School Leadership Team: We are at the end of another wonderful and busy

term at Parklea Public School.

Throughout this term, the school has provided

many wonderful opportunities for students to

participate in sport, dance and music. Students

have participated in Debating competitions,

Choir rehearsals and Multicultural Public

Speaking. The school also held its K-6 Cross

Country, P&C Mother’s Day Stall, working bee

and K-6 ‘black and white’ themed disco.

Thank you to our families and community for your

continued support in everything we do and our

exceptional teaching and administration staff for

continuing to provide a wealth of opportunities

for students to ‘be their best’.

FAREWELL: We would like to wish Mrs Gibb and Mrs Lawrence

all the best as they prepare for motherhood over

the next month.

Today, we say farewell to Ms

Bandiera, who is an integral part

of our Parklea teaching team.

Miss Bandiera is further expanding

her dance studio, ‘Phoenix

Dance’. We wish her all the best!

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.

ROAD SAFETY: Please be aware that

‘Safety Patrols’ around

our school have been

taking place and will

continue to take place

next term. This is due to high amounts of traffic

congestion. Patrol officers are also ensuring

drivers are vigilant with road safety.

It would be appreciated, as we move into the

holidays, that everyone takes extra care around

our school.

Thank you for your continued support!

SEMESTER 1 REPORTS:

School reports were sent home yesterday with

your child. This is a great opportunity to share and

celebrate the achievements of your child/ren for

the first two terms of school.

At Parklea, our teachers use a variety of ways to

assess student progress throughout the year,

including observing work in class, looking closely

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 10 Friday 30th June, 2017

We are Safe, Respectful, Learners!

at the work they produce as well as informal and

formal class assessments.

Teachers compare students’ achievement

against the expectations described in each Key

Learning Area (KLA) syllabus document and

measure student achievement against a five

point scale (Years 1 to 6 only):

Outstanding

High

Grade

Low

Minimal

Reports are provided to families twice a year and

include a written comment with strengths and

areas for improvement for all KLAs.

Parklea Public School values parents participating

in their child’s learning and progress. We

encourage parents to contact their child’s class

teacher and arrange an interview should you wish

to discuss any aspect of your child’s report.

TERM 3 PARENT CALENDAR: A parent calendar for Term 3 has been included

in this newsletter. It will be uploaded to our

school’s website and App early next term.

PAYMENT OF MONEY: Due to our large number of students and time

taken to process payments, we encourage

parents to be vigilant with payment due dates as

money cannot be accepted after the payment

date.

There are a number of options to assist parents

with making last minute payments. These include;

Parent Online Payments (POP). Please check the

bottom of your child’s permission and payment

note for these details. For busy working parents,

POP will enable you to pay online before the cut-

off date.

We thank you in anticipation for your support!

K-2 ASSEMBLY CHANGE:

As a result of Open Day and

our P&C’s Father’s Day Stall, K-

2 Assembly Days have been

moved to Tuesday 1st August

and Tuesday 29th August at

12:45pm.

A note about these changes will come home

early next term.

OPEN DAY VISIBLE LEARNING COFFEE CLUB: On Thursday 3rd August at 8:45am in our school’s

staffroom, our Visible Learning Team will be

conducting a parent information session on

‘Assessment Practices and Student Goal Setting’.

All parents and the community are welcome to

attend this highly worthwhile and informative

session. The session will conclude at 9:15am,

which allows time for parents to visit K-2

classrooms at 9:30am or enjoy a warm cup of

coffee from the coffee van until 10:00am for 3-6

open classroom time.

We look forward to this event as part of our

school’s Open Day! Please see below our Open

Day flyer:

COMMUNICATING WITH THE SCHOOL: Our School Contact Number: (02) 9629 2518

Our School Email Address:

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

For issues relating to your child at school, the first

point of contact for any communication is your

child's Classroom Teacher.

