`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Welcome back to Term I would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back to Term 2. I hope you found time to relax and spend time with loved ones over the Easter break. As many of you would be aware, Mrs Bradwell is taking some well-deserved Long Service Leave and will be back in Week 5. During that time it is a privilege to relieve as your Principal. On Friday 7 th May Greenway Park would like to invite mothers to attend a Mother’s Day breakfast to be held in the school Library at 8.30am. We are excited to invite parents back into our school. We will however be limited to numbers and sign in practices will still need to be adhered to. A separate note will be sent home with an RSVP required to ensure we do not exceed our numbers as set out by NSW Health. Only ONE parent from each family is permitted at this stage. Students will be allowed to join you for this event. Learning for Life Through quality teaching, excellent facilities & enriching programs SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.greenwaypk-p.school.nsw.edu.au PHONE: 8783 0859 FAX: 8783 0852 Term 2 Week 2 27 th April 2021 IMPORTANT DATES Thurs 29 th April 8.20am - Toasty Thursday Thurs 6 th May P & C Mother’s Day Stall Fri 7 th May 8.30am - Mother’s Day Breakfast Opportunity Class applications for 2022 close Tues 11 th May 2.05pm: GROUP 1 Assembly – KE, 1B, 1/2F, 2P, 3R, 4D, 5F, 5SC & 6G - item by 6G Wed 12 th May 2.05pm: GROUP 2 Assembly – KF, KP, 1G, 1/2W, 2S, 3SC, 4L, 5W & 5/6M - item by 4L Thurs 13 th May 2.05pm: GROUP 3 Assembly – KL, KM, 1H, 2K, 2/3T, 3/4K, 4W, 5G, 6C & 6P - item by 6C & 6P Fri 14 th May Last round Season 1 PSSA Tues 18 th May Athletics Carnival – Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 Wed 26 th May until Friday 28th May – Year 6 Great Aussie Bush Camp Mon 14 th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday Fri 25 th June LAST DAY TERM 2 FROM THE PRINCIPAL and DEPUTY PRINCIPALS David Shearer, Maria Cutri & Meredith Snowden WELCOME BACK MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back to Term 2. I hope you found time to relax and spend time with loved ones over the Easter break. As many of you would be aware, Mrs Bradwell is taking some well-deserved Long Service Leave and will be back in Week 5. During that time it is a privilege to relieve as your Principal.
On Friday 7th May Greenway Park would like to invite mothers to attend a Mother’s Day breakfast to be held in the school Library at 8.30am. We are excited to invite parents back into our school. We will however be limited to numbers and sign in practices will still need to be adhered to. A separate note will be sent home with an RSVP required to ensure we do not exceed our numbers as set out by NSW Health. Only ONE parent from each family is permitted at this stage. Students will be allowed to join you for this event.
Learning for Life Through quality teaching, excellent facilities & enriching programs
SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.greenwaypk-p.school.nsw.edu.au
PHONE: 8783 0859 FAX: 8783 0852
Term 2 Week 2 27th April 2021
IMPORTANT DATES Thurs 29th April 8.20am - Toasty Thursday Thurs 6th May P & C Mother’s Day Stall Fri 7th May 8.30am - Mother’s Day Breakfast Opportunity Class applications for 2022 close Tues 11th May 2.05pm: GROUP 1 Assembly – KE, 1B, 1/2F, 2P, 3R, 4D, 5F, 5SC & 6G - item by 6G Wed 12th May 2.05pm: GROUP 2 Assembly – KF, KP, 1G, 1/2W, 2S, 3SC, 4L, 5W & 5/6M - item by 4L Thurs 13th May 2.05pm: GROUP 3 Assembly – KL, KM, 1H, 2K, 2/3T, 3/4K, 4W, 5G, 6C & 6P - item by 6C & 6P Fri 14th May Last round Season 1 PSSA Tues 18th May Athletics Carnival – Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 Wed 26th May until Friday 28th May – Year 6 Great Aussie Bush Camp Mon 14th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday Fri 25th June LAST DAY TERM 2
FROM THE PRINCIPAL and DEPUTY PRINCIPALS David Shearer, Maria Cutri & Meredith Snowden
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MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST
On Monday morning this week we celebrated ANZAC Day and payed our respects during our morning assembly. I would like to congratulate the children who showed a great amount of respect during the ceremony and a thankyou to the teachers who helped organise the event, in particular Mrs Scheepers and Mrs Palumbo.
