NEWSLETTER Term 2, Week 7

Monday 11th June, 2019

Seventh Avenue, Llandilo NSW 2747

Tel: 4777 4124 Fax: 4777 5085

Email: Llandilo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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

Our Vision

Community and School in a partnership of mutual trust and respect, to ensure all students will thrive as learners, leaders and responsible, productive citizens.

PBL Values

Respect Responsibility Personal Best

PBL Focus -Playground

I play where the teacher can see me

I put my rubbish in the bin

I sit on the seats until I have finished my food

I return sports equipment I have borrowed

I play safely on the fixed equipment

School Staff 2019

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Ms Wilson (AP) Amazon

Miss Crammond Bondi Beach

Mr Fox Kakadu

Miss Cockburn Fraser Island

Mrs Goss Loch Ness

Mrs Warren Great Barrier Reef

Ms Bryce Broome

Mr Basso Yosemite

Ms Harris Daintree

Mr Vella Colosseum

Mrs de Kretser (AP) Everest

Miss Wilson New Caledonia

Ms O’Connor (AP) Serengeti

Miss Cole Sphinx

Principal Mrs Getley

DP / IL Mrs Cotsford

Mrs Waugh

Library Mrs Caloia

Support Mrs Sheens

Mr Farrugia

Mrs Chapman

RFF Ms Sant

Miss Huang

EAL/D Ms Laws

Counsellor Ms Begg

SLSO Mrs Elmer

Mrs Olsen

Mrs Marsh

Mrs Carroll

SAM Mrs Williams

SAO Ms Sherwood

Mrs Wheeler

GA Mr Kitchin

School Security

1300 880021

What’s coming up . . . . . . Wed 12th June W Sydney Area Cross Country

Thur 13th June Stg 1 Excursion to Brewongle

Fri 14th June PSSA

3 to 6 Assembly - Daintree

Thur 20th June Cranebrook Festival Choir Rehersal Fri 21st June PSSA

Whole School Assembly

REMINDERS

If you haven’t brought back

your medical note or

permission to publish note,

please do so ASAP

Spare notes as well as canteen and uniform

price lists are available from the front office .

foyer.

Follow us on Facebook for daily updates and

reminders.

@LlandiloPublicSchool

Llandilo Public School has been lucky enough to have Jake who is a Penrith Panthers player. We have asked some of our students here at Llandilo and they love that he is out on the playground talking to us, refereeing our lunch time football games and coming into our classrooms to help us with our learning. We have been keeping an eye on playground behaviour and we are happy to report that students are being respectful on the playground and returning all sports equipment to the right place.

We think you are doing a great job! Keep up the wonderful work Legends! Codi & Aaron - Bangor House Captains

Sports Report

Public Speaking

Competition

On Thursday 30th May, we held the finals of the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition in the hall. Students from Stage 2 and 3 performed prepared speeches in their classes with finalists competing to go through to the next level. Speeches were judged on their multicultural content to qualify. The high level of public speaking skills made it a difficult choice, however four students were selected to perform at the cluster final being held at Tregear Public School on July 5th.

Congratulations to Sebastian G (Serengeti), Lily C (Sphinx), Shae D (Everest) and Anna W (Everest) on their success at the school final. Unfortunately due to a clash in schedules, Shae is unable to attend, so the runner up Amali C (Daintree) will take his place.

Interest

Groups - Mr Vella

In Mr Vella’s interest group, we are in Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry! On the first day of Hogwarts, we found out what house group we are in. Then we had a colouring in competition and they were all very colourful. Mr Vella chose one picture from each house group and chose the three pictures that stood out for him. The teams that won were Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, so they all got 5 points. The next Friday, we were making our own wands to keep and to use at Hogwarts school. The wands are made out of sticks. We used string for unicorn hair, phoenix feathers and troll’s heartstring. There are all different colours for each of type of string. First, we got the string and covered the sticks with glue. After we got the string, we stuck the string onto the stick and if we wanted to paint our wands in any colour, that was put out for us to use. After that, we added jewels with black or grey glitter glue. Last Friday, we learned how to play Quidditch and we practised catching, shooting and throwing the ball while riding on hockey sticks. We only used one hand to practise Quidditch! Mr Vella told us that next week we will be playing actual muggle Quidditch! We’re sure we will all have a lot of fun. When you play Quidditch there are different positions including the chaser, the keeper, the seeker and the beaters. There are all different types of balls including the two bludgers, a quaffle and a golden snitch. There are going to be some different things to do for the next couple of weeks. By Sienna, Anna and Kiarna

Interest

Groups -

Ms o’connor

In the library for Interest Groups we do Minecraft Education Edition. Ms O'Connor has shown us different Minecraft worlds and we have visited the tree in Fantastic Mr Fox. We have had a few technology issues but we are learning to fix them as we go. The best part of Minecraft interest group is that we get to teach Ms O'Connor lots of things about it and she has taught us lots as well. Next week we will be visiting a chemistry world and making potions and explosions.

