Newsletter No 12 2017 · 2019-10-16 · Newsletter No. 12 6 September 2017 . Quakers Hill Public School Newsletter Thu 6 September 2017 2 The NSW Department of Education – Information

NEWSLETTER

Inside this Issue Page Article

No.2 From the Principal, Daily Telegraph Coding,National Assessment Program

No.3 National Assessment Program cont, Father’s Day Breakfast

No.4 Staff Development Days, Principal’sRecognition, Premier’s Debating, The HillsPublic Speaking

No.5 NSW Girls Chess Team Challenge, Stage 3 Canberra Excursion ‐ Pacer

No.6 Kindergarten Enrolments, Safety of ourStudents ‐ Car Park, School Uniform

No.7 Morning Assembly, Bike & Scooters, MorningArrival Times, Late pick up, Smartphone App,Lost Property

No.8 Peanut Allergy, QR Codes, Earn & Learn

No.9 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge

No.10‐17 Advertising

Important Dates Date Event

11/09/2017 K‐2 NRL Backyard League Session 2 @ 9.30amQHHS “That Moment When” MatineePerformance

13/09/2017 QHHS “That Moment When” PerformanceNight 1 SW Primary Athletics

14/09/2017 QHHS “That Moment When” PerformanceNight 2 ES1 Assembly (KY hosting) @ 2.15pm Stage 1 Assembly (1W hosting) @ 1.15pm

15/09/2017 Principal’s Assembly @ 9.30am

20/09/2017 P&C Meeting @ 9.30am

School Banking each Wednesday Uniform Shop each Monday (8:45am to 10am)

From the Principal

The Steam Team Project

In late 2016, Mr Lambert presented a project to the Blacktown Learning Community (28 schools) around the idea of a non‐competitive, task oriented team challenge program aimed at building teacher and student capacity around coding, robotics and the ACARA Digital Technologies syllabus. In essence a STEAM project.

The project included two very clear purposes building teacher capacity through professional learning activities (whilst working with students), and building student capacity around coding, robotics and sequential thinking.

This wonderful initiative involves staff and students working on a project/task at school, and coming together regularly throughout the year to share journeys and present progress. The Steam project will conclude with a showcase from the participating schools in December 2017.

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The NSW Department of Education – Information Technology Directorate ‐ were so impressed with this wonderful, innovative, initative, bringing together 28 schools, 30 staff and over 170 students, that they recently published a wonderful article through the FUTURE Stories newsletter about Mr Lambert’s exciting initiative. I would encourage each and everyone of our parents to read this excellent article and celebrate in the knowledge that Quakers Hill continues to be at the forefront of education and innovative future focused practice. https://schoolsequella.det.nsw.edu.au/file/4dfc2921‐5c12‐40c9‐

abc4‐45a74f55d618/1/FutureStories.zip/FutureStories.html

The Daily Telegraph ‐ Coding

Our innovative, future focused School was once again a feature in the Blacktown Advocate and Daily Telegraph with an article titled ‘QUAKERS HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL EMBRACES SCIENCE WEEK WITH ROBOTICS.’ The article (written by Ben Graham), encapsulates the vision that we have for our school and how this vision has been enacted in to each and every classroom. The opportunities we provide around coding, robotics, sequential thinking, and the learning spaces that we offer our students (flexible, interactive, stimulating and engaging) are preparing are preparing our children and shaping their skills for the future. The teaching methods and the pedagogies that we embrace have been carefully selected to reflect today’s society and to meet the ever‐ evolving needs of the current and future generations. Our school philosophy imagine‐believe‐create reflects our commitment to the highest standards across all domains for all of our school community and we continuously

strive to provide our students with a holistic education that is grounded in the strongest school culture of personalised learning.

Our future focused classrooms and learning opportunities acknowledge the personal teaching styles of our outstanding classroom practioners and will always them as leaders in our student’s education.

The link to the article is http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/blacktown‐

advocate/quakers‐hill‐public‐school‐embraces‐science‐week‐with‐

robotics/news‐story/506e90e04e5197001a34e1027cbee717 Enjoy the read Quakers Hill.

