Holsworthy Public School High Quality Education, Strong Discipline

Principal: Peter Ward

36 Infantry Parade Phone: 9825 1479 Holsworthy NSW 2173 Fax: 9825 2860

Email < holsworthy-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au> Website: www.holsworthy-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Wednesday 20th June 2018 Newsletter Term 2 Week 8

Rule of the Week Week 8: Take pride in our school

Week 9: Wear School Uniform PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE REPORTS AND INTERVIEWS Teachers have been working very hard producing the Semester 1 reports. These will be sent home next week, prior to interviews the following week. The new on-line booking system for interview appointments is working quite well, according to most people I have spoken with. Some people have had difficulty and have contacted us for assistance which has happily been provided. I urge you to make your interview booking now if you have not done so. STUDENT ROAD SAFETY The behaviour of a minority of our community, when driving near our school, continues to be very dangerous and irresponsible. This is a source of great concern and worry to myself, staff and members of our community as some behaviour is extremely dangerous and is seriously threatening the safety of our children. This morning there was another serious incident in Huon Crescent. This involved a motorist, who is a member of our school community, overtaking a long line of cars stopped at the pedestrian crossing, stopping very close to Donna, our Crossing Supervisor, to then pull into the “Kiss and Drop Zone”. This is incredibly dangerous behaviour and I have reported the incident to the police along with an urgent request for immediate and frequent police patrols. In addition, a minority of parents/carers have been accessing the school car parks without permission. Also, some are walking across the car parks without permission. Also, some are walking across the car parks with children rather than use the pedestrian gates right next to the car parks. Again, this is extremely dangerous behaviour which has lead to some incidents recently where children have very nearly been hit. I realise parking is very restricted around the school but there is nothing that can be done about that. Running late for school/work/an appointment etc.is absolutely no excuse for lazy behaviour which endangers our children. I ask parents/carers to think about how you would feel if your lazy/careless behaviour caused the death or injury of a child! May I ask members of the community to report incidents of dangerous behaviour to me so I can report to the police and/or to report the matter directly to Liverpool Police on 9765 9499. Peter Ward Principal

AWARDS BRONZE 1H Dhanush Ganapathy; Ngoc An Nguyen; Aaron Wilson; Enya Chan; Neel Shinu. 1J Tabry Yousif; Luca Tovey; Saivi Londhe; Vansh Mistry; Lincoln Tutty. 1R Ayra Asher; Sanjay Beemini; Josephine Delcasse; Nayonika Nagendra; Gabriella Nikoloudakis; Alan Alaa; Ashaz Ul Haque. 2D Samarah Niaz 2M Yashas Panicker; Jake Willetts; Theodore Rutland; Samuel Goodbun; Anabelle Ward-Hill; Ishan

Bhondve; Ava Stoelhorst; Leo Farrelly. 2K Nathan Young; Riyanna Ahmed. CAR PARK Car parks are for: STAFF ONLY AND NOT TO BE USED TO DROP OFF OR COLLECT STUDENTS. Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition Students in year 3-6 were invited to prepare and present a speech for the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking competition this term. Stage finals were held in Week 7 and the quality of the speeches was once again outstanding. Congratulations to Grace Chacko, 3/4C, who won the Stage 2 competition; Tejas Srinivasan, 3/4C who was the runner up in Stage 2; Raina Riyadh, 5/6M, who won the Stage 3 competition and Vishruth Anand, 5/6M, who was the runner up in Stage 3. Good luck to these students who will be representing HPS at the local finals being held at Ingleburn Public School on Thursday 5 July 2018. SPORT NEWS K-2 Athletics Carnival

The annual K-2 Athletics Carnival will be held next Monday June 25 in our school grounds. Please wear your hat, sports uniform or sporting house colours and joggers and drink bottle . There are a variety of activities to join in and the children will move around with their class. Finals for the 100m race will be held from 2:00 PM. Parents are welcome to attend.

Regional Country

Congratulations to the four students who represented Liverpool Zone at the Sydney South West Regional Cross Country Carnival that was held on Thursday 14 June at Hurlstone Agricultural High School. Jasmine Yang (8/9Year girls), Sarah Ekermawi (10 year girls), Nadayjha Messent (10 Year girls) and Dylan King (10 Year boys).

