on the incredible year

to date – with the bushfires, floods and continuing

drought as well as the COVID-19 pandemic ,

Education Week will focus on the achievements of students, school staff, parents, and

the community as we have continued to learn together in 2020.

This year it will be held from Monday 3 August to Friday 7 August. As we can’t have

visitors in the school for our annual ‘open day’ the school will be putting together a

Special Edition KPS Kat News. Each class will present a page of news including

art, photos from lessons, work samples from the students etc .. stay tuned!!

We will miss seeing you all here.

**Reports** will be sent home Friday (tomorrow)

Please contact the school next week to make an appointment if you wish to

discuss your child’s progress with their teacher.

Fiona Paine

Principal

From the Principal

Mon 3 - Fri 7th August Education Week Monday 10th August Last Day for Book Club Orders Wednesday 12th August Transition to School Playgroup starts Wednesday 12th August P&C Meeting via Zoom 7.15pm Monday 14th September School Photos

KatNews Newsletter Date The official newsletter of Katoomba Public School

Volume 2020 No: 16 Term 3 Week 2, 30th July 2020

School Expectations

Respect Yourself

Respect Others

Respect the

Environment

Uniform shop is

closed until advised

further. Uniforms

can be ordered

through the office.

Our Canteen is not

open so please send

food for your child

every day.

The virtue this week

is Understanding

Our PBL lesson this

week is “Respect

Yourself in the Lab”

There will be no

assemblies held

until advised further

Merriwa Street, Katoomba NSW 2780

Tel: 4782 1226 Fax: 4782 2996

Email: katoomba-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.katoomba-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Please Remember……

Transition to School Playgroup The playgroup for children starting Kindergarten in 2021 will be starting on Wednesday 12th August. It runs from 9.30 - 11am in the Green Hall. Parents need to bring a healthy snack, water and a hat for their child.

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Stage 3 Fundraising Bus Extravaganza The Year 6 Fundraising Team are working hard this term to raise the money needed for the Stage 3 Camp Buses. Next Week each class in the school will have a poster of a bus in their classroom. Students are asked to bring in gold coins during the week to help cover their bus. The class who raises the most money will have their own Mufti Day and ice-blocks. Thank you so much to families for your support for our campers in Years 5 and 6. Sue Campbell Neale

P&C News The next P&C Meeting will be at 7.15pm on Wednesday 12th August . Due to COVID-19 we are still unable to meet in person, but we’ll be having an official meeting via Zoom - the meeting details will be in next week’s news-letter and sent out via Skoolbag. If you have any questions or don’t have internet access, give Cate Paterson a call on 4782 1226.

Traffic safety before and after school Thanks to all our drivers who are conscious of the safety of our young pedestrians as they arrive at and leave

school each day. Blue Mountains City Council is working with the school to improve traffic safety, however, there

are things we can all do too:

The Children’s Crossing on Merriwa St operates in the same way as a permanent pedestrian crossing, so

when the flags are out, please stop for pedestrians.

If the Children’s Crossing flags are not out for any reason in the morning, feel free to grab them from the

Office entranceway and put them out.

Drop your children off in designated parking spots – please don’t double park, stop on the crossing or in the

bus zone.

Remind your children to push their bikes across the road, not ride them.

Please stand on the footpath when waiting for your child in the afternoon, not the road.

Cate Paterson

Community Liaison Officer

Community Liaison News

The catalogues for the new issue of Book Club will be given to interested

students this week. Orders need to be placed through the Scholastic Online

Loop by Monday 10th August. Orders are processed after the

closing date and are usually at school about a week after processing.

Orders can only be accepted through the Scholastic Book Club LOOP

online payment system. You can register at www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP

and then place your order by credit card. When it asks for the teacher select Mr Lehman as he co-ordinates Book

Club for the school. Please note that cash payments for Book Club cannot be accepted and you cannot make

payments to the school via our POP system.

Thank you

Russell Lehman, Teacher/Librarian

Library News

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Congratulations to the following students who received awards in Week 10

Principal Book Awards: Class Assembly Awards

KG: Sophie K/1S: Taleisha

1G: Oscar 2C: Sophia

2H: William 3G: Charlie

3/4T: Ebony 4B: Poppy

5/6S: Ada 5/6K: Ethan

5/6A: Saskia K/6N: Isaac

As of July 2020, the school has taken over the management of the uniform shop. Our lovely P&C volunteers will

still be here to help us open the shop on a weekly basis and we thank them for the amazing job they have done

running the uniform shop in the past. What it does mean is that payments can now be made online as well as

cash. If you make an online payment, you must still return a completed order form with your receipt number

so we know which items you are paying for. Orders have been placed as stocks have run extremely low & we

have just received a delivery of skorts, shorts, track pants and trousers if you wish to place an order. An updated

order form is going home with this week’s newsletter and forms are also available at the office during school

hours.

We have 5 bomber jackets left, 2 in size 16

and 3 in size 12. These jackets will not be

re-stocked, however they are still uniform

and these last 5 are available for $15.00 each

instead of the usual $30.00. If you wish to

purchase one, please bring cash only to the

office on a 1st in 1st served basis.

Uniform Shop News

Community Notices A note from the council’s website….

Please note that “COVID-19

pandemic restrictions my affect when

these Street Libraries will be installed,

or how they will be managed.”

In the meantime, Council will be

taking submissions on Kids Say until

Monday 17th August 2020.

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5/6A has been making comic strips, with some great stories and illustrations. Here is one from Holly and Beatrice about our wonderful therapy dog Teddy!