Prestons Post
Term 3, Week 4
Prestons Public School
Email: prestons-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Website: https://prestons-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/
Location: Cnr Box Rd and Kurrajong Rd, Prestons . 2570 . NSW
Phone: 0296027435
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PrestonsPublicSchoolDecPages
Twitter: @PrestonsPS
Principal's Message
Welcome to our Week 4 newsletter. There are so many wonderful things happening in our school to ensure that high expectations, explicit teaching, data informed practices and a strong focus on wellbeing are at the core of our practices.
Learning
Our students and teachers showcased our wonderful school so well last week. We hope you enjoyed seeing our amazing STEM videos on Seesaw and facebook. One of our focus areas this year is to develop our use of technology. We have set up a wonderful STEM room and purchased additional technology for all classrooms. With BYOD in Stage 3 our students are certainly becoming equipped to use technology in their learning and prepare for a technological future.
Wellbeing
Our students are so proud to show me when they are being safe and respectful learners. We truely enjoy our morning greetings and afternoon chats at each gate. Our goal at Prestons Public School is to ensure that every child is known, valued and cared for and these daily routines are certainly helping with this. Our lunch and recess initiatives ensure that our students are actively engaged in fun activities that are supported by caring adults at break times. We love our Prestons Garden, bushland, oval games, basketball court, skipping area, quiet sitting area, PALS playground, sandpit, our cubby house which has recently been turned into a McDonalds store, lego in the library, reading in the library, our new dolls house in the library, building with our large building blocks as well as handball courts.
Have a wonderful week and don't forget to ask your child what they are learning and to check out Seesaw.
Liz Van Der Meulen
Principal
Dates to Remember
2/9/2020 - School Photos
17--22/9/2020 - Book Fair
School Photos - Wednesday 2nd September
Say Cheese - MSP Photography
Instruction on how to order will be sent home to students shortly.
School Photo Day will be held Wednesday 2nd September, 2020.
All payments are to be made online. No cheques or cash will be accepted.
Parents can order online through website. All credit cards are accepted:
Orders will be accepted until: Wednesday 2nd September, 2020.
Orders received after 2nd September will incur an archive fee of $20.00
Photo Packages range from $28.00 to $50.00.
Blank family envelopes will be available from office.
Payments
Student Absent Notes
Parents are requested to notify the school of their child's absence on the first day they return to school after their absence.
Notification can be made by sending a signed note to the office, medical certificate, submitting a notification via the Skoolbag App or by telephoning the office.
Absent notification via seesaw will not be accepted.
Stage 3 Child Protection Lessons
As part of the Personal Development/Health/Physical Education curriculum all children will participate in child protection lessons. These lessons will help children to identify dangerous or uncomfortable situations and to seek help from trustworthy adults. Some lessons may involve the naming of parts of the body. The child protection lessons have been developed by the Department of Education and they are an important priority for schools.
If you have any concerns or questions please contact your classroom teacher.
Saturday School of Community Languages - Enrolment Applications
Applications are now open for students who wish to enrol in their background language. Saturday School of Community Languages (SSCL) is a NSW Department of Education co-educational secondary school. SSCL operates in centres located at 14 high school sites - 12 located in metropolitan Sydney and one each in Wollongong and Newcastle.
There are no fees charged for enrolment. All applications must be made through the student's own school Principal and meet certain enrolment criteria established by the NSW Department of Education.
Applications should be submitted by 11 December 2020 to ensure students can begin course work at the commencement of the 2021 school year.
For an application form and how to enrol visit our School website.
For enrolment enquiries please contact the SSCL head office on 7814 2115 or email us at saturdaycl-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Meet our wonderful Kindergarten Teachers
Miss Benson
Q1- What do you love about Prestons Public School?
A-I love how committed the teachers are to student learning
A- I love dancing and drawing, I have a puppy named Arlo
Q3-What do you love most about your job?
A- Getting to learn from the students and watching them progress.
Q4- What is your favourite book?
A- Do not open this book by Andy Lee
Miss Bates
Q1- What do you love about Prestons Public School?
A- I like seeing the smiling faces every morning
Q2- Tell us about yourself
A- I have a puppy named Bonnie, I enjoy gardening and going for walks on the beach
Q3-What do you love most about your job?
A- I love seeing my class trying and learning new things
Q4- What is your favourite book?
A- Matilda by Roald Dahl
Mrs Boyd
Q1- What do you love about Prestons Public School?
A- I love children and teachers and I love the beautiful atmosphere
Q2- Tell us about yourself
A- I love to travel. I have two daughters Aleyah and Keira
Q3-What do you love most about your job?
A- I love seeing children learning and I love being around them
Q4- What is your favourite book?
A- Tree House by Terry Denton and Andy Griffiths
Mrs Mitchell
Q1-What do you love most about your job?
A- I love all the children, Everyday I come to school, I have lots of friends
Q2- Tell us about yourself
A- I have worked at Prestons for 25 years and I have two boys 22,18
Q3- What do you love most about your job?
A- Helping children to learn and grow
Q4- What is your favourite book?
A- Lost and found by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Wood
Q1-What do you love most about your job?
A- I love the amazing teachers and students
Q2- Tell us about yourself
A- I have been at Prestons for 2 years. I like to go on hikes and read lots of books. I also have a dog called Fonsie
Q3- What do you love most about your job?
A- I like to help all students and learn new things myself
Q4- What is your favourite book?
A- Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey
Kindergarten 2021
We are now accepting enrolments for Kindergarten 2021.
Children who turn 5 by the 31st July 2021 are eligible to enrol for Kindergarten 2021.
Enrolment forms can be collected from the administration office.
Lost Property
Kinder to Year 2
PBL Focus Wearing School Uniform
Our PBL focus for the fortnight was “WEAR SCHOOL UNIFORM’. Thank you to all the students who proudly wore their uniform to become recipients of the PBL tokens during weeks 1 and 2. We congratulate the award winners who received a Star Award.
Kindergarten Ivy Blair
Year 1 Jevon Androth
Year 2 Christina Benjamin
Year 4 Naeema Mottey
Year 5 Lachlan Murphy
Year 6 Keidsha Ahmed
Classroom Chat with 1 Flamingos
Flying into Flamingos!
What a fabulous start to the term! We started our term observing a chrysalis until it turned into a butterfly. Once the butterfly emerged we observed it’s appearance and documented it in our writing.
We enjoyed working as a team to complete our ‘Operation Egg Drop’ STEM challenge and designed some fantastic creations to protect the egg when falling!
This term we are experimenting with Loose Parts. Here we selected a range of parts to create a habitat fit for a butterfly and used our creation to form ideas when writing information about butterflies.
One of our favourite parts of our school day is Read to Someone during Daily 5. It is a time when we have the opportunity to use our reading strategies to read stories to a friend and put our reading knowledge to the test by coaching our friend as they read.
We are so excited to be at school and continue our learning journey together!
Flamingos and Mrs Calabro