Castle Hill Public School

NEWSLETTER Les Shore Place, Castle Hill NSW 2154 Phone: 9634 3777 Fax: 9899 6845

Email: castlehill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Webpage: www.castlehill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

March 28, 2018

Harmony Day – ‘Everyone belongs’

Despite the wet weather, we held our Harmony Day parades last Thursday in the school hall, followed by a lovely morning tea. It was wonderful to see so many students enter into the spirit of the day by wearing clothing that reflected their own cultural heritage. The range of colours and costumes was very impressive!

Thank you to Mrs Quereshi, Miss Speth and Ms Hon for their efforts in co-ordinating the parades and for implementing ‘Plan B’ so well when the forecast rain did arrive. Thank you as well to the many parents who attended and to the families who contributed to the morning tea.

On behalf of the staff at CHPS, I would like to thank the Korean community for their generosity in providing each of our staff members with a ‘lunch box’. We very much appreciate your thoughtful gesture!

Cross Country Carnival Students in Years 3-6 today received a permission note for our annual Cross Country carnival that will be held on Thursday May 10, at Masonic Oval, Baulkham Hills We ask that these notes be returned by Wednesday April 11, 2018.

Students currently in Year 2 and who have already turned eight years of age or will turn eight years of age at any time this year are also eligible to attend assuming they are a highly capable long distance runner and are intent on qualifying to represent at the Zone Carnival. Parents who feel that their child meets these requirements are requested to obtain a note from your child’s class teacher.

Notes home this week: Years K-6 – ABC Reading Eggs - login details Years 3-6 Cross Country Permission note Years K-6 Scholastic Book Fair

Years 5 & 6 – Canberra camp permission and payment schedule

Thursday March 29 3K 3P 4U Muru Mittigar excursion

Friday March 30 Good Friday - no School

Monday April 2 Easter Monday - no School

Tuesday April 3 K-2 Assembly 2.00pm

Monday April 9 3-6 Assembly 2.00pm

Tuesday April 10 Kindergarten end of term celebration

Wednesday April 11 P&C Meeting 7.00pm

Thursday April 12 Anzac Service

Friday April 13 Last day Term 1

WHAT’S ON

PBL Fortnightly Expectation Focus

Term 1 Weeks 9 and 10 - Respect

Take pride in yourself and your school.

Winter Uniform Winter uniform order forms were sent home with all Kindergarten students last week.

All students are expected to remain in their summer uniform until the end of this term. A two week transition to winter uniform will occur at the start of next term.

Craig Oliver-Principal

craig.oliver@det.nsw.edu.au

Assembly Our next school assemblies are as follows: 3-6 next assembly is Monday April 9 K-2 next assembly is Tuesday 3 April (please note change of day), hosted by 2H and Miss Halford. Platinum cut-off date: Tuesday 3 April Platinum Assembly: Monday 9 April Our school assemblies are held on Monday afternoon in the school hall from 2.00pm. NAPLAN 2018 The test dates for the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy for all Year 3 and Year 5 students will be held as follows:

Test name Test includes Date Language Conventions

Spelling, punctuation and grammar

Tuesday 15 May

Writing Test Writing task Tuesday 15 May Reading Test Reading comprehensions Wednesday 16 May Numeracy Test Number and Algebra

Measurement and Geometry Statistics and Probability

Thursday 17 May

Catch-up Day For students who were absent on a particular day

Friday 18 May

All tests will be held in the students’ classroom. Information will be communicated closer to the date. Chess Club for Year 3 and 4 The Chess Club demonstration for our Year 3 and 4 students took place on Monday 26 March and it was a success. Further information surrounding when chess club will begin and which afternoon it will run, will be communicated shortly. At this stage, Chess Club is limited to our Year 3 and 4 students and it is our hope that we will be able to offer a similar opportunity for our Year 5 and 6 students in the near future. Castle Hill High School Concert Band Visit Our school will have a special visit and performance by the Concert Band from Castle Hill High School on Wednesday 11 April. The performance will take place from 8:30am onwards under the COLA located near the school canteen.