National Assessment Program NAPLAN student reports have been sent home and our results demonstrated the many wonderful programs and initiatives that are in place at Quakers Hill Public School. Our 2017 results were beyond expectation. Our school performed extremely well when compared to the national average in both Year 3 and Year 5 and our outstanding value added growth continues to demonstrate the enormous improvements our students make. Over the next few weeks the school’s executive team and staff will analyse our student’s results and look deeply into the achievements of our school as a whole and the achievements of each and every child in Years 3 and 5. This analysis along with all other school based data will drive the school’s future directions and form a large basis for our school plan for 2017. Once our analysis of the NAPLAN results is complete, this information will be shared with our parents in a number of different forums. I have had the opportunity to have an initial overview of the data and to say I had a grin from ear to ear is an understatement. Our results were a confirmation of the excellent education our students receive, delivered by exemplar teachers. Our school performed beyond expectations compared to the state/ national average in both Year 3 and Year 5 with value added growth for each and every child. These results demonstrate that outstanding teaching and learning programs and initiatives that are embedded into each and every classroom, providing our children with an excellent education built on high expectations and explicit, quality teaching. They indicate that our targeted


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early intervention (introduced in 2011) has had an enormous impact on student learning outcomes, that our future focussed education and learning environments have had a sensational impact on student learning outcomes. Our results indicate that our systematic, relevant and purposeful staff professional learning, our work around visible learning, Accelerated Literacy and programs like speech and occupational therapy have been instrumental achieving these exceptional results. Congratulations Quakers Hill, our NAPLAN results are not only well deserved, but an absolute credit to the quality of our teachers, our wonderful students who work hard to obtain the most out of their schooling and our amazing parents. I am proud of each and every one of our kiddies and staff. Some notable areas for comment are: Literacy – NAP Year 3 Reading ‐ 56 percent of students were placed in the top 2 proficiency Bands in the National Assessment Reading ‐ 77 percent of our students were placed in the top 3 bands in the National Assessment Spelling ‐ 74 percent were placed in the top 2 proficiency Bands. Grammar and Punctuation ‐ 74 percent were placed in the top 2 proficiency Bands Writing ‐ 70percent were placed in the top 2 proficiency Bands Literacy – NAP Year 5 Reading ‐ 54 percent of students were placed in the top 2 proficiency Bands in the NAP literacy. Reading ‐ 76 percent of students were placed in the top 3 Bands in the National Assessment Spelling ‐ 66 percent were placed in the top 2 proficiency Bands. Writing ‐ 31 percent of students were placed in the top 2 proficiency Bands (compared to 16 percent across the state Grammar and Punctuation ‐ 57 were placed in the top 2 proficiency Bands Numeracy – NAP Year 3 Eighty‐one percent of our students were placed in the top 3 Bands in the NAP numeracy. Numeracy – NAP Year 5 Eighty percent of our students were placed in the top 2 proficiency Bands in the NAP numeracy. Both Years 3 and 5 far exceeded the state in the number of students in the top 2 proficiency Bands across all areas.

In the bottom two bands Quakers Hill also outperformed the state in these measures having much fewer percentage of children in these bands. A more detailed report on our NAPLAN results will be published in our Annual School Report which will be available early next year. So very proud of all of our Year 3 and 5 students and of our amazing teaching staff – from the Kindergarten staff through to the Year 6 staff, as these results are an indication of the impact that every teacher has had in the learning experiences of these students.

Father’s Day Breakfast

Last Friday morning we celebrated Father’s Day. The staff and P&C were blown away by everyone’s support and most importantly by the huge number Dads, Granddads and friends who came along and help celebrate the important role dads play in the lives of children. The P&C and teaching staff worked tirelessly to put the morning together and to make sure that the morning was a very special time for all our dads. From the feedback and the numbers of heartfelt thanks I received from our dads, the father’s day breakfast was a truly wonderful, inspirational success. Having the opportunity to mingle with our dads and watching them as they engaged with their children, share a breakfast with them and playing games and dancing was simply a touching experience. Dads truly make a difference in the lives of their children. The bond that a dad has with his chid(ren) is a very personal and character building relationship. Make no mistake, dad’s do and will always play a crucial part in a child’s development. Our teachers were so pleased to get the chance to meet so many of our dads who don’t often have the opportunity to join in many of our daytime activities. It was wonderful to observe the excitement of our students who ran around introducing their dads to their teachers and to me. They were very proud to have their special person here to share in their schooling. These events and having our dads and significant male role models in our school truly makes a difference to the lives of children. Thanks to everyone for your astounding support in supplying the cereal, bread, juice, bowls and spoons!!!


