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Samuel Terry Public School Newsletter

Grays Lane, Cranebrook NSW 2749 Ph: 4730 2888

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

Thursday 7th March 2019

Week 6, Term 1

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

I encourage all parents and caregivers to attend the parent-teacher interviews which are being held at the school on Tuesday, March 26. All students received a note outlining the interview details on Monday. Please contact your child’s teacher to arrange an interview time if you did not receive the interview information.

School Community Charter

The School Community Charter recently released by the NSW Governemnt outlines the responsibilities of parents, carers, educators and school staff to ensure that our school environments are collaborative, supportive and cohesive. Please click on the link below to view the charter in more detail:

http://educaiton.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/media/documents/school-community-charter.pdf

P & C Meeting

The next P & C meeting will be held on Monday, March 11 in the staff room. All are welcome to attend.

Mr Lockley

Principal

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DEPUTY PRINCIPAL REPORT

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

In the upcoming weeks, our students in Years 4 to 6 will participate in the ‘Tell them from Me’ surveys.

The Tell Them From Me Parent Survey is anonymous, voluntary, and easy-to-use. It is based on a comprehensive questionnaire covering parents’ perceptions of their child’s experiences at home and at school.

This survey gives up vital information about students in our school and gives our students a voice to how they see their education at school. Based on this information we are able to make changes to the school environment based on student feedback from the surveys.

Mrs Greentree

Deputy Principal


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WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 6 8

Cake Stall

7

11

12

13

14 Surf Education Year 6

15

8

18 Assembly K-2—12.30—1pm 3-6—2pm-3pm Star of the

Month

19

20 Colonial Show Year 3-4

21

22

9

25 Anti-Graffiti Year 5

26

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

10

11 Easter Scripture service

12 Last Day of Term

Money Matters

Software Package Kindergarten—$20

Kindergarten Science, Art and Craft Fee $5

Software Package Years 1-6 $25

Colonial Show—Year 3 and 4—$10

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

Choir T-Shirts—$22


KC

Caralee H

Micah F

KB

Maddison T

Nathan B

KF

Isabelle N

Arham M

KL

Erica C

Ryder B

1G

Hayley M

Eli F

1K

Carter S

Gabriella V

1R

Nichola V

Indie C

1W

Beau R

Abigail C

2A

Ariah B

Riley T

2R

Cooper N

Hallie J

2S

Kira P

Ethan H

3P

Sarah M

Lilliana C

Oliver C

3S

Hanna S

Ella A

Abbie-Lee A

3W

Amy S

Lachlan C

Ella-Rose P

4K

Casey H

Lachlan W

Jacob N

4S

Tyrus D

Gerard G

Alyssa S

4W

Mya C

Joshua K

Mason W

5C

Kandace A

Emerson S

Kyle W

5M

Jack S

Bryce O

Ashley F

5/6G

Madison W

Olivia K

Brianna J

6OW

Olivia P

Raiden D

Anthea K

6W

Jenna A

Rogue B

Harry G

K-2

Kira P

Junior Aussie

Tyrus D

Senior Aussie

Brianna J


Star of the Month


KC

Zachary W

Bibhuti P

Ethan W

KB KF

Mikaylah G

Zoe A

KL

Emilia T

Ella R

Adam B

1G

Cooper H

Liam K

Sophie G

1K

Chaise L

Laiken B

1R

Sophie Lee J

Phoenix L M

Alexander H

1W

Mikayla M

Braxton L

2A

Bostyn B

Jeremy S

Lacey W

2R

Brax H

Eli F

Olivia F

2S

Braxton R

Vaanya B

Benji P

3P

Mozhdah A

Issabella B

Jared H

3S

Jordan R

Cooper S

Zoe M

3W

Ayla E

Ashwini R

Jace L

4K

Kylis D

Elija T

Isabel G

4S

Raniya H

Blair T

Corey T

4W

Aydin E

Hollie H

Ruby B

5C

Levi H

Emma H

Blayze L

Ashton W

5M

Willow O

Zac T

Holly P

5/6G

Shelby L

Archie H

Brodie A

6OW

Alex S

Keely D

Katie E

6W

Carter M

Mieka B

Gary B


Principal Awards


1st Gold

Casey H

Harrysen D

2nd Gold

Lily W

4th Gold

Jye G

6th Gold

Sienna G

Lilliana C

Amelia G

8th Gold

Samantha P

9th Gold

Jett D

Alesha B

Jayden R

10th Gold

2nd BANNER!

