Orana Heights Public School

Annie Munro, Principal Excellence, Opportunity and Success in a caring school.

Email: oranahts-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web Address: www.oranahts-p.schools@det.nsw.edu.au Telephone: 6884 9188 Fax: 6884 3272 Term 3 Week 5 Tuesday 15 August 2017

OHPS Athletics Champions - Congratulations

Chelsea’s artwork titled

‘Chinese Dragon’

Chelsea & Mrs Annie Munro

Nagoya Sister City Art Exchange 2017 Chelsea Trudge in 6L has had her drawing of a dragon selected for the Nagoya Art Exchange.

The Nagoya Sister City Art Exchange is an exhibi on opportunity for all NSW public schools students in Years K‐12. It encourages students to par cipate in interna onal friendship and cultural exchange ac vi es, which in turn promotes the further development of sister city rela onships.

Chlesea’s artwork will be displayed in Japan and in return the school will receive an artwork from the exhibi on held there.

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2018 Is your child star ng Kindergarten in 2018?

Do you have an enrolment form for them yet?

If not please come and collect an enrolment package from the office.

If you have picked up a package ‐ please return it toe school office ASAP?

These students attended the

Dubbo District Athletics Carnival

last Friday.

Oak Leaf Acknowledgement

Last Wednesday, 1P enjoyed a scooter day as part of their

Oak Leaf Acknowledgement.

They had so much fun!

Sydney Excursion

Final payments for the Stage Three Sydney Excursion are due on:

Tuesday 22nd August 2017.

No late payments will be accepted.

Principal‘s Message:

Quote: “You don’t get harmony when everyone sings the same note.”- Doug Floyd.

Last Friday Orana Heights took a large number of athletes to the District Carnival at Barden Park. All reports about the day were suppor ve of the good sportsmanship shown by the OHPS team. Thanks to the staff who a ended and made this carnival such a success. Dubbo is fortunate to have a high standard spor ng complex and our students benefit from this local resource. Congratula ons to all the students who a ended and represented our school.

Today is going to be a li le warmer and this is a good me to make a check on your child’s brimmed school uniform hat. We do monitor this at school as our no hat, play in the shade is in place all year around. As seen in our photos, we would also like to acknowledge Chelsea on her entry to an interna onal art project. Chelsea has been chosen to have her art displayed in a sister city in Japan. Her talents are certainly recognised in school and now she will be sharing across the seas.

This Friday the whole school will be par cipa ng in a “Science Day”. Students will have the opportunity to be involved in experiments and engineering ac vi es to support this curriculum area. Teachers are busy planning their resources and organising their equipment for this fun filled day! The canteen is also working to have a special “Meal Deal” day following the science theme.

Annie Munro

NAPLAN Online School Readiness Test This term from 14 August to 22 September schools across NSW will be par cipa ng in the NAPLAN Online school readiness test. The school readiness test is a ‘prac ce run’ designed to help schools assess their technical and administra ve readiness for the transi on to NAPLAN Online.

Orana Heights PS students in years 3 and 5 will be par cipa ng in the readiness test between Monday 28 August and Friday 1st September 2017.

The readiness test will involve students in year 3, 5, 7 and 9 si ng two, 40‐minute assessments, a wri ng test and a combined numeracy/literacy test. (Year 3 students will not par cipate in the wri ng test).

Student par cipa on in the readiness test is an opportunity for them to become familiar with the NAPLAN Online test format. It is not an assessment of student ability and there will be no repor ng of student results. It is important to note that par cipa on in the school readiness test has no effect on students’ NAPLAN results from the paper‐based tests students sat in May.

There’s a lot more informa on on the department’s NAPLAN Online website: h ps://educa on.nsw.gov.au/teaching‐and‐learning/student‐assessment/naplan‐online

Can you make water walk?

We challenge your to try this science experiment at home. Follow link below. Please send photos of you finished product to school via the app or

bring them to your class teacher.

h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8YtroKjVxo (This is a link to a

YouTube clip.)

Dear Parents and Carers Orana Heights Public School will transi on to the new NSW Public Schools’ finance system and a new bank account on 4 September 2017. To ensure a smooth transi on, there will be changes to the way we accept payments from parents and carers.

Direct deposits: As of 25 August 2017, we will no longer accept direct deposits into our current school bank account as we prepare to close this account and transi on to the new one. Any payments made using direct deposit a er this date cannot be properly allocated to a student’s account in a mely manner. Please ensure you have made any outstanding direct deposits before 25 August 2017.

EFTPOS payments: We will not be able to accept EFTPOS payments between 29 August and 4 September 2017. Please ensure that you have made any outstanding EFTPOS payments before 29 August, 2017. From 4 September 2017, EFTPOS payments will be accepted as before.

Cash and cheque payments: Between 29 August 2017 and 4 September 2017, we will also not be able to accept payments by cash or cheque as we prepare to close our current bank account and transi on to the new one. Please ensure that you have made any outstanding cash or cheque payments before 29 August 2017. From 4 September 2017, cash and cheque payments will be accepted as before.

Online payments (POP): As of 25 August 2017, payments to our current online payment facility will cease. You will not be able to use the Department of Educa on’s Parent Online Payment (POP) system un l Wednesday 6 September.

