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Tell Them From Me student survey:

Information and consent form for

Parents and carers

Principal Awards The following awards will be presented at our K-6 Assembly to be held on Wednesday 9 March, 2016 at 12.25pm Principal’s Award: Samuel A (5/6H), Olivia D (5/6H), Kaleah D (K/1H),

Charlise H (3W), Sara M (4W), Abir M (4/5R), Michelle P (1/2P), Emma P

(1/2P), Drew P (1/2P), Tammy S (4/5R) Jordan S (5/6K) and Jacob T (4/5R).

Gold Principal’s Award: Emma P (1/2P) and Dean L (5/6G).

Principal’s Badge Award: Sara K (5/6H) and Avril P (5/6G).

School Gates

For the safety of our students, the gates will be closed at 9am each morning and

opened at 2.50pm in the afternoon. All visitors must sign in at the office if entering the

school between 9.00 - 2. 50pm.

Companion Animals Act 1998 - Sect 14

We have recently had a number of parents bring their dogs on to the school grounds.

Although many of us are dog lovers and understand how nice it is to walk to school

with your dog to collect your kids, unfortunately under the COMPANION ANIMALS

ACT 1998 - SECT 14, dogs are prohibited onto school grounds unless given

permission, due to exceptional circumstances by the Principal.

District Swimming Carnival

Mrs Loveridge and Mr Williams accompanied our students to the District Swimming

Carnival held at Birrong Leisure Centre on Thursday 3 March. Congratulations to Zane,

Sean, Isaac, Hayden, Tom, Zach, Griffin, Jacob, Sidhant, Samuel, Jakeb, Bailey,

Logan, Eric, Jonathan, Riley, Meagan, Ebony, Cate, Olivia, Lilli, Charlotte, Aaliyah,

Emily, Charlise, Naveya, Tammy, Lara, Jessica, Bronte, Tara, Abbey, Meaghan, Emily,

and Grace. All students tried their best and were excellent representatives of Panania

North Public School. Well done to the following students who have been selected to

represent the East Hills PSSA at the SSW Swimming Championships.

Junior Girls Medley Meagan

Senior Boys Medley Sean

Junior Boys Medley Zane

12yo Breaststroke

12yo Butterfly

Isaac T

Junior Backstroke Isaac M

Junior Boys Relay Riley, Jacob, Griffin

& Zane

Junior Girls Relay Meagan, Ebony,

Emily, Charlise

Panania North Public School

TIMES202-204 Bransgrove Road, Panania, 2213 Phone: (02) 9773 8394 / (02) 9773 6736 Fax: (02) 9792 3951 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.pananianth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Contents Monday 7 March • P&C AGM Tuesday 8 March EOI for HS placement sent

home

Wednesday 9 March

K-6 Assembly 5/6G

School Banking Thursday 10 March Selective HS Placement Test

Friday 11 March

PSSA sport What’s coming up? March

17 Easter Raffle Mufti Day 18 EOI for HS placement due 21 Harmony Day 23 Easter Hat Parade

25 Good Friday holiday 28 Easter Monday holiday

April 4 - 8 School Swimming Scheme 4 P&C Meeting 4 School photo envelopes sent home 6 K-6 Assembly 5/6H 8 Last day for Term 1 27 First day for Term 2

Notes Home Swimming Scheme 2016 EOI Taronga Zoo Excursion Stage 1 School Winter Jackets ICAS Registration Form

Payments Due 17 March School Winter

Jacket order due

mailto:[email protected]