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We are very appreciative!!!! When we all work together amazing results happen!!! Thanks to our P&C helpers who were here very early setting up and to our wonderful and dedicated teachers who came in early and manned all the food stations and helped to ensure that our dad’s very special morning was indeed a very, very special morning. Once again, my humblest thank you to each and every one of you. Our school is the amazing learning environment that it is because of you, our kiddies, parents and staff.

Staff Development Days Term 4 ‐ Variation As was the case in 2016, the Term 4 2017 Staff Development Days for Quakers Hill staff has been varied. This means that school is not on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 December. Quakers Hill staff will take part in 12 hours of professional learning during the course of Term 3, between 3.30‐5.30pm each Tuesday afternoon for a 6‐week period. Staff will be taking part in Focus on Reading Phase 2 training, led by our school‐based facilitators. Families will need to make alternate arrangements during this time. Before and After School facilities will be operational on both the Monday and Tuesday. The last day of school for students in 2017 is Friday 15 December. September’s core value is COOPERATION ‐ Working together to achieve common goals, providing support to others and engaging in peaceful resolution of conflict. Bert Lo Campo – Principal

PRINCIPAL’S RECOGNITION Stage 3 Campers

Congratulations to Stage 3 on their recent camp to our nation’s capital. These truly wonderful individuals represented Quakers Hill with great pride as they gained insight into our parliamentary and electoral system. The campers paid their respects at the Australian War Memorial and enjoyed the hands on experiences at

Questacom. The teachers were so proud of the mature manner the children engaged with all of the presenters and guides. Their understanding of the etiquette required at the different settings, whether in Parliament House, at the War Memorial or while enjoying the activities at Questacom, was of the highest level.

Premier’s Debating

Congratulations to the Quakers Hill – Blue debating team who defeated Blacktown South Public School on Friday 1 September at the interzone finals. The Quakers Hill Blue team will now compete in the Quarter Finals against Iron Bark Ridge PS. The topic of the debate was ‘that school should include 2 hours of charity work per week’. Quakers Hill were the affirmative team on the day, demonstrating outstanding debating skills, team planning, wonderfully thought out and presented rebuttals.

The Hills Public Speaking

Congratulations to Wamika and Liam on their outstanding presentations at the inaugural Hills Public speaking competition held at Hambledon PS. Both students demonstrated highly developed public speaking skills. Wamika and Liam represented Quakers Hill as the school stage champions against representatives from school across the Hills Network. Wamika was the Stage 3 winner


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and Liam the Stage 2 Champion. The 2 wonderfully skilled public speakers will now represent at finals to be held in October.

NSW Girl’s Chess Team Challenge

Congratulations to the six wonderfully talented girls represented Quakers Hill Public School at the NSW girl’s chess team challenge at Strathfield. This was the second year that Quakers has entered teams in this competition. The girls demonstrated a wonderful understanding of the skills associated with chess, whilst learning greater tactics as the day progressed. The competition was an extremely difficult one which included teams from both the public and private/Catholic schools, both primary and high schools. In the primary division we had two teams competing. Team B (Anastasia, Alexandra, Nabiha) placed 8th overall, whilst Team A (Shayna, Priyanka, Onadhi) placed 17th overall. The girls had a fantastic time, competing with great pride and maturity.

Western Sydney Wanderers School Cup 2017

Congratulations to our Stage 3 soccer team who represented Quakers Hill Public School in the Western Sydney Wanderers School Cup at Blacktown Football Park. The team played against five schools from within the region, winning two games. This was the first time that Quakers Hill PS has competed in this event, and achieved 3rd place within their competition/group. The students played with great pride, showing exceptional resilience and sportsmanship throughout the day.

Stage 3 Canberra Excursion ‐ Pacer (Parliament and Civics Education Rebate) Students from our school have recently undertaken an education tour of the national capital. Students received the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. Included in the tour were visits to Parliament House, the Australian Electoral Office, the War memorial, Questacon and the Australian institute of Sport. The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding of $20 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion.

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KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS Enrol now for 2018 don’t miss your opportunity to enrol in our great school.

Quakers Hill Public School prides itself in delivering quality programs to students in a warm, caring learning environment. Our teachers are professional, caring and committed to teaching students a broad and balanced curriculum across the key learning areas (KLAs). We pride ourselves on catering for the individual learning needs of all children. If your child is turning 5 before 31 July 2018 they can enrol at Quakers Hill Public School for 2018. Please collect an enrolment package from the office and return it as soon as possible. Proof of age and residency status will be required.

