Urunga
Public School
Quality Education in a Professional and Personal Environment
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Quality Education in a Professional and Personal Environment
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A-Z The school welcomes a strong liaison between parents and staff. Please contact the office to organise an appointment with a staff member to ensure valuable classroom time is not interrupted and the teacher is available. Staff value parent interviews and need to give them the necessary time. Parents are asked to come through the Front Office prior to the appointment. Children should attend school regularly. This is essential if satisfactory educational progress is to be made and is a requirement by law. A note or phone message is necessary to outline the reason for absence. Cases where children miss school without explanation will be investigated. Our Home School Liaison Officer makes regular visits to the school. Parents must come through the office to complete a variation to attendance form when school hours of attendance are not followed. (e.g. Leaving early, arriving late) Students are not to arrive at school prior to 8.50am without prior arrangements. Children who arrive at school prior to 8.50am are expected to sit on the seats in the undercover area near the staffroom until the bell rings. Please inform the office immediately of any changes to address or phone number. In the event of sickness or an emergency, it is important that you can be contacted. Assemblies K-6 are held fortnightly at the school straight after recess at 11.50am. Assemblies are on the Friday of the even weeks of each term at the COLA (covered outdoor learning area). Parents and visitors are most welcome. Rotated class items are advised in the weekly newsletter. Banking: School banking is available each Monday through the Commonwealth Bank facilities in the school office. Bank books are handed in to the classroom teacher. Please label all possessions/clothing clearly. This can save a lot of effort in locating lost property. Children are encouraged to be responsible for their own belongings and to check LOST PROPERTY (Kept in a bin on the veranda outside the staffroom). A the end of term lost property items are given to charity. Expensive or precious items should not be brought to school. Dangerous or inappropriate belongings are not permitted on school grounds. Bicycles: Students K-2 are not encouraged to ride bikes to school unless arrangements are discussed with the Principal. Bikes are stored in an out-of-bounds area for security but should be engraved with the student’s name. Entry onto the street after school is supervised by the teacher on bus duty. Helmets are required to be worn by law. Any student without a helmet will have to walk home and parents will be phoned to collect the bike. Bus Travellers: Students K-2, or residing more than 1.5kms from school, are entitled to free bus travel. Forms are available from the school office. Bus passes must be shown each day. Students who misbehave and interfere with the safety rights of other travellers will have their bus privileges removed. Bus times can be obtained from Busways bus company on 66557410. Variations to bus travel should be communicated to the class teacher by note or by phoning the office, otherwise usual travel arrangements will be carried through. If collecting a student from bus lines please see the teacher on duty first. The canteen is run by a canteen manager with volunteers every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Profits are used to support school priorities. Volunteers to work in the canteen are keenly sought because they are essential to the smooth running of the canteen. Please contact the office. Our canteen follows and implements The NSW Government Healthy Canteen Policy. Orders can be placed before school on canteen days in the letterbox outside of the canteen. Orders should be on a paper bag with your child’s name and class clearly marked and money included. The school code of conduct is an integral part of the Welfare and Discipline Policy. Our rights/responsibilities along with an overview of the level system are included in this booklet. It also explains the consequences of students failing to meet the expectations of the code. Please reinforce the school’s behaviour code with your child. A copy of the complete Welfare and Discipline Policy is available on request from the office. Counsellor Services: A school counsellor is available one day per week (currently Wednesdays) for advice about student progress and well being. Appointments must be made through the principal. Parental permission is required before a student may have a counsellor assessment. Our Learning Support Team prioritises the counsellor workload and assists with support programs. Please present documentation to the Principal should any custody circumstances change or issues arise. Parents should note that a copy of custody orders are kept in confidential student files. Dangerous Materials: Materials regarded as dangerous and inappropriate are not to be brought to school for any reason. The list includes: super glue, knives of any description, spray cans, solvents, matches, lighters, cutting instruments. For more information obtain a copy of the Welfare and Discipline policy from the office. Children are eligible to start school at any time from the beginning of the year to the end of Term 2, provided they are 5 years old before 31st of July in that year. All other students living within the school zone can be enrolled at any time of the year. Evidence of age is required if a student has not previously attended a NSW Department of Education and Training (D.E.T.) school. The NSW DET encourages parents to have their children fully vaccinated before enrolling at school. Evidence of immunisation will need to be presented at time of enrolment. A copy will be placed into your child’s student file. If your child is not immunised please contact the principal for further details. Evacuation: In an emergency, an alarm is sounded. All persons on the school grounds must go to the Bowra/Orara street corner and wait until the drill is concluded. Practice is held at least twice annually. Evacuation plans are displayed in every room. Excursions & Shows: Parents will be advised in writing of educational excursions and shows being conducted by the school. Participation is in the best educational interests of all children and parents are more than welcome to contact the Principal if financial assistance needs to be considered. Unless otherwise informed, full school uniform is expected on excursions. Children need to be reminded that the