Principal’s Message

Canteen Tender

During the term, you may have seen a tender advertised for a new canteen license. This follows the completion of the current license with Made Fresh. The tender committee comprising of staff and P&C representatives met last week to consider the tenders received. Kids Pantry Canteens who have submitted a tender will provide an opportunity for our school community to provide feedback on the canteen menu and operations this Monday 2 December at 2:30pm. We hope you can join us on this afternoon.

Yarning Circle

Yesterday our Aboriginal education team attended the Northern Illawarra Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) executive meeting to present our proposed plans for a school yarning circle. Led by Mrs. Elston and Mrs. Alewood, the team shared passionately the journey our Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander students and staff have shared in designing this outdoor space for our school community. The AECG executive were unanimous in approving the concept and were impressed by the level of student direction in the design. We look forward to commencing work on this project in 2020 along with other planned improvements for the back playground.

What’s coming up Thursday November 28 •Paper Plane Fathering Project •Year 6 Sausage Sizzle Monday December 2 •P&C Meeting Tuesday December 3 •Kindergatren Orientation Wednesday December 4 •Gold Assembly

Tuesday December 10 •Year 5/6 excursion Jamberoo Thursday December 12 •Presentation Day Tuesday December 17 •Year 6 Graduation/Farewell Wednesday December 18 •Last day of school 2019

Permanent Appointments

Following the promotion of Mrs. Edwards to Assistant Principal last term a teacher vacancy was raised with HR. This role was filled using a list of eligible candidates from an earlier panel this year and I am delighted to welcome Mrs. Melissa Newman to the UPS team in the position of permanent classroom teacher. Mrs. Newman comes to UPS with an incredible depth of experience from her role as classroom teacher at Mt Kembla PS and I’m sure you will join me in welcoming her when she commences next year.

Director of Educational Leadership, Mr. Bill Field has commenced the process to appoint a substantive Principal for commencement in 2020. The position was advertised last week and should see the announcement of leadership for the school made in the final week of the term. We will continue to update information around this appointment via our regular school communication channels.

Student Principal

My thanks and congratulations to Jeremy who undertook the role of student Principal through our PBL rewards program. Our youngest student leader was a natural and went about his tasks as Principal with diligence and commitment. Jeremy was kept busy organising the next stage of the hall refurbishment, paying bills, visiting classrooms for feedback and delivering messages and busy bees over the PA. The future of UPS is in safe hands.

A great place to learn

It has been wonderful to visit classrooms and see students working hard and applying themselves to daily activities and major tasks. Stage 3 demonstrated a great depth of understanding about government at their recent ‘Country Day’ showcase, Stage 2 are becoming expert global citizens through their work on China, Stage 1 have been busy pitching their ideas for rejuvenating an unused area of the playground and kindergarten applied their knowledge of fauna on their recent excursion to Symbio Wildlife Park. All of these exciting opportunities are powered by our committed teaching and support staff who work tirelessly inside and outside of the classroom to provide quality experiences for all of our students. Teachers have also been busy assessing and preparing end of year reports ready for distribution on Monday Week 10. I look forward to celebrating further student success in the remaining 3 and a half weeks of the year.

Have a great day.

Cody Breasley Acting Principal

Class Winners Class winners for the last four weeks were as follows: Week 4 – 3/4W & 5/6B Week 5 – 3/4W Week 6 – 5/6B Week 7 – 3/4W 5/6B will enjoy a class party towards the end of the year for being the class winners most weeks throughout 2019. Delayed Rewards Supply of reward items is running approximately two weeks behind. Rest assured that your rewards will be delivered and we ask for your patience as we await their arrival. Last Day to Order Rewards for 2019 The last day to order reward items for 2019 will be next week, 3rd December 2019. If your child is eligible to order a reward after this date, their deposit count will be held over to 2020 and reward orders will resume when school goes back next year. There will be new items on offer next year so keep an eye out for these in early Term 1. Any enquiries or offers to volunteer to help with school banking can be directed to our School Banking Coordinators via the school office or come and see us from 9:00am on Tuesdays in the resources room (old uniform shop) on the Northern wall of the hall. School Banking Coordinators and volunteers, Jodien Mortlock, Jenny Evans, Joanne Egan, Nicole Martin and Jenna Young.

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