Dear parents/carers,

Congratulations to Mrs Foley who was successful at interview for our  vacant assistant principal position. Mrs Foley has been relieving in the position for a period and will be a great asset to our executive team. Merit selection for the second vacant assistant principal position is still to be finalised.

  The term is progressing very rapidly and it has been great students have had a full year of on-site school. The Health Department has warned that there are increased number of COVID cases circulating. You can assist by not sending children to school if they are unwell and letting us know if your child tests positive to COVID. We will continue to let you know on a weekly basis if we have had COVID cases reported in the school.

Please remember to observe parking regulations around the school. At the Smith Street gate on Monday morning I observed several cars double parking, a car parked across the neighbour's driveway and a car parked in the No Stopping zone in front of the pedestrian crossing. Illegal parking can be dangerous, forcing other cars to cross the centre line or children to exit the car on the road, Parking in front of the pedestrian crossing can obscure pedestrians from the view of oncoming cars and be very dangerous to children or adults crossing. It seems like there are many cars dropping children off late in order to get parking closer to the gate. Please remember children should arrive before the morning bell goes.

In 2023 we will be implementing new syllabuses in English and Mathematics. Next year the syllabus will be implemented in years K-2 and in 2024 the syllabus will be implemented in years 3-6.  Staff have been working hard to become familiar with the new syllabus, devoting many hours of professional learning to build competence and understanding.

regards

Gabrielle Buczynski

Term 4

10.11.22, 17.11.22, 24.11.22 Kindergarten Orientations

21.11.22 Preschool Orientation

8.12.22 Presentation Day

12.12.22 Year 6 Farewell

15.12.22 Year 6 Graduation Assembly

16.12.22 Last day Term 4

Thank you to our parents for joining us in our preschool. Preschool children were excited to show their parents how we have been using the iPads in our learning.

Children have been experimenting with a variety of music programs and composing their own music and sounds. The program is called “Chrome music lab”.

Pendle Hill Public School Preschool

On Tuesday 15th November, Greening Australia visited our school and taught students all about planting. 

Students had fun making their own plants and planting them in the ground. 

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.

https://www.moqproducts.com.au/skoolbag/installation-instructions/

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