Holsworthy Public School High Quality Education, Strong Discipline Principal: Peter Ward 36 Infantry Parade Phone: 9825 1479 Holsworthy NSW 2173 Fax: 9825 2860 Email < [email protected]> Website: www.holsworthy-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Wednesday 3 July Newsletter Term 2 Week 10 Rule of the Week Week 9: Be Honest Week 10: Be in the right place at the right time PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE PLAYGROUND UPGRADE A large area of our playground will be upgraded in the near future. This will involve the installation of significant equipment and landscaping to create a variety of outdoor play, adventure and learning areas. I look forward to providing you with full details and photos soon after the holidays. This work will be half funded by NSW Government Community Grants which have been gained by our P&C. I’d like to thank and publicly recognise the great work our P&C has done over recent years in applying for and acquiring these grants, which also funded our terrific “Nature’s Nook” area. The other half of the cost of these works will be met with school funds which have been saved for this purpose over recent years. YEAR 6 CANBERRA & SNOW EXCURSION My sincere congratulations to all Year 6 students who attended this 3 day excursion last week. All reports from staff attending were that your behaviour and attitude was absolutely excellent throughout the entire time. Very well done Year 6. You have brought great credit to yourselves, your families and your school. You have also repaid your teachers who put so much effort into organising and attending the camp. I very much thank Mrs Flood for her outstanding work organising the camp and to all Year 6 staff who assisted and willingly undertook the huge responsibility of attending and managing the three days. We are very fortunate to have staff who are so willing to go “above and beyond” to provide them wonderful experiences for our students. DRAMA ENSEMBLE I am delighted to report that our Drama Ensemble has been selected to perform at the Ultimo In the Spotlight Drama Festival to be held at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) on 8 th August. The ensemble has been selected following their outstanding performance at Primary Play Day recently. Congratulations to everyone involved. This is a great honour and achievement. Well done! YEAR 3-6 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL This was an outstanding success this week. All students participated with great enthusiasm and supported their house. Congratulations to everyone who participated. Special congratulations to those students who will now go on to represent our school at the Liverpool PSSA Zone Carnival on 28 th August. Many thanks to Mrs North for her outstanding overall organisation and her willing team of helpers, to all staff for their work on the day, to all parent and supporters and to students from Holsworthy High for their great help.
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Holsworthy Public School
High Quality Education, Strong Discipline Principal: Peter Ward
Rule of the Week Week 9: Be Honest Week 10: Be in the right place at the right time
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
PLAYGROUND UPGRADE A large area of our playground will be upgraded in the near future. This will involve the installation of significant equipment and landscaping to create a variety of outdoor play, adventure and learning areas. I look forward to providing you with full details and photos soon after the holidays. This work will be half funded by NSW Government Community Grants which have been gained by our P&C. I’d like to thank and publicly recognise the great work our P&C has done over recent years in applying for and acquiring these grants, which also funded our terrific “Nature’s Nook” area. The other half of the cost of these works will be met with school funds which have been saved for this purpose over recent years.
YEAR 6 CANBERRA & SNOW EXCURSION
My sincere congratulations to all Year 6 students who attended this 3 day excursion last week. All reports from staff attending were that your behaviour and attitude was absolutely excellent throughout the entire time. Very well done Year 6. You have brought great credit to yourselves, your families and your school. You have also repaid your teachers who put so much effort into organising and attending the camp. I very much thank Mrs Flood for her outstanding work organising the camp and to all Year 6 staff who assisted and willingly undertook the huge responsibility of attending and managing the three days. We are very fortunate to have staff who are so willing to go “above and beyond” to provide them wonderful experiences for our students.
DRAMA ENSEMBLE I am delighted to report that our Drama Ensemble has been selected to perform at the Ultimo In the Spotlight Drama Festival to be held at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) on 8th August. The ensemble has been selected following their outstanding performance at Primary Play Day recently. Congratulations to everyone involved. This is a great honour and achievement. Well done!
YEAR 3-6 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL This was an outstanding success this week. All students participated with great enthusiasm and supported their house. Congratulations to everyone who participated. Special congratulations to those students who will now go on to represent our school at the Liverpool PSSA Zone Carnival on 28th August. Many thanks to Mrs North for her outstanding overall organisation and her willing team of helpers, to all staff for their work on the day, to all parent and supporters and to students from Holsworthy High for their great help.
