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Samuel Terry Public School ~ Developing 21st Century Learners ~

Samuel Terry Public School Newsletter

Grays Lane, Cranebrook NSW 2749 Ph: 4730 2888

www.samuelterr-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Wednesday 20th March, 2019

Week 8, Term 1

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Our P & C will be organising a barbecue at the school for the state election which is occurring

this Saturday. I would like to thank the P & C for their work in organising the barbecue and to all

of our parents, caregivers and other members of the community for volunteering their time to

raise funds for the school. The fact that we have so many people willing to give up part of their

weekend to assist is fantastic. We appreciate your support.

Parent-Teacher Interviews

We are looking forward to welcoming our parents and caregivers to the school for the parent-

teacher interviews on Tuesday, March 26. The purpose of the interviews is for the teacher and

parents/caregivers to communicate the progress each child is making and also to share

information with each other which may be beneficial for continued success at school.

Since there are so many interviews to be undertaken on the one day, please abide by the 10

minutes which have been allocated to the interview time to ensure that there are no time clashes

for families with siblings at the school. If you are unable to attend the interviews on the set date,

please arrange a mutually convenient date with your child’s teacher.

Ms Gray – HSLO position

Ms Gray will be taking up a position as Home-School Liaison Officer for the foreseeable future.

We wish her well in her new role. Mrs Blackford will teach 5/6G for the rest of the year.

Mrs Osborne will be relieving Assistant Principal and will supervise Years 5 & 6. Mrs Willingham

will assist Mrs Osborne in this role.

P & C Meeting

The next P & C meeting will be held on Monday, March 25 at 7pm. This meeting will be the

Annual General Meeting where all positions will be declared vacant and elections will be

undertaken. This meeting will be followed by a general meeting. All are welcome to attend.

Mr S.Lockley

Principal


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25 Anti-Graffiti Year 5 P & C Meeting 7pm

26 Parent/Teacher Interviews

27 Star of Month Morning Tea

28

29

10 1 April

2

3

4

5

11 8 Assembly K-2—12.30—1pm 3-6—2pm-3pm

9 Penrith RSL ANZAC Service Year 6

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11 Easter Scripture service

12 Year 6 Manly Surf Education Easter Hat Pa-rade –2 Last Day of Term

Money Matters

Software Package Kindergarten ---------------------- $20

Kindergarten Science, Art and Craft Fee ---------- $5

Software Package Years 1-6 ---------------------------- $25

Year 5 Hill End Camp ----------------------------------- $185 (deposit $100)

