thursday 22 october2020 volume 19: issue 16 book week...the croak newington public school learning...

the CROAK

Newington Public School Learning for Life

Thursday 22 October2020 Volume 19: Issue 16

49a Newington Boulevarde NEWINGTON NSW 2127 email: [email protected] Phone (02) 9748 7933 Fax (02) 9748 3120 web: www.newington-p.schools.nsw.gov.au School Hours: 8.55 am - 3.00pm

Book Week

We will be celebrating Children’s Book Council of Australia [CBCA] Book Week 2020 tomorrow Fri-day 23 October. All students K-6 are invited to come dressed as a book character. This year's book week theme is 'Curious Creatures, Wild Minds.' This event is not a fundraiser - we do not require a gold coin donation. Due to current DoE guidelines, we will not be holding our usual pa-rade. The student wearing the most creative cos-tume from each class will be showcased at school and in the next issue of the Croak. We hope to see all students in costume on the day!

This is 1E during their weekly library lesson with Mrs Palmer. Do you like the Curious Creatures, Wild Mind display?

Student Leadership Last week students in Year 5 participated in a one day workshop ‘Aspire Higher: Unleashing Personal Po-tential’. This workshop is designed to prepare students for leadership roles within a variety of settings, in-cluding school, classrooms, sport teams and the wider community. Student leadership provides an oppor-tunity for students to actively participate in the decision-making processes at our school. Students are en-couraged to take on leadership roles in an endeavour to increase their leadership skills, act as effective role models for the student body and offer responsible service to their school and peers.

The role of school leaders School Leaders are chosen to represent the student body in the following ways: Meetings with the Principal and Deputy Principals Membership on, and leadership of, the SRC Representing the school at outside functions Being a role model for other students and being respectful of their position Being pro-active in playground issues Delivering welcome and thank you speeches to visitors and guests Greeting and welcoming special visitors to the school Representing students at discussions with the staff or parents Taking a lead role in conducting the weekly assemblies and assisting in the presentation of awards Representing the ‘voice’ of students on school committees, including PBL

Criteria for school leaders Model outstanding behaviour At all times demonstrate positive behaviour and diligence for other students Demonstrate responsibility and reliability Consistently wear full school uniform Show initiative and commitment in school leadership and citizenship Demonstrate a high level of public speaking ability Show a willingness to participate in school and community activities


From your Principal

Greg Weeks Principal

Auburn Principal Network Awards

Each school is asked to nominate a person or team to receive an annual award in recognition of their contribu-tion to public schools. Categories include Parent and Community; School Administration and Support Staff; Early Career Teacher; Classroom Teacher; Teacher in an Executive role; and Principal. Our awardee for this year is our Deputy Principal, Mrs Sarah Williams. We recognise Mrs Williams for her significant contributions to our school and congratulate her on receiving the Public Education Excellence Award. Citation of the award: Sarah is a highly-effective member of the school leadership team. As an outstanding Deputy Principal, Sarah is driven by a deep passion to lead teaching and learning initiatives for continuous school-wide improvement. She leads a number of whole-school projects, including High Potential and Gifted Ed-ucation, and Assessment and Curriculum. Sarah demon-strates outstanding knowledge in strategically planning for these initiatives, including analysis of school and student per-formance data and monitoring the progress of school targets. Sarah works tirelessly to plan for and lead well-aligned, pur-poseful professional learning across the school K-6, resulting in authentic learning experiences that impact positively on the quality of teaching and student learning outcomes. She devel-ops explicit systems for collaboration and feedback to sustain quality teaching practice. Sarah’s commitment to professional learning delivery has been pivotal to school improvement and the professional growth of all staff at Newington PS. The awards are usually presented at a combined ceremony for Auburn, Chullora, Parramatta and Strathfield Net-works. Due to current restrictions the award was presented to Mrs Williams by our Director, Mr John Kennedy at a 3-6 morning assembly last term.

Grade newsletters

Grade teams have prepared their grade newsletters for Term 4. The information includes English and mathemat-ics KLA focus areas for this term. The newsletters have been emailed through the e-news year lists.

