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CROAK Newington Public School Learning for Life

Thursday 7 November 2019 Volume 19: Issue 17

Newington Boulevarde NEWINGTON NSW 2127 email: [email protected] 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 4 & 15 Parenting Insights Page 3: From your Deputy Principals Page 16 & 17: Advertisements Page 4 & 5: Reminders & Notices Page 6-11: School programs Page 12 PBL Page 13: P&C @newingtonpublic

YEAR 3 & 4 CAMPS Year 3 and 4 certainly enjoyed their camp experiences last week. Year 4 were at The Great Aussie Bush Camp in Kincumber and Year 3 had their special camping experience here at Newington PS. Our staff were again very pleased with The Great Aussie Bush Camp venue at Kincumber, the activities offered and the camp staff. Our students were well behaved and took part in the activities with great enthusiasm! Thanks to Mrs Cassar, Ms Stanton, Miss Daniels, Miss Lumenta, Miss Donovan and Mr Hellier for their care and supervision of our students and for giving of their time away from their family responsibilities. Year 3 equally enjoyed all the highly engaging and fun activi-ties the teachers had planned for their in-school camp. A special thank you to Mrs Stelzer, Mrs Garlick, Mrs Oliveira, Mrs Wilson, Mr Whitelaw and Mrs Mai for all their organisi-ation leading up to the camp and the experiences they pro-vided for the students over the two days.

GRANDFRIENDS DAY Our school welcomed over 250 grandparents and grandfriends to visit, watch or participate in classroom activities last Monday. The Junior Choir, Junior Dance Group and Senior Choir all performed very well for the appreciative audi-ence. A range of lessons and class activities were displayed across all our classrooms and our visitors were able to see how classrooms differ from their own schooling experiences. Thanks to Mrs Gibson for coordinating the event.

2020 Enrolment survey

Thank you to those families who have already returned the survey which went home earlier this term, asking

you to inform us as to whether your child/children will be continuing at Newington PS in 2020. We have already

identified 26 students who are leaving our school between now and the end of the year and won’t be returning

in 2020. We need this information now so that our planning for classes and staffing in 2020 can be better in-

formed. It is crucial to know accurate numbers as the Department of Education will only staff schools on the ac-

tual number of students enrolled. If you are yet to complete and/or return the survey note please do so by early

next week.

Term 4 School Statement

The Term 4 Statement of Accounts were sent home in Week One of this term. We would appreciate your

prompt payment of any outstanding items by next week please.

Dogs on school premises

Under NSW legislation, all dogs, apart from police and corrective service dogs and genuine assistance dogs, are banned from school grounds. I ask that if you have a dog with you that you stay outside of the school gates with your dog.

Sound Scout

An estimated 1 in 10 children suffer from hearing loss which left undetected can lead to speech, learning and

behavioural problems. The World Health Organisation recommends that all children should have their hearing

screened around the time they start school and ideally again in Year 3 & Year 5 in line with NAPLAN. Any child

identified with learning or behavioural problems should also have their hearing tested.

The Sound Scouts hearing check is a simple way to identify if a child has a

hearing issue, including listening difficulties in noise. The test incorporates

the science of a hearing test in a fun interactive game. Evidence based, ac-

cessible and delivering immediate results, it’s the perfect screening solution.

Sound Scouts is now FREE for all Australian schoolchildren (aged 4-17)

thanks to support from the Department of Health and Australian Hearing.

Learning Resources

The NSW Department of Education website list educational resources for parents who want to help their chil-dren thrive at school. You may find them useful.

ABC Education - Support your children's education with engaging videos, games, competitions and other fun educational resources. Find entertaining programs, including videos that help explain the news to kids, or read thought-provoking articles about parenting and the latest education news. http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/resources?utm_source=NSWDeptOfEducation&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=NSWDoE_ABCEd

Raising Children Network - Reliable, up-to-date and independent information to help your family grow and thrive together. The network is funded by the Australian Government, reviewed by experts and is non-commercial. https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/school-learning

Learning Potential - An Australian Government website and app providing hundreds of articles on all as-pects of your child’s learning and development, from the early years to the end of high school, with more articles added all the time. https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/age-group/primary-school

Newington Public School Learning for Life

From your Principal

Greg Weeks

Acting Principal

http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/resources?utm_source=NSWDeptOfEducation&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=NSWDoE_ABCEd



https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/school-learning

https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/age-group/primary-school


From your Deputy Principals

Sarah Williams and Marcia Skelton

Deputy Principals

Deputy Principal Awards

Congratulations to these students who have earned themselves Deputy Principal awards for their special ef-forts:

Aryan S [KM] for wonderful writing practice

Atilgan U [KA] for reading 100 times, wow!

