Principal's MessageWelcome to Week 10, We have reached the end of yet another great term of teaching and learning at Unanderra Public School. Thank you to our P&C Congratulations and thank you to our incredible P&C who have been working all term once again to do great things for our wonderful school. We are very fortunate to have you support our students and we thank you for this. Stage Planning Week During week 10 the teachers worked together in teams off class to plan for term four teaching and learning activities. These collaborative planning sessions for teachers are critical to inform decision making and resource allocation for the term ahead. Where possible utilised familiar staff on site to replace the classroom teacher and any necessary adjustments for individual students will have been considered. Kindergarten 2024 We have already had several students enrol for kindergarten 2024, which is so exciting. If you are planning on enrolling your child next year, or know of a family considering this who lives in our school drawing area, please complete the enrolment, by visiting our school website https://unanderra-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ for more information. We look forward to welcoming all the new families to UPS in 2024. Headlice Recently, there have been reported cases of headlice within our school. People get headlice from hair to hair contact with someone else who has head lice. Having headlice is not an indicator of hygiene; headlice do not care whether your hair is clean or dirty. Please check your child’s hair for nits/lice tonight using the methods recommended in information from NSW Health http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/environment/headlice/Pages/treatment.aspx If you find any eggs or lice, please commence treatment as recommended. Further information on head lice is available on the NSW Health website (details above) or through the Department’s website at https://education.nsw.gov.au/student-wellbeing/health-and-physical-care/health-care-procedures/conditions/head-lice Thank you! School Crossing The school crossing supervisors have been experiencing some concerning behaviours in the mornings and afternoons with children running across the crossing before or just after they have stopped traffic. As you can imagine this is very dangerous. Additionally, drivers are advised that the drop zone is NO PARKING from 2.30pm and it causes significant traffic congestion. Please remind your children that they are not allowed to cross the road without permission from the crossing supervisor and under no circumstances are they to run across the road. I have also been informed that some students are crossing the road at the shops rather than at the crossing area which is very dangerous. The safety of our students is paramount, and I once again ask that families discuss the safe ways to walk home with their children. I do acknowledge and thank all parents and teachers who work hard each afternoon and morning to assist all our students to depart our school grounds safely. Staffing As you are aware Mrs Williams will be teaching 6V for all of term 4 and we thank Mr Hosler for his work with 6V over the past three weeks. Mr Hosler will continue working closely with Mrs Williams and 6V throughout term. Thank you to the children and parents of 6V for their flexibility and understanding. Variation to Staff Development Day – 19 December 2023 The teaching staff will participate in two twilight SDD sessions on Monday 17th October and Monday 24 October both between 3.15pm and 6.15pm in lieu of TPL on Tuesday 19 December 2023. There will be two parts to these sessions with the first part being HPGGE and the second part focusing on Hexagonal Mapping and implementing the new NSW Curriculum K-6 in 2024 Term 4 week 2 - Monday 16th October 3.15pm-6.15pm Term 4 week 3 - Monday 23rd October 3.15pm- 6.15pm The training will be held at Unanderra Public School. Canteen Tender As you are aware we were advised that Fresh Start Canteens will not be continuing to service UPS into term 4 and beyond. Although UPS advertised for interest through the tender process, we unfortunately were unsuccessful. As a result, there will not be canteen facilities available throughout term 4 of 2024. However, there will be opportunities for students to purchase small goods such as ice blocks and snacks throughout the term to support both SRC and Year 6 fundraisers. Please be reassured that I am exploring several options that may be suitable including a food truck delivering online orders a few times a week until something more permanent becomes available. I do once again apologise for the inconvenience, and I will advise you all of any further changes when I can. Thank you for your patience with this. New Payment Process The current payment system ebs4 is being decommissioned by the department at the end of this year. Following significant conversations and research Unanderra will be converting to the Skoolbytes Finance system for our school community. This system will allow our community to -
