Port Kembla Public School in Port Kembla, New South Wales | Public school

Port Kembla Public School

Locality: Port Kembla, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4274 1041

Address: 18 Gloucester Bvd 2505 Port Kembla, NSW, Australia

Website: https://ptkembla-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

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25.01.2022 A second community lantern making workshop will be held this Saturday 5th June in the school hall. Please note we have changed the time to 1-3pm as we had feedback that many people have activities in the morning. Students of PKPS are making lanterns in class at school. This workshop is a chance for other family and community members who might not have a lantern to use on the night. All materials and instructions provided!

24.01.2022 Our Stage 3 students were very lucky to have a talk with 'Officer Jo' and 'Officer Tammy' today about cyber bullying and online safety. Many alarming facts were shared and I'm sure our students will be making some smart decisions when using their devices.

24.01.2022 Check out the attached flyers for details about 2 great, local NAIDOC community events coming up.

24.01.2022 Room 10 absolutely loved coding micro-bits and LED strips during our STEM session today!

24.01.2022 A great local initiative happening tomorrow. Please support this great cause if you can.

23.01.2022 Farewell Year 6!

22.01.2022 P&C meeting reminder: The next P&C meeting will be held on Wednesday 2nd September at 6pm. P&C meetings are still being carried out via ZOOM. As always, we welcome everyone to join in on the meetings. Please send your RSVP through to [email protected] and you will be sent the details to connect.... It's easier than ever to link in from home- so please feel welcome to join us! You can raise any issues for discussion via an email. See you there!

22.01.2022 YEAR 6 FUNDRAISER - MUFTI DAY On Wednesday 18th November students may come to school dressed in mufti clothes. This is a fundraising event for Year 6 to purchase a gift for the school. We ask that students please bring a gold coin donation. Students must remember to wear comfortable, enclosed footwear and sensible clothing (REMEMBER: to be sun safe!)

21.01.2022 After the fire comes regrowth. See how Grafton Public School welcomed Baryulgil and Nymboida Public Schools, providing a safe haven for students from fire-affected communities so everyone could learn together and recover. #EdWeek20 *Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

21.01.2022 We have just had a message from a parent saying that a survey company is in Wentworth Street taking votes on projects submitted to the Port Kembla Community Investment Fund. We have a submission in for $34,000 for solar panels so it would be great if you could vote for our project. It looks as though every resident who votes gets a $20 voucher to spend at the Pizza Kebab shop. They are set up outside the Pizza kebab shop and will be there until 5 pm. Thank you

21.01.2022 You are invited to join the P & C Meeting Wednesday 29th July @ 6pm. Please RSVP via email to [email protected] so you can receive the Zoom meeting details. See you there!

20.01.2022 We want to hear from all NSW parents about their before and after school care needs in light of COVID-19. Complete this form to help us improve access to services for public school students: https://bit.ly/32JNpsZ *Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

20.01.2022 Please find attached a copy of this weeks newsletter https://buildsend.com/ws/1.0/viewimage.aspx

19.01.2022 Great news!!! We are holding our annual Last Minute Art Exhibition on 4th, 5th, 6th December from 10am-3pm.

19.01.2022 Pass it on: #EdWeek20 is only 3 weeks away! Celebrate the amazing work of NSW public school students, staff, parents and carers learning together this year. More info: https://bit.ly/2Dt3U1R *Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

19.01.2022 Support Port Kembla Public School P&C with a Father's Day gift of an Entertainment Membership. Check out the amazing savings on gift cards and vouchers! Here is the link to purchase a membership: https://www.entertainment.com.au/orderbooks/9s27120

19.01.2022 Calling all parents and carers: Have you downloaded the School Updates app yet? Opt in to receive notifications about the operational status of our school (e.g. temporary closures). Find out more and download via https://bit.ly/2PD2jd3 *Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

19.01.2022 The school canteen will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday 25th August. Please ensure your child has their lunch and recess packed, including a drink bottle with water.

18.01.2022 Room 9 students loved trying to solve one of our challenging maths activities today. See if you can solve it! * After many attempts and 'not giving up' they solved it.

18.01.2022 Please note that school resumes for Term 3 on Tuesday 21st July. Apologies for the error published in the newsletter.