En Long Z [1G] for a very detailed ‘Going on a Bear Hunt’ map

Assemblies

The following classes were awarded Class of the Week for their display of PBL expectations: Buruwang: 4L Cumberland: KR De Coubertin: 6O

2020 Student Leadership The student leadership process is well underway with nominations completed this week for our Year 5 aspiring

leaders for 2020. Those nominees are now busy preparing a 1 minute speech with impact, to present to their

Stage 3 peers. From this process, Stage 3 will vote for the candidates to go forward for election by the school

(Years 2-6), which will take place Friday, Week 7 (29 November). We have increased our number of leaders for

2020, from 2 captains and 8 leaders, to 2 captains and 10 school leaders. Year 5 have been further supported

in their preparation for Year 6 with a wonderful whole day workshop UPP: Aspire Higher, Unleashing Personal

Potential’ (see page 10 for photos). The response from the students and the teachers was very positive, per-

fectly encapsulated by this reflection:

‘I’ve learnt that you can be a leader without a badge. A leader is not a person who uses you for

everything, it’s who gives you a go before themselves.’ Ela A [5F]

Excitingly, we will also be trialling online voting with our Year 4, 5 and 6 students with paper voting by Year 2

and 3 students. I would like to acknowledge Mr Dalamagas in assisting Year 5 with this initiative and Mr Fifield

for leading the process. We sincerely wish all nominees the greatest success and learning experience in their

efforts to achieve candidacy on Monday. Obviously, not all students will be successful in reaching the next

stage, but as we all know, one of the biggest tests of character is how we handle ourselves during times of dis-

appointment or loss. We are confident that all our Year 5 nominees will be great role models throughout this

process and know that there will be many other leadership opportunities in Year 6. We wish them all the best.

Kindergarten Orientation The first of our two part Kinder Orientation program will be held on Friday 8 November. It will be wonderful to be

able to welcome many new parents and children to our school, as well as many familiar faces. As part of a tran-

sition to school program, our orientation days hopefully will provide useful information for parents, as well as an

opportunity for us to highlight the many programs that operate at the school. Over the 2 days, the Senior

Strings, Senior Band, Ukulele & Guitar groups, Junior and Senior Choirs will perform; our school leaders, Lilly

and Xavier will address the parents; 6 kinder children— Callan, Brooklyn, Cooper, Chloe, Maeve and Tyler will

also speak about their first year at school and other kinder children proudly modelled our school uniform. The

P&C Executive will speak with the parents about the aims, programs and events organised by the P&C. An op-

tional evening session for parents only, who can’t attend the day sessions, will repeat the important information

on Wednesday 27 November at 7.00pm in the Library. A huge thank you to all staff who will be leading, man-

aging and participating in the kindergarten orientation process


Calendar Notices & Reminders TERM IV Friday 8 November Kinder Orientation Monday 11 November Remembrance Day Thursday 14 November Year 5 Incursion Friday 15 November Kinder Orientation Wednesday 27 November Brainstorm Performance - Bullying, e-safety and cooperation Kinder Orientation Evening Session 7pm Thursday 28 November 3A, 3G and 3O boys Botanical Gardens Brainstorm Performance - Bullying, e-safety and cooperation Saturday 30 November P&C Summer Fair Tuesday 3 December High School Orientation Thursday 5 December 3W, 3S and 3O girls Botanical Gardens Wednesday 11 December Class Concerts Thursday 12 December Band and Strings Summer Soiree 5pm Friday 13 December Presentation Assemblies Reports send home Monday 16 December Year 6 Farewell Tuesday 17 December Year 6 Reward Day and Class Parties Wednesday 18 December Year 6 Honour Guard 2.40pm Last day Term 4

UNIFORM SHOP

Tuesday 2.30—3.30pm

Thursday 9.00—10.00am

SAFETY REMINDERS Please do not park across the driveways

of neighbouring properties Do not enter staff car parks. Do not walk (or ride) children through the

staff car parks.

