CARE for others BELIEVE in yourself SUCCEED through effort

Phone: 4647 7116

Fax: 4647 6617

Web Address: www.harringtnp-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Dear Parents and Carers, Last week our girls softball state knockout team made it’s way to Orange to compete against Bletchington PS in the quarter finals. By all reports the girls played enthusiastically and repre-sented the school well, however unfortunately were unable to get a favourable result. Congratulations though to all the girls in the team for a fantastic effort and to Mrs Trevena and Mr Quirk as the successful coaches.

On Thursday and Friday last week Year 6 made the trip to Can-berra to compliment the Government unit of work they have been studying. It’s always a great trip to Canberra to actually see Parliament House and put into perspective all the learning that takes place in the classroom. I questioned several students on their experience and they stated: “ It was good to see Parliament house in real life and how it works, not just from a text book”. “ It was good to see history come to life in Old Parliament House, rather than just reading an article”. “ The War Memorial was a good way to see the history of our soldiers in war—I felt sorry for them”. “ It was good to see learning come to life”.

As stated in last week’s newsletter in the coming weeks we will start to put together some models as to how our class structure will look for 2016. At the P & C meeting during the week I ex-plained that “our numbers” are critical to this process. By that I mean how many students are confirmed as being enrolled (new and current) for 2016. If you are intending to leave our school for any reason could you please notify the office so we can keep an up to date number of enrolments. These numbers are then calculated by a formula provided by the Department and pro-vide us with the number of teachers we can use to form clas-ses—this year it was 28. At the moment we are looking at being very close to either having 28 very full classes or a 29th class. Therefore it’s very important to get as close as we can to the total number of enrolments for 2016.

When we have our final number of teachers we then create classes. Classes in K—2 are a recommended number aligned to a state average and we aim to get as close to that number per class as possible. From there it is a flow on effect as to how many students per grade per class.

Every effort is made to keep classes grade and staged based, however this may not always be within our control and the need for cross stage and multi grade classes may occur.

When we form all classes there is an enormous amount of pro-fessional discussion that occurs between the teachers of this year and the prospective class teachers for 2016. Teachers know their students very well and often know other students in the grade well also. Academic data and performance, social well being, emotional and behaviour concerns, student and teacher strengths and personalities are all taken into account when determining the individual students who will make up that class structure. This is not a process taken lightly.

Traditionally at Harrington Park parents and carers have been able to write requests to the school asking them to take into account various considerations. This will still occur this year and we will accept these requests until Friday 20th November. If you intend on writing such a request please consider what and why you are writing, remembering they are requests and not guarantees. The staff will always place your child’s interests first. Enjoy your week. B. Green

Vol 14 No. 35 Term 4 Week 6

9th November 2015

November

13th: Year 6 Mini Fair

17th: Year 3 Jibbon Beach Excursion

16-27th: Year 6 In-School High School Transition

27th: CBS Assembly

December

3rd: Year 6 High School Orientation Day

8th: EMHS Elements Tour 2-3pm in hall (Stage 3)

11th: Presentation Day

14th: Year 6 Formal

16th: Last day of Term 4 for Students

17-18th: Staff Development Day

January 2016

28th: Term 1 2016 Students Yrs 1-6 return

CARE: Rebecca H (Yr 4) For being an exemplary role model to her peers and consistently showing care and concern towards others and the school environ-ment. Rebecca should be acknowledged for her kind and caring qualities. Well done, Rebecca!

Other Nominees: Bree H, Anysia I (K); Anthony R,

Arshiya M (Yr 2); Ruby P, De-Jay C, Rileigh Griffin, Grace C (Yr 3); Sebastian N,

Julia D, Adam T (Yr 5); Georgia M, Maddison P, Emily C, Paris B, Sierra D (Yr 6)

BELIEVE: Talon G (Yr 6) For his increased level of confidence in many domains of school life. Talon always believes in his peers and

motivates them to take risks and push themselves in chal-lenging learning experiences. His unique and entertaining section in the Talent Show demonstrated his ability to de-velop his passions and inspire others. Talon should be proud of his efforts in mathematics, PSSA sport and in his commitment to H.E.A.T. He is a role model who demon-

strates that with self belief and belief in others, challenges and suc-cesses can be achieved. Well done, Talon!

