Important Dates: Term 2, 2018

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I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Important Dates

This Week’s Update

Ethics Classes

Update

Band News

P&C News

Mothers Day Stall

Mothers Day

Breakfast

TWPS Prayer Group

From the Community

Sponsors

Address: Giblett Avenue,

THORNLEIGH, NSW,

2120

Email: thornleigw-

p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Phone: (02) 94844242

Fax (02) 94819471

10 May Mother’s Day Gift Stall

11 May Mothers Day Breakfast PSSA Years 3-6 starts

Blue Day

14 May Excursion 1E, 1L and 1B

15 May NAPLAN

2:20pm 3-6 Assembly 7:30pm P&C Meeting

16 May NAPLAN

17 May NAPLAN

18 May NAPLAN Makeup

Walk Safely to School

22 May Biggest Morning Tea

2:20pm K-6 Assembly

23 May Zone Cross Country

24-25 May Band Camp

29 May 2:20pm K-2 Assembly

6:30pm Kindergarten 2019 Information Evening

30 May 9:15am School Tour

2:20pm Band Concert

4 June Sports Captains at PHHS

5 June Year 6 Art Gallery

2:20pm 3-6 Assembly

8 June 1S and IG excursion

11 June Queen’s Birthday

12 June 2:20pm K-6 Assembly

15 June Year 2 Excursion

18 June High jump trials this week

19 June 2:20pm K-2 Assembly 7:30pm P&C Meeting

21 June Choir Rehearsal

26 June Athletics Carnival years 2-6

28 June Principal’s morning tea

29 June K-1 Athletics Carnival

3 July 2:20pm 3-6 Assembly

4 July Reports go home

6 July 2:20pm Year 6 vs. teacher’s game

This Week’s Update Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This week is a special week celebrating TWPS mums. As the school sign

says TWPS mums rock. They juggle work, family and always keen to lend a

helping hand to make our community a great place. I am really looking

forward to finding something special at the Mother’s Day stall for my mum.

Thank you to this team of amazing mums who work tirelessly to create a

great gift stall for the students. I just love watching children selecting that

special gift!

On Friday I am excited to bring my own children to the Mother’s Day

breakfast (fingers crossed they behave). I truly believe being a mum is my

hardest role yet! It is challenging, rewarding and a privilege. Wishing all our

mums an amazing day!

New Teacher

Next week we welcome Miss Rachel Hellyer

who will be taking 5A. Miss Hellyer is a

targeted graduate and we are very excited to

have her as part of the TWPS team. She is

really looking forward to starting her teacher

career at TWPS.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank

Mrs Marriott who has taught 5A this year. We

really appreciate your hard work and

dedication to making a difference.

NAPLAN

Next week is NAPLAN for years 3 and 5. It will just be another day of

learning at TWPS. It is important that your child has a good night’s sleep and

a healthy breakfast. Please see the timetable below:

Kindergarten 2019 – Information Evening

Have a great week, Chantal Mamo

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Deputy’s Message Cross Country

It was a great day yesterday with all our students enthusiastically participating in our school cross country. Thank you to Mrs Part for all the organisation, and thank you to the many parents who assisted as officials on the day. Ribbons for first three place getters in each event will be presented at the 3-6 assembly

next week.

House placings will be announced in the coming week.

The top 5 runners in each event qualify for Beecroft zone cross country on Wednesday 23 May, with 6th place as a reserve. Miss Rees is our school official, who along with a team manager will be taking students to Fagan Park for the event. Zone permission notes will be issued soon. We wish our

competitors all the best for a challenging run.

PSSA Sport stage 2 and 3

We look forward to participating in PSSA winter sport commencing this Friday. For the first time we are excited to have stage 2 students participating ion PSSA. We have 2 senior soccer teams and 2 junior teams. Mrs Part is coaching 5 and 6 netball and Mr Watkins is coaching Years 5 and 6 soccer. and Mrs Mamo is coaching Years 3 and 4 soccer. Miss Dowd is coaching stage 2 T – ball Exciting times ahead! Thank you students for your enthusiasm and team spirit. We do love our sport at Thornleigh West! Soccer players are requested to purchase the navy blue and yellow socks from the uniform shop, they will be available on Flexi-schools soon. In the meantime, any blue socks will suffice. Students participating must have returned permission notes before Friday. Good luck to our teams, we wish you all the best for a competitive season. Mothers’ Day Stall Our Mother’s Day stall is on again this year, Thursday, 10 May. Each class

will have an allocated timeslot to visit the stall for the students to purchase gifts. As well as being a fun and convenient shopping opportunity for the children, the MDFDGG (Mother’s Day Father’s Day Gift Group) have raised significant funds and provided some notable additions to school facilities over the last few years. Your support of these stalls is greatly appreciated and directly provides these improvements to school and student facilities.

