Caves Beach Public School Newsletter

Welcome to Week 10 Term 3 2025!

As we wrap up another busy and rewarding term, I want to take a moment to reflect on the wonderful experiences our students will have over the past week—and to thank you, our school community, for your continued support throughout the term.

Tomorrow our Kindergarten students will be participating in an excursion to Oakvale Farm, we look forward to them returning full of stories and smiles. Excursions like these are such valuable opportunities for our youngest learners to explore the world beyond the classroom in a safe, engaging way.

Our Year 6 students will also benefit from a thoughtful and important session with Headspace, helping them to understand the importance of wearing a helmet when bike riding.

Students in Years 3–6 will also be working on a very special collaborative Aboriginal Art project, which will be displayed at our East Lake Macquarie Education Office. We look forward to seeing the final creation which will be truly impressive.

We will be holding our Term 3 Celebration Assembly this Thursday at 9.40. All Caves Beach PS community members are invited to join us to celebrate our student successes.

As we look ahead to the holidays, I’d like to thank all our staff, students and families for a fantastic term. Your dedication and enthusiasm continue to make our school a vibrant and welcoming place for all.

 2026 Enrolments

Next year our school will be able to accept enrolments across all grades K-6. If you are aware of any students wishing to enrol at our school in 2026 can you please ask them to contact our school office on 49711838 for further details.

Sue Gibson

Principal

Week 10

• Tuesday 23rd September - ES1 Oakvale Farm Excursion 
• Thursday 25th September - Celebration Ceremony
• Friday 26th September - Last Day of Term 3

Week 1 - Term 4

• Monday 13th October - Pupil Free Day

Week 2

• Tuesday 21st October - Kindergarten Parent Info Session
• Wednesday 22nd - Friday 24th October - Year 6 Canberra Excursion

Congratulations to the following Gold Award recipients:

    Jaxon G - 3/4B

    River B - 3/4B

    Caleb D-S - 6L

    Seth Y - 6L

    Pepper J - 6L

Congratulations to the following Merit Award recipients:

Week 8

Congratulations to the following Celebration Award recipients:

Week 8

Congratulations to the following Merit Award recipients:

Week 9

Congratulations to the following Celebration Award recipients:

Week 9

Dear parents and carers,

During Term 3, students will participate in the Check-in assessment.

The Check-in assessment is a NSW Department of Education online literacy and numeracy assessment available to support schools to assess and monitor student learning.

The assessment can supplement existing school practices to identify how students are performing in literacy and numeracy and to help teachers tailor their teaching more specifically to student needs. Students with disability may receive the same level of support during the assessment they would normally receive in the classroom.

·         The assessment will be scheduled for our Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 students during Weeks 6 to 9 (Monday 25 August to Friday 19 September) with a finalisation week in week 10 (22 September to 26 September).    

·         All students complete a reading assessment and a numeracy assessment. Year 6 students will also complete a writing assessment during weeks 6 to 9.

Both bands will perform this Thursday for Celebration Assembly, please ensure your child comes to school in their band shirt with the music and instrument and brings a normal school shirt to change into after the performance. 

Dates for your diary:

Celebration assembly - Junior and Senior band performance - Thursday 25th Sept - 9:30am -10:30am 

Family Band Night - All band students - Wednesday 29th October - 6pm - 8pm - School hall 

Bandfest - All band Students - Wednesday 5th November - 11am - 3pm - Newcastle Conservatorium of Music - Permission note to come this week. 

(Mallet group - Bandfest - Monday 3rd November 8am - 11am - Newcastle Conservatorium of Music) 

Band Presentation night - TBC - towards the end of term 4. 

Week 10

Junior band 8:15am – 8:55am - Tuesday (No Thursday due to set up for assembly)  

Senior band 8:00am – 8:55am - Wednesday and Friday 

Week 1 - Term 4

Junior band 8:15am – 8:55am - Tuesday and Thursday 

Senior band 8:00am – 8:55am - Wednesday and Friday 

Please send a black display folder with current band music to rehearsals each week. 

• Please keep in close contact with your tutors regarding absences. 

Lance Verdon- Clarinet, Saxophone and Percussion - Tuesday, Thursday, Friday  

Rachael Sebastian - Keyboard - day TBC

Isabella O'Brien - Flute and Bass guitar - Tuesday 

Bryn Wilson-Kellaway - Trumpet and Trombone – Wednesday

Fees:

Fees will be collected through the school office for all band members. These have been added to your school bytes accounts, please let Mrs Scott know if there are any errors or if you cannot view these fees. 

Fees can be paid off termly @ $60 per term. Instrument hire fees are due term 1 to secure the instrument for your child. Instrument hire fee is non- refundable.

Band fee - $60 per student per term, Junior and Senior band.

Instrument Hire fee - $100 per year, due term 1

Reeds:

Reeds are available for purchase with cash only to Mrs Scott:

Clarinet - Rico - $3.50 (Beginner students) 

Clarinet - Vandoren - $4.50 (Intermediate - advanced students) 

Saxophone - $4.50 

Bass Clarinet - $7.50

Students will be supplied with a reed when one is broken so they can continue to participate in rehearsals and lessons.  A slip will be sent home with your child with the cost displayed and payment is expected within the same week. 

Happy music making,

Kelsey Scott 

Band coordinator 

Stage 3 Aboriginal students sharing their learning about culture at Swansea High School  

Kaayi! It was nice to be more connected to my culture, engage with other Aboriginal students and I feel more comfortable with them. These past few weeks, we danced, practised weaving and painted gum tree leaves. I look forward to more exciting activities with the high school group.  

I enjoyed being with my friends at Swansea High School and it was pretty cool that we got to meet up with other primary schools. 

It was exciting to hear the story about Yidaki and playing the didgeridoo with the high school group in their school assembly.  

It was amazing that we learnt how to play different sounds on the didgeridoo and how we got to participate with them. 

I look forward to the next time we meet and excited to attend the next big performance at the high school.

📣 Where to Find Us & Stay Connected

📧 Email: cavesbeachpublicschool@pcaffiliate.onmicrosoft.com

🌐 Website: Caves Parent

📱 Facebook: Caves Beach Public School P&C

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Working together for our kids 🏫✨

Seaside Bites Update and Volunteer Call-Out

We need your help! 🌟

We are currently looking for parents, grandparents & carers who may be available to help out in the canteen once a month on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and/ or Friday morning (9:00am – 12:00pm). If you’re free and would like to lend a hand, we’d love to hear from you, even if it’s a more casual basis🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️.

The kids love seeing you at school and it’s a great way to connect and meet other parents. Not feeling confident? No problems, We teach you every thing you need to know.  

📩 Interested? Give the school a call or pop us an email at cavescanteen@gmail.com to sign up—we’d love to have you on board! 🥪

A big thank you also to all our wonderful Seaside Bites volunteers for your continued support – we couldn’t do it without you! 🙌