at: hps://educaon.nsw.gov.au/parents-and-carers/learning/ maths STAFF MORNING TEA - Thank you to the parents and P&C for their generous morning tea last Friday. The teachers miss the children so much and were extremely touched by the thoughulness of the parents. A large bowl of Easter eggs also arrived for the teachers. Thank you all for showing your appreciaon for the teachers at Hornsby North. VACATION CARE SURVEY FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS/ CAREGIVERS - As we move toward the Term 1 vacaon period, the Department’s Before and Aſter School Care (BASC) team has commied to collecng and collang vital informaon regarding vacaon care. To support this process, we are asking that all families who require care for their children complete a survey regarding care arrangements for the upcoming holiday period. The Department is working with vacaon care providers to ensure that the needs of all families are met during the Term 1 holiday period. Please complete the online survey to confirm your child/ children’s care requirements, which can be found here: hps://surveys.educaon.nsw.gov.au/s3/school-holiday-care For those of you who are using the printed version of this survey, please return the completed survey to the school by close of business (3:30pm) Friday, 3 April 2020. MESSAGE FROM THE SCHOOL COUNSELLOR - Our School Counsellor has submied a newsleer this week, which you may find helpful. Please find it at the end of this Newsleer. Maree Sumpton Principal From the Principal... 1 April, 2020 HORNSBY NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL Ida Street, Hornsby, NSW, 2077 Phone : 9987 4605 Fax : 9482 2527 Before/After School Care : 9482 3484 Email : [email protected]Web site : www.hornsbynth-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Welcome to our second week of online learning. Everyone has embraced the different ways of learning and we have learnt many different things about each other. So many children have enchanted us with their creave learning and responses. Thank you to parents who are working in partnership with the school to ensure that their children connue to enjoy learning. Please send us any pieces of informaon which demonstrate your child enjoying their learning and creang different ways of interacng with their teachers. Below are some photos of Ethan’s day in “Home Schooling”. HELPING WITH MATHS & NUMERACY - Last week I sent a message to parents regarding helping children with reading at home. Today, I send some ps for parents regarding Mathemacs & Numeracy. Maths today is about understanding number paerns, not learning by rote. Consider the following when helping your child with maths:- Pracse mes tables. Children who know their mes tables are more confident with their numbers and maths in general. There is always more than one way to get the right answer. Children are encouraged to work things out in more than one way, as a way to check their answer. Stay posive. Try not to say, "I was bad at maths too". It might lower your child's expectaons of themselves. Don't jump in and tell your child the answer or how to get to the answer. Ask: "What is the queson asking you?" or "How should we go about working this out?" This informaon, further ps and a glossary can be found
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at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/parents-and-carers/learning/maths STAFF MORNING TEA - Thank you to the parents and P&C for their generous morning tea last Friday. The teachers miss the children so much and were extremely touched by the thoughtfulness of the parents. A large bowl of Easter eggs also arrived for the teachers. Thank you all for showing your appreciation for the teachers at Hornsby North. VACATION CARE SURVEY FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS/CAREGIVERS - As we move toward the Term 1 vacation period, the Department’s Before and After School Care (BASC) team has committed to collecting and collating vital information regarding vacation care. To support this process, we are asking that all families who require care for their children complete a survey regarding care arrangements for the upcoming holiday period. The Department is working with vacation care providers to ensure that the needs of all families are met during the Term 1 holiday period. Please complete the online survey to confirm your child/children’s care requirements, which can be found here: https://surveys.education.nsw.gov.au/s3/school-holiday-care For those of you who are using the printed version of this survey, please return the completed survey to the school by close of business (3:30pm) Friday, 3 April 2020. MESSAGE FROM THE SCHOOL COUNSELLOR - Our School Counsellor has submitted a newsletter this week, which you may find helpful. Please find it at the end of this Newsletter.
Maree Sumpton Principal
From the Principal...
