LIVERPOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL

EST 1863

IMPORTANT EVENTS

23/4/12

Teachers return Term

2

24/4/12

Children return Term 2

25/4/12

ANZAC Day Public

Holiday

3/5/12

SRC Crazy Hair Day

7/5/12

NAPLAN Parent Forums

10/5/12

Parent Forum 1-6

Reading

7/5/12 – 11/5/12

Mothers Day Stall

15/5/12 – 17/5/12

NAPLAN Years 3 & 5

16/5/12

Senior dance group

performing at Regional

Dance Festival

18/5/12

NAPLAN make up day

22/5/12

Year 5 Excursion

29/5/12

Year 6 Excursion

30/5/12

Parent Forum OC Test

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents, Caregivers, Students and Staff,

Congratulations and thankyou to everyone for a

highly successful Term 1. There have been a

number of new initiatives and programs that

the school has initiated this year and

indicators are that the student learning

programs will be enhanced as a result.

As I indicated to you last year the school has

received an additional $680,000.00 through

the Federal Government’s National Partnership

(NP). This significant amount of money is to be

used to develop programs that will improve

student learning outcomes. After a very

rigorous evaluation of school based data two of

the areas that were most in need are literacy

and community engagement.

This term we have implemented a very detailed

and intensive three year professional learning

program to improve student literacy skills. All

students from Year 1 – 6 have had their

reading fluency and comprehension assessed

individually using a standard process and we

look forward to reporting their progress over

the year.

The school has also tried to engage more

effectively with parents and caregivers. The

NP funding has allowed us to employ a

Community Liaison Officer (CLO), two days per

week. Mrs Naffa (Maysoun) is at school

Monday and Friday and works with ALL

parents. She has organised parent programs

that run almost every Monday with sessions

being held in English and Arabic.

Last week we held our first parent teacher

conferences for 2012 and it was great to see

so many of you throughout the year. The

teachers have said that they really enjoyed

meeting with parents/caregivers and that

spreading the conferences over the week

meant more time could be spent with you.

Please let us know if you found this more

valuable. Thank you for taking the time to work

with us in educating your children.

School holidays begin on Thursday so I ask

September 2017

IMPORTANT EVENTS

Every Monday

Playgroup – 9am

Every Monday Friends of

Liverpool – 2.15pm

Every Friday

Assembly Even Weeks: 3-6 Odd Weeks: K-2

Week of

04/09/2017 NAPLAN Online

School Readiness Test

12/09/2017

Liverpool Arts and Film Festival

14/09/2017

Year 4 Excursion – Madame Tussauds

and Wild Life Sydney Zoo

21/09/2017 Kindergarten Excursion –

Fairfield City Farm

22/09/2017 Last Day Term 3

12/09/2017

Liverpool Arts and Film Festival

09/10/2017

First Day Term 4

25/10/2017

SRC Mufti Day

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL I trust everyone had a great day spoiling that someone special on Sunday! Liverpool

Public School celebrated Father’s Day last Friday and it was great to see so many dads,

uncles and grandfathers joining us for our Father’s Day Breakfast. The sausage sizzle and

zaata were a hit and the games on the playground were a lot of fun. I hope everyone

managed to get a great photo on the day and it is proudly displayed somewhere at

home! Thank you to our events committee who organised such an enjoyable morning.

Last week was a very busy week, and I would like to thank the staff and students for

their work organising all the activities held. Stage 3 staff and students for our annual Fun

Day on Monday; the SRC for the talent quest on Wednesday; the Liverpool Arts and Film

Festival teachers for the disco on Thursday; and all of our PSSA coaches for their time

over the last year which helped our Junior Touch Football, Senior Netball and Junior

Soccer Teams make the semi-finals. Congratulations to our Junior Netball Team who

made it to, and won their grand final! We are still waiting to find out the result for our

Senior Soccer Team after their grand final match was interrupted by a sprinkler system.

A special mention must also be made to congratulate Leona Paye from 5L who was the

11 Years Age Champion at the Liverpool Zone Athletics Carnival. She has qualified in four

different events and is off to the Sydney South West Regional Athletics Carnival.

On the theme of recognition, last week was also SASS Recognition Week which gave us

an opportunity to thank our wonderful administrative and support staff for their

valuable contribution to our school. A morning tea was organised for our SASS team to

thank them for their commitment to our school.

