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Marsden High School Parents & Citizens Association

Locality: West Ryde

Address: 22a Winbourne St 2114 West Ryde, NSW, Australia

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24.01.2022 Due to the current COVID-19 situation and social distancing measures the MHS P&C AGM that was planned for Tuesday 31st March has been postponed. As per P&C Federation guidelines the current P&C executive will remain in place until such time as the meeting can occur. The school Canteen & Uniform Shop are now closed until school returns.

22.01.2022 The MHS Uniform Shop will not be accepting cash payments at the moment. Please pay by Eftpos. This is in line with requests from other retail outlets in order help with limiting contact with surfaces between staff and customers.

22.01.2022 The turning of the sod at the new Meadowbank school site occurred this week. See what Northen Sydney P&C Council said about it here: https://www.facebook.com/NorthernSydneyPandCCouncil/posts/172392770985061

21.01.2022 School catchments changes in Ryde-Parramatta area Changing school enrolment boundaries always causes alarm and anxiety for parents. Many parents pay millions of... dollars to buy houses to move in-area for a specific school such as Willoughby Girls High School. This anxiety is amplified by the recent crackdown on out-of-area enrolments. Our post on Sunday caused some alarm but will have caused no surprise to parents in the Ryde-Parramatta area. Everybody was shocked by the announcement on 26th June 2018 that Marsden High School would be closed at its existing site near Ermington and relocated to the new education precinct. Its spacious 5.4 hectares of school grounds on the flood plain of Archer Creek are to be paved to create a community netball centre which will rival the Genea Netball Centre across the Parramatta River at Sydney Olympic Park. The existing netball centre at Meadowbank is to be ripped up to create a regional playground similar to the regional playground at Newington Armoury Park just across the Parramatta River. These grand plans seem brilliant until parents understand school demographics in the Ryde-Parramatta area. According to our demographic projections the new schools at Meadowbank will be filled by the students now living in the massive housing development in the Shepherds Bay and Meadowbank area. Meadowbank Public School and West Ryde Public School have been overcrowded for many years. Ryde Secondary College is now suffering from overcrowding and has hardly any open space for school sports or recreation. So why doesnt the Education Department have any plans to expand that excellent school? This is what the Minister said: when these new schools [referring to Meadowbank Education Precinct and Macquarie Park Education Precinct] are opened, surrounding schools will benefit from revised catchment boundary helping to ease current enrolment pressure. The Department expects that this will be the case for Ryde Secondary College. So there you have it; RSC is going to have its catchment reduced. Moving Marsden High School to the new Meadowbank campus must result in the westerly suburbs of its current catchment (such as Ermington, Melrose Park and Eastwood) being excluded. Parramatta Council recently approved plans to build 11,000 extra dwellings at Melrose Park which is only 800m walk from the existing Marsden High School site. That development will require a massive expansion of Ermington Public School, Melrose Park Public School and an additional secondary school for 2,000 high school students. Demolishing a spacious 5.4 hectares of school grounds on the flood plain of Archer Creek to relocate a community netball centre seems very shortsighted and should be overturned before it is too late.

21.01.2022 Due to changes in personal situations, the Marsden High School P&C is looking for a volunteer within the school community to perform bookkeeping duties for our two businesses, the Uniform Shop and the Canteen approx 5 hours a week. This includes processing accounts payable and receivables, as well as processing of the weekly payroll (4-5 staff). If this is something that you would be interested in please contact Danielle Wilcock via email: [email protected]

19.01.2022 The upcoming Norther District P&C Council meeting will be held at the new Smalls Road Public School. The guest speaker will be Anthony Manning, Chief Executive, School Infrastructure NSW. Prior to the meeting (6:45pm) there will be a tour of the new Smalls Road Public School. https://youtu.be/PtXxBcXg958

19.01.2022 We are still looking for volunteers to help out in the uniform shop. Please e-mail [email protected] if you can help out with any of these dates.

18.01.2022 Just a reminder that submissions for the Meadowbank Education Precinct close on Wednesday. This is your chance to give feedback and raise any concerns that you may have about the plans. https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects//10581

17.01.2022 Northern Sydney District P&C posted about the school infrastructure projects. Note that whilst NSDC think it's likely that the new Marsden school in Meadowbank won't open until 2023, School Infrastructure NSW still has 2022 as the official opening date on the project website. Note also that NSDC FB page has moved so head over to it and Like it if you want to be kept up to date with school news in our region.

16.01.2022 Photo from the work site of the new school on 25th Sept.

14.01.2022 The plans for the new schools at the Meadowbank Education Precinct have been published on the NSW planning portal. The plans are on exhibition until 20th November. There will be an exhibition at Marsden High School but we have not yet been informed of the date. https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects//10581 To see the documentation, look under the EIS heading in the "Attachments and resources". Appendix D and D(b) are the architectural design.

