Welcome Breakfast The first school event for the year is the Welcome Breakfast. This will be held on Wednesday 19 February 2020, from 8am. This is an important event on the school calendar as it is an opportunity for students, staff, parents and carers to come together in an informal setting to meet and catch up and enjoy breakfast. The canteen organises and runs the barbeque; the staff provide the fruit and parent volunteers make the pancakes. To cover costs we ask for a gold coin donation (per person). We are looking for helpers on the morning. If you can help please contact Mary, Sam or Olivia. Or just turn up from 7.30am… Available that morning will be: • Sausage on a roll (Vegetarian & Gluten Free available - please notify prior) • Fruit • Pancakes • Muesli and Berry Compote cups • Purchase hot drinks from the Coffee Kombi • Purchase cold drinks from the canteen MultiLit (Making Up For Lost Time In Literacy) We are looking for people who are interested in helping implement a MultiLit (Making up Lost Time in Literacy) reading program for years 2-5. The program assists students one on one who need extra intervention to improve their reading skills. Date: 17.02.2020 Term 1 Week 4 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT: NOTICEBOARD Hamilton South Public School The School Community….. Working Together for Children Phone: 4969 3795 Kenrick Street Merewether NSW 2291 OOSH: 4961 2909 Canteen: 4962 2159 Email: [email protected]School Watch Emergency: 1300 880 021 Website: https://hamiltons-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Welcome Breakfast The first school event for the year is the Welcome Breakfast. This will be held on Wednesday 19 February 2020, from 8am. This is an important event on the school calendar as it is an opportunity for students, staff, parents and carers to come together in an informal setting to meet and catch up and enjoy breakfast. The canteen organises and runs the barbeque; the staff provide the fruit and parent volunteers make the pancakes. To cover costs we ask for a gold coin donation (per person). We are looking for helpers on the morning. If you can help please contact Mary, Sam or Olivia. Or just turn up from 7.30am…
Available that morning will be: • Sausage on a roll (Vegetarian & Gluten Free available - please notify prior) • Fruit • Pancakes • Muesli and Berry Compote cups • Purchase hot drinks from the Coffee Kombi • Purchase cold drinks from the canteen MultiLit (Making Up For Lost Time In Literacy) We are looking for people who are interested in helping implement a MultiLit (Making up Lost Time in Literacy) reading program for years 2-5. The program assists students one on one who need extra intervention to improve their reading skills.
Date: 17.02.2020 Term 1 Week 4
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT:
NOTICEBOARD
Hamilton South Public School
The School Community….. Working Together for Children Phone: 4969 3795 Kenrick Street Merewether NSW 2291 OOSH: 4961 2909 Canteen: 4962 2159 Email: [email protected] School Watch Emergency: 1300 880 021 Website: https://hamiltons-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
The program will run Monday to Thursday mornings for 60-90 minutes and commences in Week 5 this term. Mrs Walsh will train anyone interested on how to implement the program. Your help would be invaluable to the success of this reading program. If you can assist on any one of these mornings on a regular basis, please email [email protected] including which day suits you best and a contact number by Friday 21 February. You don’t have to be a parent to help. Grandparents, retired friends/teachers, university students or anyone who would like to feel helpful are welcome. Please let anyone that you think would be interested know about this program. Thank you and we hope to hear from you soon. Angela Walsh - Learning Support and EALD Teacher P&C Meeting – Wednesday 19 February 2020 The first P&C Meeting for the year will be held this Wednesday night, 19 February 2020 at 7pm in the staffroom. Everyone is welcome to attend. The P&C meeting will follow the fete meeting.
A Fete to Remember - Saturday 17th October 2020 A Fete to Remember’ is Hamilton South Public School’s biggest fundraiser and is held every three years. This year's Fete will be on Saturday 17th October 2020 so please add this date to your family calendar. It's going to be a fantastic day for our kids and the school community that will raise much needed funds for our school. Like most fundraising activities, the fete could not happen without the support of our wonderful families and carers. We are seeking passionate people to join the Fete Committee to take on a variety of roles including:
• Entertainment Coordinator • Rides Coordinator • Stall coordinator • Volunteer coordinator • Publicity and Promotion • Safety and Risk Management
Our First Meeting will be held on Wednesday 19 February at 6:00pm in the Staff Room. For further information, please email [email protected]
Term 1 Parent Teacher Interviews Parent teacher interviews will be held in Week 5. These interviews allow parents to share information about their child with their new teacher. To guide the discussion, parents need to be prepared with ideas for the questions below:
1. What are your child's strengths? 2. Where would you like to see your child develop further this year? 3. What are your child's interests? 4. What is your child's greatest challenge? 5. Is there anything in your child's life outside school that could be impacting on their educational development?
