School Leadership Team: We are already more than halfway through Term

4 and in just a few weeks we will be saying farewell

to our current Year 6 students as they head off for

high school. We will also be celebrating a

wonderful year of learning with the rest of our

students.

Teachers are currently busy preparing and writing

Semester 2 report comments as well as finalising

assessments for each of their students. Reports will

be coming home in Week 10 of this term.

2018 SCHOOL ORGANISATION: As we are beginning to organise our class

structures for 2018, please notify the school if you

are moving or not returning to Parklea Public

School. Parent requests regarding class

placements have now closed.

If you have a child enrolling in Kindergarten, you

will be required to come into the school office

and complete the enrolment form as soon as

possible.

KINDERGARTEN 2018: Thank you to Miss Young and her Kindergarten

team as well as Mrs Marshall, Mrs Temby, Mrs

Pena, Miss Lee, Year 4 teachers and buddies for

making our Kindergarten Orientation a highly

successful time for our new Kindy students. Thank

you also to our P&C and Uniform Shop volunteers

for ensuring our new students have their uniforms

and equipment ready to start school!

A lot of time and hard work went into ensuring the

delivery of this transition program was smooth,

rewarding and engaging for our new students

and their families.

2018 Kindergarten students will commence at

Parklea next year on Thursday 1st February from

9:30am – 2:30pm, following their individual Best

UNIFORM

SHOP

Hours:

Monday 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Friday 8:30am – 9:30am

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school’s 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 4 – Week 6 Friday 17th November, 2017.

We are Safe, Respectful, Learners!

Phone: 9629 2518 Email: parklea-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: http://www.parklea-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Start Assessment on Tuesday 30th January. Please

contact the school if you require further

information about these dates.

Starting school is a huge milestone for children

and their families. The Department of Education

has information for families with children starting

school, including information about preparing

your child for school, activities, a handwriting style

guide and a downloadable picture book. These

can be found at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-

to-apublic-school/our-public-schools-primary-

schools/starting-school

SCHOOL LEADERS: Our 12 2018 School Leaders have been selected

and are currently ‘shadowing’ our 2017 School

Leaders with various roles and responsibilities

around Parklea.

Our 2018 Leaders are now ‘on show’ for the rest of

the school. Congratulations to the following 2018

School Leaders:

Raed, Derell, Seth, Aditya, Brayden, Joshua,

Natalya, Laura, Isabella, Aleena, Abigail and

Ariana.

Our 2018 School Leaders and their leadership

roles will be announced at our Presentation Day

on Thursday 7th December.

PRESENTATION DAY: A friendly reminder that our Presentation Day will

be held on Thursday 7th December in our school

hall.

K-2 Presentation Day commences at 1:15pm and

3-6 Presentation Day commences at 9:30am.

Parents/Carers were given an invitation to attend

if their child is receiving an award at this special

assembly.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Mr Sutherland, Mrs Gracie, Mrs Mlinaric &

Mrs Cardwell

(School Senior Leadership Team)

School News: PARENT HELPER MORNING TEA: Invitations will be going out to our parent helpers

on Monday. This morning tea will be held on

Monday 4th December at 10:45am in our school

hall to show appreciation for all that you do for

our school. Please RSVP to your child’s teacher by

Wednesday 29th November.

The Parent Helper Morning Tea invitation has also

been included in this newsletter.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Miss Du Preez & Mrs Neorcsik Coordinators

PERFORMANCE NIGHT: A note will

be coming

home this

week about

Peformance

Night on

Friday 1st

December,

including

information

about what children in each group will need to

wear on the night. It will also include meeting

times and specific information about students in

dance groups, band and choir.

Included in this newsletter is a Performance Night

Program to assist you with the order of

performance items throughout the night. We look forward to a great night of fun and

entertainment!

Miss Andeshmand Coordinator

STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING APPEAL: Clothing bags have been sent home to each

family to assist children at Stewart House. Please

place good, clean, used clothing inside these

bags and return to your child’s classroom no later

than Monday 27th November.

If you require extra bags, please contact Mrs

Mutch at the front office.

Thank you for your support!

Mrs Mutch School Administration Manager

LOST PROPERTY: Can you please ensure that your child’s

belongings are labelled with their first and last

name so they can be returned.

All lost property is placed in a trolley near our

school hall. It is cleaned out once a week and all

labelled items are returned where possible by Mrs.

Arnold and Mrs. Walsh who volunteer their time to

maintain the amount of lost property our school

accumulates.

Thank you for your cooperation with this!

YEAR 5 TASTER LESSONS: On Thursday 9th November, our Year 5 classes

attended Taster Lessons at Glenwood High

School.

5K had a Science and Drama lesson, 5C had a

PDHPE and Science lesson and 5I had a Drama

and PDHPE lesson.

In Science, students put on their special safety

googles and made slime. Miss Sener and Miss

Mohuiddin were the teachers of the Science

lessons. They put all of the ingredients in the trays

and students had to mix them altogether until

they formed a sticky slime. It was an extremely

messy, but fun experience!

In the Drama lesson, students introduced

themselves to Miss Ruzic by pairing an alliterative

word with their name and an action to match.

They had to go around the circle and try to

remember everyone’s names, their alliterative

word and action. It got quite difficult. Students

also played a game called “Yes, Lets!”, where

they had a card with an action on it that they all

had to act out.

The PDHPE lesson with Miss Koutsonikolis were also

lots of fun. Students got to tour where the high

school students do their practical PDHPE lessons.

They did some stretches and then played kickball

in teams.

Please see photos included in this newsletter of

the Taster Lessons students experienced.

Mrs Koller Taster Lessons Coordinator

NSW PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE: Congratulations to all our students who

completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge this

year. Certificates were presented to students 3-6

at Thursday’s Primary assembly. K-2 students will

receive their certificates at next Thursday’s

assembly.

A special congratulations to the following

students who received their Gold Certificate:

Taj (4M), Mrityunjay (4M), Jacinta (4F), William

(3A), and Natalie (4L).

A HUGE congratulations to Parneet (6W) for

receiving her Platinum award.

Well done everyone on your achievements!

Please see included in our newsletter a letter from

the NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian MP.

Mrs Cardwell PRC Coordinator

SHOUT OUT TO JOSHUA (4M): Joshua does competitive

gymnastics and this year he

competed in the Level 5U

competition.

He has attended a lot of

competitions and a couple

of highlights was his team

placing 1st in the Winter

State Championships at the

end of August, and more

recently coming 2nd at the NSW Junior State

Championships.

Joshua also attended a development camp at

the Australian Institute of Sport earlier this year. His

family are really proud of his efforts this past year!

Next year Joshua moves to Level 7U and will be

competing nationally at the National

Championships.

Well done Joshua! Parklea are super proud of

your achievements and we wish you continued

success with your gymnastics!

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