GUILDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL

APIA STREET GUILDFORD NSW 2161 PHONE: 9632 9675 FAx: 9892 1325 www.guildford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

NEWS UPDATE 26 AUGUST 2016

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

STUDENT ACHIEvEMENT Our school Athletics team recently achieved 2nd place behind Lidcombe PS at the Auburn Zone Athletics carnival on what was a cold and wet day at the Homebush warm-up track. The weather, though, did not dampen the enthusiasm of our team who performed extremely well in both track and field events. Perhaps the Olympic Games had a positive influence on our team’s performances. Congratulations to our entire team and in particular to the following students who will represent Auburn Zone team the best of luck when they compete at the Sydney West Regional Athletics carnival is on Wednesday 14th September at Blacktown International Sports Park Athletics Centre.

PARENTS & CITIzENS (P&C) UPDATE Please be advised the next P&C meeting is on

Thursday September 8 at 9am.

Items on the agenda include: • School security & road safety • Technology (safe internet links for your children) • Tell Them from Me (parent and student survey

about student learning and wellbeing at GPS) • Centrelink speaker • Bunnings visit • Suggestion box • Meeting notification for • Parent helpers

PEER SUPPORT Year 6 students continue to develop and refine their leadership skills when supporting students during Peer Support sessions of a Friday. Leaders are displaying increased confidence and competence in managing activities and ensuring all children are experiencing success. I commend Year 6 students for their high levels of creativity, collaboration and problem solving in implementing lessons and during reflection time.

MULTICULTURAL DAy Not only was Multicultural Day a huge hit in terms of fun, food and performances. It was a day when children, parents, carers and community friends proudly celebrated their cultural heritage and links with different

ExCURSIONS

Lamonte Osekerita Jnr Boys 800m Anika Penitano 8yrs Girls 100m

Lamonte Osekerita 9yrs Boys 100m Lorima Rokosuka 9yrs Boys 100m

Lana Sveti 12yrs 100m

Alam Azman 13yrs 100m, Snr Boys

200m Mesum Rezai 11yrs Boys L/J

Joyce Moeakiola 11yrs L/J Samira Scanzerra Snr Girls L/J Nicole Tan Terles Jnr Girls Shot Put

Madison Osekerita 11yrs Shot Put

Paora Alexander Snr Boys S/P- Snr Boys

Discus Zachariah Abdulwahab Jnr Boys Discus

Samira Scancerra Snr Girls Discus Mahdi Mansoor 11yrs boys H/J

Plus Jnr Boys Relay team 4x100m

countries. Once again I thank everyone for their valuable contribution. The final profit from Multicultural Day is approximately $3,300 which will go towards funding student resources (technology and books).

ExCURSIONS Excursions and in school activities are a practical and logical way for students to engage in new experiences. They learn new skills, knowledge and values in a practical, hands-on way which help develop their understanding of key ideas. Unfortunately, there are still children who are not returning notes and money for excursions. GPS only plan student experiences that are effective in assisting their learning and we do not charge school fees. It is expected that every child attends organised day excursions. Please make an appointment with me if you are experiencing financial hardship and want to request support.

GUILDFORD LEAGUES CLUB SUPPORT We have been fortunate to receive funding of $11,700 from Guildford Leagues Club as a result of our successful application for a ‘Clubs Grant’. Again, I extend my appreciation to Guildford Leagues Club for their continued generosity and support of our school.

TEACHER ACCREDITATION Congratulations to Miss Marie Mete who was recently awarded her Certificate of Accreditation from the Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES).

STUDENT SUPPORT We have employed an additional speech pathologist to work with stage 1 students and other high needs students identified by teachers. Information about speech pathology can be accessed on the following website http://www.educationalspeechpathology.com.au/

SCHOOL FINANCE CHANGES No money will be collected at the office during the next two weeks as our school transitions to a new software finance system known as SAP. A Skoolbag alert will be posted when the office will start collecting money again. I apologise to any parents or children whom this may impact on.

STAFF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING Teaching staff stayed back at school on Wednesday to participate in the first of two workshops about digital filming, acting, editing and producing. Teachers engagement was extremely high with an enormous amount of learning taking place. We anticipate many classes to soon start their journey with film making. The benefits for language development, creativity and collaboration are enormous through film making. Teachers will stay back late on Wednesday 7th September for the second film making lesson.

