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Shelley PS

Locality: Blacktown

Phone: +61 2 9622 8359

Address: 21 Hadrian Avenue 2148 Blacktown, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.shelley-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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25.01.2022 On Friday, our Kindergarten classes received a special letter from Mother Duck, asking them to take care of her duckling eggs until they hatch. The eggs will arrive at Shelley PS tomorrow so our Kinder students have been investigating what they will need to do to care for the ducklings as they hatch. #shelleyps #engagedlearners

25.01.2022 The P&C’s Hot Dog Day was a big hit with our students! Here are a few pictures of KH taking delivery of their special lunch. #shelleyps

25.01.2022 Our new Kindergarten students were so excited to have their first play on the playground equipment! #shelleyps #lovewhereyoulearn #playgroundfun

25.01.2022 Celebrating Year 1 and Year 2 achievements at their Presentation Assemblies. For more photos of these events, be sure to read this week’s newsletter. #shelleyps #presentationday2020

24.01.2022 KT have been working on improving their mouse skills by drawing self portraits of themselves on paint in computers. Mr P (our technology mentor) has been giving us some sneaky shortcut tips! #shelleyps #engagedlearners

24.01.2022 Yesterday, 2J made butter using a hand whisk. It took 28 minutes of whisking before the butter and buttermilk separated. 2J definitely have muscles! #shelleyps #reallifelearning #integratedlearning #engagedlearners

23.01.2022 Here is another excerpt from our K - 2 students singing or dancing to the Music Count Us In song, "Shine Together". To view the whole video, with all our K - 2 students, parents can visit their child's Google Classroom. Happy Education Week!

23.01.2022 Stage 2 of our top field project involves the creation of a new outdoor learning area with two tiers, which will eventually have synthetic grass and stairs to top field. Beautiful sandstone blocks have been used to divide the tiers and provide additional seating. #shelleyps

23.01.2022 At Shelley PS this week, we will be celebrating NAIDOC Week in our classrooms. NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The theme: Always Was, Always Will Be, recognises that Indigenous Australians have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. #shelleyps #naidocweek2020 #alwayswasalwayswillbe

22.01.2022 It is wonderful to see so many Year 3-6 students getting involved in our Book Week celebrations this year. Here are a few more amazing costumes spotted in the playground and office this morning. #shelleyps #bookweek2020

22.01.2022 Year 3 and 4 Presentation Assemblies held on Monday this week. The Presentation Assemblies will be available on your child’s Google Classroom this week, so that you have the opportunity to watch your child’s grade Presentation Assembly. #shelleyps #presentationday2020

22.01.2022 During NAIDOC week, many of our classes wrote their own Acknowledgement of Country. Here are our 1D students doing their Acknowledgment this morning. #shelleyps #naidocweek2020 #learningcommunity

22.01.2022 Here is another excerpt from our 3 - 6 students singing or dancing to the Music Count Us In song, "One Song". To view the whole video, with all our 3 - 6 students, parents can visit their child's Google Classroom.

21.01.2022 At Shelley PS Were all in this together! and today our playground is full of doctors, nurses, firefighters, truck drivers, construction workers, teachers, retail workers and many other essential workers. (I even found a hairdresser!) #shelleyps #wereallinthistogether #schoolcommunity #lovewhereyoulearn

21.01.2022 Whilst our oval is not yet open for play, these young students enjoyed the opportunity to have a look at the beautiful playing field today! #shelleyps

21.01.2022 Today all of our students and staff paused for a minute of silence at 11am, to honour Remembrance Day. Our Year 6 students held a very respectful service in our ANZAC garden, led by our student leaders. #shelleyps #remembranceday2020 #respect #lestweforget

