Holsworthy Public School
High Quality Education, Strong Discipline Relieving Principal: Tammy Deiri
36 Infantry Parade Phone: 9825 1479
Holsworthy NSW 2173 Fax: 9825 2860
Email < [email protected]>
Website: www.holsworthy-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
Wednesday 25 September Newsletter Term 3 Week 10
Rule of the Week
Week 10: Be in the right place at the right time
Principal’s Message
Students and teachers will commence Term 4 on Monday 14 October.
There is NO Staff Development Day in Term 4.
From the Relieving Principal
I would like to acknowledge and thank the many parents for the kind messages, wonderful gifts and
well wishes for Mr Ward. He was very appreciative. He is receiving ongoing treatment and at this
stage he will still be on leave at the start of Term 4.
Thank you to all parents and members of the school community who have supported the school this
term. It has been an exceptionally productive and busy term with all classrooms across the school
focused on learning and engagement. Students have being active learners through many high
quality learning opportunities that are relevant to their stages of learning and
development.
I would also like to thank Ms Taylor and the school executive team
for their support, care and interest in leading and managing the
school. I would also like to acknowledge the professional and
dedicated staff that work tirelessly to provide high quality learning
experiences and opportunities for our students. Thank you also to
the wonderful SASS staff who support parents, students and
teachers in the smooth running of the school. You should be
assured that Holsworthy Public School is a well organised learning environment.
Thank you to the many wonderful parents who attended the ‘Fun With Robotics’
Parent Workshop. The session was very informative and introduced how the robots
are being integrated into literacy and numeracy programs Kindergarten to Year
6. During the workshop parents had hands-on experience with the robots and the
language the children will be using.
To ensure we are as prepared for 2020 as we can possibly be we need to identify
how many students we will have at the school. If you know of anyone with a child
starting Kindergarten in 2020 and is in area would you please encourage them to
enrol their child as soon as possible. Also, if your child/children are not returning to Holsworthy PS
next year it would be greatly appreciated if you could notify the office staff and fill in the form below
as soon as possible.
We have come to the end of another great term at Holsworthy PS!
Congratulations to all the students and staff for all their hard work over the term. You have earnt a
rest and I hope you enjoy your holidays with family and friends.
I wish everyone a wonderful vacation and I look forward to working with you all in Term 4.
Tammy Deiri
Relieving Principal
STUDENTS NOT RETURNING OR RETURNING LATE IN 2020
Please tick:
will not be returning to Holsworthy Public School in 2020
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YEAR 5 – CANBERRA/SNOWY MOUNTAINS EXCURSION
Year 5 students from our school have recently undertaken an educational tour of the National
Capital. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs
with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. The Australian Government
recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the National Capital as part
of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion
the Australian Government is contributing funding of $20 per student under the Parliament and
Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs.
Year 5 Teachers.
YEAR 5 CAMP
On Monday 16 September Year 5 went to Canberra for our 3 day camp. On the first day we were
in Canberra and went to Parliament House. As we got there we could hear cannons going off for
the arrival of the Fijian Prime Minister. On the way in to Parliament House we saw Scott Morrison
and he waved to us. After morning tea we went on a tour of Parliament House. The rooms were
very formal and it was very quiet. We got to do a role play as well and I was the Opposition
Leader.
Going to the snow was the best part but I hated the fact that we had to put our snow gear on – that
was uncomfortable! On the way there we saw a lot of snow covering the trees, making them look
like comfortable floating clouds. When we walked onto the snow it felt like I was walking on clouds.
Mrs North first talked about the limits and boundaries where we could play and then she said
PLAY! All of us sprinted up the hill. Miss Grayson was sliding down the hill with some of the boys.
Miss Hatzitanos and Miss Papathanasiou were getting hit with snowballs! It was so much fun at
the snow.
On the last day we went to the War Memorial where we learned about how the soldiers ended up
overseas in the Wars. It made me feel honoured that our soldiers died for us to have our freedom.
After lunch we went to Questacon. My favourite part was where we got to talk and interact with the
robots.
By Mark Johnson 5V
YEAR 4 CAMP BLURB
On Monday the 16 of September Year 4 gathered in
the hall, excited to leave for their first overnight camp.
We packed our gear and headed off on the short bus
journey to The Royal National Park. What an exciting
two days we had ahead. We built catapults and tested
them, we tried our luck at fishing, learnt about the
mangroves and built sandcastles and tested our
strength on the lower ropes course. Although the
weather was not on our side all of our Stage 2 students
had an excellent time and displayed excellent
behaviour and manners.
KINDERGARTEN OPEN DAY
Last Wednesday, Holsworthy Public School opened the doors of the Kindergarten classrooms to
families of the Kinder 2020. The school Ministers ran the event taking care of everything from
technology to leading the new families around the Kinder classrooms. During this time Kinder
displayed the wonderful things that are happening during their Number and Writing groups. Before
the new families visited all five of our wonderful Kinder rooms they were blown away with the talented
children in the Choir and Drama group. We are so lucky here at Holsworthy to be able to ‘show off’
such wonderful talented student.