Preston and Chloe

National Reconciliation Week National Reconciliation Week is celebrated each year from May 27th to June 3rd. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey - the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively. Students at Llandilo Public School engaged in a range of learning activities to understand and honour Aboriginal culture and heritage. A favourite was the Reconciliation timeline, where students walked along the footsteps to learn about significant dates in Aboriginal history since Captain Cook came to Australia. It was great to hear the conversations happening and gives hope for future generations of respect and acceptance.

BUILD-A-MIND On Wednesday 29th May, the team from Build-A-Mind visited the students of Serengeti. We were given a few items and used our imagination to create. There was a robot arm, a circuit and battery to build an electric circuit. Some of us used the arm to knock a ball into a target, while some people used the arm to draw on paper by adding a pen. Everyone had different ideas and it was great to see teamwork and communication. We had a fantastic time with the Build-A-Mind people.

Dion and Jake

Llandilo PS is proud to partner with UNSW Global to offer its

annual ICAS Assessments. We’re delighted to inform you that

we will be participating in ICAS again this year, to recognise

and reward students’ academic achievement. The assessment

is now fully online and sitting dates will commence in Term 3.

Learn more by visiting unsw.global/icas

This year there are two payment options. You may pay via the

school using PIP (office pay in point), or POP (parent online

payment via our website), or register directly by visiting

unsw.global/parentpay and type in the school’s access code:

dde142aacb

Last week, I had the pleasure once again of attending the

School Leaders’ Civic Reception held by Penrith City Council.

Our two school captains, Emma and Luke, were honoured on stage with

certificates to recognise their achievements and leadership at the school. It is

always a proud moment to hear Llandilo Public School’s name called out and see

our student leaders cross the stage with dignity. Congratulations Luke and Emma.

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Congratulations to all of the students that competed in the public speaking school

final last week. It’s wonderful to see some emerging and confident speakers in our

ranks. Each student rose to the challenge with a positive attitude and a mindset of

success. I’d also like to acknowledge those students that I could not get out in the

‘Simon Says’ interlude; you really were alert and tuned in.

I have just finished compiling Llandilo Public School’s Annual Report for 2018. This

document is published on our school website along with our current school plan. I

invite you to take a look at these documents as they both contain important

information about the internal cogs and gears in our school.

Colgate Community Garden Challenge

Don’t forget that we are collecting used oral care waste. Please

place your items in the box at the back of the office block.

As a staff we have been engaging in

discussions around the wording of our current

school vision. Our aim through this is to

verbalise a vision that is clear enough,

challenging enough and matters enough to

inspire and energise everyone, whilst keeping

the essence of the original hopes and aspirations of our school community. We

invite you to be part of this process, but understand that your time is precious. So,

in the near future, we will provide you with a link to a short survey and would

welcome your feedback and input.

Yours in learning Deborah Getley

Congratulations to the following students who have

had their art work selected to be entered into

Operation Art:

Kindergarten - Chloe H

Stage 1 - Zara D

Stage 2 - Hanna C

Stage 3 - Anna W, Sisilia K, Kiarna B & Mariah E

(group entry)

Daintree News Maths

this week

This week in math,

Daintree have been

looking at a whole heap

of different types of

angles. Some of the

angles are acute

angles, right angles,

obtuse angles and a

revolution.

We used tape to create

different angles. Then

we had to label them

correctly.

Math is so much fun.

Literacy

Groups

In literacy groups Daintree

have been doing a whole

range of activ it ies

including spelling, math

challenges, reading with

the teacher, computers

a n d f r e e w r i t i n g .

Literacy groups is the best

and we learn a lot.

Llandilo

Legends

Congratulations to our Llandilo Legends for May.

KINDY - Chloe Amazon YEAR 1 - Eden Great Barrier Reef

YEAR 2 - Ellie Loch Ness YEAR 3 - Wendy Colosseum

YEAR 4 - Joshua Colosseum YEAR 5 - Caitlin Everest

YEAR 6 - Jennifer New Caledonia TEACHER - Mrs de Kretser

Principal’s Award Addison - New Caledonia Chloe - New Caledonia

Sebastion - Serengeti Mila - Fraser Island

Kyle - Colosseum

School Banner Callan - Yosemite Eloise - New Caledonia

Teacher Feature

Mrs Nicole Waugh

Where did you grow up? Emu Plains

What was your favourite subject in school? English - I

loved creative writing.

