Holsworthy Public School High Quality Education, Strong Discipline Relieving Principal: Tammy Deiri 36 Infantry Parade Phone: 9825 1479 Holsworthy NSW 2173 Fax: 9825 2860 Email < [email protected]> Website: www.holsworthy-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Wednesday 23 October Newsletter Term 4 Week 2 Rule of the Week Week 2: Be Respectful in the toilets Week 3: Be a Learner at the canteen Principal’s Message Welcome back to Term 4. It’s great to be back at school! Term 4 at Holsworthy PS is always super exciting with so much to look forward to and anticipate over the next nine weeks. OUR NEW PLAYGROUND IS OPEN FOR PLAY Wow, Wow, and Wow, our new playground area was finally started during the holidays and was in full use on day one of this term. This area really needed a make-over and we are very pleased with the amazing results of this new outdoor learning space and there will be more to come. The students are using this new area to full advantage and enjoying the fitness circuit. The seating areas have been well received with many students taking advantage of this great space and the fabulous umbrellas. There are also raised sandpits for the students and a new outdoor learning space called the ‘story telling’ corner. There is still more work to be completed and hopefully more things to add to make this space enjoyable for students. The term has already started with engaging learning and exciting events taking place. This has so far included a visit from the NRMA road show promoting road safety, the K-2 Athletics carnival to be held on Thursday, followed on Friday night by the P&C’s Disco. The theme this term is Halloween. The K-2 Disco starts at 5:00pm-until 6:00pm followed by the Years 3-6 Disco starting at 6:15pm until 7:15pm. Hoping to see many students there. Parents/Carers please be on time to pick up your children at the conclusion of each of the discos. SCHOOL WORKS During Term 4 there will be a scope of work completed by the Department of Education to replace the roofing, gutters, fascia and downpipes on a number of classroom blocks. During this time classes will be relocated to different areas to ensure student safety. Parents will be informed when this affects their child’s classroom block. LEAVING HOLSWORTHY Once again we would like to request that anyone who knows that their children will be leaving Holsworthy Public School at the end of the year, notify either myself or the office in writing as soon as possible please. This will enable us to work out teachers and classes for 2020. It is a very difficult job and we would greatly appreciate your help.
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Holsworthy Public School High Quality Education, Strong Discipline
Rule of the Week Week 2: Be Respectful in the toilets
Week 3: Be a Learner at the canteen
Principal’s Message
Welcome back to Term 4. It’s great to be back at school! Term 4 at Holsworthy PS is always super exciting with so much to look forward to and anticipate over the next nine weeks.
OUR NEW PLAYGROUND IS OPEN FOR PLAY
Wow, Wow, and Wow, our new playground area was finally started during the holidays and was in full use on day one of this term. This area really needed a make-over and we are very pleased with the amazing results of this new outdoor learning space and there will be more to come. The students are using this new area to full advantage and enjoying the fitness circuit. The seating areas have been well received with many students taking advantage of this great space and the fabulous umbrellas. There are also raised sandpits for the students and a new outdoor learning space called the ‘story telling’ corner. There is still more work to be completed and hopefully more things to add to make this space enjoyable for students.
The term has already started with engaging learning and exciting events taking place. This has so far included a visit from the NRMA road show promoting road safety, the K-2 Athletics carnival to be held on Thursday, followed on Friday night by the P&C’s Disco. The theme this term is Halloween. The K-2 Disco starts at 5:00pm-until 6:00pm followed by the Years 3-6 Disco starting at 6:15pm until 7:15pm. Hoping to see many students there. Parents/Carers please be on time to pick up your children at the conclusion of each of the discos.
SCHOOL WORKS During Term 4 there will be a scope of work completed by the Department of Education to replace the roofing, gutters, fascia and downpipes on a number of classroom blocks. During this time classes will be relocated to different areas to ensure student safety. Parents will be informed when this affects their child’s classroom block.
LEAVING HOLSWORTHY
Once again we would like to request that anyone who knows that their children will be leaving Holsworthy Public School at the end of the year, notify either myself or the office in writing as soon as possible please. This will enable us to work out teachers and classes for 2020. It is a very difficult job and we would greatly appreciate your help.
COLOUR RUN Spectacular! In week 3 our school will be holding a COLOUR RUN Spectacular! This event will take place on Monday 28 October and is open to all the students at HPS. The Colour Run Spectacular will consist of a fun run and obstacle course, where students will be covered/have the choice to be covered, in coloured powder. This is the School's major fundraising event for 2019 and we encourage you all to get behind our students to help raise funds for our school.
Students received a Sponsorship Form last term, which provides details on how to raise funds and earn great reward prizes. The money raised will go towards purchasing more technology equipment to support lessons in coding and the new science and technology syllabus.
We look forward to this wonderful and colourful fun day and thank you in advance for your support.
