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.

This week is Education week and provides us an opportunity to showcase the fabulous opportunities that NSW Public Education provides for students. The theme for this year is “Creating futures- education changing lives”. Pelican Flat Public School provides a variety of high quality learning opportunities for students every day. This has been challenging over the past two and a half years, but our school community has shown amazing resilience to maintain continuity of learning for our students whilst supporting their emotional wellbeing. I am proud to lead a school where staff and community work closely together to support students to reach their goals. By sharing responsibility for student achievement, we have built a solid foundation for student success. 

As a result of the current 4 week COVID blitz we are holding our Education Extravaganza in Week 6. As part of our Risk Assessment all adults attending are asked to sign in using the QR codes that are available on the gates throughout the school and will be available on the doors of your child's classrooms also. 

This coming week, Stage 3 will be attending their overnight excursion to Bathurst with Blacksmiths Public School. We hope they have a fantastic time and thank you to Mr Elliott for giving up his time to attend the excursion for our students.

We also have students from each Stage attending the Zone Public Speaking Competition. We are so proud of their efforts to get this far and wish them all the best on the day. 

Zone athletics carnival is being held on Wednesday 10 August. Good luck to all students attending. Miss McClellan will be with the students on the day to assist and supervise. 

I would like to thank Miss Lawry for organising our pyjama day to raise money for children in foster care. Thank you to everyone for helping Miss Lawry reach her goal of $150. Well done everyone on such a wonderful effort. 

We are excited to announce that we will be moving to a more streamlined communication application for our school for staff and the community. You may have already received a SMS text message at approximately 10am when your child has been absent from school.  You can either call the school to explain your child's absence or reply directly to that SMS and this reason will be recorded against your child's attendance. Therefore it is very important for us to have up-to-date information in our system.  Could you please notify the office of any change of details as soon as possible.  Details are: mobile phone number, email address, home address and emergency contacts.

Please send to pelicanflt-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Leanne King

Relieving Principal

Students must attend school regularly so they can achieve their educational best and increase their career and life options.

In NSW, all children from the age of 6 are legally required to attend school or be registered for home schooling through the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). All students must complete Year 10, or its equivalent.

Young people below the age of 17 who have completed Year 10 must be:

• in school, or registered for home schooling 

• in approved education or training, such as a traineeship, apprenticeship or TAFE

• in full-time paid employment (average 25 hours a week) 

• in a combination of work, education and/or training (average of 25 hours a week combined).

Students 17 years and over who are enrolled in school must attend school regularly to meet HSC course requirements. 

As a parent or carer, you are responsible for ensuring your child attends school every day when they are of compulsory school age. You must explain all absences to the school within 7 days.

For more information about compulsory school attendance, visit:

• School Attendance Policy
• Student wellbeing – compulsory school attendance.

• WBHS Student Attendance Protocols and Procedures

Research indicates that:

• Regular attendance at school is fundamental to student learning. Students who attend school regularly are more likely to achieve educational success and increase their career and life options.
• Student attendance has been identified as an important aspect of a student’s wellbeing and failure to receive an education has been identified as a risk of harm factor.
• Poor patterns of attendance place students at risk of not achieving their educational, social and psychological potential and disadvantage them in the quality of choices they are able to make in later life situations.
• Communities benefit from students who regularly attend school and are achieving. These benefits include greater student safety, community wellbeing, and a sense of connectedness for all.
• Schools, families, and communities can work together to send a strong collective message about the importance of going to school.
• Promoting the benefits of regular attendance to students, teachers, early childhood centre staff, parents, and community groups will help create a culture where regular school attendance is the norm.

This year, Pelican Flat PS will be combining Education week, Book Week, and National Science week into one BIG EDUCATION EXTRAVAGANZA event for our students and community to enjoy. We are very excited and are counting down!

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. 

Our next assembly is scheduled to be held on Friday 12 July at 2pm under the cola. Everyone is welcome to attend. 3/4 will present an item and 1/2 will receive the Certificate of Excellence. 

On Tuesday last week, students form Stage 3 attended the second round of the debating competition. Unfortunately, they were unable to take home the with this time but they still worked hard and we are proud of their efforts. 

WEEK 4 

10 August - Zone Athletics Carnival

10 August - Zone Public Speaking Competition

10 - 12 August Stage 3 camp 

12 August - CoE 3/4, item 1/2

WEEK 5

16 August - Biodiversity workshops

17 August - Education Extravaganza

WEEK 6

26 August - Healthy Harold visit

WEEK 7

2 September - Father's Day Breakfast

WEEK 8

7 - 9 September - Stage 2 camp

WEEK 9

16 September - Kindergarten 2023 transition session 1

16 September - Rainbow Dash

Week 10

21 September - Touch football gala day

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
• Notes and final payments for Stage 2 camp are overdue

President: Katrina Mackel

Vice President: Renate Heinzel and Katrina O'Neill

Secretary: Hollie Ritchie

Treasurer: Belinda Wolfenden

Uniform co-ordinators: Amy Logan

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

Turn children's artworks, photos, hand and footprints into something they'll treasure for ever. Strong enough to use every day, they provide a lasting memory of childhood. Plates and clocks are 25cm diameter and made of durable BPA-free food-safe melamine, dishwasher safe and covered by a 40 year quality guarantee.

Plate $30 each

Calendar $20 each

Clock $35 each

An order form is attached below. templates are available from the front office and will be available to collect each Friday morning from under the cola.

Final orders will be due by 9 September 2022 to allow for delivery in early December.

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

Fruit ice block 60c (Blackcurrent, Raspberry, Apple, Strawberry)

Smooze $1.00 (Coconut and Mango, Coconut and Pineapple, Coconut and Pink Guava, Simply Coconut)

Frozen milk cup 60c (Chocolate milk, Strawberry milk)

JJ's chips $1.50

Popcorn $1.50

Up & Go $2.00 (Strawberry or Chocolate)

Juice bomb $2.00 (Apple Raspberry, Grape, Watermelon)

Sea salt chips $1.50

Frozen juice $1.00 (Apple or Orange)

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