The speakers included Olympian Emma McKeon, screenwriter Thomas Duncan Watt, Actress Catherine Laga'aia and Bondi Rescue's Anthony ‘Harries’ Carroll. 

We learnt the skills and qualities of an effective leader and what to incorporate in our school as leaders.

Graduation Jerseys Presentation
The greatly anticipated jerseys were presented by the president or the P&C Ms Maher at a special assembly. The Year Sixers are very grateful for these amazing jackets. We will wear them with great pride.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)
Well done to following students who had their names drawn from the PBL (positive behaviour for learning) playground letterbox and will be attending our next Principal's afternoon tea. 

Congratulations!

Jasper K - Senior W
Rufus L - Senior O
Noah F - Senior O
Frankie C - Senior A
Mika J - 3SK

REPEAT MESSAGES & REMINDERS:

Easter Hat & Pedlars Parade - Tuesday 8 April
Kindy – Year 2 Easter Hat Parade: Students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 will be having an Easter Hat Parade. The students will be making their hats at home and will bring them to school to wear on the day of the parade. The hats can be made from a wide range of materials. Discount stores, Spotlight and art and craft stores are a good starting point to find items.  Please remember however this is some Easter fun, not a competition.  Students can wear mufti on the day of the Easter Hat Parade. 

Year 3 - Year 6 Pedlars Parade: Students in Years 3-6 will be having a Pedlars Parade. A Pedlars Parade is a traditional way of raising funds and having fun. The students make things to sell at school for Easter. They dress-up as a ‘pedlar’ and parade their goods and then sell them to each other. The money raised will go towards school resources. We encourage children to use creativity and initiative to make items such as individually wrapped treats, stationery supplies, small toys etc - about 6-8 is a good number. Please remember that we have a number of students with food allergies and therefore we ask you not to send in food products with nuts. Students can wear mufti on the day of the Pedlars Parade. If you do not want your child to participate in the Pedlars Parade please notify your child’s class teacher.

Students from K-6 can bring money on the day (no more than $5 please) and purchase tickets to buy items from the Pedlars. Each item is sold for $1 or $2, as the Pedlars decide.

Photo day is not far away!  Payments this year are on line only.

Please remind your child to look neat and tidy on photo day and to be wearing the correct school uniform.  

To order individual and/or sibling photos please use the QR link or click here and enter code X2316PRE53G.

For further information about Photo Day or if you have any questions please contact The School Photographer.

Welcome to the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge 
The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature.  It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely.  The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is open to all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 10.

Gold Awards
Jack C - 1EL
Oliver H, Aria H - 2B
Baanipreet K, Willow J, Georgie H - 2H
Sadie A, Becker S 3/4N
Sophie B, Thomas B, Nived TG, Ava F - Senior W

School Medal
Jono B, Riley L, Saxon S, Jaxson T - 1EL
Nancy W - 2B
Finn H, Romy G - 2H
Lucy M, Darcy M - 3/4N
Nicholas S, Holly H - Senior W

Wow Awards
Harlow B (KB) for being kind and friendly to everyone.
Faith C (KB) for beautifully detailed weekend recount writing and drawing.
Sophie B (KC) for having an enthusiastic approach to all her learning.
Bailey S (KC) for thoughtful contributions to class discussions.
Jack C (1EL) for great knowledge of butterflies and his enthusiasm in science.
Gigi G (1EL) for improve confidence in expressing her understanding in science.
Zoe K (2B) for outstanding effort in all learning.
Orion H (2B) for beautifully executed artwork of Sophie Scott's icebreaker ship.
Xavier C (3/4N) for great mathematical thinking during numeracy tasks.
Matteo H (3/4N) for wonderful effort and perserverance during touch football skill session.
Cooper S (4W) for displaying courage when presenting his project.
Miles H (4W) for displaying bravery when presenting his project.
Clare I (Senior O) for creating the most delicious earthquake homework project.
Alexander S (Senior O) for attention to detail in all written tasks.
Max H (Senior A) for excellent application and attention to all learning tasks.
Camilla B (Senior A) for maintaining a positive attitude towards all learning opportunities.
Archer B (Senior W) for excellence in scientific inquiry.
Harrison H (Senior W) for outstanding mathematical reasoning.
Ava F (Senior W) for confident and intellent public speaking.

Wakakirri Update
Thank you to the students who have registered an Expression of Interest to perform in the 2025 Wakakirri production. 

For all students who have registed their Expression of Interest as a performer our initial meeting with Justin, our choreographer, is this Monday 31 March at 8am in the school hall (students only).  

As previously advised numbers are limited and Justin will be making the final selection for the cast. You will be notified the outcome by email early next week. 

Please note that stage crew are not required to attend Monday's meeting.

If you have any further questions, please contact Judy Klein. 

Judy Klein
Wakakirri Admin Manager
judy.klein@det.nsw.edu.au

A reminder that the uniform shop is open every Wednesday morning during term time from 8.30am to 9.45am.  Alternatively, uniforms can be purchased via Flexischools and collected from the school office once you receive notification that your order is ready.

We have a second-hand uniform giveaway on Wednesday the 2 April at the uniform shop from 8.30am to 9.45am.  This might be a great opportunity to organise your winter uniform needs.  For those that would like to donate a gold coin in return for quality second hand uniforms, we will have an optional donation box available at the shop.

We are still waiting for our size 12 polos to arrive, thank you for your patience.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email:
GRPSuniformshop2024@gmail.com.

From the 2025 Uniform Shop Team

Kindy Free Trial Expiring Soon
We've had a fantastic time getting to know all of our new Kindergartners this term!  A friendly reminder to Kindy parents that The Cottage is offering two free sessions per child, but these are only valid for Term 1.

If you haven’t used your free sessions yet, be sure to book them in before the term ends!  Simply reach out to us at admin@thecottageoshc.org to arrange your sessions.

If your child already has bookings with us but hasn’t used both free trial sessions, we can apply the discount to your existing bookings.  Let us know, and we’ll take care of the rest!

Vacation Care
The Early Bird booking period may have ended, but there’s still time to secure your preferred dates!

We have limited spots remaining for our exciting excursion days, including Ultimate Sydney Centre, the Movies, the Zoo, and Hyper Karting.  Be sure to book soon before they fill up!

If your chosen day is fully booked, don’t worry—we can add you to our Waitlist.  Get in touch to secure your spot!

Toonworld Incursion – 24 April
Toonworld Education will be visiting us this Vacation Care!  The kids’ creativity will have a chance to run wild as they create a story, design backgrounds, and craft their own clay characters.  Using tablets, they’ll film a stop-motion animation, add sound effects, and share their mini-movie with friends.  We may very well get to experience the start of some very promising careers in directing!

Rheanne Bennett
Director
The Cottage OSHC

(02) 9361 3362
admin@thecottageoshc.org

Easter Bunraiser

When ordering please don't forget to include your child's name and class in the ticket info section so that we can deliver the buns to your child's classroom on Tuesday 8 April. 

2025 Parent Drinks - Book your babysitter
Don't forget to collect your voucher from the School Office as you'll need it on the night. 

To contact the P&C please click here to email