From the Principal’s desk

Parent Teacher Interviews Thank you to the staff and families for making the time to meet together to discuss our greatest assets – our students. I appreciate the time spent in conversation, face to face to celebrate your child’s learning and to create some future goals moving forward. If you haven’t met your child’s teacher please call the office to book a time or chat with the class teacher to arrange a meeting. Kindergarten 2020 On Tuesday we had our kindergarten orientation sessions for parents and carers of

our incoming 2020 kindergarten students. These sessions were represented by many staff and visitors that support our school, students and families. Thank you to Miss Kisbee for your organisation of the sessions. When I think about the 2020 Kindergarten cohort of students as they travel the next thirteen years of their schooling life they will enter the workforce world in the year 2033, which makes me feel excited and extremely nervous for what the future holds. But no matter what jobs or careers that may be present we will still have our feet firmly grounded in values of Integrity, Trust, Respect, Responsibility, Encouragement, Inclusion, Acceptance, Collaboration, Communication and Creativity. Book Parade Today saw many of us dressed up for our Book Week Book Parade, Thank you to the staff and students for the amazing effort you have gone to in dressing up and celebrating reading and a love of literature. Even though it’s a dress up day it’s amazing to think of how many books have been read from our school community. Thank you to Miss Manwaring for your organisation of this amazing event.

Happy Fathers Day from the P&C Next week the P&C will be holding the Fathers day stall on Wednesday 28th August in preparation for Fathers day on Sunday 1st September. Please ensure you send in your pre-paid note so that your child can purchase a gift. All monies raised from the stall directly support our school through the P&C.

Oxley Park Public School

Learning Together for the Future

114-130 Adelaide Street, St Marys 2760 : 9623 1375 : 9623 1340 : oxleypark-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 Week 5 21st August, 2019

Big Blokes Breakfast and K-2 Athletics Carnival On Friday 30th August we will be hosting our big blokes breakfast from 8am, followed by the K-2 sports carnival. Please come along for a bbq breakfast and fun events with your child/ren at the running races and tabloid events. Thank you to Mr V for your organisation of the event. On behalf of all of us we would like to wish you all a very happy father’s day!

Working together in partnership for Quality Education Kim Smith Principal

From the Deputy Principal’s desk

Kia Ora

It is exciting times as we are beginning to upgrade the teaching technology in our classrooms. We have at this stage had 11 new Interactive Screens installed throughout the school to replace the outdated and deteriorating smartboards. Our teachers will be receiving the most up-to-date training in using and creating amazing lessons and resources.

WHAT ARE BRAI N BREAK S? For students to learn at their highest potential, their brains need to send signals efficiently from sensory receptors (what they hear, see, touch, read, imagine, and experience) to memory storage regions of the brain. The most detrimental disruptions to traffic along these information pathways are stress and overload.

Brain breaks are planned learning activity shifts that mobilize different networks of the brain. These shifts allow those regions that are blocked by stress or high-intensity work to revitalize. Brain breaks, by switching activity to different brain networks, allow the resting pathways to restore their calm focus and foster optimal mood, attention, and memory.

We will be initiating brain breaks into our classes regularly to support our student’s learning.

Clubs

A reminder as to the clubs that are available to students at lunch times. Please chat to your children about participation.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Groups running Lunch 1

in Term 3

Garden Mrs Lindsay

Debating Mrs Piva/Miss Mitchell S3E Class

Garden Mrs Lindsay

Recorder Miss Grace S23G Class

Garden Mrs Lindsay

Ballroom Mrs Luczak Hall

S2 Dance Miss Derigo Hall

S3 Dance – Blue Miss Cruceanu Hall

Choir Mrs Alba S2A Class

Choir Mrs Alba S2A Class

Poly Group Kathy K S3M

S1 Dance Mrs Aussell KA Class

Kreative Koala Mrs Alberto & Mrs Alba

ES1 Dance Miss Luker Hall

Artsi Mrs Dugdale Artroom

Chess Club Mrs Alberto S3A Class

Lego Club Miss Rybeck S2T

Library is open every lunch time, every day of the week.

Bikes and Scooters

Parents please remind students that they are to walk scooters and bikes out of the school grounds. We have in excess of over 800 people exiting our grounds from 3pm every day. This causes a bottleneck and we have had many adults and students knocked over by bikes and scooters.

Stage 2

Stage 2

Stage 1

S1F Rocket Making

Marina

Sione

Fabian

We have been learning about space and thought we would like to design our own

rockets. We started by sketching and planning. Parents came into our

classroom to help us build the rockets using junk craft. We then decorated and

painted our rockets, it was so much fun!

