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Normanhurst News
Term 1 Week 11 10 April 2019
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Principal’s Report
Dear Parents and Carers,
Bush Dance
A great time was had by all at the P & C Bush Dance held on Saturday afternoon. The weather was perfect and
the atmosphere friendly and fun! We really appreciate all the families who attended and supported our school –
with a profit of around $4 000 this was a very successful event. Special thanks to Pam Gins who did a fantastic
job coordinating the event, along with a team of very willing and capable helpers. Thank you also to Anna Cavill
of Ray White who sponsored the Bush Dance and to the teachers who gave up their Saturday afternoon to attend
with me.
DATE EVENT
Monday 8 – Friday 12 April Parent/Teacher Interviews
Thursday 11 April Anzac Day Assembly State Swimming Carnival
NOTES SENT HOME
Thursday 4 April Athletics Program 2019 – Years K-6
Friday 5 April PSSA Sport – Netball and Soccer – Selected Students
Monday 8 April
Sydney North Dance Audition and T-Ball – Selected Students Dance Group Information 2019 – Junior and Senior Dance Students Opportunity Class Placements for Year 5 2020 – Year 4 Junior Choir Information 2019 – Selected Students
Email: [email protected] Website: www.normanhurs-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Phone: 9489 1152 Fax: 9489 3257
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NAPLAN achievements
We were thrilled to receive advice from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority in recent
days that our school has been identified as having demonstrated substantially above average gain in NAPLAN.
This gain is measured based on overall gain compared to previous years; gain compared to schools with similar
students; and gain compared to other students at the same average NAPLAN starting score. It is an excellent
achievement for our school to be acknowledged in this way and is further evidence that the programs and focus
of our school over the last few years are yielding improved results for our
students.
Canteen Award
Last week at our K-6 Assembly, a representative from NSW Health presented
Canteen Manager Lisa Pang with a Healthy School Canteen award. Lisa has
worked extremely hard to achieve this status, along with former Canteen
Committee Coordinator Ruth Archer and current Canteen Committee
Coordinator Bonita Chan. We thank them for all of their efforts and are very
pleased this work has been officially recognised.
Parent / Teacher Interviews
Parent / teacher interviews are being held this week. We have had 92% of
parents / carers book an interview and it is wonderful to have so many parents engaged to work with our teachers
in supporting their children’s learning.
Opportunity Class Applications
This week all Year 4 students received an information letter about the Opportunity Class application process.
Please remember that all applications must be completed by Friday 17 May and the High Performing Students
Unit will not accept late applications. The online application can be accessed at
https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5 from 30
April.
ANZAC Service
Tomorrow we will be holding an ANZAC service at school, commencing at 12.30 p.m. Thank you to Ms Patel who
is coordinating this event. Parents and carers are welcome to attend. Please note there is no normal school
assembly this week.
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Cross Country
We are looking forward to our annual Cross Country, to be held on Friday. Thank you to Ms Besson, Ms Duncan
and Mr Rosewarn for all of the work they have put into organising this event.
Term 1 Invoices
Term 1 invoices are now overdue and we would appreciate your support in paying these by Friday. If you are not
able to pay by this date, please contact me directly to arrange a payment support plan. Please note we are not
able to fund excursions and incursions on an ongoing basis for students where parents have not made
arrangements for a payment plan.
Positive Behaviour for Learning
During this fortnight all classes are revising expectations for the canteen and how our three values relate to this
setting. The Week 10 recipients of our PBL draw were Isabella H and Zoe P.
