Safe, Respectful Learners

45 Spring Street

ORANGE NSW 2800

02 6362 7464

Orange East Public School

NEWSLETTER

Term 1 Week 8 Tuesday 19th March

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

TELL THEM FROM ME SURVEY (YEAR 4-6 STUDENTS)

I am delighted that this term, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. More than 6,300 schools in Australia and around the world have used Tell Them From Me to survey 5.4 million students. Capturing the voices of our students will help improve how we do things at our school.

I want to assure you that the survey is confidential. The survey is conducted online and will typically take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school hours between 11 March and 12 April. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.

A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey has been sent home with students. If you do not want your child or children to participate, please return the form to school by this Friday, 22nd March. Copies of the form and FAQs are available from: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.

PBL AWARDS—ADVANCED NOTICE

We will hold our special PBL Award Assemblies on the last Friday of term, 12th April. As per the last two years, we are continuing our acknowledgement level system which recognises when students reach certain milestone amounts of ‘Bees/Dojos’. The PBL Award Levels were attached in the Week 4 Newsletter and are also available on the school app. The Primary (3-6) Assembly will commence at 10am and the Infant (K-2) Assembly will commence at 10:30am. The assemblies will be held in the school hall with all parent/carers or family members invited to attend. Please note that the cut-off dates for students to reach a level for this assembly is Friday, 29th March (next week). This enables invites to be sent out to families of students who will be receiving an award.

Have a great week,

Glen Bourke

Up Coming Events

Friday 22nd March

Primary Assembly

SRC Badges will be presented

Class item: 5/6 Galah

Monday 25th March

Kinder Parent Teacher Interviews

Tuesday 26th March

Kinder Parent Teacher Interviews

Wednesday 27th March

Kinder Parent Teacher Interviews

Friday 29th March

Kinder Parent Teacher Interviews

Infant Assembly

Class item: 1/2Possum

Permission Note Year/Group Cost Due By

School Winter Jacket orders All $40 Friday 22nd Mar

Kindergarten Eye Screening Kinder Nil Tues 2nd April

P & C

Meeting

Tonight

Tuesday 19th March

@ 6.30pm

Staff room

All welcome

CANTEEN

Chicken Fettuccini +

popper

$5

On Sale Mon 25th

March

OPEN CLASSROOMS

Thank you to our parents and grandparents who enjoyed sharing their children’s activities in our open classrooms last week. Some even got to visit far away places, with our virtual reality kit!

EASTER HAT PARADE (ADVANCED INFORMATION)

On Friday, 12th April, Kindergarten, Year One and Year Two children will participate in an Easter Hat Parade starting at 11:50am on the asphalt area in front of the Stage 3 classrooms. The children are asked to make their own hats at home. We suggest they may like to decorate an old hat from home with Easter pictures and/or eggs etc.

This will be an exciting event for our infant students with each class parading their hats out on the playground in front of the Year 5/6 classrooms. Stage 2/3 students will also come out to enjoy the parade.

In conjunction with this event, Stage 2 will be organising an Easter raffle for which they are asking donations of Easter eggs, rabbits, bilbies or any other item that could be given as prizes, as well as small baskets. These items can be left at the school office. Tickets for the Easter raffle will be $1.00 each and sold under the COLA each morning and recess (starting next week), and before the parade starts.

Prior to the parade commencing, we will be holding a picnic recess with parents/carers and families invited to come along. The school P&C will be holding a cake stall with a variety of sweet refreshments available to purchase as well as tea/coffee. Fresh coffee will also be available from the school canteen.

SIGNING STUDENTS IN/OUT

A reminder for all parents and caregivers when coming to take your child/ren home during the school day (i.e. sick, appointment, trip) that children are signed-out via the school office. The easiest way to do this is come directly to the office and notify Mrs Gold or Mrs Watson that you wish to sign your child-out. They will send for your child and complete the correct paperwork (only takes about 30 seconds). If the office is unattended, alternatively please come to the staffroom and a staff member will assist.

SCHOOL WINTER JACKETS

Order forms are located in the school office and payments are due by this Friday 22nd March.

KINDER PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS

During week 9 and 10 we will have our Parent Teacher Interviews for our Kindergarten students. These will allow parents and teachers to discuss how the children have settled into school and also how they are progressing. We will also give you information about the Best Start assessment that took place before school commenced.

Simply follow the link: www.schoolinterviews.com.au Enter the event code: cgths

The website will guide you through three simple steps, and moments later you'll get an email confirming your bookings. Easy! And if you need to change or cancel your bookings, just enter the event code again. If you're on the same computer, you'll go straight to your bookings.

If you are having problems booking an appointment please contact the office to assist.

Please note: Kinder Kangaroo parents if you would like to have a meeting with both Katie and Toni, please book an appointment on a Wednesday either Week 9 or 10.

KINDERGARTEN EYE SCREENING

The local optometrists of Orange have donated their time to conduct a visual screening of the Kindergarten children at our school who have not had their eyes examined in the last 12 months. The screening has been specifically designed for Kindergarten aged children and enables the identification of those children with vision difficulties, which may hinder their performance in the classroom. If you would like your child to participate in the visual screening please sign and return permission note that have been sent home by Tuesday 2nd April. Please return form even if you do not wish for your child to be examined.

SRC BADGES

The SRC Badges will be presented to our primary students this Friday Assembly commencing at 2.15pm

SCHOOL GATES

A reminder that all gates, with the exception of the Spring Street gate, are locked each morning at approximately 9.15am. If by chance a gate is closed, but unlocked, you can gain access throughout the day, however, please close it behind you. This is to ensure the safety of students, particularly if they are at risk of absconding from school grounds.

ROAD SAFETY

A reminder please to exercise extreme caution driving around our various school zones during morning and afternoon drop-off/pick-up. We ask parents/caregivers to please only park in designated areas and also remind drivers that double parking and also exceeding 40km/h in the zones/times is illegal. I also remind parents that it is not a staff responsibility to assist students to cross roads around the school zone. I have asked for extra police patrols to be conducted around our school zone this week.

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

Congratulations to the following Infant students Jayda Quinlan, Lucas Budd, Isobel Jackett, Tully Davis, Beau Ravot-Smith and Madison O’Brien for receiving a sticker on their award sheet. Congratulations to Ella Hack and Tynan Williams for receiving their first sticker and Skye Sligar for completing her 50 award sheet.

PRINCIPAL AWARDS

Congratulations to Rylan Quinn, Beau Ravot-Smith, Dominic Stephens, Joaquin Ortega and Adele Ellery-White.

STAFF TRAINING

As previously, each week we will put information in the newsletter around any upcoming training which will require the regular teacher to be replaced. We hope this information is useful in understanding what is happening with your child/ren’s class and any disruptions that may occasionally occur. As always, we endeavour to maintain continuity and consistency of learning in all classrooms to the best of our ability.

Class

Effected

Course Date

5/6 Galah L3 Training 20.3.19

2/3 Emu L3 Training 29.3.19