14.01.2022 Good luck to the Marsden High School Robotics team as they compete today in the Regional Qualifier for the FIRST Tech Challenge.

13.01.2022 Our last P&C meeting for the year is coming up on 26th November. In order to get our meetings running on time, please provide any questions for the Principal or other Agenda items in advance of the meeting. Please e-mail [email protected] As this is our last meeting for 2019 we will be having nibbles & drinks!

12.01.2022 The opening hours for the MHS Uniform Shop have changed. It will now be open Monday 9:30 - 11:30 and Tuesday 8:30 - 1pm. Uniforms can also be purchased by sending an email to [email protected]

12.01.2022 From Monday 25/5 the MHS Canteen will be open everyday as usual. Online orders are still available and welcomed via tiny.cc/mhscanteen by 4pm the day before. Students will need to be logged into their Marsden account to do this. Orders can also be placed at the canteen counter from 8.30am. Looking forward to seeing you all again. Allison and the team

11.01.2022 The Northern Sydney Regional Council of P&C's next meeting is on Monday 28th October. It includes a tour of the new facilities at Lindfield Learning Village and guest Speaker Mark Scott, Secretary of the NSW Department of Education. See details below.

09.01.2022 We still need more volunteers to bake a plate next Saturday. Please e-mail [email protected]

08.01.2022 Thank-you to everyone who helped us to celebrate our 60th Anniversary on Saturday.

08.01.2022 The Marsden High School Uniform Shop will be closed next week for stock take. Last opening day this year will be this Saturday 14th December from 9:30am to 2pm.

08.01.2022 From Wednesday 25th March 2020, the MHS Canteen will only be accepting orders via the online order form. This form must be filled out by 4pm on the day prior. The form can only be accessed by students logged in to their school account. http://tiny.cc/mhscanteen This will ensure we are able to provide enough food for the students who require the canteen services.

07.01.2022 Our new black winter jackets are now in stock!

07.01.2022 A view of the work starting....

07.01.2022 Melrose Park Schools Crisis what more can we do if they wont listen? Remember in September NSDC highlighted that 11,000 new dwellings in Melrose Park will re...sult in a peak number of 1,404 (not 438) additional pre-schoolers in 2033, a peak number of 2,085 (not 680) additional primary students in 2038 and a peak number of 1,835 (not 499) additional secondary students in 2045. Parramatta Councils response is attached and is that the Education Department is happy with the 2 hectares provided so no action is required. We wonder if the Education Department have spotted that 1 hectare is a playing field that is also counted as community open space leaving only 1.1 hectares for the actual school - about a third of the size of the new Meadowbank Education Precinct. How are the developers going to sell the units if there are no schools for the kids? We know two fellows that were very happy.

06.01.2022 West Ryde Public School has had a new building added as part of a School Infrastructure NSW project. During the project it was committed that the play equipment would be restored and that Astroturf would be installed instead of grass. Prior to the build the oval alternated between dust bowl and mud pit as the number of students was just too great for grass to grow. The school community has just been told that neither the play equipment or the Astroturf will be going ahead.... The P&C has started a petition. Please help our Public School friends at West Ryde Public School and sign their petition. http://chng.it/XMq5dtq4tm See more

06.01.2022 The MHS Canteen is now closed until further notice.

05.01.2022 Dear All We still need some help with volunteers for the Year 7 fittings in January 2021. If you are able to assist, can you please click on the link below. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040E44ABAA2DA7FA7-uniform

05.01.2022 Thank-you to all the volunteers who are baking for the morning tea on Saturday. If anyone is available to help out with the morning tea between 9am and 1pm on Saturday please e-mail [email protected]

05.01.2022 Bring along your fundraising ideas to the P&C meeting on Tuesday night.

04.01.2022 Photo from new school site last week. Cranes are up and work is progressing.

03.01.2022 There will be an information session for the Meadowbank Education Precinct at Marsden High School from 4pm - 8pm on Monday 11th November. Here are some images from the planning application.

02.01.2022 Check your eNews and the school FB page tomorrow for updates. https://www.facebook.com/MarsdenHS/

01.01.2022 UNIFORM SHOP VOLUNTEERS 2021 The P&C is looking for volunteers form the school community to help with uniforms fittings/purchases during the January school holidays. Rest-assured COVID guidelines and procedures will be in place to ensure the safety of all volunteers, school staff and visitors to the school.... If you are able to assist, can you please click on the link below. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040E44ABAA2DA7FA7-uniform Thank you in advance for any assistance you are able to provide. Kind regards Danielle Wilcock Marsden High School P&C President