Newsletter - Week 1 Term 1 2015

Newsletter - Week 1 Term 1 2015
From the Principal
Welcome to the 2015 School Year
We would like to welcome the children and families who
are new to our school, particularly our Flying Starters.
Acquaintance Night and Governing Council
On Wednesday 18th February we will hold our annual
Acquaintance Night at 6:30pm in the Hall. This will be a
chance to visit the school and meet your child’s
teachers.
We would also like to welcome back the following staff
members for 2015: Alana Papahristos, Dani Tidswell,
Nina Barile, Deana Cuconits, Rebeka Resili, Sally Brock,
Frank Liemareff, Laura Touloumdjian, Yok le Ly, Dorothy
Wanganeen, Liz Gibson Wanda Biggs, Naomi
McCormack-Ross and Carol Blake. We also welcome
Kirsty Karapas, Karl Ebert, Lynette Simons, Stephanie
Ryan and Amanda Jones to our staff.
We will also have the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of
Governing Council. This will be an opportunity to hear
about our achievements in 2014 and the plans for our
school in 2015 and beyond. At the AGM elections to
become a member of the 2015 Governing Council will
be finalised.
To all the new members of our school community we
trust that your time with us will be enjoyable and
successful.
External School Review
As part of our continuous school improvement we will be
involved in an external school review with a review panel.
The purpose of external school reviews is to support
schools to raise achievement, sustain high performance
and provide quality assurance to build public confidence
in government schools. All government schools will be
externally reviewed over the next four years.
The focus of the review is to evaluate schools’
performance – How well does the school improve
achievement, growth, challenge, engagement and
equity? Our school review will be held on Tuesday 10th
and Wednesday 11th February (week 3). The review
panel consists of a review officer and two trained review
principals.
We will find out the aspects of the school’s performance
which have been validated through the review as well as
the improvements that we need to make in the future.
During the external school review, some students,
parents, Governing Council members and staff will be
asked to provide information to the review panel in a
number of ways. These include:
•
Individual interviews
•
Focus group discussions (with students or staff or
parents)
•
Meetings (Governing Council, staff meeting)
•
Observations of students learning.
We appreciate your support and time in helping us with
this external review process. If you DO NOT want your
child to participate please complete the reply slip in this
newsletter and return it to the front office by Friday 6th
February.
If you would like more information please contact me
prior to 6th February.
23 Shepherdson Road,
Parafield Gardens, SA 5107
Tel: 8258 1816 Fax: 8281 5857
http://www.youtube.com/user/
ParafieldGR7
I would like to acknowledge the contributions of the
2014 Governing Council of parents, who have worked
with me in making decisions about current and future
directions of the school. In particular I would like to
thank Catherine Margach who will be retiring from our
Governing Council after a long association with the
school. She has taken on a variety of roles including
secretary, Chairperson and Vice Chairperson over her
time on Governing Council. Many thanks.
The role of the Governing Council is to identify and
incorporate, where possible, student, parent and
community input and values into the broad direction of
the school. It is an opportunity to be involved in your
child’s education and to contribute to the school. We
usually only have 2 meetings each term which are held
on Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm - 8.00pm.
If you would like more information or are interested in
nominating for Governing Council for 2015 please
contact me in the front office or return the yellow
nomination form, included in this newsletter.
Simon Harding
Diary Dates
Monday 9th February
50th Birthday
Tuesday 10th February - Wednesday 11th February
School Review
Wednesday 18th February
Acquaintance Night 6:30 in the Hall
Friday 20th February
Assembly
Please refer to the next School Newsletter for
further Diary Dates
Comments and Feedback to:
dl.0537_info@schools.sa.edu.au
www.pgardens.sa.edu.au
External school review process
STUDENT’S NAME:__________________________________________________
I do not want my child in room ______ to be involved in the external school review
discussions.
Signed: _____________________________________
Parafield Gardens R-7 School turns 50!
2015 Material & Service Charges
On February 9th 1965 Parafield Gardens Primary School
opened its doors for the first time. This year we celebrate
the school’s 50th birthday. Many things have changed
over that time and this will provide a chance for our
school community to reflect on the many different facets
of education over the last 50 years.