Striver Badges:
Congratulations to the following students who received a Striver badge at our last assembly:
Blue badge – Tom E, Cameron M, Jenny P, Oliver W
Red badge – Zoe D, Zoe K, Arya S
Green badge – Daniel A, Sam T
Yellow badge – Isabelle L, Grace M
Purple badge – Dakota A
Citizen of the Month:
Congratulations to the following students who were selected as Citizen of the Month for their class for April:
Merit Certificates
Congratulations to the following students who received a merit certificate at last week’s assembly:
Cooper G KP Patrick O 2F Daniel A 4L Lachlan D 6M Emily S KR Aurelia Z 2I Rhianna P 4M Erin C KT Harper F 2S Patrick R 4/5B Cameron M 1K Ben G 3G Max C 5S Luciano J 1V Liam E 3W Grace A 6D
For Being Responsible Matthew R KP Charlie M 2F Artin K 4L Riona F 6M Charlotte A KR Nathan C 2I Joel F 4M Isla H Library Sienna L KT Ruby G 2S Daniel J 4/5B Finn W Music Hayley B 1K Iansylu S 3G Linden R 5S Audrey Z 1V Olivia A 3W Caiden F 6D
For Being Respectful
Evan K KP Caroline H 2F Alyssa B 4L Charlie G 6M Vihaan V KR Hasti J 2I Josh G 4M Evan K Library Braxton C KT Sophia F 2S Eden P 4/5B Rennah E Music Will S 1K Benjamin Y 3G Talei L 5S Safwan K 1V Sargam S 3W Keren Z 6D
For Striving for Success Julian A KP Isra H 2F Ethan P 4L Jennifer S 6M Ruhaan G KR Andie H 2I Kirby M 4M Rennah E Library Annabella B KT Alyssa R 2S Oscar R 4/5B Finn W Music Kaleb W 1K Benjamin J 3G Hailey W 5S
Adesh W 1V Lewis K 3W Cassidy M 6D
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Term 2 Dates
Term 1 concludes this Friday 12 April. Please note that Monday 29 April is the Term 2 Staff Development Day,
where only staff members attend. Students return on Tuesday 30 April for Term 2. Please note when students
return they may wear winter school uniform if the weather is appropriate to do so. After this initial period at the
start of the term, all students will need to wear full winter school uniform each day from Monday 13 May onwards.
I hope all families have a great break and a lovely Easter. Thank you for your support in what has been a very
productive Term 1!
Kind regards,
Amber Gorrell
Principal
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Woolworth’s Earn and Learn
The school is seeking a few Parent Volunteers who are willing to and who are interested in organising the 2019
Woolworths Earn & Learn promotion. The promotion commences on 1 May 2019 and concludes on 25 June
2019.
What is required:
Distribution of sticker sheets (school will supply photocopy sheets – volunteers to hand out to class
teachers).
Volunteers to work together and visit the local Woolworths stores to make sure that Normanhurst PS
have a box set up with our name on it.
Local Woolworths boxes to be emptied once or twice a week as boxes can get quite full quickly.
Stickers from the local Woolworths boxes need to be stuck on sticker sheets.
School collection boxes will need to be monitored and emptied once a week.
Sticker sheets need to be a complete full sheet set, so you will need to monitor the sheets returned from
students.
Placing an advert in our school newsletter each week to encourage students to complete and return
sticker sheets.
At the end of the promotion all completed sticker sheets need to be returned to the office so the office
staff can enter/put forward points.
This promotion will assist our school with accessing a new range of new equipment across every possible
category including ICT, science, sports, mathematics, arts and crafts and more.
Last year our school gathered over 34,000 points. This allowed us to purchase various educational items for
our students and school.
If you are interested please email the school at [email protected]
We are only seeking a handful of volunteers so if you are interested please email the school as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Ms Bell
School Administrative Manager
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________________________________________________________________________________________ Art at Normanhurst
2019 Harmony Day Poster Competition
Normanhurst Public School has again participated in the “Harmony Day” Poster competition. Students were
encouraged to visually articulate their interpretation of the 2019 theme: ‘Harmony – it’s up to us’.
This year we had 21 students submit a poster. Please join us in congratulating these young artists For more
information: http://movingforwardtogether.org.au/
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P&C News
Term 2 Dates
Working Bee (All hands on deck) Saturday 4 May 2019 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Mother’s Day Stall Friday 10 May 2019
P & C Meeting (wk 3) Monday 13 May 2019 7.30 p.m.
