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Principal’s News
We have almost reached the end of a very different school year,
with only two weeks of the school term to go (students’ last
day is Wednesday 16 December 2020). Never before in our
lifetimes have we seen school and domestic border closures in
Australia. As restrictions in NSW and around Australia seem to
be easing there is a collective want and hope for a more
‘normal’ 2021 school year. Semester Two has seen a return to
regular teaching and learning and other programs at school,
with even an overnight school camp possible earlier this term.
Hopefully, some of our extensive list of extra-curricular
activities
and events such as band and dance festivals begin to return in
2021. It would also be lovely to see our P&C community
events like fairs and discos return sometime soon. Our school
community has shown great resilience and support for our
school and one another during this pandemic. Our strong sense of
community rose before COVID and will see us through to
the end of this pandemic.
Wednesday, 2 December 2020 Term 4, Week 8
Dates to remember 3 December Day of Stars
8 December K-2 Presentation Assembly
9 December 3-6 Presentation Assembly
10 December Year 6 Farewell
15 December Picnic Day
16 December Year 6 Graduation & last day of Term 4, 2020
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Kindergarten Orientation
Yesterday we held our third kindergarten orientation session for
our new 2021 PPS kindy cohort. It has been exciting to see
our new kindergarten children for 2021 in our school enjoying
time in the kindergarten classrooms. The children have all
enjoyed their sessions at school and seem ready for ‘big
school’. While we have had to provide information via ZOOM to
our
new kindergarten parents and carers, it has been lovely to meet
parents as they have dropped off and picked up their children.
We are looking forward to our new kindergarten students starting
next year. I’d like to thank Ms Carew, Mrs Doig, our
Kindergarten teachers and our office staff for coordinating our
Kindergarten Orientation Program.
Presentation Day Assemblies and Year 6 Graduation
Families of students who will be receiving an award (Years 3-6
only) have been notified this week. Weather permitting, all
presentation day assemblies K-6 will be held on our outdoor
covered netball court following strict COVID guidelines and
restrictions as set out by the NSW Department of Education and
NSW Health.
Our K-2 presentation day assemblies will be held on Tuesday 8
December and our Years 3-6 assemblies will be held on
Wednesday 9 December 2020. One family member per student K-2 and
one family member per award winner 3-6 has been
invited. The Year 6 Graduation assembly will be held on
Wednesday 16 December. One family member per Year 6 student
has been invited to attend. Attending parents or carers will be
required to enter and exit the school via the Rushall Street
entry only. On entry visitors will have to either sign in via
the COVID safe QR Code or submit a COVID Safe form. Any parents
arriving and wanting to gain entry to the school from any other
school gate will be re-directed to the Rushall Street entry.
Your
cooperation in this matter is required and appreciated.
Communication with further details regarding presentation day
assemblies and the Year 6 farewell and graduation
assembly has been distributed to parents and carers.
A great deal of planning and organisation has gone into
restructuring our ‘usual’ presentation day assembly format to
comply
with COVID guidelines as well as accommodate a limited number of
parents and carers. All assemblies will be videoed and
uploaded to a secure YouTube channel and access given to all
school families. This will ensure that other family members,
such as grandparents will be able to view the assemblies.
Please note that in the event of inclement or extreme hot
weather assemblies will be held in the hall with only students
and
teachers (without any parents or visitors). Should this occur, a
SchoolStream alert notifying parents and carers that
assemblies will be in the hall will be posted as soon as the
decision is made. If this affects you please ensure you have
access
to the school’s SchoolStream App.
Years K-5 End of Year Picnic – Tuesday 15 December
Our end of year picnic event for Years K-5 is going to be quite
different and exciting this year. Our K-2 students will be
enjoying
a movie, ‘Astro Kid’ (rated G) at the Hornsby Event Cinemas as
well as a picnic lunch and grade disco back at school. Year
3 students will participate in an exciting Gymnastics and Ninja
Warrior Day held at Moving Bodies, Mt Kuring-Gai. Our Years
4 and 5 students will enjoy a Water Sports Gala Day at school.
Please refer to the communication to parents and carers
regarding these activities for further details /
information.
These activities have been organised in line with the NSW
Department of Education and NSW Health’s COVID-19 guidelines.
Our teachers and office staff have worked hard this year to find
alternative activities and to ensure that the students have a
fantastic and enjoyable 2020 end of year picnic. Their
dedication to our students is greatly appreciated.
Year 6 Surf School
Our annual Year 6 surf school is going ahead this year and will
take place on Tuesday 16 December. This is a highlight event
each year for our Year 6 students and a fun and exciting day
out. Due to COVID restrictions parent helpers will not be
permitted at this event. The school will be employing extra
teaching staff to supervise students and assist with the
surfing
activities. I’d like to thank Mrs Herbert and the Year 6
teachers for coordinating this event. It always proves to be a big
hit with
the Year 6 children.
