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“Think of Others”
Strathfield South Public School Term 1 Week 8 14 March 2016 457 Liverpool Rd Strathfield NSW 2135 Rule of the Week: Be Respectful Tel: 9642 1359 Fax: 9742 5878 Values: Respect, Cooperation, Democracy www.strathfies-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]
FUTURE EVENTS MARCH 15 Regional Swimming Carnival 21-23 Year 6 Camp 21 Last Day to Return Stewart House
Clothing Bags 21 P&C Meeting 7:30pm 24 K-2 Easter Hat Parade 25 Good Friday 28 Easter Monday APRIL 1 Summer PSSA Ends 6 Anzac Day Service 8 3-6 Cross Country Carnival
Last Day Term 1 18 P&C Meeting 25 Anzac Day 26 Staff Development Day 27 Term 2 Begins for Students 29 Winter PSSA Begins 29 ICAS last day for payments PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Dear Parents and Carers, WHERE IS MY CHILD’S TEACHER? Where are teachers when they are not in the classroom? Parents may sometimes wonder where their child’s teacher is, if they are not on class. There are many things that could be happening.
Teachers could be: • having their weekly release from face-to-
face teaching (they are entitled to 2 hours).
• involved in professional learning off site. • involved in professional learning on site. • completing executive duties. • mentoring other teachers. • on leave eg sick, family or emergency
leave – this is confidential and only the teacher can share this information.
When teachers know they will be absent they plan for this time, ensuring their class timetable is adhered to where possible. Please ask your child’s teacher for more information about our professional learning plans to improve whole school learning and your child’s success. CHESS CHAMPIONS Congratulations to Neil Reddy (3T), Myllone Sasi Kumar (2A), Nikhil Reddy (2R) and Zachary Tanios (2M) who competed in an inter-school chess competition last week. These students came third – a magnificent achievement!
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CLEAN UP CHAMPIONS Thank you to our teachers and the students of our school for improving our grounds so enthusiastically last Thursday.
Friday’s after school community weeding session has made an enormous difference to our gardens.
Thanks must go to Ms Weaver and Mrs Causley-Todd for organising this whole school event. NEW FAMILIES MEET It was a great pleasure to meet up again with our new 2016 families. Our community BBQ was very popular. Thank you to our organisers and their trusty helpers. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to make further connections with you all. Have a wonderful week everyone. Karen Mortimer Principal
STUDENT EYECARE The school is pleased to announce that the Student Eyecare Program will continue from last year. This will include all students in Years 1-6 who have a signed permission note from 2015. An optometrist will be onsite during school hours to provide students with a free comprehensive eye examination that is covered through Medicare Australia. 1 in 6 students have eye conditions that go undetected. This is due to the high level of visual demand on their eyes from books, laptops, tablets and smartphones. Every attendee will
receive a full report about their eye health and a prescription will be provided if glasses are required. The prescription can be taken to any optical store to get the glasses made. MOBILE TECHNOLOGY POLICY SSPS acknowledges that students may need to bring a mobile phone to school for safety reasons. However, they do this at their own risk. All students must present their phones to the office before the commencement of classes and are then to collect their phones at 3pm. Please read the attached Mobile Techonology Policy. Ms M Cidem Deputy Principal CLASS PARENT REPRESENTATIVE If you have not signed up yet please complete the attached form. If you would like to nominate yourself as the Class Parent Representative please advise your classroom teacher. An Induction Program will be advertised shortly. Mrs Hamilton and Dilum Dassanayake HIGH SCHOOLS 2016 Expression of Interest applications for 2016 High Schools have been distributed to all Year 6 children. Please complete the form, irrespective of whether your child is going to a Government school or private school, and return to school before Friday 18 March. If you have changed address, this will alter your local High School that is indicated on the form. If so, please provide our office with the original lease or council rates notice as well as two utility bills indicating your name and address. Ms M Cidem , Deputy Principal TELL THEM FROM ME The Tell Them From Me student feedback survey- years 4, 5 and 6 I am delighted that this term, our school, like many others in the state, will participate in a
