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Athletics Carnival The combined small school’s Athletics Carnival was held last Friday. It was a wonderful day to see our students compete against students from Middle Dural and Hillside Public Schools. This year a new event, the 1500 metre race was introduced. It was a long and hard race for our students. Congratulations to all competitors. Thank you to Mrs Urio for her organisation and planning of this event. Thank you to Mrs Maher and her canteen helpers who ran a delicious BBQ and sold lots of yummy treats. Mrs Urio will be finalising our Zone team over the next week and notes will be sent home to the students who qualify.

Bunnings Sausage Sizzle. A huge thank you to the parents who helped at our Bunnings Sausage Sizzle at Rouse Hill on the 27th July. They raised over $1000. Every school relies on parent helpers to run fundraising events like this one. Please volunteer to help at these events as the money raised is used to purchase resources and equipment for your

CALENDAR Wednesday 7th August

P&C Meeting 7 pm. All welcome

Tuesday 13th August

5/6 Touch Football Gala Day, Kellyville. 5/6 to be at school 8.30 am.

Wednesday 14th August

Zone Field Events Greenway Park, Cherrybrook

Tuesday 20th August

Book Parade & Schools Birthday. 12 Noon.

Wednesday 21st August

Zone Athletics Carnival Track events Greenway Park, Cherrybrook

Monday 26th August

Writer’s festival.

Tuesday 27th August

Stage 2 Longneck Lagoon enrichment day

Friday 20th September

Movie Night- fundraising spectacular. Save the date.

Tuesday 6th August, 2019 Term 3 Week 3 Planet Ark Tree Day National Tree day was a call to action for all Australians to get their hands dirty and give back to the community, as our school has been propagating and planting many native trees as part of our regeneration project. We took this opportunity to plant something different. Bunnings Rouse Hill kindly donated Sweet Viburnum and our year 3-6 students took great delight in donning their T-shirts and gloves provided by Windsor Toyota. Thank you to Cam from Windsor Toyota who assisted the students with the planting.

Payments due:

Save your money for the Book Fair during our Book

Parade and School birthday celebrations

child to use in their classrooms. The fundraising committee will be calling for parents from each class to work on a stall at our movie night. This is a great way to support your child as well as supporting the school. Volunteer now. Contact the office to sign up. The Wizard of Oz On Wednesday 31st July, our whole school attended the outstanding performance of the ‘Wizard of Oz’ presented by the students of Galston High School. It was a wonderful show. The highlight was the entry of the wicked witch which was enhanced using a range of pyrotechnics. Lunch in the park after the show was also a wonderful treat and a great way to finish off the day.

Congratulations. We are extremely proud of Shivani, one of our year 6 students who has been accepted into a Selective High School next year. We are sure she will continue to flourish throughout her educational journey.

Code Club We would like to set up a code club at school. Code Club is a nationwide network of volunteer-led coding clubs with a mission to #getkidscoding! It is a charity with the aim of giving every child the skill, confidence and opportunity to shape their world. All Code Clubs are free to join, and are supported by volunteers, parents, educators and our partners. The class would run 1 hour a week. Code club has great projects, resources and guides to help us on our way.

We are looking for volunteers to help run this club. A day or time has not yet been decided, so if you have a preference let us know. To volunteer you must;

Be available for up to one hour a week to run a Code Club session. Commit to volunteering for at least one school term (10-12 weeks).

Make time to prepare for the Code Club session (usually 45 mins to print resources or complete the project before teaching it).

Organise a free Working with Children Check (application process may vary by state). Be confident with computers and how to navigate them (mainly to webpages).