The Safety of our Students – Car Park A reminder that parents are not to park in the staff car park during morning drop‐off and afternoon pick‐up due to the obvious safety risks to children. Children are not often as aware of what is going on around them, especially in the excitement of going home at the end of the day and when talking to their friends. I remind our wonderful families that entry and exit into our school is through the pedestrian gates only, not through the staff car park

PARKING – Please, Please, Please Parking along Medlow Drive continues to be an issue at Quakers Hill, during drop off and pick up times (morning and afternoon). The congestion along Medlow Drive between 3pm and 3.30pm is a concern for our parents and residents. Infringing on residents’ driveways is one major concern and an unsafe practice. I strongly encourage our school community to be mindful of the parking situation and understanding of the rights

of our residents. Simple precautions such as parking along Quakers Rd or at Quakers Court and walking a short distance to the school would go a long way to easing the congestion along Medlow Drive and ensuring the safety of our wonderful students. During morning and drop off times Medlow Drive (school side) is a no parking section, it is a drop and go zone only. Police do monitor the drop off zone from time to time. Another dangerous practice is that of carrying out a three‐point turn along Medlow Drive, or driving into the staff driveways. Please note that Medlow Drive leads to Quakers Rd in both Directions. There is no need to complete a u‐turn or a three‐point turn.

SCHOOL UNIFORM

Boy’s school uniform consists of the royal blue shirt and grey pants with white socks and black shoes. Girls have the choice of wearing either the school dress (preferred option) or the royal blue shirt with skorts and white socks and black shoes. The yellow polo shirt is now the school’s Friday sports shirt and is worn with royal blue shorts for boys and royal blue skort for girls (with the school’s emblem) and sneakers with white socks. During the winter months our students also have our wonderful micro‐fibre track top and pants. Our girls can choose to wear the school dress (with the school microfiber /bomber jacket). In 2014, the school has added long grey p ants for boys and blue slacks for girls for the winter months. For the winter months the school has added new bomber style jackets, these are replacing the older fleecy jackets. The bomber jackets are extremely warm and a great look. QHPS beanies are also available from the uniform shop. These have been added to the list of school uniform after many parent requests. Please note, that only QHPS crested beanies are to be worn at school. We have an amazing school array of school uniform for our amazing students. Only school branded clothing, purchased from the uniform shop is to be worn to school.


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Please ensure that your child is always in our school uniform. Please note that yellow polo shirts are to be worn on Friday sports day only and school hats are also to be worn at all times. Our uniform can be purchased from the P&C uniform shop located in school grounds, at the old hall.

Morning Assembly Morning assemblies are a time that teachers pass on the day’s information and any quick notices. It is also a time to quickly settle our wonderful kiddies and ready them for the mornings teaching and learning sessions. These assemblies happen every morning other than Tuesdays. Our school encourages parent involvement in the school; it is an important philosophy that is embedded within our ethos. However, I ask that mums, dads and caregivers stand quietly at the back of the assemblies away from the kiddies, allowing the teacher to leading the assembly. It is also important that once the assembly is dismissed that parents do not follow their child’s class to the classroom. Please say goodbye to your child prior to the morning assembly commencing.

Bikes and Scooters It is wonderful to see so many children riding their bikes and scooters to school. Please remember that all children who ride their bikes or scooters to and from school must wear a bike helmet.

Morning Student Arrival Times The school's supervision roster starts from 8.40am. Teaching staff is not available to ensure the safety of children in the playground prior to that time. We well understand that many parents have commitments at work, which require them to leave before 8.40am. However, there is available within the school a Before and After School Care service which operates from 6.30am every school morning. Alternatively, you may be able to arrange with friends or neighbours for the supervision of your children. Some families in the school with working parents take turns to take each other's children to school. As well, many employers will be sympathetic to parents with responsibilities for caring for children and will allow some flexibility in parents' working hours. By law, employers are restricted from treating an employee detrimentally on the grounds of their status as a carer. Whatever arrangements you make, please understand that you remain legally responsible for your child prior to 8.40am when supervision begins. I would therefore

ask that you ensure that your child is not left unsupervised at the school before 8.40am anymore.

