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Port Douglas State School

Locality: Port Douglas

Phone: +61 7 4084 3222

Address: 4 Endeavour Street 4877 Port Douglas, QLD, Australia

Website: https://portdouglasss.eq.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Important changes that will impact our volunteers. Any questions? Miss Helen is happy to help.

25.01.2022 Today our Prep to Year 4 students were lucky enough to receive a copy of "Everything flows to the sea", written by Caitlin O'Neil and illustrated by Alyssa Jackson. These books were kindly donated by Great Barrier Reef Legacy, and were published through a Douglas Shire Council Micro Grant. What an outstanding achievement by these two very talented young women. ... We have quite a few very proud teachers today, including some who still hold copies of Alyssa's artwork and writing from when she was a student at PDSS.

24.01.2022 It truly was such a fun afternoon. We're sure that there will be many tired children at home tonight. Big thank you to our school community for their fundraising efforts :-)

23.01.2022 Today we farewell our year 6 cohort. We wish them all the best for the adventures that lay ahead.

22.01.2022 With only a couple of hours left until school holidays start, we're all looking forward to taking a well earned break from the hustle and bustle of the school year. However, unfortunately empty schools provide an opportunity for criminal activity becoming targets for unlawful entry, arson, stealing, graffiti and property damage offences. Schools, including state schools, are not public spaces and entry to them is therefore by consent or invitationimplied or explicit. It... is an offence to be on state school premises without a lawful authority or a reasonable excuse for being there (a current maximum fine of $2356 applies, s 334 Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld) (Education Act)). This means that school grounds (such as the playing fields) are not available for general use out of school hours without permission, even just walking through school grounds as a shortcut. The School Watch program is a partnership between the Department of Education and the Queensland Police Service (Protective Services). The program aims to reduce criminal activity in Queensland schools and encourages everyone to look out for after hours crime in our schools. If you see anything suspicious, please don’t attempt to intervene. Instead, call the School Watch number on 13 17 88. If you see a crime in progress, please call Triple Zero (000). We will have additional security services patrolling our school grounds over the holiday period. Let’s all work together to help create a safer school community and ensure that our children get off to a great new year of learning in 2021.

21.01.2022 Congratulations to this week's Students of the Week: Rosa, Kobe, Lexi B-M, Harli, Anton, Aria, Akayshea, Asha, Alexis and Marcus C. Well done! Class Awards given out this week: Tidiest Classroom - 6 TM Nude Food - 1/2 AM... Literacy Planet - 4/5 EA Mathletics - Prep BH, Prep/1 CS and 1/2 AM all had 100% of students gain certificates. This week our behaviour focus is "Representing Our School" and "Celebrations". We have our Colour Fun Run tomorrow afternoon, with classes getting ready on the oval at 1pm. All classes should be up and running the course by 1.30pm. Icy poles will be on sale for $1 each after the run. Please remember to send your child/children to school tomorrow with a towel and they should bring in a white/light coloured shirt to wear for the run. Students who are wearing school uniform will not be able to be "painted" during the run. On Friday we have a number of teams from years 3 and 4 (soccer and tennis) and years 5 and 6 (T20 cricket) going to Mossman to participate in the District Gala Day. Permission forms for students participating in this day were sent home last week and should have been returned by now. Mr Zahnow and Miss Beadle will be providing interested students with an opportunity to participate in a STEAM challenge over the school holidays. More information on this will be sent home after student interest has been established. Mrs Hoye has been working with students who expressed an interest in participating in District Ball Games in Miallo in the first week of next term. Permission forms will go home on Thursday, and due to time constraints will need to be returned on Friday. This is our last week before the holidays, and our first full 10 week term this year. Everyone is starting to show just how tired they are, and can't wait to enjoy some relaxation over the break.

19.01.2022 This holidays definitely seems to be going quickly.

18.01.2022 Uniform shop re-opening on Friday

18.01.2022 Meteors Swim Club are holding their 2020-2021 Dive-In & Try on Sunday 11th October at Mossman Pool (details attached). Quite a few of our students swim with Meteors and if your child is interested this would be a very worthwhile event to attend.

