Dear parents/carers,

The end of the school year is rapidly approaching. On Thursday we will hold our annual presentation day to acknowledge some  student achievements but every student in our school will have achieved many individual goals across the year, developing a range of skills and capabilities. Selection of award winners is always a difficult process with teachers agonising over their selections and finding it difficult to narrow down choices. Reports which go home later this week will highlight your child's learning achievements and detail their effort across the semester. The effort rating is the most important rating on your child's report, children vary in ability and the age of students in each grade can vary more than 18 months which also impacts their learning. Effort indicates how much the child is trying and how well they work in class. Please do not hesitate to contact your child's teacher if you wish to discuss their progress.

December 16th 2022 is the last day for all of our K-6 students and Preschool WTF group. Preschool MTW group finish on Tuesday 13.12.22. School resumes for Years 1-6 on Tuesday 31.1.23.

regards

Gabrielle Buczynski

Regular attendance at school is important for students at our school to reach their full potential. The Learning and Support team are looking very closely at attendance and parents will receive a letter to explain how many days their child has been absent for in the past 10 week period.

Currently we have 137 students whose attendance is below 85%. 85% attendance equals 30 days (6 weeks) of absences across the school year.

Students with more than 95% attendance will receive a Penny Possum ticket with their letter in celebration of their attendance at school. This can be placed in their class Poss Box to contribute to their class reward.

Let's work together to improve school attendance and make a positive difference to education and learning at Pendle Hill Public School. 

Warmest, 

Nicole Hogan

Children must turn 5 before 31.7.23 to start kindergarten next year.

If you are intending to start your child at school next year or know of someone who wishes to enrol their child you can do an online enrolment by going to our school website and clicking on the enrolment tab at the top of the page.

Please contact the office if you have any questions on 02 9631 8253.

Have you changed your Phone Numbers or Address? If so please access the form in the school bag app under the Eforms tab (Click on the school crest to find the eforms  tab) or click on this link:-https://console.skoolbag.com.au/console/form/list

Are you having trouble with Skoolbag or you would like to download it another device? Check out these easy, step by step instructions.

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