THE WARWICK WHISPER A publication of WARWICK FARM PUBLIC SCHOOL 'At Warwick Farm we respect everyone, we work together, we inspire greatness, and we grow as leaders' School Website: http://www.warwickfar-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Interpreter Service Please Call 131450 if you need help with this newsletter. PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Friday 21 July 2017 Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome back to Term 3! School Development Day On Monday our staff engaged in deep professional learning. Later this term a panel of external Principals form the Department of Education will be visiting our school as a process called External Validation. Our staff have put together a report comparing our school practices in learning, teaching and leading against The School Excellence Framework. The first two hours of Monday’s session was used to collaborate on this report. The next two hours we all worked on the next phase of strengthening our Positive Behaviour for Learning expectations across the school. Thank you to the PBL Team Mrs Reardon, Mrs Hutchinson, Mrs Penney and Mrs Haeren for their hard work leading this valuable program across our school. The last hour we engaged in some new innovative resources which we are very excited to teach to our students. These include introducing OSMOs, an innovative and exciting way for students to use iPads in a hands on manner for coding, fostering social intelligence and creativity. The OSMOs have been used in classrooms this week and our students are loving learning with this engaging resource! Coffee and Chat Next Wednesday’s Coffee and Chat will be attended by Liam Titmarsh from GHD the company who are leading the Mainsbridge SSP redevelopment project. Liam will be available at our Coffee and Chat to answer your questions and to address any concerns. Pop in for a chat then head over to Dwyer Oval for the Athletics Carnival! Principal, Office assistant and General Assistant for a Day! Applications are rolling in for this exciting opportunity! To apply, you need to write the reasons why YOU would be a good person for one of these roles, no more than half a page, then email your application to me at [email protected]by 3:00pm on Monday. Best of luck to all applicants! Quote of the fortnight: “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning.” Benjamin Franklin. Melanie Macmilllan, Principal K-6 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Our Annual Athletics Carnival will be held at Dwyer Oval next Wednesday 26 July. All students will compete in House teams in track and field events. Children are encouraged to wear their House colours on this day. The school Houses and colours are as follows: Arunta – Red Maranoa – Yellow Kurrundi – Green Warrego – Blue Permission notes are to be returned to class teachers by Monday 24 July. All families are invited to attend and encourage their children to have fun and participate in this event. Liverpool Neighbourhood Connections Canteen will be supplying Meal Deals on this day. Orders for the following meals for $5.00 need to be placed by Tuesday 25 July at the canteen. Meal Deal #1 Hot dog + popcorn + drink (quench, juice or water) $5.00 POP (PARENT ONLINE PAYMENT) Open the link below www.warwickfar-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Click on $ Make a Payment Please note minimum payment through this system is $10.00. Thank you. SCHOOL WEBSITE AND SKOOLBAG We have a school website which is regularly updated with information about the school and class work. It can be viewed at www.warwickfar-p.schools.nsw.edu.au . We also use Skoolbag which is a mobile App to communicate with families. Instructions how to download this App is available from the Office.
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THE WARWICK WHISPER A publication of WARWICK FARM PUBLIC SCHOOL
'At Warwick Farm we respect everyone, we work together, we inspire greatness, and we grow as leaders' School Website: http://www.warwickfar-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Interpreter Service Please Call 131450 if you need help with this newsletter.
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Friday 21 July 2017 Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back to Term 3! School Development Day On Monday our staff engaged in deep professional learning. Later this term a panel of external Principals form the Department of Education will be visiting our school as a process called External Validation. Our staff have put together a report comparing our school practices in learning, teaching and leading against The School Excellence Framework. The first two hours of Monday’s session was used to collaborate on this report. The next two hours we all worked on the next phase of strengthening our Positive Behaviour for Learning expectations across the school. Thank you to the PBL Team Mrs Reardon, Mrs Hutchinson, Mrs Penney and Mrs Haeren for their hard work leading this valuable program across our school. The last hour we engaged in some new innovative resources which we are very excited to teach to our students. These include introducing OSMOs, an innovative and exciting way for students to use iPads in a hands on manner for coding, fostering social intelligence and creativity. The OSMOs have been used in classrooms this week and our students are loving learning with this engaging resource! Coffee and Chat Next Wednesday’s Coffee and Chat will be attended by Liam Titmarsh from GHD the company who are leading the Mainsbridge SSP redevelopment project. Liam will be available at our Coffee and Chat to answer your questions and to address any concerns. Pop in for a chat then head over to Dwyer Oval for the Athletics Carnival! Principal, Office assistant and General Assistant for a Day! Applications are rolling in for this exciting opportunity! To apply, you need to write the reasons why YOU would be a good person for one of these roles, no more than half a page, then email your application to me at [email protected] by 3:00pm on Monday. Best of luck to all applicants!