Mrs S Murdoch
DEBATING NEWS
We would like to congratulate all of our debating students who competed this year. Our ‘Titans’
team did a fantastic effort in their round robin winning 2 out of 4 debates. Our ‘Rookies’ team won
3 out of 4 of their debates which meant they progressed through to the knockout rounds, this puts
them in the top 16 schools in the Sydney South West region! In the first knockout round they
debated against Minto Public School ‘That all supermarket promotions like Ooshies and Little
Shops should not be banned’ but in a very close result they lost the debate. Well done to all these
students.
Debating Teams 2019
Rookies Titans
Aahil Malik 5V Vrinda Dhar 5/6G
Kody Swe 6C Lola Marcetic 5/6G
Harsha Sheoran 5/6N Trisha Tamhankar 6C
Adhruth Anand 5/6N Surabhi Marathe 5/6N
Niomi Egodapitiya 5/6N Onnonto Ahmed 5/6N
Ranjana Rao 5/6N Charlotte Selkirk 5/6N
Mrs Hatzitanos and Miss Grayson
DSM NEWS
Term 3 has flown by and many ADF families have already learnt of or are just finding about
upcoming posting orders. If you are posting out please inform me either by emailing
[email protected] or contacting the school administration office. Information for
changing schools is available on the DCO website.
DCO is currently asking families to complete a “What Suits You” survey so they can cater better
for ADF family needs. This survey is available through DCO or I can email out an attachment upon
request.
Holsworthy Community Group have a whole variety of activities organised up to November this
year. The activities range from sausage making, a ghost tour, drawing and a Sydney Harbour
Comedy Cruise. If you would like further information on any of these activities either contact HCG
directly or I can forward you the details upon request. The YMCA has a range of activities for the
school holidays at Liverpool and Hammondville. Further information for these activities can be
found by phoning Dani Layton on 9725 0704.
COLOUR RUN
We will be holding a Colour Run this year. Our major fundraising event will be held on Monday 28 October. Our goal is to fundraise $18,000. This is to raise money for classroom technology and resources to support our students as 21st Century learners. The resources include Chromebooks, robotics sets and guided readers.
Each student received a Sponsorship Form which will be used to keep track of every donation they receive. Students need to have a parent or adult present when seeking sponsors. Sponsorship forms need to be returned with the money raised by Friday 25 October. Donations can also be
processed online. Prizes will be awarded to classes and individual students who raised the most money in each grade however, the best prize of all is participating in the Colour run.
SILVER AWARD:
KA Isabella Buck; Sorna Vijaysampath
KB Arghya Aithala; Kevin Dang; Brian Nguyen; Yoganirek Nivas; Prashna Sapkota; Dimitri Silver; Sudharsana Anandan;
KCR Parisa Acharya; Aiden Dennis; Zaviyar Hasan; Deming Liu; Arif Rahim; Aashvi Satram; William Semmens; Mugdha Shinde; Tavish Shrestha; Rayhaan Siddiqui; Eilena Tarpey; Isaac Wu; Max Wu
KF Felicity Liu; Ranveer Seth; Muhid Ul Shabib; Jerusha Nithila Thampan; Jayden Young; Michaela Burden; Sofia Gasparini; Zeo Oligo
KM Avan Amir; Visrudh Bala; Marcus Campbell; Nicholas Delcasse; Aadhiv Krishnan; Hayden Teasel
1P George Swinton
2H Sienna Salvadori
2J Abigail Edwards; Nevzad Tursun
3J Abel Thomas
3S Damathmari Shreesha
4A Aashish Deepak; Miya Phillip
4J Aiden Cox; Charli Deguara; Fernando Dylan; Sameep Karki; Skye Ma; Zea Oligo; Griffin Price; Zunera Aziz
4/5P Nefeli Illiopoulou
GOLD AWARD:
KA Alisha Bhatta; Jake Duchatel; Kaden Pradhan; Eric Zhao
KB Nadia Rabhi; Harper Rowley; Zahra Yaghi; Morah Deng; Isaac Fenech; Asiya Salami; Kyra Sami
KCR Annabel Howells; Ayra Misbah; Ozgu Tursun
KF Anh Quynh Phoung (Kristie) Pham; Asfiya Amir; Sia Dahal
KM Chloe Nguyen; Chanel Chang
1D Nicolas Biordi; Siri Madivada; Muhammad Syed
