Week 2, Term 3

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FACEBOOK:

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SCHOOL HOURS:

Supervision from: 8.25am Classes begin: 8.55am Classes finish: 2.55pm

NOTES SENT HOME:

School photo reminder

1-2-3 Magic & Emotion Coaching—Kindergarten

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Wednesday, 31st July

Government Week Breakfast Boys’ Basketball Gala Day

Thursday, 1st August

School Photos (WINTER UNIFORM)

Friday, 2nd August

Zone Athletics

Thursday, 8th August Kinder Grandparents Day K-Yr 2 Athletics Fun Day Book club due by 3pm

Monday, 12th August—

Wednesday, 14th August Yr 4 Sydney Excursion

Tuesday, 13th August—

Friday, 16th August Yr 5 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Yr 6 Canberra Excursion

Tuesday, 20th August Book Fair and Parade

SPORT—TERM 3:

Every Friday

for Kinder—Year 6

WEEKLY ASSEMBLIES:

Every Friday, 2.10pm

Primary—even weeks

Infants—odd weeks

JUNIOR AECG BREAKFAST CLUB We are proud to inform you that the during Term 2, the Junior AECG proposed the idea of beginning a breakfast club at our school in Term 3. During the holidays, Rory, on behalf of the Junior AECG. approached several local businesses for support. As a result, these local businesses have come on board: Harvey Norman—Toasters

Spotlight—Chopping boards and cutlery

JB HiFi—Toasters

Bunnings—Bins and storage

Big W—Storage, chopping boards and cutlery

Coles—$30 of groceries per week!

Thank you to our local businesses, we appreciate your contribution. Please see further details on page 7 regarding our breakfast club starting this week!

Monday, 29th July, 2019

We are now taking

enrolments for 2020.

Please contact the school office, leave your details and receive

an Enrolment Pack.

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SCHOOL PHOTOS will be held this THURSDAY, 1ST AUGUST, 2019. Personalised photo envelopes have been sent home with all students. Students are to hand these envelopes to the photographer on the day. Please do not send the envelopes to the office as they will be returned to your child. Sibling photo order forms are availa-ble from the school office. Spare photo forms are also available from the school office or on our website if you have misplaced your child’s envelope. All students are to wear their full WINTER uniform. KINDER TO YEAR 2 ATHLETICS FUN DAY will be held on Thursday, 8th August, 2019. The day will include a range of fun athletics activities for all students in Kinder to Year 2. There is no cost involved. The activities will commence at 11.40am and will finish at 1.30pm. Parents and carers are welcome to come along. A permission note has been sent home with all infants students. KINDERGARTEN GRANDPARENTS DAY will be held on Thursday, 8th August, 2019. The visit will begin at 9.10am under the COLA for grandparents to join children in some classroom activities. There will be a short presentation in the hall followed by scones, tea and coffee. Please remember, this is a grandparents’ morning tea. If you child’s grandparent or a “grand friend” is unable to attend, your child will be buddied with a friend who has grandparents attending. A note has been sent home with all Kindergarten students. BOOK CLUB orders and payment are due by 3pm on Thursday, 8th August. Brochures will be sent home with students this week. A reminder that orders and payment must be made via Scholastic Australia. Please do not send money or orders to the school office. EDUCATION WEEK OPEN CLASSROOMS Parents are invited to visit classrooms as detailed on page 8, on Tuesday, 6th August. Teachers will be demonstrating Explicit Instruction through Reading warm-ups, Daily Writing, Genre Writing and Genre Writing warm-ups. Parents are welcome to drop in and out of sessions.

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Term 3 2019 Calendar

Week MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

2

July/

August

29

30

Yr 7 2020 MGHS

Year Adviser visit to

APS

31

Debating at Thornton PS

Boys’ Basketball Gala

Day

1

SCHOOL PHOTOS

2

Zone Athletics

3

August

Education

Week

5

6

Open Classrooms

Year 6 Canberra

Excursion Parent info

session

7

Spelling Bee

Stage 2 and 3

8

Kinder Grandparents Day

K-Yr 2 Athletics Fun Day

9

4

12

Year 4 Sydney

Excursion

13

Year 5 Great Aussie

Bush Camp

Year 6 Canberra

Excursion

14

Year 4 returns

15

Year 1 and Year 2 Hunter

Valley Zoo Excursion

16

Year 5 returns

Year 6 returns

5

19 20

Book Fair and Book

Week Parade

P&C Meeting

7pm in Library

21

Newcastle Permanent

Maths Competition

22

Cyber safety police visit

23

Father’s Day Stall

6

26

27

28

29

30

7

Sept

2

3

ICAS

Digital Technologies

4 5

ICAS Science

6

8

9 10

ICAS Writing

11 12

Year 6 visit to MGHS

ICAS Spelling Bee

13

9

16 17

ICAS English

P&C Meeting

7pm in Library

18 19

ICAS Mathematics

20

10

23

24

25

26

MGHS Sports Transition

Day

27

Year 6 Leadership

day

Last day Term 3

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THURSDAY, 1st

AUGUST, 2019

- Students are to wear full Winter uniform.

- Students hand their photo envelope to the photographer.

- Spare photo envelopes are available from the school office.

