Wednesday 9th November - Kindergarten

Orientation

Friday 11th November- Remembrance

Day

Thursday 17th November—Kids and Dads

Night

Monday 14th - Friday 25th November -

Preschool orientation

Monday 21st November - Jazz for young

people (Stage 2 & 3)

Friday 25th November - White Ribbon

Day

Tuesday 6th December - K-2 Presentation

Day Assembly

Wednesday 7th December - 3-6

Presentation Day Assembly

Thursday 8th December - Sports &

Performance Presentation Day Assembly

Friday 9th December - Year 6 Farewell

Friday 16th December - Term 4 ends for

all students

The Punchbowl Press

Punchbowl Public School

Term 4 Week 5 November, 2016

Rose Manousaridis, Principal Tel - 9750 5055 Fax - 9740 4242

1333 Canterbury Road, Punchbowl 2196 Email - punchbowl-p.schools@det.nsw.edu.au

At Punchbowl Public School

We are LEARNERS We are RESPECTFUL We are SAFE

Our vision is to create an inclusive learning environment with high expectations

which enables students to become independent, successful lifelong learners.

On behalf of our Punchbowl Public School Community, we pay our respects to Elders,

past ,present and future and acknowledge the Bidgigal people of the Eora nation,

who were the traditional custodians of the land on which we are learning together

and growing as a safe, respectful and united community.

Developed by student leaders, Lesley Marks, Carol Brown and Rose Manousaridis on 18 August, 2016.

COMING UP at PPS !

The World’s Biggest

Classroom is an

exhibition program

that displays the

work of public school

students in public

venues. Thank you to

Ms O’Donoghue and

the students in 1O

for this brilliant

entry, especially to

Sophia, Mohammed

and Shaba who are

photographed

proudly displaying

their work. Look out

for our poster at

Sydney Olympic Park

railway station. We

will provide more

information about

other locations in the

near future.

We have a no excuse policy for learning

It has been fantastic observing the increasingly strong focus that we all have on student learning. Students are excited about their learning and so are we. Learning is not always easy but we do not accept excuses for not learning. There is always a way to learn and a big part of that is having very high expectations of ourselves and our students. Sure we all have bad days but that is no excuse for not learning. We are all learners!!!

Transition

The more familiar people can become with the situation surrounding the change, and the more they can participate in managing the change, the more they can anticipate it with excitement rather than fear.

This is a very exciting time of the year as we all consider what the new year will bring.

This is particularly so for our students who are thinking about what class they will be in and who their new teacher will be.

How we prepare for and manage these changes will influence whether or not the change is a positive and successful experience.

Attention to making changes a positive and exciting challenge can ensure that students remain engaged with their learning.

I encourage you to talk to your children about the changes and to help them feel excited.

We will be implementing a transition program in the last week of term so students can meet their new teachers and get to know their new class. This initiative was strongly supported by our students, staff and families last year. Please be reminded however that our 2017 classes and staffing will not be finalised until the end of week 3 in term 1 2017 when our enrolments are confirmed.

White Ribbon Day

You will notice that we are planning to recognise White Ribbon Day on Friday 25 November, including participating in the White Ribbon March at Lakemba. I will be marching with staff and I would love to see as many parents and students march with us.

Ms Rose Manousaridis– Principal

Children were asked about their favourite animal. Here’s what they had to say -

Nasreen: My favourite animal was the sheep because he was soft.

Rayan.E: I liked the goat because it ate all the food in my hand.

Fawzia: The chicken. The chickens name is Susan. I liked to play with her. Chicken makes eggs.

Karim: The piglet. It was small and it was drinking the water.

Adnan: The cow, because it makes milk.

Ahmad: I liked the sheep and the rabbit because they tickled me and didn’t bite me.

We have been learning about farm animals and their babies at preschool.

Kindifarm visited us at Preschool, and we got to meet our favourite animals up close and learn all about them.

Kindi Farm visit Early Intervention

The children from the early Intervention unit

joined in with the preschool when the farm

came to visit. We had a great time cuddling,

patting and feeding the animals. We even

named one of the sheep “Roxy” and we still talk

about her.

Some of us drew some pictures of the animals we saw.

1R—Writing 1R have been learning to plan, draft and publish their

writing. The children wrote a newspaper article about

mum the inventor based on the book ‘The Windy Farm’ by Doug Macleod.

Some examples of 1R’s published work:

One day on Windy Hill the windmill was spinning so fast that it caused an

extreme fountain. Mum the inventor took the blades off to slow the windmill

down. They used the blades to make more wind mills. Then sold the power

and became rich. Mum solves every problem for her family. Moiz J

One day the wind blew harder and harder and the windmill went faster and faster. Then the windmill

caused a fountain. Mum took off some blades to slow the windmill down. They used spare blades to

make more windmills. Then the family had more power and they became rich by making more

windmills. I think mum is clever because she helped the family to become rich. Christine G

One day on Windy Farm the wind was blowing fast. It caused a fountain and water came out.. Mum and dad

took off some windmill blades. They made more windmills with the spare blades. The windmills made more

power. They sold the power and became rich. Rayyan A

Mohammad and Rukayah

with their published work.