SSW Netball Representation

On Monday 18 June 2018, Lexis Kaleti and Caitlyn Battese represented Liverpool Zone at the Sydney South West Primary Netball Championships. Congratulations to Lexis who has been selected to represent SSW at the NSWPSSA Primary Netball Championships in Term 3.

Bulldogs Knockout Competition

On Monday 18 June 2018, 24 students from HPS competed at the Rugby League Bulldogs Knockout Competition held at Bass Hill. Both teams represented our school with great skill and sportsmanship. The U10s team won a game and lost two games. The open’s team won all 3 games in their divisional pool and progressed to the semi-final against Bankstown PS. They played hard but unfortunately lost 22-16. Great performances by Ross Arbis who scored 7 tries throughout the day, Noah Court who scored 4 tries, other try scorers included Tyler Bubeck, TJ Fofanah-Bayor and Jett Paniora. Congratulations to all students for excellent behaviour and teamwork.

Opens Rugby League Team

Primary Athletics Carnival

The school athletics carnival will be held Term 2, Week 10 Monday 2 July. This is a Year 3-6 school activity and an exciting time on the school calendar, therefore all students are encouraged to participate in order to ensure the carnival is a success. The carnival will be held at school, children need to be at school by 8:35 am. The first event will begin at 9:15 am.

Children should wear their sports house colours or sports uniform and appropriate footwear and need to bring a hat, sunscreen warm clothing and recess and lunch.

We would appreciate any parent volunteers on the day. If you’re available to assist, please complete the expression of interest form below.

Primary Athletics Carnival 2018

Volunteer Expression of Interest

I am able to assist at the Athletics Carnival on Monday 2 July 2018.

Parent Name: _______________________________

Child’s Name: _______________________________Class: _________________

PSSA VENUES

The final round for PSSA in Term 2 will be on Friday 29 June, Week 9. Winter PSSA will resume on Friday 27 July, Week 1 Term 3.

Please note: Hockey is always played at Ernie Smith. Netball is always played at Woodward Park, Liverpool. Touch football is always played at Woodward Park, Liverpool.

Round 6 Term 2 Week 8

Sport Venue Sport Venue Sport Venue Boys Soccer

Child’s Park Girls Soccer

South Park Rugby League

Jardine Park

Round 7 Term 2 Week 9

Sport Venue Sport Venue Sport Venue Boys Soccer

Child’s Park

Girls Soccer

Hammondville Rugby League

Jardine Park

PSSA RESULTS Round 4 Friday 8 June

Sport Junior Senior

Boys Soccer A’s VS Newbridge Heights LOST 5-2 B’s VS Newbridge Heights WON 4-3

VS Newbridge Heights LOST 4-0

Girls Soccer A’s VS Hammondville LOST 3-1 B’s VS Hammondville LOST 3-1

VS Hammondville LOST 4-0

Rugby League VS Casula LOST 22-6 VS Casula LOST 28-0 Netball B’s VS Dalmeny 3 LOST 3-0 B’s VS Dalmeny 3 WON 13-8 Hockey VS Newbridge LOST 2-3 VS Newbridge WON 2-0 Touch football VS Casula WON 1-0

VS Liverpool WON 2-0 VS Casula DRAW 2-2 VS Liverpool WON 4-3

Round 5 Friday 15 June

Sport Junior Senior

Boys Soccer A’s VS Liverpool WON 4-0 B’s BYE

VS Liverpool LOST 5-0

Girls Soccer A’s VS Newbridge White LOST 3-1 B’s VS Newbridge White WON 5-0

VS Newbridge White LOST 6-4

Rugby League BYE BYE Netball B’s VS Hammondville 2 DREW 0-0 B’s VS Hammondville 2 WON 6-5 Hockey VS Dalmeny 2 WON - Forfeit VS Dalmeny 2 WON 10 - 0 Touch football VS Chipping Norton WON 1-0

VS Dalmeny A WON 2-0 VS Chipping Norton WON 2-1 VS Dalmeny A LOST 4-0

PSSA Winter Venues Round

Netball

Rugby League

Hockey

Touch Football

Boys Soccer

Girls Soccer

6 Woodward Park

Liverpool

Jardine Park Casula

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Child’s Park Chipping Norton

