Minchinbury Public School · 2019. 10. 30. · Minchinbury Public School Pride Moments Mylee Paluch...
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Tuesday 27 February – School Photo Day
Wednesday 28 February – Investiture Assembly
Friday 2 March – P&C Hot Dog Day
Principal’s Message 2018 P&C
On 14 February we held our P&C AGM. I would like to thank our community members for
attending. Our P&C executive team for this year is:
President Karen Pochodyla
Vice President Joanne Shields
Secretary Debbie Coombes
Treasurer Stephanie Loudoun
Fundraising Coordinator Renae Sing
I am looking forward to working with our 2018 P&C team. There are opportunities for
Minchinbury families to come together. If you would like to be involved with the P&C,
please contact our office.
School Photos
Our School Photo Day is being held today.
All students present have been photographed regardless of whether or not families are buying the school
photos.
All money for school photos has been given directly to the School Photographer. Any enquiries about
school photos are to go directly to the School Photographer.
Kind regards,
Miss Rebecca Webster Principal DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
27 February School Photo Day
28 February 9.15: Investiture Assembly
1 March 2.00: Stage 3 assembly
2 March P&C Hot Dog Day; 2.00: ES1 assembly
5‐7 March Toonschool Incursion
5 March 3.30‐5.00: Kindergarten & Stage 2 Information Sessions
6 March 3.30‐5.00: Stage 1 & Stage 3 Information Sessions
8 March 2.00: Stage 2 assembly
9 March 2.00: Stage 1 assembly
Minchinbury Public School 202 McFarlane Drive
Minchinbury, 2770 Principal: Miss Webster
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27 February 2018
Thank you to our friends at
Minchinbury IGA. They have
donated 500 frankfurts for our
P&C hot dog day.
This is why Minchinbury is such a
great place to be.
Minchinbury Public School Pride Moments Mylee Paluch
I’m Mylee Paluch and I’m going to tell you about
my Oztag adventures. I’ve been playing Oztag since
I was seven and now I’m in the 11 girls
representative team. I travel to Coffs Harbour twice
a year. In February this year I represented Nepean
Panthers for State Cup and then in October I’m
going to represent Western Sydney Tigers for
Nationals. Playing at Coffs is an awesome
experience. Through Oztag I have made so many
new friendships while playing the game I love. This
year my side came third out of the state for 11 girls.
We were knocked out in the semi‐finals. I love this
sport and hopefully one day I will play for the
Australian team.
Zone Swimming Carnival
Minchinbury Public School is incredibly proud of the students who
represented us at the Zone Swimming Carnival.
2018 MPS Zone Swimming Team
Jack Munzer Ella Betham Atila Goker
Talyn Pale‐Eli Peyton Maybury Chloe Simpson
Tyran Shields Scarlett Norris Taliya Farrugia
Jayden Hunt Sienna Edwards Connor Robinson
Angelica Sadler Bronte Norris Kody Baxter
Hayley Loudoun Sasha Vella Jayden Harris
Daniel Vaquerano‐Smith
P&C Mufti Day
Thank you to everybody for supporting last week’s mufti day. On the day the P&C
collected $559.45. That’s fantastic.
But then…some students brought money in the next day ‐ $47!
Total amount raised = $605.45
We are so lucky to have such a supportive community.
The P&C sincerely thanks our community.
Raffle Stapling
Thank you to the community members who came to our school to staple raffle ticket
booklets. Believe it or not, 700 raffle books were prepared in less than an hour.
Toonschool Workshop
Our P&C voted to provide an opportunity for all students to attend an incursion at
MPS. This is a workshop with an award winning cartoonist, Jeff Taylor.
The cost per student is $6. The P&C will cover the cost of every student. This is
$3042.
Thank you to our P&C!!!!
P&C Survey
A survey has been sent home to all families asking them to nominate if a time
change to the P&C meeting would mean that they would attend the meetings.
If you would definitely come to a P&C meeting if the time was changed, please
complete the survey and return it to the office.
We want as many community members at these meetings as possible.
President: Karen Pochodyla Vice President: Joanne Shields
Secretary: Debbie Coombes Treasurer: Stephanie Loudoun
Fundraising Coordinator: Renae Sing
P&C News
ES1, Term 1 Overview
Kindergarten students are learning new school and classroom routines this term. We have a motivated team of
teachers leading our ES1 team in 2018 – Miss Khoury KK, Mrs Fisher KF, Miss Dimond KD and Miss Somi KS. Supporting our students with their learning are some experienced teachers including: Mrs Bartlett (LaST), Mrs Booth (teacher librarian and RFF), Mrs Elliot (teacher librarian and RFF), Mrs Anderson (RFF) and Ms Pears (RFF).