21.01.2022 It is SASS recognition week- when we acknowledge the outstanding work of School Administration and Support Staff in NSW schools. Thank you to our fabulous Shelley PS SASS team. You are the first to greet us when we visit the office, the helpful voices on the telephone line, the ones who help us when we are sick or injured and you also help us in the classrooms and playground. You look after our school grounds, mow our lawns, keep our gardens beautiful and keep everything working. You are truly the backbone of our school. SASS play such an important role in our school community and we say THANK YOU! #shelleyps #schoolcommunity #sass

21.01.2022 Kindergarten enjoyed story time in the outdoor learning garden today! #shelleyps #lovewhereyoulearn

20.01.2022 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*

20.01.2022 Year 2 have been Coding to follow paths using angles. They have also been drawing shapes using the textas affixed to the Dash robots! Parents are encouraged to visit your childs Google Clasroom this week to see what other fantastic work is being done at Shelley. #shelleyps #stem #engagedlearners #educationweek2020

20.01.2022 We want to share a few more candid photos, taken by the staff, at the Year 6 Farewell last night. The professional photographs will be available next week. #shelleyps #year6farewell

20.01.2022 Here is one last excerpt from our 3 - 6 students singing or dancing to the Music Count Us In song, "One Song". To view the whole video, with all our 3 - 6 students, parents can visit their child's Google Classroom. Happy Education Week!

20.01.2022 Bush tucker. - we walk past every day. We thanked the trees for the fruit, said sorry to the birds for taking their lunch and reached high to pick these luscious lillipillis. Looking forward to making a delicious jam, cordial and maybe some muffins! #shelleyps #schoolcommunity #lovewhereyoulearn

19.01.2022 Congratulations to our Year 6 students, who are about to embark on their final week of primary school with us at Shelley. It was great to see them celebrate at their farewell last night. These are just a few photos by the teachers. The professional photography shots will be available next week. #shelleyps #year6farewell

19.01.2022 Our Kindergarten students are taking good care of the duck eggs- even reading to them! Some of the ducklings are starting to hatch! #shelleyps #engagedlearners #lifecycles

19.01.2022 5/6T visited the solar system today, using Virtual Reality, as part of their integrated learning unit. They thought it was out of this world! #shelleyps #stem #virtualreality #integratedstudies #engagedlearners

19.01.2022 Kindergarten enjoyed their special visit from one of the keepers and some animals from Featherdale Wildlife Park yesterday. They got up close with some of the creatures and were able to see what the animals’ fur and scales felt like to touch! #shelleyps #engagedlearners #learningcommunity

19.01.2022 The first phase of work on our top field is nearing completion. The turf should be going down this weekend and we are looking forward to a beautiful, lush green oval again at Shelley! Stay tuned for phase 2 progress over coming weeks. #shelleyps #schoolcommunity #lovewhereyoulearn

19.01.2022 To all our Shelley grandparents, we wish you a Happy Grandparents Day! Thank you for being a special part of our school community! #shelleyps #grandparentsday2020 #schoolcommunity

18.01.2022 It’s Party Day at Shelley PS! After an unusual but productive year of learning, our students are ready to celebrate with their friends and teachers! #shelleyps #lovewhereyoulearn

18.01.2022 Today is R U OK? Day. Many of our classes participated in discussions and activities about the importance of looking out for each other and being there for your friends! #shelleyps

18.01.2022 Top Field Update- the turfing is almost done and our oval is looking fabulous! #shelleyps #lovewhereyoulearm #school community

17.01.2022 Construction has commenced on our K-2 playground equipment and sensory play area today! (The 3-6 hillside play equipment will be installed in January / February). We know our students will be looking forward to the completion of these areas. #shelleyps UPDATE: unfortunately we have encountered a problem, and the equipment will no longer be able to be installed in this area! (we can’t risk any damage to our beautiful big Moreton Bay Fig tree). We are currently working with the builders to identify an alternative, suitable site and hope to have our play equipment installed by February. We are disappointed in the delay - but we also want to make sure it is all done right!

