ZIG ZAG Public School

welcome to 2025 February Newsletter

Principals report

Welcome everyone to the 2025 school year.

A warm welcome to big school to our Kindergarten children and to new students to Zig Zag Public School.

All classes have had a great start to the year and every class is filled with smiling faces.

2025 Class Information:

Our student enrolment this year is 120 students, and this gives ZZPS a class entitlement from the Department of Education of 5 classes.

The number of students in each grade varies and this has meant we have formed Stage classes with two cross stage classes required.

All classes have students with mixed ability, and to cater for the cross-stage classes in Stage 2 and Stage 3, the teachers will be trialling teaching the same DoE units of work for Maths and English, catering for different abilities and Year group skills, with differentiated activities, during Term 1.

We will be holding a “Parent Meet and Greet” on Tuesday 18th February @3pm with more details.

2025 Staff News:

ZZPS staff has remained relatively the same this year with a few exceptions.

  • Mr Gray is taking leave in Term 1 and will return in Term 2 for four days per week.
  • M/s Nicholson has returned to work for 3 days per week.
  • Mrs McMahon is working 2 days per week.
Below you will find a description of each staff members role at ZZPS in 2025.

I look forward to a wonderful year ahead.

Vicki Gillmore

Our 2025 Staff

Vicki Gillmore

Principal

Tiffany Sirisisavath

Assistant Principal Curriculum & Instruction

Technology Co-ordinator

RFF Time

Julie Wallace

Classroom Teacher

5/6 Bucholtz

Sonia Doran

Classroom Teacher

4/5 Cafe`s Gully

Jacob Gray

Classroom Teacher

3/4 New Vale Colliery

Leave Term 1


Leona George

Classroom Teacher 

3/4 New Vale Colliery

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

RFF

Elena Wood

Classroom Teacher 

3/4 New Vale Colliery Term 1

Monday, Tuesday

Intervention Program

Rhiannon McMahon

Classroom Teacher

1/2 Water Works Gully

Monday, Tuesday

Nereash Nicholson

Classroom Teacher

1/2 Waterworks Gully

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Samantha Dudley

Kindergarten Oakey Park

Tiarne Hookham

Teacher / Librarian

Infants Intervention Program

School Learning Support Officers

General Assistant

 Mark Sheppeard 

School Administration Staff

P and C News

Thursday 13th February

AGM

All Welcome

Please come along and see how our P & C works.

No pressure to take a position.

After such a successful year in 2024 raising funds to support our beautiful school we wish to continue and all the help we can get will help us achieve our goals in 2025.

Community News

PCYC Go4Fun


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Lithgow Information & Neighbourhood Centre


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Lithgow Physie


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https://www.facebook.com/zzpublicschool/


Calendar



Week 2
Thursday 6th February

- All students return to school

Week 3
Thursday 13th February
- Swimming Carnival
-P & C AGM
Week 4
Tuesday 18th February
- School Photo Day
- Parent Meet & Greet
Week 6
Monday 3rd March - Friday 7th March
- Swimming School
Week 7
Tuesday 11th & Wednesday 12th March
- Dental Van
Week 9
Tuesday 25th March
- Halogen Leaders Conference
Week 11
Friday 11th April
- Easter Hat Parade
- Last day of Term 1 2025