Choir T-Shirts ---------------------------------------------- $22

Choir Bus payment --------------------------------------- $32

Manly Surf Education Year 6 -------------------------- $55

Year 6 Hoodie ---------------------------------------------- $40


KC

Zachary W

Harper W

KB

Braxton P

Bailee L

KF

Lincoln D

Zoe A

KL

Sophie B

Ronan M

1G

Kaitlyn G

Liam K

1K

Kaelyn T

Jaxsan S

1R

Liam E

Lucy D

1W

Ezekiel D

Mia B

2A

Angus H

Elizabeth M

2R

Marina C

Tayten B

2S

Miah G

Benjamin P

3P

Kourtney P

Monique Q

Quinn C

3S

Cooper S

Noah P

Zoe M

3W

Jakob L-C

Tia W

Parkah N

4K

Taleah F

Anihera M

Jarryd E

4S

Amelia G

Corey T

Katherine H

4W

Koby P

Alexis Z

Emily C

5C

Tiari D

Ashton W

Tyler L

5M

Zac T

Charlotte C

Anistacya H

5/6G

Cooper J

Taylor B

Tyler W

6OW

Kiara E

Alex S

Isabella A

6W

Tia-Jane G

Tess H

Riley W

K-2

Lucy D

Junior Aussie

Koby P

Senior Aussie

Tess H


Star of the Month


KC

Benjamin A

Mia D

Hayden B

KB

Charlotte M

Levi B

Rydah P

Ryan B

Fletcher C

KF

Jayden V

Indianna B

KL

Avah V

Sophie P

Koby G

1G

Lawson C

Hayley M

Camron W

1K

Kaelyn T

Maria B

1R

Elizabeth C

Izaak M

Isla S

1W

Lillian O

Isaac D

Cody W

2A

Kathlyn L

Hunter V

Parker S

2R

Cohan B

Olivia H

Lauren G

2S

Sophie-Lee B

Flynn N

Benni T

3P

Kourtney P

Monique Q

Quinn C

3S

Zara L

Lachlan G

Ella A

3W

Caleb P

Tallulah T

Lilly D

4K

Cooper H

Nikeisha R

Aurora T-R

4S

Abbey M

Cooper U

Sienna C

4W

Ruby H

Kacey J

Jai S

5CLily W

Julia T

5M

Memphis B

Indigo H

Logan A

5/6G

Jayden R

Scott J

Tahlia G

6OW

Dakota S

Raiden D

Chantelle R

6W

Biancha D

Jaxson L

Jack B


Principal Awards


1st Gold

Oliver K

Isaac D B

Kiara M-R

Chase W

Alexander H

Myah S

2nd Gold

Kourtney Q

Dylan S

Brax H

3rd Gold

William B

Angela S

4th Gold

Marina C

Hallie J

11th Gold

Reimana K-E


Gold Awards



EARLY STAGE ONE NEWS

It is wonderful to visit each Kindergarten classroom and see every single child engaged in their

classroom learning experiences.

In Kindergarten we explicitly teach and encourage the school values of being Safe, Responsible

and Respectful by

*Keeping our hands and feet to ourselves

* Following all teacher’s instructions

*Using kind words to others

*No rough play

EASTER HAT PARADE

Start creating Easter Hats as the Samuel Terry Easter Hat Parade will be happening on Friday 12th

April!

A note will be sent home in the next week with more information about this exciting event!

CLASSROOM LEARNING

We are focussing on the following concepts in Kindergarten this fortnight

PHONEMIC AWARENESS – ‘R’ ‘O’ ‘G’

SIGHT WORDS-

Little, to, hungry, big, no

And, for, looked, you

MATHS CONCEPT – Position, length

NEWS TOPIC – ‘My favourite toy ‘

‘My favourite place to go.’

HOMEWORK, HOME READING, SIGHT WORDS

Please revise your child’s sight words and read with your children at least every other night.

Completing these homework tasks consolidate learning that occurs in the classroom.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Parent teacher interviews are being held on Tuesday 26th March.

Please speak to your child’s teacher if you have not already scheduled in a time. Please note that

interviews are scheduled for 10 minute allocations.

UNSUPERVISED SCREEN TIME

In recent weeks, the use of inappropriate, violent language has been concerning – all cases of this

language was based around the use of technology and viewing inappropriate clips and programs

on websites such as You Tube.

Some hints and tips that have been collated by the Australian Parent Council to assist in the moni-

toring of children’s use of technology is as follows; • Install parental controls so what children are accessing is appropriate

• Only use age-appropriate sites with high learning potential and not games.

• Bookmark favourite sites you have introduced your child to.

• Sit with children so you can explain how you are navigating and what they seeing.

• Always have the device in an area where you are able to see what they are doing

• Put a time limit on your sessions ad follow through with those time limits.

• Avoid just-before-bed computer time as it can be stimulating and interrupt sleep.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Mrs Goulden and Mrs Lowe

Early Stage One Supervisors



Stage 1 News

Parent- Teacher Interviews: Interviews will be held next Tuesday, March 26th. If you haven’t already booked a

timeslot in with your child’s teacher, please ensure you do. If for any reason you cannot attend on this day, please

liaise with your child’s teacher to arrange a mutually convenient alternate day/time.

School Uniform: As the weather is starting to cool we ask that

all items of uniforms, such as jackets and jumpers, are clearly

labelled with the student’s name. This ensure prompt return of

student’s property. Generally speaking jewellery should not be

worn with our school uniform. If the children have pierced ears,

small studs are the safest earrings to wear. If the girls choose to

wear bows in their hair we ask that these be in school colours.