KINDERGARTEN 2020 ENROLMENTS

If your child is starting Kindergarten in 2020 or you know someone who lives within our

enrolment 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.

SCHOOL VISITORS Parents are reminded that ALL visitors to the school during the school day MUST re-port, upon entry to the school grounds, to

the Office to SIGN IN and collect a VISITORS BADGE.

(There is a different badge for Parent Help-ers / Volunteers).

The safety of all our students & staff re-quire this rule.

A Visitors Code is on display at our Office. A copy of our Visitors Policy & Volunteers

Policy is on the school website. All volunteers are required by DoE to com-

plete a Working With Children—Prohibited Employ-

ment Declaration (Appendix 5)

LABEL EVERYTHING Please ensure your child’s name is per-

manently and clearly labelled on be-longings such as school hats, jackets, lunch boxes, drink bottles and school

bags.

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.

Notices & Reminders

Student medical forms During Term 4 we will be updating our medical records systems to ensure we have the most up-to-date infor-mation on your child’s health.

If you have a child with a medical condition you will receive a copy of the new forms in the mail and will need to fill them out and return them to us as soon as you can.

The good news is we have already started collecting some of this information, which means less for you to do. The new forms will help us collect your child’s important medical information and the introduction of new sys-tems will mean we'll be able to better manage the daily and emergency health needs of your child.

Congratulations to these recipients of Silver Awards for Week 3 & 4 Term 4 Mahi Grover Arthur Aliwijoyo Eileen Jang Virginia Filitonga Timothy Heo Ashton Hong Jannat Mirza Sabir Alexandra Yeoh Bass Orchard Daniel Sun Ethan Truong Han Lee Joseph Sung Natalie Toh Selima Eid Stephy Liang Teresa Lay Jasmine De La Cerna Johnny Merlino Ana Roni Kaan Cam Melisa Anar Angelina Boustani Jaxson Keenan Jeremy Kuruvila Marcus Senesi Ninjin Chintulga Aaron Hwang Xavier Chalise Ashley Kim Samuel Lee Atakan Ilbay Elisavet Sotiriou Sia McGregor Alysah Hamdan Arda Polat Turkeli Maddison Antoon Eve McGregor Paul Hyun Haydon Fitzgerald Daniel Yeung Zhachary Oliva Kabir Mahato Saisha Rajendra Emily Shin Gabriel Saycon Julian Lettieri William Duong Ameena Harkaty Arya Ghimire William Lee Boa Kim Aleena Dirani Rowan Simsek Jerome Choi Tony Chen Ken Chin Zahra Limbada Ayla Marx Jeronimo Medina Bolivar David Lee Veronica Boustani Rahaf Shawdari Alycia Fabe Chloe Cheng Sofia Michaels Olivia Shashoua Sophia Margiotta Oliver Lamberton Callista Demiralay Rohan Poosarla Tiare Joe Sonny Wenham Greg Seo Samuel Kong Zaid Faruque Zaid Ghazzawi Adian Gurie

Congratulations to these recipients of Gold Awards for Week 3 & 4 Term 4 Cielle Choi Yul Jang Aleah de Chavez Mason Showyin Madison Green Zoe Miller Baran Bozkus Eugene Halim Andrea Loricco Maisha Mahmood Lara Osra Eliana Yosua Bernice Yuen Taher Poonawala Ethan Harrison Aahana Sharma Anne Ko Inaya Siddique Lee-Sheen Pong Mackenzie Li Brooklyn Allan Ruby Nolan Marcella Sanjid Mishika Kapadia Sophia Liwanto James Burd James Kurniawan Ameila Yeh Hazhi Anwar Millie Hancock Lucy Masana Ray Ern Pong Daniel Trnka Damien Wei Abby Fung Jayden Kim Jiya Majmudar Joshua Bartle Taylor Hong Elisha Kang Jenna Hwang Mustafa Tambawala Sienna Kong Scarlett Yoo Olynda Lebeau Chloe Choi Chloe Ha Alena Wong Emika Pinyo Grace Gu Maya Valente Sarah Mikati Xavier Qin Aazaan Nabil Tim Tsend-Ayush Catharina Cho Kingston Ly Cooper Lees Felix de Paula Minji Lee Ian Jung Amelia Baek Chloe Go Raphael Tancredi Hayun Kwon Gabriel Magtangong-Santos Ivan Xu Sienna Allan Elizabeth Jiang Lena Jung Adhvik Rao David Yi Ryan Lee Joanne Lee Julia Lay Dream Choi Bryant Li Umme Hani Poonawala Nikitha Arunkumar Joshua Hong Tanishq Shah Ellina Ha Gabriel Evans Samah Alsmadi Samson Alogwu Rayden Chan Riian Zheng Briseis Taylor Gabriel Luckan Pravin Ramachandran Harrison Allan Isaiah Poon Tiana Tran Canice Lei Arni Mankotia Joshua Ta Adele Zuo Erica Liu Evan Bailey Isaac Zreik Sophie Zhu Shirley Chen Oliver Goodridge Tejas Joshi Ruby Jose Emily Liu Rayan Masroor Sam Cocks Sarah Kim Iria Thapa