17.01.2022 4T harvested these beautiful, fresh vegetables from our garden today. Everything grown here at Shelley PS! #shelleyps #healthyfood

17.01.2022 The Shelley PS community has been busy knitting to support Blacktown City Council’s Yarn-In. This project aims to raise awareness of family and domestic violence through a visually inspiring temporary art installation. We say NO to domestic violence! #shelleyps #schoolcommunity #saynotodomesticviolence #yarnin

17.01.2022 It won’t be too much longer until we are able to open our lovely new top field for play! Some of our Year 6 students were very excited to have the first run (and relax) on the beautiful, soft green grass. #shelleyps #lovewhereyoulearn

17.01.2022 A fond farewell to our Year 6 2020 students today, with Year 5 joining them for their final assembly, and the whole school turning out for a social distanced farewell tunnel, where Year 6 were applauded as they left the school. The video of the assembly will be posted in the Year 6 Google Classrooms as soon as possible, for parents to watch with their children! #shelleyps #year6farewell

16.01.2022 Today we celebrated the achievements of our students in seven grade Presentation Assemblies. The respect shown by our students was outstanding and we congratulate all of the award recipients. Over the next few days, we will share photos of the ceremonies on Facebook and Instagram, as well as in this week’s newsletter. Later this week, the presentation assembly video for each grade will be posted on the relevant Google Classrooms, so parents can enjoy watching the Presentation Assemblies, with their children. #shelleyps #learningcommunity

16.01.2022 Planning, creativity, investigation and experiments! Kindy were given the challenge of making an umbrella to keep a little rubber duck dry. They needed to think about lots of things such as choice of material (water proof or not), structure and size. What creative minds they have. SCIENCE IS FUN! #shelleyps #scienceisfun #engagedlearners

15.01.2022 Today 2J used modern technology to make their butter. It was easier than whisking by hand. Our arms didnt hurt! #shelleyps #engagedlearners #reallifelearning

15.01.2022 Watch our time-lapse video of one of the ducklings hatching today! #shelleyps #reallifelearning #lifecycle

15.01.2022 Wow - look at these carrots, harvested from our school veggie garden by some of our year 3 students today! They look so delicious and healthy! #shelleyps #healthyeating #learningforlife

15.01.2022 This week, as part of our integrated unit, 5L, 5G and 5/6T are making delicious s’mores using the sun’s energy and our amazing sun oven. The results speak for themselves! #shelleyps #integratedlearning #engagedlearners

15.01.2022 As we farewell Year 6 today, we also remember two special members of this cohort of students. This week we took delivery of two Buddy Benches, in memory of Will and Aidan. These will be placed in our playground from 2021, and provide a spot for students to meet when feeling lonely, or looking to make new friends. #shelleyps #careforothers #friendship

15.01.2022 Pirate day is always an exciting day for Kindergarten. Last Friday, we read pirate stories, played pirate sport, made pirate cookies and fruit swords, wrote about our adventures and still managed to fit in a treasure hunt where we followed the clues to find buried treasure! What a day of learning and fun. #shelleyps #pirateday #kindergarten2020

14.01.2022 Happy 80th birthday, Mrs Pickard! Mrs Pickard has been active in our school community for 51 years, when her own children started school here. She has continued to assist Shelley teachers and students over many years, helping out in classrooms, at the morning reading program, as a founding member of our Shelley Knitting Club and a life Member of the P&C. Mrs Pickard has been doing reading at our school as a community helper for the past 21 years! Whilst CoVid restrictions ha...ve prevented Mrs Pickard from being at school, we know she is very keen to be back helping Shelley students. We couldn’t let such a milestone birthday pass without a Shelley celebration, so we held a CoVid safe one, with Mr and Mrs Pickard treated to a little morning tea outside the school gates, and our Year 3-6 students gathering outdoors to sing Happy Birthday! #shelleyps #schoolcommunity See more