Quote of the fortnight: “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning.” Benjamin Franklin.
Melanie Macmilllan, Principal
K-6 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Our Annual Athletics Carnival will be held at Dwyer Oval next Wednesday 26 July. All students will compete in House teams in track and field events. Children are encouraged to wear their House colours on this day. The school Houses and colours are as follows: Arunta – Red Maranoa – Yellow Kurrundi – Green Warrego – Blue Permission notes are to be returned to class teachers by Monday 24 July. All families are invited to attend and encourage their children to have fun and participate in this event. Liverpool Neighbourhood Connections Canteen will be supplying Meal Deals on this day. Orders for the following meals for $5.00 need to be placed by Tuesday 25 July at the canteen. Meal Deal #1 Hot dog + popcorn + drink (quench, juice or water) $5.00
POP (PARENT ONLINE PAYMENT) Open the link below www.warwickfar-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Click on $ Make a Payment Please note minimum payment through this system is $10.00. Thank you.
SCHOOL WEBSITE AND SKOOLBAG We have a school website which is regularly updated with information about the school and class work. It can be viewed at www.warwickfar-p.schools.nsw.edu.au . We also use Skoolbag which is a mobile App to communicate with families. Instructions how to download this App is available from the Office.
Meal Deal #2 Cheeseburger + popcorn + drink (quench, juice or water) $5.00 Meal Deal #3 Fried rice + popcorn + drink (quench, juice or water) $5.00
SCHOOL PHOTOS Samples of the School Captains, the SRC, Sports Captains/Vice Captains, PSSA Oz Tag and PSSA Newcombe Ball can be viewed both online at www.theschoolphotographer.com.au and in the school office. The school online code is 17S828PSB38W. If you wish to order please either; -collect an order envelope, fill out/enclose payment and return to school; -visit The School Photographer website and order/pay online. The photo prices are: $16.00 each, 2 for $30.00, 3 for $42.00, 4 for $52.00 of 5 for $60.00. Any additional photographs are $10.00 each. This discount is only available per family order. Orders need to be placed by Monday 24 July 2017.
KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS 2018
The school is accepting applications for
Kindergarten in 2018.
Children who turn 5 years of age before 31 July 2018, are able to begin school. Please enquire at the School Office for an application package.
WARWICK FARM PUBLIC SCHOOL SPORT UNIFORM Children from Kindergarten to Year 6 may wear this sport uniform each Friday. The sport shirt is available for purchase from the office for $20.00. Burgundy sport shorts may be purchased from outside of the school, or girls may choose to wear their burgundy culottes.
LITTLE STEPS The Little Steps program is an early learning program that is open to parents and children between the ages of 3 ½ and 5 years. Children take their ‘first learning steps’ by joining in fun and exciting activities which contribute to a positive and successful learning start before they enter school. The activities include singing, dancing, reading, counting, craft and social and language games. If you would like to place your child’s name on our list, please pick up registration form from the office. Miss Ferrari.
PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE Congratulations to the following students who have completed the challenge:
Ava Paranihi Patolo
Trixie-Lee Chang
Fonise Failauga
Abeer Hammad
Kaydence Merchant
Rhianna Merchant
Jasmine O’Brien
Grace Poloai
Sparsh Soni
Evan Taing-Lor
Zainab Al-Sekafi
Japleen Sandhu
Lyn Tran
Anmol Khullar
Students have until 25 August to read a number of books according to their grade. The books have been especially chosen to be part of the challenge and the booklists are available on the PRC website listed below. K-2 need to read 30 books (the books can be read to them), and Year 3-6 need to read 20 books (they must read the books themselves). The challenge is an initiative coordinated by the Department of Education. To log books read by the students, students can use the Department logon name and password on the PRC website. www.premiersreadingchallenge.nsw.edu.au For further information, please speak to Mrs Reardon.
