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Greenwich Public School Partnership and Opportunity Excellence and Success A Greenwich Road Campus: 72a Greenwich Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3731 F (02) 9906 4120 A Kingslangley Road Campus: 32 Kingslangley Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3217 F (02) 9906 6437 E: [email protected] W www.greenwich-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Issue 27 Term 3 Week 6 24 August 2016

Good afternoon Parents, carers and friends of Greenwich Public School.

The NAPLAN results were released last week with results going home to parents for year 3 and year 5. Greenwich

Public School has once again performed well in both years. Congratulations to students on their outstanding

results and also to the teachers who have implemented great teaching strategies to achieve these results. Please

remember that NAPLAN represents a snapshot of student achievement taken at this time during one week of a

year.

Standards table

% at proficiency

Years 3 School 3 State 5 School 5 State

Reading 84% 52% 63% 39%

Writing 80% 54% 23% 19%

Spelling 85% 55% 58% 33%

Grammar & Punctuation 85% 53% 65% 41%

Numeracy 64% 39% 63% 31%

The % at proficiency tab shows achievement for the top 2 bands reported for NAPLAN testing. For example in

Year 3 it is Bands 5 and 6

Expected Growth from Year 3 to Year 5.

Reading Greater than or equal to expected growth

60.0%

Spelling Greater than or equal to expected growth

63.6%

Grammar & Punctuation Greater than or equal to expected growth

52.7%

Numeracy Greater than or equal to expected growth

70.9%

Principal’s Message

Greenwich Public School Partnership and Opportunity Excellence and Success A Greenwich Road Campus: 72a Greenwich Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3731 F (02) 9906 4120 A Kingslangley Road Campus: 32 Kingslangley Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3217 F (02) 9906 6437 E: [email protected] W www.greenwich-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Greenwich Public School has obtained some additional cleaning on both campuses. It is welcomed by us as we are

proud of the recent changes to our playground and school and the cleaning helps to provide a lovely environment

as well. Additional teams will be working across both sites over the next week including the weekend to ensure

Greenwich is shining.

I am requesting some assistance from our school community with both parking and playground usage after hours.

Firstly our parking outside the Kingslangley Road site of an afternoon and morning is extremely tight. We have

teachers who are on duty some days up to 3:50pm watching children to ensure they are safe. I have had reported

to me lately as well as observing myself some unsafe practices when children are being collected from the school.

Please observe safe practices when dropping or collecting your child from the school. U-turns, double parking,

calling children to your car across the crossing, parking in the bus bay and crossing the road with children in an

area that is not the designated crossing are all practices that may lead to an accident. I ask that you understand

that teachers are there as a duty of care for your children and are ensuring that our school is a safe environment

for all.

The first thing that impressed me about Greenwich

Public School is the beautiful environment that we all

enjoy using. Recently it has been reported to me that

some children are using the school at a weekend as a

bike and scooter track and we have some

environmental damage that is occurring due to the

soft nature of the soil. I am seeking your assistance if

you are using the school of a weekend and see this

behaviour please ask them to move on elsewhere or to

use the site sensibly.

Lastly the equipment on our site is often used by

parents of an afternoon. As our school grounds are

classified as Inclosed Lands we have no responsibility for any injury that may take place after hours. This includes

school days and weekends. GOOSH use the playground in the afternoon and morning as part of a contractual

arrangement with our department.

Thank you for your co-operation with these matters.

Our implementation of the LMBR systems continues with the “Go- Live” date approaching quickly. Greenwich

Public School “Go- Live” on September 5 and we are in full swing with our preparations. Thank you for your co-

operation with our processes leading up to this. If you have any outstanding payments we would appreciate them

being made by Friday 26 so our administration team can process all monies before the “GO Live” date.

Our annual Father’s Day Breakfast at the K/1 campus (Greenwich Road) is on Friday 2 September. We hope that

our Dads or Grandfathers can join us on this important occasion.

Best wishes for a wonderful week.

Vicki McKenzie

Principal



Premier’s Spelling Bee 2016

The Premier’s Spelling Bee is an initiative that aims to engage primary school students in spelling. Last

week, students in Years 1 – 6 participated in class and grade spelling bees as part of the 2016 Premier’s

Spelling Bee. All students should be commended on their effort and outstanding spelling abilities. The

grade winners from years 3 – 6 will represent Greenwich Public School at the Regional Finals which will

be held at Lindfield Public School on Monday 12 September.

Below is a list of the successful students:

1AK 1JS 1LR 1OF 2SM 2SF

Sarah O Anthony A James M Rhys W Zachary J

Amalia N Zara M Harry H Bayley B Leona S

Alex E Henry T Oscar W Suriya M Noah K

Caitlin D Charles G Jasmin G Madeleine S Lucy P

Juliet C Bella M PJ B Jo Jo R Patrick M

Larissa M Charlie M Niamh C Jonghao Z Kai L

2SH 2NP Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Gemma S Antonia S Keet V Cassidy L Thomas R

Lucinda C Nathan B Toby C

Bethan G Isaac W Penny L Milly R Audrey T

Thubtim B Tara M Eliza C Emma C Jordan E

Holly S Andrew L Lena A Massimo M Kristen M

Amelia S Rianna B Xavier M Paniz M Darcy H/Akira D

Amelia Rutherford

PSB Coordinator



P&C NEWS



Awards K-6 Week 6

Merit Awards



Bronze Awards

Silver Awards

DIARY DATES TERM 3 2016 WEEK 6 Wednesday 24 August

Recorder rehearsal and concert Opera House Thursday 25 August

Zone Field Events Narrabeen

4pm School Council meeting Friday 26 August

Zone Track Events Narrabeen WEEK 7 Tuesday 30 August

Year 6LV Valid online Science test Wednesday 31 August

Field of Mars incursion Stage 2

6CB Valid online Science test

Thursday 1 September

Field of Mars incursion Stage 2 Friday 2 September

Bookclub Issue 6 due

Father’s Day Breakfast Sunday 4 September

Uni NSW Band festival WEEK 8 Monday 5 September

Stage 2 Bikewise

Wheelchair Sports Roadshow Stage 3 Tuesday 6 September

Stage 2 Bikewise Wednesday 7 September

Wheelchair Sports Roadshow Stage 2

P&C Meeting 7.30pm




Stage 2 Field of Mars incursion

Year 6 Drama Night Friday 9 September

Wheelchair Sports Roadshow Stage 2

WEEK 9 Monday 12 September

Sydney North Primary Athletics Carnival Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre


Stage 2 Bikewise

K/1 Fairy Tale Day Saturday 17 September

P&C Trivia Night

WEEK 10 Tuesday 20 September

Stage 2 Bikewise Wednesday 21 September

Stage 2 Bikewise Thursday 22 September

Stage 2 Bikewise

4pm School Council Friday 23 September

Multicultral Day

Last Day of Term 3 HARDCOPY NOTES SENT HOME

Nil SURVEYS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Nil EMAIL ATTACHMENTS HOME THIS WEEK

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