Other Nominees: Holly U, Jazmin M, Emma W, Elle F, Zoe H (K); James H

(Yr 1); Billy N, Jennifer J, Isaac R (Yr 2) Maddison S, Lily S, Xavier C (Yr 3);

Chad T, Sebastian W, Sebastian K, Brieamber M, Elisha M (Yr 4) Abigail H,

Brayden H, Presley G (Yr 5); Akirra W, Jessica S, Georgia V, Annette A (Yr 6)

SUCCEED: Bruno C (Yr 2) For trying his very best every day to improve in all areas of school life. Bruno delights in demonstrating his impressive improvement in his reading. His commitment and desire to his learn-ing and showing a huge improvement in his school-work. Well done, Bruno!

Other Nominees: Juliana B, Logan S, Ruby M, Charlie K, Marwan S (K); Eli

P, Abby Z, Hayley M (Yr 1); Irvin V, Theo P, Connor C, Sinead M, Oliver C,

Chloe R, Cooper E (Yr 2); Michaela P, Lucas F (Yr 3); Liam M, A Condon (Yr 4);

Maddy C, Madyson E, Keira H (Yr 5); Mia C, Adam S, Robbie M, Kira W, Bri-

annan E (Yr 6)

Sponsored by First National Real EstateSponsored by First National Real Estate CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR

WINNERS AND NOMINEES FOR

OCTOBER

Congratulations to the following students who were recognised at their stage assemblies for their recent efforts.

2/3T Ezekiel C Competently converting a variety of frac- tions into decimals 2/3T Dakota L Using expression & emphasis in her voice during drama 3D Lara H Doing her best to produce an interesting Aboriginal dot painting 3D Izabella N Creating a labelled map of a newly dis- covered island 3D Cooper McC Creating his own interesting bird species 3E Harrison T Making accurate inferences when reading 3E Jack D Demonstrating an excellent understandi- ng of place value in numbers 3E Patrick C His willingness to participate in classroom discussions 3M Annabelle M Improved work habits and concentration 3M Jackson D Actively participates in group discussions 3M Flynn C A well structured information text 4M Bree B Excellent work in class 4M Aaron V Excellent work in class 4N Samuel F For being an enthusiastic mathematician 4N Chloe W For writing a well structured and enter- taining persuasive text 5S Alessia C Her ability to make connections during

reading and writing activities 5S Charlie F Being an engaged, independent learner during science activities

5J Victoria El Amazing thinking skills 5J Sebastian N Always trying his best 5B Zac A Improved work habits 5B Concetta M Great citizenship and being a committed learner 4/5O Rory G Achieving excellent results on equivalent fractions 4/5O Breeanna L Making a great diorama to show her in- terest in refugees 4/5O Hayden B Being more careful and accurate with his maths 6C Claire M Her fanastic application across all key learning areas 6C Oliver B His unique app design in 4’s homework task 6J Jessica L Her excellent work study habits 6J James F His excellent preparation and presenta- tion of his “Bio-Bag” 6D Alysha C Asking great clarifying questions in maths 6D Georgia V Persevering with challenging mathemat- ics questions 6O Aliya I Her enthusiasm during poetry writing

6O Damara M Her excellent effort during daily writing

Information brochures are available for students

seeking selective high school placement for Year 7 in

2017. Please see Mrs Hooper if you would like more

information or if you have any questions. All selective

high school applications must be completed online at:

www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shsplacement.

Students will be required to sit the Selective High

School Placement test on Thursday 10th March, 2016.

Entries need to be finalised online by 16th Novem-

ber.

Selective High School Applications

2017

The Year 6 Mini Fair will be held on Friday 13th November 2015.

We would greatly appreciate donations for the:

White Elephant Store: Please send sellable items to Mr Oliver’s

room.

Raffle – Please send prizes to Mrs Dalzell or Miss

Camenzuli.

We are looking forward to an exciting fair.

Thank you for your support,

Year 6

Stage one are very excited to introduce the new Mr and Mrs Harrington Bear.

The previous Mr and Mrs Harrington have worked so hard over their time at Harrington Park that they thought it was time to retire.

They are now living a lap of luxury sitting all cosy in Mr Greens office.

The new Mr and Mrs Harrington bear have already started to enjoy visiting the stage one classes and seeing all the wonderful

things that they are doing. A big thank you to the Mitschuinig family for

their beautiful donation of the new bears. The students are so grateful and they will certainly be well loved.

Mrs Scherer.

Crazy Tie and Sock Day. The prizes were donated by Bunnings Warehouse: Jayden F.P KL Hayley R KA Anthony R 2A Bella R 3M Aiden F 3J Ilana K 4G

Kimberley C.S 5B

P & C Association Raffle Winners P & C Association Raffle Winners P & C Association Raffle Winners :

Grandparents/Grand-friends Day 2015

Thank you to our beautiful grandparents and grand-friends for cele-

brating this special day with us

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