Extra-Curricular Activities Below is a list of some of the Extra-Curricular Activities that are being run in Term 1. A huge thank you to our dedicated teaching staff who give of their own free time to make these opportunities possible for our students.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Morning

Opera House Recorder Group

Morning Wakakirri

Morning

Morning SRC

Robotics

Morning

First Half Lunch 3-6 Boys Hip Hop

3-6 Choir

3-6 Friendship Room

First Half Lunch Ballroom dancing

Year 1 Recorder

Group

K-2 Friendship Room

First Half Lunch K-2 Choir

Debating

First Half Lunch Wakakirri

Year 2 Recorder

Group

First Half Lunch K-2 Dance

Years 3-6 Recorder

Group

Second Half Lunch

Second Half Lunch Ballroom dancing

Second Half Lunch

Second Half Lunch

Second Half Lunch

After School Robotics

After school Robotics

Anti-Bullying Performance: The Magic Words Performers took to the stage to reinforce a strong message that we are continuing to deliver to our students about Bullying. The Magic Words performance allowed our students to discover the true meaning of using magic words – “sorry”, “thank you”, “please”, “excuse me”. This performance also allowed our students to understand the importance of having good values and showing respect. Students also learnt the value of having safe and respectful interactions online. National Day of Action Against Bullying Competition A huge thank you to all our students who took part in either our K-2 Colouring in Competition or 3-6 Design a Poster Competition. The winners are as follows:

Grade 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Kindergarten Alexa (KT) Annika (KG) Aaron L (KG) Year 1 Elizabeth (1M) Ella (1M) Ereeny (1H) Year 2 Kavirnah (2E) Chloe K (2E) Maria (2E) Year 3 Diya (3K) Emiliano (3G) Cedric (3P) Year 4 Jude S (3/4H) Darcie (3/4H) Hope (3/4H) Year 5 Annabell (5H) Claire & Anushka (5B) Kenuli (5C) Year 6 Bella & Elena (6W) Aoling & Felicia (6W) Ethan (6W)

Winners will receive their prizes next week.

Harmony Day – Everyone Belongs Last Thursday, we celebrated Harmony Day. It was fabulous to see such great participation from all students – wearing either traditional dress, colours of their cultural background or orange – the colour of Harmony Day. Thank you to parents who provided food for our community morning tea, held at the conclusion of the parades. It was fabulous to recognise the cultural diversity that exists within our school.

Digital Security Presentation Senior Constable Rob Paterson will be delivering an important presentation to families for our Year 5 and 6 families. This presentation is highly valuable in informing parents and offering them suggestions on how to protect kids from cyber bullying and online predators. As a Youth Liaison Officer in our local area, Senior Constable Rob Paterson is aware of current trends in our local community and how we can collectively, as a school community address these. Please note that this is a completely different presentation to the one held by Dr Kristy Goodwin held last week.

Further information about how to register for his event will appear in next week’s newsletter

DIGITAL SECURITY PRESENTATION Wednesday May 16, 7.00pm-8.30pm Castle Hill Public School

‘Digital Security’ is a parent/carer presentation covering privacy /reputation management and cyber bullying. Cyber safety is the primary non-academic problem that schools and young people experience today. Parents and carers must know how to use technology and should know what to avoid, where to seek help and what their children are doing online. Presented by Senior Constable Rob Paterson, Youth Liaison Officer at The Hills Local Area Command. As YLO for the last ten years, Rob works with Young Offenders, at-risk children and delivers educational programs and safety information to 65 schools in The Hills LAC.

Castle Hill High School Concert Band Visit Our school will have a special visit and performance by the Concert Band from Castle Hill High School on Wednesday 11 April. The performance will take place from 8:30am onwards under the COLA located near the school canteen.

Mrs Alex Kohary & Miss Danielle Machuca Deputy Principals

Literacy Program Letter/Sound: Classes are learning u, n, c this week.

Please continue to revise all sounds taught so far, especially when reading at home. This includes: a, m, s, t, i, f, d, r, o, g, h, l

Sight words: Classes will be focussing on learning the Blue Words in class for the rest of Term One. The best results occur when a child revises their sight words everyday – this revision only has to be short and fast but focused! It is extremely beneficial for students to continue to revise their Golden Words at home, even if they have moved onto other levels. Students are required to recognise the words immediately within a number of different contexts, fonts and books. We suggest you cut up the words and present them to you child in a different order each time. This avoids students remembering the order of the words on the page

Blue Words - an, go, by, do, if, my, me, no, or, up

Suggested activities to learn Sight Words: make a second copy of the words and play a game of memory.

Fine motor skills activities for home: practice cutting skills. Students are learning to hold the paper steady with their non-dominant hand. They then use the same hand to move the paper-scissors stay straight, pointing away from the body. The students are learning to slow down when cutting and to cut on the lines.

Numeracy Program Students are learning to add or subtract by using two groups of objects and counting the total. They are learning to combine, separate and compare using everyday language eg/makes, joins, combines, with, all together etc. We are encouraging the students to explain and demonstrate how an answer was obtained and to investigate different strategies of solving the one problem.