14.01.2022 In 2020, our first Shelley PS School Band was formed. It has been a very tricky year to start learning an instrument (with so many disruptions to lessons) and even harder to play together as a band during CoVID restrictions. Our Training Band have done a fantastic job and we are very proud of their improvements. In 2021, we will have a new Training Band, and our current band members will become the Shelley PS Concert Band! Congratulations to our young musicians. #shelleyps #schoolband

14.01.2022 Wishing all of our Shelley teachers a happy World Teachers’ Day today! We are grateful to have such a committed and caring team of educators at our school. Thank you for your hard work to provide high quality education for our students and so many wonderful learning opportunities. #shelleyps #worldteachersday2020

13.01.2022 Our students have enjoyed the opportunity to FINALLY get onto top field and enjoy the lush green grass! It has been great to have students in Stage 2 and 3 playing at lunch - and even learning on top field during class time! #shelleyps

13.01.2022 Even our Shelley teachers joined in the dress-up fun today, to remind us that We’re all in this together! #shelleyps #wereallinthistogether

13.01.2022 This Sunday 25th October is Grandparents Day! We can’t invite our grandparents into the school this year, so we have brought the art works of our Shelley students to the school fences, for your enjoyment. You will find K-2 classes on Hadrian Ave, Years 3 & 4 on Pelleas St and Years 5 & 6 on Blacktown Road. We hope our parents and grandparents get the opportunity to visit our Learning and Art Showcase (before the forecast rain!) #shelleyps #grandparentsday #lovewhereyoulearn #schoolcommunity

13.01.2022 At Shelley PS We’re all in this together! and today our playground is full of doctors, nurses, firefighters, truck drivers, construction workers, teachers, retail workers and many other essential workers. (I even found a hairdresser!) #shelleyps #wereallinthistogether #schoolcommunity #lovewhereyoulearn

13.01.2022 Schools across NSW are celebrating Education Week. Our fabulous school was included in this NSW DoE Facebook post today!

13.01.2022 Our school’s video was featured on the NSW Department of Education’s Facebook and Instagram pages today. We are excited to showcase just some of the fabulous aspects of Shelley PS!

12.01.2022 Our Kindergarten students had a fantastic first day of school! Here are just a few photos we took at the end of the day. As you can see, there were lots of tired but happy smiles from our newest Shelley Super Stars! #shelleyps #kindergarten2021 #lovewhereyoulearn

12.01.2022 Our Year 5 Presentation Assembly included the announcement of our 2021 Student Leaders: Captains, Vice Captains, Councillors and House Captains, as well as the Library Monitors. Remember - there will be more photos in the newsletter and the videos will be available on Google classrooms after Thursday. #shelleyps #presentationday2020

11.01.2022 In Project Firestorm, 5G, 5L and 5/6T used coding software on the iPads to program Dash robots to navigate a safe pathway through obstacles to extinguish an out of control bush fire. In order to program the robots, students first needed to use protractors to measure turning angles and rulers to measure accurate distances. Parents of these students can watch the full videos on their Google Classrooms. #shelleyps #projectbasedlearning #engagedlearners #qualityteaching

11.01.2022 Some duckling cuteness for the weekend! Our Kindergarten students and teachers have been taking such good care of these new babies! #shelleyps #reallifelearning #engagedlearners

11.01.2022 Violet the cow photobombed our last post, so we thought we should give her a post of her own! Violet came to Shelley as part of the Discover Dairy Picasso Cows program. With a little help, Kindergarten transformed her into a beautiful memory cow, celebrating their first year of learning at Shelley. Violet now moves around our school, bringing a smile to us all! #shelleyps #discoverdairy #picassocow

11.01.2022 Our Stage 3 classes also enjoyed our annual Book Week Book Tasting event today, where they had the opportunity to explore a range of text styles and purposes, in a fun cafe style atmosphere! #shelleyps #bookweek2020 #booktasting

11.01.2022 Lots of fun... and plenty of learning in KV today on our second day of school. #shelleyps #kindergarten2021 #lovewhereyoulearn