4 March 2016 Newsletter No. 4

School Photos It’s that time of year again for school photos. Photos will be take place on Thursday 5 May 2016. Photo envelope will be sent home Monday 4 April. Please ensure that all children are in full school uniform on the day. Parents/carers can pay online straight to Advance Life Photography or envelopes will be sent home and need to be returned on the day with your child with the correct money. Please do not pay the school online for the photos. Clean Up Australia Day It was wonderful to see all of the students at Panania North Public School participate enthusiastically in our Clean Up Australia day last Friday. Every student eagerly arrived with plastic gloves and bags to participate. Year 5 and 6 did a great job of cleaning our silver seats, they are now sparkling. Our school is now very clean and we will be encouraging the students to ensure all rubbish is correctly placed in our school bins. Panania North Public School Eggstravaganza Wednesday 23 March is our annual Easter Eggstravaganza. The Eggstravaganza will commence straight after Recess at 11.25am on Wednesday 23 March. The day will include performances, parades and eggshibitions. Please encourage your child/children to participate in the day by making one of the following projects: Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 – Eater Hat/Bonnet Year 3 and Year 4 – Egg Sandwich board (please see note for more detail) Year 5 and Year 6 – Egg model/diorama (please see note for more detail) Projects will need to be brought in on the day of the Eggstravaganza. Years 1 to 6 will be wearing their full school uniform on the day. Kindergarten will come in their sports uniform. We hope to see you all there to join in on the celebration. Junior Rugby League Our first game of the season was against our arch rivals Panania at Killara Reserve. The boys were very excited and couldn’t wait to play. We played excellent football and played as a team and the boys should be very proud of their efforts. We won 20-8 and Yianni G was awarded player of the match for his hard runs and brilliant tackles. Senior Rugby League We played a very talented Panania team and lost 20-8. It was 8-8 at half time and the boys defended brilliantly. We ran out of puff in the second half but we have a lot of improvement left in us. It was a gallant effort from the whole team. Hayden S was the player of the match making around 100 tackles. Junior Netball Our junior netball team got off to a superb start with the girls gelling together to win the match 13-0 against Padstow North. It was a team display with all the girls playing a part in the win. The play of the match was Neveya H for her never give up attitude and wonderful display of sportsmanship. Well done girls Senior Netball The senior netball girls took a page out of the junior’s book and started the game strongly. The girls defeated Padstow North 15-6 with an outstanding team display. The player of the match was Paige G for her fantastic work as goal shooter. Keep up the good work girls.


Reminder: training is Thursday after school and payment of $8 is due weekly to the office. The draw is available on the SkoolBag App. Mr Hampton Netball coach. PSSA Newcombe Ball Match Report Week 5 On the 16 February Panania North junior and senior Newcombe Ball players versed Padstow Heights Public School. The seniors were victorious winning 2 out of the 3 sets with Sidhant T as player of the match. The seniors are working towards calling for the ball this week. The junior team lost the first two sets but enjoyed their first match. They are working towards improving their ball skills and getting more familiar with the game. Player of the match was Ali G. Well done to both teams! Reminder: training is Monday lunch times and payment of $8 is due fortnightly to the office when we travel to other schools, starting last week. The draw is available on the SkoolBag App. Miss Gilmore Newcombe Ball coach. Attendance Last week, our school begun to use our SENTRAL database to send out emails to parents who have students absent each day. Parents who have had absences unexplained will receive a letter requesting this information. The school has student attendance checked regularly by both the Home School Liaison Officer and the School Auditors. Parents are responsible to ensure all absences are explained and the school is legally responsible to demonstrate to the auditors that we have followed up on all unexplained leave. The school is given clear guidelines on what is classified as justified or unjustified leave. The Principal has ultimate responsibility in ensuring these guidelines are followed for legal reasons. Our attendance records are legal documents and the Department of Education takes the attendance of students very seriously not only for education reasons but also for their wellbeing. 2016 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) This year we will be entering the ICAS school exams. The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) are independent skills-based assessments with a competition element. Commonly referred to as the UNSW tests, ICAS is unique, being the most comprehensive generally available suite of academic assessments and school tests for primary and secondary school students. A new ICAS test is developed annually for each subject in each year level by our team of subject matter experts. All ICAS tests are reviewed by experienced teachers to ensure that they accurately assess students’ skills and are relevant to what they are learning at school. Each test is sat at the student’s school and is invigilated by teachers under normal examination conditions. ICAS SUBJECT ICAS SITTING DATE Science Tuesday, 31 May 2016 Writing Monday, 13 June – Friday, 17