2021 Student enrolment survey Last week, a digital form was pushed out through the NPS School app. It asks you to inform us as to whether your child/children will be continuing at Newington PS in 2021. Some families will already know that they are moving to another suburb, city or state in 2021. It is critical we know this information now so that our planning for classes and staffing in 2021 can be better informed. We need accurate numbers as the Department of Education will only staff schools on the actual number of students enrolled. Please complete the survey by Friday 13 No-vember. https://enews-app.com/Forms/Form/1c8953b5ff6747ae86a160075fa35e50

Changes to School Development Days (SDDs) On Monday the DoE released information regarding changes to SDDs. The following amendments will take ef-fect from the beginning of the 2021 school year.

an increase from one to two SDDs at the commencement of term 1. The SDDs are scheduled for 27 and 28 January. Students return 29 January 2021.

a decrease from two to one SDDs at the end of term 4. The other SDDs are at the beginning of terms 2 and 3, and the last day of term 4.

Deputy Principal Awards Congratulations to these students who have earned themselves Deputy Principal awards for their special ef-forts: Deran and Haily [KR] for comprehensive informative writing texts about bats

Aran U and Julian L [5C] for mature goal setting in literacy, numeracy and the classroom

Chloe G, Hayun K and Felix D [1CG] for incredibly well-written recounts of John Brown and the Midnight Cat

Callan Thomson [1E] for writing an outstanding letter to Alexander to offer an alternative point of view.

The following classes were awarded Class of the Week for their display of PBL expectations: Buruwang: 2O and 5F Cumberland: 2F and 5C De Coubertin: 6F and 2A

A message from Mrs Spink

I have had a lovely start to my new role as Deputy Principal at Newington Public School. The students have been so friendly and helpful in assisting me to find my way around the school. I am looking forward to getting to know them all during my classroom visits and am very excited to be part of the great work that happens at Newington Public School.

Selective High School 2022 (students currently in year 5)

The Selective High School [SHS] process is underway. Applications online opened Tuesday 13 October and will close Monday 16 November. There will be a general parent information session, that was initially opened to Year 5, and is now open for other grades. Usually, we encourage Stage 2 parents to attend as well to give them some understanding of this opportunity for their children that may display very high academic achievement. If you would like to attend:

It will be held via Zoom on Tuesday 27 October 6.30pm (before the P&C meeting)

To attend, please visit the link: shorturl.at/akpC2 to complete a survey and indicate your attendance to re-ceive a Zoom invite meeting code and handout

There is a limit to the number of attendees we can have on Zoom, so please enrol as soon as possible

This session will explore the background behind the selective high school (SHS) and opportunity class (OC) pro-cesses with regard to: assessment, selection , school choices, balanced decision making, and will include a Q&A if time permits.

If you are considering applying for OC or SHS for your child in the near future, OR you are currently in this pro-cess with your child, then you will find this session very helpful. Thank you and hope to see you there!

Sarah Williams and Sarah Spink

Deputy Principals


From your Deputy Principals

Marcus Wong Nirvee Jain

Rimas Shawdari


Awards Congratulations to these recipients receiving Awards for Week 1 and 2 Term 4

Gianna Melad Mason Roe Shirley Chen Aiden Gonzalez Marcus Wong Eamon He Serah Jang

Akasya Uluc Aaron Oh Ethan Harrison LeeSheen Pong Marcella Sanjid Jibbran Muhammad Katie Thompson

Kiira Howard Kiira Catalina Reyes Rios James Lee John Lawson Kate Son Winston Lau

Jeshaiah Caunca Chelsea Leung Sophia Mikati Stella Tanamal

Lara Organ Juah Lee Cielle Choi Evelyn Rompies

Susie Han Sarfeeya Rajendra

Zara Dardas Ayla Tavlu Isabella Iskandar-Smyth Millie Hancock Elaine Dai Chloe Song Jordan Park Camden Fogarty Jeremy Antoune Kate Crawford Rianne Chan Selina Odabas Shirley Chen Oliver Goodridge Ava Wong Anna Cocks Anne Ko Eugene Halim Rachael Kang Emrys Nash Serena Xiao Tristan Nim Orlando Da Silva Chloe Choi Maria Mikati Jason Han Nikitha Arunkumar Tyler D'Mello Seoha Lee Emily Shin Gabriel Magtanong-Santos Dan Cho

