PADSTOW HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER From the Principal Phone: 9773 9340 Volume 19 Issue 37 Fax: 9792 3961 Tuesday, 2nd December, 2014 Email: [email protected] Website: padstowhts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Congratulations to the Senior Boys Softball team for their exciting win in the grand final. That was the last game for PSSA this year. Thank you to all the staff and students who took part this year. We are proud of the commitment and the sportsmanship that you displayed. On Friday evening I was very fortunate to be in the audience of the Schools Spectacular event. What a spectacle it was! Three and a half thousand students from Public Schools NSW performed in each of the four concerts. I spotted our dance troupe in their item and they executed their routine perfectly. The combined choir included our 15 students and they also impressed the audience. It was wonderful to see that student talent is recognised and nurtured by staff in our public schools and that the Department of Education supports a showcase event. On Friday Leanne Iverach (P & C President) and I went to Revesby Workers Club where we were presented with a cheque for $3000. The club supports all the local schools. We are grateful for the donation and the P & C will put it to good use almost immediately. Lindy Bryant Principal/Calendar 1 Awards / Sport/Band 2 Using ipads/uniforms 3 Messages 4 P&C School activities 5 6,7 We love the cockatoos that visit our playground in large numbers everyday. They must love us too! Calendar of Nov/ Dec events Dec 2 Final scripture session Dec2 Catholic scripture students attend mass Dec2 Community Thank you morning tea Dec 2 East Hills Girls HS concert in hall 11:30 Dec 3 High School Orientation Day for most high schools Dec4 Bands play at 3 preschools and picnic lunch Dec 5 Captains speeches Year 5 candidates Dec 5 Year 5/6 dance group performs at assembly Dec 8 Special assembly– PSSA awards, captains announced Dec 9 K-2 Concert and mufti day 3-6 Dec 10 Year 6 Surf Education day Dec 11 Presentation assemblies K-2 9:40; 3-6 11:45 Dec12 African Drumming workshops Dec 12 Gold Reward recess and Red Day at canteen Dec 12 Reports Home Dec 12 Twilight Xmas Market, fete and carols evening 5-9pm Dec 15 Year 6 Farewell 5:30—8:45 Dec 16 Charity Day stalls, Talent Quest Dec 17 Year 6 Walk out 3:00 Principal’s Award was presented to Aiden Taylor for his commitment to his work and his support of school organisation. Dec 17 Final day for students Dec 18 and 19 Uniform shop open Page 2 Assembly Merit Awards for Week 8 Term 4 KB Nathan Tapp Sierra Hunt KC Ariwika Tokataake Ethan Simons KJ Sophia Yu Dylan Howard Congratulations! 1D Clare Ma Edan Wallace 1V Christian Graoroski Kai Hinoura Senior Boys Softball team won the grand final match against Picnic Point PS, 11– 7 1/2B Kevin Yu Ciara Troeger 2H Jakob Mihalic Oscar Sullivan 2J William Chen Jamie Bartlett 3A Simona Rosanella Tiffany Lyall 3/4J Sofia Bertoia Lily Johnston 4S Esther Kocsi –Thwaites _ 4M Nicole Xirocostas _ 5C Phoenix Aoun Aiden Taylor 5O Marie Kekatos Jackson Sly 6G Jasmine Chen Sasha Gilbody 6K Paige Cooper Kayla Gutierrez Max Ellis Aiden Taylor Oliver Miller Library Gabby Williams Sarah Butler Mrs Conolly Ibrahim Ali Eric Wu RFF Sophia Yu Lepolo Lomavita Elizabeth Rafton Principal’s Award James Klianis PSSA Results Vincent Le Captains Killi Bin Bin Tom Tiberti Andrew Lyall Tyler Brady 3A Band News Our bands will play at two local preschools this Thursday. Please be at school by 8:00am! We must load the bus, get there, be set up and ready to play by 9:00. We will have a celebration lunch in Playford Park after our 2 performances. A detailed note has been sent to day and it is attached to the website calendar. Please return your permission note tomorrow or Thursday morning. Winter Wonderland K-2 Concert Tuesday 9th December 2014 1:00pm The hall will open for audience entry at 12:30pm. No entry to the hall before this time. The morning rehearsal is for students only. View the complete newsletter online in colour! Google: Padstow Heights Public School P & C / Messages Page 3 Uniform Shop The shop will open the last week of school each morning from 8.45 till 9.45am those dates are 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th December 2014. Hours of operation for Term 4 Weeks 9 and 10 2014 Monday & Friday mornings 9.00am till 9.45am Thursday afternoons 2.30pm till 3.00pm If you are unable to attend at these times please contact Donna and an alternative time can be arranged to accommodate you! Any urgent requirements please contact Donna@ [email protected] or on 0414 801 830 CASH or CHEQUE only (no eftpos) Using iPads in the classroom Last week in 1/2B were doing a maths lesson on more than a metre/less than a metre. Mrs Biddle introduced the lesson and then split the class into six small groups. Each group was given an iPad and a metre ruler. The students were asked to go into the playground and take photos of each other measuring objects that were either more than a metre or less than a metre. When the students returned to the room Mrs Biddle told the small groups to put their pictures into the Prezi presentation app on the iPad. After that they uploaded the Prezi presentations to our home page. Each group then presented their Prezi on the big screen. As each group presented, every student spoke about what they measured and if it was more than or less than a metre. Great work 1/2B! In this activity students were able to discover maths in the everyday environment, use group work and technology to present their work. The students were fully engaged in learning about a metre and what was most impressive was the improved use of the language around the concept. The students were eager to contribute during the presentation of their work and spoke using the correct measurement terms. The conversations between the students during the making of the Prezi were also important. They offered their group ideas on what to do next and what to try to make it work. 1/2B Page 4 No Supervision Before and After School Parents are reminded that there is no supervision provided for students before 8:45am and