School Leadership Team:

Welcome to our Week 8 newsletter!

TERM 3 SCHOOL RESUMES: Just a friendly reminder that students return to

school on Monday 17th July and continue to wear

their full winter school uniform.

FREE FURNITURE TO A GOOD HOME: We have two pieces of excess furniture going free

to a good home – open cupboards suitable for

storage or a workspace (please see pictures

below). If you feel that you could use one or both

of them please contact Mr Sutherland or Mrs

Gracie – PH: 96292518.

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SEMESTER 1 REPORTS: School reports should arrive home from Thursday

29th June. This is a great opportunity to share and

celebrate the achievements of your child/ren for

the first two terms of school.

SCHOOL GATES: We are experiencing some gate issues. Apologies

if you have been ‘caught out’ where the gates

should be open and they are shut. We have had

technicians out to fix this issue, but it seems to be

persisting. Thank you for your patience with this

matter!

BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS: Please assist us to keep our

school a safe space by walking

your bicycle/scooter to and

from the school’s front gates.

Any child who rides either a

bicycle or scooter should be

wearing a helmet.

WINTER UNIFORM AND ACCESSORIES: Please ensure that your child’s school jacket is

labelled with their full name, as the Lost Property

pile seems to be growing daily!

For continued pride in our school and our school

uniform, just a reminder – girls’ hair accessories

should reflect our school colours of dark and light

UNIFORM SHOP

Hours:

Monday 2:30pm-3:30pm

Friday 8:30am – 9:30am

Download our Team App to stay up

to date with the latest information.

https://twitter.com/parklythepelican Our students achieve some amazing

things both inside and outside of our

school. Has your child achieved

something outstanding? Send an email to

parklea-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au with

the heading ‘Shout Out: Attn. Mrs

Cardwell’. We will do our best to send an

app notification out to celebrate this

achievement.

Term 2 – Week 8 Friday 16th June, 2017

We are Safe, Respectful, Learners!

blue, and sports uniforms should only be worn on

grade sports days. Thank you!

P&C MEETING – TUESDAY 20TH JUNE AT 7:00PM: The P&C meets in the staffroom at 7:00pm once a

month. All parents and community members are

welcome to attend! We look forward to seeing

you!

ENROLLING NOW FOR 2018: It’s now time to enrol your Kindergarten child for

2018! Our ‘Orientation Program’ begins in

October. For your child to be placed in an

Orientation Group, it is important to enrol your

child by September.

If you have a sibling who will be starting with us

next year, could you please assist the school by

either downloading an enrolment form through

the Department of Education and Communities

website – www.det.nsw.edu.au or by collecting

one from the school’s Administration Office and

returning it as soon as possible.

To enrol, you need to complete an enrolment

form and provide original copies of your child’s

birth certificate, proof of address (such as a rates

notice or rental agreement) and immunisation

documents.

OPEN DAY: On Thursday 3rd August (Term 3, Week 3), our

school will be hosting our annual ‘Open Day’ as

part of Education Week.

A flyer about this day and the events taking place

has been included in our newsletter. On this day,

we will also be including a, ‘Book Week Parade’

for students in K-6. A note about this event was

sent home last week. It is also on our school’s

website.

Please return your child’s ‘Book Week Parade’ slip

to their classroom teacher by Friday 21st July to

assist your child’s teacher with preparing their sign

to use throughout the parade.

Students are currently creating their artworks for

our artwork showcase! Artworks will be on sale for

$5 on the day.

Have a lovely weekend with your family!

Mr Sutherland, Mrs Gracie & Mrs Cardwell

(School Senior Leadership Team)

School News A WORTHWHILE WEBSITE TO VISIT: A worthwhile website to assist your child with

their numeracy development. Thank you Ms.

Barrett for sharing this with us!

http://planningplaytime.com/2017/05/cool-

math-activity-for-kids.html

TERM 3 PHOTO DAYS: School photo day will be held on Wednesday 26th

July. Students are expected to wear their full

school winter uniform.

Sport and Creative & Performing Arts Groups and

Cap and Gown photo day will be held on

Thursday 10th August.

Photo envelopes and information about school

photo day will be coming home next week.

Miss Young and Mrs Jurcevic School Photograph Coordinators

STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING DRIVE: The Stewart House

clothing drive has been a

great success! Thank you

to all our families for

donating unwanted

clothes. Your donations

will certainly benefit

children and families in

disadvantaged

communities.