KIND REGARDS CHRIS HABERECHT

Stage 3 Camp Reminder Dates: Monday 19 September, 2016 to Wednesday 21

September, 2016 (Term 3, Week 10) FINAL PAYMENT

DUE: 2nd September http://www.bushcamp.com.au/kincumber.html For additional information please see any of the Stage 3 teachers. Regards, Miss Ali Khan and Miss Bryceland (Stage 3 Relieving Assistant Principals)

Week 5 Term 3 KF Yasser Chehade, Isaumut Mutlu, Zakir

Shahabzade 2E Nermen El Kassab 3/4EH Melikeh Khan, Fatma Hassin

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. Mr Christopher Haberecht (Principal)

I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON!

SIVER Term 3 Margaret Tan Terles 3/4B Justin Phan 3/4B Rosabel Gyan 3/4B Tilangi Penitani 3/4EH

BRONZE - Term 3 Marzia Amiri 3/4C Tylah Black 3/4B Derek Mlacic 3/4EH William Barati 3/4EH Talitha Chung 3/4K Tukana Saukuru 3/4R Amy Tran 5J Yousef Nabizadeh 5T Austin Flood 5T Nadine Yasseer 5T Sytori Noble 5T Jad Khazaal 5T Jana El Ramlawi 5T Ali Naaman 5T Katrina Tamano 6AK Emma Allawi 6AK

TERM 3 DATES TO REMEMBER

29 AUGUST 1 SEPT “BOOK FAIR in the Library”

31 AUGUST BOOK WEEK COSTUME PARADE

1 SEPTEMBER FATHERS DAY STALL

1 SEPTEMBER GARDING CLUB 3:10 – 3:50PM

2 SEPTEMBER FINAL CAMP INSTALLMENT DUE

7 SEPTMBER “THAT’S MY TEAM’ Jersey Day

9 SEPTMBER KINDERGARTEN

“Calmsley Hill Farm” Excursion

22 SEPT LAST DAY TERM 3

Session 5 - Know Your Rights Our Peer Support session in Stronger Together this week looks closely at the rights of each individual in relation to bullying and harassment. It looks at a range of techniques to support those being bullied and encourages them and the bystanders to take action. Parents of participating students could talk with their child about what they would do if it happened to them

Session 6 - Make a choice Our Peer Support session in Stronger Together this week provides for a series of problem solving and decision making activities to analyse how and why we make the choices we do. It considers aspects of safety and a moral sense of purpose about why we should seek to support others and look more deeply into how our decisions can have a bigger impact than we first thought.

Miss Jones and Ms Cross would like to thank the ‘Promotion Interest Group’ for all their hard work preparing for Guildfords first Mini-Olympics. It was a fantastic day and your dedication to designing promotional posters, allocating student countries, organising classroom activities and much more was absolutely fantastic.

A HUGE THANK YOU!

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On Thursday the 18th of August Guildford Public School hosted our first Plant a Tree Day event with thanks to Transport NSW and Downer Group, who supplied the plants and assisted with the planting. All the students were very enthusiastic and thoroughly enjoyed the planting process. On the day Gardening club acted as our experts while two students from each class were selected to come and plant a tree on behalf of their class. In the coming week each plant will have a sign placed near it so that students can watch their class tree grow and thrive, as they too grow and thrive.

We would like to thank parents for attending the Healthy Eating Workshop facilitated by Cancer Council. It was a fantastic day and your dedication and commitment to making a healthier community was absolutely fantastic. We hope you now have more resources to work toward making Australia a healthier country!!

Lately there have been a lot of books being returned damaged. Looking at the type of damages, it seems that all these books have been in reach of little ones. Many books have been damaged by scribbling with a permanent marker or pencil. Some have been ripped or even chewed! Please be extra careful that your child puts their books out of reach of younger siblings. If you see your infant with a library book please make sure you take it off them quickly. My records have also shown that there are a lot of overdue books. I understand that there have been a lot of different events happening this term and it has caused the cancellation of library lessons for that week, however, you can also return books any day of the week. They will still be marked in the system as returned. Please have a look if your child has any books that need to be returned. I’ve sent overdue notices as a reminder. Please ask your child if they have it. Thank you Mr Norambuena (Teacher Librarian).

McCredie Park, Tamplin Rd, Guildford, NSW, 2161 Phone: 02 9780 1333

Fax: 02 9892 4005

YEAR 6 FUNDRAISER ‘THAT’S MY TEAM’ DAY WEDNESDAY 7th SEPTEMBER,

2016 DONATE A GOLD COIN

Wear your favourite football jersey, soccer jersey, little athletics uniform,

netball uniform or any other sport uniform. If you do not have a jersey or uniform you could wear a hat with a team’s logo or items of clothing that

represent your favourite team’s colours.

Please remember that your shoes are to be closed in.

(NO THONGS or SANDALS).

Year 6 can’t wait to see you dressed up!

Let’s get Fundraising!