1 April, 2020
HORNSBY NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL
Ida Street, Hornsby, NSW, 2077 Phone : 9987 4605 Fax : 9482 2527 Before/After School Care : 9482 3484 Email : [email protected] Web site : www.hornsbynth-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
Welcome to our second week of online learning. Everyone has embraced the different ways of learning and we have learnt many different things about each other. So many children have enchanted us with their creative learning and responses. Thank you to parents who are working in partnership with the school to ensure that their children continue to enjoy learning. Please send us any pieces of information which demonstrate your child enjoying their learning and creating different ways of interacting with their teachers. Below are some photos of Ethan’s day in “Home Schooling”. HELPING WITH MATHS & NUMERACY - Last week I sent a message to parents regarding helping children with reading at home. Today, I send some tips for parents regarding Mathematics & Numeracy. Maths today is about understanding number patterns, not learning by rote. Consider the following when helping your child with maths:-
Practise times tables. Children who know their timestables are more confident with their numbers andmaths in general.
There is always more than one way to get the rightanswer. Children are encouraged to work things out inmore than one way, as a way to check their answer.
Stay positive. Try not to say, "I was bad at maths too".It might lower your child's expectations of themselves.
Don't jump in and tell your child the answer or how toget to the answer. Ask: "What is the question askingyou?" or "How should we go about working this out?"
This information, further tips and a glossary can be found
P & C News - Please join us on Facebook to keep up-to-date on all matters P&C. Simply search for Hornsby North Public School P&C Association on Facebook and Like us to join. LAMINGTON DRIVE - Lamington orders have now closed. No late orders will be accepted. The lamingtons will be available at the Cawthorne Street entrance between 9:00am and 11:00am on Wednesday 8 April. Parents can stay in their cars and my 2 boys will act as runners to deliver the boxes to the parents in the car. After 11:00am the remainder will be left in the Clinic. Thank you, Marika Hannan. CANTEEN NEWS - No Canteen facilities until further notice. BAND NEWS - If you have any questions please feel free to email me via [email protected]. Thank you, Gavin Hunter, Band Committee President. SCHOOL BANKING NEWS - No School Banking until further notice. Thank you, Pearl, Ruth & The School Banking Team.
Community News - CHESS COACHING - Chess coaching will be ceasing until the end of the term, due to the increased risk of COVID-19. For the last 3 weeks of term, the classes will be delivered online. Sydney Academy of Chess will email details to all parents in the class. Please contact Sydney Academy of Chess on (02) 9745 1170 or email [email protected] if you are interested in more details.
Coming Events…… Thursday 9 April: Last Day Term 1. Friday 10 April: Good Friday—Public Holiday. Monday 27 April: Staff Return Term 2—Pupil Free. Tuesday 28 April: Students Return Term 2.
From The Classroom - SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Week 9, Term 1: No White Cards have been handed out. KINDERGARTEN NEWS - News Week 11 : Draw a map of your house. Sharon Gates. WHAT’S IN YOUR BACKYARD? PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION - There is still time to enter the photography competition. Make sure you have your photo and short written piece in by Thursday 9 April. The easiest way is to email them to the school and I will enter everyone in together. Students can take a photo of something important to them in their garden/park/balcony/school and write a brief reason why (25 words or less). There are four different categories that you can enter your photos in:
Biodiversity – birds, bees, insects, flowers, trees and more!
Food production – your food garden may include vegetables, fruit and herbs.
Email entries to: [email protected] and pop “Attention Mrs Beencke” in the subject. Thank you, Michelle Beencke. LIBRARY NEWS - I will renew all loans for an extended period of time. Please keep library books in a safe place and don't worry if you have them for many weeks. It is better that students have library books at home to read rather than gathering dust at school. Following is a reminder how to log onto the Premier's Reading Challenge: 1. Go to the school website. 2. Click on Learning at our school. 3. Click on Library. 4. Scroll down to the PRC link. 5. Click log in in the top right-hand corner of the student site. 6. Use your DoE login details. Most children know their login and password. If they are unsure I can email the details to you. Email me at [email protected] with the student's name and class and I will answer as quickly as I can. Thank you, Mrs Nicklin. MATILDA - Last week our beautiful therapy dog Matilda shared some happiness at home and at school. Her story time was enjoyed by the children who sent in lovely responses such as this wonderful picture.
