Pelican Flat Public School Newsletter

Term 4, Week 5

School News

Level 3 Roadmap

The Department of Education has confirmed that schools will be moving from 'Level 3 Plus' to 'Level 3' guidelines next Monday 8th November. As a reminder, here’s what our families and student can expect when returning to Level 3 conditions:

- All Staff on site will be required to be double vaccinated and wear masks indoors. Masks or face coverings are strongly recommended for primary students.

- We will continue to minimise mingling of cohorts where possible. Modified outdoor assemblies are allowed within guidelines.  

- We have additional learning programs in place to support students after the learning from home period.

NSW Health will continue to monitor vaccination rates and transmission levels in our LGA and will advise us if settings need re-evaluation.

Please see Department of Education website for further information - https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/advice-for-families

Attendance 

As we move through the coming weeks, we predict there will be a variety of scenarios around student attendance and ask you to consider the following information:

- Learning from home programs have ceased as staff have returned to face to face teaching.

- Students who are isolating as a close contact or due to a person in the same household being a close contact will need to provide evidence (i.e. text message) from NSW Health unless the school has previously been informed by NSW Health.

- Students who are not sick but have a medical condition that puts them at increased risk will require a Doctor’s Certificate issued in no longer than 2 weekly increments stating they are unable to attend school. Any other situations will need to be managed on an individual basis.

 -Students in the above categories can access the Department of Education Learning from Home Hub - https://education.nsw.gov.au/inside-the-department/leading-educational-continuity/guided-learning-packages


Students will be required to provide some evidence of engagement to their class teacher to be deemed to be working Flexibly. Evidence could be uploading photos to Class Dojo, or completing online activities such as  Reading Eggs, Sound Waves online, Literacy Pro, Mathletics or Prodigy.

Students who have COVID-like symptoms should be tested. We ask for a screen shot of a negative result to be emailed to the school or forwarded to your child's teacher through Class Dojo.

Students who are sick or who have flu like symptoms need to stay at home until they are well, or they have no symptoms. All other students should be at school.

Thank you for your ongoing support and I hope everyone stays safe and well during these unpredictable times.

Thank you

We would like to thank Pelican/Blacksmiths Sustainable Neighbourhood Group who have planted some trees in the school area next to the playground. We can't wait to see them starting to grow. Thank you all for making our school beautiful.

Kindergarten 2022 - Enrol now

We are very excited that, starting next week, Kindergarten transition sessions may start. We have sent home notes today to families and will have our first transition session on Friday 12th November.

Children can start Kindergarten at the beginning of the school year if they turn 5, on or before 31 July that year. By law, all children must be in compulsory schooling by their 6th birthday. Remember Kindergarten is designed for children who are 5 years of age.

When your child starts school is an individual decision. You may wish to discuss this with your child's preschool teacher, carer, doctor or our school staff. Our teachers are trained to work with your child regardless of their age or level of development.

Children develop at different rates and learn skills in different ways. Your school will respond to the needs, learning styles and rates of progress of individual students. Schools also plan learning experiences based on the skills students bring with them to school.

We are now taking enrolments for Kindergarten 2022. To complete your online enrolment please visit our school website at https://pelicanflt-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ and click on the ENROLMENT button at the top of the page. Please phone the school on 49711543 if you have any questions. Thank you. If you know of someone who has a child enrolling in 2022, please ask them to enrol online.

Book Week

We are organising a day where students will be able to wear their Book Week costumes to school and will let you know when we have finalised this.

At Pelican Flat PS we celebrate Book Week on our Education Extravaganza day (18th August). On this day we encourage students to come dressed in something related to the Book Week theme (2021 Theme is 'Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds') or as a character from a book. During the last session of the day we have an assembly and ask the students to parade their costumes. Please discuss the theme with your child and start to organise your costume.

Spelling Week 6

We are using the Sound Waves program for spelling.

These graphemes can be used to make the 'oy' as in boy and 'eer' as in deer sounds. A grapheme is a letter or a number of letters that represent a sound (phoneme) in a word.

'oy' as in boy

'oi' as in coin

'uoy' as in buoy

'eer' as in deer

'ear' as in ear

'ere' as in here

'ier' as in fierce

'e' as in cereal

'ir' as in souvenir

'ea' as in weary

'eo' as in theory

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Spelling Week 7

We are using the Sound Waves program for spelling.

These graphemes can be used to make the 'th' as in thong and 'th' as in feather sounds. A grapheme is a letter or a number of letters that represent a sound (phoneme) in a word.

'th' as in thong

'th' as in feather

'the' as in breathe

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Important dates for the remainder of the year.

Please note: These dates may change. We will advise of any changes through the newsletter.

The majority of these events are on hold or will be cancelled due to Level 3 restrictions. 