Thank you to all the families who have already paid for the software package. The programs are an integral part

of our class programs and great use at home. They also form part of the homework for each stage each week. It

would be greatly appreciated if you could pay for this as soon as possible.

Easter: The K-2 Easter Hat Parade will be held on Friday 12th

April (Week 11). More details are to follow in the coming

weeks. The Easter Service, which has been organised by the

scripture teachers, will be held for Years 1- 6 on Thursday

11th April (Week 11).

Valuable Items and small toys– The children are discouraged from bringing items of value to school as these

items may get broken or lost causing distress.

Valerie Armishaw

Relieving Stage 1 Supervisor



Stage 2 Report

Congratulations to all our award winners over the last few weeks. There is some great work being done

in all the classes.

Software Package

There is lots of great work being done in Mathletics, Reading Eggs and with

Soundwaves. Please pay for this package as soon as possible so that all the chil-

dren are able to access it at home as well as at school.

Colonial Experience

We hope to have some photographs of the Colonial Experience Incursion to include in our next news-

letter. We are really looking forward to it!

Catholic Scripture

Until now the Year 4 Catholic Scripture class has not had a teacher and the children have completed

the program being followed by the non-scripture group. A teacher will start in this class on Thursday

28th March.

Coming Events:

PSSA Trials

There will be some PSSA teams next terms and the trials for these will be next week.

Cross Country – To be held 5th April

Easter Service for Years 1- 6 – Thursday 11th April

Maths Mentals Challenge

Congratulations to all the children who are trying so hard to improve their scores for the Maths Mental

Challenge!! There have been some great improvements!

The 20 sums are made up of 5 multiplication, 5 division, 5 addition and 5 subtraction.

If it is the 10 times table being done that week , the division will be by 10,

the addition will be adding 10 to a number and the subtraction taking 10

away.

The children have 1 minute to complete the sums.

For weeks 8 and 9 the tables to learn are-

Year 3 X 10

Year 4 X 4

Keep practising Stage 2!

Stage 2 teachers



STAGE 3 NEWS!

Year 6 Hoodie:

Payment for Year 6 Hoodies is due Friday 5th April. Hoodies are $40 each. Unfortunately no order

forms or money can be accepted after this date. Once the order is placed jumpers will take

approximately 4-6 weeks to arrive. Sample jumpers to check sizing are available for students to try on in

Mrs Willingham’s room. Please ensure any payments made online are recorded on an order note and

returned to school the following day. Information note/order form can be found on our school website.

Software package:

Parents and caregivers are reminded to make payment for access to the software package. The

package costs $25 per student and gives students access to many wonderful online learning tools such

as Mathletics, Reading Eggs and the Soundwaves spelling program. These programs will be integrated

into our classroom lessons and can also be accessed at home. Payment for the software package is

due no later than Thursday 29th March.

Year 5 Overnight excursion—Hill End:

Year 5 students have all received a permission and information note about the 2019 Year 5 overnight

excursion to Hill End. The excursion will take place in Week 5 of Term 2 on Monday 27th May to

Tuesday 28th May, 2019. To secure your child’s place at the Year 5 overnight excursion, we require

a $100 deposit to be paid by Wednesday 3rd April, 2019. The balance of money owing is due next

term by Wednesday 8th May.

Year 6 Surf Safety Excursion:

On Friday 12th April, 2019, Year 6 students will travel to Manly Beach to take part in a surf skills and

awareness education program. The cost of the excursion is $55, this includes travel to and from Manly

Beach as well as participation in the program. Final date for permission notes and payment is

Thursday 4th April. Payments can be made by POP (through the school website), EFTPOS, credit

card (in person or over the phone) or cash payments can be made at the school office. No payments or

permission notes will be accepted after this date. Students are reminded that the bus will depart

school at 7.45am on the day. All attending students are asked to arrive at school at 7.30am so that

rolls can be marked, equipment collected and buses can be boarded for a 7.45am sharp departure.