This week we farewell Mrs Vicki Stanley from the front office. Mrs Stanley has worked for the Department of Education for 33 years, with 20 of them being at Greenway Park Public School. Over the years she has created many newsletters (including this one), answered many calls, announced many reminders over the PA system, mended many scraped knees and organised her fair share of Kindergarten packs. We will miss her great sense of humour, her hard work and dedication. We wish her all the very best of luck as she moves into retirement. I know you will all join me in congratulating and farewelling such an integral member of our school community.
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2021 NAPLAN Online testing will take place over a two week window (May 11-21) to benefit student performance. The exact test schedule is outlined below. All four tests will be completed online for all Year 3 and Year 5 students except for the Year 3 Writing test which will be paper based. NAPLAN Online will provide better assessment with more precise results, a faster turnaround of information and a more engaging test for students. NAPLAN Online is a tailored test that adapts to student responses. If you wish to discuss any aspect of NAPLAN please contact your child’s class teacher prior to the assessment.
Day ~ Week 4 Monday
10th May
Tuesday
11th May
Wednesday
12th May
Thursday
13th May
Friday
14th May
NAPLAN
Assessment
9.30am Year
3 and Year 5
Writing
Assessment
9.30am Year
5 Reading
9.30am Year
3 Reading
9.30am Year 5
Conventions of
Language
Day ~ Week 5 Monday
17th May
Tuesday
18th May
Wednesday
19th May
Thursday
20th May
Friday
21st May
NAPLAN
Assessment
9.30am
Year 3
Conventions
of Language
12 o’clock
Year 5
Numeracy
12 o’clock
Year 3
Numeracy
Catch Up
assessment
Catch Up
assessment
This week begins our two weeks of Check-In assessments for years 4 and 6. These assessments are set for all schools across NSW to supplement existing school practices, identify how students are performing in reading and numeracy and to help teachers tailor their teaching more specifically to student needs in line with NSW Syllabuses. These assessments are completed using an online platform. There are two assessments which are completed across the fortnight. Over 400 students received an attendance award either at the end of last term or at the beginning of this term. These awards were given to students who received between 95%-100% attendance for the term. This means that students were either at school every day or missed one or two days. This is achievable. Over the next few weeks students will be able to see if their class fits the 95% and above criteria. On Monday 26th April these classes had outstanding attendance. Let’s keep up the great work. Everyday matters!
Regular attendance helps students to:
• develop a sense of belonging
• develop and maintain friendships
• be more engaged at school
• progress with their learning
• be more aware of career and life options.
Every day counts. Missing just one day a fortnight can amount to
four weeks of lost learning over a year. Over their school life, this
can equal one year of missed learning.
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This week we have launched a variety of lunch time programs. Thank you to the hard working teachers who are always looking for various opportunities and initiatives across the school. I was blown away with the various options throughout the week to keep students busy and engaged at school. These include but are not limited to the garden group, the book nook, a fitness club, board game groups, bucket drumming, chess, mindfulness and Minecraft. These groups ensure our students are known, valued and cared for whilst at school and fit under our Strategic Direction 2: Creating a supportive learning environment.
Around the School…
PSSA Sport REMINDER Please make sure your child includes their FIRST NAME, SURNAME, CLASS and PSSA sport group on their payment envelope. If PSSA sport is cancelled, payment will transfer to the following week.
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Kindergarten 2022 We are currently accepting applications for Kindergarten 2022. Any child who turns 5 before 1st August 2022 is eligible to start school at the beginning of next year.
To help us with our organisation of classes for 2022, parents are asked to fill in an application to enrol form and return it to the office by 30th August.
If you have moved out of the area, have students already at this school and have a child who will start kindergarten next year, you will need to fill in an out of area enrolment application.
Application to enrol forms and out of area enrolment application forms are available from the office.