11.01.2022 Join our Shelley school band in 2021! Enrolments will open on 16th November. Go to www.schoolbands.com.au to enrol & find out more. #shelleyps #schoolband #welovemusic

11.01.2022 It was a delight to attend the Blacktown City Council Gardening Competition 2020 Awards Ceremony last night at Bowman Hall. Shelley Public School was awarded third place in the Best Australian Native Garden category. The awards were presented by the Deputy Mayor Julie Griffiths and past presenter on Better Homes and Gardens, Rob Palmer. Thank you to Mrs Brechin, Mrs Legge, Ms Dobbie, Miss Liyanage, and to all of the students (Gardening Club members, as well as Year 1 and Year 6) for all your hard work. We would also like to thank Mr Peter Dawe from the Royal Botanic Gardens Community Greening Team, and Kylie from Bunnings, for their assistance. #shelleyps #blacktowncitycouncilgardencompetition #lovewhereyoulearn #learningcommunity #greenteam

11.01.2022 Shelley PS students featured on the Facebook page of the NSW Department of Education again today!

10.01.2022 Welcome to Shelley Public School. Let us take you on a tour! "We love our school and we know you will too!" #shelleyps #lovewhereyoulearn #learningcommunity #schoolcommunity

10.01.2022 Kindergarten have been working on the iPads, using a sketching tool to create their own picture of a duck. They have been talking about the parts of the duck and used the app to represent these features. Here are some clever examples from KV. #shelleyps #engagedlearners #technologyintheclassroom

10.01.2022 KH love using technology to enhance our learning. In Maths, we have explored position with the BeeBots app on the iPads. Having Mr P teach us how to use the BlueBots is amazing and coding pathways is so much fun!On the laptops, we worked together to investigate Safetytown and learnt even more about road safety. #shelleyps #technologylearning #engagedlearners #integratedlearning

10.01.2022 We are delighted that some of our students’ grandparents and parents had the opportunity to visit the Grandparents Day Art Showcase (on the fences of Shelley) this weekend, despite the rain! We hope that next year we will be able to see you back in the school! #shelleyps #grandparentsday2020 #schoolcommunity

09.01.2022 KH were so excited to get straight back to the classroom and write about Mother Duck and her eggs!!!! #amazing young writers #shelleyps

08.01.2022 Have you seen the newest member of Shelley Public School in our school gardens? (Hint: take a walk along Hadrian Ave and you might spot her!) #shelleyps #lovewhereyoulearn

08.01.2022 1D has been skipping to improve fitness and to think about setting achievable goals. Every week, all the students have supported each other, and improved their skill. No one has given up! #shelleyps #keepingfit #goalsetting

08.01.2022 Work is progressing nicely on our top field project! There will be two phases until completion, but we are looking forward to having a beautiful fresh playing field at the end of the first stage. #shelleyps #schoolcommunity

07.01.2022 Introducing our 2021 Student Leadership Team. Congratulations to our new School Captains, Vice Captains and Student Councillors. We are sure you will do a great job leading and representing the students of Shelley PS. #shelleys #studentleaders

06.01.2022 Some photos from the first of our Presentation Assemblies on Monday. Our Kindergarten students were such great listeners and were excited to attend their first Presentation Day. Well done Kindergarten and congratulations to all our award recipients. #shelleyps #presentationday2020

06.01.2022 4J have been learning to communicate through AUSLAN sign. #shelleyps #schoolcommunity #auslan

06.01.2022 A few shots from the dance floor...Year 6 enjoying some Footsteps dancing at their Farewell disco. #shelleyps #year6farewell

06.01.2022 Warrami Mittigar - Welcome friends. Year 1 have been connecting their learning with the big question and challenge: How can we change the outdoor learning area to show how we respect the land, the animals and the people? #shelleyps #integratedlearning #projectbasedlearning #engagedlearners

