The Facta

• Monday 3rd May 2021 at 2:20pm
• Monday 24th May 2021 at 2:20pm
• Monday 21st June 2021 at 2:20pm

Class Awards and/or Principal's Awards must be handed to the office 2 days prior to the date of assembly. 

We congratulate the following students who represented Concord Public School at the Western Suburbs PSSA Zone Swimming Carnival held last week at the Ruth Everuss Aquatic Centre. 

On the day, the Concord Public School team finished 13th out of twenty-one schools in the overall team score standings.

We also congratulate Jihoon B whose individual efforts saw him place 4th in the 11 Years Boys individual score tally. Jihoon qualified to represent the WSPSSA Zone and the Sydney East Regional Swimming Carnival, finishing 9th in the 11 Years Boys 50m Freestyle and 8th in the 11 Years Boys 50m Backstroke. Well done, Jihoon!

A gentle reminder that if your child is unwell, please do not send them to school, even if their symptoms are mild. If they have flu-like symptoms, for example, a sore throat, runny nose or fever, they will need to be tested for COVID-19 and a copy of the negative result will need to be presented to the school before they can return. Your child will also need to be symptom free.  Please read the following information from the Department of Education:“In accordance with advice from NSW HealthExternal link, parents and carers are reminded NOT to send children to school if they are unwell, even if they have the mildest flu-like symptoms.NSW Health has requested that schools encourage anyone who is unwell or has even mild flu-like symptoms, to arrange to be tested through their local medical practitioner or one of the COVID-19 clinicsExternal link.Students and staff with flu-like symptoms will need to be tested and provide a copy of a negative COVID-19 test result and be symptom-free before being permitted to return to school.Students who do not undertake a COVID-19 test will not be permitted to return to school for a 10-day period. Additionally, they must be symptom-free for at least 3 days prior to returning to school.Students who have seasonal allergic rhinitis or another condition that presents similarly to flu-like symptoms are still required to get tested for COVID-19 and return a negative test result. Where their symptoms continue beyond 10 days, students should provide documentation from their GP confirming their symptoms are typical for their condition. If the student develops new or changed symptoms, they should get tested for COVID-19. Find more information about COVID-19 symptomsExternal link.COVID-19 testing for students with complex health or disability may be challenging. In these situations, schools will ask the parent or carer to have their child assessed by their medical practitioner. Where a medical practitioner determines that a COVID-19 test is not required, documentation must be provided to the school to confirm that the student does not have symptoms that warrant a COVID-19 test. The certificate must also indicate that the student is able to return to school.”

Thank you for your ongoing support and understanding.

Entering onto the School Grounds During School Hours

As we currently have restrictions in entering the school premises, please call or email the school before entering the school grounds.

If you need to see your child or pass on a message to them, the office staff can help with that too. We encourage parents to allow us to pass on messages during break times, so that your child's learning is not interrupted. All visitors must sign-in at the office, wear a visitor's sticker and complete the QR code and fill in the Visitor's Form. This is to ensure the wellbeing and safety of all.

Payment 

When making a payment online you can only pay up to 3 DAYS before the due date of the payment. This is due to online transactions taking 48 hours to process. 

Other payment methods such as cash or cheque can also be sent to the front office and placed in the blue box labelled “School Post”.

Please note that we do not accept online payment for uniform or canteen orders. Please see the uniform or canteen order  form for payment details.

Permission Notes 

If you have more than one child we need to have a note for each child, not all on one note please.

Change of Contact/Address details  

Please inform the office immediately if you have changed your contact or address details, so we can contact you in case of an emergency. 

Bicycle and Scooter Guidelines

If you give permission for your child to ride a bicycle or scooter to and/or from school, and store it on the school grounds, please carefully read and sign the ‘Bicycle and Scooter Guidelines’ document (obtained from the Front Office). These signed forms are to be returned to the office. Once we have received the signed documentation, the school will record that your child has permission from you to ride to school. Please see Mrs Vermiglio or the office for details.

All lost property is now kept in the office.

All students have been informed of this and are all reminded to put their name on their hats, jackets, jumpers, all lunch/recess containers and drink bottles.