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) This is our first year implementing PBL and we are very excited about the positive impact PBL has already made and will continue to make in our school. As you may have noticed, our fabulous PBL posters are now located in various places around our school. These posters display a matrix for each setting, clearly stating the expectations for students. These are a great reminder for students, parents and teachers on what behaviours are expected at our school.
PBL Lessons
This term, our students will be involved in lessons which help students to understand the core values that our school expectations are based around. Our expectations are our STARS.
Show Pride
Take responsibility
Active learners
Respect Safe
Each fortnight in our newsletters, the PBL team will update families on the lessons that are happening in each classroom. This way parents can positively reinforce the value that is being taught at home.
PBL lesson Weeks 1 and 2: RESPECT
For a fortnight, teachers will be explicitly teaching lessons on the value ‘Respect’. Students will be taught to respect themselves, respect others and to respect property.
Learning Intention: Students will learn what respect looks like, sounds like and feels like.
Success Criteria:
I can describe what respect sounds like I can describe what respect feels like I can describe what respect looks like I can describe what isn’t respectful behaviour I can give examples of respectful behaviour
Students will understand that respect means to treat others as you wish to be treated.
We encourage parents to talk about our PBL lessons with their children and use this talk as a way to reinforce the value at home. We have provided a matrix that can be used by families at home to help promote and reinforce the value of respect. We hope you find it helpful.
Family teaching matrix
At home Morning routine
Homework Meal times In car Play Bedtime
Respect ourselves
Clean up
after
yourself.
Dress
yourself.
Brush your
hair.
Clean your
teeth.
Do your
homework
every day.
Use your
cutlery.
Eat healthy
food.
Wear your
seatbelt.
Be safe
getting in
and out of
the car.
Spend time
playing
outdoor
games.
Clean your
teeth.
Go to sleep
at bedtime.
Respect others
Say kind
words.
Say please
and thank
you.
Be ready to
leave for
school or
work on
time.
Let others
get on with
their work at
home.
Use good
table
manners.
Keep your
hands and
feet to
yourself.
Speak
quietly and
politely.
Take turns.
Ask before
borrowing
others
property.
Go to bed
when asked.
Respect property
Keep your
work and
play spaces
tidy.
Make your
bed in the
morning.
Pack your
bag with all
the things
you need for
school.
Put your
readers/
homework in
your bag
when you
have
finished.
Clear your
things from
the table.
Keep your
feet down.
Close the
door gently.
Pack your
things away.
Get into bed
safely
Hello everyone! Term 3 is going to be a busy one, with many programs, activities, workshops and opportunities for you to be involved.
How can I be involved? 1. Volunteering – in the class room, on excursions, in Breakfast Club (8:30–8:55am). All volunteers working with children and young people are required to complete a Working with Children Check and gain a Working With Children Clearance, permitting you to work with children for a period of 5 years.
How to do the check, obtain a clearance and start volunteering: STEP 1 | Online application http://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/child-safe-organisations/working-with-children-check - this will provide you with an Application number – write it down. STEP 2 | Go to your nearest Service NSW office - Liverpool Megacenta Shop R19 2–18 Orange Grove Road Liverpool – give them your number (there is no fee for volunteers). STEP 3 | You will be emailed a Working With Children Clearance – this takes the form of a number WWC#####. STEP 4 | Come to our school office with a printed copy of your emailed clearance and identification. Our Community Liaison Officer Cameron will be glad to help you with this, or answer any questions you may have. 2. Parents and Citizens Association (P&C) - Parents and carers have voice in our school. Everyone who joins is a general member and you can choose whether or not you wish to have a formal role such as President, Secretary, Vice President, Treasurer or be on a sub-Committee as Fundraising Coordinator or Assistant Treasurer. P&C assists the school by providing: feedback on school policies and activities fundraising assistance to raise resources for our school great ideas for positive changes in our school and its community The P&C also provides opportunities for parents and carers to be involved in their child’s education and wellbeing. It is significant that parent involvement in a child’s education makes a large contribution to the child’s success at school. Come along to our Coffee and Chat session on Wednesday 2 August 2017 to join the P&C and vote in the election of office holders (President, Secretary etc).