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Social Distancing
Parents and carers are reminded to observe social distancing
during school drop off and pick-up times. It is important that
we
all continue to abide by NSW Health guidelines and observe the
1.5m social distancing rule. There are far too many parents
outside the school gates in close proximity to one another.
Please also ensure that you only enter the school grounds for
essential purposes. Wherever possible communication with the
school should be via the School Office either by phone or
email. Should it be necessary to enter the school grounds, you
are to proceed directly to the school’s front office. Your
continued cooperation in these matters is greatly
appreciated.
Bruno Diodati
Principal
Deputy Principal’s News
Light Up Learning
It has been wonderful to see our students engaged in fabulous
learning activities over the last fortnight. Class
3H enjoyed reading their school magazine and then rehearsed and
performed a play.
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Congratulations to these Year 1 students who received a Deputy
Principal’s sticker for demonstrating their outstanding mapping
skills during their Geography lessons.
Day of Stars
Tomorrow, our Performing Arts groups will have an opportunity to
perform their items for our Day of Stars showcase event.
These groups include our dance groups, 3-6 choirs, drama groups
and public speakers. All items will be recorded and
uploaded to our school’s secure YouTube channel. Parents will be
sent a link early next week providing the opportunity to
view and enjoy the performances.
Our students have worked extremely hard throughout the year to
produce entertaining performances and are looking
forward to showcasing their talents. We thank our wonderful
teachers, students and the production crew from Reel Story for
giving us the opportunity to share their achievements with
you.
Nicole Doig
Deputy Principal
Stage 3 Earth and Space 3D printing Project
As part of this term’s Stage 3 Earth & Space science program
students were given the task of creating a scale model of our Solar
System utilising the school’s two brand new 3D printers. Initially
researching diameters, they then had to correct the distances to
two significant figures and then convert that to miilimetres by
dividing by 10 000. Next, in groups of four, using the CAD
Tinkercad, they created virtual models of each planet, Pluto,
Jupiter and Saturn’s largest moon, Earth’s Moon and one of their
own choice. Each class then choose the group with the best work and
these were printed. Finally they were given the task of creating a
visual depicting the relative sizes of each planet. Pictured below
are some truly great 3D Solar System visuals, all to scale.
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Mr Chris Dormer
Science Teacher
Library News
Please return all overdue books to the library. Although the
library is closed for stocktake, books can still be returned. All
home readers will need to be returned to class teachers. It is
particularly important for Year 6 and any other children leaving
the school to ensure that they have returned all books before they
leave the school. If you have any questions or would like more
information please contact me in the library.
Mrs Knight and I would like to give a special thanks to the
library monitors for all their hard work throughout the year.
Kathryn Harris Teacher Librarian
SRE and SEE
Gold coin donation for volunteer Scripture and Ethics
teachers
Please support our Scripture and Ethics teachers, who volunteer
their time at PPS.
As a thank you for their effort and contribution to our school,
all Scripture and Ethics teachers will receive
a small gift as a thank you for their services.
Please bring a gold coin to school which will be collected by
your class teacher by Friday 4th December. Your
generosity is appreciated.
Mrs Lucinda Holbrook and Mrs Phillipa Hiley Scripture and Ethics
Coordinators
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Sports News
PSSA results for weeks 6-7:
PSSA Results Week 6, Term 4
Team Result Score
Snr A Boys Cricket Defeated by Linfield 106 runs - 102 runs
Jnr A Boys Cricket Defeated Lindfield 202 runs -165 runs
Snr B Boys Cricket Defeated by Masada 142 runs 93 runs
Jnr B Boys Cricket Defeated by Masada 156 runs -63 runs
Snr Girls Cricket Defeated by Roseville 1 142 runs - 119
runs
Jnr Girls Cricket Defeated Lindfield 104 runs - 92runs
Girls League Tag Defeated Killara // BYE 9 - 3
Boys League Tag Defeated Masada // Defeated Killara 10 - 7 // 11
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PSSA Results Week 7, Term 4
Team Result Score
Snr A Boys Cricket Defeated St Ives North 132 runs - 101
runs
Jnr A Boys Cricket Defeated St Ives North 150 runs -91 runs
Snr B Boys Cricket Defeated by Gordon West 119 runs 90 runs
Jnr B Boys Cricket Defeated by Gordon West 203 runs -113
runs
Snr Girls Cricket Defeated by Lindfield 1 133 runs - 66 runs
Jnr Girls Cricket Defeated Lindfield East 141 runs - 120
runs
Girls League Tag Defeated Beaumont Road // Defeated Gordon 8 - 4
// 7 - 6
Boys League Tag BYE // Defeated Chatswood 10 - 2
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PPS Leavers
To assist with our numbers for classes next year, would all
parents of
children who are
NOT returning to PPS in 2021
Please advise the office as soon as possible.