Late Pick Up School concludes at 3.15pm. Whilst we understand that from time to time parents are running late to pick their children up from school, we do ask that students are collected in the afternoon on time. If you know that you are running late on a particular day, we do ask that the school is notified. Parents will be contacted for children who are not collected by the time the final school bus leaves the school. If parents are unable to be contacted, students will be admitted to before and after school care. Please note that this will incur a cost from the before and after school care providers.

Smartphone App Quakers Hill is lucky to have a wonderful smartphone app, providing our families with calendar events, photos and instant notifications. Quakers Hill was instrumental in helping with the design and trial of this wonderful communication tool some 5 years ago. The schools continued input have helped to shape the app to what it is today. For this reason, our school is able to offer the smartphone app free of charge. Recently the school’s smartphone app has been updated to include documents and forms. The documents section of the app provides parents with school policies and DEC information, while the forms section provides parents with online forms that are emailed directly to the school email. The forms section currently offers parents an online method of providing the school with absence notes, request for a meeting with the teacher and notification of change of details. These 2 additions will continue to be populated in time, so keep an eye out for future changes. I strongly encourage all of our families to download the app form either the app store or Google play store – username: quakershill password: community. All relevant information in regards to the app can be found at http://www.quakershil‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au/e‐learning/smartphone‐app

Lost Property Lost uniform items that are left in the playground are sent to lost property. Where an item is clearly labelled, the item can be returned to the owner. Unfortunately, many


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items are either unlabelled or the name is unable to be read. We would appreciate it if all items of clothing are labelled with your child’s class and first and last name, particularly jackets, jumpers and hats. The lost property bin is located under the main COLA outside rooms 7 and 8 and available for children to look for their items. Any items not claimed after a period are donated to the Clothing Pool or to Stewart House.

PEANUT ALLERGY (Anaphylaxis) ‐ Please help Peanut allergy is an increasingly common food allergy, especially in children. The allergy is seen in about one in 50 children and one in 200 adults and it is the allergy most likely to cause anaphylaxis (server allergic reaction) and death. Signs of the allergy usually appear in the first few years of a child’s life. Children can become highly sensitive or reactive to peanuts through a number of ways apart from simply eating peanuts. These include:

Through close contact with a person who often eats peanuts or peanut products

Speak to your child about the importance of not sharing their lunch, and if a nut based lunch is consumed, the importin massaged with peanut‐based oils

If the child does become sensitive or reactive to peanuts, and subsequently eats the food, it can cause a serious allergic reaction. Highly allergic individuals can have an anaphylactic reaction even to the smallest amount of peanut. Ingested peanuts can cause the most life‐threatening reactions. However these can also be triggered by skin or eye contact with the food or even inhalation of food particles containing peanut. For this reason, I would ask that you avoid sending your child to school with recess or lunch with peanuts or nut‐based products. Pleas talk to your child about the importance of washing their hands.

QR Codes QR Codes are a digital tracking system that removes the need to remember URL codes, websites and other sources of digital information with a quick and simple scan. They connect the real world with the digital world.

At Quakers Hill we are developing the use of QR codes to allow instantaneous information at your 'e‐device fingertips'. When the codes are scanned using a

smartphone, tablet or camera enabled computer, a text message is displayed or an action will be performed by the device. The code instantly connects the device to a website, can initiate a phone call or SMS message. It can send an email or connect to Google Maps or Twitter and most importantly to our school. These are a few of the many tasks that can be initiated by the QR Code.

As we continue to build upon our use of QR coding you will be able to scan and learn about the exciting things happening at Quakers Hill on a regular basis. Your children will become familiar with their use as they will become embedded in our teaching and learning programs.

Earn and Learn

Woolworths EARN and LEARN programs commences 26 July 2017. Parents/community members can help local schools earn amazing equipment. Just shop at


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Woolworths to earn one sticker for every $10 spent from 26 July, while stocks last.

Incredibly, last time over 16,000 schools and early learning centres participated in Earn & Learn, and earned nearly 450,000 pieces individual items. Quakers Hill earned many resources in past through this program.

NSW Premier's Reading Challenge The NSW Premier's Reading Challenge is closing this Friday evening (25/8/17). All books must be logged in by 11.59pm for your child to be eligible for their certificate.

Congratulations to the 462 children who have already completed the challenge. Over the last week I have validated the following children's records.

