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CALENDAR TERM 1 PRINCIPAL’S NEWS This week we welcome our parents and carers back onto the school grounds to drop off and pick up their child/ren. We ask parents and carers to observe the 1.5 metre rule and depart the school grounds promptly in the morning and afternoon. A reminder that drop off and pick up is not the time to engage teachers in lengthy discussions about your child. If you need to communicate something to your child’s teacher please email the school at [email protected] and it will be forwarded to them. Your co-operation in this matter is greatly appreciated. Thank you to our P&C for organising a Clean Up Australia Day at our school yesterday. Our school grounds look spectacular and we really do appreciate all of your hard work.
Our Kindergarten students have been hard at work responding to books read to them, writing about their ideas and illustrating their work. Fabulous! Last week I read to all classes a book about being brave and trying new things. It is one of the most enjoyable parts of my work. We read Jetty Jumping by Andrea Rowe and illustrated by Hannah Sommerville. Ask your child about the book! Ms Nicole Mayhew Principal
PAGEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
TERM 1 WEEK 7
Monday 8 March 2021
MARCH
WEEK 7
Tues 9 Replacement of Electrical Poles on Page Street, please be careful using Page St Entrance today
Wed 10 Y3-6 Assembly Swimming ribbons will be presented
Thurs 11 Selective High School test 9.00am-1.30pm
Fri 12 Last day for Stewart House donations
WEEK 8
Mon 15 Drumming incursion for all students (P&C funded)
Tues 16 Uniform Shop Open (please sign in with the QR code)
Tues 16 SEPSSA Swimming Carnival
Fri 19 Year 6 to return ‘Expressions of Interest (EOI)’ Form for Year 7 transition – completed by parent/carer
WEEK 9
Mon 22 SRC RSPCA FUNDRAISER & DRESSUP MULTI DAY - gold coin donation
WEEK 10
Mon 29 Cross Country Carnival to be held at school
Tues 30 FUN DAY FAIR – Mufti Day Please pack your coins to participate
Uniform Shop Open (please sign in with the QR code)
APRIL
Thurs 1 Last day of Term 1
RAINBOW AWARDS
Tom 4LS Quintus 3CP Jomi 4LS
Jasmine 4/5M
SILVER AWARD
Maddie 4/5M
GOLD AWARD
Kaela 4/5M
PLATINUM AWARD
Tony 4LS
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MERIT AWARDS
Y3-6
3CP Sofia Oliver Mandy Charlotte
3/4G Olympia Beri N Madison Jet
4LS Jake Rocco Caitlin Isabella
4/5M Tylar Hayden Cindy Andrea
5P Amelia Ageaus Ava Daniel
5/6W Jonathan Revayah Ruby Anushka
6S Roger Charly Darren Ava
CURRENT SCHOOLS’ GUIDELINES FOR VISITORS AND THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY There has been an easing of restrictions in NSW schools. Visitors including parents/carers are welcome in our schools and at activities offsite when following the COVID-19 requirements for visitors. For us here at PPS this means parents and carers may enter school grounds to drop off and pick up their child/ren. You do NOT need to sign in with the QR code or at the office unless attending a meeting. We ask parents to observe the 1.5metre rule and depart the school grounds promptly in the morning and afternoon. Please discuss with your child/ren where you will meet them or want them to walk to after school. K-2 teachers will be waiting with students outside their respective classrooms, they will not be walking to the gates. You may enter and exit through any gate. All gates will be open from 8:00am-9:30am. In the afternoon the office entrance gate and Page St gates will be open from 3:00pm-6:00pm, Kiss and Ride will be open from 3:00pm-3:25pm. If you have been unwell or have cold or flu symptoms please do not visit the school.
Regarding PSSA sport parent and carer attendance please observe the 1.5metre rule. There are no changes to the original SEPSSA swimming carnival arrangements at this stage, we will keep parents updated.
STUDENT ILLNESS
Students with cold or flu-like symptoms will still need to be tested for COVID and return a negative test result to the school by email before they can return to school. If parents or carers are unwell we ask that you do not visit the school. Thank you.