Thank you for your pa ence and understanding as we transi on to our new finance system. If you have any ques ons, please contact 6884 9188.

Congratulations to the following Award Winners

Honour Awards Matthew White Willow Pittock Maya Lake Ava Lane Meg Holden Aliza Haque Eve Lalicz x2 Coby Read Toby Pay Kayla Knox Isabella Baldwin Ellara Reid Ashlyn Osborne Mitchell French Tilly Smith x2 Tahlia Crowley Kevin Derrick Mia Medway Leah Walford Joel Edwards Shanaya Button Jazmyn Button Isabella Baldwin x3

Distinction Ava Lane Bailey Wilson Luci Arnold Tilly Smith Dylan lane

Banner Dylan Lane

NAIDOC Public Speaking Regional Finals

Congratulations to Jordan-Kyle Nurcombe and Chase Cubby in making the NAIDOC Public

Speaking Regional Finals.

Held on Thursday 10th August at the Western Plains Zoo, both boys delivered an outstanding four minute speech addressing

the topic 'Our Language Matters'.

For making the regional finals,

the boys received a medal and certificate from the event's honorary guest,

Joe Williams.

Term 3 ‐ 2017 Planner

Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

5

14

15 10am Debate

16

17 18 Whole School Science Day & Meal Deal Day

6

21 Book Week Boys Knockout Soccer

22 Book Week

23 Book Week

24 Book Week 9.20 ‐ 9.50am ‐ Book Parade

25 Book Week 12.30 K‐2 Assembly 2.10pm Yrs 3‐6 Assembly

7 28 29

Teddy Bear Picnic KP, KB, KG

30 Teddy Bears Picnic KY, KR

31 Father Day Stall

1 Western Athle cs

8

4 5 Yr 6 Excursion 6pm P&C Mee ng

6 Yr 6 Excursion

7 Yr 6 Excursion

1.30pm AECG Mtg ‐ Dubbo West PS

8 Yr 6 Excursion

9

11 12 Yr 5 Excursion

13 Yr 5 Excursion

14 Yr 5 Excursion

15 Yr 5 Excursion 12.30 K‐2 Assembly 2.10pm Yrs 3‐6 Assembly

10 18 19

20

21 School Dance

22 Last Day Term 3

Book Week Invita on Thursday 24th August

Theme: Escape to Everywhere

Book Week Parade When: 9.20‐9.50 Costume Parade

Where: Basketball Court (weather permi ng)

Book Week Ac vi es When: 9.50‐10.30 Book Week Ac vi es

Where: Children’s classrooms

Sport News Knockout Boys Soccer ‐ Orana Heights play Parkes in the round 6 game on Monday 21st August. Good luck boys.

Dubbo District Athle cs Carnival ‐ Last Friday 50 Orana Heights students competed at the Dubbo District Athle cs Carnival. Our school was successful both on the track and in the field. Congratula ons to Xanthie Cha ield on being named Dubbo District Junior Girl Champion and Shanique Darlington on being named Dubbo District Senior Girl Champion. A full report will be in next week’s newsle er. Thank you to Mr Moran (high jump official), Mrs Caton (discus official), Mr Smith (track official) and Mr Long (team manager) for your support on the day. A VERY big thank you to Simone Mackenzie, Cara Ross and Greg French for volunteering in the canteen.

Western Area Athle cs Carnival ‐ Western Athle cs is on Friday 1st September at Barden Park. Students who received a 1st, 2nd or 3rd ribbon at district athle cs will receive a western athle cs permission note this week. Please return to Mrs Hall.

Term 4 PSSA Sport ‐ In Week 7 students will be asked to select two preferences for Term 4 PSSA sport. Please discuss the op ons below with your child/ren. Senior is Yr 5 & Yr 6 and junior is Yr 3 & Yr 4. As you would be aware it takes a great deal of organisa on to make this important school ac vity operate effec vely. In this regard it is not always possible to give children their first preference. We thank parents and children for their understanding in this ma er.

Term 4 PSSA Sport begins on Friday 13th October and con nues through to Friday 8th December.

Buses depart school at 9am and return at approximately 11am. The fare is $3.50 per week.

Children are to wear their sports uniform, hat, joggers and bring a drink bo le.

Parents are most welcome to come along as spectators on Fridays.

Students will be informed of teams on Friday 15th September and permission notes for each sport will be sent home in Week 10.

Mrs Hall, Sports Co‐ordinator

SPORT VENUE COST

TOUCH FOOTBALL

Senior Girls Apex Oval N/A

Senior Boys Lady Cutler $3.50

Junior Mixed Market Garden $3.50

CRICKET

Junior Boys Pioneer Park $3.50

Senior Boys Riverbank (John McGarth & Bob Dowling) $3.50

Junior Girls Lady Cutler $3.50

Senior Girls Lady Cutler $3.50

SOFTBALL

Senior Girls South High $3.50

Senior Boys Jubilee Oval N/A

Junior Girls South High $3.50

Junior Boys Jubilee Oval N/A

T‐BALL

Shanique Darlington (L) on being named Dubbo District Senior Girl Champion.

Xanthie Chatfield (R) on being named Dubbo District Junior Girl Champion.