Holsworthy Public School

High Quality Education, Strong Discipline Relieving Principal: Tammy Deiri

36 Infantry Parade Phone: 9825 1479

Holsworthy NSW 2173 Fax: 9825 2860

Email < holsworthy-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au>

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

Wednesday 31 July 2018 Newsletter Term 3 Week 2

Rule of the Week Week 1: Play safe, sensible, non-contact games Week 2: Play in areas where the teachers can see you

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Welcome to term 3. I hope everyone had a restful break and have recharged batteries for a busy and exciting term. Education and Book Week Celebration

Education Week is officially held from 6 August to 10 August. The week highlights the achievements of public education, putting the spotlight on our students, educators and school communities. HPS will celebrate Education on Wednesday 8 August. Every student will be engaged in educational experiences. The school will be open to the community on Wednesday, 8 August when our students will proudly show off their classrooms

and engage in hands-on design challenges. This year the Education Week Open Day will be held on Wednesday 8th August 2018. 10.30am: Morning tea in the hall 11:30am: Open classrooms 12.30pm: Normal class routines resume During the morning tea there will be performances by the junior and senior dance groups and the Primary Play Day drama group. Please see the attached flyer for further information

STAFF CHANGES

At the end of last term the school had two teachers permanently appointed to Holsworthy Public

School through the Department’s central appointment process. The teachers are Mrs Leanne

Cutajar and Mrs Karen Lamb.

ATTENDANCE Regular attendance and punctuality are valued at Holsworthy Public School. All teachers are legally required to mark the roll daily and it is usual practice that rolls are marked as soon as possible once the class goes inside. The school is visited by the Home School Liaison Officer who monitors our rolls and checks student attendance patterns. If there is concern about a student’s attendance then the HSLO will contact the parent.

STUDENT ATTENDANCE IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS POLICY

What are the responsibilities of Parents?

Parents must ensure: 1.1 Their children of compulsory school age are enrolled in a government or registered non-government school or, they are registered with the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES) for Home Schooling. 1.2 Their children who are enrolled at school attend every day the school is open for their instruction. They provide an explanation for absences by means such as a telephone call, written note, text message or email to the school within 7 days from the first day of any period of absence. (Please note. At HPS if an explanation has not been received on the day of return to school, reminder letters will be sent home) 1.4 They work in partnership with the school to plan and implement strategies to support regular attendance at school, including communicating with the school if they are aware of issues impacting on their child’s attendance or engagement with school. Reasons for absence

Legal reasons for absence include sick (includes medical and dental appointments) or justified leave. Justified leave is granted if a student has to attend a funeral or a religious celebration. Principals can decline to accept an explanation for absence and record the absence as ‘unjustified’. Unjustified absences include: shopping, sleeping in, working around the house, child minding, birthdays, haircuts, weather, car problems, other family member being sick, going to the airport to meet relatives/visitors.

Applications for Extended Leave (travel or holiday)

From the beginning of 2015, Family holidays and travel are no longer considered under the Exemption from School - Procedures . Travel outside of vacation period is now counted as an absence for statistical purposes. Principals can issue a Certificate of Extended Leave after a parent or caregiver completes an application for Extended Leave form.

A principal will not accept a reason for travel during school term if it is not in the best interests of the student. Educational, social and participation reasons, which should be specified on the Application.

Travel is considered to be domestic or international travel for the purpose of a family holiday, family business, bereavement or other reasons, which should be specified on the Application.

Parents are encouraged to take holidays with their child during school vacation periods.

Principals may request travel documentation, such as travel itinerary or e- ticket, and ensure this is attached to the Application. Unsatisfactory attendance A child is considered to have an unsatisfactory school attendance when they have: regular absences without explanation (despite follow-up from the school), regular absences and explanations provided by parents are not accepted by the principal, or extended periods of absence without an explanation or the explanation is not accepted by the principal. An extended period of absence may be consecutive or irregular patterns of non-attendance.

Reminder

A reminder for Term 3, the earliest time students should arrive at school is 8.35am. Any earlier than this

means that I can’t guarantee their safety as a teacher will not be on the playground to supervise students

until 8.35am. Please ensure your children arrive no earlier than 8.35am.