PICKING UP STUDENTS DURING RECESS OR LUNCH If parents or carers need to collect their child during recess or lunch it is difficult to find children in the playground. Therefore could you please send an email to the teacher or school and arrange for them to be at the office when the lunch bell goes and wait for parents to arrive. A Reminder about times: Recess – 11.00-11.25am Lunch – 1.00pm-1.50pm STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT
Your child’s Statement of Account is now overdue. Please contact Ms Mayhew in confidence for any assistance or
payment plan. To pay your child’s ‘Statement of Account’, it is helpful to the school if parents and carers use the Parent
Online Payment (POP) system. This is our preferred method of payment and reduces the amount of cash being handled
at school by students and staff. To pay by POP, please go to the Pagewood Public School website at
http://www.pagewood-p.schools.nsw.edu.au and select ‘Make a payment’ at the top of the page. Parents and carers
are welcome to pay for two or more children in one payment. Please note that this facility is to pay for expenses on
your Statement of Account only, it cannot be used to pay for the Canteen or P&C costs such as Uniforms or fundraising.
Payment instructions are on page 5. When paying by POP you must enter:
• Student’s first name
• Student’s surname
• class
• Please tick what you are paying for (eg. voluntary contribution, sport, excursion, other, etc)
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• $ Amount
• You DO NOT need the Student Registration Number
This is a secure payment system hosted by Westpac to ensure that your credit/debit card details are captured in a
secure manner. These details are not passed back to the school. If you wish to pay by cash, please send cash payments
to your child’s teacher on Monday only.
SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST
The Selective High School Placement Test will be held this Thursday 11 March 2021 from 9.00am to 1.30pm. Unless parents have made special arrangements with the High Performing Students Team to attend an individually allocated test centre, candidates from this school have been sent to: South Sydney High School Paine St MAROUBRA NSW 2035 Go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7 to find:
• Test centre allocations by public school. • A map of test centre addresses under the heading 'The test'. • The bulletin, Test information for parents and students. The bulletin contains very important information
about the test and should be read carefully.
A print copy has also been sent home with each student who is sitting the test.
STEWART HOUSE DONATION DRIVE 2021 Stewart House is proud to be celebrating 90 years with one charter since 1931; to care for public school children in need from all parts of NSW and the ACT.
Their journey began with the vision and drive of the staff in NSW public schools, who petitioned for a facility to address the declining health of school children during the height of the Great Depression. For over 40 years, the Stewart House Donation Drive has been their major annual fundraising event in NSW public schools.
Students are encouraged to enter the draw. For as little as $2.00, you could win a prize valued at $4,000. Envelopes with be sent home today with your child. We have limited envelopes to be sent home, therefore if your child does NOT receive an envelope please forward your donation in a plain envelope marked “Stewart House Donation”. Please return envelopes by no later than Friday 12 March.
ROAD RESURFACING IN HOLLOWAY STREET
Bayside Council has advised that there will be ongoing road surfacing carried out in Holloway Street, adjacent to
Baker Street, from Wednesday 3 March, weather permitting, from 7.00pm – 5.00am.
REPLACEMENT OF ELECTRICAL POLES
Ausgrid is planning to replace two end of life poles on Page Street on Tuesday 9 March from 7am to 5pm, pending
network access and weather conditions. Please be mindful when using the Page Street school entrance on this date
and if your children walk to school please talk with them about this.
CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL
The Cross Country Carnival will be held at school on Monday 29 March. Children turning 8 years old this year and
over may compete. The events will be run in the following order: 12 years, 11 years, 10 years and 8/9 years. K-2
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students will also take part in a fun run in the morning. Students can wear their house colours and sports shoes (no
spikes or bare feet). We are currently reviewing whether parents and carers will be able to attend.
UNIFORM SHOP – TUESDAYS FORTNIGHTLY
It would help our lovely parent volunteers if parents can arrive for face to face sales with their Order Form prepared
to save time. However you can still place an order online direct to [email protected] . Order forms must be
used for all purchases and emailed directly to [email protected] .
SRC RSPCA FUNDRAISER AND DRESSUP
The SRC will be holding a mufti day with an animal theme to raise money for the RSPCA on Monday 22 March. Students can come to school dressed up as an animal of their choice by using their creativity and designing their own animal costume, wearing an animal accessory or an animal onesie. Closed toe shoes must be worn. Please remember to send in a gold coin donation if your child/ren are dressing up for the day. Please don’t go to any expense with costumes, students are to just wear something from home, a mask, headband, onesie or anything creative. For more information on the terrific work the RSPCA do for animals, please visit https://www.rspca.org.au/what-we-do Mrs Berman FUN DAY On Tuesday 30 March, the Year 5 and 6 students will be holding a Fun Day Fair for the school. K-2 students will have the opportunity to participate between 11.45am-12.45pm. Stage 2 students will have the opportunity to participate between 2.00pm-3.00pm. Stage 3 students will be able to take a break to visit other stalls during each session.