South Park Chipping Norton

7 Woodward Park

Liverpool

Jardine Park Casula

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Child’s Park Chipping Norton

Hammondville Oval

8 Woodward Park

Liverpool

Durrant Oval Warwick

Farm

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

BYE South Park Chipping Norton

9 Woodward Park

Liverpool

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

Ernie Smith Moorebank

10 Woodward Park

Liverpool

Jardine Park Casula

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

South Park Chipping Norton

11 Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hillier Oval Liverpool

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

Hammondville Oval

12 Woodward Park

Liverpool

TBC Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

Ernie Smith Moorebank

P & C P&C CATCH-UP Welcome to the P&C Catch-Up section of the newsletter! Please refer to this section of the newsletter for any P&C related events, updates or news. To contact the P&C, please leave a note at the Office or email holsworthypandc@gmail.com.

NEXT P&C MEETING The Holsworthy Public School P&C would like to take this opportunity to invite all parents and friends to attend our monthly meetings, which are held on the first Monday of the month. It is always great to see new faces and new ideas and suggestions are welcome!

The next P&C meeting is on Monday 2nd July.

P&C 2ND HAND UNIFORM SHOP The P&C 2nd Hand Uniform Shop will be open;

Monday 830am to 915am

Friday 230pm to 315pm

All second-hand uniforms will be sold for the standard price of $3, with the exception of 2nd hand school bags ($10), School caps ($12), and PSSA socks ($15).

If you would like to donate to the 2nd Hand uniform shop, please drop off items during operating hours or forward to the School office.

LOST PROPERTY

Every Friday, P&C volunteers collect, sort and return all labelled clothing left in the Lost Property tubs that are located outside most classrooms.

If your child’s clothing has been properly labelled the item will be returned to your child, the following week via the office. If the clothing is not labelled the item is kept in the P&C room. At the end of the term, these items are washed and donated to the P&C 2nd Hand Uniform Shop.

If your child has lost a piece of clothing, please encourage them to go to the P&C room on Monday mornings or Friday afternoons to look through the unlabelled Lost Property box.

P&C CALENDAR* (*Proposed events and dates)

Term 2

JULY • P&C Meeting: Monday 2nd July at 6pm in the Staff

Room.

Term 3 AUGUST • P&C Meeting: Monday 6th August at 6pm in the Staff

Room.

• Week 4 - Community Café

• Week 6 – Father’s Day Stall

SEPTEMBER • P&C Meeting: Monday 3rd September at 6pm in the

Staff Room.

OCTOBER • P&C Meeting (Optional): Monday 15th October at

6pm in the Staff Room.

• Week 9 - School Disco

Term 4 NOVEMBER • P&C Meeting: Monday 5th November at 6pm in the

Staff Room.

DECEMBER • P&C Meeting: Monday 3rd December at 6pm in the

Staff Room.

• Christmas Carols and Raffle

CHINESE COMMUNITY LANGUAGE SCHOOL NEWS

In the National Chinese Eisteddfod (NSW area) held on 19 and 26 May 2018, seven students of Holsworthy Public School who attend the Flamingo Educational Incorporated, a community language school run at HPS after school hours, won individual or group prizes. The winners list and their prizes are attached below. The National Chinese Eisteddfod has been held for many years in Australia. Many public schools and community language schools sent students to the competition. More than 2600 students took part in the Eisteddfod in 2016, and it is estimated that there are 200,000 people are learning Chinese language across the country.

MANDARIN Native Speakers 7-9 ages group first prize winners:

MoHan Wang (4T), Zi Tong Hao (3/4C), Jasmine Yang (3/4C), Angel Wen Chen (1/2W), Everest Pan (3S)

MANDARIN Non-Native Speakers – Individual winners:

7-9 ages First prize: Alisanne Withayaban (3/4C)

4-6 ages Highly commended prize: Stella Hayley Mae Plaister (1H)

MANDARIN Native Speakers – Individual winners:

7-9 ages third prize: Jasmine Yang (3/4C)

7-9 ages Highly commended: MoHan Wang (4T)

