Presentation Evening 2020 

Thank you to the parents and guardians who attended Presentation Evening 2020.  Included in this week’s newsletter is a copy of the award recipients for 2020 and photos.

If you would like a copy of a picture from Presentation Evening, please contact the general office.

Staff Changes 2021

Like any school we do have staff changes for 2021 Luke Padgett will be taking up a position in Launceston and Bob White our MDT Aide will be retiring after 19 years at Port Dalrymple School. We thank Bob and Luke for their hard work and commitment to Port Dalrymple School.

We wish all families a safe and happy holiday and we look forward to seeing all of our students back in 2021!

Leadership Team 2021

Principal                    Jeanna Bolton

Assistant Principal      Mike Flanagan Years 9-12              

AST Stuart Austin Years 9-12

Assistant Principal      Davin Broomhall Years 5-8           

AST Brenton Gale Years 5-8

AST Amy Warren Years 5-8

Assistant Principal      Lisa Bailey Years Kinder-4             

AST Laura Kuruvita    Years Kinder-4

Assistant Principal      Elizabeth Williams Collective Ed   

TTC Coordinator         Barb Parker

Literacy Coach           Cheryl Broomhall and Lynette Knibbe

Business Manager      Lorna Clifford

Student Leadership Board 2021

 2021 SCHOOL COMPOSITE LEVY INFORMATION

We are writing to advise composite levy charges for 2021, as outlined in the table below.  School levies are determined in consultation with School Association and reflect the Department of Education’s School Levy Policy and local circumstances.

School Levies form an essential proportion of school income.  Levies help fund items such as student stationery, excursion costs and the Swimming and Water Safety Program.  See below for a more detailed outline.

For our Kindergarten to Year 6 classes, we will be distributing a basic stationery pack to these classes prior to start of school.  Class Teachers will distribute rulers, pens, pencils and coloured pencils on the first day of the school term to junior students.

For 2021, levy charges for Kindergarten and new students K-6 will include the supply of a sun safety hat.  Kindergarten students will also be supplied a Library bag.

2021 Levy Charges

The levy charge will cover the following compulsory and non-compulsory programs: 

• Purchase of core stationery and school requisites
• Cost of resource materials for ALL subjects
• Cost of consumable items for ALL subjects including elective subjects, for example, MDT, Outdoor Education, Foods and Art.
• Costs associated with supply of photocopied materials
• Cost of Library resources
• Cost of participation in cultural activities – visiting performers and theatre visits
• Cost of excursions – bus fare, registration for events, entry fees etc.
• Cost of Physical Education Programs and Sport – pool entry fees, bus fares.
• Costs associated with school sport team registrations where the sport is played in school hours. This includes school affiliation and team registration charges for TPSSA.

Payment Options

Management of school debts is undertaken by the Department of Education, Accounting Operation Unit within Central Office.  A statement of levies will be posted to families in the New Year and will include information about the payment methods available to families on the invoice.  Please contact the school if you have any problems with payment.  We are only too happy to set up a payment plan for you.

 Options include:

• BPay
  BPay is an electronic bill payment service offered to registered users by many financial institutions as a feature of Internet and phone banking.
• Centrepay

Centrepay is a free direct bill-paying service offered to Centrelink customers receiving payments from Centrelink.  The service allows their clients to nominate an amount to be deducted and forwarded to specific organisations including schools.  Please contact the school office if you wish to use this service.

• Service Tasmania

Payments may be made at Service Tasmania shops throughout the state.  Only invoiced amounts can be receipted through Service Tasmania.

 Families may elect to pay levies in the following ways:

1. Payment in full prior to school commencing
2. Four equal payments to be made at the start of each term by negotiation with the School Business Manager
3. Monthly or fortnightly payments by negotiation with the School Business Manager

 The School Office will be open for payment of levies, collection of stationery and uniforms for two days on:

• Wednesday 27^th January, 9:00am – 2:30pm
• Thursday 28^th January, 9:00am – 2:30pm

Levies and uniform items can be paid by cash, cheque, EFTPOS or credit card to the school.

Start of the School Year 2021

School resumes for our students on Wednesday, 3^rd February 2021

We are more than happy to discuss these arrangements should you have any questions in relation to student levies for 2021.

Congratulations to the the below students, who received awards on our Presentation Assembly