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Greenwich Public School Partnership and Opportunity Excellence and Success A Greenwich Road Campus: 72a Greenwich Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3731 F (02) 9906 4120 A Kingslangley Road Campus: 32 Kingslangley Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3217 F (02) 9906 6437 E: greenwich-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W: www.greenwich-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Issue 3 Term 3 Week 10 25 September 2019

Good afternoon Parents, Carers and Friends of Greenwich Public School.

Welcome to Week 10 of Term 3.

Recognition and Thanks

As Term 3 and my time at Greenwich PS draws to an end, I would like to take the opportunity to say thank

you to the students, staff and parents for a wonderful 7 weeks at your school. Thank you to all the students

for your perseverance and resilience in dealing with the challenges you have faced in both learning and

the playground this term. It was a pleasure to be part of the Recognition Assembly this week and formally

celebrate the many successes of students this term. Thank you to the amazing teachers and staff for your

untiring commitment to the teaching and wellbeing of students. And finally, thank you to the many parents

who I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with. I am grateful to have been such a welcomed

visitor into the Greenwich Public School community this term.

Are you returning in 2020?

It’s that time again when we need to ascertain our numbers for next year. Planning has already begun. If

your children will not be returning in 2020, please complete the form attached to this newsletter and send

it in to either school office.

NAPLAN

Envelopes containing parent information and individual student reports for students in Years 3 and 5, who

participated in NAPLAN 2019 have been sent home with your child today. NAPLAN is a point in time

diagnostic test designed to provide you, your child and their teachers with information about how your

child’s learning is progressing. Should you have any questions or concerns about your child’s individual

NAPLAN report, classroom teachers are best placed to discuss these with you and provide insight into

your child’s overall educational progress.

School Clean Up - Friday 27 September

The core values that underpin the positive and proactive PBEL system at Greenwich PS are Respect,

Responsibility and Success. We encourage students to consider these values in their actions and decision

making, both individually and collectively. On Friday we will be asking students to think about what these

values look like in relation to our school environment, then putting them into action with a whole school

clean up before the end of the day! Students will be tidying their learning spaces and playgrounds,

including collecting lost property and rubbish, so students are welcome to bring a pair of kitchen or

gardening gloves if they wish.

Principal’s Message

Greenwich Public School Partnership and Opportunity Excellence and Success A Greenwich Road Campus: 72a Greenwich Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3731 F (02) 9906 4120 A Kingslangley Road Campus: 32 Kingslangley Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3217 F (02) 9906 6437 E: greenwich-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W www.greenwich-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Parent Forum - Dr Kristy Goodwin

A reminder that the school council will host a parent seminar evening Thursday 17 October in the hall

with Dr Kirsty Goodwin on the "empowering of parents, educators and professionals to tame technology

and not be a slave to the screen." She will present two seminars to students on that day as well as an

evening seminar for parents. There will be no charge for these seminars for either students or parents. If

you haven’t already done so, please put it in your calendar.

Whooping Cough

Please be advised that a second person who attends Greenwich Public School has been diagnosed with

Pertussis (also known as whooping cough). For further information please refer to the NSW Health

pertussis factsheet attached or contact your Public Health Unit on 9477 9187.

Repairs to brick fence on Greenwich Rd

Repairs to the brick wall fence located on Greenwich Rd will take place over the school holidays. Weather

permitting, works are scheduled to take place from Friday 27 September (after 3:30pm) until Friday 11

October. There will be altered but adequate pedestrian access out front of the school, but no access to

the school from Greenwich Rd during these works. Families using GOOSH during this period have been

asked to use the gate on Chisholm St for drop-off and pick-up. Please note that the contractor in charge

of this repair is easyTrades. Should you have any queries or concerns during the works, please contact

Dan Courtot on 1300 300 674.

Building Update

The schedule of works for both sites is included below. These works are due to take place at both sites

weather permitting.

Kingslangley Road Site

A concrete pour will take place on Thursday 3 October from 7:00am to 10:00pm. Please see works

notification attached to this newsletter for further details.

Formwork to level 3 suspended slab, level 2 columns, stair, stair walls and lift walls

Reinforcement placement to level 2 columns, stair, stair walls.

Reinforcement placement to level 3 suspended slab.

Installation of scaffold around level 3 suspended slab.

Installation of blockwork around bridge stair.

