GUILDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL APIA STREET GUILDFORD NSW 2161 PHONE: 9632 9675 FAx: 9892 1325 [email protected]NEWS UPDATE 6 DECEMBER 2016 PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGEdent STUDENT ACHIEvEMENT: Nineteen Year 5 students prepared and delivered high quality speeches at the 2017 Leadership Assembly held on 30 November. It is clearly evident that the calibre of student leadership for 2017 is extremely high. Thank you to all students who presented speeches as well as to those students who were nominated but not selected to present. The 2017 leadership team will have two School Captains, two Vice Captains and six Prefects. This is reflective of the growth in enrolments. This Wednesday is perhaps the most anticipated event of the year, Presentation Day Assembly. This day is all about celebrating 2016 student academic and extra-curricular achievements. I know students look forward to this occasion and really appreciate having a family member in the audience to watch them. The dance troupes and Choir will perform and of course 2017 student leaders will be announced. If you are planning on coming, please plan to be at school by 9.05 to be seated for a 9.15am start time. To the Junior boys TeeBall who won their respective grand final. The Junior and Senior AFL teams both played gallant games but unfortunately were beaten by stronger teams on the day. To have three teams in just six grand finals is very impressive. ‘Great job teams!’ Student Semester 2 Academic Reports will be sent home next week. Semester 2 reports provide parents and carers detailed comments on what their child has achieved during terms 3 and 4. The report will contain a comment for English and Mathematics along with a General Comment for all children. A comment for Arabic Community Languages will be provided if your child attends Arabic class. A comment from one of the English as Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) teachers will be provided if they are supported by an EALD teacher. STUDENT AWARDS: Seventy-seven (77) students have achieved the level of 2016 GOLD Guildford Star. These students have been invited to attend a special luncheon this Thursday 8 th December. The luncheon is inspired by traditional indigenous tucker and includes: ♦ Barbecue Calamari, lightly tossed in slat, wild herbs and mountain pepper. ♦ Barbecue crocodile portions, marinated in wild lime and chilli ginger. ♦ Barbecue kangaroo fillet portions, marinated in Kakadu plum sauce. ♦ Potato fritters with warrigal greens
STUDENT ACHIEvEMENT: Nineteen Year 5 students prepared and delivered high quality speeches at the 2017 Leadership Assembly held on 30 November. It is clearly evident that the calibre of student leadership for 2017 is extremely high. Thank you to all students who presented speeches as well as to those students who were nominated but not selected to present. The 2017 leadership team will have two School Captains, two Vice Captains and six Prefects. This is reflective of the growth in enrolments. This Wednesday is perhaps the most anticipated event of the year, Presentation Day Assembly. This day is all about celebrating 2016 student academic and extra-curricular achievements. I know students look forward to this occasion and really appreciate having a family member in the audience to watch them. The dance troupes and Choir will perform and of course 2017 student leaders will be announced. If you are planning on coming, please plan to be at school by 9.05 to be seated for a 9.15am start time.
To the Junior boys TeeBall who won their respective grand final. The Junior and Senior AFL teams both played gallant games but unfortunately were beaten by stronger teams on the day. To have three teams in just six grand finals is very impressive. ‘Great job teams!’
Student Semester 2 Academic Reports will be sent home next week. Semester 2 reports provide parents and carers detailed comments on what their child has achieved during terms 3 and 4. The report will contain a comment for English and Mathematics along with a General Comment for all children. A comment for Arabic Community Languages will be provided if your child attends Arabic class. A comment from one of the English as Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) teachers will be provided if they are supported by an EALD teacher.