Trivia Night Saturday 15 June 2019
What a fabulous end to Term 1 with our Bush Dance on Saturday in the sunshine. We had more than 75 families
attend and the kids had fun apple bobbing, dancing, eating fairy floss and having their faces painted. Thank you
to everyone who assisted run our stalls on the day or came along to join the fun, we raised a total of $4000 for
our school.
Looking forward to next term, we have the Working Bee 4 May, same format as last time, come and lend a hand
to improve our grounds for as little as 30min. Depending on the progress of the infant playground, our focus will
be to improve that area of the school if all goes to plan.
Our Mother’s Day Stall will be held on Friday 10 May. Lots of lovely gifts will be available for our children to
purchase on the day. Details in Week 1.
Our next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 13 May at 7.30 p.m.. Please put forward any agenda items that
you would like to discuss or have voted upon during the holidays or in the first week of Term 2, so that I can
publish an agenda in Week 2. We will plan to allocate some of the money we have raised this year to “the wish
list items” so please come along and be part of the discussion. A reminder that our suggestions box is in the
office, if you have ideas, please put them forward.
The night of all nights is on its way with Trivia Night to be held on Saturday 15 June. Prepare your babysitter,
this adults-only event is a night not to be missed!
Wishing you all a safe and enjoyable Easter Holidays.
Melissa Logan
P&C President
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P&C Social and Fundraising News
Bush Dance
The Cola was transformed into full country swing Saturday afternoon with our very own Bush Dance.
The kids (and adults!) had a wonderful time dancing, socialising, playing games and eating as much fairy floss
they could!
Thank you to my fundraising team and everyone who attended and helped out. These events are not possible
without the support from our families.
A big thank you also to; Leah Manwaring for the poster design, Lauren Erickson for her photo boards and
organising the hay, Andrew Veldon for organising the BBQ and refreshments, Lisa Manton for assisting with
entertainment and organising her lovely daughter Anna to do Henna.
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A special mention also to our girls in year five; Grace M, Hailey W, Summer W, Poppy F and Cerys S. They did
a wonderful job helping out with all the games.
Entertainment Book
Purchase the Entertainment Book and get some great deals on; local attractions, dining, shopping, travel and
much more. You will also be supporting our school as we receive $14 from each book purchased.
Buy your copy now by clicking on the link below.
https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/205p842
Term 2 – Save the Date
* Mother’s Day Stall – Friday 10 May
* Trivia Night – Saturday 15 June
Pam Gins
P&C Fundraising Coordinator
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Band News
Term 1 Parent Band Roster for Weeks 11:
Thursday 11 April Concert Band 7.15 – 8.40 Tracey Walker
Thursday 11 April Training Band 12.50 – 2.00 Kelly Shepherd ________________________________________________________________________________________
Canteen News
So exciting that we finally officially received our HEALTHY CANTEEN AWARD CERTIFICATE in last Thursday’s
assembly! A very big congratulations to Lisa and Ruth for all their hard work in attaining this recognition.
Our School Cross Country Carnival is on THIS week on Friday 12 April. Lunch orders are still available this day,
although burgers and toasted sandwiches will not be able to be kept hot and edible if students are delayed and
return to school late. It is also the last day of Term 1 so some of your children’s favourite food items may not be
available to order (if it is not visible it means “unavailable” to order at the present time.)
The Canteen will not be open for recess but will be open during the normal lunchtime for counter sales once
students have returned to School from Loreto.
{Parents FYI} Please note if your child is absent from school but you had ordered a lunch for them, please notify
Lisa via email [email protected] or call the school office and ask them to put the call through to the
Canteen. If this is done BEFORE 10am we can hold off preparing the meal and cancel the order (so you can
avoid being charged.)