16.01.2022 Only a couple of weeks left of holidays for students, and only one week until our office reopens.

16.01.2022 Ms Beadle and Mr Zahnow are setting a STEAM challenge for all students over the holidays. Your creations need to be at school at the beginning of week 2 next term. Happy building, we cannot wait to see your creations.

15.01.2022 We wish Miss Donna all the best on her retirement, and the adventures that lay ahead. We will miss you.

14.01.2022 TODAY’S THE DAY! COLOUR RUN @1pm It’s not too late to bring in your CASH donation and Miss Sharmaine will set up your online registration account for you! Ple...ase see her at the front gate this morning so you don’t miss the chance to be involved!! Even a $10 donation gets you a prize from the School Fun Run team and of course the fun of participating in the BEST SCHOOL DAY EVER!! Bring in your school bag today... - WHITE or PALE coloured tee to change into. - Towel, for after the run. - $1 for an Icy Block. - Cash donations to the office by Friday 18th. BE PREPARED FOR A WET, MESSY, COLOURFUL AND AWESOME FUN AFTERNOON! See more

13.01.2022 This morning students were fortunate enough to have a sneak peak at the "Gravity and Other Myths" performance that is playing in Port Douglas over the weekend. There were lots of ooohhhs and aaaarrrrhhhs and some comments from children about wanting to become circus performers. We did place a disclaimer on the performance, that it was presented by trained performers and stunts should not be performed at home or school.

11.01.2022 Well it's official. School finishes on Wednesday this year. Don't forget to book vacation care if needed.

08.01.2022 It’s time to think about enrolments for Term 1 2021! At Port Explorers we offer 'Outside School Hours Care' (OSHC) for school aged children, providing professio...nal support which assists families in the multiple roles they are responsible for in our modern world. We understand that parents need to work and are pleased to be able to offer this OSHC service to assist our local community. Our service consists of Before School Care, After School Care and Vacation Care. As with our Port Explorers Daycare and Kindergarten Centres, it is important to us that the service we provide to our children is stimulating, supportive, engaging and also lots of fun. Opening Hours Before School Care (BSC): 6:00am - 9:00am After School Care (ASC): 3:00pm - 6:00pm Vacation Care (VAC): 6:00am - 6:00pm Meals and Snacks A wide range of child-planned healthy meals are available during all programs offered at OSHC.

08.01.2022 2021 Student Resource Scheme Please see the below link which gives you all the information regarding the (optional) Student Resource Scheme for 2021. Current ...PDSS students received information regarding the scheme back in Term 3 last year. If you have not yet signed up for the scheme and wish to for this year, please send the school an email ASAP. Invoices for the Resource Scheme will be issued in Term 1. https://portdouglasss.eq.edu.au/enrolments/resource-scheme If you do not wish to participate in the Student Resource Scheme then you are required to source ALL items on the 2021 Booklist which can be found at the below link. All items need to be sent to school with your student on Day 1, Wednesday 27th January. Please also note that if you are not participating in the scheme then you are also required to pay subscriptions to the online learning platforms the school use - Matific, Literacy Planet and Reading Eggs. The price information for these can be found in the first link. https://portdouglasss.eq.edu.au//2021-booklist-nonSRS-Stud The items listed in the photo are not supplied in the Student Resource Scheme. These items need to be provided by families to all students. Any questions, please email the school on... [email protected] The school office will be open from Monday 18th January @9am

07.01.2022 Always important, but even more so with holidays only days away.

05.01.2022 Some of our students and parents took time out of today's busy schedule to attend this session, and returned to school very excited.

05.01.2022 Does this belong to your child? It was handed in at the office today.

03.01.2022 Please prepare and stay safe

02.01.2022 Junior Swimming Carnival in Mossman. Always a fun day.

01.01.2022 Mossman Support Services is seeking expressions of interest for Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting Workshops (2021). If you would be interested in these workshops, please contact Jenny via email [email protected] or phone 0477 898 070