Parramatta East Public School eNewsletter

Dear Parents & Carers,
Welcome back to Term 3 and a special warm welcome to all of our new families who have joined Parramatta East PS in the last week. Our students are eager and ready to learn as we head into a very busy term. I am sure you have noticed the fenced areas around the school, this is the first step towards our new school build. The refurbishment is almost complete and we will soon have access to the new classroom for 1 Wirambi.
Yesterday our Kindergarten students celebrated 100 days of school. They had a full day of celebrating being at school and enjoying learning. Thank you to all the parents who attended their parade.
We have another busy term ahead of us with many events happening in the coming weeks including stage 3 camp next week for three days. We also celebrate Public Education Week next week and welcome all families to our open day on Tuesday. In the coming weeks we have our Athletics Carnival, Book Week Parade, Author talks, excursions and regional Spelling Bee competition to name a few events.

Principal
Justine Miller

Dear Parents & Carers,

Re: Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

year of schooling
category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools
consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school.

Kind regards

Justine Miller

Principal

This year, PEPS proudly celebrated NAIDOC Week by exploring the theme “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision, Legacy.” Our learning focused on the inspiring work of Blak Douglas, a celebrated Indigenous artist and winner of the 2022 Archibald Prize. His powerful storytelling through portraiture sparked rich conversations and creativity throughout the school.
As part of the week, students created their own portraits of an Elder who inspires them—recognising the strength and wisdom of those who have helped shape their lives and communities. These artworks were both thoughtful and expressive, showcasing students’ understanding of legacy and cultural pride.
In addition to visual arts, students engaged in a variety of activities including Indigenous literacy experiences and music sessions that celebrated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, stories, and traditions.
NAIDOC Week continues to be a meaningful time for our school to reflect, celebrate, and learn from the world’s oldest living cultures. We are proud of the respect and enthusiasm our students brought to every activity.

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Stage 2

On the 23rd of July, we were representing Parramatta East Public School in the local finals of the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition. Competing against 4 other people from 2 other schools (School of the Air Broken Hill and Sussex Inlet Public School), we had to do a prepared speech and one impromptu speech. Neelan’s speech topic was “The same but different” and Ari’s topic was “Sport brings people together”. Our impromptu speech topic was “Rubbish”. The competition was conducted online which was a new experience for us. The winner of the Stage 2 competition was Ari! The Highly Commended person was from the School of the Air Broken Hill. We were not too overwhelmed. The competition was fun and nerve racking at the same time. It was a good experience. It was very fun but also extremely tense. We had both been practising a lot and we were relieved when it was over. Thank you to Mrs Allan for supporting us all through the competition. Thank you to all the parents that attended the competition to support their child. Congratulations to Ari for getting to the next level which will be in Week 6 at The Arts Unit in Lewisham.

Written by Neelan Owen and Ari Chopra

Stage 3

On the 23rd of July 2025, 2 students with 2 different topics represented Parramatta East Public School in the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking local finals. Both felt nervous and pressured at the beginning of the competition. These students were Adrian Selimovic and Emma Odoffin. Emma had the topic of “Everyone has a story” and Adrian had the topic of “How far Australia has come in the last 30 years”. They were up against different schools - the names of these schools were School of the Air Broken Hill, Sussex Inlet Public School and Lynwood Park Public School. Once the impromptu speech came, the topic was “Technology”. When they were told about the highly commended students, sadly none of them were chosen for this title nor as the winner. Although they didn't win, they still felt a sense of pride because they were representing their Stage and their school. Thank you to Mrs Allan for all of her support during the competition. Congratulations to Ari for his win! We wish him lots of luck in the next round.

Written by Adrian Selimovic and Emma Odoffin

Thank you families for your participation in our Teddy Bears Picnic last term and for your generous donations. As a community we have donated $695 to Stewart House.

Stewart House is a residential program and children's charity that provides health, education, and emotional support to students across both NSW and the ACT in partnership with the Department of Education. To find out more about Stewart House please visit https://www.stewarthouse.org.au/

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K/1 Gilbanung have had a wonderfully busy and exciting start to Term 3. We’ve been diving into imaginative texts during our writing sessions, where students are learning how to create stories full of interesting characters, settings, and magical adventures. It’s been amazing to see their creativity shine as they develop their own ideas and share them with the class.

In mathematics, we’ve been focusing on volume and capacity. Using hands-on materials like water, sand, and containers of all shapes and sizes, students have been making estimations and then testing them to see how accurate they are. These practical activities have helped bring maths to life and have encouraged lots of great thinking and problem-solving.

One of the biggest highlights so far has been our very first Kitchen Garden lesson! The students were absolutely thrilled to get outside and start exploring the garden space. We talked about the importance of sustainability and how growing our own food can help take care of the environment. Everyone is looking forward to getting their hands dirty and learning more about planting, harvesting, and healthy eating in the coming weeks.

Term 3 is off to a fantastic start, and we can’t wait to see what the rest of the term brings!

The students in 2 Bubug actively engage in literacy group activities. It has been wonderful to see all our students develop into confident readers. During maths lessons, students have been embracing productive struggle while participating in solving problems. We are learning that making mistakes and working through difficulties are important parts of growing as mathematicians. This is helping the students build resilience and deepen their understanding of mathematical concepts. Our classroom is brightened by beautiful display of art work using the elements of art: line, shape, and colour.

This term, 4 Buru is learning about informative texts in our writing unit, through the theme of food, also linking with our science unit. Each week, we will explore a different food item such as salt, tea, rice, cheese, honey, bread, and chocolate. In our first week back this term, we investigated salt—where it comes from, the way it is processed, how it was used throughout history by various cultures and civilisations. During the week, we experimented with watercolour artworks, using salt flakes, rock salt, table salt and Himalayan salt to create an interesting, rough texture.

There are 13 years of school from Kindergarten to Year 12, and - after the school holidays - our Year 6s are officially past the halfway point!

We've started Term 3 by investigating informative texts and identifying if articles are real or fake in the age of AI. We're learning about what adds credibility to our writing and how we can prove that information is true. Alarmingly, many of the strange animals we've researched really do exist, which has been terrifying to Roary.

In maths, we're looking into the weird worlds of negative numbers and massive numbers (over a billion). We're trying to keep track of all the zeroes and Mr Gee is trying to keep his eyes working as he marks pages and pages of 9-digit maths answers. We're looking forward to another great term together and can't wait to go on camp next week!

Mr Gee & 6 Pemulwuy