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{Reminder} Instructions for Registering and Lunch ordering on School 24:
Type in School24 to your web browser: https://www.school24.net.au/ Click on “Register” to begin. Type in the
School registration ID: 2567963. Complete the fields (as requested) and hit “Create Account”. Begin ordering
from the side Menu options. Once the food has been ordered, go to Checkout to complete the order.
Canteen Volunteer Vacancies
Thank you again to all the volunteers we have had in Term 1 helping us so far! Lisa and I are truly grateful for
your help and dedication. I hope everyone enjoys the school holiday term break and if you
have a spare hour (or two) in the new term on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday? Then WE NEED YOU PLEASE!
It is delightful to see your child’s smile over the counter at recess or lunch service…! Please log into
www.school24.net.au to register yourself if you can help out on any shifts. For quick reference, over the next two
weeks we would love help on any of of these days:
Wednesday 10 April 11.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.
Friday 12 April 11.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Last Day of Term 1/CROSS COUNTRY)
{To Cancel a Volunteer shift} Email Lisa [email protected] or Text me on 0414 505 800
Each shift you do enters you into a mini-draw to win a $20 Canteen top-up to your School24 account. :)
Also, if you would like to comment or offer any suggestions, feel free to contact me anytime.
Cheers, Bonita Chan - P&C Canteen Co-ordinator Email: [email protected]
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Normanhurst Public School Term 1 Calendar - 2019
MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN
WEEK 1
AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY
28 JAN
Staff Development Day
29 JAN
Kindergarten Best Start Years 1-6 commence
30 JAN
Kindergarten Best Start
31 JAN
Kindergarten commences
1 FEB
2 FEB
3 FEB
WEEK 2
4 FEB
5 FEB
Leadership Camp (C & VC)
6 FEB
K-2 Assembly Leadership Camp (C & VC)
7 FEB
Leadership Camp (C & VC)
8 FEB
9 FEB
WEEK 3
P&C Meeting 7.30 p.m.
11 FEB
12 FEB
School Tour 9.15 a.m.
13 Feb
3-6 Assembly
14 FEB
15 FEB
16 FEB
17 FEB
WEEK 4
Brainstorm Production
18 FEB
School Photos Parent Info Evening Life Education
19 FEB
SRE/SEE Commences
20 FEB
K-6 Assembly
21 FEB
22 FEB
23 FEB
24 FEB
WEEK 5
25 FEB
Life Education concludes
26 FEB
27 FEB
School Swimming Carnival K-1 Assembly
28 FEB
1 MAR
2 MAR
Band Workshop 1 – 4 p.m
3 MAR
WEEK 6
4 MAR
5 MAR
6 MAR
3-6 Assembly
7 MAR
Zone Swimming Carnival
8 MAR
9 MAR
10 MAR
WEEK 7
11 MAR
12 MAR
13 MAR
K-6 Assembly Selective High School Test
14 MAR
15 MAR
Working Bee 8am-3pm
16 MAR
17 MAR
WEEK 8
P&C Meeting 7.30 p.m.
18 MAR
19 MAR
School Tour 9.15 a.m.
20 MAR
K-2 Assembly Harmony Day
21 MAR
22 MAR
STATE ELECTION POLLING PLACE
23 MAR
24 MAR
WEEK 9
25 MAR
26 MAR
27 MAR
3-6 Assembly Area Swimming Carnival
28 MAR
29 MAR
30 MAR
31 MAR
WEEK 10
1 APR
2 APR
3 APR
K-6 Assembly
4 APR
5 APR
Bush Dance 3pm-6pm
6 APR
7 APR
WEEK 11
Parent/Teacher Interviews
8 APR
Parent/Teacher Interviews
9 APR
Parent/Teacher Interviews
10 APR
Parent/Teacher Interviews ANZAC Day Assembly State Swimming Carnival
11 APR
Parent/Teacher Interviews Last Day Term 1 School Cross Country State Swimming Carnival
12 APR
13 APR
14 APR