Term 3 Week 6 19 August 2014

Congratulations to our PSSA teams

We have been very impressed by the

enthusiastic participation and the

sportsmanship of our Winter PSSA teams. This

was evident when they performed their chants

and songs at assembly recently.

Two of our teams, girls Tiger tag and junior

boys soccer, played in the grand finals on Friday. Both games were

well supported by some very passionate spectators. The games

were very exciting and each student demonstrated their skills.

Congratulations to both teams! Both won their finals!

Thank you to all our PSSA team coaches, Sue Chiddy, Erika

Longhitano and Jess Fazl. And thank you to the many members of

the cheer squad.

It’s Book Week!

Book Week has finally arrived! It’s a celebration of anything and

everything to do with books – books we’ve read, books we’d like to

read, old books, new books, e-books and everything in between.

This year’s theme is ‘Connect to Reading’ – you can find out more,

including the winners of the Book of the Year awards, at the

Children’s Book Council of Australia’s website,

http://cbca.org.au/index.htm!

Come and choose from some great books at our Scholastic Book

Fair this week! Opening times are as follows:

Wednesday 20 August 8:00am - 9:00am

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Friday 22 August 8:00am – 9:00am

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Monday 25 August 8:00am - 9:00am

3:00pm - 4:00pm

On Wednesday, our students will be learning the art of illustration

as they participate in hands-on workshops with cartoonist, Tony

Murphy. Watch this space next week to see some original work

from some of our budding artists.

Happy Book Week, all!

Reading: it’s the way to grow!

Ms Kate Bowyer - Teacher-Librarian

School Rules

We are continuing to focus on developing a clear understanding of

our school rules. This week the focus of our teaching is ‘We sit to

eat’. We want children to take time to eat properly before they play.

This is important for good health. It is also good manners and a

matter of safety. Thank you for supporting our focus.

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Congratulations and good luck to Zoe Chaney this week as she represents Sydney North

PSSA Touch Football Championships in Wagga Wagga. We know she will do us proud!

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Coming events for Term 3

Week 6 Book Week

Wed 20 August Book Week – cartoonist visit

Year 1 swimming program

Thu 21 August New playground opening (new date TBC)

Week 7

Wed 27 August Year 1 swimming program

Thu 28 August Zone athletics carnival

Week 8

Tue 2 September Nursery Rhyme Fun – Kinder 2015 – 9.45am

Wed 3 September Year 1 swimming program

Thu 4 September Whole school assembly – 2.20pm

Fri 5 September Fathers’ Day breakfast – 8.00am

Summer PSSA resumes

Week 9

Tue 9 September P&C meeting – 7.00pm staffroom

Wed 10 September Year 1 swimming program

Week 10

Mon 15 September Primary Proms Concert – Sydney Town Hall

Wed

Thu

17 September

18 September

Surf Safety session – all grades

Whole school assembly – 2.20pm

Arts North Concert – Sydney Town Hall

Fri 19 September Last day of term

Term 4

Tuesday 7 October – Wednesday 17 December

P&C News

Canteen News

It was agreed at the P&C meeting last week, that the canteen is a

service rather than a main fundraising opportunity. Having

discussed the options for managing a sustainable canteen, the

P&C have decided not to pursue the option of hiring a paid canteen

co-ordinator due to the personal liabilities it would impose on the

P&C executive. With this in mind, the P&C have voted to

investigate the option of completely outsourcing the canteen

function in line with the DEC canteen licence agreements.

A small group of parents will work with the school as we begin the

tender process to outsource the canteen. This tender process will

take a number of months and we hope to have a new company in

place for the start of 2015.

We are aware that there are families who have money sitting in

their School24 account and, at this stage; we are hoping that

School24 will continue being used as the online ordering option.

The Canteen Committee have a record of this amount and will

ensure that this is returned to families if the need arises. There will

be a number of planned canteen open days through the remainder

of the year so families are welcome to leave their money in their

account should they wish.

Are you available to open the canteen for a day?

It would be great if the canteen could open for some hot food days

while the P&C works on the long term solution. If there are any

parents or friends who would like to team up and coordinate the

opening of the canteen for orders or snacks any day this term or

next, please contact Jodie on 0402 424 556 or at

jjbehutchison@gmail.com. This could be a one off day or a regular

arrangement.

Sushi Day

The next Sushi Day will be held Tuesday 16 September. The sushi

is provided by Kyoto Emporium on Blenheim Road who will also be

providing sandwiches similar to those in the picture below.

Sandwiches are $3.50 for 4 pieces (Note: there are 6 in the photo)

and are available with:

Cooked tuna and cucumber

Cooked tuna and avocado

Carrot, cucumber and avocado

Order through the Sushi Day special

event on School24.

Several volunteers will be needed to help sort the sushi and serve

at lunch time. Please contact Jodie on 0402 424 556 if you can

help.

North Ryde Public School Games and Trivia Night

I am sure that a number of you will recall what a fantastic night we

had last year at our very first NRPS Games Night. Well our fund

raising team have been in planning for yet another successful

evening. Put the date in your diary and watch this space for more

information in the next few weeks.