Best childhood memory : Attending the 1991 Panthers Grand Final with

my Dad and sister.

Favourite book / movie / TV show when growing up? Tales of a Fourth

Grade Nothing.

Favourite book / movie / TV show now : The Blind Side

Favourite Sport to play / watch : Rugby League

Favourite Player: Isaah Yeo

Favourite Colour : Black

Favourite music / band / musician : Rock / Metal

Favourite place to go on holiday: Disney

What do you like doing with your family and friends? Going out to dinner

and having a nice meal.

What do you like doing in your quiet times by yourself? Meal planning

and cooking.

If you could be anything, what would it be? I always wanted to be a

teacher. If I wasn’t a teacher, a travel critic would be good.

In your opinion, who is a ‘legend’? My Dad.

Why? He was the hardest working, loyal and strongest person I have

known.

What advice would you give your 10 year old self? Don[’t let

Others limit your ability. You can achieve anything you set

your mind to.

LEARNING LINKS

Did you know that it is compulsory for all children between 6 years –

17 years of age to attend school or be home schooled? Attending

school every day (unless ill) is the single most important part of your child’s education. Each day

contains a building block that helps build your child’s knowledge and forms connections between

concepts. By ensuring your child comes to school, on time, every day you will help your child

develop:

Important skills and knowledge to enhance learning

Social and emotional skills such as good communication, resilience and team work.

Research suggests that children who attend school every day and complete year 12 have:

Better health

Better job opportunities

Higher income across their lives

Each day a student misses school, they are behind in their education.

If your child can’t attend school (e.g. sick or injured):

Let the school know as soon as possible and provide an explanation as to why your child cannot

attend. You can ring the office, submit a leave form via SkoolBag or send a letter to your child’s

classroom teacher. If an explanation has not been received, your child’s classroom teacher will

send a note home requesting an explanation. If no explanation has been received, your child’s

absence is marked as “unjustified”. Please note that this is a requirement of the Department of

Education that we ask why your child was not in attendance at school.

If your child misses a lot of school:

If there is an underlying reason why your child is not at school, please let the school know straight

away. If your child needs to take an extended period of time off, please also speak with the school.

If your child is frequently late to school, or has many unexplained absences, the Home School

Liaison Officer may become involved. Please try to make medical appointments before or after

school or during the school holidays.

Tips to help improve your child’s attendance:

Talk to your child about school and its importance. You can ask them how they feel about

school, what they like and if there are any problems. Talk to us if you need support.

Reward good behaviour and not bad behaviour. If your child refuses to go to school, do not

reward them by allowing them to do their favourite activities whilst off.

Set a good example. Show them how you keep to your own commitments.

Encourage your child to take on hobbies that your child enjoys such as sports and clubs. This

will help them develop positive relationships outside of the classroom.

Have a set time to do homework and go to bed.

Develop a night time routine including packing school bags the night before with everything

they need.

Leave technology out of their bedroom.

Remember, every day, minute and hour adds up!

MAKE SURE YOU ARRIVE, BY 8.55!

Sweaty Brain Challenge

Can you solve this riddle?

What makes the number seven different from all the other numbers between one and ten?

What gets wet when drying?

What needs to be broken before you use it?

What has two hands and a face but no arms, legs or body?

What gets bigger the more you take out of it?

What has an eye but cannot see?

If a yellow house is made of yellow bricks and a red house is made of red bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?

What always increases but never decreases?

What can you catch but not throw?

What has eyes but cannot see?

How did the cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay for three days and ride out on Friday?

Uniform Notice As we move into cooler weather it has come to our

attention that some students aren’t wearing full school

uniform. Coming to school in full school uniform is part of

our Dragon Pin criteria, including wearing a school hat.

Please make sure you label all of your child’s clothing so

that in the event that it gets lost, we are able to return it to

them.

Teacher Feature

Ms Susan Laws

Where did you grow up? Lapstone, in the Blue Mountains.

What was your favourite subject in school? Maths

Best childhood memory : Bush walks in Dark’s Common, Lapstone.

Favourite book / movie / TV show when growing up? Back to the Future

Favourite book / movie / TV show now : Mary Poppins and Doctor Who.

Favourite Sport to play / watch : Ballet (I’m not into sport).

Favourite player : Margot Fonteyn and Anna Pavlova.

Favourite Colour : Red

Favourite place to go on holiday: England and Italy

What do you like doing with your family and friends? Cooking, eating out

and talking.

What do you like doing in your quiet times by yourself? Reading about

old film stars.

If you could be anything, what would it be? Historian or Archaeologist.

In your opinion, who is a ‘legend’? David Attenborough.

Why? He cares about the planet and all its animals.

What advice would you give your 10 year old self? Always treat people

the way you would like to be treated.