Welcome to our Year 7 2024 page!
This page has been created by our Year 7 2024 Transition Team to share information about our school and staff, so that you can familiarise yourself with Alexandria Park Community School.
I am very excited to be taking on the role of Year 7 Advisor for 2024. I was warmly welcomed this year to Alexandria Park Community School in the role of English/EAL/D teacher. It was clear from the start that this school is focused on supporting students through the different phases of their learning journey, starting with their transition to high school, and I wanted to be part of that journey.
I have been teaching for over 10 years across Sydney in both the Inner West and South-West Sydney and I have been involved in transition programs across these schools. I have learnt that transition is all about relationships. It is the relationships we build between students and teachers, parents and teachers, and within our school community. In the high school at Alex Park, there is a huge team helping students transition to high school. This includes; Head Teacher Year 7, Dan Waterworth; Head Teacher Jenla (Learning Support and EALD), Maeve Thomson; Head Teacher Wellbeing, Trish Betar; Learning and Support Teacher Year 7, Anna Nicholls; Deputy Principals, Steven Marcos and Kylie Biddle; Aboriginal Education Officer, Uncle Hilton; the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy (NASCA); Principal, Debra Lade and many more. I am just one part of this dedicated team of educators, who are here to support our new Year 7s as they start their high school journey.
I look forward to meeting all of our year 7 students and their families. I might already be a familiar face to some of you, as I’m an Erskineville local and Mum of two young boys. I grew up in Erskineville and I have watched it change over the years and become the inclusive, diverse and community it is today. Alex Park Community School is at the centre of this, including students from Alexandria, Erskineville, Redfern, Waterloo, St Peters, Zetland, Eveleigh and across Sydney. We wish you all the best for the start of your high school journey!
Administration
Please submit your enrolment paperwork as soon as possible if you haven't already done so. This can be done in person or online.
Each enrolment form needs to be supported with the following documents:
Student proof of identity: birth certificate or passport
Proof of address for local students: utility bill, copy of your driver's licence.
Latest immunisation statement - can be downloaded from your mygov account.
For temporary residents - copies of passport for both student and parent if on a dependant Visa, copies of Visa documentation for both. An Authority to Enrol needs to be granted by the Department before your child can commence.
If you require assistance with your paperwork please email the school on :
alexparkcs-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au
and attention your email to Joasia Gajda.
Information about ordering student Opal card for 2023
2023 school travel applications are now open
Applications for student travel in 2023 opened from Monday 10 October 2022.
Students who need a School Opal card or travel pass for 2023 can apply now. A new application will need to be submitted if they are applying for the first time, or if they are requesting an additional travel entitlement as a result of a new shared parental responsibility situation (e.g. joint custody).
High School students at APCS wear a white with blue sleeve polo shirt for 4 days of the week, and a red with blue sleeve polo shirt for sport on Tuesdays.
School shirts as well as jackets and jumpers are sold at the school.
Students can wear navy or black: shorts, pants, skirt or skort .These can be purchased externally at retailers such as Target, Kmart, Lowes etc.
School shoes should be black, navy socks or stockings.
The unform shop is open every day from 8:30-10:30AM.
Order Uniforms via the Flexischools App. Please see flyer here for more information.
Please register for flexischools via this link.
APCS will run after-school coding classe in 2023 run by Nexgen Codecamp.
After School STEM club will be running again in 2023. Please find the attached flyer for more information. A term costs between $300-$400 for 8x1.5 hours lessons. Term 1 will begin in week 3 and run until week 10.
NSW Creative kids vouchers can be used for this program. Current Vouchers expire on December the 31st. Please feel free to use them in the next few weeks. To use the vouchers please email the voucher code to pete@nexgencodecamp.com.au as soon as possible. The cost will be deducted from the program in 2023.