17.01.2022 Please click the below link for a copy of this weeks newsletter. https://buildsend.com/ws/1.0/viewimage.aspx

17.01.2022 Have you watched our Education Week showcase yet? Today is the end of Education Week for 2020, however, our virtual showcase will remain on our website and you may watch at anytime. Click the link below in the original post to watch.

17.01.2022 Tomorrow we are celebrating Indigenous Literacy Day. We are holding a mufti day where students are asked to wear the colours of the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander flags (red, black, yellow, green, blue or white) and bring a gold coin donation to support the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. The Indigenous Literacy Foundation provides books and programs to remote Aboriginal communities. Their aim is lifting literacy levels in remote Indigenous communities, so all children across Australia have the same choices and opportunities. Money raised on Indigenous Literacy Day, will help raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation to also publish stories in first languages. Please only come dressed in red, black, yellow, green, blue or white.

15.01.2022 Hi Parents, just letting you all know that we had a fire evacuation drill today. If you heard the alarms going off or if your children mention it to you this afternoon, that's what it was. All students and staff were safely evacuated in accordance with guidelines and are all back in their classrooms. Thank you.

15.01.2022 Last week Room 3 and Room 4 worked with Room 10 in the new STEM room. Our very clever Year 6 students demonstrated how to use the Makey Makey kit as a piano and as a controller to play a game they had coded using Makecode arcade. What great collaboration, problem solving and leadership our students demonstrated. What is Makey Makey? An invention kit designed to connect everyday objects to computer keys. Using a circuit board, alligator clips, and a USB cable, Makey Makey uses closed loop electrical signals to send the computer either a keyboard stroke or mouse click signal. You can turn a banana into a piano, create game controllers, invent musical instruments and light up paper circuits and so much more. If you are interested in learning more about Makey Makey, check out: https://makeymakey.com/

15.01.2022 Due to recent disturbing content it would be advisable for parents/ guardians to keep their children off social media for the next couple of days. This message has come to schools via the eSafety Commission. Tonia Reynolds

14.01.2022 Please find attached a link to this weeks newsletter. There is an important update on COVID-19 in the newsletter on the second page written in red. Please ensure you read the update. https://buildsend.com/ws/1.0/viewimage.aspx

14.01.2022 Canteen Tender The overseeing of the leasing of school canteens is done by Schools’ Infrastructure NSW. As the existing three-year lease finished earlier this year, we have been advised by them that we need to participate in the tender process for a new lease commencing at the start of the next school year (2021). The advertisement which appeared in Wednesday’s Illawarra Mercury is attached. Please share with anyone that you may feel would be interested.

13.01.2022 Today is the beginning of Education Week for 2020. Because this year is a little different and we are unable to invite parents and our school community into our classrooms, we have instead put together an Education Week virtual showcase on our school website. The videos are very varied, so we encourage you to watch each of them including the ones that don’t have your child in them, so you can get a sense of the many different aspects to our classroom activities, how wonderful our students are and how happy they are when they are participating at school and the great job our teachers are doing. Click the below link to view our showcase: https://ptkembla-p.schools.nsw.gov.au//education-week-2020

13.01.2022 The P&C are running a Stickybeaks fundraiser and have a heap of school essentials for sale! Stickybeaks have a great range of reusable canteen lunch order bags, insulated lunch order bags, hard shell pencil cases and drawstring bags for swimming or for the library. Great Christmas gifts or get organised for the school year in 2021, while supporting your local school community. Prices range from $8-$12.50 with all profit going directly to improvements for our school communit...y through the P&C. For more details and to order: https://www.ticketebo.com.au//stickybeaks-fundraiser-2020. (due to COVID-19 we are taking online payments only) More information about the products is available here: https://www.stickybeaks.com.au/product-info/ -Thanks, PKPS P&C

13.01.2022 Reminder: School photos are tomorrow! You can still pay online direct to MSP photography or send in cash in your photo envelope. Please bring in your photo envelopes tomorrow (if you haven't already). K-5 students: please come dressed in full sports uniform Year 6: Year 6 T-shirts (if you are having a sibling photo and you would like all your children in their sports uniform for the photo, please pack your Year 6 child's sports uniform to change into for the sibling photo).

