PRESENTATION DAY ASSEMBLIES

Our end of year presentation days are coming up on the 12th and 13th of December. Parents of students receiving an award will be sent an invitation by email this afternoon. Due to capacity in the hall and to ensure our visitors fit comfortably, invitations will include a RSVP link. Students in Years 1-6 will be capped at two guests per child and Kindergarten will be 4 guests. 

Keeping the award a secret... We know that you are all so proud of your children and what they have been able to achieve this year and so are we. If you receive an email inviting your family to one of our presentation day awards, it might be a wonderful surprise to hold this information until the day.... Just a sugestion. 

Please know that we realise lots of families would like to come and support the school regardless of who is receiving an award and we value this community engagement. However, I am sure as a community you know the reason we need to cap the visitor attendance and we thank you for your understanding.

UNIFORM

As we come into the last couple of weeks of term, please remember that our full school uniform should be worn at all times. We understand that the weather has been changing, however, please know that we value having students in their full uniform every day, as this helps bring a sense of connection and pride to our school community.

INVOICES

Final reminders for unpaid invoices will be sent home this week. Please contact the office if you have any concerns or questions.

If you have not yet created your parent portal to access and view this information, please follow the below information. 

School Bytes have now developed a Parent Portal that allows parents/carers to view payment history, outstanding fees, online permission notes and in future academic reports and more. This portal is now available for you to register and begin viewing your child / children's history and any outstanding fees.

To register click here

For step by step instructions on setting up your Parent Portal click here

Reminders:

• Current 2022 fees can be paid using the link sent in a past statement.
• When setting up your Parent Portal, please use the same email address linked to your school account.
• If your details have changed and you can not see anything in the portal, please contact the office.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AMAZING COMPETITION WINNERS

WILLOUGHBY COUNCIL WRITING COMPETITION

Willoughby Council coordinates a writing competition for all year 5 students in the area. The criteria includes researching, illustrating and creating an interesting story about fauna in the local area.

This year the topic was about the plight of The Little Forest Bat a small marsupial clinging to existence in our developing urban environment.

Year five students diligently worked on creating engaging stories that were factually correct and would highlight the reasons we should be concerned about the welfare of this tiny native animal.

Student winners were selected for their ability to write, or illustrate, or write and illustrate, a story about the Little Forest Bat. It was a rich learning experience for all year five students, entries were of a very high standard when submitted to the competition. The winning work is included in the book of short stories published by the Willoughby Council and is available to read in the school library and in year five classrooms.

Winning students are:

Ariane Tow 5HW- Story and Artwork illustration

Hailey Tinyou 5HW- Artwork illustration

Niharika Garg 5JD - Story

Phoenix Ng 5EP- Profile Art

Caroline Xu- 5NS School cover art

WILLOUGHBY CHRISTMAS CARD COMPETITION

Thank you to all of our students who entered the 2022 Willoughby Christmas Card Competition. There were many fantastic entries. Congratulations goes to Tianna from Year 3 as the winner of the Competition. The drawing was colourful, creative, thoughtful and so much more! Tim James, our local MP, took the time to come to school and congratulate Tianna personally. Well done Tianna.

The Artarmon Progress Association “NATURE IN ARTARMON” Photo Competition

The Artarmon Progress Association (APA) in partnership with our school P&C recently ran a fantastic photographic competition. Members of the association came to school this week to award the winners. congratulations to:

1^st) Jemima H from Year 5.

2^nd) Haniya Y from Year 4.

3^rd) Elisya A from Year 6.

Winning photos will also be exhibited in Chatswood library both physically and digitally. Thank you to all the participants who uploaded their fantastic photos to the competition.

LAWSON

We've had so many wonderful parent helpers and volunteers this year that have given up their time to support our students.

We would like to invite class parents, scripture and ethics teachers, P&C helpers, parent helpers (in the classroom, walk a thons, excursions) to attend a thank you morning tea tomorrow, Thursday 1st December at 11 am in the school hall. We look forward to thaking you in person.