Term 2 Week 7 ‐ Tuesday, 7 June 2016

 

 

MISSION STATEMENT Parkes Public School strives for excel lence in the education of responsible and respectful students in a safe learning community.

CONTACT US Principal

Mrs Leanne Breaden

77-85 Currajong Street PARKES NSW 2870

Ph: 6862 1702; 6862 1867

Fax: 6862 5047

Email: parkes-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.parkes-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

P C ASSOCIATION President

Jason Kennedy: 0419 692 744

Secretary Keri MacGregor: 6863 1155

Treasurer Vivienne King: 6863 5168

SCHOOL COUNCIL President

David Bicket: 6862 3608

Congratulations to our debating team who narrowly won their debate against Mulyan Public School

last week!

INFORMATION NIGHT Our information evening held last Monday was very successful with many new families showing interest in our school. Special thanks to Mrs Kate Orr who spoke to the audience about her child’s experiences in Kindergarten this year. We received very positive feedback about our presentation. Mrs Breaden has been kept very busy showing prospective families around the school.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS! Last Tuesday we were represented very capably by Genevieve and Angelique Bland and Holly and Xander MacGregor at the CWA Public Speaking Competition in Condobolin. Whilst the students did not gain a place their speeches were of high calibre!

MUSICA VIVA Last Friday the children were entertained by Teranga, a percussion group. The percussionists engaged the children with their quality performance. The children were encouraged to participate in various ways during the concert and some of our students accompanied Teranga on our Djembe drums.

The Musica Viva program is a wonderful opportunity for children from rural areas to be exposed to a variety of musical experiences which city students can access more easily and regularly.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DRILLS During the year it is mandatory that schools practise evacuation and lockdown drills. Over the next four weeks we will be practising those drills. Staff and students will not know when these drills will occur. We explain to the children that we practise the drills in case we have an emergency at school such as a fire or an angry dog in the playground.

OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE Earlier in the year we surveyed families to obtain the level of interest in setting up before and after school care at our school. We applied for a grant but still have not heard back about the funding. We also advertised for a provider to manage the child care however, we had no response. However, last week we had contact with a provider who is very interested in supporting our school so that is great news! We will keep you informed as we work through the set up process.

DON’T FORGET Canteen

Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and closed on Wednesdays!

Book Club - Issue 4 Closes Friday, 10 June

P&C Meeting Monday, 20 June at 6.30pm

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Wednesday, 15 June ................ Western Cross-country

Monday, 20 June ................. Forbes Eisteddfod P&C Meeting at 6.30pm

Tuesday, 21 June ...................... Forbes Eisteddfod

Wednesday, 22 June ................ Forbes Eisteddfod

Friday, 1 July ........................... Last Day of Term 1

Tuesday, 19 July ...................... Term 2 Begins for Students

Thursday, 22 September .......... Fun Run Family Day

Thursday, 8 December ............. Presentation Night

BAND NEWS It is great to see so many students attending weekly band sessions. Please remember that all students need to be practising daily in order to improve their skills. Every Monday students should come to band with their instruments and music folder and have knowledge of what they are expected to be playing. The intermediate band will be playing at the Forbes Eisteddfod in Week 9 and details about this will be handed to students soon. In Weeks 7 and 8 I will be asking the intermediate band to bring their instruments on Monday and Thursday to practise our item pieces during lunch time in the hall. Parents please assist your child’s progress by encouraging him/her to practise every day.

Mrs Watson

FORBES EISTEDDFOD During Week 9 (Monday, 20 to Wednesday, 22 June), our students will be performing at the Forbes Eisteddfod. At this point in time our school band, choir, recorder group, special education class, Wiradjuri choir, dance group and drumming group will perform. More details will be sent home by teachers organising each entry.

WEEK 7 INFANTS ASSEMBLY KE will be presenting an item at the infants assembly tomorrow Wednesday, 8 June. Parents, relatives and caregivers are welcome to attend.

Thank you, Mrs Elliott

NAIDOC WEEK We will celebrate NAIDOC week during Week 10 which is the last week of term. More information will be provided in the next few weeks.