Pour concrete to level 2 columns and walls

Greenwich Road Site

Setting on level 1 internal walls

Installation of plasterboard to walls on level 2

Installation of plasterboard to ceiling on level 1 & 2

Installation of external cladding.

Installation of louver and brackets.

Removal of soil off site.

Dismantle of external scaffold to sections of the main building.

Installation of downpipes

Hydraulic works off sign down Glenview street.

A reminder that Vicki will return from her leave in term 4 – I know she is looking forward to seeing you all.

Wishing all families a safe and enjoyable break.

Laura Barry

Relieving Principal

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Intention to apply for Year 7 entry to a selective high school in 2021 Selective high schools cater for academically high potential and gifted students. The Selective High School Placement Test will be held on Thursday, 12 March 2020. If you would like to have your child considered for Year 7 selective high school entry in 2021, you need to apply on the internet. Further information about the Selective High School Placement Test is attached to this week’s newsletter.

CLASS 5/6RR

What a creative term 5/6RR have had!

We’ve enjoyed researching ancient Egypt,

composing music and poetry and worked hard in

Mathematics. With ‘Crazy Hair Day’, our paint

splattered mural, the ‘Great Aussie Bush Camp’,

Education Week and our excursion to Darling

Harbour, Term 3 will be hard to beat.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM NEWS

Second Hand Uniform Stall – Kingslangley Rd Campus

Every Friday morning, the Student Leadership Team runs a

second-hand uniform stall selling un-named and unclaimed

second-hand clothing items. We currently have a large

number of jumpers, jackets, polo shirts and sports shirts for

sale. Items are washed and in good condition.

The stall runs from between 8.45 and 9.10am under the

COLA. Funds raised from the stall go to the school’s uniform

shop. Please note that only cash payments can be accepted.

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Lunchtime Sporting Competitions – ‘If you come, you’ll have some

fun!’

Over the last couple of weeks the Student Leadership Team have started

lunchtime sporting activities. We will cover all ages eventually. We have

begun with a Stage 3 Rugby Touch competition. Next term, students in

Years 1 and 2 will be able to shoot some goals in a soccer shootout

competition, and students in Years 3 and 4 will have some handball

fun!

All students are encouraged to participate. Keep an eye out for the

leaders who will be coming around to your classrooms to sign you up!

Darcy F and Angus M

School Captain and Vice-Captain

Judo NSW

Conor W (Year 3) represented Greenwich Public School in Judo NSW Junior Schools Cup. We

congratulate Conor for his enthusiasm and participation and winning a Gold medal in the individual

category.

Joshua Riddett from Judo NSW - “It was an awesome effort, and we’d love it if you celebrated his

success with the rest of the school”

Canteen News Canteen ordering through Flexischools will close at the end of term 3 you will need to register with our

new online ordering system “Cashless”.

Please find document attached with screen shots to help you register.

You can also click on this link to see screenshots of the process:

https://intercom.help/cashless/en/articles/3341818-getting-started-with-cashless

When your child is registered you can use CASHLESS for your canteen orders.

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PRIMARY ETHICS VOLUNTEER TEACHERS NEEDED TO MEET RISING DEMANDS…”Think about

it!”

Once a week, for the past four years, I have had the privilege of entering the classrooms of Greenwich

Public School as a volunteer primary ethics teacher. There, I have led children through discussions of a

broad range of age-appropriate ethical issues such as fairness, friendship, being an ethical consumer and

animal rights. We also cover topics such as logic and reasoning and the structure of arguments. Topics

are introduced to the children through narrative and role-play, and it is my role to facilitate a “community

of enquiry” in which the children identify the issues and form their own opinions while engaging and

responding to other perspectives. Teaching the kids over a few years has allowed me to see them develop

their thinking and reasoning skills as well as how to engage in a thoughtful and respectful discussion.

Watching them grow up physically and cognitively has been absolute delight!

At least 30 minutes is set aside each week for special religious or ethics education in NSW public

schools. Ethics is taught by volunteer teachers, mostly parents, using lesson resources written and

provided by Primary Ethics. At Greenwich, ethics is becoming increasingly popular, with 172 students

enrolled in 10 classes each week, likely to increase to least 12 classes in 2020. Becoming an ethics teacher

involves a two-day workshop and online training modules which include child protection awareness and

classroom management. All teachers must have criminal record and working with children checks.

Teaching ethics is one of the most rewarding things that I do; and has been a wonderful way to actively

participate with my children and their peers at school.