Students MUST NOT arrive at school before 8:35 am and must leave promptly at 2:55 pm

Tammy Deiri Relieving Principal

AWARDS Congratulations and well done to the following students; BRONZE: 1J – Ryan Crisostomo, Kade Cruz; 1R – Abraham Whitford, Bilal Amine, Ceryn Tan, Veer Kumar; 1/2W – Brithi Hemanth Kumar 2K – Navan Alam, Sheyana Prasad, Ankit Bhatta, Acacia Reed, Elias Contreras, Abel Thomas SILVER: 1H – Queena Kanglyn, Ishayat Rahman, Riaan Chopra, Ayana Puri; 1J – Akila Rabhi K/1P – Addison Melville, Diwas Pradhan, Jairra Raymundo, Maisha Khandelwal, Nandana Antony, Tavish Jindal, Eva Joglekar, Siena Robertson; 1/2W – Danilo Kablar, Onngkita Ahmed, Samuel Fegan, Susanna Vithayathil 2D – Esha Varghese, Iraa Pandit, Zaydan Florendo, Samarah Niaz 2M – Amelie McKeon,Tyler Tiernan, Alfred Marsh, Yoshinari Okubo, Sofia Bubeck 2K – Liam Olson, Tushar Babu Ram, Anoushka Jogia, Leyla Daoudon, Ria Chopra, David Miranda, James Knipe PRINCIPALS READING AWARD; 1H – Ishayat Rahman, Sarah Rodrigues, Jay Raval, Stella Plaister, Ayana Puri, Queena Kanglyn; 1J – Vidisha Patel, Tabry Yousif, Tiannah Parrish-Te Tau; 1P – Addison Melville, Tavish Jindal, Siena Robertson; 1/2W – Dheethya Adarsh, Samuel Fegan, Danilo Kablar, Mira Methil, Fariz Ahmed; 2D – Shreesha Damathmari, Annabelle Cram. Esha Varghese,Makayla Pons; 2M – Ishan Bhondve; 2K – Liam Olson, Kamaneeya Paidisetti.

CAR PARK

Car parks are for: STAFF ONLY AND NOT TO BE USED TO DROP OFF OR COLLECT STUDENTS.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING PBL

Our school has undertaken a major project over the last

couple of years to become a Positive Behaviour for

Learning (PBL) school. PBL emphasises the importance

of teaching expectations to students just as we would for

English or Mathematics. As a staff we have reviewed our

school rules and come up with a clear set of positively

stated expectations for each of the areas within our school.

Our rules at Holsworthy Public School are Be Safe, Be

Respectful, Be a Learner.

New signs have been put up around the school that

feature our mascot, which was designed by a student

as part of a competition, and clearly state the

expectations for all children.

LIBRARY NEWS We are celebrating Book Week

this year in a variety of ways as we

anticipate the announcement of

the Children's Book Council of

Australia's 2018 Book of the Year

Award winners.

Book Week Performance: Treasure Hunt The writer of this show has chosen three of the Short-listed Books, and woven a story touching on sustainability in our natural environment and inclusivity and equality in our communities. The talented actors will inspire the students through comedy, dance, music and drama in this highly interactive show. There will be separate shows for the primary and infants students. The performance will be on 24 August, with the payment of $7 due on Wednesday 22 August. A note will be sent home this week.

Book Character Parade The annual Book Character Parade will be held after recess on Thursday 23 August. Parents, grandparents and carers are invited to attend and all the students are invited to dress as a favourite story character. The students really enjoy using their imagination to create fun costumes for favourite characters. They are not expected to purchase expensive costumes. There will be more information in the next newsletter.

Book Fair Our Book Fair will open after the parade on Thursday 24 August. There will be a wide variety of fiction and information books for the children on display and available for purchase. We will also have a selection of books chosen by members of staff. We hope families might purchase from this collection to donate directly to the library. In addition we will also gain a commission to further add to the school resources available for your students. An EFTPOS machine will be available.

Book Club The brochures for Book Club Issue 5 have been sent home this week. The amazing variety of items from which you can select cover all age groups from 3 year olds to teenagers. Many of the items have great discounts. You can choose to pay online and get a receipt number, or send payment to school in an envelope with your child's name and class on it. In either case please enclose the completed form in the envelope and deposit it in the special box in the school foyer. The final date for accepting orders is Friday 10 August. From our commission, the school chooses books for the library and classrooms. We look forward to your support for these events which are designed to encourage reading and a love of literacy in your students.

