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CROAK Newington Public School Learning for Life

Thursday 26 September 2019 Volume 18: Issue 15

Newington Boulevarde NEWINGTON NSW 2127 email: newington-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au ph: (02) 9748 7933 fax: (02) 9748 3120 web: www.newington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

School Hours: 8.55 am - 3.00pm

Contents: Page 2: From your Principal Page 13 & 14 Parenting Insights Page 3: From your Deputy Principals Page 15-17: Advertisements Page 4 & 5: Reminders & Notices Page 6-10: School programs Page 11 PBL Page 12: P&C @newingtonpublic

TERM IV

SCHOOL RESUMES FOR ALL STUDENTS

MONDAY 14 OCTOBER

SCHOOL PHOTOS Class photos and individual portraits will be held on Monday 21 October and Group and Family photos (sport teams, SRC, band, dance, choir etc.) will be held on Thursday 24 October. Envelopes for school photos will be sent home on Monday 14 Octo-ber. Please read the information carefully. If you would like a family portrait, please pick up an enve-lope from the office next term. These will be taken between 8am and 9am on Monday 21 October. All group photos will be available for viewing and pur-chasing online. Details regarding this process will be sent home next term.

EARLY STAGE ONE & STAGE ONE EXCURSIONS

What a busy fortnight for school excursions! For more highlights from Kindergarten & Year 1 ex-cursions see pages 7 & 8.

NEWINGTON’S GOT TALENT 2019 After a process of practising, auditioning, rehearsing and then 3 performances many of our talented Year 3-6 students were able to showcase their skills and performing interests in “Newington’s Got Talent”. We saw individuals, pairs and small groups of singers, dancers and musicians (piano, violin, drums, guitar). It was a great show! We may have discovered some unknown talents in the process. Well done to all involved. Thanks to Mrs Cassar who led the organisation and the following teachers who assisted to make the show such a great success. Thank you to Mrs Spina, Miss Daniels, Mrs Sorras, Mr Hellier and Mrs Sun who all did a great job. See pages 9 & 10 for more photos.

Staffing Update Mrs Marcia Skelton will relieve as Deputy Principal in Term 4, working with Mrs Sarah Williams. Mrs Skelton will lead our Learning Support Team, Support and RFF staff and programs. Mrs Maria Sorras will relieve as Assis-tant Principal for Kindergarten. The following teachers will be on leave: Mrs O’Donnell (23 September - 18 October). 1O will be taught by Ms Fran Dobbie Mr Whitelaw (14—18 October). 3W will be taught by Mr Nathan Sloane Mrs Cassar will be on leave during weeks 1 and 2

FLIP Gymnastics and Sports FLIP Gymnastic lessons begin in Week 1 on Tuesdays for Year 3. FLIP Sports lessons begin in Week 1 on Thursdays for all Kinder classes.

Safe entry and exit of students to school grounds Students arriving at school, either by foot, car or bus, should go straight into the school grounds. After school finishes, students who use public transport should walk directly to the appropriate bus stop, wait and then board in a way that's respectful of other passengers. Parents and carers are responsible for their child's safety when travelling to and from school. Students who attend an after school care group or program need to meet in their allocated area shortly after the 3pm bell rings.

Have your say! The NSW Government is committed to providing before and after care to all students of public primary schools in New South Wales. As part of the reform, a parent web form has been established by Service NSW that will enable parents to tell the Department of Education [DoE] about their specific needs and to stay up to date with any new developments. The information provided by parents will help the DoE to understand your needs, give them insights into where there are gaps in service delivery and to help ensure extra places are delivered where they are required. Have your say at https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/basc

Congratulations Lily - Help cheer on The Wallabies this weekend

Our school captain Lily has been selected as one of the mascots for the Rugby World Cup in Japan. She will be joining the team for the anthem before the Australia v Wales game in Tokyo on Sunday 29 September at 5:45pm (on Channel 10, Fox Sports and Kayo). Congratulations Lily! https://bit.ly/2m0WnPc

Selective High School 2021 (students currently in year 5) Applications for Year 7 entry to selective high schools in 2021 must be made online between 8 October

2019 and 11 November 2019. Late applications will not be accepted.

Parents must apply online at <https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7>

All applicants are required to sit the Selective High School Placement Test to be held on Thursday 12 March 2020.

