27 July 2018
Salam alaikum.
1: From the Principal –
We welcome many new students,
their families as well as
new staff to the start of Term 3.
Enrolments are around 240 students,
and we look to having around 300
for the start of next year as
we grow to include Year 9.
We welcome Mr Jacques to the office,
who is taking over the finance
role vacated by Mrs Turner,
and Peng, the driver of our
fifth bus – over 110 students
come to Playford College by bus.
I will be sending out updated bus
timetables via School Stream –
please look out for this information.
2: From the Deputy Principal
– Curriculum Matters –
A reminder to parents/caregivers that
we encourage the following programs;
Mathseeds Reception to Year 2;
Mathletics Year 3 – Year 8;
Reading Eggs Reception – Year 6.
Robotics / Coding –
we are pleased to announce
that our curriculum program
will include a Robotics/ Coding program
in Term 3 and Term 4.
Our Primary students will
enjoy using Bee-Bots
and our Middle School (7-10)
will be using Arduino.
3: Bus Number 5 –
We now have 5 buses running,
and they are already full.
I will be sending out the
latest routes and times
on School Stream.
4: Term 3 Fees –
invoices will be sent shortly.
More and more families are
moving to direct debit –
no extra fees are charged by the school –
why not consider using this
convenient method to make
regular automatic payments of
your school fees?
5: Drop Off and Pick Up –
School starts at 8.55am, and
students should be at school ten minutes
before that time, to be ready
when the bell goes.
The school day ends at 3.25pm
and supervision finishes at 3.45pm.
Parents should pick up their
children by 3.45pm.
If running late,
please notify the front office.
6: Jeans for Genes –
as a fundraiser for this charity
we are having a
Jeans for Genes Day next Friday.
Gold coin donation.
If you wish to make an
additional donation to this cause, visit
http://www.jeansforgenes.org.au/fundraiser/playford-college
7: Term 3 Uniform –
a reminder that uniform
for term 3 is
winter uniform and
also the sports uniform.
Please do not mix and match the uniforms.
8: –Please note –
this term there will be
significant changes to
kiss and drop and parking
on school grounds.
A separate newsletter will
be coming out explaining the changes.
These changes are coming into
place for the safety of our students,
which will always be a
high priority for our school.
9: Next Newsletter will be Friday 3 August.
Fi aman Allah (swt)
Regards and du’as
Rainer Mayer
Principal