June 2016* Spelling Wednesday, 15 June 2016 English Tuesday, 2 August 2016 Mathematics Tuesday, 16 August 2016 *Students can sit ICAS Writing anytime in the week beginning Monday 15 June, and still be eligible for UNSW Medals. There is a cost involved to enter these exams. Notes will be sent home asking for children who are interested in participating and payment will also be organised. Notes will be distributed in the next few weeks. ICAS SUBJECT FEE*:

AUSTRALIA (INC GST)

Science AUD 8.80 Writing AUD 18.70 Spelling AUD 12.10 English AUD 8.80 Mathematics AUD 8.80


Student Representative Council (SRC) During the past week Year 1 to Year 6, teachers have introduced the SRC election guidelines to their students based upon Get Voting guidelines which can be found at http://apps.aec.gov.au/GetVoting/, sought class nominations and issued nominee application forms. The SRC election will use voting called “first-past-the-post”. The candidates who receive the most votes will be elected. Next week, teachers will be collecting signed nominee applications and conducting elections by secret ballot. The results of which will be published in the next newsletter. The school would like to acknowledge and thank teachers for promoting and supporting students throughout the election process and wish all candidates good luck.

Eligibility Rules. SRC representatives are entitled to serve 1 semester per 2 year cycle. The 2 elected students will be based on merit, not gender.

Elected Student Representatives Councillors are expected to:

Uphold and model school rules. Attend leadership meetings and report initiatives to their class. Decide and organise which school and community service activities the

students will support. Listen to their class members’ ideas and provide feedback at the SRC

meetings.

http://apps.aec.gov.au/GetVoting/


Harmony Day will be held at Panania North Public School

on Monday, 21 March at 2:00pm commencing in the school hall followed by food tasting, library, classroom and

playground visits.

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are welcome to attend and join the cultural activities.

Parents are requested to contribute a small plate of food

that represents their cultural background that will be included

in the food tasting event.

Food can be delivered on the day to the Learning Centre - A Block (near the staff room).

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Uniform Shop Just a reminder the School Winter Jackets need to be ordered by Thursday 17 March. P&C News Keep up to date with all the latest on P&C events, meetings and ideas by following us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pnpspc Feel free to send through any suggestions, ideas or comments to us via that page or via email to [email protected] or [email protected]. P&C Meeting We would love to hear your feedback on the events we hold or any suggestions on what resources and items we should purchase. Come to a meeting, drop us a note via the school office or send us an email. Our next meeting, which will include our AGM, will be held on Monday 7

March from 7pm in the staffroom. Everyone is

welcome School Banking All students should now have received the School Banking package which explained how the program operates, how to open an account and also details of the reward items and coupons for this year. If you haven't opened an account yet the School Banking Specialist will be at the school on Thursday 31 March at 8.30am to assist you in opening a Commonwealth Bank account. The reward items available for Term 1 are: Flying Snake Tail Wildlife Writer Set * Galaxy Glider * Intergalatic Rocket * ET DVD * Dollarmites and Outer Spacesavers Moneybox * These items are only available while stocks last. Any brothers or sisters who have yet to start school or who have moved onto high school are able to participate in the program. Just include their banking with their siblings class. Please remember to complete all details on the deposit slip and receipt especially the account number and student details. Cash should be placed in the sealed section of the banking wallet and not left loose in case it falls out into the students bags. Remember it is not about how much you bank but to deposit weekly so that you can save up 10 tokens to earn a reward item. Lost Property There are a number of items in the lost property bins at the moment. Please check to see if your child is missing any items of clothing. Please ensure that your child’s name is written on all items that they bring to school. This helps in being able to return these lost items to their owner. The bins will be emptied on Friday 11 March with the remaining unlabelled items being sent to the uniform shop.

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