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The staff at UPS look forward to seeing you safe, happy, and relaxed next term. Kind Regards, Anissa Rajendra 1/2R have been very busy this term and have been working hard to learn about Australia, its states and territories and the amazing features and places that we have. We have explored both natural and man made landmarks in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia as well as how these places are looked after by ourselves, caregivers and the wider community. We were fortunate enough to learn more about our surrounding places and how we can help take care of the plants and animals from our excursion to Symbio Wildlife Park earlier this term. More recently we have been excited to dive into persuasive texts in writing. We have been developing our writing skills by starting to include simple, compound and complex sentences to add depth to our writing and making sure we are always backing up our ideas with facts to engage the reader. We have been using the knowledge we have learned in our Geography lessons to create persuasive texts around caring for the environment and why we should all visit certain places that we have learned about. This term, 5L have been developing their writing using individually set goals. These writing goals range from working on spelling using a dictionary, to including sensory language to better engage the reader. Students have been encouraged to reflect on their writing and set goals that work on an area they wish to improve. There have been some truly fantastic and inventive stories written and we have included a few for you to enjoy.. 2L have been learning about local and interstate, natural and man-made features as part of our geography unit this term. Aboriginal perspectives have been embedded in this unit with many direct links to some of the local landmarks such as Mt Kembla known as Grandfather Mountain to the people of the Dharawal nation. Students have taken part in lessons outdoors where they can physically see some of these landmarks they are learning about. This provides rich discussion points including why some sites are culturally significant and the stories behind them. Over the year, all of our students have been working hard to smash their learning goals. Today, we want to acknowledge a few Aboriginal students who have achieved some of the goals from their PLP’s. First, Layla from KS has achieved her educational goal of identifying all single sounds, and her aspirational goals of applying her knowledge of sounds to read book! Also, Tilliana from KS has also achieved her educational goal of identifying all single sounds, and her aspirational goals of applying her knowledge of sounds to read book! Way to go girls! Now, moving onto Primary. Cyrus in 3/4S has achieve his cultural goals of completing the Acknowledgement of Country in the classroom and at a whole school event, and also eagerly attending Koori Club each and every week! Congratulations to these students and we cannot wait to showcase many more achievements from our deadly students. - Mr Scotland and The AEC Committee K-6 AssemblyKB Merit: Evelyn.T & Indie J-H. Student of the week: Estelle.L KE Merit: Kenzi M & Ellie L Student of the Week: Nicholas W KS Merit: Student of the Week: 1M Merit: Kyen C & Hollie L M Student of the week: Emelia J 1P Merit: Isla G & Evie A Student of the Week: Luke W 1/2R Merit: Caige J & Sage C Student of the Week: Savannah V 2L Merit: Sophia G & Jarli L Student of the week: Matilda H 2N Merit: Ruby S & Emilio V Student of the Week: Annabelle C 3/4C Merit: Avi D & Levi F Student of the Week: Annaleise S 3/4D Merit: Cali F & Axel C Student of the Week: Aleksei D 3/4M Merit: Andrew W & Bentley C Student of the Week: Amelia K 3/4S Merit: Lani M & Lucy W. Student of the Week: Zoey C 5D Merit: Memphis W-W & Ryley N-S Student of the Week: Jake B 5L Merit: Lily C & Cameron J Student of the Week: Arinya L 6S Merit: Ruby H & Lily E Student of the Week: Phoenix I 6V Merit: Penny H & Angus J Student of the Week: Leanne O Bronze and Silver AwardsBronze Kindergarten Nicholas W, Emily, Caleb, Oliver W, Claudette G, Ellie, Caspian Stage 1 Kyen, Evelyn W, Archie B, Airlie S, Jemma C, Harlem H, Daisy K, Caius J Stage 2 Kaimia W, Myles S, Milah K, James P, Maddison W, Kaleb M M Stage 3 Alana G, Chayse N, Emily P, Anastasia W Silver Kindergarten Emmy B Stage 1 Jett W, Millie B, Axel H Stage 2 Levi F Stage 3 Daniel M, Decklyn H, Lucas M, Chase C Indigenous Literacy Day & The Great Book SwapIn Week 8 of Term 3, UPS participated in two amazing events. First, Indigenous Literacy Day, and second, The Great Book Swap. During Indigenous Literacy Day, all classes tuned in livestream event hosted by the Sydney Opera House. The video focused on remote Aboriginal communities and the impact that they have had on Aboriginal Literature. After the livestream, students participated in classroom activities related to the video. High engagement and impactful conversation were evident across the school. Also on Indigenous Literacy Day, all from K-6 were invited to attend Koori Club at lunch time. During Koori Club, Mr Scotland read the story I Want to be a Superhero, written by Noongar, Gunditjmara, Wiraderjiri and Jawoyn woman Brenna Humes, and illustrated by Palyku woman Ambelin Kwaymullina. The students loved it, and it was wonderful to see the turnout! During the Great Book Swap, the hall was filled with SO MANY incredible books that were donated by the library and you, the UPS community! Every class was so eager to have a look at the display and donate a gold coin to take a ‘new’ book home. We were able to raise $230 for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. 100% of the donations will be going towards an organisation that provides culturally relevant books to remote Aboriginal Communities across the school, and provide programs to support Communities to create and publish their stories in languages of their choice. What an incredibly week. Amazing work UPS!
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