Pelican Flat Public School Newsletter

Pelican Flat Public School acknowledges the traditional lands of the Awabakal people we teach and learn on and pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.

2023 Staffing

It is with great pleasure that I can inform you of our staffing for 2023.

Class teachers for 2023 include:

Mr Craig Elliott

Mrs Kiara Corrigan

Miss Katrina Lawry working Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in collaboration with Mrs Rhea Laverick on Thursday and Fridays.

We welcome Mr Thomas Choo who will take over Mrs Lisa Waters classroom role while she steps into our Learning and Support and Release from face to face role for Semester 1. 

Mrs Sharnie Baxter remains our Assistant Principal and Instruction and Mrs Regina Mathews will work one day a week in the office while Mrs Keryn Fairleigh works four day per week. We will continue to see the smiling face of Mrs Sally Grylak one day per week and Mr Rod Pink will look after our school grounds one day per week.

Mrs Tamara Edwards will remain our School Learning and Support Officer (SLSO) Health for 2023 and we are please to have Mrs Jennifer Mullins as our SLSO each day and Mrs Davina Lathwell will be with us one day per week. 

I will continue in the Relieving Principal role until Miss Mac returns. 

Mrs Emma Hibbard, Mrs Janelle Batrom and Ms Rachel Badman are moving on to other schools and opportunities. We wish them all the best in their adventures. They will be a big loss to our school. 

I am sure you are all wondering what the 2023 class structures will look like, however these are continuing to be finalised. We will let you know the classes and the teachers as soon as we can!

Attendance

We would like to thank our school community for their patience and assistance, whilst we have been transitioning to a new system for attendance data collection. Families are now receiving text messaging on the day students are absent and hopefully you are finding this system much easier. 

We understand that if your child is sick with symptoms then they need to remain home to rest and recover, however with the impact on learning and socialising since Covid-19, the department has set a target of above 90% attendance for all students. We acknowledge that there are individual circumstances where this is not always possible, however, those students that have reached this target will be recognised with an attendance sticker from the Principal on the Semester 2 report. 

Selective High School 2024

The Selective High Schools process for 2024 is now open to all STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN YEAR 5. You can register via this link: https://shsoc.education.nsw.gov.au/ We have a number of students we believe would do well in this process. Please contact Mrs King or Mr Elliott for more information.

Swim Scheme 

Our annual Swim Scheme is coming up for students and is now open to any Year 1 student who would like to attend. The program is aimed towards students who are not confident swimmers. Students attend Swansea Pool daily over 2 weeks and learn vital swimming skills. Students will get a bus to the pool each day, however parents will need to collect their children from the poor at 2:55pm each afternoon. The permission note in further down in this newsletter with further details. 

Swimming Carnival 2023

We like to be very organised and are running our 2023 swimming carnival on Monday 5 December. We encourage all students 8 years old and up to come along and compete (will be 8 years old at the end of 2023). If a child is not confident in the water they are encouraged to come along and cheer on their peers. It is always a fun day. This is still a regular school day. Any absences on this day will need to be supported by a medical certificate. 

Tell Them From Me Survey

A friendly reminder that our Tell Them From Me Parent Survey is now open and has been extended to the 18 November 2022. To access the survey for our school go to:  

http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/s6fxb

We value community feedback and appreciate you taking the time to complete the survey.

Mrs Leanne King

Relieving Principal of the best school in Lake Macquarie!

Our school assemblies are held fortnightly on Friday afternoons at 2:00pm. This is an opportunity for student achievements to be recognised. Our student leaders run the assemblies and each class takes turn to present an item or showcase their work. 

WEEK 6

18 November - Kindergarten 2023 Transition Session 4

18 November - Assembly - CoE 3/4, item 1/2

WEEK 7

Swim Scheme all week

WEEK 8   

Swim Scheme all week

28 November - P and C meeting 6pm

2 December - Presentation Assembly 9:30am - 11am

2 December - Outdoor Cinema

WEEK 9

5 December - 2023 Swimming Carnival all day at Swansea pool

WEEK 10

16 December - Year 6 clap out

16 December - Last day of Term 4

A reminder that students need to put notes and money into the red letterbox in the office in the morning before the morning bell at 8:55am.

Just a reminder that payments to the school; bookpack and subscription fee, excursions and sporting costs or anything to do with school activities, are paid into the school account, which can be accessed on the Skoolbag app or on the school website (https://pelicanflt-p.schools.nsw.gov.au). Uniform purchases are paid into the P&C Account (please see below for details).

NOTES DUE IN

• Canteen orders - due each Wednesday
• Swim Scheme permission notes and money
• Swimming Carnival Permission notes and money

President: Katrina Mackel

Vice President: Renate Heinzel and Katrina O'Neill

Secretary: Hollie Ritchie

Treasurer: Belinda Wolfenden

Uniform co-ordinators: Lauren Jurd

Canteen co-ordinator: Katrina Mackel

Bank details

Account Name: Pelican Flat Public School P&C

BSB: 032510

Account Number: 253979

Email address

pelicanpnc@gmail.com

If you are unable to do your day please organise someone to fill in for you. Numbers are available on the post on the Pelican Mums and Dads Facebook page.

PELICAN FLAT PUBLIC SCHOOL P&C ASSOCIATION THANKS YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Items can be purchased each lunch time. Thank you to the year 6 students who run the canteen for their peers.

Items available from the canteen at lunch after eating time (about 11:15am):

Thank you to all volunteers who help out at the raffles! We appreciate you!