I have noticed that more students are arriving to school early. Please remember that

student supervision begins at 8:30am and students should not be arriving before then. I

also remind parents and carers that school finishes at 3pm. Many students are waiting

outside the school gates to be collected beyond this time. If students are not collected

by 3:15pm, they will be taken back into the school and parents or carers contacted.

Information about before and after school care is available at the office.

Please also remember that our students see us all as role models. Asking your child to

cross a busy road, ignore the crossing supervisor, or to climb into your vehicle whilst

double-parked is not only unsafe, but goes against road safety teaching and sends the

wrong message to all students who see these actions.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Ian Tapuska Principal

M E D I A

S P L A S H

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MEDAL AWARD Edvin 5/6N Petar 5L Malak 6T

Aryan 5L Fatemeh 6T

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD Muzainah 1B Anushka 2M Shokofehmadi 5/6N

Dylan 1C Atharva 2M Yad 5/6N

Lakshanaa 1C Riya 3M Aryan 5L

Ram Khalid 1C Nejla 3V Vedant 5L

Zahraa 1C Hezekiah 4/5S Aashna 5R

Gunveer 1V Shahina 4K Dev 5R

Kobe 2/3F Vicky 4K Sakshi 5R

Manraj 2/3F Khushi 4T Djordje 6M

Arav 2K Ranijita 4W Ahmed 6P

Khushi 2K Edvin 5/6N Joanna 6P

Prapti 2K Luka 5/6N Jodi 6T

Vedant 2K Matt 5/6N Malak 6T

TEAM LEADER AWARD Hanna 1-3N Masa 3M Narges 5R

Rami 1-3N Nina 3M Aashna 5R

Govana 1-3N Akshaya 3M Dharmik 6M

Joy 1-3N Nejla 3V Andron 6P

Muzainah 1B Hiruni 4/5S Zafira 6P

Anastasia 1B Sayad 4/5S Qahtan 6P

Amir 1B Namratha 4/5S Shafiek 6P

Caleb 1B Hussein 4K Tiffanie 6P

Alesha 1B Saman 4K Siddhi 6P

Mila 1C Alexander 4K Daksha 6P

Luke 1C Aeon 4K Jodi 6T

Dylan 1C Wadea 4K Ruaa 6T

Lakshanaa 1C Tina 4T Sussan 6T

Maksim 1C Eshan 4T Fatemeh 6T

Saman 1D Khushi 4T Mohammed 6T

Pranav 2/3F Luna 4T Malak 6T

Melak 2/3F Ema 4T Barbod 6T

Stefan 2/3F Awikam 4T Surya 6T

Jaishna 2/3F Matt 5/6N Hana K/1R

Mira 2D Ma'Amoon 5/6N Mohit K/1R

Anhar 2D Payal 5/6N Tomilayo K/1R

Sanya 2D Luka 5/6N Douglas K/1R

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Khushi 2K Edvin 5/6N Muzhgan K/1R