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Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey aims to help improve student learning outcomes and measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices. More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide our school with valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. Schools in Australia and around the world have used the Tell Them From Me survey to help improve how they do things at school. I want to assure you that the survey is confidential and school staff will not be able to identify individual students from their responses. The survey is conducted online and will typically take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school hours between 14 March and 8 April. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary. A consent form and a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) for parents/carers about the survey is being sent home with students. If you do not want your child or children to participate, please return the consent form to school by Monday 14 March. The FAQs and copies of the consent form, including translated consent forms, are available from the website above. Ms J Fair Assistant Principal Stage 3 SCHOOL BANKING Email: [email protected] Please remember that every TUESDAY is our student banking day. So far this year it’s been an outstanding effort through the Canyon of Savings for our
Outback Savers, and School Banking would like to thank you for your continued support. For any Outback Saver who would like to order a reward this week, please find below a list of the rewards that are currently available; Flying Snake Tail, Wildlife Writer Set, Galaxy Glider, ET DVD, Intergalactic Rocket, Dollarmites Moneybox ( 2014) and the Outer Space Savers Moneybox. Remember you need to bank with the school 10 times to be eligible. This year, School Banking is giving you the opportunity to win a family wildlife adventure holiday to explore Australia Zoo and to meet the remarkable Bindi and Robert Irwin. This amazing prize includes a full day Platinum Zoo Adventure Tour, return economy airfares to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, 4 nights’ accommodation, 5 days car hire and $1,000 spending money. Simply make 15 School Banking deposits by the end of Term 3, 2016 and you’ll automatically receive an entry for your chance to win. Find out more at www.commbank.com.au/schoolbanking . Remember Outback Savers that every TUESDAY is our Student Banking day. Lisa Kovac SSPS Student Banking Co-ordinator EASTER HAT PARADE This year, our Easter Hat Parade for K-2 will be held on Thursday 24 March, from 11.30am – 12:50pm in the K-2 playground. Parents are welcome to stay for lunch however, normal school routine will resume afterwards. Please refer to the Easter Hat Parade note for more information. K-2 Teachers
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LOST GLASSES
Has your child lost their glasses over the past year? The above have been unclaimed in the front office for a very long time. If they are not collected by Friday 18th March 2016 they will be donated. A NOTE FROM THE LIBRARY
Important information regarding the Premier’s Reading Challenge Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 Students in this group do not need to complete Student Reading Records – it will be completed during their Library lessons in Term 1 and 2 and I will validate the records at the end. Years 3 – 6 Students in this group will need to independently complete their online Student Reading Records. They will be directed how to do this during their Library sessions this term. Reader survey When a student in Years 3 - 9 logs in to the PRC website for the first time in 2016, they will be prompted to complete a ‘Reader Survey’. The
PRC team uses the information submitted to identify student accounts that need to be merged. Students should be encouraged to complete the survey accurately to ensure they receive the correct certificate when they successfully complete the Challenge in 2016. Tips for parents and carers for participating in the Challenge – see PDF doc included with this newsletter
The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely. The challenge begins on Monday 7 March. During this term the focus during all Library sessions will be on introducing, revising and beginning to complete the online Student Reading Records. The website for the Premier’s Reading Challenge can be found here. Please visit this site and become familiar with the rules and regulations. Students log in using their Department of Education Gmail account and its password. It is a very simple and straight forward process and I am here to guide, help and support each student who wishes to participate this year. There is a lot of information to pass on to parents and students, and in order to keep you informed, I will place a brief update on any information which is relevant and important. MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER I would like to congratulate all students around NSW who are participating in the Premier's Reading Challenge this year.
The Premier's Reading Challenge allows students to experience a range of exciting stories, and explore issues that can challenge the way one thinks.