If there are further concerns, please contact the

team leader for the grade your child is in. Our

Team Leaders (Assistant Principals) are:

Kindergarten: Amy Young (Rel)

Years 1 & 2: Alicia Cardwell

Years 3 & 4: Barbara McGregor (Rel)

Years 5 & 6: Nathan Harvey

If your concerns are not satisfied, please contact

the appropriate Deputy Principal:

K - 2: Alicia Cardwell (Rel)

3 - 6: Fiona Gracie

Our School Principal, Ross Sutherland, will then be

the point of contact for issues that are unresolved

beyond the Deputy Principals. For all other

matters unresolved by the school Principal,

contact Public Schools NSW Nirimba Office on

(02) 9208 7611 and direct your call to the Director

Public Schools NSW, The Hills Network.

SCHOOL TOURS:

We have been

conducting school

tours throughout the

year and have many

more tours available.

These tours are great for new families to our

school. They take about an hour and provide you

with an opportunity to ask general questions

about our school as a whole.

If you would like to book a place in one of our

school tours, please contact the front office and

reserve a space today!

ANTI-RACISM CONTACT OFFICER (ARCO): All schools are required to

have a trained Anti-Racism

Contact Officer (ARCO).

Mrs Dhillon has successfully

completed the relevant

training and is the ARCO at

Parklea Public School. She will assist parents, staff

and students who have complaints regarding

racism and facilitate the complaints handling

process. If your child experiences any form of

racism please see Mrs Dhillon.

The Human Rights Commission defines racism as

follows:

“Racism can take many forms, such as jokes or

comments that cause offence or hurt, sometimes

unintentionally; name calling or verbal abuse;

harassment or intimidation, or commentary in the

media or online that inflames hostility towards

certain groups”.

SCHOOL SECURITY:

School Security is available 24 hours a day, 7 days

a week on 1300 880 021. We encourage our

community to help keep our school safe over the

holidays by reporting suspicious activity to this

number.

We would like to wish each and everyone here at

Parklea Public School a safe and restful break.

Please take the time to rest, enjoy the holiday

break with your family and friends and celebrate

all the great achievements your child has made.

We look forward for another school term full of

learning!

Mr Sutherland, Mrs Gracie & Mrs Cardwell

(School Senior Leadership Team)

School News K-6 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL: On Wednesday 19th July (first week back at

school) our K-6 Athletics Carnival will be held at

Blacktown International Sports Park, Doonside.

Students are to wear their sports house colours on

the day. Otherwise, they should wear their sports

uniform. Please avoid track-suit pants, slacks or

track-suit tops.

Please visit our website - ‘NOTES tab’ to access

more information about

this day.

We look forward to a

great outdoor event!

Mrs Warren and Mr

Hillier PDHPE Team

DEBATING NEWS: Congratulations to the Premier’s Debating team;

Swara, Parneet, Arlene and Seth for winning their

round 3 debate against Oxley Park Public School.

The topic was ‘All Parents Should Provide Pets For

Their Children’. Parklea was the negative team.

They have been working

extremely hard at formulating

arguments and developing

rebuttals.

Well done Team!

Miss Axiak and Miss Du Preez Debating Team Coordinators

KINDERGARTEN’S TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC: If you went down to the hall on Wednesday

You were sure of a big surprise!

For every bear and Kindergarten student that

ever there was

did gather there for certain

because Wednesday was the day that the

Teddy Bears had their picnic.

The Kindergarten teachers would like to thank

families and friends for coming and sharing this

special event with our students.

Miss Young, Miss Axiak, Mrs Neurohr & Mrs

Corbett Kindergarten Team

STUDENT GOVERNMENT NEWS: On Tuesday 27th June we held a special assembly

to support Abigail in Year 5.

Abigail has been successful in raising a substantial

amount of money for Variety-the Children's

Charity and has donated 35cm of her hair

towards making a wig for others who have no hair

due to a medical condition.

The Student Government supported Abigail in her

amazing cause by organising an assembly where

our principal, Mr Sutherland cut her hair.

We would like to congratulate Abigail on her

inspirational and amazing efforts in helping others

and raising money for charity.

Mrs Marshall and Miss Andeshmand Student Government Coordinators

UNIFORM SHOP:

Our school’s uniform shop is open every Monday

from 2:30pm – 3:30pm and Friday from 8:30am –

9:30am. Thank you Ms Barrett for the wonderful

uniform shop signs you made. They look amazing!