FOCUS@PEAKHURST ISSUE 4 Dates to remember – 2021 TERM 2 Week 1 Tue, 20 Apr Students return to school Week 3 Wed, 5 May School photo day Thu, 6 May Mother’s Day Stall Weeks 4-5 11-21 May NAPLAN online (year 3 and year 5 students) Week 6 Wed, 26 May Athletics Carnival @ The Ridge Week 8 Tue, 8 Jun Stage 2 excursion to Taronga Zoo (rescheduled from Term 1) Week 9 Mon, 14 Jun Public Holiday Week 10 Fri, 25 Jun Last day of Term 2 Acknowledgement of Country Peakhurst Public School acknowledges the Bediagal People, who are the traditional custodians of the land on which the school is built. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders past, present and future of the Dharug and Eora Nations and extend that respect to all Aboriginal people involved with Peakhurst Public School. Awards – Weeks 7-8-9 PEAKY AWARD KT Carrington, Ashley, George, Ammani KR Amir, Meisha KA Kaleera, Hussein, Abbas, Kataleyjah 1R Terrence, Fatima, Jai, Hayley, Tate, Aisha 1K Wafa, Videlle, Khalid, Katya 1/2L Johnny, Isaac, Reanna, Joel 1/2K Jeremy, Lucas, Mia, Ethan, Justin, Hallary 2LP Moussa, Yasmen, Connor, Henry, Fatimah, Carlie 2M Ali, Zaara, Hope, Aaron 2/3Z Rara, Sienna, Misha Gold Myrah CLASS AWARD 2/3Z Henry, Lucas, Aaron 3/4O Alexis, Andrew, Milla 3/4L Samuel, Mafi, Summer, Tristan, Ryan, Illyria 3/4G Skyler, Dylan, Isabelle, Lucas, Stellina, Ariana 3/4S Angus C, Abbey, Em 5/6R Olivia, Ryan, Zeeshan 5/6G Vivian, Jason, Wesley 5/6S Annie 5/6W Max BRONZE AWARD 1R Indie, Aisha, Terrence, Jihad, Hayley, Fatima, Lucas 1K Jackson 1/2L Jerry, Joel 1/2K Justin, Lucas Q, Kingston, Justin, Maddison, Leo 2LP Vasili, Aya 2M Ali Redha, Eva 2/3Z Ayah, Alisa 3/4G Maddie, Lucas, Mohamed, Jeedapa 3/4O Aaron 5/6R Bonnie, Jawad
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FOCUS@PEAKHURST ISSUE 4
Dates to remember – 2021
TERM 2 Week 1 Tue, 20 Apr Students return to school
Week 3 Wed, 5 May School photo day
Thu, 6 May Mother’s Day Stall
Weeks 4-5 11-21 May NAPLAN online (year 3 and year 5 students)
Week 6 Wed, 26 May Athletics Carnival @ The Ridge
Week 8 Tue, 8 Jun Stage 2 excursion to Taronga Zoo (rescheduled from Term 1)
Week 9 Mon, 14 Jun Public Holiday
Week 10 Fri, 25 Jun Last day of Term 2
Acknowledgement of Country Peakhurst Public School acknowledges the Bediagal People, who are the traditional custodians of the land on which the school is built. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders past, present and future of the Dharug and Eora
Nations and extend that respect to all Aboriginal people involved with Peakhurst Public School.
