Guise Public School

“Educating and caring for the whole child”

Eucalyptus Drive, Macquarie Fields Telephone: (02) 9605 4397 Fax: (02) 9829 3975

Web Address: https://guise-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ Email: guise-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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School Term Dates 2020 Term 2 Monday 27 April – Friday 3 July

Term 3 Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September (Students return Tuesday 21 July)

Term 4 Monday 12 October – Friday 18 December (Students finish Wednesday 16 December)

Principal’s Report

Term 2 Week 10 2020

SCHOOL CALENDAR Friday 3 July Last Day of Term 2

TERM 3

Monday 20 July School Development Day

Wednesday 22 July Links to Learning resumes

Tuesday 21 July Students return to school

Friday 31 July School Banking resumes

Mon 3 – Fri 7 August Education Week

Friday 14 August Semester One Reports go home

Please report trespassing on school grounds, unlawful acts and vandalism to School Security on 1300 880 021

Principal’s Report

NAIDOC Week Celebrations For NAIDOC week, Guise Public School held a special day

on Wednesday this week, to celebrate the history,

culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only

in Indigenous communities, but also by Australians from

all walks of life. The theme for NAIDOC this year is

‘Always Was, Always Will Be.’

Students participated in a range of activities during the

day, including opportunities for weaving, threading

bracelets and dot painting. In addition, children were

treated to a free sausage sizzle and bottle of water.

Classes also decorated their doors around the theme

‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ for our annual Deadly Door

competition. The doors will be judged this week and

prizes awarded for the winning classes.

It was a fantastic day for all students and staff. I would

especially like to thank our wonderful Aboriginal

Education Officers, Ms Bell and Mrs Collier, who

organised the events.

Family Partnership Meetings Family Partnership Meetings will be held again in Week 5,

Term 3, where class teachers will have conferences with

parents/carers and students. During these meetings,

parents/carers will have the opportunity to review goals

that were set in Semester One and establish

personalised goals for each student to work towards

throughout the second semester. These goals will be

developed by the teacher, parent/carer and students and

will be reviewed as part of our reporting process at the

end of Semester Two.

For this semester only, due to School Operation

guidelines, Family Partnership Meetings will only be

conducted via telephone. There will be no school or home

meetings held.

This week, you will receive detailed information

regarding booking a time with your child’s teacher and

some tips for thinking about some goals you would like to

set for your child.

We are a team in the education of your child and we look

forward to meeting with all families throughout Week 5

to ensure each and every student is known, understood

and challenged to achieve their personal best.

Virtual Assembly Last Tuesday we held our virtual assembly, which was

streamed to all classes using the video conferencing tool

‘Zoom’. 5/6D were the hosts of the assembly in the hall

and we just had a small number of YCDI nominees and

Gold award recipients present for the actual assembly.

All other students and teachers were able to watch the

assembly from their class and present their Bronze and

Silver award winners at this time.

Congratulations to all our YCDI award nominees and

winners. You have all worked so hard and we are very

proud of your ongoing efforts.

Pre-Kinder Our Pre-Kinder program will start in Week 2 of Term 3

for children who will be starting school in 2021. During

the sessions children can learn essential pre-

kindergarten skills in a fun and interactive setting whilst

socialising with their peers and becoming familiar with

the BIG school environment. The flyer is included in this

newsletter with all information. Enquiries about the

program are welcomed at the front office.

Term Three As the term draws to a close tomorrow, I would like to

remind everyone that staff members will return to school

next term on Monday 20 July for the Term 3 School

Development Day, where teachers will be involved in

professional learning.

We hope all students enjoy a wonderful school holidays

with their family and we look forward to seeing all

students returning on Tuesday 21 July 2020, for the

first day of Term 3.

Have a wonderful week and happy holidays!

Megan Predl

P&C News School Banking

is on Friday

We will be resuming school banking in Week 2, Term 3.

Remember, Friday is School Banking day and students

should bring in their weekly deposit.

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program at

Guise Public School. We would also like to thank the

wonderful parents who volunteer as our School Banking

Co‐ordinators and process our banking every week.

You Can Do It update Term 2 2020

You Can Do It Winners Nominees

Getting Along

Ayaas Abdullah

Thorston Bartrop

Toni Pogmore

Jenna has always showed kindness and

respect towards her teachers and peers.

She loves welcoming new students into

Guise Public School and always puts her

hand up to show them around the

school. Jenna is very compassionate and

will be the first to offer any assistance or

help. Well done, Jenna!

Confidence

Chloe Pamplin

Joseph Sandoval

Patrick demonstrated confidence when

consistently completing all set online

learning tasks through Seesaw. Since

returning to school, he has confidently

and proudly been walking into school

and saying goodbye to Dad at the gate.

Patrick has moved from playing in

Structured Play to other playground

areas with confidence and ease at both

recess and lunch.

Organisation

Amelia-rose Ky

Jacob Sheen

Oberon Marshall-

Watson

Ruby Woods

Toni is a highly organised student. She

consistently demonstrates all of key YCDI

values and is always helpful and caring to

her peers. She is reliable both inside the

classroom and on the playground. Toni

has voluntarily been cleaning the

playground after every recess and lunch

in order to keep our school looking

fantastic. She is extremely deserving of

this award.

You Can Do It Winners Nominees

Persistence

Ava Valentine

Chace Webb

Ioane Ripley

Justice Ah Fa

Kalara Penrith

Aayansh engages in all aspects of his

learning with enthusiasm. He displays

success in his reading, writing and

numeracy due to his hard work ethic.

Aayansh is keen to contribute his

fantastic ideas in class. He has made

a wonderful start to Kindergarten and

is encouraged to continue to use his

persistence to continue to improve.

Resilience

Halleigh Brodie

Jaxon Stevens

Jnr displays resilience in overcoming

the challenging task of attending big

school. From day one of Kindergarten,

Jnr has displayed a willingness to take

on new learning, and bounce back

even when faced with challenging

tasks. He displays a ‘Never Give Up’

attitude to all aspects of school and

this attitude has attributed to his

growing success in his learning.