‘The Evatt Way’ Parent Information Session

Thank you to the parents and carers who came to our information session on how teaching and learning looks at Evatt Primary. This was held last Thursday evening. We outlined our student expectations, mind-up program, learning timetable and unpacked how we deliver our learning using the explicit/direct/instruction format. We also supported our families to understand our kindergarten routines for 2024.

We appreciated the great turn up and as always value our parent and community feedback.

End of Year Reports

Our Semester Two reports will be emailed to parents and carers on Friday Week 8 (01/12/2023). A reminder that teachers will be providing an A-E grade (Years 1-6) for the learning areas of the Australian Curriculum. 

If you need to update your contact information with a new email address please inform the front office at info@evattps.act.edu.au.

Evatt Fest

A reminder our end-of-year celebration will be held on Thursday December 7 from 5:00 - 7:00pm. It will be an informal, outdoor event where classes from across the school will perform a dance or music item for our community. Families are invited to bring along a picnic rug, set out on the grass, and enjoy an evening together as a community.

Move Up Day

A reminder that our move up / transition session for Kindy, new students to Evatt and all current students will be Week 9 Thursday 7 December 12.15-1.15pm. This is where all students attend without parents and spend an hour in one of the kindergarten rooms for 2024. For all new students to the school bring your child to the front office and executive staff will take them to their classroom. 

Students not returning in 2024

If your child or children are moving on from Evatt Primary School for 2024 could you please let the school know. This will help us with our planning for next year. Obviously students in year 6 are excluded from this.

Student Learning Resources

A friendly reminder for families that it is not too late to pay for your 2023 "Student Learning Resources" contribution or Voluntary contribution.

Your continued support is essential in providing learning supplies to classrooms so we can continue doing great learning. Some of the supplies we have already sourced include: workbooks, pencils, pencil grips, erasers, whiteboards, whiteboard markers, whiteboard erasers, crayons, and more.

Part payment options or payment plans are more than welcome. This can be arranged confidentially through the front office.

Australian Government School Student Broadband Initiative

The Australian Government has established the School Student Broadband Initiative to provide free home Internet for one year for up to 244 unconnected families with school students in the ACT.

To be eligible, families must:

• have a school student at home;

• not have an NBN connection and

• live at an address with access to a standard NBN connection.

For more information see www.infrastructure.gov.au/SSBI

To nominate, please fill in this form: https://forms.office.com/r/kHUg92YZaR

Contributions to the school and school community for 2023 by the P&C include:

• Funding for 5 new sets of readers for the home reading program

• Term 3 disco

• Special lunch days

• Mother’s Day and Father’s Day stalls

• Recognition of the efforts of the fabulous school staff

• Year 6 graduation contribution

• Community and fundraising event – Stomp the Grounds

• Funding to the Imagination Library program

• Running the uniform shop

What activities would you like the P&C run? What would you like the P&C to fund?

Volunteers needed!

The P&C needs your help! We appreciate that people are busy, but without help to run events, we won't be able to continue to run events for the kids. A lot of work goes into organising events and activities behind the scenes. Not everything is done during the day. We need help for the following:

• Special lunch days - packaging up meals and serving to the kids

• Writing comms on activities for the school community

• What's your skillset, I'm sure we can use it!

Without the help of our community, we can’t run activities and events. If you can spare an hour or two, please contact the P&C at evattpspc@gmail.com.

Contacting the School Board

Messages for the Evatt School Board can be sent to info@evattps.act.edu.au.

Have a go at puzzle number 9 with your child and then scroll down for the answers. 

See below for your chance to enter this week's community competition.