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ICAS ASSESSMENTS This year our school will once again be participating in the ICAS Assessments. ICAS is developed by UNSW Global, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of New South Wales, with over 35 years’ experience in educa-tional assessments. ICAS is designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Sci-ence, Writing, Spelling and Digitial Technologies. Every student will receive a certificate and an online result re-port. Top performers will be eligible for medals and are invited to attend special award ceremonies to have their academic excellence publicly recognised. The assessments are suitable for students wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment. ICAS Assessments are now online. This allows greater accessibility for students and faster delivery of results. To consent to your child’s participation please complete the permission slip below and return to the school office by Wednesday, 31st July, 2019. All exam fees are to be paid online via UNSW Global. Online payments close on Wednesday, 31st July, 2019. Visit the new online Parent Payment System to make a direct payment to UNSW Global. Type in unsw.global/parentpay into a browser. Enter Ashtonfield Public School unique access code: e3a364c895

PLEASE DO NOT PAY VIA THE SCHOOL WEBSITE.

ICAS Assessments 2019 Permission Form

Please return this form to the school office by Wednesday, 31st July, 2019

I give permission for my child in class to participate in the 2019 ICAS Assessments listed below.

I understand that all payments must be made online via ICAS Global. Parent Name: Parent Signature: Date:

Subject School Year Exam Date Participation

Price Paid

ICAS Digital Technologies Tuesday, 3rd September, 2019 $14.50

ICAS Science Thursday, 5th September, 2019 $14.50

ICAS Writing Tuesday, 10th September, 2019 $14.50

ICAS Spelling Bee Thursday, 12th September, 2019 $14.50

ICAS English Tuesday, 17th September, 2019 $14.50

ICAS Mathematics Thursday, 19th September, 2019 $14.50

$ TOTAL PAID ONLINE VIA ICAS GLOBAL:

Library News Changes in the School timetables for Term 3 has meant that a number of classes have had their Library Day changed. So please help your child have their Library bags included for their classes Library Day. The Library days for the classes this term are as follows:

Annual Book Week Fair and Parade Tuesday, 20th August

Help us celebrate Book Week by coming along to watch the Parade and view the Book Fair. Students are encouraged to come dressed as a character from their favourite book. More details coming.

Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC)

There is a little over a month to go for students to finalise their Student Reading Records with the Challenge ending and all entries to be submitted by Friday, 30th August.

Congratulations to the following students who this week have completed their PRC for 2019: 3J: Bridget

4P: Trent, Ashlee, Dustin, Romy, Madison, Ronan

5G: Matilda, Mitchell, Harrison

5S: Milla

6M: Brooke, Summer, Indi, Lachlan.

This week’s word of the week is : Night

In Japanese: Yoru

In Wonnarua language: Tukuy

Debating News

Round 4 of the Premier’s Debating Challenge

The Year 5 Debating Team, Ashtonfield Success will be travelling to Thornton Public School on Wednesday. The topic for this round is based on “Health and Fitness”.

We wish them all the very best for this debate.

The Year 6 team, the Ashtonfield Archers will be hosting Woodberry Public School de-bating team in Week 4, on Monday 12th August.

Both teams were successful in their last round.

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CANTEEN ROSTER Volunteers are needed to help in the canteen. Please contact Tina if you are able to assist. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Our school has recently registered to participate in the “Eat Fresh & Win” Canteen Campaign. It promotes fruit and vegetables and offers each student the opportunity to win great prizes. 1. The “Eat Fresh & Win” campaign will commence on Monday, 5th August, 2019 and end on Friday, 20th Sep-

tember, 2019.

2. Each time a student makes a “healthy” selection from the school canteen they are rewarded with a sticker to

add to their entry form.

3. Upon collecting 2 stickers, students return their entry form to the canteen and the child is rewarded with a mi-

nor prize and a card with a unique code to enter the bonus draw.

4. The canteen manager will send all completed entry forms back to Sydney Markets by Friday, 27th September,

2019. The major prize draw will take place on Wednesday, 16th October, 2019.

MAJOR PRIZES: prizes will be posted to the winning student’s school. The major prizes include: First prize $1000 Booktopia voucher

Second prize Strike Bowling Party voucher

Third prize 10 x Bright Kids pack

Fourth prize 20 x Tupperware lunch packs

Bonus prize Nintendo Switch

School prize $2000 Booktopia voucher

Canteen prize Tupperware pack

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

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30/7/19 Kyrsty.G

31/7/19 Kate.M

1/8/19 Rissa

Alison.W

2/8/19 Bec

Nicola Bree

5/8/19 Nic.S

6/8/19 Krysty.G

Elizabeth.R

7/8/19 8/8/19 Wendy.S

Karen

9/8/19 Bree

Laurinda

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CARRIE’S PLACE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMLESSNESS SERVICES INC. Winter is a tough time for anyone, so we are asking the Ashtonfield community please dig deep and help out those most in need. The pantry at Carrie’s Place is running low and are in need of:

Pastas and pasta sauce

Cereal and UHT (Long Life) milk

Rice and sauces

Juice

Canned soup

Cup of soup

Two minute noodles

Canned meats

Peanut butter, vegemite and jam

Canned vegetables