TERM 2 DIARY TERM TWO

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri

WEEK 8

June 18 Ultimo Dance

Festival (18-29 June) K-2 Athletics

Carnival

June 19

June 20

June 21 Stage 2

Gymnastics

June 22 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter

Round 6

WEEK 9

June 25 Year 6 Camp

Bathurst

June 26 Year 6 Camp

Bathurst

June 27 Orienteering Day yr5-6

June 28 Stage 2

Gymnastics

June 29 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter

Round 7

WEEK 10

July 2 3-6 Athletics

Carnival

July 3 July 4 July 5 3-6 Athletics

Carnival Finals Multicultural Perspectives

Public Speaking Final Ingleburn

PS

July 6

Semester 2, 2018 - FEE Free courses @ TAFE Sutherland College To reserve a place, please email: Diane.henderson@tafensw.edu.au

1. Excelling in excel (Tuesday evenings @ Gymea) Name of part qual course SOA in Excelling in Excel Units to deliver BSBITU304 Produce Spreadsheets

BSBITU402 Develop and use complex spreadsheets Delivery dates required Commence: 7 August 2018 Finish: 6 November 2018 Delivery times 12 Tuesdays x 4 hours per day

5.30pm – 9.30pm Delivery location Gymea Campus

2. Excelling in excel (Saturdays @ Gymea) Name of part qual course SOA in Excelling in Excel Units to deliver BSBITU304 Produce Spreadsheets

BSBITU402 Develop and use complex spreadsheets Delivery dates required Commence: 4 August 2018 Finish: 29 September 2018 Delivery times 9 Saturdays x 6.5 hours per day

9.30am – 4.00pm Delivery location Gymea

3. Excelling in excel (Wednesdays @ Loftus) Name of part qual course

SOA in Excelling in Excel

Units to deliver BSBITU304 Produce Spreadsheets BSBITU402 Develop and use complex spreadsheets

Delivery dates required

Commence: 25 July 2018 Finish: 26 September 2018

Delivery times 10 Wednesdays x 5 hours per day 9.30am – 2.30pm

Delivery location Loftus

4. Essential Office Skills – Word and PowerPoint (Saturdays @ Gymea) Name of part qual course SOA in Essential Office Skills – Word and PowerPoint Units to deliver BSBITU303 Design and Produce Text Documents

BSBITU302 Create Electronic Presentations Delivery dates required Commence: 4 August 2018 Finish: 15 September 2018 Delivery times 7 Saturdays x 6 hours per day

9.30am – 3.30pm Delivery location Gymea

5. Essential Office Skills PLUS – Word, PowerPoint & Keyboarding (Tuesdays & Thursdays @ Loftus)

Name of part qual course SOA in Essential Office Skills Plus – Word, PowerPoint & Keyboarding Units to deliver BSBITU303 Design and Produce Text Documents

BSBITU302 Create Electronic Presentations BSBITU307 Develop Keyboarding Speed & Accuracy

Delivery dates required Commence: 7 August 2018 Finish: 13 September 2018 Delivery times 6 Tuesdays and 6 Thursdays x 5 hours per day

9.30am – 2.30pm Delivery location Loftus

6. Fundamental Office Skills – Excel & Access Database (Tuesdays & Thursdays @ Loftus)

Name of part qual course SOA in Fundamental Office Skills – Excel and Database Units to deliver BSBITU304 Produce Spreadsheets

BSBITU301 Create and Use Database Delivery dates required Commence: 23 October 2018 Finish: 22 November 2018 Delivery times 5 Tuesdays and 5 Thursdays x 5 hours per day

9.30am – 2.30pm Delivery location Loftus

Announcement: Term 3 Music Bus Enrolments Now Open The Music Bus are now taking new student enrolments for Term 3. The program is open for all students from Kindy/Prep to 6. Running weekdays at school. The Music Bus have limited availability in Singing, Keyboard, Guitar, Drum and Ukulele and so it is advised to enrol asap. The Music Bus is a wonderful music program that many of our students are already enjoying – a brilliant and cost-effective way for students to get fun and specialist music lessons without parents having to travel all over the area after school. Cost of lessons is only $16 per week (Drums $18). If you’re interested in your child having music lessons through The Music Bus, check out their website at www.themusicbus.com.au or call 1300 168 742

Peter Moore Field, Belmore

Entry gate via Tudor St Age: 5- Lunch

Van

HOLIDIC Date: Wednesday 11 July 2018 Come