Premiers Reading Challenge The new student site for the PRC is now available. Students in year 3 to 6 can access this through their portals and enter their own books for the challenge. We now have more than 60 students in year 3 to 6 who have completed the PRC. The challenge closes on the 31 August so there is still time for others to join them. If you have any questions please see me in the library on a Monday, Tuesday or Friday. P Tipping Teacher Librarian

SCHOOL SWIMMING AND WATER SAFETY PROGRAM

The School Swimming and Water Safety Program begins Monday 6 August (week 3) and runs until

Friday 17 August (week 4). This year, 3B, 3/4C, 4P and Year 2 students will be attending from 9:15-

10:00am.The remaining classes from years 3 to 6 will be attending from 10-10:45am. Students who

are involved will need to ensure they bring the following items to school: dry underwear in a plastic

bag, towel, swimming cap and a jumper or jacket to wear to and from the pool. All belongings should

be labelled with your child’s name. Students must wear their swimmers under their school uniform

each day of the program. We look forward to a successful two weeks of the School Swimming and

Water Safety Program.

SPORT NEWS

School Sport and Rec Sport For Term 3 we have a new round of recreational sports on offer. This term there is tennis and acrobatics recreational sport. Expression of interest notes went home last week as there are only 70 places in the tennis program and 50 places in the acrobatics program, students need to return their expression of interest forms to the office to receive a permission note with final payment details to secure a place. The rec sport program will begin this Friday.

Students not participating in rec sport can choose to do orienteering, cycling or school sport for their Friday sport program. These groups will be finalised later this week.

PSSA WINTER

Round 8 Friday 27 July

Sport Junior Senior

Boys Soccer BYE BYE

Girls Soccer A’s VS Chipping Norton WON 1-0 B’s VS Chipping Norton LOST 5-2

VS Chipping Norton WON 1-0

Rugby League BYE Vs Warwick Farm WON 52-24

Netball A’s VS Warwick Farm LOST 13 - 7 B’s VS Liverpool West LOST 9 - 1

A’s VS Prestons WON 15 - 8 B’s VS Liverpool West WON 14 - 7

Hockey BYE BYE

Touch football VS Liverpool WON 2-0 VS Chipping Norton DRAW 1-1

VS Liverpool LOST 2-4 VS Chipping Norton LOST 1-0

PSSA Winter Venues Round

Netball

Rugby League

Hockey

Touch Football

Boys Soccer

Girls Soccer

9 3/8

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

Ernie Smith Moorebank

10 10/8

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Jardine Park

Casula

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

South Park Chipping Norton

11 17/8

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hillier Oval

Liverpool

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

Hammondville Oval

12 24/8

Woodward Park

Liverpool

TBC Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

Ernie Smith Moorebank

School Athletics Carnival Our annual school athletics carnival was held in week 10 last term. Yesterday we had a special assembly to acknowledge those students who placed first, second or third in their age group for the events. The Liverpool Zone PSSA Athletics Carnival will be held on Wednesday 29 August Week 6 at Campbelltown Athletics Stadium. The students who will represent HPS at Zone will receive their note early next week. Please see below for the results at our school carnival. Congratulations to all children for their excellent behavior and participation.

SCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL RESULTS

P & C NEWS

P&C Catch-Up

Welcome to the P&C Catch-Up section of the newsletter! Please refer to this section of the newsletter for any

P&C related events, updates or news. To contact the P&C, please leave a note at the Office or email

holsworthypandc@gmail.com.

NEXT P&C MEETING

The Holsworthy Public School P&C would like to take this opportunity to invite all parents and friends to

attend our monthly meetings, which are held on the first Monday of the month. It is always great to see new

faces and new ideas and suggestions are welcome!

The next P&C meeting is on Monday 6th August.

NEW P&C COMMITTEE

Holsworthy Public School P&C have a number of Committees that have been formed to help manage which

areas around the school the P&C should focus. Currently, there is the Events Committee, chaired by Candice

Taylor and the Second Hand Uniform Shop Committee, chaired by Kylie Szymanski.

The P&C have decided to form a new Committee to focus on improving the outside environments around the

school grounds. If you are interested in joining this committee or one of the other Committees, please contact

the P&C at holsworthypandc@gmail.com.

P&C 2ND HAND UNIFORM SHOP

The P&C 2nd Hand Uniform Shop will be open;

Monday - 830am to 915am Friday - 230pm to 315pm

All second-hand uniforms will be sold for the standard price of $3, with the exception of 2nd hand school

bags ($10), School caps ($12), and PSSA socks ($15).

If you would like to donate to the 2nd Hand uniform shop, please drop off items during operating hours or

forward to the School office.

LOST PROPERTY

Labelled Clothing

Every Friday, P&C volunteers collect, sort and return all labelled clothing that is found in the Lost Property tubs that are located outside most classrooms. These items are then returned to the student via the Office, usually the following week.