The money raised will go towards the Stage 3 Canberra excursion. All students may wear mufti (casual clothes) on this day. Prices for each activity range from $1 - $5. More information will be sent out in Week 9.
Ms Wilkinson
VACATION CARE
Star Club will be running a Vacation Care program during the upcoming school holidays. To book please go to their
website at www.starclubschools.com.au and submit a booking request. They will contact you by email to confirm
the booking. Please do NOT use the Xplor app for vacation care. Please note that two weeks written notice is
required to cancel a booked session. If not provided, full fees will be charged. Please see pages 8 and 9 for more
details.
NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AUDITIONS
For Year 7 2022 - Dance, Drama and Music Audition Procedures
Newtown High School of the Performing Arts provides specialist education at the highest level to students with outstanding potential and/or achievement in Dance, Drama or Music. Students currently in Year 6 or Year 10 2021 enrolled in public or non-government schools who are seeking entrance into Year 7 at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, must register for an audition in Dance, Drama or Music. To be eligible to apply, applicants must be Australian Citizens or holders of a visa granting permanent resident status in Australia on the day of their audition. For more information and to register for an audition, please complete the online application form located on our website:
http://web1.newtown-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/public_www/
Closing date for registration is 30 April 2021.
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BAND The Band program has gotten off to a strong start with our weekly lessons and rehearsals, it is great to see so many returning music students for 2021. For term 1 the Stage 2 Senior band students are currently working on 'Defeating The Giant', 'Raiders March' and Star Wars'. Stage 3 Senior Band students are working on 'Just Dance', 'Happy', 'Defeating the Giant', 'Rolling in the Deep' and 'Ghostbusters'. To our new Junior Band students who just have started learning their instrument, I extend a warm welcome and look forward to hearing your progression. We are really looking forward to a great 2021 for our young musicians here at Pagewood Public School and will keep you updated with our activities as the year progresses! Kevin Christmas Program manager
CANTEEN - BIRTHDAY BUCKETS
The canteen are now selling birthday buckets for $15 to celebrate student birthdays at school. The bucket includes Quelch fruit stick iceblocks for your child to share with their class. If you would like to order one for your child’s birthday please order online from the Canteen. Please allow a few days’ notice to ensure stock is available. At the moment students are not able to bring in cakes etc from home to share.
TERM 1
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday/ Sunday
Week 7 8 MAR 9 MAR Replacement of Electrical Poles on Page Street
10 MAR Y3-6 assembly
11 MAR Selective High School test
12 MAR PSSA
13/14 MAR
Week 8
15 MAR Drumming Incursion (whole school)
16 MAR SEPSSA Swimming Uniform Shop open
17 MAR K-2 assembly
18 MAR 19 MAR Y6 High school EOI due PSSA
20/21 MAR Harmony Day
Week 9
22 MAR SRC RSPCA FUNDRAISER & MUFTI DAY Gold coin donation
23 MAR 24 MAR ESPSSA meeting Y3-6 assembly
25 MAR
26 MAR PSSA
27/28 MAR
Week 10 29 MAR School Cross Country
30 MAR Fun Day Fair Uniform Shop open
31 MAR Easter Hat Parade – TBC (no assembly)
1 APR Last day of Term 1
2 APR
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PPS P&C (Parents and Citizens) News
The P&C Annual General Meeting (AGM) and March meeting were held last Monday and it was such a
treat to meet in person! We had a great turn-out of Mums and Dads, from families new to the school and
those who have been at Pagewood for many years.
One topic of discussion was ways we can fundraise this year for the benefit of our students. There were so
many fun, clever and creative ideas, several of which small groups of parents are starting to work on
together. We look forward to sharing these initiatives with you over the year to come!
The P&C always welcomes your questions and suggestions – send us on email on
Welcome event
Mother’s Day stall
New Business
Delay first P&C Meeting of 2022
Fundraising: please bring ideas
Easter eggs
Business without notice
Next meeting: Monday 3rd May 2021 7pm in school library