Sama 2L Zaenab 5C Krestian KD

Taksheel 2L Pranav 5C Ajithesh KD

Aseel 2M Fahed 5C Gladiolus KD

Nahedh 2M Jwanah 5C Nicole KG

Nemanja 2M Justin 5L Marvin KJ

Jasmine 2M Aryan 5L Alaysha KJ

Harleen 3C Helena 5R Elham KM

Pavle 3C Sakshi 5R Tanmay KM

Pranav 3C Shweta 5R Krisnorie KM

Kandarp 3C Yousef 5R Aarav KM

Rishab 3M Dev 5R

NOTES SENT HOME

Date Topic Year Group Permission Required

Return Date

07/08/17 Yr6 Meet the Author – Liverpool City Library Yr6 Yes 10/08/17

08/08/17 Liverpool Zone Athletics Carnival Selected Students

Yes 21/08/17

09/08/17 Kindergarten Farm Excursion – Calmsley Hill

City Farm Kinder Yes 18/09/17

10/08/17 LAaFF Reminder/Dinner Note LAaFF Students Yes 07/09/17

10/08/17 SRC Mufti day K-6 No

10/08/17 Yr4 Madame Tussauds/Wildlife Sydney Zoo

Excursion Yr4 Yes 31/08/17

11/08/17 Fun Day K-6 No

17/08/17 Father’s Day Stall K-6 No

17/08/17 Yr3 & 2/3F Taronga Park Zoo Excursion Yr3 & 2/3F Yes 18/09/17

22/08/17 Debating Presentation Debating Students

Yes 24/08/17

22/08/17 Stage 3 Camp – Medical Consent Form Stage 3 Yes 29/08/17

22/08/17 Naplan Online Yr3 & Yr5 No

24/08/17 Tell Them From Me Survey K-6 No

24/08/17 The Partners in Learning Parent Feedback

Survey 2017 K-6 No

24/08/17 Permission To Provide Personal Information to

Third Party Websites K-6 Yes

30/08/17 Premier’s Sporting Challenge 2017 Yr3-6 No

30/08/17 PSSA Grand Final Information PSSA Teams

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NAPLAN ONLINE: SCHOOL READINESS TEST-YR 3 & YR 5 As you may be aware planning has begun for the National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) to move from a pen and paper assessment to an online assessment. In order to facilitate this process NSW schools will be participating in a School Readiness Test between Monday 14 August, 2017 and the end of term. At Liverpool Public School we have selected the week from Monday 4 September to Friday 8 September, 2017 to do this ‘practice run’. Please note that this is not an assessment of student ability. The readiness test will allow us to become familiar with the online format and processes for administration of it. Also, we will be able to check that we have the technical capacity, rooms and devices to administer NAPLAN Online effectively. If you are interested in becoming more familiar with this, there is a NAPLAN Online demonstration site that includes sample tests for each NAPLAN year at the following link: http://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/naplanonline/naplan-online-public-demonstration-site Mr D’Cruz and Mrs Vajdevski have both received whole day training on this initiative and are our school based NAPLAN Administrators. If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Jenny Vajdevski on 9602 7882.

Winter PSSA News Friday 4 August, 2017

Team Played Result Player of the Day

Junior Touch Football LPS vs Marsden Rd Won 3-0

Brayden/Zecharaiah

Junior Touch Football LPS vs Casula Won 2-0

Senior Touch Football LPS vs Marsden Rd Won 1-0

Surya/Desmond

Senior Touch Football LPS vs Casula Lost 3-1

Junior Girls Soccer - - -

Junior Boys Soccer LPS vs Newbridge Heights Red Draw 1-1

King

Senior Girls Soccer - -

Senior Boys Soccer LPS vs Newbridge Heights Red Won 6-0

Shashank

Ms Comer’s Junior Netball

LPS vs Newbridge Heights Won 2-1

Cecilia

Ms Vo Junior Netball

LPS vs Marsden Rd Lost 9-1

Mary

Ms Comer’s Senior Netball

LPS vs Newbridge Heights Won 14-0

Teodora

Ms Vo’s Senior Netball

LPS vs Marsden Rd Lost 9-8

Milica

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Round 11 – Friday 11 August, 2017 Team Played Result Player of the Day

Junior Touch Football LPS vs Warwick Farm B Won 1-0 Vincent

Junior Touch Football LPS vs Chipping Norton Draw 1-1

Senior Touch Football LPS vs Warwick Farm B Draw 1-1 Kevin/Jaydan

Senior Touch Football LPS vs Chipping Norton Lost 7-1

Junior Girls Soccer - - -

Junior Boys Soccer LPS vs Wattle Grove Forfeit -

Senior Girls Soccer - - -

Senior Boys Soccer LPS vs Wattle Grove Won 4-3 Isaac

Ms Comer’s Junior Netball

LPS vs Newbridge Heights Won 5-0 Maryam

Ms Vo Junior Netball

LPS vs Newbridge Heights Drew 0-0 Mustafa

Ms Comer’s Senior Netball

LPS vs Prestons Won 14-11 Teodora

Ms Vo’s Senior Netball

LPS vs Newbridge Heights Lost 12-0 Celine

Round 11 – Friday 18 August, 2017

Team Played Result Player of the Day

Junior Touch Football LPS vs Holsworthy Lost 2-1 Vaivai

Junior Touch Football LPS vs Dalmeny Won 3-0

Senior Touch Football LPS vs Holsworthy Won 3-1 Ritanshu/Lubna

Senior Touch Football LPS vs Dalmeny Drew 1-1

Junior Girls Soccer LPS vs Hammondville Drew 1-1 Marina

Junior Boys Soccer LPS vs Hammondville Drew 1-1 TBA

Senior Girls Soccer LPS vs Hammondville Lost 6-0 Michelle

Senior Boys Soccer LPS vs Hammondville Lost 8-0 Kevin

Ms Comer’s Junior Netball

LPS vs Wattle Grove Won 1-0 Nethra

Ms Vo Junior Netball

LPS vs Newbridge Heights Drew 1-1 Suzette

Ms Comer’s Senior Netball

LPS vs Wattle Grove Won 15-4 Dharmik

Ms Vo’s Senior Netball

LPS vs Prestons Lost 10-9 Akshitha

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Boys Girls Name Event – 100m Place Name Event – 100m Place Atharva Bhogade

