Parramatta East Public School eNewsletter

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been wonderful to see our school build moving ahead so quickly. Each week brings exciting progress, and while this does mean some temporary changes to our daily routines, we know the end result will be worth it.

To help keep everyone in the loop, we are using newsletters, app notifications, and emails to share updates. We kindly ask all families to take the time to read these communications so that you stay across any adjustments to normal operations.

Changes to the use of school toilets

We have noticed some students using the toilets in ways that are not appropriate — meeting up with friends, hanging out, or even having a snack inside. To help keep our school safe and orderly, we’ve made a few adjustments:

K–2 students are now using the demountable toilets.
Years 3–6 students will continue using the original toilets.

Teachers are helping by monitoring visits during class time, but we would also appreciate your support. Please have a chat with your child about using the toilets responsibly and reminding them that these spaces are not for playing or socialising.

Athletics Carnival

A very big thank you to Miss Goundar, Miss Palmer, and our dedicated admin staff for quickly reorganising arrangements to make sure everything continues to run smoothly.

Despite being challenged more than once by weather and ground closures, our Athletics Carnival was able to go ahead successfully. Thank you to everyone for your patience and support.

To give you an idea of the complexity of trying to organise our carnival this year the following happened. Notes were sent home on 26 June and 22 July, emails were distributed on 21 July, 23 July, 15 August, 25 August, 27 August, and 29 August, and app notifications were also sent on 21 July, 23 July, 15 August, 18 August, 26 August, 27 August, and 29 August. We are grateful to everyone who made the effort to respond so the event could run smoothly.

Thank you, as always, for working together with us as we manage the excitement of our new build alongside the everyday needs of our school. With your support, we can ensure a positive experience for all of our students.

The P&C team would like to thank all the parents and carers who helped out at the Father’s Day stall last week. We really appreciate you giving up your time to help out – especially those parents who assisted all day! The stall was a great success, with many children selecting fun gifts for their dads and the special people in their lives. We hope it was an enjoyable Father’s Day for all.

Next up, the P&C will be planning the annual PEPS Christmas Raffle! There will be a range of terrific prizes to win. Raffle details will be sent out early next term.

PLEASE NOTE that while this presentation is happening in Adelaide, there is an option to register to attend online.

Click here to register

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On Tuesday 2nd September, our annual Athletics Carnival took place. Due to wet weather and ground closures, we were unable to hold our carnival as we normally would. Students who participated in the Athletics Carnival showcased a range of talent and skills across the track events, shot put, long jump and high jump.

Congratulations to the 41 students we had attend the Zone Athletics Carnival on Monday 8th September. Another fantastic day of student talent being showcased. All students gave it their all in their events and showed great sportsmanship when cheering on fellow teammates in their events. PEPS did exceptionally well, coming in 3rd overall out of 20 schools! An extra special congratulations goes to Lazaro Ram, who came 3rd overall in the 8-10 boys age group, Samreen Nawar who equal 4th overall in the 11 yr girls age group and Ariel Campbell who came 5th overall in the 12-13 girls age group. Fantastic effort!

A special congratulations to the following students who have progressed to the next level. Students will attend the Regional Athletics Carnival on Thursday 25th September. We wish them the best of luck!

Junior Boys Relay: Keanu Campbell, Shiva Sundar, Lazaro Ram, Alex Cao

Shiva Sundar, Lazaro Ram, Emily Payne, Emma Odoffin, Samreen Nawar, Angelina Pan

On Thursday 4^th September we had four talented PEPS students attend the Metropolitan South and Metropolitan South and West Public Speaking Competition Parramatta Network Final which included 15 schools from our area. We had Amira El Hayek (Early Stage 1), Amyra Nayak (Stage 1), Harrison Irrgang (Stage 2) and Khadijah Irfan (Stage 3) all do our school proud by delivering both a prepared and impromptu speech against tough competition.

Amira was awarded "Highly Commended" for her convincing speech about why all parents should take their children to the park every day, and for her impromptu speech about a magnifying glass.

A big congratulations to Amyra who won the Stage 1 competition by persuading the audience in her prepared speech that primary school children should help design their own bedroom, and by sharing why family time is important in her impromptu speech. She was a gracious and deserving winner and now will move through to the next level of the competition as the Parramatta Network representative where all 19 networks will be represented at the grand final. We all wish Amyra the best of luck!

-Mrs Humble, Public Speaking Co-ordinator

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Jersey Day is an annual awareness event, where schools and workplaces are encouraged to wear a sporting jersey to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation. The initiative was inspired by Nathan Gremmo’s family. In May 2015, the Gremmo family’s life changed forever when their eldest child, Nathan, was critically injured at age 13. Nathan’s family chose to gift the life of others to honour Nathan’s generous personality, through organ and tissue donation. This gift saved the lives of six people – five young adults and a baby.

Staff and students at PEPS wore sporting jerseys on Friday 5th September to help raise awareness and start the conversation about organ and tissue donation.

This term in Science, K Gunalung students became mini entomologists, exploring the fascinating world of bugs! They observed real insects, learning about their shapes, colours, and unique features. Inspired by their discoveries, students used clay to create their very own imaginative bugs, carefully designing wings, legs, and antennae. Once complete, each student presented their creation to the class, confidently explaining the special features and functions of their bug. It was wonderful to see their curiosity, creativity, and communication skills shine. The classroom buzzed with excitement as little scientists shared their amazing clay insects!

In the first part of this term, 2 Gunggung focused on developing their narrative-writing skills. We explored key elements such as characterisation, adverbs, dialogue, onomatopoeia, and the power of three using a model text based on "Jack and the Beanstalk".

In the past few weeks, students have been transforming their fantastic narratives into word documents, building both their digital literacy and typing proficiency.

Here are a few writing samples to demonstrate their creativity and to give you a feel for their wonderful prose.

This term, we had a fun excursion in Year 1 exploring biodiversity and creating maps/animals with natures materials.

1 Wirambi has been doing collaborative STEM projects, such as creating the longest paper chain and bridges that can hold toy cars.

In maths, we’ve been learning about 3D shapes.

Congratulations to Dorothy for making PEPS stage finals for public speaking!

During Term 3, we have been busily learning all about Non-Fiction books and how that are all put together. So... we became authors and wrote our own Non-Fiction books! Not only did 3 Dingoo display enthusiasm and research facts but also demonstrated organisation and features to make our books more engaging for the reader! So many topics were shared with each other!

Here are some fun facts shared:

Jana - Did you know that water covers 70% of the earth?

Zuha - Penguins eat krill, squid and fish.

Rahil - A capybara is the worlds largest rodent!

Adele - Quokkas are nocturnal.

Naira - 15 Billion trees get chopped down every year.

Raphael - A group of penguins on land are called a waddle but, in the sea, they are called a raft!

Camilla - Japanese Spider crabs are omnivores.

Leif - Tarsiers are small animals with large eyes that live in the Philippines.

Emma- Sea Angels are a type of sea slug that live in deep ocean.

Makaira -Purple frogs have purple skin, a snout like a pig and squark like a chicken. They only come out of their hole one day a year.

This term in 5 Baludarri, students have been exploring the features of informative texts and learning how these features make the information more credible.They have been thinking critically about the facts presented to them, examining texts about fascinating animals (some real, some entirely imaginary). Building on this, students have been creating their own extraordinary creatures and writing informative texts about them, using AI to bring their ideas to life.