STATE HOCKEY REPRESENTATIVE Huge congratulations to Kaitlin O’Dwyer who has been selected in the NSW PSSA State Hockey Team. This is a tremendous achievement, to be selected from students from all NSW. Well done Kaitlin! We are very proud of you. Kaitlin will compete in the Australian National Championships to be held at Bendigo VIC next term. Please look out for information as to how we will be supporting Kaitlin.
PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS Thank you to all parents/carers who came to interviews last night or will be tonight. It is great to know the vast majority of parents/carers have made appointments. As always at Holsworthy Public School, the education and welfare of our students is dependent upon effective communication and understanding between home and school.
SCHOOL COMMUNITY CHARTER: COLLABORATIVE, RESPECTFUL
COMMUNICATION This week’s key message: “We prioritise the wellbeing of all students and staff”. Peter Ward Principal
MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION
On Tuesday 18 June the local finals for the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking
Competition were held at Panania Public School. Grace Chacko, 3/4C and Jade Vickers, 3/4C
represented Stage 2 and Surabhi Marathe, 5/6N and Akshara Jayalakshmi, 5/6N represented
Stage 3. All students had to present their prepared speech and then do an impromptu speech.
Jade was awarded a Highly Commended for her skills in the Stage 2 finals. Congratulations to all
the students who competed, each of them presented insightful and engaging speeches about the
challenges facing our multicultural society today and represented our school with pride.
YEARS 1-6 PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION
During Term 3, all students in Year 1 to Year 6 will present a prepared and impromptu speech to their class as a part of the public speaking program. Some students will be chosen to represent their class in the grade competition. The best speaker in each stage will go on to the district competition to represent our school. We encourage students to prepare their speeches during the school holiday break as they should be ready to present them in class during Week 2 Term 3.
YEAR 6 – CANBERRA/SNOWY MOUNTAINS EXCURSION
Year 6 students from our school have recently undertaken an education tour of the National
Capital. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs
with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. The Australian Government
recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the National Capital as part
of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion
the Australian Government is contributing funding of $20 per student under the Parliament and
Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs.
Year 6 Teachers.
YEAR 6 CAMP
On the 24th, 25th and 26th June 2019, Year 6 went on a camp to Canberra and the Snowy Mountains. On Monday 24th, we visited the New Parliament House and the Old Parliament House. We got to see both chambers (House of Reps and Senate) in the New Parliament House. We also got the chance to see the Queens Terrace and the Main Hall. We did a role play to see the process of the path of a Bill, we were debating whether ads should be banned during children’s programmes. At old Parliament House we did an educational programme called “Who’s the boss” learning about past Prime Ministers and events that impacted democracy and visited the Senate. Two lucky children got to act as the Governor-General. At the Australian Electoral Commission we learned about voting rights and the preferential voting system and participated in a mock election. At night we had a disco, the teachers wanted to wear us out. When we got back to our cabins everyone fell asleep instantly. On Tuesday 25th, we spent the morning at the snow, throwing snowballs and making snowmen. One thing that most of the students enjoyed was covering Mrs North head to toe in ice and having a snowball fight with their teachers. After we came back, we had free time and got the chance to play in the games room. There were many table games such as football, table tennis and air hockey. After dinner, we had a games night with the other school. We played games against other teams and had a fun time.
On Wednesday 26th, we departed our accommodation and headed to the War Memorial and Questacon. At the War Memorial, we read the Roll of Honour, listened to stories about bravery and comradeship of the soldiers, nurses and service animals. Some of us even saw a 119 year old piece of chocolate sent by the Queen to the soldiers. After lunch, we visited Questacon and experimented with science and technology. We saw a cloud machine which showed the streaks of radiation caused by alpha, beta, gamma and neutron particles. Some things I enjoyed the most were the free fall slide, the robotic air hockey game, the Speedball ball speed measuring device and the earthquake simulator. After Questacon we travelled back to school. It was a long, tiring but awesome camp!
By Ayush Bendre
100 DAYS SMARTER –“Dress up as someone or something to do with the
number 100”
We are having a Maths Fun Day on Thursday 25 July (Term 3, Week 1). Students can dress up
and will participate in activities that celebrate the number 100. This can be as simple as wearing
an item of clothing that has 100 sequins or a ribbon that is 100cm long. Some other suggestions
might be to dress as a cricketer who has scored a century of 100 runs, a centenarian who is 100
years old or a Dalmatian dog that has 100 spots. Each grade will participate in different activities
integrating skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). There is no cost
for this activity. We can’t wait to see what our students come up with!