This week students are investigating collecting and representing data in the form of picture graphs.

Star of the Week!

Stars of the week are KB: Melody, KG: Sapphire, KK: Frances, KC: Anita, KJ: Isaiah, KT: Bradley.

Canteen Visiting the Canteen, using appropriate manners and the etiquette of spending is a learning curve for Kindergarten. Teachers are talking to their classes about only spending their money for themselves and not buying treats for their friends. This goes hand in hand with learning to refuse if a friend offers to buy them a treat. When possible, please try to give your child the exact amount required, this helps avoid the temptation of spending the remaining amount on someone else. There are been a number of cases of students spending all their money on a friend or a friend “helping” themselves to someone else’s money. We ask that you reinforce the who, what and when of buying at the canteen-who: buy for themselves only, what: what is appropriate to buy, and when-at lunchtime only.

Dates for the Diary:

• End of Term Celebration: Tuesday April 10, 9:30am • The Magic Words Performance: Wednesday May 16, (permission notes to be returned asap)

From the Kindergarten teachers

Years K-2 Assembly will be held Tuesday April 3 at 2.00pm in the Hall

SILVER AWARDS – Please note that these awards will be presented next week at Assembly KINDERGARTEN YEAR 1 YEAR 2 Tristan 1D Sabrina 2A Jules 1D Malachi 2A Ethan 1H Evan 2M Jamie 1H Jinhyun 2M Cyan 2M Derrick 1M Wanika 2M Sandra 1S Abhiram 2S Matilda 1V Lucas 1V Hayleigh 1V

GOLD AWARDS – Please note that these awards will be presented next week at Assembly KINDERGARTEN YEAR 1 YEAR 2 Taylor 2M

ANZAC Service

The staff and students of Castle Hill Public School will commemorate ANZAC day on Thursday April 12 at 11.30am in the school hall. All students K-6 will be involved in this special event. We warmly welcome family and community members to join in our commemoration of this important event. If there are families who have a serviceman or woman in their family who may like to be a part of our official party, please contact the school office via email at castlehill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au We look forward to seeing you there.

Amanda Hobbs and Katie McCarthy

Performance Opportunity I am looking for musical students wanting to perform an item as ‘walk-in’ music for our K-2 and 3-6 assemblies. This is an opportunity for talented students who can play an instrument or sing. Students will showcase their talents as the students enter the hall for assemblies. If your son or daughter would like an opportunity to perform in front of their peers, please send an email with the heading ‘Assembly Performance’ to melissa.mcmahon14@det.nsw.edu.au . Please advise student name, class and what the item involves. A timetable will be organised and students will be advised of their time to perform.

The talented students listed below will be performing at the following assemblies.

Term 1 2018 K-2 Assembly Walk in Music Week 10 – Tuesday 3 April Akhil 2H Piano

Term 1 2018 3-6 Assembly Walk in Music Week 11 – Monday 9 April Jonathon 3P Piano

Mindquest 2018 The 87th Mindquest program will be held for primary students from Years 1-6 at Glenwood High School on Saturday June 2, and Sunday June 3, 2018. The Mindquest program is an opportunity for students to participate in over 36 exciting, fast-paced courses over the two days. The courses include chemistry, earth sciences, drama, lego robotics and much more. The cost of the weekend is $195.00. If you are interested in participating in one of these courses, please see Mrs Hobbs (3/4H) for a brochure. The closing date for applications is May 4, 2018, which is Week 1 of Term 2.

Amanda Hobbs

Our library provides all students with the opportunity to borrow 2 books each week. Students in years 3 to 6 come with their class teacher for 20 minutes to select their books. Students in kindergarten to Year 2 have library lessons and borrowing with the Teacher/Librarians each week. Library borrowing is an essential and important part of the school week and all children are encouraged to borrow books to read both at school and at home. Each class has a borrowing day and the children, with the help of parents, need to remember to bring

along their library bag so that they can borrow books for the week.

We have an incredible range of books for the children to borrow, ranging from graphic novels, to many non-fiction books about topics such as dance, gemstones, sports, mammals and weather. We also have a comprehensive collection of picture books for both the younger and older students. The children are encouraged to talk to us and recommend new books that they would

like to be included in the library collections. For your convenience, we also have library bags available for purchase for $2.00. Here are the library days for classes K-6:-

With the encouragement of teachers and parents, children have the best chance to foster

a love of literature and reading.