1L Joseph Gayed; Simiao Huang; Potiki Messent; Tushar Sengupta; Brihadh Sivakumar; Audrey Williamson; Jeremiah Wyness
1P Samantha Bartlett; Renee Cao; Enoch Chen; Tazmeen Faiz; Diya Girish; Ameera Khambiye; Eshaal Shahzad
1R Brian Guico; Milan Raja Durai
1/2M Liam Nicol
2H Emily King; Ishayat Rahman
2J Preksha Arun; Neel Shinu; Ceryn Tan
2K Onnushka Ahmed;
3J Cheney Blackmore; Gracie Bryant; Leyla Daoudon; Liba Haque; Danilo Kablar; Alfred Marsh; Millie Pearce; Summer Toms
3S Matai Felix; Rehaan Hussain; Neha Narayan; Makayla Pons; Acacia Reed; Radiya Salami
3/4C Onngkita Ahmed; Alisha Bonney Joseph; Zitong Hao; Daniel Kitsoukilias; Shekinah Pilly; Aditya Sehgal; Rani Sharma; Jade Vickers; Alisanne Withayaban; Jasmine Yang
3/4L
Ishan Bhondve; Brithi Herman Kumar; Liyana Hossain; Amelie McKeon; Yochy Okubo; Liam Olson; Naveen Egodapitiya; David Kablar; Mia Kouwenberg; Inaqui Lin; Ashleigh Nguyen; Everest Pan; Ananya Puri; Nazim Rabhi; Laryssa Sinn; Sakina Syeda; Anwesha Vohra; Aaron Williams
4A
Emma Bailey; Mia Chapman; Anushka Dabir; Nadia Daoudon; Ameenah El-Gendy; Danny Foster; Daniel Francis; Trinity Freitag; Brianna Garrett; Jithin Girish; Chloe Hudson; Luke Jacques; Anisha Kazi; Iris Liang; Jessica Lorimer; Jesse Matar; Anesuishe Musakura; Miya Philip; Meenakshi Punnadi; Safiyya Salami; Haris Shahzad; Frasier Swinton
4J Harry Zhao
4/5P Ahyan Amir; Avika Gurram; Akshobhya Kumar; Tahmid Naim; Dianka Pradhan; Jacinda Tran; Anh Minh Vu
PSSA
WINTER PSSA RESULTS
All Grand Finals were cancelled last week due to the weather and ground closures. As a result, our Junior Netball B’s, Junior Hockey and Senior Hockey teams have all been declared Premiers for finishing the season in a higher position on the ladder than their opposition. Congratulations to these teams on their wonderful achievement!
SUMMER PSSA
Summer PSSA will start on Friday 18th October, 2019 – Term 4 Week 1.
TERM 3 DIARY
2019 HPS Diary Term 3 22 July – 27 September
TERM
Three Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri
WEEK
10
September 23
September 24
September 25
Year 6 Mini Fete
September 26
Living safely with
pets K-2
September 27
LAST DAY OF
TERM
Spring Holidays- Monday 30 September to Friday 11 October 2019
TERM 4 DIARY
TERM FOUR Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri
WEEK 1
October 14 Selective high applications
opened on 8 October
October 15
October 16
October 17
October 18 Summer PSSA
Round 8
WEEK 2
October 21 NRMA Road
Safety
October 22
October 23 Kinder
Transition
October 24 State Drama
Festival Stage 3
Planetarium Incursion TBC
October 25 Summer PSSA
Round 9 Disco
WEEK 3
October 28 Colour Run
October 29
October 30 Kinder
Transition
October 31 Woolworths Blast Cricket Tournament
Stage 3 Planetarium
Incursion TBC P&C Meeting
November 1 Summer PSSA
Round 10
WEEK 4
November 4
Enrichment testing
OC Orientation 9.30
November 5
Enrichment testing
November 6
Enrichment testing
Kinder
Transition
November 7
SPORTS PHOTO Day
November 8 Summer PSSA
Round 11
WEEK 5
November 11 REPORTS TO
SUPERVISORS
Remembrance Service
November 12 Minister
Nominations
November 13
November 14
November 15 Summer PSSA
Round 12
WEEK 6
November 18 November 19 Diwali
celebration
Pre-school visit
(Diwali dancers)
November 20
November 21
November 22 Summer PSSA
Semis Schools
Spectacular 22 & 23 Nov
WEEK 7
November 25
November 26
November 27
Combined Christian
Performance 9.15 and 10am
November 28
Holsworthy Pre School Visit x 4
classes 10.30
P&C Meeting
November 29
Summer PSSA Finals
WEEK 8
December 2 Closing
Parliament
December 3
December 4
Year 6 Farewell Brighton Lakes
December 5
December 6 PSSA Winter
Extreme Weather Back up
WEEK 9
December 9
December 10
Presentation Day
Assemblies
December 11
Stage 2
Party day
December 12
Stage 3
Party day CAROLS NIGHT REPORTS HOME
December 13 K-2 Party Day
WEEK 10
December 16 Moving Day
December 17
December 18
Last day for students
December 19
December 20