ULONG PULI SHOOL · 2020. 11. 24. · ULONG PULI SHOOL 20 Hutchinson St, Ulong NSW 2450 Ph: 02 6654...

24 November 2020 Term 4 Week 7

20 Hutchinson St, Ulong NSW 2450 Ph: 02 6654 5242 Fax: 02 6654 5263 E: [email protected] W: www.ulong-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Remembrance Day: We conducted a brief

Remembrance Day assembly last

Wednesday and held a minute silence at

11am, in memory of those who sacrificed

their lives or suffered in all wars and armed

conflicts.

Parent Community Survey regarding OOSH:

We would like to offer families more

flexibility with their work commitments and

child care arrangements and to create more

opportunities across the whole community.

Having Out of School Hours Care available at

local schools is a great way to achieve this.

As part of the NSW Government’s $120

million Before and After School Care (BASC)

commitment, parents at all NSW schools

were recently invited to complete a Have

Your Say survey. The survey asked parents to

tell us how they are using Out of School

Hours Care, how much it costs them,

whether they plan to keep using it, and

what difficulties they experience in

accessing it. The survey results have helped

us to better understand the needs of

families and what’s important to them.

We are now asking all parents to complete a

quick follow-up survey by Friday 27

November 2020. You can access the survey

at https://surveys.education.nsw.gov.au/s3/

OSHCParentSurvey. This information will

help us to target the rollout of more Out of

School Hours Care services in the right

areas.

If your child does not require Out of School

Hours care, we ask that you please still

complete the first section of this survey as it

gives us important information about the

level of demand at your school.

If you have any questions, please feel free to

contact the BASC Program team by phone

on 1300 244 145 or email at:

[email protected].

School Planning: In the previous

Newsletter, I had mentioned some of the

strategic directions that we, as the school

community, would like to initiate in our

2021 to 2024 School Plan. These directions

would help us to improve on areas that

were highlighted in our Situational Analysis

and the surveys.

Over the past few weeks, our staff and

senior students discussed ideas for school

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improvement. We really value your input

and feedback on the areas that you would

like to see the school improve on or see

implemented as a new program. We are now

ready to develop a new school vision

statement for the next four years and then to

write our new four year school plan. This is

the time to collaborate together and discuss

the directions that we need to take to enable

us to make Ulong Public School the best

possible school. I will be holding a forum in

the coming weeks to get your input. There

will be a note coming out with the dates and

I would encourage at least one parent or

family member per family to attend the

session.

Intensive Swimming: Students are

thoroughly enjoying Intensive swimming and

are learning

some valuable

lifesaving skills.

Nesting Boxes: Last

Friday, our students

got to learn more

about fires and its effects on our

environment and wildlife. Students were

excited to build their nesting boxes to provide

shelter to our local species as we lost a lot of

tree hollows that normally provided shelter

to our wild life. The students will be

decorating them and we will get Mr Malone

to install them on our suitable trees.

STEM Egg Challenge: The students enjoyed

an Egg Drop Challenge as their STEM activity.

They had to design a container that would

allow an egg to safely fall from varying

heights without breaking. This challenge

helped students explore basic concepts such

as gravity, force and acceleration.

Sustainability Excursion: As part of our

Sustainability Project, the students enjoyed

an excursion to the Botanical Gardens and

met the horticulturalist. They learnt about

pollination and looked at the different parts

of a plant through magnifying glasses. They

explored gardens from various countries

without flying such as Japanese and Indian

gardens. The students also enjoyed a healthy

lunch on the lush green grass at the Botanical

Gardens and were presented with little plants

to take home .


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20 Hutchinson St, Ulong NSW 2450



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ULONG PUBLIC SCHOOL

20 Hutchinson St, Ulong NSW 2450


Kindergarten Orientation: Our future

Kindergarten students have been enjoying

their Kindergarten Orientation and have been

participating in some fun activities and

getting to know their school friends. Don’t

they look great in their red shirts? Our next

orientation days will be on Tuesday 1st and

Monday 14th December, 2020.

Have a great week.

Surinder Kaler, Principal


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School Calendar Term 4 2020

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 7

23/11—27/11

Intensive

Swimming

Intensive

Swimming AFL

Week 8

30/11—4/12

Year 6 and

Reward Excursion

Captain Speeches

Kinder

Orientation

Year 7 Transition

STEPS Eyesight

Week 9

7/12—11/12

End of Year

Presentation

10am to 12pm

Week 10

14/12—18/12

Secret Santa

Party and Santa’s

Visit

Kinder

Orientation

Beach Safety

Excursion

Last Day for

Students

Staff

Development

Day

Staff

Development

Day

Holidays

Students return on Friday, 29th January 2021

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