8 Years 100m 1st Salwa Fenj

8 Years 100m 1st

Daniel McBride

8 Years 100m 2nd Nethra Saravanan

8 Years 100m 2nd

Zecharaiah Pepa

8 Years 100m 3rd Akshaya Yarramsetti

8 Years 100m 3rd

Winston Agyei 9 Years 100m 1st Suzzette Boateng

9 Years 100m 1st

Abu Junior Fofana

9 Years 100m 2nd Madison Lim

9 Years 100m 2nd

Vaivai Pepa

9 Years 100m 3rd Marina Batar

9 Years 100m 3rd

Vincent Koran

10 Years 100m 1st Abigail Bonsu

10 Years 100m 1st

Alexander Duah

10 Years 100m 2nd Lakeesha Boateng

10 Years 100m 2nd

Tailo Dos Reis

10 Years 100m 3rd Dakota Douglas

10 Years 100m 3rd

Luka Knezevic

11 Years 100m 1st Leona Paye

11 Years 100m 1st

Narat Vong

11 Years 100m 2nd Aishata Donzo

11 Years 100m 2nd

Ibrahim Munaf

11 Years 100m 3rd Sofija Cubrilo

11 Years 100m 3rd

Abdullah Muazee

12 Years 100m 1st Claudia Ximenes

12 Years 100m 1st

Shafiek Haj Othman

12 Years 100m 2nd Milica Veselinovic

12 Years 100m 2nd

Rohit Matkar

12 Years 100m 3rd Celine Sio

12 Years 100m 3rd

Name Event – 200m Place Name Event – 200m Place Winston

Agyei Junior 200m 1st Abigail

Bonsu Junior 200m 1st

Vaivai Pepa

Junior 200m 2nd Lakeesha Boateng

Junior 200m 2nd

Vincent Korang

Junior 200m 3rd Masa Gagic

Junior 200m 3rd

Luka Knezevic

11 Year 200m 1st Leona Paye

11 Year 200m 1st

Ibrahim Munaf

11 Year 200m 2nd Aishata Donzo

11 Year 200m 2nd

Narat Vong

11 Year 200m 3rd Katarina Poluga 11 Year 200m 3rd

Abdullah Muazee

Senior 200m 1st Claudia Ximenes

Senior 200m 1st

Rohit Matkar

Senior 200m 2nd Milica Veselinovic

Senior 200m 2nd

Shafiek Haj Othman

Senior 200m 3rd Anastasia Erceg

Senior 200m 3rd

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Boys Girls Name Event – 800m Place Name Event – 800m Place