STUDENT AWARDS: Seventy-seven (77) students have achieved the level of 2016 GOLD Guildford Star. These students have been invited to attend a special luncheon this Thursday 8th December. The luncheon is inspired by traditional indigenous tucker and includes: ♦ Barbecue Calamari, lightly tossed in slat, wild herbs
and mountain pepper. ♦ Barbecue crocodile portions, marinated in wild
lime and chilli ginger. ♦ Barbecue kangaroo fillet portions, marinated in
Kakadu plum sauce. ♦ Potato fritters with warrigal greens
P&C AND COMMUNITy SUPPORT: Thank you to those parents, carers and citizens who attended the final P&C meeting for 2016. Congratulations to the Guildford PS P&C Association on achieving a considerable number of targets this year. In particular I thank President Inaam El-Assaad for her remarkable leadership, strength and vision in ensuring the P&C remains an inclusive organisation focused on building relationships between parents, carers and school staff. A summary of topics discussed at the meeting are below; Thank you to Teachers luncheon Bunnings BBQ at Villawood Bunnings 10/12/16 2016 program highlights and successes Future Out of School Hours (OOSH) facility at GPS. Parking and access for drop-off and pick-up New House BANKSIA for 2017 2017 programs and initiatives
The next P&C meeting will be held on Thursday 9th February
STAFFING UPDATE: Mr Hanna was successful in being selected as Deputy Principal Instructional Leader at Mount Annan Public School for 2017-2018. Mr Hanna has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in delivering high impact teacher professional learning programs with the aim of improving student learning outcomes. Thank you to Mr Hanna for providing me a strong foundation on which to build further success at GPS. We wish Mr Hanna great success in his new role, knowing that he will be a valuable asset for Mount Annan PS. Ms Ghassibe was also successful being selected as a permanent Assistant Principal for Mount Pritchard East Public School. Ms Ghassibe has been instrumental in preparing Year 6 students with the vital leadership and communication skills to operate effectively and efficiently when they move to high school. Miss Ghassibe has been a teacher at GPS for almost ten years impacting positively on hundreds of children. Congratulations to both Mr Hanna and Ms Ghassibe on their successful selection for promotion. On behalf of the school community, I thank both and acknowledge their enormous commitment, strong character and will to make a significant impact on students’ learning.
I sent some overdue notices to the students on Monday. If you’re child needs to retun some books please send them to the library as soon as possible. It’s great to see students borrow but we need to have the books returned. If you are certain you have brought back a book, come see me and we’ll check the shelves. If we cannot find it on the shelves, you need to check with the classroom teacher and see if your child has their book in their tubs, under their desks, etc.
Return everything by Friday Week 8 (02/12/2016)
It’s that time of the year where all library books will need to be returned. Please have a good look everywhere you can think of – in school bags, under beds, behind closets, in kitchen benches, around the lounge room, in the garage, boot of your car, under car seats, at a friend’s house, cousins, aunts/uncles and grandparents, in the toilet, absolutely anywhere!!!!!!!
Damaged Books
If you find that your child or a sibling has damaged a book, please DO NOT THROW IT AWAY. We can examine them and see if they are fixable. This way you won’t have to pay for the missing book. If the book is beyond repair, you’ll most probably have to pay for the book. Never throw a book in the bin – it is the property of Guildford Public School and should always be returned, damaged or not.
Thank you
Mr Norambuena
(Teacher Librarian).
Spider day was a successful fundraising event for the Year 6 students organised by the spider day team (Rahman,Azman,Luke and Hessam). Everyone was excited to enjoy the spider drinks.
We sold the drinks at lunch time and at times it got hard for us to keep up with the demand but we kept pouring the drinks and scooping the ice-cream! We raised a huge $410.Thanks to the community and the lovely parents for generously donating all the ice cream, cups, straws, spoons and some of the drinks. Also thanks to all the other year 6 students who helped out by donating the drinks for the spider day, we gratefully appreciate it.
SPEECHES Last Wednesday, 19 students from Year 5 delivered a short speech about why they should be the 2017
school captain, vice-captain or prefect. They had to consider the following questions:
• Why do you think you would be a great school leader? • What are some of the ways you have already demonstrated leadership? • What will you do to make Guildford Public School a better place to learn?
Here is what they thought about the experience:
Jana El Ramlawi (5T): I started to write my speech but then thought what will I do not for me but for Guildford Public School I had a huge opportunity that I wanted to take. I started off by taking a deep breath and walked on stage when I said my joke and you guys laughed it boosted my confidence to keep going! Mahmut Atilgan (5J) - When I first got on the stage I had a stage fright but when I did my speech I looked at the camera and my fright kind of went away. But I was still scared. Samira Kamoda (5J): It was a great opportunity to say a speech to be a captain or a prefect, I was a nervous wreck when I had to say it to Miss Bryceland and Miss Ali Khan they said I was very eligible, meaning I met the criteria. When Miss Bryceland and Miss Ali khan said that I would have to say my speech in front of the whole school I had butterflies in my stomach. When the day came to say the speeches I was ready to go but a few days before I had LOST MY SPEECH so I wrote it all over again and when it came to my go I was really nervous, but confident at the same time. Ali Hamdan (5J): I was so happy to make it to the second round I appreciated that Miss Ali Khan and Miss Bryceland for letting me go to the second round. As I was on stage, I thought I might be sick but I was confident in myself and when I finished my speech it felt like heaven. My blood was cold I was so thankful that I finished. Saif Abdulrahman (5J): from Austin to Yousef.N Mesum to…to me. Once my name was called out I was shocked and a gust of fear hit me
the second that I got off my chair. I looked around and Ali.H say’s “Good luck!”, with a thumbs up, as I got up off the chair and on the stage. I looked around and see some people not listening, that's why I was nervous. The reason why everyone gets nervous is because you don't want to be judged, that's why I was nervous with shock to see cameras, phones and ipads. But, once I started to read my speech I remembered the advice Miss Bryceland gave me and the feeling that I got from the word that is “eligible”. The teachers said to speak slowly, loudly and clearly. I felt so free once I had finished and some kids were looking at me and that filled me with joy and pride. Zachariah.Keogh (5J) -It was so scary when I had to speak in front of Miss Bryceland and Miss Ali Khan and when I heard I made it in I was so thrilled. Wednesday came and I had to speak in front of years 2-5. I was really nervous and knowing that my brother was not here I thought, who would vote for me? Knowing that I had a lot of good potential leaders to verse I was scared. “Zach from 5J will now come and tell you why he wants to be a captain”. “Good afternoon Student, Teachers and parents… before I start” Wait will I do well?......... Sytori Noble (5T): It was a huge credit to perform a speech in front of years 2-5. At first it was quite nerve racking as I strived to continue my speech but, then I recognised my speech was over and done with. A few minutes later I worried about did I do it right? Did everyone like it? Will they vote for me? And even Will I even make a school representative or did I do it for nothing? When the contributors started voting I decided that even if I didn't become a school leader at least I tried.It's the determination that counts.