3/4S Angus C, Abbey, Em 5/6R Olivia, Ryan, Zeeshan 5/6G Vivian, Jason, Wesley 5/6S Annie 5/6W Max
BRONZE AWARD
1R Indie, Aisha, Terrence, Jihad, Hayley, Fatima, Lucas
1K Jackson 1/2L Jerry, Joel 1/2K Justin, Lucas Q, Kingston, Justin,
Maddison, Leo 2LP Vasili, Aya 2M Ali Redha, Eva 2/3Z Ayah, Alisa 3/4G Maddie, Lucas, Mohamed, Jeedapa 3/4O Aaron 5/6R Bonnie, Jawad
5/6G Vivian SILVER AWARD
1R Alessia, Jason 1/2L Jameson 1/2K Layla, Jackson, Zenji, Jeremy 2/3Z Rara, Lachlan, Lewis 3/4G Thomas, Sean 3/4S Hanna 3/4O Yue 5/6G Sofia, Marian, Themi
SRC AWARD KT Jayden, Simon KR Ariya KA Aleesha, Harper
1R Aisha, Lucas, Mia 1K Bowen, Raphael 1/2K Leo, Jackson 2LP Henry, Cass, Gemma 1/2L Amne, Ali 2M Inayah, Lachlan 2/3Z Branson (yr 2), Zach (yr 3), Sienna 3/4O Milla, Ali, Yue 3/4L Kevin 3/4G Eva, Lara, Aliyah, Dylan, Ricky, Lucas 3/4S Michelle, Jordan, Raymond 5/6R Samantha, Rukaiya 5/6G RL, Amelia 5/6S Annie 5/6W Leticia
PBL raffle winners Congratulations to the following PBL raffle winners – Week 7: Week 8: Week 9: - Adrianna in KR - Lachlan in 2M - Jerry in 1/2L - Natalie in 5/6K - Kevin in 5/6K - Lauren in 5/6K
Principal’s message Dear Parents and Caregivers I would like to wish you and your family a happy and safe Easter period. Enjoy the holidays and we look forward to everyone returning happy, healthy and rested for a busy Term 2. Students return on Tuesday, 20 April. School Improvement Plan This week I have put on the school website our school plan until 2024. The plan focuses on improvement in literacy and numeracy, with ongoing support in wellbeing. There is a particular focus on attendance. Additionally, we have outlined plans for ongoing teacher training. Thank you to everyone who contributed. It was so good to get such thoughtful input from our ‘focus group’ parents, our students and staff. Student Mentors and Leadership Earlier this week I had the honour of presenting our inaugural Student Mentors with their badge. This newly created position has come about following discussion with staff around supporting students in the playground and giving those students who were nominated last year as a candidate for a Student Leader role in the school but were not chosen in the final 8 an opportunity to develop their leadership muscle. We know they are well respected by their peers and we felt with the introduction of the new games in the playground, they would have an important role to play in ensuring inclusivity, respect and responsibility were practiced by students. Congratulations; Themi, Mohammed, Sabrina, Emily and Natalie. All of our nominated candidates for leadership roles in 2021 had the opportunity to attend the GRIP Leadership Conference at Homebush last week. Mrs Karatasoullis escorted our representatives and they participated in a wonderful day of skill development, plan making and discussion around leadership. Congratulations to the Peakhurst Team who attended.
GRIP Leadership Conference Brebas Computational Challenge Students in our Stage 2 and Stage 3 PEG classes had the opportunity to participate in the Brebas Computational Challenge. It is an International competition with a high level of difficulty. to Declan M who achieved a perfect score and has been placed on the Honour Roll. This is the highest accolade possible. High Distinction: Emma C, Sophie C, Shubham K, Georgia L, Declan L, Melody W, Jacob Y (3/4S) Distinction: Raymond C, Hanna H, Abbey O, Willow P, Henry T, Michelle W (3/4S) Dominic J, Aiden L (5/6K) Year 5 Opportunity Class Applications for 2022 Year 5 Opportunity Class Applications are online. The applications open on 20th April and will close on 7th May. Information has been sent home to Year 4 families. Applications can be made at the following link. https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5 Winter Uniform Students will return in Term 2 wearing winter uniform. Please ensure your child is in correct uniform with labelled jackets etc. There has been variations that have crept in this term, which is a shame as Peakhurst is well known for its lovely uniform. Please see the outline of the Peakhurst winter school uniform and a Claudines order form attached to this FOCUS. A pre-loved uniform shop is run by our P&C. Please keep your eyes open for any announcements in FOCUS, on class Dojo and in e-news. Parent Teacher Interviews. This year we trialed interviews for Parent/Teachers in Term 1. Many parents took the opportunity to speak with class teachers. We are interested to see how you felt about a Term 1 date. I have attached a 3 question survey we would love you to complete. It should literally take 1 minute and it is totally anonymous. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P2B5S77 Egg Challenge Result There were so many creative entries in our Easter Egg Challenge. It was quite eggcellent! Mrs Ryan and I judged the Years
3 -6 competition and it was tough! 1st Place: Eggceptional creativity! Congratulations Sophie. 2nd Place: Amelia 3rd Place: Alyssa Ms Bray judged the K-2 colouring competition and she said how hard
it was to pick a winner. She did say it was eggciting though!