Rotary Club Fun Run

I am sure many of you are familiar with the fantastic work that our

local Rotary Club have been doing. Recently they facilitated the

shipping our old brown and gold uniforms to a school in Green

Valley, New Guinea.

The North Ryde Rotary Club are currently organising a Fun Run to

be held at Macquarie University sporting fields. There will be races,

games, food and drink and entertainment.

If you are interested in attending/participating, please keep an eye

on next week’s newsletter for further information.

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Band News

Last week a note went home regarding a combined

KMA band concert for Sunday 19 October at the

Pacific Hills Christian School Performing Arts Centre

in Dural. This concert is for all the schools where KMA teach music.

It would be appreciated if you could return the survey note stating if

your child is available or not available to be part of the concert.

For the students who will miss their tuition lesson on Thursday 28

August due to the Zone Athletics carnival, a make-up lesson will try

to be scheduled before the end of Term 3.

Tutorials / Band Rehearsal

It would greatly help if parents could please keep track of their

child’s tutorial attendance. If you know that your child will be absent

from either a tutorial or a band rehearsal, please notify KMA

office@keymusicaustralia.com.au If you have any queries

regarding missed lessons, please do contact the KMA office direct.

Colleen Hutcheon - Band Coordinator

Please keep those re-enrolment forms coming in as these

guarantee placements for next year.

For further information about the centre please contact us via email

on nroshc@primaryoshcare.com.au or phone 0408 825 733

Alternatively visit the centre.

Many thanks - Kerry, Fei- Lin, Amanda, Lewis and Dani

UNSW assessment results

Congratulations to the 22 students who participated in the UNSW

Spelling and Writing assessments this year. All students will receive

participation certificates and result details. Students who did very

well were:

Spelling

High Distinction Medha Gurram

Distinction Aryan Desai, Sean Hector, Ben Hutchison,

Vanessa Pistorius, Zoya Rathi, Danis Kim,

Rebecca Starling

Credit Daniel Kang, Anika Sharma, Emma Derbidge,

Santosh Ramani, Samuel Kim, Shriya Panda,

Claire Aung

Merit Eloise Vuong

Writing

Distinction Vanessa Pistorius, Zoya Rathi, Jewel Goggins,

Rebecca Starling, Gia Mehdi

Credit Medha Gurram, Sean Hector, Danis Kim,

Lucia Israel

Our Peer Support program

During Peer Support this week children will be looking at how to

play in a friendly way in order to maintain friends and build positive

relationships. Through various activities children will discover the

importance of taking turns and having consistent rules throughout a

game. This week help your child practise these skills by

encouraging them to play games with their siblings, family or

friends.

Miss Jess Fazl – Peer Support Coordinator

Schoolhouse Museum News

Wet day activity 1916 style

We enjoy reading through the early NSW syllabuses in our

collection as they show how schooling and society has changed.

School flower, vegetable and agricultural plots were quite important

in the past with whole sections of the syllabus providing detailed

month-by-month instructions on plantings and maintenance. We

loved this paragraph from the 1916 syllabus about using wet days

at school to teach the finer art of flower arranging.

Schoolhouse museum team

Kindergarten 2015

Nursery Rhyme Fun 9.45-11.00am on Tuesday 2 September 2014

We invite you and your preschooler to join in an

enjoyable morning of music and activities.

RSVP required. Please contact the school if you

would like to attend.

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Impressive work!

Buddy iPad

Kindergarten and their Year 5 & 6 Buddies have swapped ‘Buddy

Reading’ for ‘Buddy iPad’.

Using our ‘Pet’ unit as a stimulus, Kindergarten brainstormed

information about cats with their buddy. This week students used

either Comic Maker or Book Creator apps to start creating a comic

or iBook about cats….stay tuned for the final results.

Ms Marina Mattiuzzo

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PSSA Finals – Tiger tag

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PSSA Finals – Soccer

Last Friday the junior boys soccer team played in the grand final

against Hunters Hill. Everyone was extremely excited about the

match. The boys played a fantastic game and had a 3-0 lead at half

time. The second half brought more goals, with the game finishing

in a well-deserved 4-1 victory to North Ryde. Congratulations to

goal scorers Aryan (2 goals), Cooper and Jude. The entire team

can be extremely proud of their performance, and were wonderful

representatives for North Ryde Public School.

Thank you to all the supporters who cheered on the team. A special

thank you to the parents and grandparents who came to support

the boys in the grand final. Thank you also to all the parents and

grandparents who have come to support various teams throughout

the season.

Miss Erika Longhitano - Soccer coach

2014 Junior Boys soccer team: Cooper, Nick, Hayden, Aiden,

Daniel, Will, Jude, Aryan and Paz.

Winter PSSA Congratulations to all our winter teams. *Finals

Sport Score NRPS vs

Players of the match

Soccer girls West Ryde

0 - 7 Chantelle, Elly

Soccer boys junior* Hunters Hill

4 - 1 Whole team

Soccer boys senior Ryde East

7 - 0 Matthew, Allie

Netball girls senior B Ryde

15 - 13 Gia, Eva

Netball girls junior B Ryde 3 - 2

Lucia, Charlotte

Tiger tag girls* Putney

5 - 4 Whole team

Tiger tag boys Gladesville

4 - 5 Whole team

Great visits to the Life Ed van