Jims Youssef

Junior 800m 1st Abigail Bonsu

Junior 800m 1st

Ahmed Adam

Junior 800m 2nd Govana Eilia

Junior 800m 2nd

Winston Agyei Junior 800m 3rd Lakeesha Boateng

Junior 800m 3rd

Luka Knezevic

11 Year 800m 1st Katarina Poluga

11 Year 800m 1st

Hussein Muazee

11 Year 800m 2nd Leona Paye

11 Year 800m 2nd

Vedant Vesanekar

11 Year 800m 3rd Aishata Donzo

11 Year 800m 3rd

Abdullah Muazee

Senior 800m 1st Claudia Ximenes

Senior 800m 1st

Mak Vugdalic

Senior 800m 2nd Milica Veselinovic

Senior 800m 2nd

Shafiek Haj Othman

Senior 800m 3rd Celine Sio

Senior 800m 3rd

Name Event – Shot Put Place Name Event – Shot Put Place Tasi

Havili Junior Shot Put 1st Aeon

Tatana Junior Shot Put 1st

Ahmed Adam

Junior Shot Put 2nd Natasha Kaur

Junior Shot Put 2nd

Vincent Korang

Junior Shot Put 3rd Ivana Lezaja

Junior Shot Put 3rd

Desmond Agyei

11 Year Shot Put 1st Siena Brown

11 Year Shot Put 1st

Luka Knezevic

11 Year Shot Put 2nd Hope Fuavaa

11 Year Shot Put 2nd

Narat Vong

11 Year Shot Put 3rd Jusleen Kaur

11 Year Shot Put 3rd

Zakariah Al-Khamisi

Senior Shot Put 1st Claudia Ximenes

Senior Shot Put 1st

Eli Mauga

Senior Shot Put 2nd Destiny Havili

Senior Shot Put 2nd

Rohit Matkar

Senior Shot Put 3rd Celine Sio

Senior Shot Put 3rd

Name Event – Long Jump Place Name Event – Long Jump Place Winston

Agyei Junior Long Jump 1st Dakota

Douglas Junior Long Jump 1st

Mihailo Krstic

Junior Long Jump 2nd Ivana Lezaja Junior Long Jump 2nd

Jims Youssef

Junior Long Jump 3rd Emma Mrgan and Abigail Bonsu

Junior Long Jump 3rd

Luka Knezevic

11 Year Long Jump 1st Leona Paye

11 Year Long Jump 1st

Hussein Muazee

11 Year Long Jump 2nd Aishata Donzo

11 Year Long Jump 2nd

Petar Gagic

11 Year Long Jump 3rd Katarina Poluga

11 Year Long Jump 3rd

Abdullah Muazee

Senior Long Jump 1st Milica Veselinovic

Senior Long Jump 1st

Danyal Jassem

Senior Long Jump 2nd Toulene Hanoun

Senior Long Jump 2nd

Mak Vugdilic

Senior Long Jump 3rd Claudia Ximenes

Senior Long Jump 3rd

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WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN 2017

Dear Parents and Carers, This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school. So, if you do your grocery shopping at Woolworths, we would love you to collect the stickers for us. From Wednesday 26 July to Tuesday 19 September, or while stock lasts, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the sticker sheet can be dropped into the collection box here at the school in the front office or at your local Woolworths. At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for English, maths, science, some fantastic fun supplies for creative arts, sport and for our library. If you’d like to know more visit www.woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

LIVERPOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL – BOOK FAIR

This year’s Scholastic Book Fair was a HUGE success, exceeding the goal with a total of $4600 in sales. Thank you to all the families who bought wonderful books for their children. Mr D’Cruz was able to pick over $1500 worth of books from Scholastic to keep in our school library for students to read. A big thank you to all the Book Fair helpers for their amazing support and hard work.

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STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL UPDATE

The SRC have had a busy and successful term. A Mufti day was held and the total of $755.00 was raised. This money

was donated to the ‘House of Welcome’ who supports the refugee community.

The SRC also organised the annual LPS Talent Quest. There was a huge response with various acts including singing,

dancing and comedy. On Wednesday 30th August the Grand Final for the six successful acts was held.

Congratulations to the finalists, who were,

The Crystals (Dance & Sing)

Jethany – (Sing)

Xyrus – (Sing)

Girl Squad – (Dance)

The Sapphires – (Dance)

Sister Duet – (Sing)

The winner for the 2017 Talent Quest was Jethany C (4K). Congratulations.

The Teacher v Student Round 2 Dodgeball Game was held on Wednesday 2nd August during lunch. The competition

between the year 3-6 students and teachers was fierce. However, even with the support of our Principal Mr Tapuska,

the students took the win for this round. The score now stands at one all.

Ambassador Update

Our school Ambassador Toluene began Term 3 by attending her first Ambassador meeting at James Busby High

School on 20th July 2017. She was able to meet and network with other school ambassadors from across the

Liverpool region. Each ambassador was placed into an Ambassador team and informed of their upcoming projects.

Each team will undertake their projects over a 15-week-period. At the end of this period, each Ambassador Team

will present the ‘journey’ of their project, with the local school impact, at a special project presentation event. This

presentation will take place at the Liverpool Council Chambers in Term 4.

Toulene’s team consisted of three other students from Warwick Farm Public School, Ashcroft Public School and

Prestons Public School. The four School Ambassadors in this team then discussed concerns common in each of their

schools. They determined that littering was an issue and began working on ideas to combat this. A mission

statement was created; a time-line and ideas were brainstormed of how to overcome the issue of littering within

their schools.

Ashcroft Public School hosted the second meeting and Ms Comer and Toulene hosted the third meeting at Liverpool

Public School. In these meetings, the ambassadors discussed their projects and how they were progressing.

Toulene’s project began by her surveying teachers and students about the littering issue with our school. From this,

she has decided to educate students at Liverpool Public School about the effects of littering, as well as running a

Poster Drawing Competition. More information is to come . . .

By Ms Comer, Mrs Kirkness & SRC Committee.

