School Term Dates 2019

Term 1 Monday 28 January – Friday 12 April 2018

Term 2 Monday 29 April – Friday 5 July (Students return Tuesday 30 April)

Term 3 Monday 22 July – Friday 27 September (Students return Tuesday 23 July)

Term 4 Monday 14 October – Friday 20 December (Students finish Wednesday 18 December)

Principal’s Report

Term 1 Week 2 2019

SCHOOL CALENDAR Tuesday 12 February Assembly - School Leaders and SRC Induction Assembly

Mon 25 Feb - Friday 1 March Family Partnership Meetings

Friday 1 March Gala Day

Tuesday 5 March Assembly

Wednesday 6 March P&C AGM Meeting

Thursday 14 March National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence

Friday 15 March Gala Day

Tuesday 26 March Assembly

Friday 29 March Gala Day Back-up

Wednesday 3 April P&C Meeting

Thursday 11 April Easter Hat Parade

Friday 12 April Last Day of Term

Please report trespassing on school grounds, unlawful acts and vandalism to School Security on 1300 880 021

Principal’s Report

Guise Public SchoolEucalyptus Dr, Macquarie Fields Ph: 9605 4391 Fax: 9829 3975 Email: guise-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

“Educating and caring for the whole child”

Welcome back to the 2019 school year. We hope that

all families had a wonderful holiday break and are

feeling refreshed and excited for a great year ahead.

Last week we were surprised with many new student

enrolments that we had not anticipated, which has

required us to increase our mainstream classes from 7

to 8 this year. We now have 8 classes from K-6 and

also our 3 Support Unit classes.

We warmly welcome our new Kindergarten students

and many new students and families to Guise PS. I am

positive that they will all settle in very quickly to our

fantastic school.

School Improvements Over the school holidays we had further improvement

work carried out around the school. Firstly, we had the old

roof tiles replaced with metal roofing on two of our

building blocks. In addition, we had the installation of our

final section of synthetic grass to finish this playground

area, for the students to enjoy.

School Leaders 2019 Our school leaders and SRC representatives for 2019 will

be presented with their leadership badges at the

induction assembly on Tuesday 12 February at 9.10am in

the hall. I am sure these students will do a wonderful job

in their new positions.

Just a reminder that our school leaders for 2019 are:

School Captains – Selitha H and OJ V

School Vice Captains – Lisita M and Jaxon N

Prefects – Logan P and PJ S

Uniforms It has been very pleasing to see so many students start

the year in full school uniform and the children in black

school shoes look wonderful. Just a reminder that we have

a standard short and skort in navy blue to match our

shirts, so all students are wearing the same uniform

bottom. If you need uniform items please contact the

office to place an order. When buying socks the colour is

white for girls and navy blue for boys. There are three

styles of school hat to choose from and all students must

wear one of our school hats. No other hats will be

accepted.

Skoolbag App As you know our school has our own Skoolbag iPhone,

Android and Windows App which is free to download. This

app helps us to communicate more effectively with our

parent community. We are asking parents/carers to

install our Skoolbag School App. To install it, just search

for the free Skoolbag app in either the Apple App Store,

or Google Play Store.

For Windows Phone, and Windows 8.1 or 10 users, search

for Skoolbag in the Windows store, and install the app and

find your school.

Step by step instructions to install the app on various

devices are included in this newsletter.

Medical Information and Emergency Contact We require information from parents/carers about your

child’s health, even if you are not requesting specific

support from school. Our school asks for medical

information when you enrol your child. It is also important

that you let us know if your child’s health care needs

change or if a new health condition develops.

Information about allergies, medical conditions such as

asthma and diabetes, and other health care related issues

(including prior conditions such as medical procedures in

the last 12 months) should be provided in writing to the

front office. This will greatly assist our school in planning

to support your child’s health and wellbeing.

We appreciate your assistance in this regard and assure

you that any information you provide to the school will be

stored securely and will only be used or disclosed in order

to support your child’s health needs or as otherwise

required by law.

Please also remember to notify staff in the school office

of any changes to your contact details or to the contact

details of other people nominated as emergency contacts.

We appreciate your assistance in keeping us updated

about medical information and emergency contact details.

School Procedures At Guise PS the safety and security of your children is

paramount and the school has procedures in place that

have been implemented for parents/carers and any

visitors who come in to school grounds during the course

of the day. If at any time you need to come into school

grounds for any reason, visitors and parents/carers must

come in through the front gate and go to the front office.

There you can be signed in as a special visitor if need be

or have your child paged to the office if leaving school

early. At no time should any parent/carer go directly to a

classroom or to the playground if at school. If there are

things that you need delivered to the classroom please

bring it to the front office and we will see it gets there

by lunchtime. Messages can also be passed on via the

office.

Your assistance with following these school procedures is

greatly appreciated.

P&C News

School Banking

is on Friday Remember, Friday is School Banking day and students

should bring in their weekly deposit.

P&C Annual General Meeting The P&C Annual General Meeting will be held on

Wednesday 6 March, starting at 9.15am.

In this meeting, office bearer positions will be elected.

The positions elected will be President, Vice President,

Secretary and Treasurer. All parents and carers are

encouraged to attend and become a financial member of

the P&C – only $2 for membership.