1st Place: Jason 2nd Place: Jeremy 3rd Place: Samhita
Easter Egg Raffle Thank you very much for your enthusiastic involvement in the Easter Egg raffle run by the P&C. There were so many tickets sold….we are obviously chocolate lovers at Peakhurst! Special thanks to all who bought, those who helped with organising the tickets and particular thanks to Moussa and Hayaat Choker who procured the egg donations from local businesses (see P&C message).
Sally Lawson, Principal
P&C News
Easter raffle There was much excitement and anticipation at the Easter raffle today. There were many lucky winners of raffle prizes and fortunately no real losers today as every child received an Easter egg gifted from the P&C. Some lucky parents also won today with 5 gym passes being raffled off!
A big thank you has to go to Moussa and Hayaat C who organised donations of all the raffle prizes as well as the individual eggs gifted to each child. Thank you to the following sponsors who donated the prizes:
• Commonwealth Bank - Riverwood Branch
• Ausrealty - Riverwood
• Galluzzo's Pharmacy - Riverwood
• The Market Run
• Woolworths - Hurstville Westfield We are also grateful to our many volunteers who helped out with the raffle this year. Thank you to Kylie C, Elizabeth S, Leanne O, Claire C, Sue H, Angel L, Belinda H and Siobhan B.
Mother’s Day Please see attached flyer for the Mother’s Day stall which will be held on Thursday, 6th May. Mothers and Grandmothers gifts will be $8 each which will include a gift bag.
In order to prevent any misunderstandings, the following information is designed to help you
purchase the correct uniform for your child. At Peakhurst Public School, we believe that full school
uniform should be worn at all times to present an image of pride to the wider community and for
student safety and wellbeing.
GIRLS UNIFORM
SUMMER
WINTER
SPORT
School summer tunic or navy shorts and white school shirt with peter pan collar, white
short socks, black shoes, school hat.
Winter tunic or long navy blue school pants, short or long sleeved white school shirt, school sloppy joe with emblem, school tracksuit top with emblem, short white socks or navy blue tights, black shoes, school hat.
Yellow, blue and white sports shirt with emblem, navy blue gold pin stripe skort or navy blue unisex sport shorts, white short socks, runners, school hat. There are particular requirements for PSSA teams. Children will be informed of these requirements when teams are selected. The school tracksuit can be worn for sport in cooler weather.
BOYS UNIFORM SUMMER
WINTER
SPORT
Grey school shorts, navy blue polo shirt with emblem, grey short socks, black shoes,
school hat [grey cargo pants are not part of the school uniform].
Long or short grey school pants, long or short sleeved navy blue polo shirt with
emblem, school sloppy joe with emblem, school tracksuit top with emblem, short grey
socks, black shoes, school hat.
Yellow, blue and white sport shirt with emblem, navy blue unisex sports shorts, white
socks and runners, school hat.
There are particular requirements for PSSA teams. Children will be informed of these
requirements when teams are selected.
The school tracksuit can be worn for sport in cooler weather.
BOYS & GIRLS
SOCKS
ACCESSORIES
Grey short socks for boys and white short socks for girls. Anklet socks are not to be worn with the school uniform [white anklet socks may be worn with the sports uniform only]
No jewellery is to be worn other than watches, studs or sleepers. Coloured hair ties and scrunchies other than blue or yellow are not part of school uniform.
