Freemans Reach PS Newsletter 2019 – Term 4, Week 2

OPSCHOOL TMES

Freemans Reach Public School

NEWSLETTER

395 Kurmond Road, Freemans Reach 2756 Phone: 4579 6146 Fax: 4579 6528 Email: freemanrch-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: https://freemanrch-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established: 1867 Principal: Cheryl Walker

From the Principal’s Desk… Good afternoon families and friends,

Many thanks to all of the families, community members and staff who have made me feel so welcomed at Freemans

Reach Public School. Mrs Walker is currently unwell and I will be relieving as Principal while she is on leave. My name

is Allan Ison and I have been lucky enough to serve in the role of Deputy Principal at Caddies Creek Public School in

Glenwood for the past seven years. Prior to that, I spent 12 years as Assistant Principal at Beaumont Hills, Old

Guildford and Jannali East Public Schools. I have also relieved as Principal for extended periods at Seven Hills and

Kenthurst Public Schools over the past few years and feel truly privileged to have the opportunity to lead such a

vibrant learning community here at Freemans Reach Public School.

As I have said to the children at our morning assembly this week, it was interesting to read about the Freemans

Reach Public School learning community when this opportunity to relieve as Principal came up. It is an entirely

different (and more exciting!) privilege to get to work as part of this team and experience the fabulous learning

opportunities on offer for the children of Freemans Reach each day.

Already this week, I have been fortunate enough to tour the school to see our extensive facilities, visiting each of the

classes engaged in their learning along the way. I also look forward to seeing our students perform at the Hawkesbury

Dance festival this Wednesday night and getting to know our students, staff and community on Friday through the

colour run. What an outstanding array of learning experiences on offer for our students!

It is also worth mentioning that Friday will mark World Teacher’s Day, where we celebrate the relationship between

home and school and the dedicated individuals who work with our children each and every day.

Over the past 20 years as an Assistant Principal, Deputy Principal and Relieving Principal in different schools all over

the Sydney region, it has been my great pleasure to work with a vast array of truly talented teachers. If the first

couple of days are anything to go by, I look forward to my time supporting the ongoing educational journey of the

students of Freemans Reach Public School, as well as getting to know our community of parents and friends as they

are led by this highly engaging group of educators. Kind Regards, Allan Ison (Relieving Principal)

Freemans Reach PS Newsletter 2019 – Term 4, Week 2

DATES TO REMEMBER

TERM 4 OCTOBER Tues 22nd Waste Education Visit Wed 23rd Hawkesbury Dance Festival Thurs 24th Kindergarten 2020 Orientation Stage Finals Public Speaking Fri 25th Colour Explosion Fun Run Mon 28th Stage 3 Long Reef Excursion Young Writers Award Night NOVEMBER Mon 4th Yr 5 Leadership Day Tues 5th Interrelate Family Sessions Nov 6th, 13th, 20th – Interrelate Yrs 5 & 6 Fri 8th Kindergarten Orientation DECEMBER Mon 9th Dec Presentation Day & Parent Morning

Tea 9th-18th Dec Intensive Swim Scheme Mon 16th Dec Year 6 Farewell

COLOUR EXPLOSION FUN RUN

Everyone at school is very excited about our

Colour Explosion Fun Run that is happening early

next term. Students have all been given notes and

sponsorship booklets. This is a fund raising event

so please help your child to safely collect

sponsorship for this amazing fun event. Meal deal

forms have also been distributed.

This fun day will be occurring in week 2, on Friday

25th October. We hope you will be able to join us

and maybe even help out.

SCHOOL HOURS AND SUPERVISION

Parents and carers, please be reminded that our

school supervision commences each morning at

8.25am. It is highly recommended that students

do not arrive at school before this time as

teachers are not expected to be at school before

then; if they are here they are working in their

classrooms on lesson preparation or in meetings.

It is not the responsibility of our cleaner to

supervise your children before 8.25am. From

8.25am, we have a teacher on morning duty and

at 8.45am a second teacher is rostered on as the

playground becomes busy. Any child arriving

before 8.25am is required to sit on the silver seats

on the back side of the administration building.

They are not to be playing with equipment or

moving about the school. This is a safety

procedure that we implement.

In the afternoons, all children are to attend our

end of day assembly and are seated according to

bus lines, waiters and walkers. It is important that

all students attend this assembly to receive

reminders for the following day and changes to

pick-up routines as phoned in by parents and

carers throughout the day. If you are collecting

your child from school, please be prompt. We are

finding an increase in the number of late pick-ups

and this impacts on teachers who have after

school commitments and families of their own to

collect. Once again, it is not the responsibility of

our cleaner or office staff to supervise students

after school.

Thank you all for your attention to these matters

and your ongoing support of our school and its

students.

