1 Oxley Park Public School Learning Together for the Future 114-130 Adelaide Street, St Marys 2760 : 9623 1375 : 9623 1340 : [email protected]Term 1 Week 9 27 h March, 2019 From the Principal’s Desk Harmony Day Every Day What a wonderful return to work last Wednesday. Last week the whole school came together to celebrate Harmony Day. I was lucky enough to look upon a sea of orange coloured clothing as a sign of Harmony Day. It was such a wonderful inclusive event that reflects the values and beliefs of our school being an engaged, respectful, community learning together for the future. I am very proud of our school, its vision and values, our staff, students and community that make it so unique. Thank you to Mrs Konarew and an amazing team who supported the organisation and running of the day. I would like to say a special mention to the students from Dunheved Chifley College for performing your Samoan dance. Thank you to the many parents/carers and staff for the amount of effort that you put in for the food tasting and open classrooms. We truly work in a wonderful community and I on behalf of the school appreciate the efforts of everyone. Peer Support I would like to congratulate our stage three students who have been learning some very valuable skills over the past two days in their peer support training. I am very much looking forward to the peer support program commencing at our school. The program is based on peer leaders working through a range of lessons that the students will deliver to their peers. More information will come home in the following weeks with the overview of lessons that the students will develop. Thank you to Mrs Flavell and Mr MacVean and all of the team behind the scenes supporting this important program at our school. Thank you to the students in stage three for your maturity, integrity and teamwork that you have brought to this program. Election Day BBQ thank you! Thank you to the volunteers who came and ran the BBQ on Saturday for the election. The P&C raised around $800 profit for the P&C, a great team effort. Thank You! Kim Smith Principal Working together in partnership for Quality Education
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Oxley Park Public School
Learning Together for the Future 114-130 Adelaide Street, St Marys 2760 : 9623 1375 : 9623 1340 : [email protected]
Term 1 Week 9 27h March, 2019
From the Principal’s Desk Harmony Day Every Day What a wonderful return to work last Wednesday. Last week the whole school came together to celebrate Harmony Day. I was lucky enough to look upon a sea of orange coloured clothing as a sign of Harmony Day. It was such a wonderful inclusive event that reflects the values and
beliefs of our school being an engaged, respectful, community learning together for the future. I am very proud of our school, its vision and values, our staff, students and community that make it so unique. Thank you to Mrs Konarew and an amazing team who supported the organisation and running of the day. I would like to say a special mention to the students from Dunheved Chifley College for performing your Samoan dance. Thank you to the many parents/carers and staff for the amount of effort that you put in for the food tasting and open classrooms. We truly work in a wonderful community and I on behalf of the school appreciate the efforts of everyone. Peer Support I would like to congratulate our stage three students who have been learning some very valuable skills over the past two days in their peer support training. I am very much looking forward to the peer support program commencing at our school. The program is based on peer leaders working through a range of lessons that the students will deliver to their peers. More information will come home in the following weeks with the overview of lessons that the students will develop. Thank you to Mrs Flavell and Mr MacVean and all of the team behind the scenes supporting this important program at our school. Thank you to the students in stage three for your maturity, integrity and teamwork that you have brought to this program. Election Day BBQ thank you! Thank you to the volunteers who came and ran the BBQ on Saturday for the election. The P&C raised around $800 profit for the P&C, a great team effort. Thank You!
Kim Smith Principal Working together in partnership for Quality Education
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Flexible seating: In S2/3G we choose a working space which is comfortable and where we learning best.
Each week we do the cooking and gardening program with Mrs Lindsay!
S1K We have had some fun the last two weeks. We have visited the farm to meet the new rabbit and play with the animals. We did some printmaking with Lego to design castles from Denmark. We have been developing our project based learning skills. This week we put our ideas into action and made some paper planes.
Payment Date Reminders Closing dates: Camp Payments– Stage 3 Camp to be finalised ASAP Friiday 10th May CARES Yr 4 only Dates to remember: Wednesday 27th March Thursday 28th March Stage 1 Excursion – Sydney Aquarium Monday 1st April - Vegetable Week and The Big Vegie Friiday 5th April School Cross Country Carnival Monday 8th April – Stage 3 Camp - Outdoor Education Gosford Centre Wednesday 10th April Thursday 11th April Easter Hat Parade Monday 27th May CARES S2A & S2R Yr 4 only Tuesday 28th May CARES S2J & S2P Yr 4 only Wednesday 29th May CARES S23G & S2T Yr 4 only Permission Notes A reminder when returning permission notes for excursions, camps, and any school activities for which a permission note is sent home, a separate permission note is required for each child. This is a departmental legal requirement. Permission notes are to accompany payment (when required) and placed in an envelope and placed in the “money mailbox located on the wall” in the office. If you are paying by cash, cheque or eftpos please write on the envelope your child’s first name, last name, class, what the payment is for and the amount enclosed. Please enclose correct payment and permission note.
Student/Family Information Sheet, Student Asthma Record, Anaphylaxis/Allergy ASCIA Plans and Scripture notes If you have not yet returned your Student/Family Information Sheet, Student Asthma Record, Anaphylaxis/Allergy ASCIA Plans or Scripture note for 2019, please do so as soon as possible
Statement of Account Please note that Statement of Accounts will be sent home this week. Should you have any queries please see the office. Voluntary School Contributions Thank you to the many families who have paid their voluntary school contribution fee. We have receipted $1846.00 in voluntary school contributions. We will be using the fees to support technology upgrades across the school. Please note this is voluntary and we appreciate all efforts that parents and community members make in supporting our school. Thank you for your support Karen Curcuruto, School Administration Manager
ANZAC DAY For this year’s ANZAC Day commemoration at OPPS on Tuesday, 30th April, 2019, (Week 1, term 2), I wish to invite students to bring in a photo and information about any family member or relative that served as an ANZAC past or present. Photographs and information will be made into a slide show, which will be presented during our ANZAC Day commemoration at OPPS.
If you have any photographs and information of a family member or relative I invite you to please leave a copy for Mr. East in the school office by Wednesday, 10th April, 2019 (week 11, Term 1).
Mr Tristan East ANZAC Co-ordinator
ART SUCCESS Each year, we enter student artworks into the Operation Art Competition.
Students from schools across the state submit artworks and 50 are selected to be included in a touring Art exhibition. Two of our creative students (Zaydan and Brayana) had artworks chosen. This is a tremendous achievement.
The Touring 50 artworks are currently on exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW.
The artworks are very special and will make their way to Westmead Children’s Hospital at the end of the tour where they will cheer sick children.
Congratulations Zaydan and Brayana!
The Art Gallery of New South Wales
Dates: 21 -31st March
OTHER EXHIBITION VENUES
Orange Health Service
Dates: 22 April - 17 May
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Dates: 1 June – 11th August
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
Dates: 26 October – 1st December
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ENVIRONMENT NEWS
Oxley Park Public School is entering the “Rainbow Challenge Schools Competition”. We are promoting healthy eating and hope to encourage all families to eat foods from all colours of the rainbow. A copy of the poster has been sent home with the students. The winning school will receive $5000 to use for an all-expenses paid cooking class. Here is the link if you would like some additional information.
Have fun and keeping eating all colours of the rainbow!