06.01.2022 There is an unusual visitor at our school and she is going through some transformation! Why is she here and what is happening to her? Stay tuned to find out more about our unique visitor to the Kindergarten classrooms! #shelleyps #picassocow #discoverdairy

05.01.2022 Year 1 will be investigating the seasons and how the weather affects the plants, animals and the people in space. They will research how the plants in our garden were used for food, tools and medicine. They will be learning about how the space was used by the Darug people and how we can use the garden to learn today. #shelleyps #engagedlearners #change #belonging #connection

05.01.2022 The second phase of our top field improvements has been opened to students this week! We now have a lovely tiered outdoor learning area, with stairs leading up to top field. Sandstone blocks and synthetic grass make this a great place for our students to enjoy. As you can see, it is already being utilised by classes during learning time and as a quiet, relaxing area at lunch time. #shelleyps #lovewhereyoulearn #learningcommunity

04.01.2022 Our final Presentation Assembly was also the final Shelley Presentation for our Year 6 students. Congratulations to all of the award recipients and to all of our students for a very successful year, under unusual circumstances! #shelleyps #presentationday2020

04.01.2022 Wishing our school community a safe and happy holiday. Some of our Shelley students were featured in the Department of Education’s end of term post!

04.01.2022 "Learn as much as you can about the culture and participate." - Aunty Deanna. Each year, NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are part of some of the oldest continuing cultures on the planet. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #NAIDOC2020 *Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

04.01.2022 We are celebrating Book Week at Shelley today (albeit in a Covid safe way!) There are so many fabulous costumes. Our students are parading for their stage peers, and showcasing their favourite books. #shelleyps #bookweek2020

03.01.2022 To celebrate Education Week, our 3 - 6 students have created a video of each class singing or dancing to the Music Count Us In song, "One Song". This song is a great reminder that; "We are united, no point in trying, To fight it, united, we stand higher."... The song suits the theme of Education Week 2020 - Learning Together. Our teachers and students are lifelong learners, collaborating in a positive learning environment to achieve their best. To view the whole video, with all our 3 - 6 students, parents can visit their child's Google Classroom.

03.01.2022 Today is Safer Internet Day. Did you know - only 46% of Australian parents feel confident about dealing with the online risks their children face and 95% want more information about online safety? Visit www.esafety.gov.au/parents for advice and useful tips! Let’s work together to keep our kids safe! #shelleyps #learningcommunity #workingtogether #esafety

02.01.2022 Well done to all the girls and boys (and teachers) who joined in the fun with amazing Book Week costumes today. Here are a few final photos from today. (Look out for more in the next Shelley newsletter). #shelleyps #bookweek2020 #learningcommunity #welovetoread

01.01.2022 Our K-2 students have been enjoying the opportunity to get back into the library during some lunchtimes. #shelleyps #welovebooks

01.01.2022 Year 2 also enjoyed learning about our Featherdale visitors, including a very cute red necked pademelon, a blue tongue lizard, a children’s python, a baby salt-water crocodile and a beautiful tawny frog mouth. #shelleyps #engagedlearners #learningcommunity

01.01.2022 The P&Cs Hot Dog Day was a big hit with our students! Here are a few pictures of KH taking delivery of their special lunch. #shelleyps

01.01.2022 Welcome back for Term 4! There were plenty of Shelley students with big smiles, excited to be back at school today! #shelleyps #lovewhereyoulearn

01.01.2022 The veggie garden at Shelley PS is flourishing! Here are some of the potatoes harvested by our students today! #shelleyps #healthyeating #greenteam #schoolgardens

01.01.2022 Thank you to all the students and staff who have spent so much time over the last two weeks getting our outdoor learning area garden looking its best ready for the judging of the Blacktown City Garden Competition today. Shelley PS is entered in two categories: Best Education Facility Garden and Best Australian Native Garden. We are always impressed by those students who are so enthusiastic about helping to improve their own learning environment. The students and staff have done an amazing job. Well done everyone! #shelleyps #learningcommunity #lovewhereyoulearn