Last day to order Book Club is Friday 7th May
UNIFORM SHOP HOURS (now open in the school hall)
The Uniform Shop hours are:
Monday afternoons from 2:30pm until 3:15pm & Wednesday mornings from 8:15am until 9:00am
CANTEEN ONLINE ORDERING The school canteen will have an online ordering service very soon. Parents can register their children on the “School24” online website and place orders for the following day. The cut off time for online orders will be 9.00am each day. Any orders placed after 9.00am will not be registered for that day, however will be placed for the following day’s orders. Please use the attached information and guide to assist with your registration. Please understand that the online service is operated by an external operator so all issues with registration and any other issues should be directed to “schools24”. The school office will not be able to assist. “School 24” online will have 24/7 assistance and can address any issues if they occur. Finally, the canteen will still operate as normal for those that do not want to use the online service. Please note, registration is now open but online ordering has not been activated yet. We will advise and confirm when the online ordering can start.
Parents who indicate at the time of ordering that they would like to collect their
GETTING STARTED Welcome to School24. We look forward to providing you with an easy-to-use online ordering platform that can be used
on-the-go at any time! Getting started is easy, just follow the steps below and you’ll be ready to make your first order in
minutes.
Registration Go to: www.school24.net.au Press the blue registration button to create your account. Enter your unique school ID number to help us match your account with your school.
Greenway Park Primary School registration is: 25330963
You will then be asked to input your personal details. Once completed click Create Account.
Congratulations you are now registered! To activate your account:
Go to www.school24.net.au
Use your registered email address and password to login. Once you have logged in you will need to complete the following steps to ensure you are ready to make your first order.
Step 1
Setup your children. In the middle of the screen there is a ‘students’ button. Here you can input your child’s name and class, along with any allergies or special requirements they may have. Step 2
Top-up your account. You will be taken to a secure page where you can select a top-up amount and enter your card details. Top-up is instant when using visa/master cards.
Place your first order!
You are now ready to make your first order. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact our friendly support team on 02 8041 1132 or email us on: [email protected]
Library Borrowing There have been some changes to Library Borrowing Days. The new days will commence Week 2. Please check below to see when your child’s library day is. Don’t forget your library bag.
MONDAY 2/3T, 3SC, 3/4K, 4D, 6C and 6P
TUESDAY KE, KF, KL, KP, 1H, 3R and 4L
WEDNESDAY 1G, 1/2W, 2K, 5G, 5/6M and 6G
THURSDAY 1B, 1/2F, 2S, 2/3T, 5SC and 5W
FRIDAY KM, 2P and 4W
Library Borrowing Competition
During Term 1 we held a Library Borrowing Competition to see which classes were our ‘BORROWING HREOS’. Congratulations to the following classes who have borrowed and read the MOST books during Term 1 2021:
KINDERGARTEN: - KF YEAR 1: 1/2W
YEAR 2: 2P YEAR 3: 2/3T YEAR 4: 3/4K YEAR 5: 5F YEAR 6: 6G
Each of the winning classes have won a ‘Mufti Movie Afternoon’. The students in the winning classes will come dressed in Mufti and have the afternoon relaxing watching their chosen movie and enjoying some popcorn and a drink. More detailed information about the day, date, movie and dietary requirements will be coming home to students in the winning classes next week. Please return the permission section to your child’s class teacher. The Library will be supplying the Popcorn and Drinks. We will be running another ‘BORROWING HEROES’ competition during Term 2 with a different prize for the winning classes (stay tuned to hear the exciting announcement). If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know!
Mrs Scheepers & Mrs Pryor
On Wednesday 31st March, students from Years 3 – 6 attended the school’s Cross Counrty Carnival at Greenway Oval. Well done to all the attending students who approached each event with 100% effort and enthusiasm. Congratulations to all students who came 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their event. Students who have progressed to the Zone Cross Country will be notified early Term 2.
Finally a big thank you to Mrs Petrovski, Mrs Harding, Mrs Sullivan, Mrs Snowden and our year 6 house leaders for helping on the day.
Mr Chiandotto
CROSS COUNTRY
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Years 3 – 6 have the opportunity to utilise our fully equipped fitness track with Ms Devi and Miss Su. Here is a snapshot of the stage 2 group in action! If you are someone who is interested in this group, the days are: * Years 3 & 4 – Tuesdays 1st half lunch * Years 5 & 6 – Thursdays 1st half lunch