We need more volunteers to keep the ethics programme alive and healthy at Greenwich, not only to

meet the increasing demand, but also as parents like me with older children will likely step down as they

graduate to high school. Primary ethics has recently introduced more flexibility for volunteer teachers, such

as “Class Share” for those who can’t commit every week. For more information about Primary Ethics,

including what we do, how to support the programme and to join our wonderful team of teachers, please

visit the website: www.primaryethics.com.au

Sarah Baldwin

Ethics teacher and parent, Stages 2 and 3.

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FLEXISCHOOLS UPDATE

Despite our lunch order supplier, Cupcakes and Canapés, moving away from using Flexischools as of the

end of this term, the P&C will continue to use Flexischools for ordering uniforms, P&C contributions and

ticketing for P&C events.

UNIFORM SHOP UPDATE

Just a reminder that the kids return to school in Term 4 in Summer Uniform.

For Kindy - Y6 girls that’s the summer dress or the boys uniform below

For Kindy – Y6 boys that’s the blue school shorts & blue short sleeve polo

The last opportunity to purchase these items before Term 4 starts is on;

• Friday 27th September 8.30-9.30am at the Uniform Shop Greenwich Rd Campus (new & second hand items)

• Friday 27th September 8.45am – 9.15am at Second Hand Uniform Stall Kingslangley Campus (second hand & cash only)

Anything ordered on Flexischools between Monday 23 September – Sunday 13 October will be delivered

the first day of Term 4.

GET CREATIVE FOR GREENWICH ART SHOWCASE

If your child is looking for something to do over the holidays, suggest they make an artwork to display in

the Inspiring Artist section for students at the Greenwich Village Arts Trail on 2nd & 3rd November. The

theme is Nature and can be in any medium you like. See details on the flyer attached to the newsletter.

SCHOOL LUNCHES Unfortunately Monday lunch orders for the Kindergarten Campus will be unavailable as of the first week

of Term 4. Tuesday to Friday lunch orders are unaffected.

We are also looking for volunteers to help out with Lunch Orders for Term 4 - Tuesday through to

Friday.

Please click on the link below to put your name on the roster. Your support is greatly appreciated.

https://signhttps://signup.zone/4cB948ogctfvmiQt3up.zone/

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AWARDS Kindergarten Silver Awards Bronze Awards

Merit Awards

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DIARY DATES TERM 3 2019 WEEK 10 Wednesday 25 September

School Group Photos (Kindergarten

rescheduled for Term 4)

Thursday 26 September

Stage 3 Skellern Cup

Stage 3 - Interrelate Friday 27 September

Last day Term 3 TERM 4 2019 WEEK 1 Monday 14 October

Students return Wednesday 16 October

Kindergarten Field of Mars excursion WEEK 2 Monday 21 October

Transition to High School Cammeraygal High School

Tuesday 22 October

Stage 1 Field of Mars

2020 Kindergarten Orientation Wednesday 23 October

Stage 1 Field of Mars excursion WEEK 3 Tuesday 29 October

2020 Kindergarten Orientation Wednesday 30 October

Schools Spectacular Arena Choir Rehearsal

WEEK 4

Tuesday 5 November

2020 Kindergarten Orientation WEEK 5 Monday 11 November

Schools Spectacular Arena Choir Rehearsal

Friday 15 November

Youth off the Streets Fundraising Day WEEK 6 Wednesday 20 November

Schools Spectacular Arena Choir Rehearsal Quay Centre

Thursday 21 November

Schools Spectacular Arena Choir Rehearsal – Qudos

Friday 22 November

Schools Spectacular Arena Choir Rehearsal – Qudos

School Spectacular Matinee 11 am WEEK 7 Thursday 28 November

Stage 2 Interrelate WEEK 8 Thursday 5 December

Stage 2 Interrelate Friday 6 December

Year 6 Fun Day WEEK 9 Thursday 12 December

Presentation Assembly 9.30am Hunters Hill High School

Year 6 Graduation Dinner WEEK 10 Wednesday 18 December

Last day of Term 4

HARDCOPY NOTES SENT HOME Nil

SURVEYS FOR YOUR ATTENTION Nil

EMAIL ATTACHMENTS SENT HOME THIS WEEK

Intention to apply for Year 7 entry to a selective high school in 2021

NSW Department of Education Works notification – Concrete pour at Kingslangley Road campus

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