21st August 2019

From the Principal… Thank you to the great team of parents from the Events Committee who organised the

recent trivia night. Well done team! They worked extremely hard to provide such good

prizes and donations, to organise the evening, and to work behind the scenes with

compliance matters and more! Thank you also to the class parents who collected donations

for the class baskets- great prizes there too! The costumes looked amazing on the night,

with everyone in the spirit of the evening.

All notes are available via the school app under

“Notes and Forms”

Term 3 2019

Thur 29 Aug Father’s Day Stall Tues 3 Sept ICAS Digital Tech. Wed 4 Sept Coffee & Play Stage 2 Excursion Botany Bay NP Thur 5 Sept ICAS Science Tue 10 Sept ICAS Writing Wed 11 Sept Sticks & Stones Incursion P&C Meeting Thur 12 Sept ICAS Spelling 16-27 Sept Yr 2/3 Swimming Program Tue 17 Sept ICAS English Thur 19 Sept ICAS Maths Fri 27 Sept Last Day term 3

Community Medical Alert

As we head into late winter and spring, NSW Health are urging everyone to be alert to the symptoms of meningococcal disease.

NSW Health have launched a state wide campaign about identifying the symptoms of meningococcal disease.

Meningococcal disease is caused by a bacterial infection that can lead to serious illness if not recognised and treated in time. While anyone can contract meningococcal disease, infection rates are higher in children aged 0 - 4 years and young people aged 15 - 24 years.

Do you know the symptoms of meningococcal disease?

Symptoms of meningococcal disease include: * Sudden onset of fever * Headache * Neck stiffness * Joint pain * Dislike of bright lights * Nausea * Vomiting * Irritability * Rash of red-purple spots or bruises that doesn't disappear when pressure is applied.(A rash does not always appear or it may occur late in the disease).

Some or all of these symptoms may appear and can mimic other common illnesses. Symptoms usually occur suddenly and can get worse quickly, so it's important to seek urgent medical treatment.

Vaccination is the best way to prevent the spread. The NSW School vaccination program provides free vaccination against meningococcal disease for year 10 students in 2019. Students ages 15-16 can access free vaccine from their GP.

Act fast and seek medical advice quickly

People infected with meningococcal disease can become extremely unwell very quickly. People who could have meningococcal disease should seek urgent medical advice.

For more information about meningococcal disease and vaccinations, or to obtain information to promote this within your school community, visit www.health.nsw.gov.au/infectious/meningococcal.

Chickenpox alert

Forestville Public School have informed us that a child playing AFL last week has been diagnosed with chickenpox. If your

child played AFL last week they may have come in contact. Immunized children can still contract a milder form of

chickenpox.

Signs and symptoms - The main symptom is an itchy red rash that turns into blisters, which then burst and crust over. Chickenpox can also cause flu-like symptoms, such as fever, headache and sore throat.

Symptoms usually start about two weeks after catching chickenpox. The symptoms stay from between 10 to 21 days.

Pregnant women – coming into contact with chickenpox should seek medical advice as a matter of urgency.

Stage 1 Excursion – Field of Mars

On Monday our Year 1 and 2 students went on a fantastic excursion to the Field of Mars Reserve. During the

day, students enjoyed a bush walk where they got to be Rangers studying the local flora and fauna.

Other highlights of the day also included planting some native plants as part of the bush regeneration project

and building some amazing insect hotels that you will see in the coming days in our school vegetable patch.

All the teachers would like to thank the parents who came along to help us on the day.

It was a great excursion that was enjoyed be all!

Julie Renwick

K-2 Assistant Principal

Sport News

Orienteering

Last week a number of students from Terrey Hills participated

in the Zone Orienteering competition. They had a fantastic day.

Equestrian

Evie from Kindy competed at the Arndell Interschool

Equestrian Carnival over the weekend. She had a great time

and a successful day. In the gymkhana she got one first, two

seconds and three thirds and in the sporting she was

sixth. Congratulations Evie!

Snowsport

Good luck Declan and Jarrah who are participating in the State Snowsports Championships this week.

Terrey Hills Public School Annual Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraiser on Saturday night. It was a fantastic night! We would like to say a special thank you to these people:

o Mrs Maclennan and the staff who attended the event and supported us in our fundraising endeavours o Michelle and Louise in the office, particularly in the weeks leading up to the event when you give so much of

your time to help us o The lovely parents who volunteered their time to help with various jobs o The Year 5/6 students who helped set up the hall o Skye Lund from Mercury Creative for the sponsor boards o Shira Halberstadt from Studio Ishi for the graphic design work on our advertising material o The class mums for your time and genius ideas in putting together the class baskets

o The families and businesses who provided sponsorship and donated prizes for the Trivia Night

Stay tuned for details of the online auction part of the event!

Thank you to our Prize Donors

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School Community information

Library

Someone ordered a book called “Shark factivity” at the book fair last week. If you ordered this book and have not received

it please see Mrs Crawford in the library.

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Lost Property

If anyone has seen a school jumper with surname Sinclair on it and a number of school sports patches please return it to

the school office. As it has the sports patches Ryan would very much like to get it back.

Lost property is full of jumpers, lunch boxes etc with no names. Also the following items:

Size 8 ladies Miss Shop hooded grey coat with fur around hood

Size 4 grey and black hoody

Size 7 red zip hoody

Grey/blue sip hoody approx. size 10

Under Armour blue/grey/white string sports bag

If you are missing items please come and take a look.

School Banking

There will be no banking this Friday 23rd August. Banking will resume as usual week 6, Friday 30th August.

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Two of our students Ulas and Dia will be at the

Wildflower Art and Garden Festival as Junior Ranger

Cadets handling some of the local wildlife!

This is a free event.

With spring on its way soon enough, experience Sydney at its best. Head to the Wildflower Art and Garden Festival

on Sunday 25 August 2019 from 9am to 4pm at the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden, 420 Mona Vale Rd, St Ives (entry off

Richmond Road) and be visually saturated by the splendour of the change of season.

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Lost Property Trivia Night

In the clean up at the end of the night did anyone take home a large pink feather boa? If you know where it is could you

please return it to the school office. It was part of a hired costume and the parent would really like to get it back.

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Canteen Roster Week Fri 23 Aug Chanel Crowley Emma Clout 1 Helper required

Mon 26 Aug Fabiana Bari Deb Keller

Wed 28 Aug Katherine Fuchs 1 Helper required

Fri 30 Aug Chanel Crowley 2 helpers required

As you can see the canteen urgently requires volunteers to keep it open. If you are able to

assist simply click on the sign up genius link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0544a8a82da0f85-canteen2

Any questions regarding working at the canteen please speak with Georgia Wilson or Sarah Gerdovic, or you can email

them at terreyhillscanteen@gmail.com.

Uniform Shop

Opening Times term 3

Wed 31 July 2:45 – 3:15pm

Wed 14 Aug 2:45 – 3:15pm

Wed 28 Aug 2:45 – 3:15pm

Wed 11 Sept 2:45 – 3:15pm

Wed 25 Sept 2:45 – 3:15pm

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Merit Certificates

5/6 Phasmids Jackson M Kirra Lea M

5/6 Fireflies Hayden W Kiki O

4 Dragonflies Henry D

2/3 Grasshoppers Louie H Cooper G

K/1 Beetles Liam R Harlie F

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