Christine and Moiz with their published

work.

KS has been making the most of the hot

weather outside. We have been using water

to investigate what containers look like

when they are full, half full and empty! We are learners at Punchbowl

Public School.

The final 2017 Kindergarten

Orientation session will be held

next Wednesday 9th November

from 9:30- 11:30.

Please be reminded that the Graduation Assembly will commence at 10:30am in the

hall. Students will be receiving their certificate and orientation packs.

We encourage all parents and caregivers to attend this special

celebration as we welcome our 2017 kindergarten students and

families to Punchbowl Public School.

Mr Cameron Smyth-Gapps, Deputy Principal

Students in Year 6 share some of their special memories of

primary school…

I’ve had a lot of cool and crazy moments in Punchbowl, but if I had to

choose only one I’d most definitely choose the rugby incentive because

it was so fun and so intense. Especially when we had a competition of

passing the ball across a whole line of people and then the last person

to catch the ball runs to the front and then you repeat. Primary school was so awesome! - Dwayne 6P

My best Punchbowl memory is when we had International Day! It was so much fun because we performed dances and sang songs. It was all about harmony. - Nadia 5/6K

Year 6 is the best year ever! The best thing is playing with your friends, going

places and watching movies. This year I also had the best teacher ever, he is nice,

kind and also he helps you a lot. This school is the best because everyone is safe,

respectful learners. - Jennat 6S

It’s been a wonderful and spectacular year! I especially liked the incentive day where we played

Football. Two men came from the Bulldogs and taught us skills and we worked really hard but it

was fun! - Abdullah 6S

My best memory was when I made it to Cross Country Zone and Regionals for running.

I had a great experiences meeting beautiful schools like Greenacre, Wiley Park,

Beverly Hills North, Beverly Hills South, Banksia Road, Lakemba, Campsie and many

more! I met so many kind people who told me what their schools were like. The

advice I’d give to younger students would be to try your best and never give up! -

Nour 6P

In art club I drew a forest. In the forest it had mushrooms, trees, big leaves, berries

and big sticks. Also I went to the Hazelhurst Art Gallery. I saw lots of paintings. -

Adam 6P

My favourite memory of my time in year 6 at Punchbowl Public School is the excursion to the Sydney Observatory museum. we learnt about the stars and planets and watched a video about meteorites and learnt about them crashing into flying objects in space - Ahmed E 6P

My favourite memory was making new friends like Ahmed, Adam and Liam. We spent out lunchtime together at Punchbowl Pilots in the library.

Mohammad N 6P

PBL and White Ribbon lessons at Punchbowl Public

School have been focussing on understanding the

importance of the White Ribbon campaign.

The central theme of the White Ribbon campaign is to

build strong, respectful relationships between all

individuals in our schools and our communities.

Students have also been learning about the qualities of great role models or

superheros by reading high quality text such as The Paper Bag Princess, The

Princess Knight and Frida. In studying this, children develop a deeper

understanding of the great aspects associated with heroes in questioning

what truly makes a hero and their ability to overcome obstacles.

How can we be role models in our

classroom, and our playground and in

our community?

JOIN US ON FRIDAY 25TH

NOVEMBER TO CELEBRATE

WHITE RIBBBON DAY

(more information to follow)

End of Year Celebration Days Please mark the following dates on your calendar and joins us to

celebrate our achievements at Punchbowl Public School.

Tuesday 6th December - K-2 Presentation Day Assembly 9:00am –10:30am

Wednesday 7th December - 3-6 Presentation Day Assembly 9:00am –10:30am

Thursday 8th December - Sports & Performance Presentation Day Assembly 9:00am –10:00am

LIBRARY NEWS

Many of our Punchbowl students have donated books to our Library. Thank you for

your generous donations. Come and see what’s new on

the shelves!

As we approach the end of the school year please

remember to return all library books.

Arabic Community Language News Stage 2 Community Language students are learning about games children

play around the world. "Seven Stones", a popular game from Jordan, the "handkerchief" from Egypt and the universally popular game of marbles are just a few. Students enjoy trying out the new games and are encouraged to converse in Arabic while playing the game and evaluating it. By the end of this term stage 2 students will have enough games to publish an ebook for

the school community to delve in to searching for something exciting to play and enjoy during lunch or recess. By choosing topics such as these student

engagement in the classroom is increased and learning the language becomes more relevant.

Stage 2 students trying out the game "Seven Stones". Their response: "It was fun but sad that children overseas are poor they can't buy a ball to play. They

use old socks stuffed with material for a ball to play Seven Stones"

Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 students in the Arabic Community Language are enjoying

learning through a variety of activities. They are practising their alphabet, simple

words and sentences using games, play dough, white boards, puzzles and literacy

games.

Thank you to all the parents who are encouraging their children and supporting them in

learning, they are proud to share what they have learnt with their peers.

Our school website and Facebook page is a great place to keep

updated with what’s happening at our school. Please like and share

our page with your family and friends.

We are very proud of our school and our community.

www.punchbowl-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

www.facebook.com/punchbowlps

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