Dear Parents and Carers,

It is wonderful to see all of our students settling into Term One so well especially our Kindergarten students who are having a wonderful time learning and making new friends.

All students have now taken home our ‘All About Stage’ handout that outlines learning and events that will be happening in your child’s class and stage throughout the year. Later on in the term we will hold our three way goal setting interviews where you can meet your child’s teacher and discuss your child’s goals.

Following the success of our recent swimming carnival, some of our students attended the and Zone swimming carnival today and represented our school and we are very proud of their achievements.

The School Book Fair comes to an end this afternoon in our school library. A big thank you to Mrs Urzua for organising the book fair and to all our families who have supported the book fair by purchasing books. What a great way to encourage the love of reading!

Mrs Adams, Miss Lewis and our Senior Choir students have been working very hard over the last few weeks as they prepare for Pulse Alive concert. Tomorrow they will attend the Pulse Alive rehearsal in preparation for the main event on Thursday 20^th March.

If you are interested in learning more about the PaTCH (Parents as Teacher Classroom Helpers) Program, please join Mrs Kraljevic this Friday 7^th March from 9:30-11:30am to hear more about this valuable program and ask questions. All interested parents will receive an expression of interest form to complete on Friday.

Our students in Years 3 & 5 will sit for the NAPLAN tests in writing, reading, language & conventions and numeracy from Wednesday 12^th March until Monday 17^th March. Make up tests will be on Tuesday 18^th March.

Our School Photo Day for 2025 is Wednesday 19^th March. If you wish to order school photos and pay online please go to www.theschoolphotographer.com.au and use the code X1315PC53P to purchase photos.

At this stage, many of our students are not permitted to appear in the school photos as we have not received parental consent. Can I ask that all parents check the 'Forms' page of their School Bytes parent portal to ensure that all permission notes have been completed.

Looking forward to another busy fortnight of learning and events at PEPS.

Kind regards,

Justine Miller

Principal