English classes for parents/carers In Term 3 we will run English classes on Thursdays in C4K, when Salvation Army volunteer English tutors will assist our parents with English. We encourage parents to attend and toddlers are welcome. This course will give parents and carers the skills and confidence to speak English in our school and in the community and of course….it’s free!
FIVE CLASSES! Thursday dates: 24/8/17, 31/8/17, 7/9/17, 14/9/17 and 21/9/17 Arrive: 9:00–9:15am Tea/coffee | Classes: 9:15–11:15am (including free Morning Tea at 10.30am)
Coffee and Chat | Wednesdays | C4K Room | 9.15am Across Term 3 we will provide a range of interesting sessions for parents/carers, including guest speakers from both staff and the community. Coffee and Chat provides an opportunity for parents to discuss their concerns, attend interesting programs, workshops and activities and to hear about important news affecting our school.
Our program | Weeks 2, 3 and 4
26/7/17 (Week 2) | Liam Titmarsh from GHD will answer parent/carer questions regarding the development of the Warwick Farm Public School grounds to incorporate Mainsbridge School. Join us and have your questions answered
2/8/17 (Week 3 - Education Week) | Interactive parent/student information session regarding “The Leader In Me” (30 minutes), followed Parents & Citizens (P & C) brief meeting (so you can join) and elections (15 minutes)
9/8/17 (Week 4) | Jadwiga from Liverpool City Library – information on Library services and your
opportunity to join the Library at our meeting
Year 3 and 4 percussion class Students in Mr Cameron’s Year 3 and 4 percussion class have been practising their performance which they will deliver at lunchtime under the COLA during EDUCATION WEEK (Week 3 Term 3). Many thanks to Mrs Hewitt for supervising our lessons and participating in this performance.
Well done Andrew, Luka, Stefan, Sparsh, Ajinkya, Rishi, Haylee, Sanja, Nathaniel and Ashour. You have worked hard and been ACTIVE LEARNERS. Your dedication shows your PRIDE in your work and our school. Watch our newsletter, website and fliers for information on what is happening in our school community and in the C4K “Community” Room. You are also welcome to contact me on 9602 8260 to have a chat about your concerns, suggestions and for information about our school and local services. I will be available at school on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Enjoy Term 3 everyone!
Cameron Outterside | Community Liaison Officer (CLO)
BREAKFAST CLUB Open each morning from 8:30am in the C4K Room. SCHOOL BANKING School Banking takes place each Wednesday. Students bank books are collected from their classrooms, and returned to their teachers for return to students. If you would like to open an account for your child please speak with School Banking Co-ordinators any Wednesday in the C4K Room. CRUNCH N SIP The Crunch N Sip program is a highly successful initiative to encourage the children to improve their daily intake of fresh fruit and vegetables and to drink plenty of water. You can support this initiative by making sure that your child has their “Fruit Break“ snack every day and an extra bottle of water to have available in the classroom.
NO HAT- PLAY IN THE SHADE Does your child remember to bring their hat to school every day? Families are reminded that children need to have a hat to play in the playground with their friends. Children who do not have a hat are required to play quietly under the shelter. LIVERPOOL NEIGHBOURHOOD CONNECTIONS- SCHOOL CANTEEN A variety of freshly made healthy snacks are made daily and available at recess and lunch. Watch the blackboard for fresh homemade soups and meals that may vary daily depending on season. Canteen lunch orders need to be placed by 9:00am. HOMEWORK HELP Once again there is a wonderful opportunity for all students at Warwick Farm Public School to attend a weekly Homework Club at the Neighbourhood Centre. Children can get help with their homework sheets each Monday from 3:00pm to 4:00pm. Parents must attend to complete a registration form. Further information is available on 9600 0600.
ASSEMBLY ROSTER Due to the school participating in Winter PSSA, the School Assemblies are held every two weeks on Fridays mornings, from 9:15am to 10:15am, in the School Hall. Classes take turns in leading the Assembly. All community members are invited to attend.