An information session regarding the process will be held at 6:30pm Tuesday 29 October, followed by the P&C meeting which will include an analysis of NAPLAN, 7 Steps, Renaissance and Assessment.

Community Request I have received a request from the Newington P2 committee asking for a community member who may be able to translate a small section of the P2 community newsletter into Korean. This process would happen 4 times per year. If you are interested and able to do this please let me know and I will forward your details to the commit-tee. Happy Holidays I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe break over the September/October school holidays. We look forward to seeing you all well refreshed on Monday 14 October for a busy and productive Term 4.

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From your Principal

Greg Weeks

R/Principal

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From your Deputy Principals

Sarah Williams and Natalie Lewis

Deputy Principals

Deputy Principal Awards

Congratulations to these students who have earned themselves Deputy Principal awards for their special efforts: Elise D, Ayden M and Alysah H from 1G for fantastic handwriting about unicorns with ugly undies! Aryan and Tyler from KM for fantastic writing about animals.

Assemblies

The following classes were awarded Class of the Week for their display of PBL expectations: Buruwang: 3S Cumberland: 3A De Coubertin: 5C

With term 4 approaching, now is the time to make sure you are aware if your child’s class is hosting an as-sembly in the coming months. Please see the timetable below for details.

Tell Them From Me Surveys

Don’t forget to complete the Tell

Them From Me parent survey.

Students in grades 4-6 will also be

completing their second Tell Them

From Me student survey this week.

Completing the survey twice in one

year allows us to identify trends in

student responses as well as track

engagement and motivation across

the school year.

http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/2w4vz1

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Calendar Notices & Reminders

TERM III Thursday 26 September Newington’s Got Talent Showcase Friday 27 September Last day Term 3

TERM IV Monday 14 October Students return for Term 4 Year 5 Camp (Broken Bay) Mon 14–Wed 16 Oct Monday 21 October Class Photos Tuesday 22 October Year 2 Bingo recycling excursion (2MG,2F,2W) Wednesday 23 October Year 6 Fun Day Thursday 24 October Group photos Monday 28 October Grand friends’ Day Tuesday 29 Year 2 Bingo recycling excursion (2A,2C,2L) Tuesday 29 & Wednesday 30 October Year 3 In School Camp Year 4 Camp (The Great Aussie Bush Camp) Friday 1 November Halloween Disco (P&C BBQ) Monday 4 November K-2 Athletics Carnival Tuesday 5 November Year 5 Aspire Higher Workshop (incursion) Friday 8 November Kinder Orientation Thursday 14 November Year 5 Incursion Friday 15 November Kinder Orientation Wednesday 27 November Kinder Orientation Evening Session 7pm Wednesday 11 December Class Concerts Friday 13 December Presentation Assemblies Monday 16 December Year 6 Farewell Wednesday 18 December Year 6 Honour Guard 2.40pm Last day Term 4

UNIFORM SHOP

PROMOTE GOOD HYGIENE HABITS

WASH YOUR HANDS REGULARLY

USE THE SOAP DISPENSERS IN THE TOILETS

KINDERGARTEN 2020 ENROLMENTS

If your child is starting Kindergarten in 2020 or you know someone who lives within our enrol-ment boundary who has a child starting school

next year, please collect an Application to Enrol form at our Office.

Children will need to turn 5 years of age

before 31 July 2020.

Kindergarten Orientation Program will run Fri 8, 15 November (day sessions) &

27 November (Evening session) - 7pm.

Absences

If your child is absent from school and you provide a verbal notification via the office, please make sure that you also send an email and provide your child’s name, class and

date/s and reason for the non-attendance.

LATE AND EARLY LEAVERS Parents must sign their children in or out when

arriving late or leaving school early. If a child is not accompanied by a guardian or

appropriate adult, leave will be unjustified and a note or email must be sent to the school.

