The newsletter is published fortnightly, the next on Thursday 26 November 2020

Up and coming events Event Year Date Note Due/Cost

Captain speeches presented to Years 4 and 5 Years 4 and 5 Friday 13 November Kindergarten Incursion Fun Day Kindergarten Monday 16 November CUBS – 9-10.45am Kindy 2021 Tuesday 17 November 9am – 10.45am Water Watch Class 2/3 Tuesday 17 November Year 5 OC Placement Test Enrolled Wednesday 18 November Captain Speeches K – 6 Thursday 19 November Cross Country (Rescheduled date) K – 6 Monday 23 November CUBS – 9-10.45am Kindy 2021 Tuesday 24 November 9am – 10.45am Years 3 and 4 Incursion Fun Day Years 3 and 4 Tuesday 24 November $21 due 20 Nov Life Education Van visit K – 6 Tue 24 - Thur 26 November $10.50 due 20 Nov Rescheduled Stage 3 Rumbalara Excursion Years 5 and 6 Thursday 26 November Years 1 and 2 Incursion Fun Day Years 1 and 2 Friday 27 November $21 due 25 Nov Years 5 and 6 Incursion Fun Day Years 5 and 6 Monday 30 November $35 due 26 Nov

Phone: (02) 4367 7444

Email: holgate-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: https://holgate-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Newsletter 12 November 2020

TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE

EXCELLENCE / EQUALITY / ENGAGEMENT

Class Awards – Academic Achievement Award

K: Isla P: for a well written literary recount of “I’m a Dirty Dinosaur”

Andy O: for making equal groups and using rhythmic counting to find totals

K/1: Hugo S: for super quick counting skills by 10 off the decade

Ariana S: for a massive improvement in writing lessons. Well done Ariana!

1/2: Imogene R: for working hard to read fluently in guided reading

Jayda T: for working hard to develop new addition and subtraction strategies

2/3: Declan L: for excellent work learning voice to text on his computer

Clayton B: for enthusiasm and effort during reading groups

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3/4: Charlotte N: for her exceptional work with writing Haiku poems

Rubedo P: for getting involved with playing fairly in our cricket sessions

5/6B: Caleb L: for showing great improvement during writing lessons

Timur B: for improved concentration and effort during maths lessons

5/6N: Taj F: for using the STEM process to create a successful solution to erosion with his group

Daniel O: for effectively combining his knowledge and evidence from the text to create inferences

Positive Behaviour for Learning Award - PBL

K: Eddie W: for being a good role model to class mates

K/1: Charlotte T: for always playing sensible games during recess and lunch

1/2: Caden F: for trying hard to be a strong learner during literacy

2/3: Caitlyn R: for always being organised and ready to learn

3/4: Amelie V: for always being ready to learn and showing respect in the class and playground

5/6B: Amon Q: for consistently displaying all our school values

5/6N: Eden K: for using his positive attitude and making personal gains in his learning

Home Reading Awards

50 nights (Bronze) Home reading: William T

100 nights (Silver) Home reading: William T; Hugo V

150 nights (Gold) Home reading: William T

Principal’s Address

Dear Holgate Families

Teacher Appreciation Thank you

Thank you for the generous gifts on Teacher Appreciation Day. They were well received and appreciated by all our teachers. Teachers were surprised – they had no idea which made it extra special. Thank you.

Restrictions Update

Restrictions for schools includes the following:

• P&C meetings allowed on site after school hours following four metres squared requirement under the Public Health Order

• Presentation is on Monday 7 December at 10am for K-2 followed by 1pm for students from Years 3-6. Staff will be coordinating live streaming for our community. Under the current guidelines the

presentation will include students and staff only. We will be conducting a K-2 and a 3-6 presentation. Brisbane Water Local Management Group of Principals have agreed to be consistent in this. This includes only two dignitaries who will be the feeder High School Principal and our local member.

Current COIVD practices remain the same. Captaincy Speeches

Due to current guidelines captaincy speeches will be conducted online through a Microsoft Team video link. The link will be sent out via SkoolBag and email to our whole school community prior to the event. The speeches will be conducted on Thursday 19 November 9:30am. The video link will open 9:20am.

Staff Development Days 2020 -2021

In 2020, our school year for students concludes on Wednesday 16 December and the Department of Education has gazetted Thursday 17 and Friday 18 December as School Development Days. At Holgate Public School the staff have completed professional learning as time in lieu from 3:00pm and 6:00pm over Term 3 and Term 4 as follows:

• Tuesday 4 August CPR and Anaphylaxis • Tuesday 25 August on Focus on Reading and STEM • Tuesday 15 September Focus on Reading, STEM and learning progressions • Tuesday 27 October NAIDOC Day, Maker Faire Movie and school planning.