This refers to all classes K-5 inclusive
Please complete and send to the office.
NAME:
___________________________________________
CLASS:
___________________________________________
INTENDED SCHOOL:
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Band News
Performance for Friends and Family
To cap off our extraordinary year we will be continuing the
theme for much of the year with the End of Year Concert on Zoom.
Join our Band Captains Emily Walker and Sergio Quintal via Zoom on
Sunday 6th December 4-5pm via link below. We will celebrate what
our extraordinary conductors and kids have achieved this year.
Everyone is welcome! Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82026640258?pwd=NGVBUzJKakRUS2c1YWN2V3dPcDFFdz09
Meeting ID: 820 2664 0258 Passcode: 970469 Junior Band 2021 The
instrument allocations were sent out last week. Please email
[email protected] if you have not heard which instrument you
have been allocated to play. For each band we have a band parent
who helps with communication between the conductor and the
committee and sets up a roster for parent helpers. If you are
interested in this role, please get in touch via email or call
Zannie on 0418 274 291 to chat about the role. PPS Band Program
Needs You! The PPS Band Program thrives on a fantastic subcommittee
who work with the school and the conductors to ensure our kids get
an amazing musical experience. We are after two people to fill the
following positions: Instruments Coordinator - admin support for
instrument allocations and repairs. No detailed knowledge about
instruments required. Support and guidance is provided by the band
committee and conductors. Please email [email protected] if you
have any queries. Thanks, Zannie and the Band Committee
P & C
The P&C Committee was delighted last week to hear some
positive news about a recent grant
application. Earlier this year, the Committee made an
application for a Community Building
Partnership grant. These grants are made available via the NSW
State Government as a means of
“investing in infrastructure projects that deliver positive
social, environmental and recreational
outcomes, while promoting community participation, inclusion and
cohesion”.
The Committee applied for a grant for funding towards the
resurfacing and drainage improvements to our school’s netball court
and surrounds. Applications have been assessed and we have been
awarded $35,000 towards this project. The Committee looks forward
to working closely with the school in the new year to take this
project to the next level.
P&C Committee
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PPS School Stream app
Have you downloaded the School Stream app? You can download the
app for free onto as many devices as you wish. All
parents are strongly encouraged to download our new PPS School
Stream app. Should you have any questions regarding the
app or trouble downloading the app please visit the school
website for easy to follow instructions.
Lost Property
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, parents are not permitted to
access the Lost Property room. The room will be checked
regulary by staff and items with names will be returned to the
owner. Items with NO NAME will be sent to the 2nd Hand
Uniform shop and proceeds from these sales will be used to fund
school improvements.
Uniform Shop Please find below the opening hours for the Uniform
Shop.
• Tuesdays 1.30pm – 4pm
• Thursdays 8.15am – 10.30am
To abide by social distancing regulations, we require any
customers that wish to attend the shop for a fitting or to try on
more than two garments to book an appointment. Appointments can be
made by contacting the shop. Please note: Card payments only (no
tap & pay smartphone/device payments available).
Contact details: Phone: (02) 9144 3459 Email:
[email protected]
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2nd Hand Uniform Shop
NOW OPEN! The 2nd Hand Uniform shop is back and now taking
uniform donations. Please send any donations to the school office.
The shop will be open again on Wednesday 2 December 2020 and
Thursday 28 January 2021. To align with COVID safety measures
customers are strictly limited to their 10 minute appointment. Upon
arrival please go directly to the shop where you will need to sign
in before purchasing your items. NO CASH, we can only accept card
payment. Book your appointment at:
https://secondhanduniform.setmore.com/
Thanks and regards,
Lisa
0424 562 820
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PPS Chritian Prayer Group
Throughout this year, the PPS Christian Prayer Group have been
continuing to meet to pray for the PPS community. The group meet
each Wednesday morning of term at 9am, either locally or online. If
you would like to join us, please contact Jackie Tham
([email protected]).
Community News
The Landing – Youth Centre
Ist Pymble Scout Group
Bannockburn Oval, Pymble
Cubs (ages 8-10) [email protected]
Scouts (ages 11-14) [email protected]
St Swithuns Anglican Church
Live Family Church – 10am Sundays
For more info contact: 9488 7377 or [email protected] or
www.swiz.org.au
Lifeline Pop-Up Book Shop - Roseville
Thousands of quality pre-loved books in a wide range of
categories
Tues – Sat : 10am – 4pm
21 Hill St, Roseville
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MCCARTHY STUDIOS
2020 Classes in the Hall at Pymble School
Friday 3:00 to 4:45pm Kindy/Year 1 - Dance/Singing/Drama
Wednesday 3.15 to 5:00pm Years 2/3 - Dance/Singing/Drama 4.00 to
6:15 pm Years 4/5 – Dance/Singing/Drama For further information,
please ring Cheryl on 0412 293 230 or email
[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]