Students are expected to return back to school by 3pm. Updates will be posted via the School Enews

app should our arrival time change.

Students who attend the excursion will need to wear their swimmers under their school sport uniform. All

students will be provided with a hi-vis rash vest to be worn whilst in the water. Students must also bring

along with them a change of clothes including underwear, two towels, a plastic bag for wet clothing,

school hat, sunscreen, recess, lunch and plenty of water for the day. We look forward to a wonderful

excursion with our Year 6 students.



STAGE 3 NEWS!

Stage 3 times table challenge:

Again this year, all of Stage 3 will take part in a weekly times table challenge, where students will focus

on the mastery of set times tables over a 3 week period. Students are asked to practise their focus

times table as part of weekly homework and as part of daily maths learning in the classroom. Students

are tested at the end of each week and results are recorded. Congratulations to 5/6G who received the

highest overall class percentage in Week 6 and week 7. Congratulations to 5M, 6W and 6OW who all

had percentages in the 90’s. Keep up the fabulous work Stage 3!

Penrith RSL ANZAC Service:

On Tuesday 9th April, Year 6 students are invited to attend the Penrith RSL Student ANZAC service

which will be held at Penrith Paceway. The service will commence at 10.30am and will conclude at

approximately 11.45am. Students will be transported to and from the service by bus. There is no cost

involved with attending this service. More information about this event will be given in coming weeks.

Mrs Osborne

Stage 3 Supervisor



Penrith City Children’s Choir 2019 Activities

Project I Singing Day

Sunday 17 March, 3.00pm – 5.30pm

Join us for an exuberant afternoon of song. The hilarious ‘Out beyond the black stump’ where ‘the moz-

zies roam in herds’ is by Australian composer Stephen Leek. There’s a rollicking arrangement of Ameri-

can folk tunes in ‘Charlotte Town’. Plus, the energetic song and dance from the Torres Strait ‘Sesere

eeye’. We develop vocal technique, musicianship and part-singing skills in an encouraging and joyful

learning environment supported by experienced adult mentors. A great introductory ‘taster’ for new mem-

bers. Friends and family are invited to attend an informal performance at the end of the workshop.

Project II ‘Wai Bamba’

Sundays 5 and 19 May, 3.00 – 5.00pm

A chance to sing and play an array of percussion instruments kindly donated to Penrith City Children’s

Choir by music teacher and chorister Christine Tapsell-Timbs. We will explore African rhythms in the cel-

ebratory song ‘Wai Bamba’, build an atmospheric soundscape to the delicate Japanese folksong

‘Sakura’, then sway to the West Indian lilt of ‘Tinga Layo’. No instrumental experience necessary.

Friends and family are invited to attend an informal performance at the end of the final workshop.

Project III Ancient Echoes

Sundays 1, 15 and 22 September, 3.00 – 5.00pm with a performance at

4.00pm on the final workshop with special guests The February Consort.

A very special project culminating in a joint performance with the recorder ensemble ‘The February Con-

sort’. Connecting to times long past is the magical ‘Myoon-myoon’ by Stephen Leek, the mysterious

‘Lady dressed in white’ by Lin Marsh and the powerful spiritual ‘Joshua fought the battle’ for choir and

recorders.

Project IV The Family Christmas Concert

Workshops Sundays 10 and 24 November, 3.00 – 5.00pm

Combined rehearsals Wednesday 27 and Friday 29 November, 7.30pm – to be advised

PUBLIC CONCERT Sunday 1 December, 3.00pm with Penrith City Choir, Penrith Symphony Or-

chestra and Penrith Youth Orchestra at The Joan.

A thrilling opportunity to sing with Penrith Symphony Orchestra in the best concert of the festive season.

The children’s choir will feature in that iconic song ‘Walking in the air’ with harp accompaniment. Other

performers include Penrith City Choir and Penrith Youth Orchestra plus local singing sensation Brittanie

Shipway. With a special guest from the North Pole rumoured to make an appearance, this will be fun for

the whole family.



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