Student Safety Thank you to all parents who are using the Kiss and Drop zone on Huon Crescent and NOT driving into our staff car park. Please help keep our students safe by obeying road traffic requirements and not parking in no-stopping areas. Selective High School in 2021-Year 5 Students Selective High School Expression of Interest notes went home in the last week of Term 3. Parents are reminded that all applications must be made online and applications close on Monday 11th November. Please see Mrs North if you have any questions about applying.
Tammy Deiri
Relieving Principal
KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION Kindergarten 2020 Transition program starts this week. This program runs in Weeks 2, 3 and 4 of this school term. Each week we would love to see all of our kindergarten students for 2020 and their parents. The new students will take part in a transition program in the kinder rooms while the parents remain in the hall listening to information about ‘Big School’ life.
Dates and Time to remember:
Transition Day 1: Wednesday 23 October 2019, 9.30am-10.45am
Transition Day 2: Wednesday 30 October 2019, 9.30am-10.45am
Transition Day 3: Wednesday 6 November 2019, 9.30am-10.45am
Mrs S Murdoch
STATE DRAMA FESTIVAL Students in the Drama ensemble have the honour to perform at the upcoming State Drama Festival, held at the Seymour Centre, Thursday 24 October. The ensemble have worked extremely hard this year on their piece ‘Everything I need’ which depicts a young girl and her ‘invisible’ friend who grow apart over time but all the important messages her invisible friend leaves behind are never forgotten.
Students are required to be at school at 7:15am Thursday morning to ensure we will be arriving at the festival on time. They will arrive back at school between 3:00 and 3:30.
Ms Wilks, Mrs Sansom, Miss Grayson
REMEMBRANCE DAY Holsworthy Public School would like to extend an invitation to our school community to attend our Remembrance Day Service. It will be held on Monday 11 November at 10:15am. We hope you can join us under the cola as we remember. Lest we forget.
BOOK CLUB Book Club Issue 7 brochures have been sent home. You now have the option to pay online through the Linked Online Ordering & Payment Platform (LOOP). Instructions on how to order through
LOOP are on the back of this Issue of Book Club.
Alternatively put your completed order form and money into an envelope with your child’s name and deposit them into the white Book Club box in the office
foyer. Please use the correct change if paying by cash. Closing date is Friday 25th October.
Mrs Tipping and Miss Grayson
MINISTER’S VISIT TO STATE PARLIAMENT AND THE LAND & ENVIRONMENT COURT
Last Wednesday we went to the Land and Environment Court. We met Commissioner Gray, who taught us the roles and what happens in court. We were able to act out the roles that they have in court. After lunch, we went to the NSW Parliament House and had a tour with Melanie Gibbons, the Holsworthy representative. We watched a session of ‘Question Time’ where politicians asked each other questions. They were very rowdy and showed us how Parliament works.
Lalit and Joelle (Environmental Ministers)
ICAS COMPETITION In addition to a Student Report, each student that participates receives a Certificate which is awarded on the following basis:
Award High Distinction Certificate the top 1% of participants Distinction Certificate the next 10% of participants Credit Certificate the next 25% of participants Merit Certificate the next 10% of participants Participation Certificate for all remaining participants
ENGLISH YEAR 3 TUY, ROGER Merit LI, SYBORN Credit MAHMOOD, HAMMAD Credit VARGHESE, ESHA Credit AHMED, ARISHA TAZMEEN
Credit
AHMED, ONNGKITA Credit ALAM, NAVAN Credit KUMMARA, KRISHNA Distinction MURALI, KUSHI High Distinction PANDIT, IRAA High Distinction
ENGLISH YEAR 4 GOURAVARAM, LASYA Merit VICKERS, JADE Merit SHARMA, RANI Credit ZACHARIAS, ARLENE Credit BONNEY JOSEPH, ALISHA
Credit
CHACKO, GRACE Credit CHINTAMANENI, VISHVAKSEN
Credit
KITSOUKILIAS, DANIEL Credit NAIM, TAHMID Credit NGUYEN, ASHLEIGH Credit SELKIRK, CHRISTOPHER Credit WITHAYABAN, ALISANNE
Credit
ROBBIE, TALLIS Distinction LI, OLIVIA Distinction MA, SKYE Distinction PILLAY, SHEKINAH Distinction PRADHAN, DIANKA Distinction HAO, ZITONG Distinction YANG, JASMINE High Distinction CAI, RYAN High Distinction
SPORTS AND EXTRA CURRICULAR PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION The sports and extracurricular photography session will be held on Thursday 7 November 2018. If your child has participated in PSSA or attended a Zone sports carnival, their photo will be taken with their team. Additionally, photos will be taken if your child has participated in the junior or senior dance ensembles, Tournament of Minds teams, debating teams, drama ensemble or Indigenous choir.
