Yr. 4 – 6 Swimming Lessons – Thursday 11th November

Year 4 – 6 students will participate in their swimming lessons, tomorrow the 11th November. They will engage in stroke correction, water safety and some fun races towards the end of their 1.5hr session. Please ensure students either wear their swimmers underneath their uniform to school or have it packed in their bags. It is vital that you send a rash shirt with your child as the students will be in the sun for an extended period of time. Sunscreen will be provided for the students to apply themselves.

Prep – Yr. 3 Swimming Lessons – Wk. 7 and Wk. 8

Students in Prep to Yr. 1 will be completing their 1 hr learn to swim lessons from Monday – Thursday next week (Wk. 7) with Yr. 2 and Yr. 3 to follow in week 8. Please remember to pack your child’s swimmers, towel, goggles, rash shirt etc. on the days your child will be swimming. It is vital that you send a rash shirt as the students will be in the sun for an extended period of time. Sunscreen will be provided for the students to apply themselves.

9 – 12 Years Competitive Swimming Carnival – Wednesday 1st December

If your child is 9 – 12 years of age this year, you would have received a swimming carnival nomination form. These forms are due back to the office by this Friday 12th of November so that we can start to finalise a program and invoice families whose child will be attending. This is a competitive only carnival with 50m races across all strokes. Students who nominate to participate will be racing for age champion and 2022 district nominations and should be able to swim 50m unassisted. We hold this carnival at the end of each year as district nominations for 10 – 12 years, are due early in Term 1 the following year. It is very difficult to secure a pool and arrange for parent permissions and payments in the first week of each new school year, hence the carnival being held the previous year.

Year 6 Graduation and Awards Night – Wednesday 8th December

Our Yr. 6 students will be having their graduation fun day on Wednesday the 8th of December. Our wonderful P&C has once again sponsored the day to thank our senior families who have supported PBSS over their child’s schooling. We will have some blow up water slides on the oval for the students during the day with the graduation and awards beginning at 4:30pm Sharp in the afternoon. We are looking forward to celebrating the end of primary schooling with all the students and their families. Further information regarding the day and parent permissions will be sent out in the coming weeks.

Yr. 7 Transition to High School – PBC & ESHS – 6th December

PBC and ESHS will be holding their 2022 Year 7 transition day on Monday 6th of December (Wk. 10). If your child will be attending either of these high schools in 2022, you need to enrol your student as soon as possible so that they are able to attend the transition day. This transition day is critical for students so that they are aware of their classes and locations for the start of next year. If you are yet to enrol, please make contact with either school this week to begin the enrolment process.

Students not Returning

If your child is not returning in 2022, please email the school office on admin@palmbeachss.eq.edu.au or call on 5520 8333.

Library borrowing

Next week- week 7 will be the last week for library borrowing. Please ensure your child returns any library books or home readers that are outstanding. If your child is not returning to school next year or is in year 6, it is vital these books are returned to the library before they leave the school.

Prep and new parent Information Session

Monday 6th December is ‘Meet the Teacher’ morning, where the students will spend the morning with their teacher and new classmates in anticipation for the 2022 school year. While this transition is taking place there will be a parent information session in the hall for all of our 2022 Prep and new parents. This session will address the ‘nitty gritty’ information parents will require to start at Palm Beach SS. The session begins at 9.30am and go for approximately 40 minutes.

Payment Window

The payment window will be closed from Monday 6 December 2021 and will reopen Monday 17 January 2022. You will still be able to pay via internet banking into our school account however, please note your payment will not be processed until the admin office returns w/c Monday 17 January 2022.

Tuckshop - "Christmas Lunch Special"

The Tuckshop will be offering a “Christmas Lunch Special” on 7th December 2021. Orders close 7:00pm Friday 3rd December.

Christmas Lunch Special is $8.50 and consists of the following –

Choice of one hot food option - pie, hot dog, chicken nuggets, chicken fingers, gluten free nuggets or gluten free vegan “sausage” roll.

Choice of one drink option - juice, milk or water.

All packs also include a mini brownie and a lolly pop.

How to order:

You can order online at Quickcliq - To order online you MUST select the date (7/12/21) and then Christmas lunch special menu will appear. You are able to order the lunch special from 7th November.
We will also be emailing the order form home - simply print it off and hand it with payment to the tuckshop by 7:00pm Friday 3rd December.

Please Note: the tuckshop will NOT be open for other orders on this day, we will however be selling over the counter items such as brownies, cookies, ice-blocks etc..”

Finally…unfortunately due to price increases with our supplier, some of our ice-blocks have had a small increase in price.

Cyclone $2.50 (was $2)

Icy Twist $1.50 (was $1)

Mini Calippo $1.50 (was $1)

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