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Have a fantabulous break Leura PS!

Enjoy the holidays and stay safe and healthy!

A huge thank you to all of our community for an excellent term.

I have loved learning about the school and watching the

students learn.

Staffing During Term 4 we have Mrs. Jodie Field on leave and she will be

returning in Week 3. During her absence K/1F will have the

lovely Mrs. Vikki Rhodes. Ms. McMahon continues to be on leave

and we continue to have the wonderful Ms. Angela Eves teaching

3/4M.

I would like to take this time to thank Mrs. Katrina Baker for

her exceptional work as a School Learning and Support Officer

at Leura PS. We will welcome back Mrs. Rebecca Pike to the

School Learning and Support Officer role during Term 4.

COVID-19

Please see information attached with this newsletter for updated guidelines for Term 4.

News Bulletin of the Leura Public School Community Volume 8, Issue 16 Term 3, 2020 Week 10

Coming Events

TERM 4 Week 1 12/10 First day of Term 4 Students return

14/10 Hot Chocolate Fundraiser Years K-6

16/10 Football Skills Clinic Years K-6

Week 2 19/10 P&C Meeting online 12.00 – 2.00pm

23/10 Tell Them From Me Parent Survey closes

Week 3 27/10 Book Character Parade Years K-6

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Hot Chocolate Year 6 Fundraiser On Wednesday 14th October, which is the first Wednesday back Term 4, our P and C will be hosting a

hot chocolate fundraiser for our Year 6 Farewell. Our P and C canteen volunteers, who

comply with the Covid safe food handling regulations, will be selling hot chocolate

drinks with the option of two marshmallows. The prices are as follows;

$1.50 – Hot Chocolate

$2.00 – Including 2 Marshmallows.

Students will need to bring the correct money in a labeled envelope because we are unable to

provide change due to Covid regulations.

Kindergarten will be served at 12:20pm

Stage 1 – 12:30pm

Stage 2 – 12:40pm

Stage 3 – 12:50pm

The staggered serve will help us comply with Covid regulations and ensure that we are minimising the

mixing of student cohorts.

I want to say a huge thank you to our volunteers in the P and C for their

incredible support and commitment to our school. Our students are super

fortunate to have a hard working, exceptionally talented and close-knit

community body. It is evident from their efforts that they are invested

into our students learning and wellbeing. We only have the best at Leura!

Well done P and C!

Tell Them from Me Survey - Parents In the preparation for the Strategic Direction Plan we are collecting data from our whole community

so that we can establish our three strategic goals and school vision for the next four years.

Your participation and feedback is valuable. Please access the survey via the link below;

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/survey/splash/68lp

May Ptolemy Principal

to the winners of Stage 3 Bike Raffle!

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Intention to apply for Year 7 placement in a selective high school in 2022

Selective high schools cater for academically gifted students with high potential who

may otherwise be without sufficient classmates at their own academic standard.

Selective high schools help these students to learn by grouping them with students of

similar ability, and by using specialised teaching methods.

Applications for selective high school placement are considered mainly on the basis of the

Selective High School Placement Test results and school assessment scores. The

Selective High School Placement Test will be held on Thursday 11th March 2021.

If you would like to have your child considered for Year 7 selective high school entry in 2022,

you need to apply on the internet using a valid email address (not the student’s email address).

Detailed instructions on how to apply online will be available in late September 2020 at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7

The application website opens at the above link on 6th October 2020 and closes on 9th November

2020. You must apply before the closing date.

There are no paper application forms. If you do not have internet access, you could apply at a public

library. If you have a disability that prevents you from using a computer, you can contact the Team

for assistance after 6th October 2020. You must submit only ONE application for each student.

The tear-off slip below is not an application and the school cannot apply on your behalf.

THIS IS NOT AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY TO A SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL

This is a notice to your primary school only that you intend to apply.

TO APPLY YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER AND THEN APPLY THROUGH

THE HIGH PERFORMING STUDENTS WEBSITE:

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes

Please return the completed slip below to the school office by 9th November 2020.

Intention to apply for Year 7 placement in a selective high school in 2022

Student’s name: ________________________________________________________ Class: _____________________

I intend to apply for selective high school entry in Year 7 in 2022 through the High Performing Students website between 6 October 2020 and 9 November 2020.

Signature of parent/carer: _________________________________

THIS IS NOT AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY TO A SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL

This is a notice to your primary school only that you intend to apply.

TO APPLY YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER AND THEN APPLY THROUGH

THE HIGH PERFORMING STUDENTS WEBSITE:

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes

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The dates for our Term 4 meetings are listed below. All meetings will be held via Zoom (details will be provided closer to the meeting date). We’d love to see you at any of our meetings!

Monday, 19 Oct General Meeting 12:00pm – 2:00pm

Wednesday, 11 Nov AGM

6:00pm – 7:00PM

Tuesday, 1 Dec General Meeting

6:30pm – 8:00pm

We are looking for volunteers to teach Ethics in order that we can ensure that ethics classes are available for all families who have requested them.

Ethics teachers receive full training by Primary Ethics. Training consists of a two-day workshop and short online modules. Lesson materials are provided. Suitable volunteers have an interest in children’s education and development of critical thinking skills and must be available at 2.00pm Thursday each week to teach a half hour class. A small amount of weekly preparation (such as printing and reading through lesson materials) is also required.

If you, or someone you know, wants the opportunity to make a valuable contribution to our school, please visit:

www.primaryethics.com.au/volunteer/ethics-teacher/ or contact Petra Braat: lpspc.ethics@gmail.com

Keep an eye out for the

exciting new Term 4

Canteen Menu coming

soon to a school bag

near you!

Our inaugural P&C Zoom meeting on 15 Sept was a great success! There were 9 P&C members who attended, and we all got to meet and have a chat with our lovely new principal, May Ptolemy. There were lots of things discussed

and May gave a fantastically detailed report on what the school has been up to. May would love to meet more of the school community, and our online P&C Meetings provide the perfect opportunity for her to meet parents and carers, so why don’t you join us at our next meeting and say hello. The next meeting will be held on Monday, 19 October – mark it in your diaries now!

Have you got a great Covid-safe Fundraising idea? We

would love to hear from you! Please contact Connor Hogan

via email: lpspc.fundraising@gmail.com