Elena Tran Angelina Boustani James Burd JJ Bozkus Saina Gulati Aaron Choi Catharina Cho Lachlan Ding Aayan Aryal Jaden Chen Emily Duong Jovial Mai Adam El-Kheir James Le Kingston Ly Timothy Heo Ashton Hong Callum Lawler Amelia Baek Raphael Tancredi Inara Pathan Zac Ghazzawi Yifei Hu Elvin Ha Don Weerasooriya Daniel Trnka Genesis Yohannes David Jung Andrew Cleall Coen Chu Hareem Imran Jeremy Kuruvila Amaya Perez

Rena Liu Ryan Park Rowan Simsek Ryan Park Jayden Kim Mason Showyin Lewis Chaisumdet Nathaniel Magtanong-Santos Roman Macpershon Lola Merlino Samuel Kong Pravin Ramachandran Maya Valente Christian Kilioni Ji Woo Seo Rayan Masroor Talia Bozkus Julian Campbell Aeden Campling James Dabin Daniel Evran Ruby Jose Hayley Oh Xavier Qin Zahra Naicker Felix Qiu Alisha Kang Sarah Kim Minseok Kim Rayden Chan Elizabeth Jiang Kevin Bae

Aaliyah Pietzsch Gabriel Saycon Matthew Rizkallah Mina Ju Kevin Bae Adina Bakhramova Karen Akiyama Nicole Ji Roisin White Woo Joo Son Sara Al-Lawand Charlotte Lau Natasha Tiet Serah Jang Sophie Zhu Umme Attarwala Gabriel Evans Andrea Loricco Aymen Vaqas Bianca Herrera OCam-po Elina Chen Melissa Politis Rohan Poosarla Alicia Rhem Chloe Cheng Ryan Shannahan Jordon Youhanna Caleb Lau Samier Dandan Deran Simsek Sophia Iskandar-Smyth Ryan So

Ava Ceely Arin Lee Celeste Zhao Claire Cleall Jasper Piercy Erasmus Amrith Rao Giulia Milo Kyle Hu Olivia Qin Zena Amarneh Chloe Lee Bella Sun Yuna Railey


Positive Behaviour for Learning

PBL CRAZY COLOUR DAY We will be holding the School Fun Run’s Crazy Colour Day to celebrate 750 days of PBL at Newing-ton PS and as a fundraising event this year on Friday 20 November! This will help raise money for our PBL Playground Project, which will allow us to buy games and equipment for our playground.

About the Day

The Crazy Colour Day is all about fun! It will be a huge colourful mess and is undoubtably one of the most exciting days on our school’s calendar, with everyone’s participation the aim, so please make sure your child attends the day and cheers the other students on!

How Does My Child Fundraise?

Firstly, go to schoolfunrun.com.au and create a student profile page. Everything to do with your fund-raising revolves around this page.

Students who raise just $10 will be able to choose a prize! The more they raise, the better their reward – don’t forget to check these out in the sponsorship form! We have educated students on the dangers of door knocking without adult supervision, and we encourage you to reiterate this at home. The great thing about online fundraising is that you can share the link to your child’s profile with friends and fami-ly via email, SMS and Social media.

Online Fundraising

The easiest way to help your child raise money is through online fundraising, where students raise an average of $120. On top of raising more money, it’s also safer and easier than doorknocking and you don’t have to worry about handling money! To start fundraising online, go to your student profile page at schoolfunrun.com.au and share your online fundraising link.