Ms Taylor and Mrs Murdoch
DSM News
DEFENCE SCHOOL MENTOR NEWS DCO currently has free tickets to Circus Quirkus on 12 July 2019 at 2:00 pm. Please note, these tickets are available for collection only from DCO Liverpool Office between the hours of 0830 and 1600, Holsworthy Barracks (Building G229). For Sydney families, tickets have been distributed direct to units across Randwick, Victoria Barracks and multiple Navy units. Additional tickets may become available for alternative dates or times and will be advertised accordingly. DCO is also running a Family Smart and Kidsmart workshop on Friday 12th July 10.00am-2.00pm at Cronulla RSL. For more information please contact DCO on 02 8782 8520.
THE PEACE PROJECT Can you crochet? Or do you have a family member who can crochet? Calling for volunteers to crochet Peace Poppies for the War Widows’ Guild of Australia. The Peace Poppies will be donated to guests to wear at Parliament House, Canberra, during a dinner function in August this year. Mrs Wilkins, the Defence School Mentor, will collect these poppies and send them on behalf of Holsworthy Public School to the War Widows’ Guild of Australia. Any donated poppies can be left at the Administration Office. The pattern can be found at www.peaceproject.org.au or a
link can be found on the DSM page on the school web` site
page
A heartfelt thank you to the parents that have already
contributed crocheted poppies for the War Widows Guild.
PREMIER’S SPELLING BEE
In week one, term three, classes from grades 3-6 will be participating in a test or spelling bee in
class to determine who will be representing their class in the stage final of the Premier’s Spelling
Bee challenge. If students would like to practise for the Premier’s Spelling Bee, you can access
the word lists from the Arts Unit website: https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/premiers-spelling-bee.
The password to access the word list is ‘pizza’. The junior word list is for years 3 and 4 whilst the
senior word list is for years 5 and 6.
We look forward to the competition early next term.
Mr Sammut
OPPORTUNITY CLASSES 2020
KEY DATES –
16 July 2019 Parents are sent Test Authority advice
Term 2 Week 2 Wednesday 31 July 2019
Opportunity Class Placement Test
8 August 2019 Change of school choice closes for entry in 2020
14 August 2019 Requests for consideration of Illness or misadventure submitted by applicants
mid-October 2019 Placement outcome information sent to parents
Students are notified of their test centre location through the Test authority letter. Students must
sit the test at the authorised test centre location and on the advertised test date.
The Test authority letter will be accompanied by a Test information bulletin which contains
detailed information about the test including what to bring on test day and how to show answers
to questions.
If you have not received your Test authority letter by Monday 22 July 2019, you must email the
Team urgently. You may phone the Team if you do not have email access.
Our Environmental Rangers met for the first time last week and were all very excited to get
started. We have plans to clean up the vegetable patch, ensure fruit scraps buckets are being
used in the classroom, plant and harvest a variety of vegetables to sell at a school mark and
ensure the school’s gardens are clean and well maintained.
Below are the 2019 Environmental Rangers who were elected as a class.
1/2M Samuel Fegan Vansh Mistry
2H Abraham Whitford
2K Onnushka Ahmed
2J Ceryn Tan Tavish Singla
3J Millie Pearce Tushar Babu Ram
3S Correy Liu Ava Breen
3/4L Amelie McKeon Nazim Rabhi
3/4C Shekinah Pillay Aditya Sehgal
4J Millie Bailey Dylan Fernando
4A Brianna Garrett Meenakshi Punnadi
4/5P Vishvaksen Chintamaneni Avika Gurram
5L Amar Menon Rajendra Krishnan
5V Angela Cormac Abdul Adnan
5/6F Patrick Bailey Emma Brown
5/6G Ashish Joseph Joseph Chen
5/6N Tennant Robbie Katrina Ling
Noah Lukunic Charlotte Selkirk
6S Araf Ahmed Amy Fan
6C Santiago Ripoll Caitlin Khamsing
ARE YOU A KEEN GARDENER WITH A GREEN THUMB?
We are also looking for some community volunteers who would be available to lend a hand with
our Environmental Rangers on Wednesday lunch times (1.15pm – 1.35pm). Mrs Pond and Mrs
Bethe along with some other teacher volunteers would love any assistance, even if you can’t fully
commit to every week. If you are interested, could you please fill out the slip below and we will be
in contact to chat about your involvement.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2019 Environmental Rangers Volunteers
I am interested in helping the Environmental Rangers on Wednesdays from 1.15pm to 1.35pm.