If you would like to take a look at the type of things involved in code club take a look here https://codeclubau.org/projects

Writer’s Festival Annangrove Public School is part of the Small School’s Learning Alliance (SSLA), with Arcadia, Hillside and Middle Dural Public Schools. Last year we initiated the Writer’s Festival with one author visiting. This year we have planned a bigger and better festival, held here at our school, with three visiting authors on Monday 26th August. Further information will be available soon. ICAS Our school has participated in the University of NSW competitions for a number of years. The ICAS competitions are challenging and involve students from Years 2-6 in a variety of subjects. Registering & paying for ICAS is now all online. The only thing you need to return to school is the consent form and indicate which subjects are being completed. See the forms attached. Touch Footy Comp. Y5/6 On the 13th August Year 5/6 will be competing in the 2019 Hills Primary Schools Touch Football Gala Day. The event will run from 9.30am-2pm. The students will be catching the bus. Students will be given more information nearer the date. Movie Night Our P & C are hard at work putting together an Outdoor Movie night for the school and local community for Friday 20th September. If you have a business and would like to be a part of this event by becoming a sponsor we'd love to hear from you. Please email annangrovefundraising@outlook.com to register your interest or contact us through our facebook page 'Annangrove Public School P&C'.

Paddy Rich Principal

ANNANGROVE P&C NEWS

Bunnings Sausage Sizzle 27th July.

Wow, what a very successful day. Our Dream Team sausage sizzlers served

an endless stream of hungry locals. An outstanding profit of $1116.33 was

made.

Thank you to Bunnings Rouse Hill for their support and the opportunity to

hold this event. A huge thank you to the following people for surrendering

their time to make this event happen.

Lau T, Michael W, Kylie S, Annette L, Isabelle L, Sara R, Shane & Karen M,

Peter G, Sandra M, Mel R, Craig Z, Frankie T, Heather & Cedric F, Celia W,

Katrina F.

Sign Up sheets: Our online ‘sign up’ sheets are now active. Jump on and sign up to help for the Movie Night https://signup.zone/aps-helpers

School Banking School banking is being taken over by Amanda McGhee. The day to deposit will be changing to a Tuesday. Thank you to Beccy H.

Volunteer of the Month.

Volunteer of the month is Cedric & Heather Fortry for volunteering at every Sausage Sizzle so far this year. Thank you so much for your assistance it has been invaluable.

Please email apspresident@outlook.com with your nominations for August.

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS The new uniform shop coordinators are now up and running. Lauren Wells and Trina Webster as the

new uniform shop coordinators. Please note the change of opening hopurs and if you need

assistance during the 5th week of the month contact them to confirm opening hours.

Opening Hours.

We are located in the Heritage room. Opening hours The 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month 8.45-9.15am

The 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month 2.45-3.15pm.

Tues 6th August 8.45- 9.15am

20th August 8.45-9.15am

3rd September 8.45-9.15am

11th September 2.25- 3.15pm

If none of the above times suit then contact them via email or leave completed order forms in the box at the

office.

Please email apsuniforms@outlook.com with any queries.

An updated uniform shop form is towards the back of the newsletter

ANNANGROVE CANTEEN NEWS Volunteers are still needed to run this service so if you’d like to help out even for just one session please email annangrovecanteen@outlook.com

ANNANGROVE SCHOOL CANTEEN ROSTER Term 3, 2019

Weekly Specials

Week 3 Friday 9th August Rosa G Melissa R Recess:

Week 4 Friday 16th August Rosa G Lisa M

Book Week 2019 “Reading is my Super Power”

Tuesday 2oth August

12 Noon

Please join us for our Book Week celebrations!

*Book Character Parade – Students will ‘strut’ the catwalk

dressed as their favourite book character.

(Outfits can be innovatively sourced from wardrobes and dress-up boxes.

Please do not go to any expense!)

*Our 124th Birthday – Cutting of the cake by our youngest

students along with the School Captains, and the traditional ringing of the

Old School Bell.

*Class Competition Awards – Recipients will receive a

certificate as well as a specific amount of money to spend at the Fair.

*Book Fair – Purchase latest release books for your children, or do

some early Christmas shopping, and maybe donate a book as a birthday

present to the school.

(Each class will be given the opportunity to do some ‘window

shopping’ beforehand).

Cash, credit cards and cheques are all accepted.

*Lunch – The canteen will be open

instead of Friday this week.

