Welcome to Plenty Parklands Primary School. At Plenty Parklands Primary School we deliver a high quality primary school education, providing children with solid foundations for secondary education and preparing our students to become successful Australian citizens. The atmosphere of the school is supportive and friendly, with students, staff and parents working together to achieve the best learning outcomes for all children in a caring environment.
Congratulations to James and Vaheni in year 5 who are our Primary Student Ambassadors at the State Library of Victoria Student Ambassador Conference this term. They will then lead our students through the many resources, both online and ‘hands on’, which are available through the Library.
Hope everyone enjoyed the Cup Day holiday – hope your luck, if you had a flutter, was better than mine!
Out of interest, we had 347 (approximately 46%) of our 752 students attend school on Monday before Cup Day. In the past many schools have used this day for professional development or to ‘pay back’ staff who have attended weekend conferences. This year the Victorian government decided that this was not to be the case; however it will be interesting to see how many students across the state attended on Monday.
You may have experienced the situation where an older child didn’t have to attend while your PPPS student did have school that day. Of you may have experienced your PPPS student saying they wanted to get 100% attendance and so wanted to be at school. I would imagine that there may have been some interesting discussions as many workers would have had no choice but to take a holiday on Monday. I also imagine that some annual family holidays were cancelled this year due to the change. I also imagine that the number of holidays booked for that period would have been down on past years and so other industries will have noticed a difference.
We will wait to see whether the government continues this policy in future years.
Check the progress of the synthetic grass when you get the chance. If the weather is kind to us it could be finished in 2 weeks.
Congratulations to our students who are dealing really well with the limited playground space at the moment. Some are taking up the option of visiting the library or, for year 6 students, spending time in the computer lab.
You can all be proud of your willingness to live by the values of respect and tolerance and fair go for all.
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The PURPOSE of Plenty Parklands Primary School is to educate children as lifelong learners to shape a better Australia.
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