Statement of Commitment PHPS is committed to Child Safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We sup-

port and respect children, as well as staff and volunteers.

Friday 15th May, 2020

Term 2: Week 5

DIARY DATES

Monday 25th May

Curriculum Day

Pupil free day

Tuesday 26th May

Return to school

Preps to Grade 2

Monday 8th June

Queens Birthday

Public Holiday

Tuesday 9th June

Return to school

Grades 3—6

Friday 26th June

End of Term 2

Monday 13th July

Beginning of Term 3

Thursday 16th July

3 Way Conferences TBC.

Pupil free day

Principal’s Report

It was really exciting this week to

hear that we will be welcoming our

students back to school in the near

future. We cant wait to fill the corri-

dors with the sound of our PHPS stu-

dents again and see everyone work-

ing away in the classrooms.

Of course, this will look a little differ-

ent with a few restrictions and pre-

cautions in place. These are outlined

in the letter which was sent home

this week. I have included another

copy of this in this edition of the

newsletter.

Thank you to all of our parents and

carers for all your support during

these past few weeks of remote and

flexible learning. You have been

amazing and the staff and I are most

appreciative.

SCHOOL COUNCIL REPORT

On Monday the School Council met

via Webex.

During the meeting we discussed:

Fundraising—one of our major

fundraisers was scheduled to be tak-

ing place today!

We had started preparations for a

colour run to be held on the oval. We

discussed that we will step back this

year from undertaking too many

fundraising activities as we feel that

due to the financial stress on many,

this is not the time for fundraising.

However, we would love to get eve-

ryone together in some way when

we can, simply to enjoy each other’s

company again and have the chance

to support each other. We will let

you all know when we can organise

something.

Remote Learning— the general feel-

ing from the parents who chose to

respond to the survey was that alt-

hough the situation is very challeng-

ing, the efforts of the school staff has

been much appreciated. Some com-

mon concerns came through which

have been addressed.

Reports—the school will provide

school reports for this semester.

However due to the nature of this

term, they will look quite different to

regular reports. We are still waiting

on Department guidelines to finalise

the format.

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port and respect children, as well as staff and volunteers.

Annual Report and AGM—due to the demands on Principals at the moment the Department has extended the

due date for school’s annual reports to the end of August. However, the annual report has just been finished so

the AGM can be called at the next meeting.

School photos— We had a query about when the school photos will be received. The company has been contact-

ed and they have advised us that there has been a delay with the delivery. Parent members also mentioned that

they were disappointed that they were not given the opportunity to select images as they have in the past. This

will be followed up with the company.

Follow up: since the meeting, we have rung Aussie School Photos. Following our inquiry about the selection of the

photos we were informed that they have been bought out by another company in NSW who have different process-

es. We will retain this on the agenda for discussion. If you would like to have some input into this discussion, please

speak with one of our school councillors or the office.

MOTHERS DAY JUNKBOTS Following on from last week’s quest. Here are some more robots created out of recycled materials made by Brid-

get and Charlotte Friede. They made a fantastic Mothers Day present. Fantastic effort!

What challenging times we are facing! With school tours not possible in May, I would like to direct you to our website for a host of information about our wonderful school.

www.warrandytehigh.vic.edu.au Here you will find a plethora of information including a series of short videos which will help you to gain a sense of War-randyte High School. One of our videos features the Principal and several students showing you around our beautiful school. It is kind of like a virtual tour of the school.

You will also find on our website short videos where you can hear from the Principal, Assistant Principal, Transition Coordina-tor, current students and our former Dux who is currently studying Engineering and Science at Monash University.

The school prospectus is also fully available on our website along with a host of exciting information!

If you have any questions, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at: caruana.joseph.j@edumail.vic.gov.au or at jcar@warrandyehigh.vic.edu.au Stay safe and kind regards, Joseph Caruana, Assistant Principal, Warrandyte High School

Statement of Commitment PHPS is committed to Child Safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We sup-

port and respect children, as well as staff and volunteers.

Statement of Commitment PHPS is committed to Child Safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We sup-

port and respect children, as well as staff and volunteers.

Tayla

Lily S

Charlie

FLYING THINGS

Well done to all of the students who participated in

this week’s Grade 6 Assembly Quest of taking a photo

of a ‘Flying Thing’. It is clear to see that we have

some budding photographers at PHPS.

JUNKBOTS

Great work Xzavier on building a very colourful Ro-

bot. Xzavier’s robot is on display outside the office,

so look out for it when changing your learning packs.

Xzavier N

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port and respect children, as well as staff and volunteers.

Isaac B

Elowyn

Maddison

Mila

Lilly H

Alice

Sophie

Statement of Commitment PHPS is committed to Child Safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We sup-

port and respect children, as well as staff and volunteers.

Tom Maya

Lockie

Ella N

Tahli

Tilly

Statement of Commitment PHPS is committed to Child Safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We sup-

port and respect children, as well as staff and volunteers.