Notices

Recycling & Re-using boxes and cartons
Please put a hold on bringing boxes and cartons to PHPS Yr 1 N'hood for the time being we have too many to store at the moment. We'll let you know when we need more. Thanks for supporting the Neighbourhood.

Working Bees

Working Bees will be held on the following dates. They will run from 10:00am-1:00pm and we encourage all parents to attend at least one Working Bee throughout the year.

Term III
Sunday    12th August     10:00am-1:00pm
Saturday 15 September 10:00am-1:00pm

Term IV

Sunday    2 December   10:00am-1:00pm

For more information contact Anthony Albiston

Convenor – Facilities sub-committee 0422 103 823, anthony_albiston@hotmail.com


Swimming

The intensive swimming program  for prep/one will held in term 3 between the 20th - 31st August. There will be 6 sessions. A note will be going home with the children early this week asking for parents to indicate if your child will or will not be attending this program. Please fill in the slip and return by Friday.

Reports

Today (Monday, 25th June) the reports were sent home with the children. Please read the report with your child and celebrate their achievements.

No More Boxes

Thank you to all the families who have brought in recycled boxes. We now have plenty so for the moment we do not need any more.

Walkathon Money

Thank you to all families who have collected and returned their walkathon money already. If you are still collecting the money please do so as quickly as possible. The Neighbourhood who returns all their money first will get to go on a picnic later in the term.

Head Lice

Our neighbourhood had another reported head lice case today (Thursday 22/3). Please check your child's head tonight.

School Photos

All the children have now been given the school photo envelopes (If your child has not recieved one, please see their teacher). These can be returned at any time between now and the day of the school photos. Due to the number of photos that need to be taken the individual Group Photos, Portraits and Sibling Photos are on different days.

Thursday 1st March: Siblings A-M

Tuesday 6th March: Groups Photos for grades 1-6

Thursday 8th March: Grades 1/2 Potraits

RE - Religious Education

Today the school's RE program began. At the present time there is no teacher to take the Year 1 Approved Christian Education program. Children who do not go to Baha will stay with the Neighbourhood teachers.  

PARENT REPS

We are looking for 2-4 parents from each neighbourhood to volunteer as a parent rep for 2012. The role of parent reps is to encourage and co-ordinate parent involvement in the educational and social activities of the school in collaboration with the neighbourhood teachers.
If you are interested, please speak to the teachers in your child's neighbourhood by Thrsday 1 March.

The Community Relations Sub-Committee PHPS School Counncil.

Arriving Late/Leaving Early

Please be aware that if children arrive after the 9am bell they need to be signed in at the office. Also if children need to leave early please notify a member of the teaching staff and sign the child out at the office.  

Literacy at Home

Today the children will be bringing home a clear folder with a take home reader from the torus, their readers and writers notebook and a letter outlining literacy at home. If you have any questions please come and speak to one of the teachers in the neighbourhood.   

Sun Smart Clothing

Princes Hill Primary is a sun smart school and in term 1 all children must wear a wide brim hat or legionnaires hat during recess, lunch and sport. No baseball caps. Children who do not have an appropriate hat will have to play under the veranda. Children are not to wear singlets or tank tops. Children are to wear shoes that are appropriate for sport every day.

Lunch

The school is introducing a new bin system and as a community we would like to minimise our landfill waste. To help us achieve this goal we ask that you try to pack a paper free lunch box. At lunch time we will have green and yellow buckets available for the children to throw away any organic or recyclable waste. Any other waste will be sent home in the children’s lunch box along with any uneaten food which will help you know more about your child’s eating habits at school.  

Home Learning and Reading

Borrowing books for reading at home will begin this week (Week 2).  The children will also receive their readers and writers notebook with some information about how this can be used for home learning. We will also use the blog for ideas about the possibilities for the readers and writers notebook entries.