Chloe C

11th Gold

Lucy O

13th Gold

Cooper J

15th Gold

3rd BANNER!

Maddi O

16th Gold

Maddi O

22nd Gold

Jack A


Gold Awards



EARLY STAGE ONE NEWS

Welcome to Week 6! We are officially halfway through Term One and we are so very proud of how all Kindergarten children have transitioned to big school!

Kindergarten are continually encouraged and explicitly taught how to be SAFE, RESPONSIBLE and RESPECTFUL learners that follow teacher’s instructions continually.

Rough play is not tolerated at Samuel Terry Public School. If a child is found to be playing rough with other students, there will be a consequence for their actions.

It would be appreciated if parents could reinforce the ideas that at school we

* Keep our hands and feet to ourselves * Follow all teacher’s instructions

* Use kind words to others * No rough play

CLASSROOM TEACHING AND LEARNING OVERVIEW

Below is an overview of what your children are being exposed to in the classroom for the next 2 weeks. All Kindergarten classes are focusing on the same content throughout the term.

This ensures that consistency is occurring across the grade.

Sounds – I, F and D

Sight Words – up, comes, said, on, in

Math’s Concept – 2D shapes and length

“News” Discussion Topics – Free choice and ‘What I like about school!’

KINDERGARTEN CANTEEN USE

Kindergarten children are now permitted to use the canteen facilities at lunch time.

Infant’s children are not to use the canteen at recess time, they are asked to make a recess order at the canteen prior to the day commencing. This recess order will be delivered to their classroom. Please do not send excessive amounts of money to school for our children to spend at the can-teen. A maximum of $2 is encouraged.

BEST START PARENT FEEDBACK

Early next week, your child will bring home their Best Start Parent Feedback Report. This report gives you an insight into what your child displayed when they participated in the Best Start Assess-ment in both literacy and numeracy and what their teacher has been explicitly teaching in class time.

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. If you have not already purchased the Kindergarten homework book, please do so as soon as possible. Pay-ments can be made at the front office.

SCHOOL UNIFORM AND JEWELLERY

Please ensure that your child is in full school uniform. This includes school hat, grey socks for boys, and white socks for girls and black leather school shoes. Please ensure that your all clothing items are labelled. We ask that our children ensure their shirts are tucked in.

Due to safety issues that may arise – jewellery is not to be worn to school. Small sleeper type ear-rings / small studs are acceptable.

Thank you for all your support throughout the term so far.



Stage 1 News

School Uniform. The children look lovely in their uni-

forms and most children remember to wear their hats daily.

Congratulations to all these children! Great job! Generally

speaking jewellery should not be worn with our school uni-

form. 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.

Valuable Items and small toys: School is not a place for valuable or treasured items.

The children are discouraged from bringing items of value to school as they may get broken or lost caus-

ing distress.

Software: Thank you to everyone who has already paid for the software package, which includes

Reading Eggs, Mathletics and Soundwaves. These programs are used daily in the classroom so it is im-

portant that the payment for this package is made as soon as possible.

Parent-Teacher Interviews: Information has been sent home this week regarding parent teacher

interviews. Timeslots between 2-7pm are filling quickly so if you require an interview please return the

form as soon as possible. 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.

Nicola Giroud

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

Thank you to all those who have already purchased the Software

Package, of Mathletics, Reading Eggs and Soundwaves, for your

children to use at school as well as at home. The interactive activi-

ties in these programs are integrated into literacy and numeracy

teaching and learning to enhance engagement and improve out-

comes. If you have not already purchased this package it would be

appreciated if you could do that as soon as possible so the children

may have full access.

If there is a problem with this please see your child’s teacher.

Colonial Experience

Our incursion, the Colonial Experience, is on 20th March in the school hall. Please return notes and

payment for this.