1st Place

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"On Tuesday, Year 6 girls went to our school hall, where we were involved in some exciting activities. We met some students from Liverpool Girls High School who participated in the activities with us. We were split up into different groups and we participated in some activities based on some well-known books. There were a range of activities based on each book and some of them were reading, acting, drawing, writing, comic strips and a few others. One group in particular had a slightly different task to do, impromptu drama. We had no time to think and had to immediately act out a scenario that we were given. Later the girls were given a different scenario that they performed in front of all the girls. At the end we all came together, and a few girls from each group shared and discussed what their group did and if we enjoyed it. We all left with smiles on our faces and a much bigger appreciation for books. We had an awesome time with the students from Liverpool Girls High School."

Written by Shreya and Siddhi - 6P

"Last week the girls from Year 6 all went into the hall and joined in with some activities with the girls from Liverpool Girls High School. We all had to get into a group and the high school librarian, Mrs Knott, told us what the groups were focusing on - Drama, harry Potter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Cinderella and a few others. I went into a group with 3 high school students. They were in Year 7 and 8. They girls were super nice when we were participating in the activities. I played a game and created a comic strip about Diary of a Wimpy Kid. At the end everyone spoke about what they did, one group, which was the drama group performed an act from the X factor, but in a comedy version. It was so much fun. I had a lovely experience with girls from my grade and from the high school."

Written by Payal Khanna - 5/6N

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On Monday 21 August 2017, Christine, a member from The Cancer Council presented a workshop about healthy eating to parents at Friends of Liverpool. This workshop offered parents and carers practical and relevant information on top of their existing skills in catering to their family with healthy family meals and an increase in fruits and vegetable intake. They were provided with a recipe book that contained healthy snack ideas for children and strategies to combat fussy eaters. This is a campaign in pushing parents and carers to set an example to their children to adopt a healthy eating habit and making important life decisions regarding their health. Stay tuned for more updates with our next workshop in teaching parents and carers how to make healthy convenient lunches for their children!

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KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS 2018

Kindergarten enrolments are now open for 2018. Any child, who is turning 5 by 31st July, 2018 is eligible to start school next year. Please call in at the office for further information, between the hours of 9.30am – 2.00pm Monday to Friday. Your child needs to be registered to take part in the Transition to School Program. Also if you are a temporary visa holder you need to apply now for Kindergarten enrolment to make sure that the paper work is completed in time. If you have any neighbours with children who are eligible to start school please pass this information on to them. The school needs to know the number of students who are intending to start school so that we can organise classes, timetables and ensure a smooth start to the school year. If you have any questions please ask. We are more than happy to assist.

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Liverpool Public School has an official Facebook page which is another way we will be informing parents and carers of events going on each and every day, as well as to positively promote the school within the community.

You can locate us at:

https://www.facebook.com/liverpoolpublicschool/

'Like' us on Facebook by clicking on the like button on our page and keep up to date of what’s happening. You’ll never miss a thing!

Remember to spread the message of the wonderful things we do!

Users will not be able to author a posting of their own or load media such as video or photos.

Any questions see Mrs Jenny Vajdevski

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SKOOLBAG

Have you been receiving the messages we have been sending via Skoolbag? If not, download the free app now and keep up to date with what is happening at Liverpool Public School! Follow the instructions below to download Skoolbag onto your mobile phone or tablet.

Features on Skoolbag!

There are so many features available on Skoolbag including:

submitting your child’s absent letter using Skoolbag. To do this, click on eForms and then Absentee Form.

permission notes for excursions and events. To do this, click on Permission Notes. You will receive a notification

the day the note is sent home so you can make sure you receive the note. If not, simply download and print the

attachment. There is also a direct link to the school website for you to pay online!

adding school Events to your personal calendar by clicking on events. Look in the month the planned event is on

and then ‘Add to calendar’. This will then appear in your calendar.

personalising Skoolbag to ensure you receive messages based on your child’s grade or interests. Currently you

can select to have messages sent for a specific grade. We have been adding categories for other groups such as

sporting or performance groups.

The way we will use this is, for example, instead of sending a message to the whole school about an upcoming Year 3 excursion, we will simply send it to the Year 3 category. All parents who have selected Year 3 as one of their categories will receive the message.

How to customise Skoolbag to suit your needs. To customise Skoolbag, simply open the setup option and turn on or off the categories that you wish to receive

messages from. Remember, you will still receive messages that are sent to the whole school. You won’t miss out on

important whole school information!

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Liverpool Public School’s newsletter contains paid advertisements which assist with the cost of

publication. The publication of such advertisements does not imply endorsement of any product or

service by the NSW Department of Education or Liverpool Public School.

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