13.01.2022 'It hasn’t been easy, but look what we’ve produced!' Thank you to all our students, teachers, school staff and parents and carers who have made this a year to remember. See you next year for #FirstDay2021! #LoveWhereYouLearn *Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

12.01.2022 Please find a copy of this weeks newsletter by clicking on the below link. https://buildsend.com/ws/1.0/viewimage.aspx

12.01.2022 Please click the link below to view this weeks newsletter: https://buildsend.com/ws/1.0/viewimage.aspx

12.01.2022 P&C Reminder: Stickybeaks orders close on 21 November! Stickybeaks have a great range of reusable canteen lunch order bags, insulated lunch order bags, hard shell pencil cases and drawstring bags for swimming or for the library. Great Christmas gifts or get organised for the school year in 2021, while supporting your local school community. Prices range from $8-$12.50 with all profit going directly to improvements for our school community through the P&C. ... For more details and to order: https://www.ticketebo.com.au//stickybeaks-fundraiser-2020. (due to COVID-19 we are taking online payments only) More information about the products is available here: https://www.stickybeaks.com.au/product-info

12.01.2022 Today we farewell our wonderful Year 6 students. As sad as it is to see them leave, we are so excited to watch them continue to grow and learn in their high school years. Today we had a teachers vs Year 6 game of dodge ball. The teachers won 3-0.

11.01.2022 Please see attached information to join Port Kembla cricket club

11.01.2022 Great news! This might relieve some anxious little minds worrying over if Santa will be allowed to fly in on Christmas Eve.

10.01.2022 Please find the link below to this weeks newsletter. https://buildsend.com/ws/1.0/viewimage.aspx

10.01.2022 Reminder: PBL Reward Day Tomorrow we are holding our Term 3 PBL reward day. Students have been working hard to display respect, responsibility and resilience at school and have reached the reward line on our Barney barrel. Students voted on what they would like the reward day to be and the result was a movie/PJ or mufti day. What: Movie/pyjama or mufti day... Who: All students Kindergarten to Year 6 What to wear: Mufti or pyjamas. Please ensure enclosed footwear is worn. A hat is required for students wishing to play in the sun at break times. When: Tomorrow- Wednesday 23rd September 2020 See more

09.01.2022 P&C MEETING The last P&C meeting for 2020 will be held this Wednesday 2nd December at 6pm, via Zoom. All welcome. Please RSVP to: [email protected] and you will be sent the meeting link. Please send through any agenda items for discussion to the email address.

09.01.2022 Good morning everyone. It's been a while since I have had to do a major COVID-19 update, but due to the strict guidelines that were released to us on Monday, I have just put one out. It is now available on e-News, but a hard copy will also come home with the students this afternoon. Look out for the light purple sheet of paper in your child's school bag. Regards. Tonia Reynolds.

08.01.2022 Tell Them From Me Partners in Learning parent survey Thank you to the parents who have already completed the survey. For those who are yet to complete it the link is: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/pkpsparents and if you would like any further information you can go to: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/ . ... To be in the running for a $50 voucher please complete the tear off slip that was at the bottom of the red note sent home last week. If you have thrown this out but have completed the survey, send in a note with your child/ren’s name and we will add them to the draw. The last day to accept tear off slips is this Friday.

07.01.2022 Please ensure that your child has their lunch and recess packed on Monday, as the school canteen will be closed. A reminder also to please ensure your child has a drink bottle each day, as the school bubblers are still closed.

05.01.2022 Please find below the link to this weeks newsletter. https://buildsend.com/ws/1.0/viewimage.aspx

05.01.2022 Today was our PBL reward day. Students wore their pyjamas or mufti to school and watched a movie in class. They enjoyed an ice block, ice cream or fruit at lunch time. A great way to celebrate the success of our students being respectful, responsible and resilient.

05.01.2022 Don't forget- our book fair begins tomorrow! Check out the post below for all the details.

05.01.2022 2020 Scholastic Book Fair is here! This year our 2020 Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the library during week 8 (next week). While parents and carers unfortunately cannot attend, students will still have the opportunity to purchase from the fair. Students can bring cash for payments or parents/carers can use the Scholastics online payment service. Students will all be visiting the book fare this week to browse and are welcome to complete a wish list form to note the book...s they would like to purchase with the price of their books noted down. They can then bring this wish list home to discuss with you and on the reverse side is an option to make your online payment. Please ensure you note your 8-digit receipt number on either form. Your child can then bring the form to the Book Fair as payment for their books. There are also stationary items available that range from $4-$10. Thank you to all those families who take the opportunity to purchase from Scholastic Book Fair. It is a great fundraiser for the school as 20% of all sales go back to our school to purchase new books. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Ms Cram Teacher Librarian

