Seven Hills North Public School

NEWSLETTER A quality education in a caring environment

Issue 9 31/05/2018

Term 2—Week 5

DATES FOR DIARY

TERM 2

JUNE 1 PSSA 5 Sport Mufti Day 6 Choir Rehearsal 8 Assembly 1.45pm PSSA 11 QUEENS BIRTHDAY 12 Regional Cross Country 13 ICAS Spelling 8am 14 ICAS Writing 8am 15 PSSA PJ Movie Night 20 Dental Check 22 Assembly 1.45pm PSSA 29 NAIDOC Performance PSSA JULY 4 Reports Home COLOUR RUN 5 Athletics Carnival 6 Assembly 1.45pm PSSA Last day of Term 2

TERM 3 JULY 23 Staff Development Day 24 Students Return 27 PSSA 30 S2 Excursion Field of Mars AUGUST 3 PSSA Assembly 1.45pm

From the Principals Desk

Schools Spectacular Choir

Last term, a group of 24 students in Stage 3 began preparing their entry for a place in the NSW Schools

Spectacular concert. Each student had to complete an initial audition to secure their place in the choir,

after which they began rehearsals for their second audition, this time for the Schools Spectacular

Committee. Students showed fantastic commitment to the process, giving up their lunchtimes each day

in order to perfect their performance of “Good Morning Baltimore” for our audition video. I am pleased

to announce the Schools Spectacular Committee has notified me that our choir was successful in gaining

a place in this year’s Schools Spectacular concert. Congratulations to these students and well done for

all their hard work.

Well done Ms Devine!

Sports Mufti Day

Come dressed as your favourite sports person or team. We are asking for a gold coin donation to help

assist two families from our school with the financial burden of attending All Schools State Championships

in Kingscliff and Batemans Bay.

Dental Check

Free dental check on Wednesday 20 June for Kindergarten, Year 2, 4 and 6.

Consent forms will be sent home for each child today and should be returned as soon as possible.

Each student (with a Medicare Number and consent form ticked YES and signed by a parent) will

be eligible to have a dental check up. A result letter will be sent home with each child on the

assessment day.

The dental staff will bring portable dental chairs and lights. The dental clinician will use sterilised

equipment a wear a new pair of latex free gloves for each child.

Friday Assembly

Friday assemblies will take place after lunch and will commence at approximately 1.45pm. Students will

return to class and will be dismissed at the normal time. Students will not be permitted to go home after

the assembly.

New School Website

We have been working away in the background on a new look website as part of the Departments

initiative to make it more accessible for those with special needs. You will find all of the same features

you have become used to like links to our parent portal, newsletters, photo galleries and event calendar.

This website will hopefully launch next Thursday as long as there are no hiccups.

The new website address will be http://www.sevenhilln-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ but you will be

automatically redirected from our current site.

SHNOOSH CARE Ph: 9620 9308

shnooshcare@optusnet.com.au

SCHOOL SECURITY

1300880021

BOOK CLUB DUE BY TUESDAY 12 JUNE - PLEASE ORDER THROUGH LOOP

Kiss and Drop

If you are running late due to traffic or reasons out of your control

please ring the school to inform us of the situation. The teacher on

duty will take the students inside the school gates at 3.15pm and

the students will sit on the silver seats outside the library until you

arrive.

When using the Kiss and Drop zone please use the 3 designated

parking spots and move as far forward as possible. Students will

not be allowed to get in the car if you are not in these spots.

Winter Uniforms

All students are expected to wear winter uniforms from the

beginning of June until September. Girls will be permitted to wear

navy blue tights under their culottes in winter. No culottes with

socks please and they may wear long navy blue pants. Boys need

to wear long grey pants.

Movie Night

Don’t forget PJ Movie Night is Friday 15 June. Tickets can be pur-

chased from Miss Ricketts or Mrs Otten at school or at the door on

the night. All money raised will contribute towards the Year 6

Farewell.

4.45pm to 7pm Kindgergarten, Year 1 and Year 2—Ferdinand (PG)

7pm to 9.15pm Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6—The Greatest

Showman (PG)

ICAS Assessment

A reminder that the ICAS Spelling assessment will take place on

Wednesday 13 June and the Writing assessment will take place

on Thursday 14 June. Both are in the library and will start at

8.00am.

The Festival of Instrumental Music

On Sunday 20 May, Mrs Otten and our enthusiastic recorder

group performed at the Opera House at the Acacia Concert, the

first concert of The Festival of Instrumental Music. Prior to the

concert they attended a rehearsal during the afternoon.

