Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Week 8 of the term and what a term it has been so far. So many events and engaging activities that it is hard to believe we have fitted them to this 10 week term. Last week and this week our Grade 3 and Grade 5 students have been participating in the NAPLAN testing. Our students have been well prepared for this occasion and have been completing them in our classrooms. Our teachers have been impressed with the effort and commitment our students have shown in the testing.

Over the past few weeks our Grade 5 and Grade 6 students (70 interested) have begun their tryouts for Energy Breakthrough. This year we are entering 3 teams again (22-24 students) to participate in the Energy Breakthrough competition. Our team will be selected after students have been through the tryout process. Leading the teams in 2025 will be Mr Zerafa and Mrs Jones.

Staffing update

At the end of this term, we will have some minor staffing changes. Mr Shorter will be taking on a new challenge outside of education and will not return for the rest of the year. In his replacement we have appointed Mrs Kari O’Gorman who will provide an Asian Cultural program as opposed to a Chinese Language program.

We also welcome to our educational support team the following staff. Rebel Anwyl and Teilo Bentley move from casual employment with the school to ongoing staff and we welcome two new educational support staff in Rosina Loverso and Sienna Thomassen. Rosina and Sienna will begin in Term 2.

DELACOMBE PS SCHOOL FETE FRIDAY 28TH MARCH 4.30 - 7.30PM

In just over a week we will be holding our bi-annual school fete. At the moment we have a large number of stalls that will be operating on the night of our Delacombe PS Fete. There is a variety of food stalls, games and rides and activities for kids to do on the night but the majority of the stalls will be cash only.

The Fete fundraising will go towards the planned Grade 5-6 playground for 2026. The anticipated cost of this will be approximately $150,000 to remove the current one and install a new one.

School Update

Next term we scheduled a number of key events to be aware of. Please take note of some of these key dates in Term 2:

The first day of term commences on Tuesday 22nd April.

Thursday 24th April is our whole school Cross Country event that will occur at school.

Friday 25th April is Anzac Day and there is no school on this day.

Week 2

Grade 3 Swimming - Monday 28th April - Friday 2nd May

Week 3

Mother’s Day breakfast will be held on Friday 9th May in the stadium. This will commence at 8.15am and will involve a pre-order of breakfast and an opportunity for you to have breakfast will your child at school before taking them off to their classrooms at 8.50am.

On the same day we will be holding a Mother’s Day stall and students can purchase a gift for their mother or special carer.

Week 5

Thursday 15th May is School Photo Day

Friday 16th May is Grandparents’ Day that runs from 9.00 - 10.30am

Week 7

Tuesday 3rd June - this is a Student Report Writing day and no students attend this day

Week 10

Monday 23rd June - Reports are posted on Compass

Week 11

Wednesday 2nd July - Parent teacher interviews from 2.00pm -7.35pm and students finish school at 1.30pm.

Friday 4th July - This is the last day of school and school finishes at 1.30pm

Annual General meeting attached the AGM

On Monday 24th March we will be holding our Annual General meeting and be tabling the Annual Report for 2024 in the School Staffroom at 6.30pm. The AGM will detail the achievements for 2024 and include department data to support this document. If you wish to attend the AGM and you are not on the School Council could you let us know, you are most welcome to attend.

Mother’s Day and Special Carer's breakfast - Friday 9th May 8am start (SAVE THE DATE!!!) On Friday 9th May will be holding our Mother's Day breakfast. This is a revised initiative that we held before COVID and will be trialling for the first time since then. The difference in that time is that our school has grown and we require people who wish to attend this event to be organised and get their orders in early.

EVENT: MOTHER’S DAY AND SPECIAL CARERS’ BREAKFAST - 8AM IN THE STADIUM. WHO CAN ATTEND: MOTHERS AND SPECIAL CARERS AND CHILDREN OF THOSE ATTENDING.

PLACE: DELACOMBE PS STADIUM 8AM sitting down at the tables provided in the stadium.

WHAT’S ON OFFER:

Order either from somewhere between $5-$8 for one of the following: Tea and instant coffee available and barista coffee for sale at the Cafe. Granola, yoghurt and berries & juice or Croissant with cheese or cheese/ham & juice.

You will receive instructions to order this via the QKR app and the orders will close by Wednesday 30th April at 5pm. This will provide us time to work on our organisation for this new event.

Finally, the student portfolios for Term 1 will be sent home in the first week back of Term 2 and the return date will be in Week 3 of Term 2.

Have a great week – Scott, Marnie, Stephanie and Michael

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