NEWSLETTER Term 1, Week 4

Thursday 22nd February, 2018

Seventh Avenue, Llandilo NSW 2747

Tel: 4777 4124 Fax: 4777 5085

Email: Llandilo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.llandilo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Our Vision

Community and School in a partnership of mutual trust and respect, to ensure all students will thrive as learners, leaders and responsible, productive citizens.

PBL Values

Respect Responsibility Personal Best

PBL Focus -Playground

Play safely.

Play by the rules.

Be in the right place.

Be a good sport.

Follow teachers’ instructions.

Look after school property.

School Staff 2018

Miss Harris K Britto (0.2AP)

Miss Crammond K Monet

Miss Wilkinson K Bancroft

Ms Lawrence 1 Da Vinci

Mr Vella 1 Picasso

Miss Wilson 1 Warhol

Mr Fox 2 Frank

Miss Jackson 2 Renoir (AP)

Mrs Warren 3/4 Matisse

Miss Cockburn 3/4 Kandinsky

Mrs Goss 3/4 Gonsalves

Mr Basso 3/4 Done

Mr Mackney 5/6 Blake

Ms O’Connor 5/6 O’Keefe

Ms Wilson 5/6 Duncanson (AP)

Principal Mrs Getley

Instructional Leader Mrs A Cassidy

IL / AP Mrs Waugh

Library Mrs Caloia

Mrs Laws

Support Mrs Kronast

Mrs Sheens

Mrs Quinn

Mrs Holliday

SLSO Mrs Elmer

Mrs Olsen

Mrs Marsh

Mrs Carroll

SAM Mrs Williams

SAO Ms Sherwood

Mrs Wheeler

GA Mr Stockton

School Security

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School

Photos - Thursday 1st March

Please remember to bring your

photo forms back to school once

payment has been made online.

Family photo forms can be collected

at the front office. All students must

be in full school uniform on the day.

Congratulations to Miss Sant who

gave birth to a baby girl,

Sienna Lee Slater on

27th December, 2017.

We would also like to congratulate

Mrs Cotsford on the birth of her

daughter, Kelsey Leigh Cotsford on

4th February, 2018.

TERM 1 PLANNER 2018

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 1 29 January

Staff Development Day 30

Ist day back for Yr 1 – 6 Kindergarten Best Start

31 Kindergarten Best Start

1 February Kindergarten Best Start

2 Kindergarten Best Start

2 5

1st Day for Kinder-garten 6 7 8 9

3 12 13

14 15

Yr 3 – 6 Swimming Carnival

16 Summer PSSA starts Payment due for Stage 2 excursion

4 19 20

Welcome BBQ 3pm – 4pm 21

P&C meeting 1.30pm

22 23 K to 2 Assembly ( 2 Frank )

5 26

Skype session with Fujieda 27 28 1 March

School Photo Day

2 Whole School Assembly

6 5 6

Zone Swimming Carnival

7 8 9 3 to 6 Assembly (5/6 Blake)

7 12

Young Leaders’ Day 13 14 15 16

K to 2 Assembly (1 Picasso)

8 19

First Foot Forward School Visit St 3

20 Scholastic Book Fair 21

P&C AGM 1.30pm

22 Stage 2 excursion 23

9 26

Life Education K-2

27 Life Education K-2

28 Life Education K-2

29 Easter Hat Parade 30

Good Friday 10 2 April

Easter Monday 3 4 5

School Cross Coun-try Carnival 6

PSSA finish Term 1 Whole School Assembly

11 9 10 11

Area Swimming Carnival Cross Country Carni-val (back up date)

12 Area Swimming Carnival 13

Last Day of Term 1 3 to 6 Assembly (3/4 Kandinsky)

From the Principal . . . . . . . . . . . Good news! The new demountable is coming this week and should be all hooked up and ready to go by

the end of next week. Mrs Warren and 3/4 Matisse will be very thankful to have a brand new learning

space to call their own.

Our new bell and PA system has been installed, and despite a few teething problems of making sure the

bells and music all line up, it has been a great success. All classrooms now have speakers and we have the

capability to make announcements from the office. This will be a bonus for when we have to call indoor

play for wet weather or extreme heat and when conducting lock-down drills.

The COLA in the K-2 area is still under construction and I am hopeful that that they will be back on site to

construct the framework over the next couple of weeks.

The issue of parking has been raised, as it is at the beginning of every school year. The reality is that far

more families drive their children to school these days than in times gone by and we also live in a growth

area of Western Sydney. We are fortunate that we are not on a busy road, or a corner, or have completely

restricted parking on Seventh Ave. Please take care when parking and moving your car around our

children, stick to speed zones and acknowledge restriction of parking areas. The IGA and produce store

parking areas are for customers and deliveries only – so please adhere to this.

If your child is eligible for bus travel, it would be helpful for you to apply for an OPAL card, even if you

don’t think you’ll use it every day. The bus company can only put on extra buses and routes if they have

evidence that it is needed. They do this through applications and the amount of children tapping on and

off. So, if your child is catching a bus that is quite full, but only half of the children are tapping their cards,

there is no evidence that an additional bus is needed.

It was great to see so many of our families here last Tuesday sharing a sausage or two and chatting with

the teachers. There were information flyers to take home. If you were unable to come or you did not pick

up the flyer, please let the class teacher know so that one can be sent home.

Our swimming carnival went well last week and an exhausted bunch of teachers and students reported

that they had a great time. Congratulations to those that did their personal best on the day. A group of

students who qualified for the next level will attend the district carnival to be held at Ripples on

6th March.

We love our volunteers and really appreciate the time you give to assist in the education of our students.

If you are volunteering at school for any reason, you must fill out the Working With Children Check

(WWCC) volunteer form. This has to be done every year. So even if

you filled out one last year, we will need an updated form for 2018.

There is no cost involved for this and you do not have to apply for a

number. We do, however, require 100 points of ID. Please call in at

the office and fill out a form as soon as you can.

Yours in learning

Deborah Getley

Are you able to help us? We are looking for

volunteers to be trained in administering the Multi

Lit Reading Tutor Program. Volunteers would need to

be able to commit to volunteering for approximately

45 minutes, three times a week. If you are interested

in helping to improve student literacy outcomes,

please speak with Mrs Waugh.

We are collecting the Sports for

Schools vouchers from Coles. For

every $10 you spend at Coles, you

will receive a voucher. You can hand

these into the front office.

Book Fair is back for

2018 !

Date : Tuesday 20th March, 2018

Time : 8.30am to 1.30pm

Parents, Carers and family members are welcome to

come and purchase books from the book fair. Students will be given the opportunity to purchase

books during class time.

Cash and card accepted.

Every book sold helps to raise money for our school library.