Unlabelled Clothing

If the clothing is not labelled, the item is kept in the P&C room in a “Lost Property” tub. Students and parents are welcome to look through this tub on Monday mornings or Friday afternoons when the P&C 2nd Hand Uniform Shop is open. At the end of the term, these unlabelled items are washed and donated to the P&C 2nd Hand Uniform Shop.

FATHER’S DAY STALL

Father’s Day Stall gift notes will be sent home this week. Please return the note and money to the office by

Friday the 5th of May.

P&C CALENDAR*

(*Proposed events and dates)

Term 3 AUGUST P&C Meeting: Monday 6th August at 6pm in the Staff Room.

Week 5 – Book Week Community Café

29th August (Week 6) – Father’s Day Stall

SEPTEMBER P&C Meeting: Monday 3rd September at 6pm in the Staff Room.

21st September (Week 9) - School Disco

Term 4 OCTOBER P&C Meeting (TBC): Monday 15th October at 6pm in the Staff Room.

NOVEMBER P&C Meeting: Monday 5th November at 6pm in the Staff Room.

DECEMBER P&C Meeting: Monday 3rd December at 6pm in the Staff Room.

Christmas Carols and Raffle

TERM 3 DIARY

TERM Three

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri

WEEK 2

July 30

July 31

August 1

August 2 Stage 3

Gymnastics COS concert

Holsworthy H.S Matinee &

evening

August 3 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter

Round 9

WEEK 3

August 6 EDUCATION

WEEK Swim School

9:15 – 10:00am 10:00 – 10:45am

August 7 Swim School 3-6 Athletics

Carnival Assembly

August 8 Swim School

Education Week

Open Day

August 9 Stage 3 Gym

International Day of the World’s

Indigenous People Swim School

August 10 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter

Round 10

Swim School

WEEK 4

August 13

Swim School 9:15 – 10:00am

10:00 – 10:45am

August 14 ICAS Mathematics

Swim School

August 15 Maths Olympiad

Contest 4

Swim School

August 16 Stage 3

Gymnastics

Swim School G&T Maths Comp

Newbridge Heights

Ultimo Drama Festival

August 17 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter

Round 11

Swim School

WEEK 5

August 20 Number

Crunchers Semi Final Casula PS

Life Education

August 21

Life Education

August 22 Book Fair arrives

Life Education

August 23 BOOK WEEK

Parade

Life Education

August 24 PSSA Round 12

Treasure Hunt Book Week

Performance

Life Education

WEEK 6

August 27

Life Education

August 28

Life Education

Yr 5 Challenge Cup at HHS 11:30

– 1:00

August 29 Zone Athletics Campbelltown

Book Fair departs

Life Education

August 30 MUSICA VIVA

Teranga Stage 3

Gymnastics

Life Education

August 31 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter Semi Finals

Life Education

WEEK 7

September 3

September 4 Interrelate

Family Evening Program

September 5

September 6 Stage 3

Gymnastics

September 7 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter

Finals

WEEK 8

September 10 State Dance

Festival

10-14 Sept. (TBC) Oracy Comp Stage Finals

September 11

September 12 Maths Olympiad

Contest 5

Mini Fete

September 13 Stage 3

Gymnastics

September 14 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Extreme weather back up

WEEK 9

September 17 Year 5 Camp

Kinder to Australian Botanic

Gardens

September 18 Year 5 Camp

Bathurst

September 19 SSW Regional

Athletics Carnival

September 20 Stage 3

Gymnastics

September 21 Kinder Gym PSSA Winter

Extreme weather back up

WEEK 10

September 24 September 25 Chipping Norton

Network Final Public Speaking Georges Hall PS

September 26 Kinder Open Day

Opera House Stage 2

September 27 Stage 3

Gymnastics

September 28

LIVERPOOL JUNIOR OZTAG

2018 SUMMER REGISTRATIONS

AUSTRALIS PARK, WATTLE GROVE played TUESDAY

Registration is being held: Tuesday 21st August 18 4.30 – 7.00pm

at Australis Park, Wattle Grove, Australis Ave

BROWNES FARM RESERVE, HOXTON PARK played WEDNESDAY

Registration is being held: Wednesday 22nd August 18 4.30 – 7.00pm

at BROWNES FARM RESERVE, HOXTON PARK, First Ave

Registration $70 per player

Both teams & individual players are welcome

Boys and girls aged – 6 - 18

For further details contact Prue: 0410 649 393 prue@oztag.com.au

www.greaterwestjunioroztag.com