Term 3 Week 6

23 August 2017

Phone: 4647 7116

Fax: 4647 6617

Email: harringtnp-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

CARE for others BELIEVE in yourself SUCCEED through effort

August 2017

24 & 25th PSSA Athletics Carnival

25th K-4 Book Character Parade

28-31st NAPLAN Online School

Readiness Test

31st Father’s Day Stall

September 2017

1st CBS Assembly 2pm

4th MAK Day

5th MILO Cup Cricket

5th P&C Meeting 7pm

7th State Cricket Boy’s KO

7th Regional Spelling

12th HPPS Garden Workshop

13th SSW Athletics

14th Admiral Award Assembly

12:45pm

15th Gala Day #2, Sem 2

21st CBS Assembly 2pm

22nd Gala Day # 3, Sem 2

22nd Last Day Term 3

October 2017

9th Term 4 commences

18 & 19th PSSA Athletics, Homebush

24th Sports & Specialty Photos

25th Kindergarten Orientation # 1

27th CBS Assembly 2pm

November 2017

1st Kindergarten Orientation # 2

2-3rd Canberra Excursion, Year 6

3rd Wollongong Science, Kindy

6-10th Swim Scheme

7th P&C Meeting 7pm

8th Kindergarten Orientation # 3

21st Year 6 Mini Fair

22-24th Yr 5 Port Hacking Camp

Dear Parents & Caregivers We are now into the second half of our term and continue

to have our students engaged in various learning. Our K-2 students had their Athletics Carnival last Friday. After

having to postpone the Carnival due to rain, it was wonderful to have such glorious weather. Thank you to those parents, carers and extended family member who

came to share the day with our students.

We have our Book Week parade this Friday for students in Kindergarten to Year 4. Let’s hope the weather is fine and that we can hold the parade under the COLA rather

than the hall.

NAPLAN results for our students in Year 3 and 5 will be sent home TODAY. Please ensure you ask your child for their envelope. These students will also take part in

NAPLAN online next week. Mr King has included information regarding this event later in the newsletter.

Our Father’s Day stall run by our P&C is next Thursday,

August 31st, followed by our next CBS Assembly on Friday, September 1.

Thank you to the 67 families who responded to our survey on ‘Reporting and Parent Teacher Interviews’. This survey

is now closed. Our results will be shared by Mr Green in our next newsletter. Mr King has included information on the ‘Tell Them From Me’ survey our school conducts each

year later in the newsletter.

I look forward to seeing many of our school community at our Book Parade on Friday.

Best regards

Kelly Paton Principal

KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS 2018 We are currently taking enrolments for Kindergarten 2018. Please see the office for an enrolment information package.

GENERAL NEWS

PARTNERS IN LEARNING – PARENT SURVEY

Each year we invite parents to complete a short online survey that allows them to express their views

about their perceptions of their children’s experiences at home and school. The information gathered in

this survey is vital as it helps us with school planning and identifying ways we can make our school

better.

We strongly encourage all parents of Harrington Park to ‘have their say’.

The survey can be viewed on a computer, tablets and smartphones. You can access this survey via the

following link:

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/hppsparent

Many thanks

Troy King, Deputy Principal

PBL AT HARRINGTON PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL

Our current PBL behaviour system has been running at our school for 18 months. It is important that we

constantly review our format to ensure it is providing a structure that supports our behaviour policy.

We would like to invite parents and caregivers the opportunity to provide constructive feedback to help

in the evaluation process. Feedback can be given via the school email, discussing issues with a member

of the P & C committee or in person by attending our next P&C meeting on Tuesday, September 5th 2017

at 7.00pm, where this will be an item on the agenda for discussion.

A parent/carer survey will also be provided towards the end of this term, where you will be able to

communicate your feedback and suggestions. Thank you for your support.

Kerry Smukulis and the PBL Committee

NAPLAN ONLINE SCHOOL READINESS TEST

This term from 14 August to 22 September, schools across NSW will be participating in the NAPLAN

Online school readiness test. The school readiness test is a ‘practice run’ designed to help schools assess

their technical and administrative readiness for the transition to NAPLAN Online.

Harrington Park PS students in years 3 and 5 will be participating in the readiness test between Monday

28th August and Friday 1st September 2017.

The readiness test will involve students in year 5 sitting two, 40-minute assessments, a writing test and

a combined numeracy/literacy test. Year 3 students will sit a 40-minute combined literacy/numeracy test

as they will not participate in the writing test online.

Student participation in the readiness test is an opportunity for them to become familiar with the NAPLAN

Online test format. It is not an assessment of student ability and there will be no reporting of student

results

It is important to note that participation in the school readiness test has no effect on students’ NAPLAN

results from the paper-based tests students sat in May.

There’s a lot more information on the department’s NAPLAN Online website:

https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/student-assessment/naplan-online

Please see Mr Troy King for further information.

GENERAL NEWS

PREMIER’S READING CHALENGE REMINDER Just a quick reminder for those children who entered the Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2017. The finish date for all of your books to be entered online for Years 3-6 is this Friday 25th August

2017.