privilege of attending excursions is subject to behaviour at school being satisfactory. Treatment of students requiring attention includes: · First Aid— dressing minor wounds · Other— if it is something more serious e.g. headaches, deep wound, nausea etc you will be contacted by the school for advice. · Ambulance—in the event of serious injury, we summon the ambulance first, then make contact with the parents. The school has separate insurance cover, cost free to parents. It is essential that all emergency contact information is up to date. It is also important that the school is notified of severe medical conditions and appropriate treatments and/or responses. Hats: The school has a “No Hat—Play in the shade” policy. Children who do not have a hat to wear during outdoor class activities or recess periods, must play under designated shade areas within the school playground. This rule applies ALL year and is designed to protect and ensure your child’s health. The school has a Homework Policy which has been endorsed by the parent community. It is school policy that homework is set for each class. Teachers will communicate their specific requirements to all parents at the beginning of the school year. The decision as to whether students complete set tasks is the responsibility of parents. Teachers will contact parents if a pattern of non-completion arises. Please discuss homework issues with your child’s teacher to avoid any problems. A copy of the Homework Policy is in this booklet. Library: The school library is open Monday through to Wednesday. A library bag is required when borrowing books. Books should be returned promptly. Books not returned must either be replaced or paid for. All classes K-6 have access to the library on a weekly basis. Medicine: Children who have medication requirements must bring the medication and an explanatory note to the office should a dose be required at school. All prescribed medicines should be in the original container with directions clearly marked. Mobile phones are not to be used by students during school hours. Students who need a mobile phone for specific reasons are encouraged to take them to the office for safe keeping. Morning Assembly: At the 9.20am bell all students line up in class lines at the undercover area near the staffroom. This assembly is to give the students daily information. It is also the time that bronze, silver or gold awards are handed out as well as some other awards. Birthdays are also acknowledged. Mufti Days: From time to time the Student representative council (SRC) will organise a mufti day for all students. This means students are allowed to come out of uniform, but sensible clothes and covered in shoes are expected. Each Tuesday a Newsletter is sent home with the eldest child in each family. It contains important school information, dates and items of news. Please contact your child’s teacher if Newsletters are not coming home. Email the school if you would like the school newsletter emailed to you. urunga-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au The following parent groups meet regularly at the school: · P & C Association (parents and citizen). Meets at 7.00pm on the second Tuesday of the month in the staffroom. · PSPI (Aboriginal Parents group). Before and after school—Parents are reminded that playground supervision before school does not commence until 8.50am. Children who arrive at school prior to this time are expected to sit on the seats in the undercover area near the staffroom. After school children are expected to go directly home, supervision in the playground is limited to bus travellers. Pupil Free Days: The first day of Terms 1, 2 & 3 are all “Pupil Free Days” (you keep your child at home). These days are used for staff development and training. Reading At Home: Reading at home is an important part of each child’s journey towards literacy. Your influence in encouraging reading at home cannot be underestimated. Please model with your child the pleasures of reading. Home readers are sent home (in the plastic Envelope that you provide). Please listen to your child read the book and then send it back to school for a new book. The school has a “100 Minute Reading Club” operating to encourage reading at home on a regular basis. Please see your child’s teacher for more information. Scripture is held for half an hour each Friday morning, commencing at 9.30am by representatives of the Anglican, Uniting and Roman Catholic churches. A note is required if your child is not to attend a scripture class. Non-scripture groups are supervised. Reporting On Student Progress: Throughout the year, student progress in the six Key Learning Areas will be addressed. Formal interviews occur mid year, with interviews by appointment at other times most welcome. Students in Years 3 and 5 will receive NAPLAN Test results in Term 4. Sport: All students participate in physical education and weekly sport sessions. Sport is held at the following times: Kinder, Years 1 & 2 : Tuesdays 9.30am—10.30am Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 : Fridays 2.00pm—3.20pm The students throughout the school are placed into three sporting houses: · Myles (Yellow) · Lawson (Red) · Paterson (Blue) Major events are held throughout the year such as Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics carnivals where students compete for house points. Support Teacher Learning Assistance (STLA): We run a variety of programs for students with learning difficulties. Our STLA works with the Learning Support Team to devise and implement a range of support services. (There is an outline of the uniform including pictures from the link above) The Urunga School Uniform has been determined by the school parent community. We encourage the wearing of our uniform to promote a sense of pride and school identity. Thongs are not permitted. Items of clothing with logos or offensive messages are actively discouraged. Coloured/patterned tights are not to be worn. Students who are repeatedly out of uniform without permission or a legitimate reason, will have school privileges withdrawn. The school has a “No Hat—Play in the shade” policy. Specific school items such as hats, t-shirts and jumpers/jackets are available from the P & C uniform pool which operates from the school canteen. There is an outline of the uniform included in the link from this page. Visiting performances: There are usually several performances throughout the year. In general one per term. All performances are approved by the Department of Education and Training. All visitors to the school are requested to sign in/out at the office for every visit.
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