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I would like to inform the school community that Mrs Kay Rigas, the Director Educational Leadership has begun the merit selection process to select a new Principal for Orchard Hills Public School. This process will take until the end of the term. I would like to thank the school community for your continued support while I have been relieving in the position.

Harmony Day Poster Competition Congratulations to Dhani from 5/6H who was this week announced the regional winner of this year’s Harmony Day poster competition. The poster competition attracted entries from over 200 schools and close to 3500 students from across NSW. Dhani and his family have been invited to attend a prize giving event at the NSW Parliament House later in the term. We are all very proud of you Dhani!

Debating This week Sebastian, Aidan,

Harper and Oliver competed in

their first debate for the year

against Kingswood South Public

School. They were cheered on

by Mira, Shayma, Luciana who

are also part of the debating

squad. They were debating for

the affirmative side on the topic

‘Circus’s should have animals’. It

was a very close debate with

only 2 points between the teams.

Although they didn’t win this

time, they gained excellent

experience and picked up some

great pointers to work on for their

Lana 3/4L

Principal’s Message Coming Events Friday 7th June

Assembly 9.00am 3/4L hosting

Monday 10th June

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesdays Student Banking

Tuesdays & Thursdays

Canteen open

At Orchard Hills Public School we are SAFE, RESPECTFUL, LEARNERS. Term 2 Week 5 31 May 2019

We respect and acknowledge Aboriginal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live. We respect elders past and present.

Harmony Day

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I would like to congratulate them all on their dedication and commitment. Thank you to the parents who helped transport the students to and from the venue.

Reports and Parent Teacher Interviews Teachers are currently working very hard putting together a comprehensive report on your child’s progress so far this year. These reports will be sent home with students at the end of Week 9. Parent teacher interviews will be held on Wednesday the 3rd July. You are encouraged to bring your child along to the interview so that they can be a part of the discussions around their progress and can set some goals for the second half of the year. A note will go home next week for parents to nominate a time for an interview.

National Simultaneous Story time Last week the whole school took part in National Simultaneous Story time (NSS). Now in its 19th successful year, NSS is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book that explores age-appropriate themes, and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum for Kindergarten to Year 6. This year’s book was ‘Alpacas with Maracas’ by Matt Cosgrove. Classes buddied up and engaged in a variety of fun activities based around the book. Thank you to Miss Hope for organising this event for our students.

Kindergarten 2020 We already have a number of enrolments for Kindergarten 2020. If you have a school aged child for 2020, or have a neighbour or friend with a school aged child for 2020, please come to the office for enrolment forms or make an appointment for a tour of our wonderful school! Kindergarten numbers impact on the whole school structure each year, so the earlier we know Kindergarten numbers the easier it is to plan teachers, classes and rooms needed for 2020.

Lego Incursion

K-2 had a great time at the Lego Incursion. They

designed and built towers, houses, landscapes

and even built a fast racing car to race on the

superfast race track. (photos on the back page)

Have a wonderful fortnight Meegan Parsons Acting Principal

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P & C News

Thankyou to the school community for your con-tinued support. The Chocolate fundraiser is un-derway all money raised will go directly towards purchasing another classroom set of laptops. Chocolate Fundraising money is due back on Friday 28 June 2019. Our Canteen is especially busy and has imple-mented the “Healthy Canteen Menu” and contin-ues to run Tuesday and Thursday extra helpers are always welcome. Please note the new price list when ordering. This is our P&C ‘s biggest ongoing fundraiser each and every week. School banking day is Tuesday. If you bank each week for 10 weeks continuously the CBA donates $5 to the school!! We will be holding a end of term disco 6-7.30 pm Friday 28 June save the date! more details shortly. The next P&C meeting is TUESDAY 4 June 7.30pm all welcome Have a great weekend Jenny Camenzuli President, Orchard Hills PS P&C

Class Award Winners

Term 2 Week 4

Silver Awards

Silver Award

OHPS

Levi Nishan

Claire Aya

Ally Emily R

Johnny Ella S

Armaan Maximo

Ruby Claudius

Brianna Emily L

Genayah

Bronze Awards

KJ

Ariana Maddison

K/1A

Thomas Johnny

1H

Xavier C Fawaz

2N

Ali Benji

3/4L

Samuel Pavreen

5/6H

Aryan Genayah

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Orchard Hills Public School on Face book, to celebrate our student’s achievements.

Office Reminders * If you have lost a fit-bit at school please see Miss Kidman in the office. *Lost property—please label all items.

*For school payments there is an option on our web site for online payment, so quick and easy!

*Please send all notes and money to the office.

*Update your contact details with the office if there

are any changes to your address or phone numbers.

K-2 Workshops