Sybelle Alameddine (5T): It was the most scary thing that I have done in my whole life, especially when I had a sore throat. I was scared that people would think my voice would sound funny, but thankfully it didn’t. After my speech I wanted to do my speech again because I had lost my stage fright and butterflies. Alexandra Floyd (5J) - I heard my name “And our next speech is by Alexandra Floyd in 5J” I took breaths in and out. I went on stage and was very scared. I looked around I saw a huge crowd staring at me from on the floor. I started my speech and it turned out to be alright. After half way through my speech I was alright because I got used to all these people staring at me and I was happy that my speech was flowing well. I finally finished my speech and sat down, I was so happy to have this wonderful experience and I was proud of myself for trying. All I remembered was that I TRIED MY BEST AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I DON'T GET TO BE A SCHOOL LEADER. Nicole Tan Terles (5T) - When I got on the stage, having to say my speech in front of years 2-5, I felt really nervous if I did good, but when I saw everyone I knew I needed to do my speech. Once I finished my speech I felt really proud of myself and glad that I had this opportunity to say my speech in front of an audience. Madison Osekerita (5J) - When I got on stage I felt very nervous just listening to the other speakers, although as I said my speech I got used to it and went with the flow. As I watched the other speakers I knew that I could do this, and I have the courage to do it. So as I started, I got confident as I was presenting my speech to our wonderful 2-5 classes. Austin Flood (5T) - Since I was the first one to go on stage I was probably the most nervous person.it was so scary seeing all those students and parents staring at me wile I was saying my speech although when I finished I felt great listening to the other people on the stage. At lunch time I felt great and my parents were very proud of me because they never tried out for stuff like student leader or prefect for their schools! Yousef Nabizadeh (5T) - When I got on the stage, I felt very scared that I would mumble in front of everyone. But as soon as I got to the middle of my speech, I started to get used to it. My tip speaking in
front of everyone in the school is to take a deep breath in and out! It took me a long time to make this speech and to be where I am now, I am very proud of myself! Mesum Rezai: When I got on the stage I felt very nervous and very scared when my name came after Yousef N’s name. I felt very scared and nervous. Before I got on the stage I said “Mesum just think that no one is in front of you”. But that didn’t work so I said “No..,nothing is going to work while reading my speech”. I wasn’t looking at anyone, I was looking at the wall and that helped me so much. Yusef Tarabiya (5J) - If you haven’t noticed I tried out for Captain! You're all saying! He must’ve nailed his posture! Well let me tell you something… It was a hot day and I still shook violently, with enormous goose bumps! My name was called out to deliver my amazing speech, hopefully being enjoyed by all! I took a deep breath wishing all my fellow candidates good luck for their amazing job! The first few seconds were killing me! I was so nervous until my speech started flowing around the first 20 seconds! I talked about my previous experiences throughout the education department, fitting a few jokes in here and there, convincing them that Yusef Tarabiya is their only hope towards a great future! Hopefully people showed their support by voting me #1, thinking different for a change and trusting me to lead them towards victory! Rain or shine or whenever they please that’s only if they desire. Zac A- I walked onto the stage and I wasn’t that confident. Tyson Brown (56C): I was terrified at first so I took a deep breath which made me calm and confident so I started my speech. I was amazed because I couldn't have done this last year because I was so shy and scared because it was a new school which meant new friends.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the
P&C Crazy Hair & hat Day Not only did we have a great day, we also raised $260 to go towards the Parents &
