Year 3

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

We hope you have all enjoyed a wonderful break over the summer and the students are feeling refreshed and excited to start Year 3.

We have outlined some information below that may be helpful for you and your child as the new school year begins.

Please note, Full School Summer uniform is to be worn on day 1, Tuesday 30 January 2024.

We look forward to meeting and welcoming those of you who are able to attend the Junior School Parent Information and Welcome Evening at 5.30pm on Thursday 1 February. Please RSVP here.

Term 1 is a 11-week term, with Easter falling within the Term, Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April.

• By now you should have received your stationery packs. Please check the order carefully so you can chase up any missing items with the company before term starts.
• Please ensure that all items are clearly named as this will assist the students with their organisation in the classroom.
• We kindly ask that you do not cover the exercise books as we have made subject specific covers in class. Having said that, if books have already been covered, we will assist your child in class to add the class cover.
• A large soft pencil case is recommended to keep all the spare stationery (pens, pencils, erasers and the like), safe until they are needed, pencil pots on the tables will be provided.
• Families may drop off student books on Monday 29 January between 2pm and 3pm. Teachers will also be available at this time.

The children are required to wear their sport uniform to school on the following days:

3S –Wednesday and Thursday 
3C – Wednesday and Thursday

• Any other day that your child participates in co-curricular activities
• Children are to wear their formal uniform to school on the other days.
• Please also ensure your child has a named Pulteney play hat.
• Play hats are required every day at school and worn during Recess and Lunch when the UV rating is 3 or above.

Please pack a healthy snack for a morning Brain Food break.  This snack could consist of fresh fruit or vegetables, cheese, yoghurt, or dried fruit. No processed food please. Children are also permitted to bring a healthy snack for an afternoon Brain Break if required. Please be aware Pulteney is a nut aware school, so nuts or nut products are not to be brought to school. 

Recess and Lunch should be packed into your child’s lunch box.  Tuck orders are also available to order through the Qkr! App.  Any recess and lunch orders on the Qkr! App website must be completed by 8.30am on the day.

Please send a named drink bottle containing water for your child to drink during class time.

MORNING

• Please wait with your child in the playground until the classroom doors are opened at 8.15am by a staff member.
• Alternatively, you may choose to drop your child at the Gilles St ‘Kiss and Drop’ from 8.10 – 8.30am.
• Classroom learning will commence at 8.30am promptly.
• Students arriving at school later than 8.30am need to be signed in at Wheaton House before coming into class.
• We are encouraging the children to get into the routine of unpacking their school bag in the classroom before going out to play with their friends each morning before school, weather permitting.

Children are encouraged to be independent with the following morning tasks:

• Carrying their own school bag to and from school.
• Placing their school diary (to be provided on day 1) and a drink bottle on their desk each morning.

AFTERNOON

• Our school day ends at 3.25pm.
• Students can be collected from the Year 3-6 basketball court (outside the Year 3 classrooms). Alternatively, they can wait with the duty teacher at the Gilles St entrance until parents arrive.
• Children attending OSHC will be collected by an OSCH staff member.
• Children who are not collected by 3.40pm will be taken to OSHC.

• All toys, games and precious items are to remain at home please.
• Birthday invitations – Please use addresses located in the ‘Buzz Book’ which can be accessed via the Parents Community Portal link on the Pulteney website to send birthday invitations to home addresses. Please do not give invitations out at school as it could cause upset to some students not invited.

We are both really excited for the year ahead and look forward to meeting you all in the coming weeks.

Gen Corbo and Jody Sadecki