Welcome to Caves Beach Public School for 2025
I trust all our families have had a wonderful summer holiday and are excited to begin the new year. All staff are keen to begin and are looking forward to getting to know their new students.
We have some new families joining our school community. We welcome all our new Kindergarten families and all other new families starting at Caves Beach Public School this year. If there is anything we can assist you with, please do not hesitate to ask.
We will be holding parent information sessions with details to follow soon.
Our staff for 2025 are as follows:
Principal -Sue Gibson
Deputy Principal (Above establishment) - Jen White
Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction - Lisa Dallaway
Administration Staff
School Administration Manager - Kathrine Gay
School Administration Officers - Karen McDonald & Debi Davis
Diverse Learning Space
Assistant Principal - Alana Folwell (Mon -Thurs) Richard Linnane (Fri)
K/6F Alana Folwell & Taryn Ford
K/6R - Zoey Ray
K/6L - Richard Linnane
Early Stage 0ne
Assistant Principal - Rhonda Faulkner
KF - Rhonda Faulkner & Kristy Jackson
K/1P - Karina Pengelly & Kristy Jackson
Stage One
Assistant Principal - Rhonda Faulkner
K/1P - Karina Pengelly & Kristy Jackson
1S - Sharon Robertson
1/2H - Amelia Heap
2M - Joanne McDonald
2/3B -Jess Brewster
Stage Two
Assistant Principal - Hamish Powell
2/3B -Jess Brewster
3P – Hamish Powell & Michelle Corbett
3/4B - Liam Bone
4T – Kristan Tiananga
Stage 3
Assistant Principal - Melanie McLean
5N – Kylie Nebauer
5/6R – Ben Remmington
6L – Harrison Lane
6M - Mel McLean & Michelle Corbett
Learning and Support
Pei-Ling Chensee & Rebecca Searles
School Counsellor
Sheba Boyd (Wed & alternate Fri)
Library - Sheree Tonks
Digital Technology - Katie Scott
Music/ Band - Kelsey Scott
School Learning Support Officers
Deb Davis Julie Blow
Leann Smith Joshua Honeysett
Rebecca Twyford Tina Main
Tracy Papas Sam Marshall
Molly Freebody Lisa Godde
Jess Fisher
General Assistant Cleaner
Neil Forbes & Norm Boyd Scott Humphrey
School Communication
Your first port of call for anything involving your child at school is your child’s class teacher. The best way to contact the teacher is by school phone on 49711838 or school email cavesbeach.p.school@det.nsw.edu.au. Teachers will respond at their earliest convenience. You are also always able to contact the School Principal in this manner.
Newsletter
The school newsletter is where you will find all the up-to-date information about what is happening within the school and is distributed at the beginning of the week bi-weekly. The school newsletter is located on our Audiri app and on the school website
Voluntary School Contribution
The 2025 Voluntary School Contribution will be $50. For parents with more than 2 student at the school a small discount will apply. Invoices will be distributed in the coming weeks and the school would appreciate it if you could pay this as soon as possible.
Updated Information Forms
A student and family information form and Medical Form will come home this week. Please complete and return these to the office as soon as possible. It is important that we always have the most up to date information relating to your child.
Scripture/Ethics
SRE and SEE takes place on Thursday afternoons. Currently Ethics is only offered to some cohorts as there are no teachers available
School Assemblies
Our school assemblies are held weekly on Friday afternoons currently at 2.00pm. The Assembly is an opportunity for student achievements to be recognised. Each class takes turn to conduct our assemblies and are all looking forward to this opportunity.
There are a few DoE requirements that I like to remind everyone of at the beginning of every year:
Absentee Information
When children do not attend school, they miss vital information, their learning routine is broken and they can lose confidence, which can affect the building of friendships.
If your child has to be absent from school for any reason, please tell your child's teacher, the school office, phone, email, Audiri send a written note as soon as possible, or within seven days.
If your child arrives at school late they need to be accompanied by an adult and report to the school office.
Once children are enrolled parents are legally required to send them to school every day that the school is open for instruction or participation in school activities, such as sports days.
Failure to explain an absence within 7 days is recorded as an unjustified absence. School will inform parents via SMS on a daily basis, if a student is absent from school without explanation.
What should I do if our family is going on holiday in school time?
Families should try to arrange holidays during school vacations. If this is not possible, you need to contact the school office and complete an application form at least 10 days prior to the intended absence. Applications are not automatically granted but considered in light of attendance history.
When to get help?
The department has implemented a number of attendance programs to support parents in ensuring their children attend school regularly. If you are having difficulty getting your child to attend school regularly, you might like to talk to the school principal or the school counsellor.
Basic Safety Rules
· Pupils walking to school must use the supervised crossing in front of the High School when crossing Park Avenue.
· Primary children ONLY may ride bikes to school and ALL children riding a bike to school MUST wear a safety helmet.
· If any child in K-2 wants to ride, they must be under the direct supervision of a Parent/Carer (not older siblings). All bikes need to be left in the school bike racks at the rear of the staffroom. Securing bikes in the bikes racks is the students’ responsibility. If bikes are not able to be secured in the school bike racks students will need to find an alternate method of coming to and from school.
· Bicycles must NOT be ridden or scootered in the school grounds or along the footpath from Park Avenue.
· Children riding scooters must follow the same rules as bike riders.
· No riding of skateboards.
· Pupils are not to run on concrete areas.
· No child is to leave the school playground without written permission from parents.
Bus Supervision
Caves Beach staff have duty of care for students until they board the school bus in the afternoon. Some parents arrange for older high school siblings to supervise their children when catching late buses after our staff supervision times of 3.30pm. Parents are required to advise our school in writing of these arrangements taking responsibility for their child to remain in the care of their sibling.