We have planned a celebration for the
students on February 9th and then we
have a function planned for parents and
invited guests to
celebrate both
Harmony Day and our birthday on
Friday 20th March. More information
about this event will publicised
throughout the term. Towards the end of the year our
final community function will be combined with an
evening Parafield On Parade (POP) concert with tours of
the school.
‘Like’ Parafield Gardens R-7 School 50th
Birthday Celebration page on Facebook.
Parafield Gardens R-7 School fees for 2015 (known as
Materials and Services Charges) are $226.00 per student.
We have quite a few options available to families for
payment of school fees which will assist in managing
household budgets.
The School Card Scheme is administered by the
Department for Education and Child Development (DECD)
and provides financial assistance towards school fees
incurred by families who meet the criteria. It is available
for dependent students from 4 years of age receiving fulltime schooling. Applicants are required to apply each
school year, using the appropriate form which is available
at the front office of the school.
Eligibility for School Card assistance is dependent upon
the combined family income for the applicable financial
year being within the School Card income limits ( see
chart below). As the school fees at Parafield Gardens R-7
are in line with the School Card amount, applicants will
have no fees to pay once approved. For further
information on the School Card Scheme please contact
DECD School Card Section on 1800 672 758.
We look forward to our school community embracing this
significant milestone in the school’s history.
Simon Harding
Our 30th Birthday Celebrations with special
guest speaker Keith Martin from Channel 10.
Number of
Dependent
Children
Gross Annual
School Card
Income Limit
Gross Weekly
School Card
Income Limit
1
$36,576
$704
2
$37,574
$724
3
$38,572
$744
4
$39,570
$764
5
$40,568
$784
Each additional
dependent child
$998
$20
This year we have introduced PayWay which is a Direct
Debit facility to have payments automatically deducted
from your bank account. If you wish to take advantage of
PayWay please enquire at the front office.
A reminder that we also offer Bizgate, accessible on our
website, for payments over the internet and we have
EFTPOS facilities.
Centrepay, whereby deductions are deducted from
Centrelink payments, has proven to be a good option
for families in the past.
Lynne Lean
Admin Officer
To All Parents
This letter is to inform all parents of Parafield Gardens R – 7 School that we will be electing 5 school
Governing Council members for 2015-2016.
The Governing Council is a group of parents that have a joint responsibility with the Principal for the
governance of the school. Some of the functions of the Governing Council are:
• set the broad direction and vision of the school.
• determine policies for the school including policies for the safety, welfare and discipline of students.
• regular review of the school budget.
• monitor and review the Site Improvement Plan.
• maybe to raise money for school related purposes.
• maybe perform other functions as determined by the Minister.
Under section 7.5 of the Governing Council constitution, all persons who are parents of the
school are eligible to nominate for election as a councillor.
Unless the person:
(7.5.1) is an undischarged bankrupt or is receiving the benefit of a law for the relief of insolvent debtors;
or
(7.5.2) has been convicted of any offence prescribed by administrative instruction.
DECD does now require all Governing Council members to have a clearance from the Department for
Communities and Social Inclusion Unit, which will be organised by the school if need be.
Our Governing Council has 11 elected parents. We are now calling for any nominations for election as
councillors. Given the guidelines of the constitution this will be for 5 parents for a term of two years.
These nominations need to be made on the form included in this newsletter and sent into the Principal
by Thursday February 12th 2015.
There will be a general meeting for the election at the Annual General Meeting of parents on the
18th February. Further information on the election of councillors will be given depending on the number
of nominations.