On Wednesday, 1 June Stage 3 students all went to the hall  for  the  Future Moves  program.  Ben Morris  from Charles Sturt University came and told us all about  life at  university. We  talked  about  classrooms  and  all  the jobs  you  can  do. We  also  talked  about  all  the  other ac vi es that you can do at university, like being part of a Quidditch Club or the Chocolate Connoisseur Club. He told us  that  for  some  jobs  like a doctor, paramedic or teacher you need a degree. We played a game where we got a subject like cats or dogs and you had to go to either side of the room to the one you preferred. We all had so much fun learning about university.                              by Jemima Hall

FUTURE MOVES PROGRAM VISIT 

My congratulations and thanks to Angelique, Genevieve, Holly and Xander who spoke so well at the CWA Public Speaking Competition last Tuesday. Thank you parents for transporting and supporting your children.

During last week I showed some prospective new families around our school. We visited the Kindergarten classrooms. The parents were amazed at what our Kindergarten students can do. It is amazing!!

I then came upon this reading from Michael Grose, ‘Do you let your Kids Amaze You?’ and I just had to share it!

“I'm amazed at what children can do when given the opportunity and encouragement. I love the pride, confidence and sense of purpose/pleasure in contributing, each new skill achieved brings. The smiles are awesome too.”

A mother left this comment on our Facebook page recently in response to that comment: “What would be the impact if you did less, not more for your children?”

I’ve long believed that adults are the gatekeepers for children’s independence.

We open the gate to independence when we give children opportunities to develop self-help skills (carry their own schoolbags, get themselves up in the morning, tidy their own rooms); provide them with real responsibility (feeding pets, setting the meal table and preparing meals) and give them autonomy to make some of their own decisions (choosing clothes within limits, following own interests, making choices about pocket-money spending).

We close the independence gate when we do too much for children (tidy their toys away, pack their schoolbags, make simple snacks); rescue them from learning opportunities (take forgotten lunches to school, sort out their friendship problems, pay their library fines) and neglect to build scaffolds to independence (such as help them make their bed, walk half way to school). It’s a quirk of parenting that many children think they are older than they are, and parents think their children are younger than they are. We underestimate children’s abilities to the detriment of their development.

Are you an opener or closer of the gate to children’s independence? Think of independence as a continuum with opening the gate and closing the gate at either end. If your parenting is more at the closing end then look for ways to move down the continuum towards independence building. My advice is to make small adaptations to your parenting. For instance, start with a child making their own snacks before moving to helping you to prepare a meal. But first you need to develop a mindset for independence building. That means, be on the lookout for opportunities for children to do things for themselves.

As many readers will know I firmly believe that the job of parents is to make ourselves redundant from the earliest possible age of a child’s life. That means, that our interactions with kids have an endgame in mind – we want our kids to be able to stand on their own two feet physically (don’t we get a kick out of them walking for the first time!), emotionally (with support, of course) and to navigate their world without being reliant on others.

There is no better feeling as a parent than watching your child beam with joy and pride when they’ve mastered a new skill, overcome a challenge or conquered a fear. It’s those times that make parenting so worthwhile. Those awesome smiles won’t happen by accident. They require a parenting style that gives kids a chance to be independent; that encourages them to be brave and offers them the safety net of emotional support when life throws them curve balls. Why not try it? Give your kids a chance to amaze you.

Thank you so much to all the generous families who donated clothing for the East Timor project. I am hoping to be part of the team travelling to East Timor in the next school holidays and if everything goes according to plan I will be able to help with the distribution of the clothes. I can’t wait to see the joy on the faces of the children and their parents when they receive their new clothes!

Have a great week!

Mrs Breaden

K‐2 LITERACY AWARDS The children who received the literacy awards and capes at the Infants Assembly were: Kindergarten Alanah Wood Dustyn Green

Year 1 Seana Venaglia Angus Chamberlain

Year 2 Xander Greef Charlee Black

White Merit Certificate Charlie Lacey 3/4S

Chase MacQueen 5D

Kyan Rathbone (2) 3W

Chloe Gibson-Powell 1L

CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who gained a:

Name: Kaitlyn Neems

Age: 12

Class: 6W

Teacher: Mrs Woolstencroft

Favourite activities: I enjoy drawing, art and cooking.

Teacher comments: Kaitlyn is a bubbly, enthusiastic student who is always trying to help others. She works hard to learn new things and is a pleasure to teach.

What career interests you? I would like to be a house designer.

GENEROSITY What is Generosity? Generosity is giving and sharing. It is giving freely because you want to, not with the idea of receiving a reward or gift in return. Generosity is being aware that there is plenty for everyone. It is seeing a chance to give what you have and then giving just for the joy of giving. It is one of the best ways to show love and friendship.