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With thousands of books to choose from, students have the opportunity to embrace subjects that will widen their horizons and expand their vocabularies.
I encourage all participants to be courageous with their reading choices, and to approach the Challenge with great energy and enthusiasm.
The world of books is certainly an exciting one, and I wish all students undertaking the Premier's Reading Challenge a fun, enjoyable and fulfilling experience.
Mike Baird MP Premier
PRIVACY INFORMATION Two conditions of entering the Challenge are that students may receive a certificate and their name may appear on the Gold or Platinum Honour Roll. Certificates have the student's name and school printed on them. The Honour Roll lists student names in the PRC website only. Names are listed in alphabetical order (not by school) and no other identifying features are included. Students who do not wish to receive a certificate or have their name published on the Gold or Platinum Honour Roll (or whose parents/carers do not wish them to) should not register for the Challenge. These students may take part in the Challenge unofficially - they may use the PRC booklists and can seek recognition in their school community - but they cannot add any books to an online Student Reading Record. If you have any questions or queries, please first visit the Premier’s Reading Challenge website and look up the Frequently Asked Questions or come and see me in the Library. Mrs Kobeleff Teacher Librarian STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING APPEAL The Stewart House clothing appeal is running again. Please return bags to the FRONT OF THE HALL by Monday 21 March.
MEDICATION AT SCHOOL Parents are asked to send any medicine that your child needs to take or apply during the school day, directly to the office with a signed letter explaining dosage instructions. To ensure the health and safety of all students, medication is not to be kept in student’s pockets or bags. SUMMER PSSA RESULTS WEEK 7
PSSA Results Sports Award
SSPS Other Name/Class Junior Cricket
94.5 103 A.Ramakanth 4M
Senior Cricket
53 153 Z.Bardouh 5K
Junior Girls Softball
Junior Boys Softball
Senior Girls Softball
20 5 Y.Jeong 6W
Senior Boys Softball
14 8 A.Ghazal 6R
SUMMER PSSA ROUND 6
PSSA
OVAL/ PARK
Junior Cricket
Homebush West PS @
Henley Park
Senior Cricket
Junior Girls Softball
Enfield PS @
Henley Park
Junior Boys Softball Senior Girls Softball Senior Boys Softball
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PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION (P&C) P&C AND SCHOOL CLUB MEETINGS
P&C meetings are held on 3rd Monday of each month at 7.30pm. School Club meetings are held on 2nd Wednesday of each month at 9am. Dates are advertised in The Scene. All members of the school community are welcome to attend meetings. If you have any questions or would like further information and who to contact about becoming involved, you can contact the P&C by emailing the address below and we will be very happy to help. [email protected]
Kind Regards
Daniel Everett - P&C President Ruth Choong - P&C School Club President GENERAL MEETING Please remember to add to your calendars, the next P&C general meeting which will be held at the school's staff room and starts at 7.30pm on Monday, 21 March. Please [email protected] if you wish to add any items to the agenda, which will be distributed to all members prior to the meeting. Check out our new website! Our volunteer members have been working hard to put together a central repository of information about the P&C. It is a work in progress and the plan is to update the information on an ongoing basis, but in the meantime, please check out https://sites.google.com/site/sspspnc/ and send through your suggestions for improvement to [email protected](please use the subject, "Website suggestions"). SPEECH PATHOLOGY Alyson Sik from Educational Speech Pathology & Therapy conducted a parent information session recently. Below is the link of the presentation for those parents who could not attend this session. There are some helpful hints and strategies to help your child at home with his/her language.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8fDHWJPKN_udjA1enhrbVFsazg/view?usp=sharing
Ms M. Cidem Deputy Principal
DIRECTIONS IN MUSIC BAND NEWS Good Habits All of our ensembles are moving along well now, and we are starting to see improvement in everyone's performance ability. Now is the time of year to be getting into routine and setting up good habits, and parents can be proactive in encouraging the development of good habits at home. Music Diary Every student has been issued a new music diary which should be brought to every rehearsal and tutorial at school. Students will also need to bring a pencil with them, so that they can write in their music diaries too! Packing equipment the night before is always a great way to stay organised for music lessons. A music diary is only effective if it is referred to at home, so ask your child to show you their diary while they practise, and complete the practice record with them each week. Punctuality We get the most out of our rehearsals when everyone is there and turns up on time. Early morning starts can be challenging, but setting up good habits such as having bags packed the night before can help. Please help your child progress by arriving on time every week. Practice It is easy for a student to forget to practise their instrument at home; parents can help by putting in place afternoon schedules, and rewarding students for remembering to practise without any prompting. Quite often, practice can be a lonely task, so sitting and listening to your child play can often be the best motivation you can offer. Every student should be practising as often as possible; beginners for 10 minutes at a time, and senior students for at least 20 minutes each day.