Notices & Reminders

Congratulations to these recipients of Bronze Awards for Week 9 & 10 Term 3 Jasmine Siregar Ayla Siregar Daniel Lee

Congratulations to these recipients of Silver Awards for Week 9 & 10 Term 3 Lewis Chi Yifei Hu Evan Ng Avi Dixit Kendal Clark Enzo Barreto Roy Son Aaron Choi Majd Chekeri Saina Gulati Anitra D’Souza Timothy Heo Orson Merrett Sophie Shahdin Lachlan Scott Noah Thorne Maxim Tararykov Jibbran Muhammad Daniel Puno Ablaj Sohail Elena Tran Gilbert Guo Lucas Capco Madhav Arun Panicker Nyla Riza Bon Senesi Yusuf Ahmed Abby Fung Delrick Huynh Chloe Satchithananthan Milla Valente Evelyn Rompies Salem Alsulaimani Ye Seong Kim Tim Tsend-Ayush Ibrahim Sibtain Ollie Bax Tyson Shepherd Callum Lawler Eden Kang Tommy Ganbaatar Khaldun Abdulatif Ian Choi Callan Korathota Angelina Rizkallah Liam Lawson Rukayah Dirani Zachary Coplestone Serena Xiao Zahra Eqbal Eunice Kim Emily Duong Callan Thomson Tomasi Waqabaca Leroy Hyunh Jizelle Bassal Destan Kahveci Denzel Saritas Alex Farag James Dabin Owen Gonzalez Izaac Fabe

Congratulations to these recipients of Gold Awards for Week 9 & 10 Term 3 Keilah Caunca Tristan Nim Aayan Aryal Ayla Tavlu Irene Hyun Declan Tampubolon Patrick Jirgens Isaac Song Ruben Al Skaff Christina Yeom Akasya Uluc Rachael Ryu Charlotte Lau Serah Jang Felicia Liem Emma Bishop Paris Go Kaelynn Khoo Jackson Showyin Ava Wong Elina Chen Irene Cho Rachael Kang Ruhara Parndigamage Ryan Shannahan Ryan Wang Jasmin Bassal Elwynn Xian Ava Storey Marco Junior Soriano Nathan Bae Alicia Rhem Emily Leiton Ian Kang Iris Geng Emily Hirschhorn Hayley Oh Felix Qiu Allen Xie Imogen Yaw Seah Yu Camila Cueva Gonzalez Tessia Severi Ji Woo Seo Emily Sun Ava Weng Amelia Chao Abhinav Vinoth Kumar Rachel Tan Olivia Baek Lara Organ Zahra Naicker Max Hwang Vibhas Puttagunta Khadija Gain Kate Yau Yena Jung Ahaan Sarabhai Kiana Giovenco Bianca Herrera Ocampo Yosif Alsulaimani Dahlia Chen

Congratulations to these recipients of Platinum Awards for Week 9 & 10 Term 3 Thomas Farag

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The Gateways Challenge is a national, team-based competition for highly able primary school students. It involves teams of 4 with each member required to be a leader in one of the 4 competition areas: Science, Maths, Drama and Poetry. The competi-tion involves 40 teams with the top 2 teams being invited to Melbourne to compete in the challenge finals. Our competition will take place on the 13 No-vember.

Gateways

Challenge

With the facilitation of the Gifted and Talented priority team member, Mr Fifield, the 2 teams began their preparation. The teams consisted of Daniel Sun, Lily Vincent, Xavier Chalise and Sophie Tan for team 1 and Han Lee, Teresa Lay, Antonio Zhu and Hannah Mangerah for team 2. With a focus on working as a team, the competitors set out for challenges including creating a 1 minute drama script, discovering the PH levels of orange juice and creatively writing a Dylan Thomas ‘Portrait’ about Mrs Williams. A highlight of the day was discovering the impact of mass on a swinging pendulum, or as we learned the lack of im-pact that mass makes on a swinging pendulum. This involved a walk down to the local park, an adventure all on its own.

SPOTLIGHT ON LITERACY

AND NUMERACY

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School Programs

YEAR ONE — TARONGA ZOO EXCURSION

Year 1 travelled to Taronga Zoo to visit the animals. It was an exciting and busy day

where the students got to meet some of the animals during a Zoo

Keepers workshop!

School Programs

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EARLY STAGE ONE EXCURSION –CALMSLEY HILL CITY FARM

School Programs

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NEWINGTON’S GOT TALENT

School Programs

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NEWINGTON’S GOT TALENT

Positive Behaviour for Learning

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Term 4 Week 1 Non-Classroom

Setting Behaviour

Everyone is Responsible Walkways

Make room for others Use the footpaths

Term 4 Week 2 Non-Classroom

Setting Behaviour

Everyone is Respectful

Playground COLA

sandpit grass area

amphitheatre

Play fair Speak calmly

P&C

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Parenting Insight

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Parenting Insight

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