Yesterday it was Open Day and the parents got to come in our classrooms. First we sang a rainbow song. Then we went back to the classrooms and made a rocket. After that we had recess. I thought

the day was great! Oakley

Stage 1

Yesterday was open day. First we

did sing a song the rainbow song

then we came back to the

classroom. After that we made our

rockets. I thought the best part was

when we made rockets.

Rian

Airelle

What have we been up to in KL?

Exploring our

new

Investigation

stations! We

love taking on

different roles in

the home

corner, have a

look.

Using our

super

writing skills

to retell

events that

have

occurred.

In PDHPE,

Kindergarten

have been

getting

together each

Friday to do

dancing

together.

SO

MUCH

FUN!

Oxley Park Public School (Learning Together for the Future)

To ensure your child has a smooth transition into Kindergarten we would like to invite you and your child to our ‘Stay and Play’ sessions.

‘Stay and Play’ Transition sessions are held on Thursday 31st October and Monday 4th November from 9:00am-10:00am

and on Tuesday 12th November and Thursday 21st November, 2019 from 2:00pm-3:00pm. Please meet in Area 3

‘Drop and Play’ Transition sessions are held in Kindergarten Classrooms on Wednesday 13th November at 9:00am

and at 2:00pm on Wednesday 20th November, 2019

Join Kindergarten for a Teddy Bear's Picnic on Wednesday 27th November, 2019 at 9:30am.

For more information please contact Oxley Park Public School on (02) 9623 1375

So far this term the children had the idea to build a pizza shop in order to use the veggies from the

grocery store/garden dramatic play. They had to come up with suggestions for where to put the

pizza shop because the dramatic play area was already taken so they chose the cubby. Together

they came up with a menu and a list of items they need for their pizza shop. First up was a pizza

oven which they worked together to make out of a cardboard box. They also used their creativity

skills to make ingredients out of collage materials. What a great display of critical and creative

thinking!

The children then worked together to build their pizza shop and had the best time inviting

customers in and taking their orders. The children were so proud of all their efforts and showed

resourcefulness in creating the things they needed rather than just buying them, that’s real 21st

century learning!

Thank you to the families who visited our open day and got down and messy with us helping the

children make their own pizza dough, we all had the best time. It was so lovely to see so many of

you visit and get involved in your child’s learning.

After our dough had risen we used pizza sauce, ham and cheese to top our pizza. We then cooked them and enjoyed them for morning tea.

Office News

Office Hours – 8.30am – 3.30pm Payment & Permission Note Date Reminders Closing dates: Friday 30th August Pedlar’s Day Showbags Friday 13th September Pedlar’s Day Wristbands Friday 13th September No Bees No Future Research Expo – S3C only Wednesday 25th September Stage 2 Zoosnooz Camp (90 students only)

Dates to remember: Wednesday 28th August Stage 3 Chifley College – Taster Lessons (Year 5) Monday 2nd September Colyton Showcase – Rehearsal & Evening Perf Tuesday 3rd September Colyton Showcase – Evening Perf Tuesday 3rd September ICAS – Digital Thursday 5th September ICAS – Science Tuesday 10th September ICAS – Writing Thursday 12th September ICAS – Spelling Tuesday 17th September ICAS – English Thursday 19th September ICAS – Mathematics Wednesday 25th September Pedlar’s Day Tuesday 22nd October – Stage 2 Zoosnooz Camp (90 students only) Wednesday 23rd October

Permission Notes A reminder when returning permission notes for excursions, camps, and any school activities for which a permission note is sent home, a separate permission note is required for each child. This is a departmental legal requirement. Permission notes are to accompany payment (when required) in an envelope and placed in the “money mailbox located on the wall” in the office. If you are paying by cash, cheque or eftpos please write on the envelope your child’s first name, last name, class, what the payment is for and the amount enclosed. Please enclose correct payment and permission note.

Voluntary School Contributions Thank you to the many families who have paid their voluntary school contribution fee. We have receipted $2500.00 in voluntary school contributions. We will be using the fees to support technology upgrades across the school. Please note this is voluntary and we appreciate all efforts that parents and community members make in supporting our school. Thank you for your support. Karen Curcuruto School Administration Manager

School Uniforms

School uniforms are now being purchased through the school office using a pre-order system. Payments can be made using cash, EFTpos or online. When placing your order via the payment portal on the schools website, please be sure to send in an order form showing your receipt number to the office so we can process your order. Once orders are processed they will be available for collection from the school office or can be sent home with your child. Please see the uniform order form below for prices and sizes available.

You can now submit absence notifications and change of details information and also download the Request for Administering Prescribed Medications form via the Skoolbag app. We have had great feedback about the eforms with lots of parents taking advantage of being able to complete and submit absence notifications via the app. Go to the Home menu within Skoolbag and choose these forms.

