Prescott Primary Northern eNewsletter

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Welcome to Miss Smith

Prescott Primary Northern would like to welcome Miss Caitlin Smith to our school family. Miss Smith is from Avondale University and is completing her final year placement at PPN with Mrs Charity in Year 5A. We look forward to getting to know her over her 8 weeks of placement at our school. Thank you, Miss Smith, for joining us and blessing our Year 5A team.

International Mud Day Playdate

Do you have a preschool-aged child or know any families with preschool-aged children? We would love to extend this invitation to families in our local community with little ones who may wish to celebrate International Mud Day with us. Use the QR codes for further information. RVSP by Monday, 27^th of June, to secure your booking.

PPN celebrates International Mud Day

International Mud Day is on the 29^th of June and we will have some muddy activities for our students to participate in if they choose too. We are asking that students who wish to participate in muddy play on the 29^th of June, bring gumboots to wear!

Crazy Hair Day

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Lunch Deliveries

We would like you to know that taking commercial/fast food type lunches (e.g. Hungry Jacks, MacDonalds, Subway etc.) to classrooms for students is something we will no longer do. There are several reasons for this.

Firstly, there are risks involved in food being served later than it should be, and the school is not able to pass that food on. The foods in question can be particularly susceptible to these risks.

Secondly, the arrival of some of the commercial foods into a classroom can be very unsettling for the class.

Finally, it can create a feeling of lack for some children in the class whose family cannot, or choose not to provide these popular meals for their child.

We provide healthy fresh food options at our canteen that are well-priced, and we are willing to help sort something at short notice if it is an emergency.

Please do not be offended if we say we are not able to deliver these lunches to your child’s classroom.

Many thanks,

Mark Borresen
Principal – Prescott Primary Northern

Birthday Treats

Birthdays are an exciting time for children, and our teachers celebrate each child on their birthday.

Please DO NOT send in anything for your child’s birthday.

If anything is brought to school, we will unfortunately have to send it back home with your child.

Gumboots At School

We are absolutely loving our Nature Play Space at school. This is a popular space at both recess and lunch times, as well as some outdoor learning lessons taking place in this area.

One of the most popular sections of our Nature Play is our giant sandpit and water pump. The creativity and problem-solving displayed here is amazing. We love seeing the children work together to create tunnels, dams and castles.

We have noticed that some of our children who regularly play in the sandpit and with the water pump are having difficulty keeping their shoes looking presentable. Instead of discouraging the sandy, wet play, or asking our families to buy new shoes on a more regular basis, we are allowing our students to bring their own pair of gumboots to school to be worn when playing in the sand pit and with the water.

The gumboots cannot be worn in place of school shoes in any other activity other than sandpit, mud kitchen, and water (eg. if playing soccer or climbing on the log scramble they need to wear their normal school shoes).

Classrooms will have a designated area to store these gumboots if you wish to send along named gumboots to stay at school.

Gumboots can be purchased from places such as Kmart, Big W or Target, ranging from $8 - $20.