P&C Sausage Sizzle The P&C will be holding a sausage sizzle for students on

Friday 8 March. Please look out for the note in the next

few weeks to pre-order a sausage sandwich for $2.

Family Partnership Meetings One of our major goals in our school plan is improving on

family partnerships with the school. Therefore, again

this year, we will be holding ‘Family Partnership

Meetings’ where class teachers will meet one-on-one

with parents/carers and students. During these

meetings, parents/carers will have the opportunity to

talk with their child’s class teacher and discuss

important information pertaining to their child and will

receive detailed information from the teacher regarding

daily and weekly routines in the classroom. Another

major part of these meetings will be the establishment

of personalised goals for each student to work towards

throughout the first semester. These goals will be

developed by the teacher, parent/carer and students

and will be reviewed as part of our reporting process at

the end of Semester One.

We understand that families are very busy and it can

sometimes be hard to meet with your child’s teacher. For

this reason, we will be offering meetings at school, at

your home or over the telephone. Whichever avenue best

suits your family, we can accommodate.

‘Family Partnership Meetings’ will be held in Week 5.

This week, you would have received detailed information

regarding booking a time with your child’s teacher and

some tips for thinking about some goals you would like to

set for your child.

We are a team in the education of your child and we look

forward to meeting with all families throughout Week 5

to ensure each and every student is known, understood

and challenged to achieve their personal best.

Lastly, included in the newsletter is a staff list for 2019,

which outlines class teachers, executive staff, School

Learning and Support Officers and Administrative

staff.

We look forward to 2019 being a very rewarding year

for our students and school community. If at any time

you need to discuss any issues please speak firstly to

your child’s classroom teacher and then if needed with

the Team Supervisor (Mrs Mitchell for KR, K/1W, IL and

2MR; Mrs Dobinson for 3T, 3/4H, 4/5B and 6D; or Mrs

Davies for Support Unit classes), or make an

appointment through the front office.

Have a wonderful week!

Megan Predl

Guise Public School 2019 Staff

Principal: Mrs Megan Predl

Deputy Principal Instructional Leader: Mrs Renee Heyburgh

Assistant Principal Special Education: Mrs Karen Davies

Assistant Principal: Mrs Angela Mitchell (Mon, Tues & Wed)

Assistant Principal: Mrs Amanda Dobinson

Assistant Principal (relieving): Mrs Kim Kitsoukilias

Class Teachers

KR – Mrs K. Ryan K-2H – Mrs C. Hines

K/1W - Miss S. Wild 2-5V – Miss S. Vrtkovski

1L – Miss T. Lissner 4-6D – Mrs K. Davies & Mrs A. Gunning

2MR – Mrs A. Mitchell & Miss A. Rossiter

3T – Mrs T. Hanney

3/4H - Mrs C. Horn

4/5B – Mr A. Barilla

6D – Mrs A. Dobinson

Support Teachers

Mrs K. Kitsoukilias (Learning and Support Teacher)

Mrs T. Edwards (Library & Support)

Miss A. Bullock (RFF & Support)

Miss A. Rossiter (RFF & Support)

Miss A. Gunning (RFF & Support)

School Learning Support Officers

Mrs C. Denton Mrs K. Mayes

Mrs K. Faamau Mrs G. Lustri

Mr J. Coghlan

Aboriginal Education Officer

Mrs D.Collier

Office Administrators

Mrs A. Brennan (School Administrative Manager)

Mrs M. Ballantine (School Administrative Officer)

Mrs J. Ozols (School Administrative Officer)

General Assistant School Counsellor

Mr J. Nicholas Miss J. Williamson

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Week

1

29 January

Staff

Development Day

30 January

Years 1-6

students start

31 January

1 February

2

3

Feb

2 4 February

2019 Kinders

start

5 February

6 February

P&C Meeting

7 February

8 February 9

10

Feb

3 11 February 12 February

Assembly

13 February

14 February 15 February 16

17

Feb

4 18 February

19 February

20 February

21 February

3.30pm Swimming

Carnival

22 February 23

24

Feb

5 25 February

Family

Partnership

Meetings (all

week)

26 February

27 February

28 February

1 March

Gala Day

2

3

Mar

6 4 March

5 March

Assembly

Grip Student

Leadership

Conference

6 March

P&C AGM

7 March

8 March

P&C Sausage

Sizzle

9

10

Mar

7 11 March 12 March 13 March

14 March

National Day of

Action against

Bullying and

Violence

15 March

Gala Day

16

17

Mar

8 18 March 19 March

20 March

21 March

22 March

23

24

Mar

9 25 March

26 March

Assembly

27 March

28 March

29 March

Gala Day Back-up

30

31

Mar

10 1 April

2 April 3 April

P&C Meeting

4 April

5 April

6

7

Apr

11

8 April

9 April

10 April

11 April

Easter Hat

Parade

12 April

Last Day of Term

13

14

Apr

School Planner Term 1 2019

Guise Public School Eucalyptus Dr, Macquarie Fields Ph: 9605 4391 Fax: 9829 3975 Email: guise-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

“Educating and caring for the whole child”