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St Andrews Public School

Locality: St Andrews

Phone: +61 2 9603 1333

Address: 89 Ballantrae Drive 2566 St Andrews, NSW, Australia

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

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24.01.2022 Our Kindergarten Orientation has come to an end. We have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know our 2021 Kindergarten students over the past few weeks and cannot wait for them to start school next year. If you are a parent of a 2021 Kindergarten student and haven't signed up to Seesaw, please do so as soon as you can as we will use this to continue communicating with families. We have had many parents ask about Kindergarten's start date- they will begin school on the 4th February. More information about Best Start times will be communicated shortly. Please don't forget to look at the website this week for information on oral language, literacy and numeracy skills, as well as a digital copy of our social story. https://sites.google.com/educat/st-andrews-kinder-2021/home

24.01.2022 Last week in transition, Year 6 students explored marketing and advertising strategies with Miss Ching in Graphic Design. The students redesigned the packaging of some of our much-loved Kellogg’s cereals using digital tools! We’ve showcased some of their talent below.

23.01.2022 Library Updates - Library borrowing has now ceased in preparation for our end of year stocktake. We kindly ask that you please return all library books to the library as soon as possible. We appreciate your support.

17.01.2022 Stage 3 Camp Day - Update We have just been informed that the students will arrive back at school this afternoon around 4pm. Thank you

15.01.2022 Our very own Aboriginal students who are visiting all of the classes this week. They are sharing their own family stories and what the Indigenous culture means to them.

13.01.2022 If you are a Kindergarten parent for 2021, please don't forget to visit the Orientation website for photos, videos and information about our school. Have a beautiful weekend. Miss Walkden - Kindergarten (Early Stage 1 Assistant Principal 2021) ... https://sites.google.com/educat/st-andrews-kinder-2021/home

13.01.2022 The announcement has been made of the winners in the 29th annual MilPra art exhibition. St Andrews won the following awards. Congratulations to Michael, Charlize and Austin and to all of our students who entered the competition. We are so proud of you all!

12.01.2022 Willy Wag Tail Dance Students loved learning the Willy Wagtail Dance with Katrina Ingram-Watkins. Students learned how to dance and represent animals through their body movements.

11.01.2022 This term, KH had their art show where they showcased their stained glass windows. To create their artworks, students started off by looking at different stained glass window designs from all around the world and planned their art work using paper and permanent markers. Once they had finished their plan they then started on their final product using coloured cellophane and clear contact. This artwork ties in with Kindergarten’s learning of phonics with double letters and digraphs, ‘ss,’ ‘ai,’ and ‘ow.’ They are each incredibly proud of their artworks.

10.01.2022 Children not returning in 2021 As we are getting closer to the end of the school year we are beginning to look at class structures for 2021. If you know that you child/ren will not be return to St Andrews P.S. in 2021 we ask that you complete the attached form and return it to Mrs Brown in the school office as soon as possible.... If you child/ren will be returning at a later date other than Friday 29th January 2021 could you also please complete the attached form and return it to Mrs Brown. We thank you for your co-operation with. https://docs.google.com//1KZ1NwuTV3gplNXj1-5TcYSjzeJB/edit#

06.01.2022 We would like to thank these amazing Aboriginal students and members of our JR AECG who took the time to record themselves reading one of their favourite Indigenous texts. The whole school were able to access this reading during class time over the course of NAIDOC WEEK. We will share these stories with you over the next week for you to enjoy at home with your families.

06.01.2022 Parent weekly update from Mr Batty Week 6 Term 4 Hi all - my weekly update: A big thank you to our Aboriginal Education committee for organising a fantastic NAIDOC week. Chatting with many of our students throughout the week it was great to see them learning new things about Aboriginal culture. ...Continue reading

06.01.2022 Parent weekly update Week 7 Term 4 Hi all - my weekly update: The announcement has been made of the winners in the 29th annual MilPra art exhibition. St Andrews won the following awards. Congratulations to Michael, Charlize and Austin and to all of our students who entered the competition. We are so proud of you all:... Michael Fardon - 1st place KARI award Charlize Van Deinsen - 1st prize Primary Austin Ainsworth- 3rd prize Primary Our final kindergarten orientation session will take place this Thursday. I thank Miss Walkden and all the team for organising such fantastic opportunities for our new 2021 students. Current after school pick up structures will continue for the remainder of this school year. We continue to adhere to DoE protocols and thank you for your patience and support. We know it's not ideal. Congratulations to the following students who have been elected as our 2021 prefect leadership team. The captains will be announced at the Assembly of Excellence in a couple of weeks. It was wonderful to deliver the news to them last Thursday. Girls - Emily Dawson, Aabisha Varatharasan, Manognya Ghanalinga, Emellia McNeill and Natasha Sarkari Boys - Ahyan Amir, Jessie Ropata, William Eccles, Ateej Hardas and Aneek Gamildien We are so very proud of each of them! My quote and recipe of the week: "As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgement and curiosity over fear" Tracee Ellis Ross Recipe of the week None have been shared this week ! Please remember to send me a great recipe or quote so that I can share with our school community. Have a fantastic Week 7, take care, stay safe, stay optimistic and keep smiling. Cheers Mr R Batty Principal

01.01.2022 Dear parents We want to offer families more flexibility with their work commitments and child care arrangements and to create more opportunities across the whole community. Having Out of School Hours Care available at local schools is a great way to achieve this. As part of the NSW Government’s $120 million Before and After School Care (BASC) commitment, parents at all NSW schools were recently invited to complete a Have Your Say survey. The survey asked parents to tell us ho...w they are using Out of School Hours Care, how much it costs them, whether they plan to keep using it, and what difficulties they experience in accessing it. The survey results have helped us to better understand the needs of families and what’s important to them. We are now asking all parents to complete a quick follow-up survey by Friday 27 November 2020. You can access the survey at https://surveys.education.nsw.gov.au/s3/OSHCParentSurvey. This information will help us to target the rollout of more before Out of School Hours Care services in the right areas If your child does not require Out of School Hours care, we ask that you please still complete the first section of this survey as it gives us important information about the level of demand at your school. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the BASC Program team by phone on 1300 244 145 or email at: [email protected] We are really trying to get a before and after school facility on our school site. I encourage each of our families to respond to the survey. Thank you Mr Batty