Scotts Head Public School Newsletter

Welcome all Families to Week 9

This Friday is our whole school Athletics Carnival down at Buz Brazel Oval. Students are to head straight down to the oval in the morning and also leave from there as no one will be physically on site at school. The bus will also drop and pick up students from the carnival. Parents/carers are welcome to attend this year, please remember that you will need to sign in. Thanks to the committed P & C for organising a canteen to operate on the day. Thank you to the willing parent volunteers who are facilitating the smooth running of the canteen or making delicious cakes, biscuits or slices for the kids, go team! Students in Flinders can wear blue running clothes while Oxley athletes can wear green. Students alternatively are also able to wear normal school uniform.

Congratulations to two students Noah and Tom who made it all the way through to the Regional finals of the Cross Country an outstanding effort by both boys.

Speaking of fantastic efforts our Senior Debaters have made it through to the next round and will go head to head with South West Rocks today. Last week we also held the Public Speaking school finals, our adjudicator Lissa Argue was impressed with Scotts Head students compelling, engaging and dynamic speeches. Congratulations to Lior, Wolfe ,Riley and Tarrin who will compete at West Kempsey on Thursday. It is great to see the positive impact of focusing school wide on these communication skills, students becoming more empowered, resilient and strengthening these vital lifelong skills. 

To celebrate students learning progress we are holding an End of Term 2 Assembly in the LLLC on Wednesday 23 June from 2.00pm to 3.00pm. Parents and carers are invited to attend to celebrate their child’s success. Letters will go home informing families of award recipients.

Today we acknowledge the positive choices and progress individual students have made all term showing dedication and focus to their learning. All students who are accessing the QuickSmart Maths Program with Bu Annie and reading with Pak Brendan will head down to the park today to celebrate their commitment to learning with a hot chip picnic.

ARRRH Pirate Day is on the horizon next Friday 25 June – the last day of the term. Our Student Representative Council (SRC) are holding a whole school Pirate Day where students are asked to come to school dressed as pirates, with a gold coin donation to raise money for brain cancer research. There will be pirate activities and adventures to be had on the last day of term me hearties!

Mrs B - Relieving Principal

Last Wednesday our Boys Touch Football team played against Mullaway Public School in the PSSA Knock-out Competition. After trailing 3-1 at half time, the team rallied with wonderful team work and execution to run out winners 5-3. The highlight was the respect the team showed for their opponents during and after the game. The Mullaway coach reported to the school how impressed he was with our boys, on and off the field. Well done, team. 

Pak Chris

With the cold and flu season upon us, we would like to remind parents and carers that in accordance with advice from NSW Health, students should not attend school if they are unwell, even if they have the mildest flu-like symptoms.

Please advise the school of your child’s absence on the first day they are away from school and advise of any symptoms they may be experiencing. You can do this by phone, email or via the Skoolbag app. 

Students who are unwell with flu-like symptoms are strongly encouraged to get tested and self-isolate until they receive a negative result.

Please provide a copy of a negative COVID-19 test result and be symptom-free before being permitted to return to school. You can simply email a screenshot of the text message you receive to the school: scottshead-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au.

We would also like to take this opportunity to remind all visitors to the school, that they must sign the school sign-in sheet where they acknowledge that they will comply with the COVID-19 requirements for visitors, contractors and service providers each time they visit. Visitors must also check in using the Service NSW QR code.