Students in a sports team will be required to change into a school sport jersey for their photo, these children are asked to label their school shirt and have a labelled plastic bag to place their shirt in while their photo is being taken to avoid their uniform going missing.
Parents will be notified through the Skoolbag app, Facebook page and newsletter when the display photos arrive at school. The photos will be displayed in the office and they will be available to order after this day
Please note: League Tag is always played at Woodward Park, Liverpool.*
AFL is always played at Ash Road, Prestons.
Newcombe ball is always played at Homestead, Chipping Norton
* League Tag has moved venues for Round 8 only (Friday 25 October) to Brownes Farm Reserve, Hoxton Park.
Friday 25 October Round 8
Sport Venue Sport Venue Sport Venue Girls T-Ball / Softball
Jacquie Osmond Reserve, Warwick Farm
Boys T-Ball/ Softball
Jacquie Osmond Reserve, Warwick Farm
Cricket Hammondville Oval
Friday 1 November Round 9
Sport Venue Sport Venue Sport Venue Girls T-Ball / Softball
Jacquie Osmond Reserve, Warwick Farm
Boys T-Ball/ Softball
Jacquie Osmond Reserve, Warwick Farm
Cricket Amalfi Park, Lurnea
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 7 Friday 18 October
Sport Junior Senior Boys T-Ball/Softball VS Marsden Rd Green WON 13 -3 VS Marsden Rd Green WON 10-3 Girls T-Ball/Softball VS Hammondville WON 9-7 VS Hammondville WON 10-7 Cricket Newcombeball VS Dalmeny 24-5 WON VS Dalmeny 27-18 WON AFL VS DALMENY 19-14 WON VS DALMENY 80-0 WON League Tag
TERM 4 DIARY
TERM FOUR
Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri
WEEK
1
October 14 Selective high applications opened on 8 OcT
October 15 Holsworthy Long Day Care Centre
Library Visit
October 16 Ministers State Parliament Visit
October 17
October 18 Summer PSSA
Round 8
WEEK
2
October 21 NRMA Road
Safety
Year 3 @ HHS 1:55-2:55
October 22
October 23 Kinder Transition
State Drama Fest Technical Rehears
October 24 State Drama
Festival Planetarium S3 Incursion
K-2 Ath Carn
October 25 Summer PSSA
Round 9 World Teachers
Day Disco
WEEK
3
October 28
Colour Run
October 29
October 30 Kinder Transition
Year 4 @ HHS 1:55-
2:55
October 31 Blast Cricket Tournament Stage 3 Planet
Incursion HHS – JUMPS
1:20 – 2:20 P&C Meeting
November 1 Summer PSSA
Round 10
WEEK
4
November 4 Enrichment testing OC Orientation Year 3 @ HHS 1:55-
2:55
November 5 Enrichment testing
November 6 Kinder Transition Enrichment testing
November 7 SPORTS
PHOTO Day Kinder COS
Network
November 8 Summer PSSA
Round 11
WEEK
5
November 11 Remembrance
Service Year 4 @ HHS
1:55-2:55
November 12 Minister
Nominations
November 13
November 14 Start Smart
Stage 2 TBC
November 15 Summer PSSA
Round 12
WEEK
6
November 18 Year 3 @ HHS 1:55-
2:55
November 19 Diwali celeb Pre-school visit (Diwali dancers)
November 20
November 21 HHS – JUMPS
1:20 – 2:20
November 22 PSSA Semis
Schools Spectacular 22 & 23 Nov
WEEK
7
November 25 Year 4 @HHS 1:55-
2:55
November 26
November 27 Combined Christian
Performance 9.15 and 10am
Parent Helpers Morning Tea
November 28 Pre School
Visit x 4 classes 10.30 P&C Meeting Kinder COS
Network HHS – JUMPS
1:20 – 2:20
November 29 Summer PSSA
Finals Holsworthy
Long Day care Visit 10.30 x2
WEEK
8
December 2 Closing
Parliament Long Day care
Visit 10.30 x2
Student teacher
December 3 Holsworthy
Long Day care Visit 10.30 x2
High School Orientation Day
December 4 Year 6 Farewell Brighton Lakes
December 5 Super Gold
Morning Tea
Year 3 &4 HHS BBQ
December 6 PSSA Winter
Extreme Weather Back up
WEEK 9
December 9 Practice
Presentation Day
December 10 Presentation
Day Assemblies
December 11 Stage 2
Party day
December 12 St 3 Party day
CAROLS REPORTS
HOME
December 13 K-2 Party Day
WEEK 10
December 16 Moving Day
December 17
December 18 Last Day for
Students
December 19
SDD December 20
Summer Holidays- Monday 23 December 2019 to Tuesday 28 January 2020 School resumes Tuesday 28 January 2020