Ritisha duggal 3D Satvik Krishna 3R Gowri Madhisetty 3R Mishaa Shah 3R Jashanjot Sahni 3/4K Jean‐Abe hernandez 3/4K Jayash Krishna 4A Saralveer Birdi 4A Harsheel Chadha 4M Dyuthi Anilkumar Nair 4P Hannah Brinsdon 5S Sehaj Mehrok 5S Francesca Martinez 5/6H Diren Vashanthan 5/6H Sean Fraser 5/6H Manveer Birdi 5/6H Arya Khapli 6R Calvin Kusnadi 6R For those of you who are aiming to finish remember to keep reading. The library is open every lunchtime for you to exchange books. There are plenty of smaller books and picture that can be read quickly for you to enter onto the website. Keep reading!!!!!!

Michelle Kotowski


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RETURNING TO SCHOOL IN 2018

Wow the year has flown by and it is that time in the school’s organisation for 2018, when we begin to start planning and looking at student enrolments. It is extremely important that the school has a good idea of its anticipated numbers for the 2018 school year. These anticipated numbers need to be sent to the Department of Education so that anticipated staffing and budgets can be organised.

Please indicate below if your children are returning to Quakers Hill next year, but not starting on……………….. Or if your children will be enrolling in another school. Your support with this information, especially if returning after the start of the school year, is very much appreciated.

Please tick

My child/ren____________________________ Class________

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____________________________ Class________

____________________________ Class________

will be attending Quakers Hill in 2018, but will not be returning until

Date ____________________________

Reason ______________________________________________

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will not be returning to Quakers Hill in 2018 & will be enrolling at:

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New School

Name:___________________________ Date _______________

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A big thank you to Cake Art for their generous donation for the Blacktown Learning Community’s cake sharing course

held at Quakers Hill Public School.

Mrs. Therese Virveste and Mrs. Vera Stojanovic ‐ Course Coordinators

Penrith: (02) 4731 2514 Rouse Hill: (02) 8883 1923 W:https://www.cakeart.com.au/

: facebook.com/CakeArtandDesign

Cake Art is a pioneer & industry leader in fondant iced cakes. First established in 1996, the team at Cake Art Australia

are continually pushing the boundaries whether it be a Birthday Cake, Wedding Cake, Engagement Cake or Holy

Communion and Christening Cake; our customers can be sure that their guests will be left amazed.

Cake Art’s Five‐star commercial kitchen, located in Penrith, can produce over 100 wedding, engagement and specialty

cakes per week.

The friendly and professional staff at Penrith and Rouse Hill Town Centre are available to assist in choosing a cake that

suits our client’s event, colour scheme, season and budget.

Cake Art Australia’s sister company, Candle Art Australia, designs and creates custom wedding, engagement, Baptism

or Holy Communion candles in a variety of sizes.

Cake Art Australia is the only destination for a creative and unique cake that is sure to tantalize and amaze.


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WESLEY MISSION ACTIVITIES


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NEW EFTPOS FACILITIES

The school office now has an Eftpos machine and can take credit and debit card payments. . Eftpos payments can only be made between the hours of 8.30am to 2.00pm as we need to balance the money at the end of the day. You can also pay by cash and by the online payment option on our school website. Please remember when paying online that you need to pay before 6pm for the school to see the payment the next day.

DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN PAY ONLINE? Many families are now using the school’s online payment option linked to our school website to pay for school related expenses. This is a secure payment page hosted by Westpac. What expenses can be paid online? Voluntary Contributions Excursions Sport Creative and Practical Arts Sales to Students Other (any items not listed above) Unfortunately, payments to the uniform shop and P&C cannot be accepted via this system. How do I make a payment? Go to the school website. Click on make a payment, found on the front page of the school website.

1. In the student and payer details, fill in all the green asterix items. (These are compulsory) 2. Choose a payment option. 3. Enter the amount you are paying and the payment description (Eg: the name of the excursion) 4. Enter credit card details. 5. Confirm payment details. 6. Receive online payment receipt. Pay before 6pm for the school to receive your payment the next working day. How do I let the school know I paid online? Please write the receipt number on the permission note and return to the school.

Making an online payment does not constitute permission. Please return all signed permission notes as per normal.

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Newsletter No 12 2017 · 2019-10-16 · Newsletter No. 12 6 September 2017 . Quakers Hill Public School Newsletter Thu 6 September 2017 2 The NSW Department of Education – Information