In 2021, the NSW Government has gazetted Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 January as two staff development days with 1-6 returning on Friday 29 January. This moves one of the end of year staff development days to the beginning of the year. This has been very well received by staff.

Check in Assessment 2020

This year with NAPLAN being cancelled due to COVID-19 the Department of Education developed Check in Assessments for Years 3 and 5. These were undertaken by our students and staff have analysed the data from these. These assessments do not provide parents with a report but have given the school value data.

Numeracy Year 3:

• 64.8% overall performance which indicates we are slightly below SSSG average (Like / similar schools to HPS) of 65.5%, however performing above state average of 62.8%

Numeracy Year 5

• 65% overall performance which indicates above SSSG average (like /similar schools to HPS) of 63.7% and above state average of 60%

Check in analysis identified measurement and geometry in both Years 3 and 5 as areas of future focus. Staff identified place value language, conversions, units within length, area, volume and capacity, mass, 3D and 2D as focus outcomes.

Reading Year 3

• 63% overall performance which indicates we are above SSSG average (like /similar schools to HPS) of 61.9% and above state average of 58.6%

Reading Year 5

• 61.3% overall performance which indicates we are below SSSG average (like /similar schools to HPS) of 64.5 % and above state average of 60.7%

Similar performance from Years 3 and 5 with vocabulary as the school’s highest priority, followed by comprehension then processing. Grammar, vocabulary and punctuation in a wide range of texts and looking at using language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context will underpin the school’s next steps.

Applications for selective high school placement for Year 7 in 2022

Applications for placement in Year 7 in selective high schools in 2022 opened on 13 October 2020 and closes on 16 November 2020. Principals are requested to advise parents of primary school students about the opportunity and to apply online. Parents must apply by the due date. Application information can be downloaded from the High Performing Students Team website prior to 13 October 2020. The online application link is available from this website from 13 October 2020.

Holgate CUBS – Fabulous start!

I would like to extend a congratulations to our Kindy students 2021 who have had their first two CUBS sessions. Our CUBS are so excited and happy to be here, they are gorgeous and delightful. We look forward to continuing to work with your children over the term.

Year 6 Mini Market

Friday 11 December our Year 6 students have their mini market to raise money for their Year 6 gift to the school. This is such a great leadership opportunity and I know the whole school looks forward to this event.

P&C Recruitment 2021

P&C are always looking for additional members. I encourage you to consider joining the 2021 dynamic team. Please contact Ian Goodman igoodman@live.com.au or our school office for further information.

Result Tell them From Me Survey 2020 Semester 2 Students, teachers and community have engaged in the Tell Them From Me (TTFM) surveys over the last two months. I really appreciate this feedback and information. Please see some of the results below from the 33 surveys that were returned:

Student Data:

Area School Results NSW Government Teaching Norm

Student participation in school sports 90% 83% Student participation in extracurricular activities 76% 55% Student with a positive sense of belonging 71% 81% Students with positive relationships 88% 85% Students with positive behaviour at school 92% 83% Students that value school outcomes 90% 90% Students with positive homework behaviour 43% 63% Effort 80% 88% Students who are interested and motivated 63% 78%

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7mailto:igoodman@live.com.au

Area for improvement for 2021 is building students’ sense of belongingness and building students’ effort, interest and motivation.

Area School Results NSW Government Teaching Norm

Leadership 8.5 7.1 Collaboration 8.1 7.8 Learning Culture 8.6 8.0 Data informs Practice 8.3 7.8 Teaching Strategies 8.2 7.9 Inclusive School 8.9 8.2 Parent Involvement 7.6 6.8 Challenge and visible goals 8.1 7.5 Planned learning opportunities 8.3 7.6 Quality Feedback 7.8 7.3 Overcoming obstacles to learning 8.1 7.7 Technology 6.6 6.7

An area for focus is improving staff technology skills. TTFM indicated informal meetings, emails, formal interviews and phone calls as useful types of communication. School newsletters, SkoolBag, text messages and then emails are regarded as useful communication about school news. Our school community aspire to tertiary education and 60% of those surveyed find our school environment welcoming, easy to access and the school is well maintained. 60% indicate that the school helps students with a disability or special needs feel welcome. 94% would agree and strongly agreed that they would recommend our school to other parents. Parents indicated that the experiences of learning from home that 72% agreed and strongly agreed that they had support information, agreed and strongly agreed that they felt school support at 86%, agreed and strongly agreed that the school consistently were in contact at 89%, they strongly agreed and agreed that they had resources available at 92% and that student learning continuity occurred at 66%.