after 3:20pm. There are legal ramifications if there is an injury or incident out of hours. Before and after school care is provided by the YMCA at Revesby in the mornings with a bus service to the school and on- site here after school from 3:15 to 6:00pm. The P & C may be able to put you in touch with other families who could help support you if you only need supervision for a short time. Please make sure you have arrangements in place for the safe supervision of your children. Foreign Coins Friday Assembly Please be careful that any cash payments made to the office do not include foreign coins. There has been an increase in the number of coins being collected. Your help with this would be appreciated. This Friday will be the last weekly assembly. Our Year 5/6 dance group will perform at the beginning of the assembly. Our usual awards and messages will then take place. This will be followed by the speeches delivered by those Year 5 students who have been nominated to run for captain or vice-captain in 2015. The boys will present first. Schools Spectacular On the 28th November 2014 we did our first concert for School Spec (That’s what we call it!) We made ten new friends. My favourite part was meeting people and performing. There were 15 choir members in our group. During the dinner break I went with Mya and we bought a ring that tells your mood. But this all couldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for Mrs Dwyer, Mrs Heslehurst and our wonderful principal, Mrs Bryant. By Armani Heinze 4M Page 5 TWILIGHT CHRISTMAS FAIR UPDATE Thanks you for the fantastic response to the ride wrist band and BBQ pre orders. Please keep them coming in. You do not have to be a student to pre order a ride wrist band. If you have friends or know someone that is coming from outside the school community please let them know about the pre-order process. All they need to do is provide a name, contact number and number of wrist bands required and place payment at the school office. Pre order wrist bands will be available for collection on Friday 12 December from 4.30pm at tables set up at the end of the Kindergarten block facing onto the oval (near the big tree) The Volunteer Rosters have gone up on the Black Board area at the end of Block A at the front of the school. Please nominate an hour time slot on one of the Stalls to help out – your assistance is greatly appreciated and will help the evening be the massive success we are hoping for. We really need your assistance with volunteering on the school stalls to make this night a success. We are still looking for donations of drinks (preferably fanta, lemonade, lift or popper fruit juices) bulk lollies and small prizes appropriate for the Lucky Wheel and donations towards the cost of the BBQ. A very big THANK YOU to all the families that have already made a donation. The support from our school families has been amazing. Please don’t hesitate to contact Jacqui 0414 495 095 or Thelma 0414 598 979 for further information. ONLY 10 DAYS TO GO! Oatley Rugby Have you considered your son playing Rugby Union? Rugby’s core values of Teamwork, Enjoyment, Friendship, Discipline and Respect are well established at Oatley Rugby, your local Rugby Club. We are seeking new players for 2015 for all junior age groups, from Under 6's to Under 18s. The Oatley Rugby Club is built on a fantastic family friendly environment. The emphasis is on participation, having fun and making new friends. It’s a formula that is well received by both players and parents alike. Bring your boy along and let them be part of a terrific team game, a sport that never fails to put smiles on the faces of boys of all shapes, sizes, and skill levels. We look forward to seeing many new faces wearing the Oatley jersey in season 2015, and would love your son to be one of them. Registration will be every Saturday in February at St George Maso’s Club, Peakhurst and every Wednesday evening in February at Evatt Park, Lugarno. There’s free registration for all U6 to U7 players. Check out www.oatleyrugby.com or call 8515 1600 for further information. Training is held on Wednesday afternoons / early evenings at Evatt Park, Lugarno. Page 6 My brother Zak and I started Martial Arts when I was five and when he was four. Kung Fu does not have belts as at first you train for badges and after you achieve a certain amount of them, you receive an orange sash (the sash goes around your waist slightly like how a belt does). Next is a brown sash. Zac and I stopped doing Kung Fu and started PMA (Perez Martial Arts), a Mixed Martial Arts centre where we have belts in the order of white, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, red, half-red half-black then black. After a while we moved to KMA where we train now and we do five types of Martial Arts, Taekwondo, Hapkido, Brazilian Ju Jitsu, Extreme Martial Arts (XMA) and Weapons Systems. Taekwondo is mainly kicking, Hapkido is joint manipulation and wrist locks, Brazilian Ju Jitsu is ground work and XMA and Weapons is tricking (tricking meaning hard kicks and flips) and weapons that are for show only. We are both black belts in Hapkido and Purple belts in BJJ. By Stefi Angelevski Liam Powell, Zac Parkes and Matthew Christall started working on the Year 6 corner earlier this year. They cleaned up the whole area. This term Liam and Zac with help from Oliver Miller, have worked on painting the Monet inspired bridge. A Japanese maple and some geraniums have also been planted . It looks great! Well done boys. Andrew Lyall showed his expertise as a catcher during the final on Friday. Kindergarten -Friday Cooking Class. Page 7 Paige Cooper has been selected in the NSW Ladies 12 and Under Indoor Netball State Team. Paige is currently representing NSW in Perth at the Junior National Championships. 5O students have been using their ipads to make movie trailers. Last Wednesday 3/4J took advantage of the cooler weather and planted some native groundcovers and grasses near the new tree and outside the art room. We will look after them for the next few weeks until they settle in. Thank you to Bankstown City Council for once again donating the plants to the school. Ms Julian and 3/4J