For Your Information
Chess Club
After school Chess Club will begin on Tuesday of Week 3, at 3.20 pm and go until 4.15 pm in the Discovery Centre. This is also a come and try day for those that are not sure if they want to join Chess Club, they can come for this day with no obligation or cost. We do have a chess coach that comes into teach chess, so there is a cost involved for those that decide to join (usually between $30 and $35, depending on how many students we have).
Chess Club is for students in Year 2-6, however if you have a child in Year 1 that has played chess before, or you believe could sit and concentrate for an hour after school, please come and see me to see if there are any spaces left. New players are welcome, however, places are limited, so please see Mrs Vice to get your name on the list. Or email her on: julievice@ppn.sa.edu.au
We look forward to another great year in Chess Club!
School Fees 2020
School fees for Term 1 and Annual accounts have been sent out via email and also by post. If you have not received a School Statement please contact the school office.
School Card
School Card Forms are available at the school office, you can also apply online, Google: SA.GOV.AU-School Card
Select: School Card Scheme – SA GOV AU
Click: Applications
Select: School Card A apply online
Continue to complete form.
When completed please print and bring the form to the school office.
Due Dates
Please take note of the Discount Date for Term 1 is: 6th February 2020.
To receive the prompt payment discount, you need to settle your school fees before or at the latest on that date.
Full Fees need to be paid by the 20th February 2020.
PPN IT Agreement 2020
Cyber-safety is important to us here at PPN and we take it very seriously. This week marks the start of a new year and we are already looking to educate the students on how they can be safe online and on the computers. I have attached a link to our updated IT User Agreement for Students at PPN. Mrs. Nairn and myself will go through the IT Agreement in each class this week and highlight important parts to it. Students will have a chance to ask any questions that they may have. We find this is a great way to cover any misconceptions that students may have about use of IT here at Prescott Primary Northern. We have decided to have just one IT agreement for the whole school this year. This means that some words are quite big for our junior school, however, the ideas remain the same. The students are not expected to read it themselves but work through it with a parent to discuss the importance of being safe on the devices at school. What we require of you is to look through the IT agreement with your child/ren and sign the sheet that will come home this week. This helps us know that you are on the same page as us here at PPN and know the expectations for IT use. The teachers will discuss the IT Agreement briefly tonight at the Parent Information Evening- beginning at 6:00pm with new sessions at 6:30pm and 7pm.
If you require a paper copy, please reply to this email and I will get one to your child's class teacher for you.
Please click here to see the IT Agreement
Mr Davis and Mrs Nairn
Introducing our new school counsellor, Mrs Ali Friedrich
Ali will be joining our PPN team for 2020 to work as a school counsellor on campus every Wednesday. If you wish for Ali to work with your child/ren at any point throughout the year, you can contact her on Wednesdays, or speak with Tamara Bernoth who can arrange for this to happen. Welcome to our PPN Family, Ali!
I have extensive experience in counselling children who struggle with a wide range of social and emotional issues, as well as working closely with parent and Carers who are supporting them. These issues include the impact of Domestic Violence, Attachment disruptions, Grief and Loss, Anxiety issues, Parent separation and disruptive behaviours.
Canteen Menu 2020
Uniform Shop Hours
Our Uniform Shop is open on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3.00pm, please phone the Front Office to book an appointment. Please bring cash for second-hand items. Alternatively, you can order through flexischools.com.au and items will be delivered to your child the following school day.
Uniform Policy 2020
Pancake Breakfast
You are invited to join us for pancakes on Monday morning,the 10th of February, starting at 8:00am—8:45am.
Get to know the school community.
Make the time to be at school for this light morning breakfast.
Getting to know other parents could make a positive difference to your life.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
Worship
This year we will continue having 2 Chapels on a Thursday:
Lower School (F - Yr 2): 9:05am-9:50am
Upper School (Yr 3 - 6): 10:00am-10:45am
Asthma/Medical Records
Each year the school needs to update student asthma records. If your child is currently listed as asthmatic, you will receive an asthma record to complete and return to school.
If your child has recently been diagnosed with asthma, please update and upload the plan in Consent2Go. If you are unable to do this, please call for information and help.
Medication
If your child requires regular medication to be administered during school hours, please send it to Student Services. Please note that staff may only give medication, prescribed by a doctor, in an original, labelled (with your child’s name) pharmacy container. Any other medication that your child requires must be in the original packaging, labelled with their name and clear instructions on how and when it may administered.
Drop and Go/Pick Up Zone
- Please enter the new Drive Through road via the current church car park entrance off Nelson Road.
- Drive down towards the bottom of the Nature Playground and pull in to the pick-up spaces parallel with Wright Road.
- This area will be open from 8:30am until 8:55am in the morning and 3:20pm until 3:45pm in the afternoon. A staff member will be stationed during these times to assist your child/ren in and out of your vehicle.
- Please note: To speed up the pick-up process, families are requested to display their child's name in an easy to see location for the duty teachers to quickly call the children to the pick-up line. It is important that during these times, you do not leave your vehicle. Further: that the bus zone along Wright Road is for buses only. NOT TO BE USED BY CARS at any time.
School Car Park
Please keep the following information in mind when using our school car parks:
- Maximum speed limit—10kph
- Use the marked car park areas—you must be parked prior to your children exiting your car—do not stop in the middle of the car park and let your children out while your car is still running
- Look out for little people
- Please keep to designated walkways
- Only cross the carpark at the crossing provided
- The car park closest to the double yellow gates in the church carpark, is only for those who have a Disabled Parking Permit. Please do not park there unless you have the permit. There are also 3 Disabled Carparks over by the main church entrance for those with the appropriate permits.
- No right turn is permitted out of the Car Park on Nelson Road. Please turn left and go round the roundabout.
Children need to be accompanied by an adult at all times in our car park.
If you arrive 10 minutes after the afternoon bell the car parks are usually less congested.
Please make sure you cross at the correct spots in the Car Park! Ensure you walk behind the bollards and cross at the crossing.
Thank you in advance!
Contact Details
If you move or have new mobile or home telephone numbers, please let the Office know. Children can get distressed if we are unable to contact parents because we do not have their current details. Please keep emergency contact details (eg grandma, aunty) up to date as well—thanks!
Student Absences
Please inform the school if your child is away or will be late to class either by:
- Phone on 8396 2577
- SMS on 0429 557 989
- Or email: reception@ppn.sa.edu.au
For extended periods of absence please fill in the official Exemption Form.
Uniform Passes
There are times throughout the year when students do not wear a part of the uniform due to something unforeseen happening. When this occurs, the parent/carer is to write a note, send an email to reception@ppn.sa.edu.au or an SMS to 0429 557 989 explaining the situation and the student will be issued with a uniform pass for the day.
Students will not be issued with a pass without first presenting a note from home.
A uniform notification will be issued to children without a uniform pass, and parents will be asked to address this promptly.
Safe School Procedures
School gates will be closed between 9:15am and 3:00pm for the safety of our students. If you are coming to the school between these times, come through the Office and ensure that you sign our visitors register on our iPad and take a visitor’s identification tag. If you are reading or helping out anywhere in the school between these times, you should also sign our visitors’ register on our iPad and wear a visitor’s identification tag. By signing-in you are letting the office staff know where you are, so that you can be accounted for in an emergency situation. Parents who help regularly with reading, crafts, excursions etc, will be asked to complete a Volunteer Pack which will include a copy of their Police Report and our Prescott Schools Code of Conduct.