School Uniforms

Our students are expected to wear full school uniform at all times. This includes a hat when they are in

the playground. Jewellery is not to be worn.

Maths Mentals Challenge

Congratulations all those who improved their personal score in the maths Chal-

lenge last Friday. We look forward to seeing the results this week! I know lots of

Stage 2 children are practising their tables to improve their recall. Each Friday they

are given 20 sums to do within a minute.

The 20 sums are made up of 5 multiplication, 5 division, 5 addition and 5 subtrac-

tion.

If it is the 2 times table being done that week , the division will be by 2, the addition will be adding 2 to a

number and the subtraction taking 2 away.

For the next three weeks the tables to learn are:

Year 3 X 10

Year 4 X 4

Keep practising Stage 2!

Other News:

Remember Year 6 Cake stall is Friday 8th March.



STAGE 3 NEWS!

Stage 3 maths groups:

Our maths groups have started and run on Tuesday and Wednesday of each week. Students have been

placed into maths groups based on assessment data collected from the beginning of the year and

teacher observation. During maths groups, teachers will focus on the Number and Algebra strand of

mathematics. Students are provided with structured, guided and hands on activities to support their

understanding and level of learning within the Number and Algebra strand of mathematics. Student

placement and groupings are flexible and movement between groups will occur at any time when

necessary. Should you have any questions about maths groups please do not hesitate to contact your

child’s classroom teacher.

Software package:

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

package costs $30 per student and gives students access to many wonderful online learning tools such

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

our classroom lessons as well as part of weekly homework activities. Payment for the software package

is due Thursday 28th March.

Uniform:

Please ensure that your child is dressed in full school uniform. This includes school hat, grey socks for

boys, white socks for girls and black school shoes. We also ask that our students ensure their shirts are

tucked in during class time and other school events such as assemblies. Due to safety reasons,

students are not permitted to wear jewellery at school. The only jewellery that is acceptable is small

plain studs or sleepers for girls and boys. Any other jewellery including bracelets, bangles, necklaces,

anklets etc should not be worn to school.

Year 6 cake stall:

Our first Year 6 fundraising event is being held this Friday (8th March). We kindly ask every Year 6 to

contribute food items to sell. We are catering for 550 hungry students so lots of donations are needed.

Year 6 hoodies:

Sample sizes for the Year 6 hoodies are available to try on during eating time every day on Mrs

Willingham’s verandah. It is recommended your child tries on the sample jumper to ensure a correct fit.

Year 5 Hill End Excursion:

Please be reminded the deposit of $100.00 is due in full by Wednesday 3rd April.

Year 6 Surf Safety Excursion:



STAGE 3 NEWS!

On Thursday 14th March, 2018, Year 6 students will take part in a surf skills and awareness education

program. This surf safety education program involves an in-house surf education session to be held at

school and a 3 hour surf skills and awareness program that will take place at Manly Beach later on this

year. The cost of this excursion will be $55.00 per student. Further information will be sent home closer

to the excursion date.

As part of the in-house (Thursday 14th March) education session students will learn about:

Coastal geography and environment

Surf zones – dangerous and safe areas

Rips – identification and easy escape methods

As part of the surf skills awareness program (date to be advised) at Manly Beach students will learn

about:

Rip identification and survival by demonstration

Still water assessment and basic survival skills

Paddling a foam surfboard and catching waves

Surf negotiation and body surfing

This program is run by Surf Educate Australia, who provide the most comprehensive coastal science

and up to date surf safety information. Surf Educate Australia’s key roles are to reduce accidental

drowning and keep Australians healthy and active whilst caring for and learning about our delicate

environment. Surf Educate Australia’s school surf education programs help to improve self-esteem,

confidence in the water and happiness in all participants.

Student leadership roles:

Congratulations to all of the Stage 3 students who received their leadership badges at our 3-6 assembly

on Monday 25th February. It was wonderful to see our school house captains and vice-captains, SRC

representatives and library monitors accept their badges in front of their peers and pledge to lead by

example by encouraging fair play and sportsmanship, support their peers and speak on behalf of

students during SRC meetings to make our school an even better place for all students. Each of these

roles come with great responsibility and we know each of these students will do a wonderful job

representing our school.

Miss Gray

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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