Freemans Reach PS Newsletter 2019 – Term 4, Week 2

BUS PASSES FOR 2019

We have been advised by NSW Transport that School student bus pass applications for 2020 open from Friday, 11 October 2019. Further information from NSW transport is below: Students progressing to year 3 and year 7 do not need to re-apply if they:

are continuing at the same school

are residing at the same address

have not been sent an expiry notification from Transport for NSW.

Where a student meets the new distance eligibility, the system will automatically update their entitlement. If they do not meet the new eligibility, they will receive an expiry notification. Students who have an entitlement approved under a medical condition which is due to expire will receive a notification advising them to re-apply. If students need to update their information or re-apply, they should go online to https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/updateDetails Applications need to be submitted before 31 December 2019 to ensure student entitlements are updated and their current entitlement/card is not cancelled. If their application is submitted after 31 December 2019, the system will automatically cancel a card and a new one will need to be issued. For further information visit https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts

Students in the Opal network applying for a SSTS

or Term Bus Pass entitlement for the first time will

receive their card at their nominated postal

address. Cards will be mailed out from January

2020.

FEES & ACCOUNTS

It is now Term 4 and the office will soon need to

start their end of year tasks. One of these tasks is

the chasing up of overdue and unpaid fees. Now

is the time to start to finalise your child’s

accounts/fees for the end of the year. Account

statements will be going home in the next few

weeks.

P&C UNIFORM SHOP VOLUNTEER

There has been another change to the uniform

shop opening hours, with this change the uniform

shop will no longer be open on Wednesdays.

From this week (Week 2) onwards, the uniform

shop will now be open on FRIDAY’s.

The Uniform Shop is open from 8.15am – 9am on

Fridays.

Freemans Reach P&C

Our P&C meets monthly on the 2nd

Wednesday of the months that occur in the

school term.

Meetings start at 6:30pm in the school staff

room and everyone is welcome to attend.

If you would like to contact the P&C with

questions, concerns or information about the

canteen or uniform shop, their email is:

freemansreachpandc@hotmail.com

Freemans Reach PS Newsletter 2019 – Term 4, Week 2

HATS

A reminder to all families that hats are to be worn

on the playground – before school, recess and

lunch times and also for school sporting activities,

as part of our sun safe strategies. Please ensure

your child has a hat and that it is clearly labelled

with their name. We regularly pick up hats that

have been discarded for varying reasons and we

do like to return them to their owners.

SCHOOL ENEWS

Thank you to all families who

have subscribed to School

ENews. You should now be

receiving this newsletter direct

to your emails or direct to your

mobile device. If you know of people who are not

receiving the newsletter, please encourage them

to contact the office to be signed up for ENews.

Remember that this is our main source of

communication in an emergency along with our

Facebook page.

TOYS’n’TUCKER

This year we will once again be supporting the

Toys’n’Tucker Christmas drive for Anglicare.

Collection for Toys and Tucker will be Tuesday

3rd December. Each class will have collection

boxes in their room, please take your donations

to your childs classroom.

Thank you,

Mrs Jurd

September Paige, Koby, Sienna, Brigette, Chloe,

Chelsea, Lucy, Jayden, Scarlett, Lockie M, Spencer, Lockie F and Avah C

October Corey, Madeline, William S, Sienna,

Chloe G, Alexis, Bonnie, Alex A, Hughie, Aria, Charlotte W, Jack A, Adian, Tilly

Freemans Reach PS Newsletter 2019 – Term 4, Week 2

VISIBLE LEARNING One of the major components of our Visible

Learning journey is the understanding of

Learning Dispositions and how they help us to be

effective learners. The next disposition we want

to share with you is I am Patient and Persistent.

This poster is displayed in each learning space

and teachers have conducted specific discussions

around how being patient and persistent can

make us better learners. You may like to have

similar discussions on how being patient and

persistent can be implemented in the home

environment.

Hawkesbury School Sports

Association

Join our Hawkesbury area PSSA Facebook page

for the latest information regarding event

details, upcoming competition dates and

results!

Search Hawkesbury PSSA on Facebook or check

out their website to stay up to date with the

latest information!

https: //hawkesburypssa.schools.nsw.gov.au/

HAWKESBURY HIGH

SCHOOL

As we work in partnership with

our local high school I wanted to

share with you Hawkesbury

High School’s website which also gives you

access to their newsletters. Please take time to

share the wonderful achievements and events of

our partner school where many of our past

students are now attending

http://www.hawkesbury-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

CHECK OUT OUR

FACEBOOK PAGE

Please share and tell your friends. It is a great

way to keep informed of school events,

successes and achievements.

Freemans Reach PS Newsletter 2019 – Term 4, Week 2

Freemans Reach PS Newsletter 2019 – Term 4, Week 2

If you are interested in Tennis lessons here at school, please call

Gavin on 4578 8999

Freemans Reach PS Newsletter 2019 – Term 4, Week 2

Freemans Reach PS Newsletter 2019 – Term 4, Week 2

Freemans Reach PS Newsletter 2019 – Term 4, Week 2