Over the coming year there are a number of important issues that will need the Governing Council of
parents to discuss and make decisions on, which will guide the future of the school. If you would like to
be involved and are prepared to work for the good of the school please consider nominating. You can
nominate yourself or another person. I am happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Yours sincerely
Simon Harding
Principal
PARAFIELD GARDENS R - 7 STAFF LIST Term 1 2015
Simon Harding
Principal
Vicki Poulain
Deputy Principal
Edwina Burton
Senior Leader – Quality Teaching and Learning
Scott Blakemore
Senior Leader – Numeracy and Digital Technologies
Sarah Huxtable
School Counsellor
Claire Ranaldo
EALD
Robyn Green
EALD
Wendy Galletta
Resource Centre - (0.8 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri)
Chris Luke
Ab Ed / Arts (0.8 Mon – Thurs)
Stephanie Ryan
Health/PE NIT
Andrew Kite
Health/PE NIT
Sally Brock
Drama / Music NIT
Selena Britz
Drama / Music NIT (0.8 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri)
Amanda Jones
Science NIT (0.4 middle years – Thurs/Fri)
Stacey Miller
Lead Teacher Preparations (0.2)
Karen Kompo
Year 1
Alana Papahristos
Reception
Allira Willington
Reception
Dani Tidswell
Reception
Cecilia Hector
Reception
Robyn Cockburn/Katrice White
Year 1 (Robyn 0.8 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri. Wed Katrice)
Darian Tulsi
Year 2
Rosaline Singh
Junior Primary Special Class
Rachel Shephard-Bayly
Primary Special Class
Sue Pasalidis
Year 2
Lynette Simons
Year 1
Laura Touloumdjian
Year 1
Jenny Radoslovich
Year 2
Kirsty Karapas
Year 2/3
Raelene White
Year 6/7
Deana Cuconits/Stacey Miller Year 6/7 (Stacey first half of term 1)
Karl Ebert (T1/2)
Year 4/5
Frank Liemareff
Year 5/6
Bekk Resili
Year 6/7
Sandra Siladji
Year 6/7
David Muldoon
Year 3/4
Kathy Skinner / Mel Waugh
Year 4/5 (Kathy Mon- Wed; Mel Thurs-Fri)
Nola Foster
Year 4/5
Adele McKew
Year 3
Nina Barile
Year 3
Dorothy Wanganeen
AECO
Nhan Chau
Vietnamese Teacher - (Mon)
Yok le Ly
Khmer Teacher Tam Dang
Vietnamese BSSO - (Wed, Fri)
Lynne Lean
School Administration Officer
Jill Berry
School Services Officer
Carol Blake
School Services Officer
Cassie Hart
School Services Officer
Kaye Marsland
School Services Officer
Sue Evans
School Services Officer (Wed, Thurs)
Linda Davey
School Services Officer (Mon, Tues, Wed)
Sue Beare
School Services Officer
Renee Donnon
School Services Officer (Mon – Thurs)
Chrysta Muller-Agarwal
School Services Officer
Indie Ladyman
School Services Officer
Deb Sykes
School Services Officer
Liz Gibson
School Services Officer
Wanda Biggs
School Services Officer
Naomi McCormack-Ross
School Services Officer
Paula Purcell
School Services Officer (Off site)
John Catalano
Groundsperson (Tues - Fri )
Ross Carbone
Groundsperson ( Mon, Tues, Fri )
Cherie Russel
Canteen Administrator
Aida Chapman
Director Out of School Hours / Vacation Care (acting)
LOCATION
Oval Rm office
Oval room office
ESL Suite- Rm 27
ESL Suite- Rm 27
Resource Centre
Oval Rm Office
Rm 21
Rm 21
Rm 25
Rm 26
Rm 1
Rm 2
Rm 3
Rm 4
Rm 5
Rm 6
Rm 7
Rm 8
Rm 9
Rm 10
Rm 11
Rm 12
Rm 20
Rm 19
Rm 24
Rm 23
Rm 22
Rm 28
Rm 29
Rm 30
Rm 31
Rm 32
Rm 33
Rm 34a
Rm 34b
Oval Rm
ESL Suite Rm 27a
ESL Suite Rm 27b
ESL Suite Rm 27a
SAO
ICT Office Oval Rm
Front Office
Resource Centre
Front Office/Rm 1A
Front Office / RC
Front Office
Rm 30A
Rm 30A
Rm 8
Front office
Rm 9
Bld 1
Bld 1
Bld 3
TRT Scheme
Canteen
OSHC