Reminders have been given over the last two weeks during library lessons. If you need help entering your books please come and see Mrs Bligh in the library by Friday. Children in Kindergarten to Year 2 do not have to worry as the challenge was completed in class by the

teachers. If the permission note was signed then those children in Kindergarten to Year 2 will get their certificates at the end of the year along with those children in Years 3-6 that complete

the challenge. Remember Years 3-6 need to read 20 books, 15 of these much be on the reading challenge list

and the other 5 can be free choice books. To enter books go to NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge online. Have your child log in with their school username and password that they

use for the computers and iPads at school, then on the left hand side in the box click on ‘Student Reading Records’ then enter the books by title. Once 20 books are entered it will notify you

that the challenge is complete. https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html

That is all you need to do Mrs Bligh, will do the rest. Happy reading!!

BOOK CLUB Book Club will be out today. Orders will be due online by Wednesday 6th September 2017.

Father’s Day Stall

Thursday 31st August

Prices range from $1 - $5 Any parent/carers assistance on the day is appreciated

Contact the P&C at: hppspandc@yahoo.com.au

Please send in a shopping bag with your child if possible

“Mayor For A Day”

On Friday the 4th August, Keeley R of 6W represented Harrington Park Public School at Camden Council’s “Mayor For A Day” competition. Keeley as well as students from a

number of schools in the Macarthur region gave speeches on why they would make a good Mayor of Camden for a day and what policies they would put in place.

Keeley’s speech included how she believed that the wider community should be

involved in the decisions council make, as well as an idea for a Camden Council news and information app. We congratulate Keeley on being a fantastic representative of our

school.

Mr Murdoch

2017 Athletics Carnival, Years 3-6 Thursday 20th July dawned a clear, sunny day just right for our Athletics Carnival. With lane ropes laid, pits raked, stopwatches primed, circles marked, sausages sizzling - we were ready

for a great day! It was wonderful to have so many parents share the day with us. As the day progressed the wind picked up, and records were broken. All of our competitors showed excellent sportsmanship and cheered on their classmates.

It was pleasing to see the great participation and involvement shown by our students across

the different events and throughout the day. School ribbons are filled out and will be given out at stage assemblies in the near future.

Thursday 27th July saw an equally beautiful, sunny, winter’s day for our follow up 800m event. Our students participated in both the 800m and some of the high jump finals. It was once again

terrific to witness the wonderful sportsmanship and encouragement that was given to all participants.

Thank you to all the teachers, parents and students who made our 2017 Athletics Carnival a success. Good luck to those students representing Harrington Park at the Zone Athletics

Carnival.

School Records

Long Jump junior girls Logan F, 3.64m

Shotput 11yrs boys Ben K, 9.53m Discus 11yrs boys Jesse S, 18.60m

Discus 12/13yrs boys James V, 27.60m

House Points Following our 800m event, we are able to announce the final point score for the Athletics Carnival for 2017.

Macarthur earned 127 points, Freeman earned 132 points, Fairfax earned 135 points.

The winning house for 2017 is BRADMAN on 239 points!!

K-2 Athletics Carnival

The K-2 Athletics Carnival was held Friday, 11th August 2017. It was wonderful to see so many bright

and smiling faces as students rotated through the events, proudly wearing their house colours.

Students enjoyed participating in a variety of events such as long jump, sack races, egg and spoon races,

parachutes and of course the favourite 50 metre sprint race.

Thank you to the wonderful parents, family and friends of Harrington Park who came to cheer on the

children, joining in the fun and assisting on the day. A special note of thanks to the parents and siblings

that assisted teachers on a variety of events that ensured a fun and successful day.

Ms Davis.

CELEBRATING SUCCESS Congratulations to the following students who were recognised at their stage assemblies for their

recent efforts.

KH Koby S Independently writing creative and detailed sentences Cooper JS Excellent effort and improvement in writing activities Abbey B Improvement in reading and hearing and recording sounds KK Chloe W Great ideas during discussions Evey M Wonderful work using co-ordinates Ruby D Excellent story writing KL Adrian T Great participation in class discussions Samir M Fantastic effort during writing lessons Almin A Excellent effort during guided reading KP Olivia M Being a polite, helpful and cooperative class member Cohen S Being a helpful and friendly class member and always trying his hardest Bailey S Working cooperatively in small group activities and being friendly to all KS Shyla E Displaying an enthusiastic approach to all areas of her learning Adriana Y Improved fluency and expression when reading aloud Nate M Trying hard to improve his handwriting 4/5T Brock G Working hard and always following instructions 5D Jack D Improved focus on completing class work Zoe Lee B Consistently kind and thoughtful class member Paris P Consistent effort across all areas of learning

5B Bailey McN Consistent application during spelling time Charlie W Excellent spelling results Reagan F Being a kind and courteous member of 5B 5J Ben K Contributing great discussions Reagan D Being an enthusiastic learner Megan B Great role model 5M Brayden U His hard work in class Priyanka N Great work in mathematics Logan S Excellent work in reading groups 6G Jayla S Excellent work in problem solving Jack M Pleasing results in spelling Rory G Improved knowledge of number facts 6W Edin H A well thought out and expressed prediction Savanah D A well-structured and well researched persuasive test on refugees Joel B Demonstrating a good understanding of Federation 6M Eleanor S Great arguments for animals being kept in zoos Sam A Displaying on-task behaviour Noah K Fantastic arguments and evidence when writing persuasively 6B Leandro C Excellent results in fractions and decimal assessment Ben M Great application of fractions and decimals