All interviews will be held in the teacher’s classroom and will be 10 minutes in duration. Class teachers will provide a range of interview times/days.
The main interview days will be:
Monday 24 February - Early Stage 1 - KC & KW Tuesday 25 February - Stage 3 - 5TM, 5BF, 5/6H, 6ES Wednesday 26 February - Stage 2 - 2/3BH, 3RQ, 4ROB, 4L Thursday 27 February - Stage 1 - 1P, 1M, 1/2H, 2B, 2K
Booking an Interview Interview times will be made available for booking online from 8am Saturday 15 February and close on Thursday 20 February at 3.30pm. Parents will need to log on http://www.schoolinterviews.com.au to book interview times with their class teacher.
School assemblies Our school assemblies will be held on Thursday afternoons this year. Dates and times will be advertised in the Noticeboard. Bookclub 2020 This year we will be offering Bookclub. It is a wonderful opportunity to help promote interest in reading. Issues for ordering books occur twice a term (usually around Week 1 and Week 6 of each school term). If you are interested in ordering, brochures for the books available are downloadable from the website provided below. All ordering for Bookclub needs to be done online (link below). No cash orders or Parent Online Payments can be received at school. Once orders have closed, the books will be distributed to students at school as soon as they arrive. The first issue of Bookclub is currently available. The online orders for this will close Friday 21 February 2020. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs Edwards. Bookclub website link: https://www.scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/
Mrs Edwards Bookclub Coordinator
SCHOOL NEWS:
DATES TO REMEMBER
Wednesday, 19.02.20 ~Welcome Breakfast - 8am ~Money collection for *Stage levy & contribution ~Fete meeting – 6pm ~P&C meeting- 7pm Thursday, 20.02.20 ~Online booking interviews close ~Money collection for *Stage levy & contribution Friday, 21.02.20 ~Online Bookclub orders close Tuesday 24.03.20 ~School Photos
NOTES TO BE RETURNED Absence Note – if your child has been absent from school, please either fill out a yellow note, email the school or do an absence note on skoolbag. Departmental requirement states you have seven days to explain your child’s absence. School hours 8:55am-3:00pm Please note:- Students need to be in their classroom by 8:55am.
Primary Ethics teacher workshop scheduled over 2 days on March 22 and 29. Please register now if you are interested. Could you be an ethics teacher at Hamilton South Public School? Ethics at Hamilton South Public School has seen an increase in demand, and unfortunately there is currently a wait-list to enrol - particularly for Kindergarten. In ethics classes, children learn how to think logically, disagree respectfully and support their arguments with evidence, rather than act according to blind habit or peer pressure. We are looking for additional Ethics Teachers NOW to be able to continue providing Primary Ethics classes to meet the demand. If you are interested in finding our more information on becoming an Ethics Teacher, or about the Ethics at the school, please visit www.primaryethics.com.au, or contact Grant Donnelly, on 0437697802 or at [email protected] Swimming Carnival The annual Hamilton South Public School Swimming Carnival was held last Wednesday at the Lambton Swimming Pool in ideal conditions. All students who attended had a great time and should be congratulated for their participation and excellent behaviour. Many of the races were close and cheering from the students created an electric atmosphere throughout the day. Unfortunately, Mrs Estens didn’t have time to perform a triple somersault off the 10m tower so we will have to wait until next year. Ribbons for race placegetters (based on fastest times) will be handed out today. Age champions and the winning house team will be announced at the first whole school assembly. Students found out last week if they had made the H.S.P.S. Swimming Team that will be competing at the upcoming Newcastle Zone Swimming Carnival. This event has been scheduled for Wednesday 19 February. All permission notes (paper and online) should now be completed and returned for this event. I would personally like to thank all staff and parent helpers who assisted with the running of the carnival. It really does make the task at hand much easier and a successful event for our students.
Stage 3 Sport Thankfully the weather came through for us on Friday and Stage 3 were able to commence the sport program that is run by Newcastle University students for four weeks instead of the usual Stage sport. The students get to experience many different skills and games over the four week period. There were plenty of smiles and fun had by all students.