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HORNSBY ART SOCIETY - Following the recent World Health Organisation declaration of a pandemic and information received from the NSW Department of Health, Hornsby Art Society has taken the decision to postpone the current HAS Young Artists Competition. We have taken this decision to protect our members, many of whom may be at a heightened risk if they were to contract the virus and also to ensure that our exhibition is seen by the widest audience possible. Our intention for this year is to postpone our Hornsby Young Artists Competition and Exhibition until later in the year, in term 3 or 4. We are hoping that the Coronavirus situation will have sufficiently resolved itself by this time. Thank you to those who have already lodged entries and we are sorry to have to take these steps now. Any fees already paid will be refunded. With best wishes, stay safe. The team at HAS. TALENT CLUB - As we have had to suspend our face to face classes due to the COVID-19, and as parents have been keen to continue, we are providing our classes online. Join Us—Nurture Their Talent. Thank you, Jayne (Talent Club Team) 0451 507 606.
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How does it work?
To sign up to Discord you simply need an email and a username. It takes under five minutes to make an account with Discord. This enables the user to open up invitations and messages from people around the world.
To add somebody on Discord the user must have the other person’s username. This can easily be asked through in-game chat.
Challenges
Some of the issues with Discord are that younger children may get invitations from random users thinking it is safe to chat with them. A criminal has the potential to groom the child and get various sources of information such as: credit card details, house address, school, age and much more.
Ensure that you have conversations with your young person about the potential risks involved with using platforms like Discord.
The Carly Ryan Foundation is seeing young users being asked to add people on Discord. This can create the opportunity for criminals to groom, manipulate and coerce young users through conversations that unfold via various gaming platforms.
Discord is a great app to help users communicate with their friends but without the right settings in place it can expose the user to unwanted or inappropriate contact from criminals or by strangers.
Privacy Settings Menu
Click the little down arrow next to the server name and you’ll find a drop-down menu window. In addition to being able to adjust notification and server settings, you can adjust privacy settings on a per-server basis as well. Selecting / deselecting this option lets you block DMs (Direct Messages) from users in that server that aren’t on your friends list. Normally, sharing a mutual server is all it takes to allow DMs. This option can filter out anyone you don’t want to hear from.
Block Button
In the case that you generally like everyone in a server
Discord is an app used widely in the gaming community. It allows users to invite each other to servers, which allow them to talk to each other over text, microphones and send photos to each other. Users find this platform a convenient and easier way to communicate rather than through the game directly.
(except for a few individuals), the DM list has a quick-access menu to a user’s profile. In your DM chat, clicking the @ Username will bring up the user’s profile, you can click the three dots in the top right to pull up a menu that will let you block the user.
Report a User
To report another user on Discord you will need screen shots of the evidence. Once you have this, you will need to email Discord directly: [email protected]
Friend Requests
For additional control, Discord’s settings is adjusting friend request privileges. To find this menu, open up your User Settings and click the Friends tab, here you can set who’s allowed to send you a friend request.
Everyone - Selecting Everyone means that anyone who knows your DiscordTag or is in a mutual server with you can send you a request. Having this selected will automatically include both Friends of Friends and Server Members options.
Friends of Friends - Selecting this means that for anyone to add you, they must have at least one mutual friend with you. You can view this in their user profile by clicking the Mutual Friends tab next to the Mutual Servers tab.
Server Members
Selecting server members means users who share a server with you can send you a friend request. Deselecting this means that you can only be added by someone with mutual friends as you.
Note: Friends of Friends and Server members can be bothselected or deselected, allowing you to customize what ways you are willing to receive friend requests. If you only want to add friends you want to choose, you can deselect all three options, and not receive ANY requests.