TERM 4

  • 9/11 Stage 3 Debating competition [Marks Point PS]
  • 9/11 School Counsellor in
  • 11/11 Remembrance Day
  • 23/11 School Counsellor in
  • 3/12 Presentation Day
  • 6/12 Swimming Carnival (to be confirmed)
  • 16/12 Students last day (Term 4)
  • 17/12 Staff last day (Term 4)

Library News

Please remember to bring your library bag and books to return on your library day.

Kindergarten - Thursday

1/2 - Thursday

3/4 - Wednesday

5/6 - Wednesday

Awards Term 4, Week 4

Congratulations to the following students who received awards at our recent assembly.

Care Award: Zaideyn, Maddox, Amy, Evan

Share Award: Ella, Isla, Oscar, Kaiden

Learn Award: Mack, Jasper, Finnian, Emiliano, 

50 nights Home Reading: Willow, 

75 nights Home Reading: Maddox, Sonny J, Koah, Felix, Clare

100 nights Home Reading: 

125 nights Home Reading: Ada, Isla, Milla, Jasper

150 nights Home Reading: Ada, Shellby, Milla, Jasper

175 nights Home Reading: Shellby, Jasper

Reading goal achieved: Loki, Zayden, Sonny, Chase, Ada, Archie, Lylah, Georgia, Flynn, Milla, Kayden, Shellby, Clare, Felix  

Writing goal achieved: Ada, Jarrah, Maddox, Isla, Willow 

Mathematics goal achieved: Isla, Iris, Maddox, Clare, Koah, Kayden, Sonny 

Personal goal achieved: Archie, Penny, Lylah, Felix, Clare, Koah, Jarrah, Ezekiel, Isla, Flynn, Iris, Maddox, Milla, Sonny, Willow, Mylah, Sean, Kayden, Shellby 

Environment Award: 

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

Congratulations to the following students whose Pelican Pounds were drawn out on Friday. Each of these students chose an item from the PBL prize cupboard: 

Week 4: Lylah, Willow, Fletcher, Isis

From the Office

Notes and payments

A reminder that students need to put notes and money into the red letterbox in the office in the morning before the morning assembly.

Making a payment online

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).

P&C News

P&C Committee

President: Rickie Wilson

Vice President: Renate Heinzel, Madi Vassella

Secretary: Hollie Ritchie

Treasurer: Katrina O'Neill

Uniform co-ordinators: Rickie Wilson and Katrina Mackel

Canteen co-ordinator: Katrina Mackel

Next P&C Meeting

Our next P&C meeting will be on Monday 6th December at 6pm in the 5/6 classroom. Tea, coffee and nibbles will be supplied. All welcome. If you would like to become a member of the P&C, there is a $2 membership fee and a membership form to complete. Membership forms are available from the front office.

P&C Information

Bank details

Account Name: Pelican Flat Public School P&C

BSB: 032510

Account Number: 253979


Email address

pelicanpnc@gmail.com

P&C Membership

If you would like to become a member of the P&C, there is a $2 membership fee and a membership form to complete. Membership forms are attached and also available from the front office.
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Canteen Roster - Term 4

WEEKDATEVOLUNTEERSPOSSIBLE RELIEF
612.11.21

Katrina Mackel

Julie Williams

Julia Stewart
719.11.21

Mike Ritchie

Stuart Mackel

Katrina Mackel
826.11.21

Jacklyn Coe

Julia Stewart

Mandy Eades
93.12.21

Melissa Harvey

Katrina Mackel

Hollie Ritchie
1010.12.21

Mandy Eades

Mrs Mac (Linda)

Katrina Mackel

Volunteers are asked to be at school by 9am to start to prepare the food and will be finished by approximately 11:30am. Please ensure you sign in at the front office and follow COVID safety precautions.

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.

Canteen

Items available from the canteen at lunch after eating time:

Juice bombs $2.00 (Grape and Watermelon)

Frozen milk and juice cups 60c (Chocolate milk, Strawberry milk, Orange juice)

Frozen apple juice $1.00

Sea salt chips $1.50

JJ's chips $1.50

Fruit ice blocks $1.00

Canteen items for sale

Uniform

Opening Hours - Friday Morning 8:40am to 9:10am. If you are unable to make this time, please email your order to pelicanpnc@gmail.com and make payment into the P&C bank account (see order form for details). Your order will be filled on the next Friday and given to your child. Our Uniform shop is run by our P&C. Under no circumstances will the school be able to complete uniform orders.

Please be mindful that we do only open and fill orders one day a week. Please be mindful that if the weather was to change and your child needed tracksuit pants, a jacket or jumper you need to be prepared early.

Account Name: Pelican Flat Public School P&C

BSB: 032510

Account Number: 253979

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Entertainment Book fundraiser

If you would like to purchase a membership to 'Entertainment' please see the flyer for more information. 20% of each purchase goes to our P&C. If you would like any further information please see Chantel Stephens.

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