DEBATING SUCCESS: I had the pleasure of taking four of our students;

Lara (Year 3), Nikhita (Year 4), Faith (Year 5) and

Swara (Year 6) to Matthew Pearce Public School

for the ‘District Final Multicultural Competition’ on

Tuesday.

These girls won their grade final of the Multicultural

Public Speaking Competition held at school and

were then selected to represent Parklea at the

‘District Final’.

The girls presented their same speech and were

also given a topic unrelated to multiculturalism. All

students were outstanding and were

commended by the judges. Well done girls!

Below is a recount of Lara’s time participating in

this competition:

On Tuesday the 13th of June 2017, myself and

three other students from Parklea Public School

attended the ‘NSW Multicultural Perspectives

Public Speaking Competition’ at Mathew Pearce

Public School.

At the Public Speaking Competition, we all had to

perform our prepared speeches. My prepared

speech went very well, and so did Swara’s,

Nikhita’s and Faith’s.

After this, we were presented with a topic for our

Impromptu speeches, where Nikita and I were

given 5 minutes to prepare a 1 minute speech.

Our topic was ‘Holidays’. My impromptu speech

went very well and the adjudicator really enjoyed

it.

Unfortunately, none of us made it through to the

next round, but we still all did an amazing job and

had fun doing it. We got a participation

certificate! The best part was the spectacular

food we were offered! It was a really fun day and

I made HEAPS of friends. This is an experience I will

never forget.

P.S. – Thank you Mrs. Hack for driving me to and

from the venue!

Mrs Hack Multicultural Public Speaking Coordinator

NATIONALLY CONISTENT COLLECTION OF

DATA: SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY: Included in our newsletter is information about

‘The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on

School Students with Disability’ (the national data

collection). This is an annual collection and will be

taking place early next term.

If you have further questions about the Nationally

Consistent Collection of data on school students

with Disability, please contact Ms. McNabb

(Learning and Support Teacher) or visit the

following website:

www.education.gov.au/nationally-consistent-

colelction-data-school-students-disability

ICAS: Please see table below for the dates and times for

these upcoming assessments:

SUBJECT SITTING DATE STUDENT

ARRIVAL TIME

COMPETITION

COMMENCE

MENT TIME English 1/8/17 7:40am 8:00am

Maths 15/8/17 7:40am 8:00am

Students sitting these assessments need to meet

at the flagpole area at 7:40am.

Mrs Cardwell & Mr Harvey ICAS Coordinators

HOW DO YOU FEEL? CONFRONTING!

DISGUSTING! Eww!

STINKS! GROSE!

SAD! AWFUL! VERY

BAD! This is not

good! These are some of

the words the

students

responded with in

how they felt

about the waste

display collected

by our lovely

cleaners; Nancy

and Vicki throw into the dumpster for us each

day. The rubbish sprawled from the tree heading

toward the stormwater drain is eye opening…

The next question for our school community is:

What can we do in tackling our school’s, ‘War on

Waste’?

Ms Millson

Teacher Librarian

RAFTER AND PERKINS CAKE STALL: On Thursday 3RD August (Open Day), RAFTER AND

PERKINS will be hosting their CAKE STALL for our

students and families.

Just a friendly reminder…when there is a ‘sports

house’ cake stall, we ask that students bring in

something to sell at the cake stall if they are in that

‘sports house’. So, RAFTER AND PERKINS students,

it’s your turn!!!

Please remember that we have many students in

our school with allergies. Therefore, please avoid

any food with traces of nuts and clearly label your

cakes if they contain the following; eggs, wheat

or any gluten. A flyer about RAFTER AND PERKINS’

Cake Stall has been included in our newsletter!

MARY POPPINS MUSICAL AT GLENWOOD HIGH

SCHOOL: Stage 3 had the pleasure of attending the ‘Mary

Poppins Musical’ at Glenwood High School on

Thursday 16th June.

Narrated by the lovable chimney sweep Bert, the

musical had an array of favourite songs,

including; Spoon Full of Sugar, The Perfect Nanny,

Stay Awake, Jolly Holiday, Chim Chim Cher-ee,

and of course, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,

which the students loved singing along too.

Here are some quotes from the happy crowd:

“I loved the great energy and singing along to all

the songs” M.K

“Mary Poppins was awesome. The singing was

great and so were the actors.” Z.R

“The songs were very catchy, and the

decorations and lights were wonderful. I loved the

acting.” T.T