Area School Results NSW Government Teaching Norm

Parents are informed   7.1 6.6 Parents talk to a teacher two or more times  

77% N/A

Parents attend meeting two or more times  

50% N/A

Parent involved in school committee  16% N/A Parents support learning at home   6.3 6.3 School supports positive behaviour   8.3 7.7 Safety at school   8.2 7.4 Inclusive School   7.4 6.7 Parents feel welcome 7.5 7.4 School Supports Learning 7.8 7.3

Relationships (sense of belonging), setting goals, meeting challenges, motivation and interests, effort, technology and quality feedback from all stakeholders are the common trends for future school focus.

Vanessa Gordon - Principal

Administration Ritchies IGA Exciting News

Our Fundraising Partner Ritchies IGA, are launching their new Ritchies Card, incorporating the Community Benefit Program and this will not only benefit our organisation, but also all our members.

Many thanks to those who have shopped at IGA Erina and nominated Holgate as their charity. Since June 2016 IGA have donated $1437.61 to our school.

The program now has an App for both IOS and Android smart devices. For those members who don’t have a smart phone, or would like a physical card, this option is also available and can be linked to the App.

Every month, our organisation will receive 0.5%* of our members’ spend in Ritchies Stores PLUS our members will receive special offers and member only specials via the App.

*T&C’s apply see https://www.ritchies.com.au/ritchiescardterms

Featuring monthly promotions, cheaper prices for you, Collect and Win, as well as games and lots more fun things to do, this is a great opportunity to support our club.

You can download the Apps by scanning the QR codes below - or search for Ritchies in the Apple App Store or Google Play.

CUBS Orientation Online

Thank you to those Kindy 2021 parents that attended our online orientation session. Thank you to Mrs Rodwell and Mr Ian Goodman (P&C President) for your organisation and presentation. Covid has us working very differently.

Before and After School Care (BASC) Survey

Dear Parents

We want to offer families more flexibility with their work commitments and child care arrangements and to create more opportunities across the whole community. Having Out of School Hours Care available at local schools is a great way to achieve this.

As part of the NSW Government’s $120 million Before and After School Care (BASC) commitment, parents at all NSW schools were recently invited to complete a Have Your Say Survey. The survey asked parents to tell us how they are using Out of School Hours Care, how much it costs them, whether they plan to keep using it, and what difficulties they experience in accessing it. The survey results have helped us to better understand the needs of families and what’s important to them.

https://www.ritchies.com.au/ritchiescardterms

We are now asking all parents to complete a quick follow-up survey by Friday 27 November 2020. You can access the survey at https://surveys.education.nsw.gov.au/s3/OSHCParentSurvey. This information will help us to target the rollout of more Out of School Hours Care services in the right areas.

If your child does not require Out of School Hours care, we ask that you please still complete the first section of this survey as it gives us important information about the level of demand at your school.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your school at Holgate Public School or the BASC Program team by phone on 1300 244 145 or email at: BASCReform@det.nsw.edu.au

School Infrastructure NSW

Greetings from the canteen

Greetings from the canteen

WE ARE A HEALTHY SCHOOL CANTEEN for 2020.

All money that is received into the canteen in the morning will be cleaned prior to being given as change and separate containers will be used when recess and lunch money is received, so as not to cross contaminate clean and dirty money. This is just a small measure we are taking to keep everyone safe. Kids are always encouraged to wash their hands and sanitiser will be available if needed. Social distancing will be encouraged.

Don’t forget to checkout our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Holgate-PC-Canteen-103292007744955/

Search Holgate P&C Canteen or follow the link to find us and keep up to date with what’s going on. Please complete lunch orders on a brown lunch bag (no small zip lock bags) with CHILD’S NAME, CLASS and ORDER with prices and please include payment.

Recess items on the menu are only sold over the counter at recess. Please don’t order recess items on lunch orders. Just come at recess and say g’day and it will be ready.

Ice blocks, chips and drinks will all be sold over the counter at lunch. Drinks can be ordered on the lunch order and will be placed in the bag with lunch.

Please double check all currency. Australian dollars only please. Canteen menu is available on the school website and also SkoolBag app.

Thank you and see you in Term 4.

Richard Shedden - Canteen Co-ordinator – 0451 944 475

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