We look forward to seeing you all at Noon

on Tuesday of Week 5!

UNIFORM SHOP ORDER FORM

Orders MUST be paid in full before items can be collected.

Opening hours are:

1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month 8.45am-9.15am

2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month 2.45pm-315pm

All other times by appointment only.

Please contact apsuniforms@outlook.com to arrange a time.

You are also welcome to leave a completed order form in the P&C box located in the office and the uniform shop coordinators will contact you when your order is ready to be collected.

Orders can be paid via bank transfer or cash.

BSB- 062313

Acc- 10174565

Name- Annangrove Public School P&C

In conjunction with

Galston, Glenorie News, Galston Community Bank Branch and Galston High School presents

ALAN CLARKSON COLOUR & FOAM FESTIVAL

10:30am -1.30pm, 11TH AUGUST, 2019

To book go into https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=479014 Don’t forget to book early – it was sold out in 2018!

Where: Galston Recreational Reserve at 10.30am Galston Road, Galston (Opposite Galston High School)

Come and enjoy a 3km walk or run with your mates, family or organise a team for a fun filled day of colour where you will be sprayed with nontoxic coloured powder at each kilometre then find

your way through the maze of foam!

Enjoy a BBQ at the end provided by the Rotary Club of Galston along with market stalls including: Dural Scouts-BBQ

Gelato & Coffee Vittorio Dolfo

Glenn Mohring Chorizo & Prawn Roll

Halanci Gozleme

Ciham Mahmut Coffee

Rugs, Saddlery-Hamburgers

Mick Barker Toys

Mobile Slushie

Fairy Floss

And of course don’t forget to wear your white T-shirt and sunglasses.

We would like to thank the following businesses for supporting our school.

UNIVERSITY OF N.S.W. 2019 ICAS COMPETITIONS

Annangrove Public School has participated in the University of NSW Competitions for a number of years. The ICAS Competitions are challenging and involve students from Years 3 to 6 in a variety of subjects. Year 2 are also able to participate in the English, Maths, Science and Spelling competitions. Students who would like to be challenged are encouraged to participate. All participants receive a certificate depending on results, which range from Participation through to High Distinction. ICAS Assessments are now online, a move that reflects a sector-wide transition to computer-based assessment. If you would like your child to participate in the ICAS competitions, parents will need to log onto https://unsw.global/parentpay

When on this site enter Annangrove school unique assess code: 452cdac86d

Parents will also need to pay on this site for the UNSW ICAS competitions. Payments will not be able to processed at school or on the school payment portal.

The competition will be held from 8 am to 9 am on the dates below. Students participating in these competitions will need to be at school by 8 am to participate in these competitions. Each competition needs to be supervised and takes approximately one hour of class time to complete. The teachers have kindly volunteered to give up their time to supervise these competitions. Please fill in the permission form attached and indicate which competition you have entered and paid for your child online at https://unsw.global/parentpay

Joanne Urio Paddy Rich Coordinator Principal

2019 Permission Form I give permission for my child, _____________________________ in Year ____________ to participate in 2019 ICAS Assessments listed below.

Competition School Years

Please tick

Cost Competition Date Closing Dates

Digital Technologies

3 – 6 $14.50 Tuesday, 3rd Sept Monday, 26th Aug

Science 2 – 6 $14.50 Thursday, 5th Sept Monday, 26th Aug

Spelling 2 – 6 $14.50 Thursday, 12th Sept Monday, 2nd Sept Writing * 3 – 6 $14.50 Tuesday, 10th Sept Monday, 2nd Sept

English 2 – 6 $14.50 Tuesday, 17th Sept Wednesday, 11th Sept

Mathematics 2 – 6 $14.50 Thursday 19th Sept Wednesday, 11th Sept

I have entered and paid online at https://unsw.global/parentpay for the above competitions.

Payments will not be able to processed at school or on the school payment portal. *Offline assessments only available for ICAS Writing Years 3 & 4 Prices shown excl. GST Signed ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________ Parent/Guardian