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Upcoming Dates We are fast approaching that time of term already - performance time! Please mark the dates in your diary. Email correspondence will be sent home with more details to families who are involved. Week 11 Hot Cross Buns Concert 6.00pm, Monday 4 April, School Hall Junior Band, Intermediate Band, and Senior Band Jane-Marie Talese Program Manager K-Paper (Hanji) Culture Festival Sydney 2016 15 February Mrs Hwang and I attended the opening night of this festival at the Korean Culture Centre in Sydney. It was a wonderful night, featuring beautiful Hanji (paper) fashion, craft and paper products. We also sampled some yummy Korean food! It was an entertaining night with performances of dance and music along with the fashion show of beautiful clothes made from paper! Mrs B Hamilton Mrs G Hwang Deputy Principal Korean Languages Teacher
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Canteen Term1 Week 8 Special Thanks Thank you to the following volunteers for last week; your time was invaluable and much appreciated: Susan Weyland, Joanne Khodary, Suzane Saba, Lam Minh Thy Diep, Paheerathi Uthayaseelan , Yoon Baek , Rena Akram and Erica Wang. Red Day on Thursday 24 March for “ Easter Hat Parade”-- To celebrate Easter Hat Parade on Thursday 24th March, the canteen will have Hot Cross Buns, tea/coffee, Party Pie, and Sandwiches accompanied with “RED Day” food such as Potato Wedges with sour cream.... and a lot more for our parents and kids. Please come to the canteen and enjoy our party food. Helper Needed--Can you help? Our canteen is operated by the P&C and needs volunteers so we can prepare fresh food and keep prices low. If you have a few hours once a week or even just once a term, we would love to hear from you. No experience is necessary. Please come to the canteen and put your name on the roster. Your help will be greatly appreciated by the students, parents and staff.
Munch Monitor We use an online ordering system called MuchMonitor. The MunchMonitor account works similar to a prepaid telephone. You can top up your account online using your credit card or with cash at the canteen. Once you have set up a Munch Monitor account (see below: How to sign up) you can use the credit in your account for lunch orders or over the counter purchases with the “snack tag”.
How to Sign Up: • Simply go to www.munchmonitor.com • Enter on the Home Page:
- Username - “ssps” - Password - “munch2136”
• Click “Sign Up” or contact 1300 796 190 • There is a $2.50 account keeping fee per term (per Family) • More information available from the Canteen window or by visiting the website above.
Munch Monitor snack-tag You can pick up your snack-tag from the canteen once you have registered for the Munch Monitor. A replacement fee of $1 will be charged for lost tag.