Name _________________________ Contact Details ___________________
REMINDER: YEAR 4 CAMP YOUTHWORKS ROYAL NATIONAL PARK Dates: Monday 16 September – Tuesday 17 September 2019 (Term 3 Week 9)
2 days/1 night
Cost: $255.00 which includes meals, accommodation, activities, camp staff and bus transport.
A deposit of $50.00 and the consent and medical forms need to be returned by Friday 9 August to secure a place. Payment can be made in full or in instalments. Final payment must be received by Friday 30 August.
KOOMURRI EXCURSION On Friday July 5 the Aboriginal Entertainment and Educational organisation will be performing and running workshops for K-6. This will be a whole day event and is part of the school’s celebration for NAIDOC. It will enhance learning across all Key Learning Areas and emphasise the uniqueness of Aboriginal culture and heritage. The children are allowed to wear red, black or yellow clothing on this day.
REMINDER
Paper & Equipment Levy for 2019
Thank you to the Families who have paid.
Funds raised by the payment of this fee provide and thereby illustrate how vital these funds are in the
provision of a high quality education for the students at Holsworthy Public School.
Some of the student requirements paid for by these fees are:
Mathletics; Art & Crafts Material; Sport/PE Equipment; Library Books & Computer Reference System and Photocopying cost:
The levy for 2019 is $40 per student or $80 per family (if you have two or more children attending the school).
If you have not paid the fees it would be highly appreciated if you can make the payment to the office as soon as possible.
IMPORTANT Could you please advise the office immediately via e-mail or letter advising us of any changes of phone numbers/address/emergency contacts and medical information.
AWARDS Congratulations and well done to the following students:
BRONZE AWARD: KB - Arghya Aithala; Sudharsana Anandan; Brian Nguyen; Rhythm Sapkota. KCR - Parisa Acharya; Deming Liu; Aashvi Satram; Tavish Shrestha; Max Wu. KM - Avan Amir; Visrudh Bala; Aadhiv Krishnan. 3J - Parth Gulati; Ava Stoelhorst. SILVER AWARD: KA - Alisha Bhatta; Jeffrey Hao; Zayan Islam; Ella Lynch; Kaden Pradhan; Arianha Waters. KB - Kevin Dang; Kapil Sathe; Abigail Taylor; Zahra Yaghi. KF - Asfiya Amir; Sia Dahal; Akshay Rao; Nabra Yousif. KM - Chanel Chang; Dorotea Kablar; Chloe Nguyen; Akshara Srinivasan. 1D - Ahmad Al-Juaifer Mu’amra; Joshua Alexander; Nicolas Biordi;Sebastian Brown;
Jake Burden;George de Villiers; Laasya Donepudi; Noah Jamieson; Siri Madivada; Chetana Nandipati; Muhammad Syed; Ruby Willetts.
NOT TO BE USED TO DROP OFF OR COLLECTING STUDENTS AT ALL.
SPORT NEWS
WINTER PSSA
PSSA RESULTS A reminder that all PSSA teams have training each week unless notified otherwise by their coach. Training is held on Tuesday at lunchtime and all players are expected to attend training and need to have appropriate shoes for this. Round 6 Friday 21 June
Sport Junior Senior
Boys Soccer Vs Chipping Norton Junior A’s WON 3-2 Junior B’s WON 1-0
Vs Chipping Norton WON 4-2
Girls Soccer Vs Newbridge Heights Green Junior A’s LOST 2-0 Junior B’s DRAW 1-1
Vs Newbridge Heights Green LOST 1-0
Hockey
Touch Football Vs Liverpool WON 2-1
Vs Marsden Road DRAW 0-0 Vs Liverpool LOST 1-3
Vs Marsden Road WON 0-4
Netball
Rugby League Vs Liverpool WON 34-14 Vs Liverpool WON 34-24
Round 7 Friday 28 June
Sport Junior Senior
Boys Soccer Vs Newbridge Heights Green Junior A’s LOST 4-1 Junior B’s LOST 3-1
Vs Newbridge Heights Green DRAW 2-2
Girls Soccer Vs Liverpool Junior A’s DRAW 2-2 Junior B’s WON 1-0
Vs Liverpool LOST 4-0
Hockey
Touch Football Vs Dalmeny A LOST 0-1
Vs Casula WON 3-0
Vs Dalmeny A LOST 0-1
Vs Casula LOST 1-3
Netball
Rugby League Vs Casula DRAW 34-34 Vs Casula WON 30-18
VENUES
Please note: Touch Football is always played at Woodward Park, Liverpool.