SCHOOL UNIFORM
Claudine SCHOOLWEAR 23 President Ave, Caringbah 2229 Phone: (02) 9526 2525 We wholesale and retail school wear and are a long established family business since 1983
Trading Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm; Saturday 9am-1pm Shop online & collect in-store or delivered to your nominated address Claudine Schoolwear www.claudineschoolwear.com.au
PEAKHURST PUBLIC SCHOOL 97 Uniform List 16.09.20
BOYS UNIFORM Summer Retail Price SHIRT: Navy Short Sleeve Polo with Emblem (Scags 4074 special) s4-16 $28.00 Adults $32.00 SHORTS: LWR Grey Shorts (whilst stock last) from $22.00 Grey Scags 120 Shorts from $23.00 SOCKS: Grey – 3 Pair Pack $ 8.00
Winter
SHIRT: Long Sleeve POLO with Emblem (Scags 4053 SPECIAL) s4-16 $34.00 Adults $36.00 TROUSERS: Grey SINGLE KNEE Long Pants (LWR L4805) s4-16 $23.00 Adults $29.00 Grey DOUBLE KNEE Long Pants (LWR 4805DK) s4-14 $24.00 s16+ N/A SOCKS: Grey – 3 Pair Pack $ 8.00
White – 1 Pair Pack $ 3.00 SCRUNCHIE: Summer Tunic Scrunchie Available Soon PONY BOW: Summer Tunic Fabric Bow on Elastic Available Soon MATERIAL: Currently not available
Navy Slacks (Pickles style 2026) s4-10 $40.00 s12-16 $42.00 TIGHTS: Navy (cotton blend or opaque) $ 8.50 SOCKS: White – 3 Pair Pack $ 8.00
White – 1 Pair Pack $ 3.00 SCRUNCHIE: Winter Tunic Scrunchie Available Soon PONY BOW: Winter Tunic Fabric Bow on Elastic Available Soon
SPORT UNIFORM K-6 POLO: Gold Short Sleeve Polo with Emblem (Scags K2813P) s4-16 $39.00 Adults $40.00 SKORT: Girls Navy Sport Skort (LWR3762sp) $22.00 SHORTS: Unisex Navy Knit Shorts (Style 5270ZS) (whilst stock last) s4-16 $16.00 Adults $19.00 Unisex Navy Knit Shorts (Scags 730) from $23.00 TRACKPANTS: Navy Microfibre Trackpants (LWR 43362K DOUBLE knee) $37.00 Navy Microfibre Trackpants (LWR 53362NC SINGLE knee) $34.00 SOCKS: White Sport Sock $ 3.50 PSSA SOCK: PSSA SOCKS $13.00
GENERAL UNIFORM ITEMS
SLOPPY JOE: Navy (LWR 5310VN) V-Neck Sloppy Joe with Emblem s4-16 $27.00 Adults $31.00 JACKET: Microfibre jacket (LWR Special order) with Emblem s4-16 $53.00 Adults $57.00 HAT: Baseball cap with emblem (also available from school) $13.00
Slouch hat with emblem $13.00 Legionnaire with emblem $13.00 SCHOOL BAG: School Bag with Logo (Spartan) $50.00
MISCELLANOUS PAINTSHIRTS: ROYALWITH TOWEL OF ANY COLOUR, an attractive way to protect uniform from $21.00 RAINCOATS: Many Styles Available e.g. Poncho, clear over school bag with coloured hood) from $21.00 HAIR ACCESSORIES: SCHOOLIES hair accessories – assorted range of accessories in school colours $ 4.00 NETBALL KNICKERS: Girls RIO Black Boyleg shorts to wear underneath dresses – 2 Pair Pack $12.50 MARKERS: Black Fine Point Fabric Marker for labelling uniforms $ 4.00
Claudine SCHOOLWEAR 23 President Ave, Caringbah 2229 Phone: (02) 9526 2525 We wholesale and retail school wear and are a long established family business since 1983
Trading Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm; Saturday 9am-1pm Shop online & collect in-store or delivered to your nominated address Claudine Schoolwear www.claudineschoolwear.com.au
The Family Online Safety Challenge has been created for busy parents, carers or teachers to help protect the children in their care. It is designed to complete a
simple task every day. Feel free to adapt it to what best suits your family. Good luck!
Don’t forget to tag us and use #7dayonlinesafetychallenge
For more information and to access tools, resources and
advice, reporting and support services, pelease visit:
Create a Family Online Safety Contract
ThinkUKnow and The Carly Ryan Foundation
have developed an online family safety
contract to help manage the things a family might see, say and do online. Get a copy of the Family Online Safety Contract via thinkuknow.org.au.
Review location, privacy settings and
parental controlsReview and turn off location settings,
such as GPS, where they aren’t necessary.
Ensure privacy settings are secure, and set to ‘Friends only’ or ‘Private’.
Research parental controls to see if they are suitable for your
family.Sharing personal
information onlineHave a discussion with your child about what
information is okay to share, and what
isn’t. Remind them to never give out personal
information online.
Find out what apps and games your child uses
Take an interest in what technology your child
uses and how they use it. Remember, not all apps and games are
created equally, some have better safety
features than others. Consider if the content is appropriate for your
child.
Check Direct Message or chat functions on apps
and gamesAnonymous ‘in game’
chat can provide a possible platform for
online child sex offenders to target young people.
Consider disabling these functions or check settings to ensure they
can only be contacted by their friends.
Suspicious online behaviour and what it
looks likeHave a conversation with your child about
suspicious online behaviour. Discuss with
them why someone might ask them personal questions or for images.
Remind them that not everyone online is who they say they are and to