Library News Book Fair Update Thank you to all the students, parents and teachers who supported the Book Fair during Education Week. Holding the Book Fair over 3 days made a huge difference in the comfort of the students and parents during the busy period of Wednesday. The Book Fair took $6869 and made $2015 in rewards to purchase books for the teaching and learning of the students in Oxley Park Public School. This year had more reorders than any other year and due to a glitch in the online system, item ordered will be delayed by approximately 1 week. Miss Manwaring will deliver the items as they arrive to the students in their classrooms. Thank you for your understanding.

PENRITH CITY COUNCIL CHILDREN’S SERVICES OOSH

Penrith City Council Children’s Services is a well-established local provider of early and middle childhood services. From Monday 14 October we will be offering families at Oxley Park Public School affordable and accessible before and after school care. Our school based Before and After School Care offers our young people opportunities to learn, discover, explore, develop new skills and share interests in a warm caring familiar environment that supports all areas of our young people’s lives. Our service provides programs like rock and water, physical activities, cooking, incursions, excursions, tween workshops and more. Breakfast and a nutritious afternoon tea is provided We will operate between the hours of 6:30-8:30am each morning and 3-6pm each afternoon. Child Care Subsidy is available if you qualify. To enrol your child contact the Children’s Services Team on 4732 7844 or email csclerical@penrith.city

ENVIRONMENT NEWS Paper recycling: Thank you to Stage 3 students who are actively involved in our paper recycling initiatives and collect our recycling every week.

Kreative Koala: Thank you to those who participated in our survey. The community have concerns about water sustainability so this is what our United Nations goal will be focused on for the research. This is Mr Fleming and some of the Kreative Koala students who began painting this week. The votes are also in…. our Koala has a name – Eleanora.

Students planning and designing the images that will appear on the Koala.

Litter Legends: Our new bins from Red Frogs Recycling have arrived and Stage 2 are busy collecting the plastic waste.

Hot Chocolates in our Pyjamas

Thanks so much to everyone who supported our Pyjama Day/Hot Chocolate fundraiser to raise

money for the One Step One Life, a not for profit charity providing schools, teacher training and

English education for the children of Cambodia.

On Thursday afternoon, Karen from the organisation came out to speak with our SRC about

the work of One Step One Life in Cambodia and share stories about some of the children

attending school and university with their assistance.

This was followed by a very cosy Friday at school, snuggling down in our PJs and sipping hot

chocolates with marshmallows. All for a good cause, of course!

In fact we raised over $800! Well done to all the teachers, helpers and children involved in

the day.

Swimming Lessons for Migrant and Refugee Families Penrith Woman’s Health Centre has received funding to help migrant and refugee woman to learn to swim. There are 2 classes a week for 8 weeks. The venue is Ripples Pool in St Marys. The Centre received funding as CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) families are often over represented in deaths by drowning. These classes hope to go some way to counter statistics. Anyone who is interested can ring the centre on 47218749 and ask for Yola or see Mrs Konarew.

Term 3 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Week 1 July

22 Staff Development Day

23 Whole school assembly CYBG draw

24 SHOWCASE CHOIR rehearsal Year 6 parents farewell meeting

25 26 Colour Run Funds Last Day

2 July/Aug

29 Super star assembly Festival of Instrumental Music evening

30 Stage 2 Excursion Botanical Gardens

31 1 2 Last Day to Order your Colour Run fundraising Prize

3 5 Education Week School Spelling Bee 9:30am P&C Meeting

6 11.00am Westfield Mt Druitt education week concert

7 Open Classrooms – Science Fair

8 Athletics Carnival

9 Public Education Concert

4 12 Parent Teacher Interviews Science Week

13 14 Back up Athletics Carnival Date

15 Oz Tag Gala Day

16 SRC Mufti Day

5

19 Parent Teacher Interviews ParKitects excursion Book Week

20 Kindergarten 2020 Orientation 9.00 am 2.00 pm 6.00 pm

21 BOOK PARADE 9.30am

22 23

6 Aug/Sep

26 27 Pre School 2020 Orientation 6.30 pm

28 P&C Fathers Day Stall Year 5 Taster lessons Chifley College Dunheved

29 30 Fathers Day Big Blokes Breakfast

7

2 SHOWCASE Rehearsals SHOWCASE EVENING PERFORMANCE

3 SHOWCASE EVENING PERFORMANCE

4 District Athletics

5 6

8

9 7:00pm P&C Meeting

10 11 Rugby League Gala Day

12 13

9

16 Basketball Gala Day TBC

17 18 19 20

10

23 24 25 Year 6 Pedlars Day

26 27 Last Day Term 3

Term Three Calendar Oxley Park Public School 2019