Sutton Public School

Every child is entitled to be enrolled at the government school that is designated for the intake area within which the child's home is situated, and that the child is eligible to attend.

Starting High School 2021

It is time to start the transition of your child from Year 6 to Year 7!  Although the year has only just begun, students  moving into Year 7 in a NSW government school in 2021 must return an Expression of Interest on or before 20 March 2020.  The expression of  interest form available using this link Moving into Year 7 in a NSW government school in 2021 (PDF 1.47MB). Submit the expression of interest to our school office to begin the enrolment process.

Students intending on moving into Year 7 by enrolling outside of the NSW Government school system are reminded to make enquiries regarding enrollment process for their chosen school or system.

Beginning School 2021

Our school is now accepting enrollment for children transitioning to Kindergarten 2021.  Enrollment forms and general  information can be found at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/enrolment/primary-school-enrolment.  Families are invited to contact our school office for information specific to Sutton Public School.  Our office staff are available to assist with enrollments at any time throughout the year.

An Open Day will be held on Tuesday 2nd June for all those interested in finding our more about our school.   

Clare Sullivan

• Upcoming Events
• MathsBurt
• Transition to High School
• School Photo Day
• Choir and Band Performance
• Learning Resource Packs
• P&C News
• Other Notices

March

9th - Pupil Free Day

12th - Scripture Begins 

13th- School Photos

28th - Sutton Fair

April

9th - Church Service

9th - Last Day of Term

Spatial Reasoning Intervention

Facilitated by: Centenary Professor Tom Lowrie - University of Canberra

In 2020, all teaching and executive staff in Primary Schools across the Queanbeyan Network of Schools will once again be part of the MathsBurst Spatial Reasoning Program. MathsBURST is an inquiry-based teacher professional learning and student enrichment program that:

¨ develops students’ mathematics understandings through the spatial reasoning component of the general numeracy capability; and

¨ promotes STEM practices through units of work that integrate STEM across all curriculum areas with digital tools.

Our 2019 results demonstrated student growth in both spatial reasoning and general numeracy capability in all cohorts participating in the program.

ALL teaching and executive staff are instructed to attend a professional learning day on Monday March 9th, 2020.   This means:

Monday 9th March (Canberra Day) is a pupil free day as ALL staff will attend the professional learning event at the University of Canberra.

This is a variation of Staff Development Day from Day 1 Term 2.  This means: 

Monday  27 April   –  Students and Staff  begin Term 2 

Please contact the school if you require any further information or assistance.

Queanbeyan High School is a comprehensive and inclusive high school providing education from year 7 to year 12 and is the government high school that is designated for the intake area for our local community. 

On Tuesday, 10th March from 6.00pm to 7.30pm,  Queanbeyan High School is hosting an information evening including a tour of their learning spaces newly refurbished areas and opportunity to hear of future directions and school programs from the Principal, Ms Jennifer Green.  Any interested parent ( regardless of your child's age) wanting to find out more about our local high school options are warmly encouraged to attend.

 Queanbeyan High School is being updgraded to provide the latest education facilities for the community. 

The benefits

• Eight refurbished general learning spaces.

• Two learning spaces devoted to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), including a human movement studio and STEM studio.

• Expansion and new fit out of food technology and hospitality facilities.  

• New covered outdoor learning area (COLA) and resurfacing of the sports courts. 

• Refurbishment and expansion of administration and staff facilities.

• New walkways and ramps.

• Upgrade of school entry area and gates.

• Landscape improvement works.

  https://www.schoolinfrastructure.nsw.gov.au/projects/q/queanbeyan-high-school.html

School Photo Day is fast approaching.  Students have been issued with an order form containing a unique shootkey required to  complete an online order at www.msp.com.au .  Any family needing to make payment by cash should request a cash payment envelope from the school office.

Spare order forms can be obtained from the school office if required (ie lost order form or additional orders to be made).  A shootkey will be required if you use a spare order form. Any parent requiring a shoot key is to call MSP on 62559208.

Family/Sibling Photo order forms are also available from the school office on request.  Only children who present a Siblings Presentation order form to the photographer on Photo Day will have their Family/Siblings photo taken.   A discount applies for families with 3 or more children. After purchasing Individual Packs for EACH child a Siblings Presentation pack of your choice will be free.

All students are expected to dress in full school uniform each day.  Parents can access the full description of our uniform on our website.

On photo day, our students are to dress in summer uniform.  Students are asked to pay extra attention to their presentation  to ensure photo day success. 

Full summer uniform is as  follows:

• Green gaberdine shorts or skort with gold polo shirt - short sleeved
• Summer dress 
• White socks only
• Black shoes only

NB:  Hair accessories should be kept to a minimum and in keeping with the uniform code.  With the exception of medical alert bracelets and necklaces, jewelry should not be worn.

UNIFORMS

The school strongly encourages the wearing of the school uniform.  This uniform has been selected in consultation with the school community and is considered to be smart, comfortable, easy to wash and reasonably priced.  The school uniform shop is open on Monday to Friday from 8.45am until 2.30pm. 

If you can’t make it into the school to buy uniforms at these times, payments and order forms can be dropped into the front office and your uniform will be delivered to your child. Please note that cash, cheque or POP payments are accepted.  Don’t have an order form?  They are available on our website.

IMPORTANT:  Please label all articles of clothing to facilitate easy return

We are all getting ready to have a fantastic time our our annual school fair on Saturday 28th March from 10am to 2pm.

Following the official opening at 10am,  students who are members of our School Choir and Band will be performing in the school hall from 10.15am. Students are asked to arrive by 10am to get ready.   

Please submit the  Skoolbag eForm to indicate your child's availability on the day.

As children progress through their school years, it is very important that checks are made along the way to see how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and mathematics – skills that will set them upon the path to success as adults.

NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress.

In  Term 2, 2020,  all students in Year 3 and Year 5 will participate in the NAPLAN assessment program between May 12 to May 22nd. 

• Year 3 students will undertake online assessments for numeracy, reading and language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) but will do a paper-based NAPLAN writing test.
• Years 5, 7 and 9 students will undertake all NAPLAN content areas (including writing) online

You can find out more at https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/parent-carer-support.

Parents may wish to discuss their child's participation in NAPLAN with the school.  Please contact our NAPLAN coordinator Mrs Sally Deacon if you need further information or have questions or concerns regarding this assessment program.

Public demonstration site

Students, teachers and parents now have the opportunity to take demonstration tests on the NAP website using the Online National Assessment Platform. The public demonstration site is also available as part of familiarisation for transitioning schools.

Each student has been provided with a Learning Resource pack in 2020.  The cost is $80.00 per child.

The Learning Resource pack includes essential items for your child’s learning including books and stationery.

Parents are reminded that outstanding payments are now due.  Payment options include: online payments, cash or Eftpos payments at the school office before 2.30pm school days. If you require financial assistance, please contact the school.