Our students performed with immense talent and pride. It never

ceases to amaze me the extraordinary talent we have in our pub-

lic education system.

Thank you Mrs Otten, Mrs Blume and Mr Hawkins for your

commitment to preparing our students for the concert.

Kindergarten 2019

If you have a child starting kindy next year or know of someone

who in in area and has a child starting kindy next year, now is the

time to start bringing in your applications. It is important to have

these applications on file so that we can inform the appropriate

families about orientation and best start, and to assist us to plan

our classes for next year.

Please be aware that we are no longer taking out of area

applications (unless you are a sibling) for kindy as we now have

a large number to interview.

Mobile Phones at School

Mobile phones at school are discouraged, but we understand that

for safety reasons, some students may be required to have one.

Mobile phones must be kept in a students bag and switched off.

The school will not take any responsibility for the loss or damage

of a students phone.

If a parent needs to get in contact with a child urgently or relay a

message you will need to contact the school office.

Please refer to our Mobile Phone Policy found on our website for

full details.

Kate Pugh

Principal

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Calling all Stage 3 Parents

Parent Information Seminar

The seminars are being fun by Maria Sarina BA

(Social psychology/Social research) of the Friendship Centre.

There will be 2 seminars in the school library on Thursday 7 and

Thursday 21 June. We encourage all Stage 3 parents to attend.

7.00pm start—approx. 1.5hrs

Supper will be provide.

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Learning and Support News It’s a very busy time in Learning Support and there is a

lot to report this week.

SPEECH STUDENTS:

Firstly thank you to all the families who returned

permission and information notes regarding our visiting

speech therapy students from ACU. The girls have

finished screening this semester and will return for

structured lessons in August.

SLSO STUDENT:

We are also appreciative for another student. Her

name is Kirsten Pollicina. Kirsten is studying to be a

student learning support officer at TAFE. 100 hours of

in school time needs to be completed. Therefore she

shall be working between KB and KH each Wednesday.

NCCD:

I am currently in the process of entering the students I

work with into the National Consistent Collection of

Data. This is a departmental data collection that every

school must submit regarding students with disabilities.

Should you have any queries regarding this collection

and the information that is gathered please don’t

hesitate to ask.

SPEECH AND OT:

Every Thursday we still have our in school OT “Emelia”

and every second Friday our in school Speech therapist

“Nam” is also available. If any of you are interested in

speech or occupational therapy for your child, please

don’t hesitate to come and have a chat. Please be

aware that this is a privately run service available

during school hours and that there is a fee involved.

PARENTS OF STAGE 3:

Finally, the LST has organised a parent seminar for all

mums and dads of stage 3 students. The dates for

these seminars are the 7 and 21 June at 7pm.

Maria Sarina is the social psychologist we have

organised to come and speak. She comes to us with a

wealth of knowledge and I would highly recommend

these evenings! They are a must! You should have all

received your invitations by now. Please don’t forget to

RSVP as supper shall be provided and we require them

for catering needs.

DO NOT MISS THIS! I have been working with stage 3

for the last few weeks on a well-being and social unit

and the information that will be provided by Maria is

crucial and extremely valuable.

Mrs Johnson

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The P&C’s major fundraiser this year is the School Run4Fun Colour Explosion so we do ask for your support.

The more money we raise the more we can provide for the students through vital school projects. The School Run4Fun Colour Explosion will be held at school on Wednesday 4 July.

Colour Powder The colour powder used in our event has been sourced direct from India, the home of Holi Powder. It is made of high quality corn starch and permitted food colours. It’s non-toxic, biodegradable, skin safe and environmentally friendly.

How Does My Child Fundraise? Students will receive a Sponsorship Form with instructions on how to raise money and order prizes. Students obtain donations in cash using the Sponsorship Form together with online fundraising.

You can easily register for online fundraising. It’s the easiest way to help your child raise money and to reach your fundraising goal sooner.

Students who raise as little as $10 or more will receive an incentive prize for their efforts. But why not aim higher? You have the option to choose up to five (5) prizes and this will set your fundraising goal. Family and friends are your greatest supporters, so ask them first for your support. You will reach your fundraising goal in no time.

Notes and Sponsorship forms will be sent home in the next week. Thank you in advance for your participation, and get

ready for a BLAST OF COLOUR! Happy fundraising! P&C Fundraising Committee