Kind regards,

Julie Granville, Deputy Principal R

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SPECTRA is coming to Thornleigh West!

SPECTRA Awards Program

Science Program Exciting Children Through Research Activities

SPECTRA is a national science awareness program developed and administered by the Australian Science Teachers Association for students

between Years 1 and 10.

There are two levels in the program:

Junior SPECTRA (for Years 1- 4)

SPECTRA (for Years 5 – 10)

What does the program involve?

SPECTRA offers a range of science activities to help develop your child’s scientific interest and understanding. Your child will be required to select one topic and carry out a range of practical and observational activities,

research, experiments and projects on that topic.

Once your child has completed an activity the project will be brought to school for assessment by the SPECTRA teacher during a SPECTRA Club meeting. When the required number of activities has been completed to the satisfaction of the supervising teacher your child is awarded a certificate and

a badge.

What are parents/caregivers required to do?

The SPECTRA program activities are to be conducted at home under the supervision of an adult. For this reason, signing up to the program will require a commitment from you as parent/caregiver to support your child as he/she completes the program by providing the resources needed for the various activities as well as plenty of guidance and encouragement along

the way. The actual work is to be primarily your child’s responsibility.

SPECTRA will be run as a lunchtime club by Miss Redford. The cost of the

program is $9.00. This includes the topic card, certificate and badge.

Please speak to your child to find out if they are interested in completing this program. A lunchtime meeting will be held this week for those who wish to

join.

Please find the full list of topics on the attached SPECTRA card list.

For further information about the SPECTRA program go to http://

asta.edu.au/resources/spectra

For any questions please contact Miss Redford

Parenting Anxious Children: Seminar for Parents - Term 2, 2018

Hornsby Child and Youth

Mental Health Service

(CYMHS)

The seminar will be run at Hillview Community Health Centre 1334 Pacific Highway Turramurra. Entry via Boyd Ave.

Please allow enough time for parking and arrive 10 minutes

before the registered start time.

Unfortunately, we cannot provide childcare facilities and are

unable to have infants/children attend with their parents.

The seminar is available to families who live in the Hornsby

Ku-Ring-Gai local government area.

The cost of the seminar is $10 however there will be no charge

for concession card holders.

Registration is essential as groups fill quickly.

To confirm your place please call CYMHS on 9485 6155.

Participants will be asked to complete feedback forms.

The service reserves the right to postpone or cancel seminars in

the case of insufficient registrations.

A seminar for parents of children aged 4

-10 years discussing:

The nature of anxiety and the different ways it may present in children, risk factors and potential implications for parents and children, as well as identification of practi-

cal strategies & resources to assist.

Wednesday

30 May

Time:

10am-12pm

Opportunity Class Placement 2019

Opportunity classes cater for highly achieving Year 5 and Year 6

academically gifted students who may otherwise be without classmates at

their own academic and social level. These classes help gifted and talented

students to learn by grouping them with other gifted and talented students,

teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the

appropriate level.

Parents normally apply when students are in Year 4. Students who are placed

then attend the opportunity class full time in Years 5 and 6 at the pri-

mary school with an opportunity class. It is a two-year placement program. In

the majority of cases, students who accept a place in an opportunity class will

leave their current school to attend the school with an opportunity class.

There is no provision to apply for Year 6 placement only

How to apply:

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-

opportunity-classes/year-5

Ethics Classes Update

We are very pleased to say that every child at Thornleigh West who would like to learn

Ethics will be in a class by week 3 of term 2.

Ethics classes provide an opportunity for children to discuss ethical issues with their peers. Classes are inquiry based and are impartially facilitated by our trained volunteers using Department of Education approved lesson materials, which have been developed by an academic in the field of philosophical education for children and reviewed by an expert

panel for both philosophical rigour and best practice in instructional design.

Children explore a range of stories and scenarios, discussing what we ought to do, how we ought to live, the kind of society we should have and what kind of person each of us should

strive to be.

Three new teachers have recently been trained, therefore we now have a total of ten

volunteer Ethics teachers at our school.

Wednesdays at 9.30am

Pam Jaworski is teaching Kindergarten.

Michelle Masefield is teaching Kindergarten.

Kim Richards is teaching combined Year 1 & 2.

Leonie Garforth is teaching Year 1.

Steven Most is teaching Year 2.

Thursdays at 9.30am

Jacqueline McLeod is teaching Year 3.

Patty Correll is teaching combined Year 3 & 4.

