Stockton Public School Newsletter

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 4! Why am I shouting – because the energy and the excitement is high! We always forget how busy Term 4 is, until we get back to it. 

A parent calendar has been missing most of this year as we prepared to bring some additions to Skoolbag. I have added a calendar to this newsletter as this term is so BUSY.  

We were also going to move into groups in Skoolbag this term, so you would also receive pertinent news. However, I am going to put that on hold as we investigate new platforms for 2023. I don’t want to start something to then chop and change directions again. Bear with us, as we look at a few recommendations. 

We are busy behind the scenes planning for all of this term’s events. 

As the weather warms up can I please remind all parents and carers to label all jumpers. We know that the students may come to school in a jumper and as the day goes on, once they start running around, they take their jumpers off and often leave them where they are. If there is a name, we have a good chance of being able to return a lost jumper to the rightful owner. I make no apologies for insisting that every child in the school wears a school hat. We have a sun safe policy to follow. If your child is wearing a non-school hat, he/she will be asked to put that hat in his/her school bag as it is weekend wear. A school hat is a free pass to play where you like. Hats are available from the office for $13.  

Have a fabulous fortnight!

Ms Jodie Holt

Principal

What can I say? Our biennial school performance was a HUGE success. We performed to a full audience for 4 performances. The stars of the show - the students - were magnificent. What troopers they are, just getting up on the stage and performing. All of the hard work and practising  finally paid off. I was so incredibly proud of each and every one of them. A massive congratulations and thanks to the teachers. What you may not know is - the teachers were asked to pick a colour and then they had to do the rest - come up with an idea linked to their chosen colour, write a play, choreograph a dance, design, make, source costumes, choose lighting patterns, link music to the theme.... their creativity and energy, particularly in Week 10, astounds me. How wonderful it is to be surrounded by educators who work really hard to put on this show for the benefit of the students, families and community. Thank you to the team of staff behind the scenes - opening and closing curtains, moving props, playing the music and lighting. It certainly does take a village. A huge congratulations and thanks goes to Mr Whitfield! He is the conductor of the whole performance. He kept us in line, on track, supported and helped where and when it was needed, filmed all of the teachers as crayons and put the movie together. He did all of this while getting KW ready for their performance. We truly couldn't do it without you Mr Whitfield. Thank you to Mr McCarthy and Mrs Golsby who photographed the event. Thank you to the P&C for organising and delivering meal deals to the students on the night. Thank you to parents and carers for helping out with supply of costumes and for coming as our audience. Thank you to the P&C and parents who paid for and bought dinner for the staff on both nights. It was very thoughtful and generous of you! We are already counting down to our 2024 performance!

Our new sports court is taking shape. We are excited to watch the progress. Thanks to Port Waratah Coal Services grant and Tim Crakanthrop's Community Building Partnership grant, we will have a multisports court for student use. It will give teacher's the space to develop skills across a variety of sports. We can't wait until it is finished. Thank you to Major Sports Surfaces who have been waiting for good weather to lay the surface.

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