Mrs Georgiades and Mrs Guild Teacher/Librarians

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 2H 2K 2M 2S 1M 1V KG KT

5C 2A 1D 1H 1J 1S KB KC KJ KK

6B 6W 5B 5H 4U 3F 3G 3K 3M 3P

6C 6L 5A 4M 4P 4S 3/4H

6M 5S

Dear Parents, An important note about BOOK FAIR 2018 is coming home today. Looking forward to your participation and support in this great community event.

Mrs Georgiades

Friday March 30, 2018 - Good Friday

REGULAR OPENING HOURS Monday 8.30-10.30am Wednesday 8.30-10.30am Monday April 2 CLOSED FOR PUBLIC HOLIDAY Wednesday April 4 Peta, Marta EXTENDED OPENING HOURS The uniform shop will be open the following extended hours for the last 2 Weeks of term to accommodate the winter uniform change over. WEDNESDAY April 4 8.30am-12.00pm and 2.00pm-3.15pm

(PLEASE NOTE CHANGE from last week’s newsletter times)

WEDNESDAY April 11 8.30am-10.30am and 2.00pm-3.30pm WINTER UNIFORMS Children are required to wear their summer uniforms until next term. We are in stock of ALL winter uniforms which are now available for purchase on flexischools and in the uniform shop. PRICE UPDATES We are pleased to inform you that the prices of the girls winter blouses are now down to $22 from last year’s price of $25.00. NEW JACKETS - ORDER EXPECTED NEXT WEEK New Jackets still expected next week. Thank you again for your patience and I apologise for any inconvenience caused by the delay. All Pre-orders will be notified via text message as soon as they are available. Pre-orders will be packed and held as first priority and once we have all stock they will be available for sale on Flexischools and in the shop.

Natalie Hanlon Uniform Shop Manager

chpsuniform@gmail.com Mobile 0411 284 212

ROSTER Thursday 29 March Alison, Jennifer Thummler, Joanna Michael Friday 30 March GOOD FRIDAY - HAPPY EASTER!! Monday 2 April EASTER MONDAY - HAPPY EASTER! Tuesday 3 April Connie, Nas Wednesday 4 April Joyce Joseph, Lilis Chung, Peggy Wong Thursday 5 April Sylvia, Yoon, Joanne, Hyejin Friday 6 April Katherine Watson, Oxana, Sherita Don't be shy! Come and see us to add your name to the roster. If you are able to help on the days with "VOLUNTEER REQUIRED" or would like to be added to our roster please telephone the canteen on 9634 4306, email at castlehillpscanteen@gmail.com or send us quick text message Kylee 0405 357 150 Tanya 0424 994 585.

Robyn, Tanya & Kylee Canteen Supervisors

Last Week! Coles Sports for Schools program will finish at 10am on Tuesday 3 April 2018.

From Monday 26th of March to Sunday 1st of April, Coles is giving

out double vouchers! This is a great time to collect because for every $10 spent at Coles you will earn two Coles Sports for Schools vouchers.

This program gives our school the opportunity to earn great sports gear. The more vouchers we collect, the more sports gear we can receive! Thank you for the fantastic response so far. It is wonderful to see our school receive so much support! Please continue placing vouchers in the collection boxes located at Coles Castle Towers, in the school office or at Funhouse. Mrs Sylvia Taylor

SCHOOL

HOLIDAY

WORKSHOPS Perfect Holiday Activity The TSA School Holiday Band Workshops are on once again! Registration is now open for 6 different workshop dates and locations during the Term 1 school holidays. Give their music a jump-start in 2018!

Visit www.teachingservices.com.au/workshops for all information.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE

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3-6 Assembly 2.00pm P&C Meeting - 7.00pm PSSA

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Parent/Teacher Night6.00-6.45 - Kindy

6.45-7.30 - Yrs 1 & 2

Parent/Teacher Night6.00-6.45 - Yrs 3 & 46.45-7.30 - Yrs 5 & 6

K-2 Assembly 2.00pm Yr 6 High School visit PSSA

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K-2 Water Fun & Safety Day School Swimming Carnival

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HARMONY Daygold coin donation

Aloha DiscoK - 3.30 to 4.00

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3-6 Assembly 2.00pm

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Easter Monday

K-2 Assembly 2.00pm

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3-6 Assembly 2.00pm

Kindergartenend of term celebration

Castle Hill High Schoolband performance8.15 under COLA

ANZAC Day Service Last day of Term 1

Platinum Assembly 2.00pm P&C Meeting - 7.00pm

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