General Office

Office Hours: 8.30am to 4.30pm

Telephone: (03) 9404 4311

Email: plenty.parklands.ps@education.vic.gov.au

School Website:

plentyparklands-ps.vic.edu.au

Term dates

Term 4: Monday 5th October to

Friday 18th December

2021 Enrolment

Enrolment forms are available for 2021. If you have a child commencing Prep next year, please contact the office on 9404 4311. If you have already collected an enrolment pack, please return the completed pack to the school.

Friendly reminder - sun protection times have already started

Although it may still be cold, Victoria’s UV levels are on the rise so please check the daily local sun protection times to see when you need to be SunSmart. The sun protection times are a forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology for the time of day UV levels are forecast to reach 3 or higher in your location. At these levels, sun protection (hat, clothing, sunscreen, shade and, if practical, sunglasses) is recommended for all skin types.

Sun protection times are available via:

the free SunSmart app
the free SunSmart widget (add it to your service’s website)
the Bureau of Meteorology website’s UV and sun protection page
MyUV
So please remember when outdoors, check the sun protection times and use sun protection accordingly. For more information for families please check out by clicking here

SunSmart recognises what a difficult time this has been for everyone. SunSmart has loads of free, fun and interactive resources to use and download for all year levels from early childhood through to primary and secondary school. Please check out our resources at sunsmart.com (click on this text)

IMPORTANT information regarding closure of a school crossing

Council regularly reviews the crossing service and we wish to advise as part of these reviews the crossing located at the following site:

Plenty Road, Mill Park (on corner of Mayfield Drive)

has been identified as no longer meeting the VicRoads warrants to require the crossing to be covered with a school crossing supervisor.

Closure of this crossing will take effect before school returns next Term (Monday 5th October, 2020).

As one of the schools possibly affected by this closure, can you please provide an update to your parents to ensure they can make other

arrangements to use other crossings nearby. However, this site is controlled by intersection lights to assist pedestrians to cross the road.

A request will be forwarded shortly to our works Department to remove the red/white posts and the line marking at this location during

the school holiday period.

The existing crossing supervisor will be advised shortly that they will be relocated to an alternate site effective Monday 5th October 2020.

If you have any further concerns, please feel free contact me.

Janina Chandler I Coordinator School Crossings

City of Whittlesea

T 03 9217 2080 I M 0417 552 022 I National Relay Service 133 677 (ask for 9217 2080)

Student banking is cancelled until further notice.

In the meantime read below:

Your child can track their savings through the School Banking Savings Tracker or the CommBank Youth app, which is available to download from the App Store.* It helps teach children real-life money skills, in a fun and secure digital environment.

To find out more visit

commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

Updated uniform order form

Dyslexia

Pictured below is a quote to get you off to an inspirational start.

It is by British celebrity Chef, Jamie Oliver, well known for inspiring us to enjoy cooking healthy, delicious meals and trying to improve the nutritional value of school canteen offerings.

Behind every successful person we feature there is a champion parent, teacher or significant other … maybe that person is you!

We want to motivate you to reach, teach and inspire every neurodiverse child, student or individual in your care so they can recognise their true potential and shine throughout their education and in life.

Click on this link

100 Hundred Days of Prep

During Term 3, while learning from home, our wonderfully resilient Prep students celebrated their 100th Day of School milestone! The day was filled with fun activities that centred around the number 100. Each class had a 100th day class party via WebEx that involved dress ups, dancing and lots of fun and laughter!

Thank you to all our wonderful Prep parents who have supported our little legends as they navigate this exciting adventure!!

Prep Transition

‘Ready Set Prep!’

The prep team would like to introduce you to the new members of block D:

Plenty Parklands Pedro and Plenty Parklands Pearl

PP Pedro and PP Pearl are our transition teddies. They have the important job of helping our next year’s preps students feel confident about starting school next year. They will work closely with our year 5 students who will be Prep Buddies next year.

Year 3 Science

Animal Habitat