Alison Sluis is teaching Year 4.

Emma Fenton is teaching Year 5.

Kirsty de Vallance is teaching Year 6.

If you would like your child to be placed in an Ethics class please let Julie Granville know in

writing.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Regards, Jessica Mayr - Ethics Coordinator

M: 0418 696 464

Jess_adrian@bigpond.com

Do something life-changing this year and become a volunteer Ethics teacher.

You’ll be rewarded with a unique learning and development opportunity while supporting

children to think logically, disagree respectfully and use evidence and reasoning to make

decisions rather than act out of habit or peer pressure. Teach ethics and you’ll be helping

children develop important skills for life.

Band News

Dates for your Diary

Friday 11th May – Mother’s Day Breakfast – Stage Band performing Friday 11th May – SCB rehearsal cancelled. Sun 20th May – Stage Band perform at the Sydney Opera House Tue 22nd May – Junior Band playing at the school assembly. 24-25th May – BAND CAMP, Baden Powell Scout Centre. Wed 20th June – Senior Band play at PHHS Music Festival (Performance 7-8pm) Sunday 19th August – NSW School Band Festival (at UNSW) – all bands Saturday 25th August – Spring Fair performances - all bands Sunday 4th November – Hornsby North Festival – all bands Further information can also be found at https://twpspandc.wordpress.com/band/ or email us at twpsband2011@gmail.com

2 weeks till Band Camp!!

Thursday 24th - Friday 25th May @ Baden Powell Scout Centre.

All Information and camp forms were sent home last week.

RSVP FORMS are due TODAY!

Please help our band camp coordinator Yvonne Curren

by completing forms and placing them in the Band Box in the office.

P&C News

For up to date messages from the P&C, including meeting agendas, fundraising & general information follow us on Facebook.

www.facebook.com/TWPSPC

Any enquiries email: twpspandc@gmail.com

Vanessa Erickson - P&C President

The Mother’s Day Father’s Day Gift Group will be holding their annual gift stall in the school hall from 9am to 3pm. Each class will visit the hall at a designated time and will have 15 minutes to select and pay for their gift and have it gift wrapped. The support unit

will have an in-class stall at 10:30am.

As well as being a fun and convenient shopping opportunity for the children, the MDFDGG have raised significant funds and provided some notable additions to school facilities over

the last few years. The children love it and take their shopping very seriously!

The MDFDGG stall website is now live - http://twpsmdfd.com/

The website features photographs, prices and quantities of gifts that will be available at the stall. We have also incorporated a wish list function. Please remember we have limited

quantities of each gift so be sure to have a backup in mind.

Don’t Forget to bring the following on the day:

Money

Carry Bag or Plastic Bag clearly marked with your child’s name on it

Wish List / Shopping List

Note: Over the counter sales at the canteen will not happen on the day of the mother's

day stall, to ensure that our shoppers shop for their Mum's ;)

Call out for Volunteers.

We are still in need of additional helpers throughout the day, particularly between 11.15-12-15, 12.15-1.05 and 1.50–3.00. Refreshments will be provided throughout the day. (Keep cups welcome) Come for an hour or stay for the day! If your preferred time slot is full please feel free to drop in anyway. If you are able to help on the day please sign up

online: http://signup.com/go/GciSpMG

For further details please email mdfdgg@gmail.com.

From the Community

From the Library Just a reminder, that all k-2 complete the PRC challenge in library lessons. Each term we complete a themed unit or author

study, this term kindy: Bob Graham and Stage 1 Aaron Blabey. All students can search their borrowing history now through

their portal login on the “my library Oliver link”. This is helpful for 3-6 as they can double check what they have been reading

and borrowed in loan history.

PRC Finishers - Megan Chinniah, Katerina Wright, Talia Scott , Sarah Hyun

BOOK CLUB NEWS

The book club catalogue issue 3 distributed today and orders are due back by Friday 18th May.

Every order earns 20% back in rewards for our school library.

How does a book club work?

1. Twice each term, teachers distribute the Book Club catalogues to their students. Spare catalogues are available in the

office corridor.

2. Students take the flyers home to select books with their parents.

3. Parent places the order through online – LOOP or sends order forms with payments(Cash or cheque) to the

school.

If paying by cheque, please make cheques payable to Scholastic Australia.

4. Book club organiser places the order with Scholastic Australia.

5. Within three weeks from the due date, the box of books arrives in your child's classroom.

Any question or inquiry regarding book club and order, Please contact us via twpsbookclub@gmail.com

Thank you for helping our school. Dianna C, Lisa M and Michelle L.

Thanks to our Sponsors