Congratulations to these recipients of Platinum Awards for Week 3 & 4 Term 4 Bailey Bernie Kiana Mai Yun Cho Bethany Power



SPOTLIGHT ON LITERACY

AND NUMERACY

Debating

Newington PS has two debating teams. Our local team represents our

school in the Granville, Holroyd and Strathfield School Education Are-

as Debating Program. The other team is taking part in the NSW Prem-

iers’ Debating Challenge.

The major difference between the teams is the amount of time

given to prepare for a debate. The local team is given their top-

ics prior to the debate in order to prepare, whereas the

premier’s team has only one hour to pre-pare for their debate. Teams do not know the topic or which side of the debate they are on until one hour before the debate starts.

Congratulations to both teams on their successes this year. The premiers

Team came second in their division, winning three debates out of the four.

The local team won two debates out of four. A special mention to Emily

Hirschorn who has made the Primary Schools State Debating Challenge

(PSSDC) representing the South Western Sydney Regional Team.

Debating was a magically,

thrilling experience that will

help me for future life skills.

My confidence grew on an

unexpecting high level. I think

it was worthwhile to join. Arni

Mankotia-6D

Debating is a skill that you will need when you

grow up, for job interviews and group meetings.

To be honest, I wasn’t really interested in debating

for a long time. But in 2018 I tried out for fun, and

surprisingly I made it in! It has really help enrich my

public speaking skills. I am much more confident

now and have great debating skills. It is a great ex-

perience. Canice-6D

Debating has been an experience that will stay with me for

a lifetime. Along with meeting new people and creating true

friendships, the reason I was so drawn to the persuasive art

of debating was the development of the crucial skills of

public speaking, and the ability to react calmly under pres-

sure. I feel so much more capable and confident when it

comes to this specific field of learning and I am so thankful

to the AMAZING teachers, Mrs Cross and Mrs Drury, who

without none of this would be possible. Debating is an ex-

perience that I will cherish forever, and I encourage anyone

who is interested to go on and have a go. (It’s worth it!)...

ANNA 5F


School Programs

Year 4 Camp—The Great Aussie Bush Camp

School Programs

Year 3 In School Camp


School Programs


Year 5 Aspire Higher - Unleashing Personal Potential

School Programs

K-2 Athletics Carnival


Positive Behaviour for Learning


Term 4 Week 5 Non-Classroom

Setting Behaviour

Everyone is RESPONSIBLE

Library

Care for resources Pack away and return

resources after use Return books on time

Term 4 Week 6 Non-Classroom

Setting Behaviour

Everyone is RESPECTFUL

Equipment

Wait your turn Include others

Chess Gala Day Newington Public school participated in the Interschool Chess Gala Day held at the Sacred Heart Primary School in Villawood on Monday the 4th November. The school team comprised of Alexander Li(5A),YiFei Hu(1M), Pat-rick Jirgens(1G) and Marcus Du(2A).This tournament is a 7-round ‘Swiss’ competition. This means that all players play 7 games and no-one is ‘knocked out’ of the tourna-ment. The winning school is determined by adding the 4 highest scorers from each school. The talented NPS team fought with grit and determination to be the second place victors. We are very proud of these young men. Well Done!

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