EFTPOS Machine- Canteen has launched a new EFTPOS machine for parents to top up their MunchMonitor account for the students. Please come after 9 am if you wish to top up with EFTPOS. Note that credit cards will incur a 2% surcharge. Canteen Roster:
Date Helpers Time Tues 15 March Joanne Khodary
Suzane Saba 9-2pm 9-2pm
Wed 16 March Rena Akram Paheerathi Uthayaseelan
9-2pm 9-2pm
Thur 17 March Lam Minh Thy Diep Erica Wang
11-2pm 11-2pm
Fri 18 March Joanne Khoday Eva Plakias
9-2pm 9-2pm
Mon 19 March Suzane Saba Yoon Baek
9-2pm 9-2pm
Canteen Manager
HuiChing Su Baruah
Class Parent Representative Scheme at SSPS 2016
The Scheme is a voluntary system, whereby a nominated person/s from the class collects
permission to collate contact details, and with permission circulate the details, as the Class Parent
Rep. to the families on the list. Families do not have to participate if they do not wish to be
included on the contact list.
Following this, the information that goes home can be a reiteration of what’s already in the
Newsletter (The Scene), reminders regarding class activities, excursions, musical events, and
homework. It can also be used to organise social events for the class, and in particular to
welcome new families to the class.
Importantly, the Class Parent Representative (CPR) is not a complaints handler at any stage,
merely a conduit between the families, the Class Teacher and the school. Staff will either have a
face-to-face meeting with the Class Parent Rep. or communicate via email to send information
home. Information can also come from the school Executive to be included in the emails to
families.
Finally, the CPR is not be used to promote commercial or business products or events, but merely
to promote school activities.
If you haven’t already signed up to be a part of the contact list or to nominate yourself as the CPR
please complete the form below and return to your classroom teacher.
Mrs B Hamilton Mrs Dilum Dassanayake Mrs K Mortimer
Deputy Principal CPR Parent Coordinator Principal
___________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE PRINT
Child’s Name Class
Parents’ name(s)
Phone (home) Phone (mobile)
Signature of Parent
STRATHFIELD SOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL 457 Liverpool Road, Strathfield NSW 2135
Phone: (02) 9642 1359 Fax: (02) 9742 5878
Email: [email protected] Web: www.strathfies-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
GUITAR LESSONS ARE COMING TO STRATHFIELD SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL IN TERM 2 2016!
Is your child interested in learning the guitar? We are offering guitar lessons with experienced teacher, Mr Pels Coombs.
These lessons will be on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons after school in the new music room. If you are a beginner we suggest you have a shared lesson with one other student. If you have had some experience we recommend a private lesson. Fee structure is Shared/double lesson $17.50 a half hour. Private lesson $35 a half hour. To book, send your EOI to the school email address: [email protected] Lessons will commence on Tuesday 26th of April 2016. Acoustic guitars of all sizes are available at Logans Pianos at Burwood.
Western Suburbs PSSA Zone
Hi Everyone, What a fantastic day we had today. Our annual WSPSSA swimming carnival was held at Ashfield Swimming Pool and there were several significant changes this year. We made the move to a new venue because Auburn pool was not available to us. We used electronic timing and judging for the first time and our carnival was heats only with final places being given on times in each event. Because it was the first year of our move to computer software we still had quite a few officials ‘just in case’. We discovered we now need people in different kinds of jobs from those we had in the past. Hopefully in the future we will need fewer officials and this should make it easier on schools. I would like to say a huge thank you to Angie Munns, our swimming convenor. She has not only done the usual organisation for our carnival but has put in many extra hours training in the Meet Manager software and entering all the data required to run the carnival. We are very lucky to have Angie as our swimming convenor. Can I also say a big thank you to all the teachers who acted as officials and team managers today. Carnivals like this don’t just happen. They require effort and commitment and you all have that in abundance. Public schools are great schools and it's days like this that show just how good they are. Our zone team will compete at the regional carnival next Tuesday. Let’s hope they have great success. Maybe we can make it three years in a row coming first in the point score. Yours in Sport, Greg Blundell Proud Public School Teacher President & Web Guy
WSPSSA http://westernsuburbs.sessazones.com 0410 681 002