05.01.2022 Don’t forget mufti day tomorrow!

05.01.2022 Please find attached a link to this weeks newsletter. https://buildsend.com/ws/1.0/viewimage.aspx

04.01.2022 Year 6 Tunnel of Friendship - Wednesday 16th December This year we would like to farewell our Year 6 students with a goodbye they deserve. We are still under strict COVID guidelines/restrictions but feel Year 6 should not miss out on this special event. We will have a modified version this year where all the kindergarten to Year 5 students will make a long line standing outside their classrooms for the Year 6 students to walk past, as they are cheered and clapped (Room 11 an...d kindergarten will stand along the admin building facing the street). The students will then walk to the stairs near the hall where the old school bell will be, they will give three rings of the bell and will then exit via this bottom gate. We are aware that many parents would like to share in this and we invite you to stand along the outside of the school fence (facing the admin building) at 2:40pm. Can you please be mindful of social distancing and not crowd around the exit. Regards, Lucie Robson

03.01.2022 Please click the below link to view this weeks newsletter. https://buildsend.com/ws/1.0/viewimage.aspx

03.01.2022 Canteen Online Ordering has officially started today with many students and parents already taking advantage of the new QuickCliq system. We have introduced QuickCliq for your convenience and it will be your choice whether you decide to take advantage of it. Please find attached instructions on registering, adding credit and placing orders. Some points to remember are:... * Once registering you will receive a link via email where you will need to ACTIVATE your account before logging in. * Orders can be placed up to 28 days in advance. * Orders must be submitted by 9am each morning. The system does not allow for late orders. * The system does not allow for you to place weekly orders. You will need to place each days order separately. * Each order you place will attract a 21c surcharge charged by QuickCliq. When ordering the default is on lunch break. If you would like to order for recess or playbreak you will need to click on those breaks. Please note if you would still like to pay by cash you can by sending in your child’s lunch order in a paper lunch bag (big enough for their lunch to go inside), with their name, class, order and money inside. There is a Call Centre to assist you with ordering online Call 1300 116 637

03.01.2022 The Port Authority of NSW is looking for name suggestions for their new boat that is joining the fleet at Port Kembla. See the below flyer for more details. We think it would be very special if the name came from one of our students at PKPS. Details on how to submit your entry are attached and the winner will receive a $50 gift voucher

03.01.2022 The new NSW school curriculum will build strong foundations in numeracy and literacy, give teachers more time on essential learning, and better prepare students for future work and study. Find out more: https://bit.ly/30agpXV *Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

03.01.2022 Join us in thanking our wonderful SAS staff! This week is School Administrative and Support (SAS) Staff Recognition Week, a time to acknowledge and thank the efforts of these vital people in our public schools. Our SAS staff play an important role in our school and their hard work often goes unseen by others. They are often the first people you see when you enter a school and work closely with the students. SAS staff work in school offices, in classrooms and libraries and mai...ntaining and caring for school grounds and buildings. We are extremely fortunate to have a very dedicated SAS team, who are committed to the learning and wellbeing of our children. We have three main office/ classroom roles; School Administration Manager (SAM), School Administration Officer (SAO) and Student Learning and Support Officer (SLSO). We also have 2 general assistants who help keep our school looking great and with general day to day maintenance. We thank our SAS team: Mrs Tania McDonald, Mrs Sophie Hartley, Mrs Leonie Payne, Mrs Ana Brown, Mrs Robyn Jackson, Mrs Robyn Hall, Miss Leah Cunningham, Mr Kevin Tucker and Mr Terry Rankmore

03.01.2022 From classroom desks to dining room tables. See how the students, parents and teachers from these schools navigated online learning, and what they learned together along the way. #EdWeek20 *Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

02.01.2022 Room 9 had a fantastic time using the EV3 robots. This lesson incorporated maths, programming, coding and of course teamwork!

02.01.2022 The school canteen is closed next Tuesday 24th and Thursday 26th of November. Please ensure your child has lunch and recess packed. Sorry for any inconvenience.

01.01.2022 Year 6 vs Teacher dodgeball

01.01.2022 Students return to school on Tuesday 21st of July. We are looking forward to seeing everyone and to hear about all the adventures they got up to over the holidays.