Ordering Prizes – ALL PRIZES MUST BE ORDERED ONLINE

Please contact your school’s coordinator if this isn’t possible. Prizes MUST be ordered between the Friday 20 November and Wednesday 25 November

Simply visit schoolfunrun.com.au to create / log into your Profile Page between these dates. Then click on the ‘CLAIM YOUR PRIZE’ button and follow the prompts. If you have any questions, please contact the School Fun-Run team on 1800 FUN RUN and they will gladly assist!

If you do not want your child to participate, please complete the form below.

Thank you, good luck and happy fundraising!

Ms Anna Daniels & Mrs Jasmin West Event Coordinators

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Spotlight


7 Steps to Writing Success

“Shhhhhhh!” Mrs Organ has entered the stage area. Loud breathing has filled the hall. Butter-flies are swirling in my belly. Will I be one of those students that is awarded a highly com-mended certificate in the Seven Steps to Writing Success Narrative Competition? Did you know that there were over 1900 entries into the Narrative Writing Competition? Newing-ton Public school has successfully achieved five students with a highly commended for their writ-ing. We even had one of those students receive highly commended in two writing categories.

To make this news even more exciting, Newington Public School has won a prize for the most writing competition entries from a school.

We are all extremely proud of all the students that participated in the Narra-tive Writing Competition and absolutely blown away with our highly com-mended students.

I would also like to take the opportunity to thank the Seven Steps to Writing team: Miss Colley, Mrs Garlick and Ms Daniels on their brilliant teamwork. Without their sensational teamwork and organisation our entries would not have been delivered.

Happy writing!!

Renee Organ

Seven Steps to Writing Quality Teaching Leader

Crafting Powerful Writing -engaging the audience's emotions Constance Liang

Devvin De Silva

Ian Kang

Writing Sensational Set-tings, in the past, present and fantasy world

Constance Liang

Making Magic with Words and Images or Art

Natasha Tiet

Sophie Zhu

Spotlight



Parenting Insight

Helping kids tolerate discomfort Few right-minded people want children or young people to experience hardships or difficulty. However growing up generally means that kids will experience their fair share of hardships, frustrations and challenges which lead to uncomfortable feelings.

Exercising their discomfort muscles

Tolerating discomfort is an important resilience skill. It refers to an ability to sit with an uncomfortable or emotion-ally painful feeling such as disappointment, apprehension, nervousness or fear. These emotions can be brought about as a result of not being picked for a team; getting lower than expected marks for an assignment; or going into new, unfamiliar situation such as school camp. These are the sorts of every day situations that can make some kids feel uncomfortable. It’s helpful to think of discomfort as a ‘muscle’ that gets stronger with training. Each time a child or teen successfully tolerates discomfort they’re reinforcing their ability to do so and cementing the knowledge that they can overcome emotional challenges.

Opportunities to practise tolerating discomfort

Opportunities for practice are plentiful and are found in common situations such as when a child or teen is: feeling hungry; wanting something they can’t have; having to end screen time; contributing to household chores when they don’t feel like it; missing out on a job interview; asking someone on a date or not receiving a party invitation.

It’s not toughing it out

Tolerating discomfort doesn’t mean toughing out an unbearable situation. It’s teaching your anxious child to notice how they’re feeling, naming their emotions, and practising acceptance of difficult feelings as they occur. This is done in the knowledge that what they’re experiencing is temporary and that they’re lovingly supported by a warm and comforting adult. Couple tolerating discomfort with social rewards (such as words of praise or shared fun ac-tivity) for coping behaviours and you’re helping to build their personal resilience.

Free Webinars

Our school has a membership with Parenting Ideas, one of Australia’s most trusted sources of parenting education and support. As part of this membership, all the parents in our school community can attend some fantastic webinars at no cost. There is an upcoming webinar that you may be interested in. For further information click here.

Michael Grose

Michael Grose, founder of Parenting Ideas, is one of Australia’s leading parenting educators. He’s an award-winning speaker and the author of 12 books for parents including Spoonfed Generation, and the bestselling Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change It. Michael is a former teacher with 15 years experi-ence, and has 30 years experience in parenting education. He also holds a Master of Educational Studies from Monash University specialising in parenting education.

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