Netball is always played at Woodward Park, Liverpool.
Hockey is always played at Moorebank Liverpool Hockey Complex.
Friday 26 July 2019 Round 8
Sport Venue Sport Venue Sport Venue
Girls Soccer South Park Boys Soccer Child’s Park
Rugby League
Hammondville Oval
Friday 2 August 2019 Round 9
Sport Venue Sport Venue Sport Venue
Girls Soccer South Park Boys Soccer Child’s Park Rugby League
Hammondville Oval
TERM 2 DIARY
TERM TWO
Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri
WEEK 10
July 1 Athletics Carnival
July 2
July 3 HHS NAIDOC
Celebration Parent Interviews
July 4 Stage 2
Gymnastics
July 5 KOOMURRI iNCURSION
TERM 3 DIARY
2019 HPS Diary Term 3 22 July – 27 September
TERM
Three Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri
WEEK
1
July 22
STAFF
DEVELOPMENT
DAY
NO STUDENTS
July 23
STUDENTS
RETURN
July 24
HHS NAIDOC
Celebration
July 25
Stage 3
Gymnastics
July 26
State Cross
Country
Kinder
Gymnastics
Winter PSSA
Round 8
WEEK
2
July 29
Athletics Carnival
Backup Day
July 30
July 31
Opportunity class
placement test
Year 3 Excursion-
Sydney Olympic
Park
August 1
Stage 3
Gymnastics
COS Concert Rehearsal
August 2
Kinder
Gymnastics
Winter PSSA
Round 9
WEEK
3
COS
WEEK
August 5
Healthy
Harold
COS
CONCERT
August 6
Healthy
Harold
COS
CONCERT
August 7 EDUCATION WEEK
OPEN DAY
Healthy
Harold
August 8
Stage 3
Gymnastics
Woolworths Cricket
Blast School Cup Healthy
Harold
August 9
Kinder
Gymnastics
Acrobatics
Winter PSSA
Round 10
Healthy Harold
WEEK
4
August 12
Healthy
Harold
August 13
Healthy
Harold
August 14
Healthy
Harold
Holsworthy Long
Day Care Centre
Library Visit
August 15
Stage 3
Gymnastics
Healthy
Harold
Number
Crunchers
Casula PS
August 16
Kinder
Gymnastics
Acrobatics
Winter PSSA
Round 11
Healthy Harold
SCIENCE WEEK 10-18 AUGUST
WEEK
5
August 19
ORACY Public
Speaking Stage
Finals
August 20
August 21
August 22
Stage 3
Gymnastics
August 23
Kinder
Gymnastics
Acrobatics
Winter PSSA
Round 12
WEEK
6
Book
Week
Theme:
Reading
is my
Super
Power
August 26
August 27
August 28
Book Fair Arrives
Liverpool Zone
Athletics
Campbelltown
Athletics Centre
August 29
Book Parade
August 30
9.30-10.30
11.30-12.30
Book Week Show
BIG DREAMS
PSSA Semis
Jersey Day
WEEK
7
September 2
Swim School
September 3
Swim School
September 4
Book Fair Departs
Swim School
September 5
Stage 3
Gymnastics
ICAS SCIENCE
Swim School
Public Speaking
Network Finals
September 6
Kinder
Gymnastics
Acrobatics
Winter PSSA
Finals
Swim School
WEEK
8
September 9
Holsworthy Long
Day Care Centre
Library Visit
Swim School
September 10
Swim School September 11
Swim School
September 12
Stage 3
Gymnastics
ICAS ENGLISH
Kindergarten
Excursion
Symbio
Swim School
September 13
Kinder
Gymnastics
Acrobatics
SSW Regional
Athletics Carnival
Swim School
WEEK 9
September 16
Year 5 Camp
Canberra
Year 4 Camp
September 17
Year 5 Camp
Canberra
Year 4 Camp
September 18
Year 5 Camp
Canberra
Kinder 2020
Open Day
September 19
Stage 3
Gymnastics
ICAS
MATHEMATICS
September 20
Kinder
Gymnastics
Acrobatics
Winter PSSA
Extreme Weather
Backup
WEEK
10
September 23
K-2 ATHLETICS
CARNIVAL
September 24
September 25
Year 6 Mini Fete
September 26
Living safely with
pets K-2
September 27
LAST DAY OF
TERM
Spring Holidays- Monday 30 September to Friday 11 October 2019