Zach Symons Stage 3 Stage Sport Coordinator
Newcastle City Zone PSSA Tennis Trials Congratulations to Madison and Ben from Year 6. Both students have made it through to the Hunter PSSA Tennis Trials on Friday 28 February, 2020. Last Friday 14 February, 2020 Madison and Ben competed in the Newcastle City Zone PSSA Tennis Trials. Madison had a fantastic day placing second overall out of six trialling students. Ben had some lengthy matches, resulting in two tie breakers. He placed equal third out of fifteen students. Well done Madison and Ben and good luck at the Hunter Trials in two weeks’ time.
Mrs Wendy Robinson
Damaged Tent When unpacking our school representative sports tent for the swimming carnival, I noticed it has unfortunately been damaged. Do we have any skilled community members who may be able to assist? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please contact the office if you can help.
Mr.True (Sports Coordinator)
Mobile Phones and Smart Watches at HSPS Just a reminder about our procedures regarding mobile phones and smart watches at Hamilton South Public School:
• Students who bring mobile phones to school will hand in to the office at the start of each school day and collect after 2:55pm.
• Students with Smart Watches that have communication or internet capabilities are to hand these devices in to the school office at the start of each school day and collect after 2:55pm.
• Students with Smart Watches are not permitted to take photos/recordings of other students or staff.
Please note that all devices kept at the office are labelled and secure.
E-SMART NEWS:
Concert Band: This week the Concert Band will be rehearsing on Wednesday morning - February 19, at the HSPS Welcome breakfast. We will be throwing open the doors and inviting our wonderful HSPS community inside to listen to our wonderful band students in their first “casual” performance of 2020. Don't forget that rehearsal starts at 8:00am. Please be at the school hall by 7:50am to set up your chair, instrument and music stand. We will be performing from 8:00 to approximately 8:30am. Students are free to mingle at the event before and after the performance time. Don't forget to collect your instrument from the hall after school on Thursdays. Instruments must be placed in the storeroom if you cannot transport them home. There will be NO Thursday morning rehearsal this week due to the Welcome Breakfast performance.
Training Band: Training Band students continued lessons with their tutors last week. Students need to bring their instrument and Accent on Achievement Band book to their lessons. Most books are currently out of stock at Musos Corner and should be back in stock in the coming weeks. We keep a number of copies at school that students can use, however, these copies belong to the school and cannot go home with students. Training Band students will have their first full Training band rehearsal in Week 5 (Wednesday February 26) at 8:00am in the school hall. Please note this has been pushed back 1 week due to the schools Welcome Breakfast.
Hire Instruments: Just a reminder that Hire fees ARE NOT DUE until you receive your Term 1 invoice. Invoices will be sent in Week 5 of Term 1. Payment options will be outlined on the Term 1 invoice. Please return your signed paperwork ASAP to Mrs Bell. RockCon: EOIs were handed out to those students who expressed an interest in being part of our RockCon program this year. Please note that RockCon will be held on Tuesday mornings from 8:00am in the school hall. More information will be coming home shortly. Choir: Our HSPS Choir Program is open to students in Year 2-6 ONLY. The HSPS Choir will be capped at 60 participants per term in 2020. There are still a few spaces left so make sure you return your note ASAP to Mrs Bell. Spare notes are available at the school office. Choir invoices will be sent home in Week 5, Term 1. Information on payment options will be outlined on the invoice.
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY A. Bolling (9-12) W. Bramley (9-2)
Canteen Closed
J. Antiss (9-2) P. Cottle (9-2)
Canteen Closed
L. Lovett (9-2) E. Howlett (9-2) K. Collings (9-12)
If you are unable to work, please arrange a swap. In an emergency, phone Sam 0411 122 680 •Thank you to everyone who has volunteered for this Wednesday’s Welcome Breakfast.
The Canteen Team.
P&C Meeting The 1st P&C Meeting for 2020 will be on Wednesday, 19 February at 7pm in the staff room. All welcome.
SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP The HSPS Uniform Shop is open every Tuesday morning 8.30am to 9.15am and is located in a small store room in front of the Year 3 classrooms. We gladly receive donations anytime via a basket in front of the storeroom.
Lauren
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Merewether Carlton Junior Rugby Club Registrations to play Rugby Union are now open for players from 7 to 17/18 years. More detail can be found on our club website https://www.merewethercarltonjuniorrugbyclub.com.au/ or Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MerewetherCarltonJuniorRugbyClub/ If you have any questions please contact our Club Registrar, Darrell Sherry Mob: 0427 047 110 or e-mail: [email protected] or Matt Jackson President 0402 085 683
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