Why Practise It? Without generosity, people act uncaringly, refusing to share their belongings, their time, and their friendship. People who need help feel helpless because no one will give them what they need. When we give freely, especially if a sacrifice is involved, our spirit grows strong. When one person is generous, other people want to be generous too.

2016 AUSTRALASIAN SCHOOLS COMPETITIONS 

These compe ons are for students in Years 3‐6.  

The closing date for entry in the following compe ons is Tuesday, 14 June. 

 The compe ons will be held on the following dates:  English ‐ Monday, 2 August  Mathema cs ‐ Monday, 16 August 

ENGLISH COMPETITION I give permission for my child/ren: 

___________________________ Class ______ 

___________________________ Class ______ 

___________________________ Class ______ 

to par cipate in the 2016 Australasian Schools English Compe on. 

Please  find  enclosed  $8.00  entry  fee  for  each child. 

Parent/carer   _______________________ 

Date      _______________________ 

MATHEMATICS COMPETITION I give permission for my child/ren: 

___________________________ Class ______ 

___________________________ Class ______ 

___________________________ Class ______ 

to par cipate in the 2016 Australasian Schools Mathema cs Compe on. 

Please  find  enclosed  $8.00  entry  fee  for  each child. 

Parent/carer   _______________________ 

Date      _______________________ 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE CANTEEN!! The canteen is urgently seeking volunteers to help on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Volunteering is a great way to meet other parents and students get a real ‘buzz’ seeing their parents or grandparents serving them at recess or lunch.

If you are available to help, even for an hour or two, please fill in the form below and return to the school office or canteen, asap.

We hope to have a roster available and published in next weeks’ newsletter.

Name _______________________________ Contact Number ___________________________

Preferred day (please circle) Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday

Available (please circle) weekly fortnightly monthly once a term

KINDERGARTEN 2017 We are now organising pre-kindy interviews for the end of this term. If you have a child for Kindergarten 2017 and you haven’t returned the enrolment for please do so as soon as possible. If you know anyone else planning to send their child to Kindergarten at our school next year please encourage them to return the enrolment form so we can give them an interview time.

Western Football - We wish Sharna Ross all the very best as she competes in Western Football in Albury today!

Congratulations, Sharna! It is such a great achievement!!

Western Cross-country Carnival Best wishes to Jordan Moody, Maddison McCormick, Tia Dunn, Zoe Anderson, Meg Turner, Heidi Parkin, Jazlyn Greenwood, Kane Nutley, Wilson Duffy, Ryan Dunford and Jack Pinkstone who will be representing our school and Lachlan Group at the Western Cross-country Carnival next Wednesday, 15 June.

PSSA Boys’ Hockey Last Tuesday the boys played the western region semi-final against Dubbo South Public School in Parkes.

Parkes Public School won the game 4-0 thanks to some great team work and solid shots in the circle.

Our first goal came after some great passing around the outside of the circle led to a free hit being awarded. The boys again used their excellent passing game to find the defence out of position allowing Austin to run the ball in and get a shot into the goals. Our next goal came from a short corner and saw Austin again get possession and score.

At half time we were 2-0 up. Our defence was working hard and a lot of the play saw the ball going between goal circles without many opportunities for shots on goal.

Our next scoring opportunity came again from a short corner with Joseph converting. The boys can see that all those short corner drills at training are now paying off. Our final goal came after some great passing work saw Kane off-load the ball in the circle to our youngest player Flynn, who was in a better position to score. Flynn was able to connect with the ball and hit it in!

Goalie Gabe was able to get some touches on the ball this game and made some great saves.

Mr Tanswell was pleased with the boys’ performance and gave special mention to Liam Moody for always holding his position, staying wide and giving the team a player to spread the ball to.

Thank you to Stacey Ross for umpiring the game and to the great parents who are always there supporting the boys and getting them to and from training and games. We certainly appreciate your time and effort.

Mrs Elliott

PSSA Boys’ Football Parkes Public Boys’ Football Team won their first game against Middleton Public School last Thursday. The boys played well as a team with the final score being 4-0.

The boys now progress to play the next round in Mudgee, in August (the date is yet to be finalised). Keep an eye on Facebook for more information on the exact date.

Thank you to Mrs Duffy for training our boys each week. Please note there will be no soccer training this Wednesday.

Mrs Smith