KLA Overview Below is a brief overview of the content that will be studied in each KLA in Term 1: English The unit of study this term is “Beginnings:
Starting School”. Students will make personal
responses to a variety of texts about school.
Through visual literacy, students will focus on
making connections as a comprehension
strategy.
Through the Get Reading Right Synthetic
Phonics program we will break words into
separate phonemes that can be blended
together to read new words.
The phonemes or sounds that we will focus
on this term include: s, m, c, t, g, p, a and o.
The camera words or sight words that we will
learn and memorise this term are: I, the,
was, to, are, she, he, is, the, and, for, a, on,
am, went, to, can, we, are, like, my, in, see,
me, girl and boy.
To support the explicit teaching of reading
and writing in the early years, modelled,
guided and independent reading, writing,
phonics, grammar, punctuation, speaking
and listening lessons are embedded in daily
literacy sessions.
Mathematics
The Mathematics K–10 Syllabus is organised
into the three content strands with the
components of working mathematically
integrated into these strands. The
mathematics strands include: number and
algebra; measurement and geometry; and
statistics and probability. Students are
involved in daily short, sharp, focussed
activities, which develops quick and efficient
strategies to solve addition and subtraction
problems.
The other strands that ES1 cover include:
Time, 2 Dimensional Space, Position and
Data.
Science and Technology and Geography
Our “School Days’ unit is used to introduce
students to the school environment. They
will explore the school culture covering the
reasons why we have to go to school and
why rules in our school keep us safe.
Students will discuss roles and
responsibilities at school involving students,
parents and teachers. Students will observe
the different areas within the school and
identify why these areas are needed in a
school. Students will gather information
about natural and built environments at
school.
PD/H/PE To ensure that our students have a positive year, teachers are explicitly teaching social skills lessons to their students, focusing on the targeted rules and expectations that encourage them to be respectful, safe learners. Anti‐bullying lessons are a key focus in PD lessons and we are teaching this through “Allen’s Adventure”. PE lessons are an integral part of our weekly physical education program. This term we have a dance focus. Homework Homework tasks will be set later in the term for all students in ES1 through “Calendar” pages, which are sent home at the beginning of each month. Written, social and physical tasks are included. Homework books with the completed tasks are to be returned on the last Friday of each month. We also encourage students to read every night. Readers are sent home and changed weekly. Phonemes/Sounds and Camera Words/Sight Word, flash cards will be sent home to encourage students to practice what is being learnt in class. Games and other ideas will be shared with families to make this fun. Technology in the Classroom Students are learning to use various applications on the iPads, as well as on the Interactive TVs in classrooms.
Student Goals We will work on setting and achieving learning goals in reading, numeracy and social skills with students. Goals set this term are teacher directed. As the year continues, students will learn to set their own goals according to their individually needs.
Parent Helpers If you are able to give up some of your time to help in the kindergarten classrooms with various class activities please see your child’s teacher or Miss Khoury for more information.
Remember the great things we are learning and doing are posted on Seesaw. So do not forget to sign up. We very much look forward to starting the journey with you of your child becoming a “long life learner”. It is a partnership and we appreciate your support. Kind Regards The ES1 Teachers
Notes home Date Grade Title of note
13 February 2018 Year 2 to Year 6 Music Program – Recorders
13 February 2018 All students Premier’s Reading Challenge
15 February 2018 All students Seesaw App
15 February 2018 All students Toonschool Workshop
15 February 2018 Year 6 2018 Year 6 Shirt 2nd Order
20 February 2018 All students Easter Parade Cake Stall
20 February 2018 All students Hot Dog Day
20 February 2018 All students 2018 P&C Meetings
20 February 2018 Year 4 to Year 6 Tell Them From Me Student Survey
22 February 2018 Year 3 to Year 6 2018 ICAS
22 February 2018 All students 2018 Information Afternoons
Notes sent home will have a deadline for payments and for notes to be returned to the school. No payments or notes will be accepted after the deadline has passed. If you will not be able to meet the deadline and wish your child to be involved in the ‘note activity’ you must contact the office BEFORE the deadline has passed.
VALUE OF THE MONTH: Respect Having regard for yourself and others, lawful and just authority and
diversity within Australian society and accepting the right of others to
hold different or opposing views.
In school communities, evidence of this value includes:
regarding as important the opinions of parents,
implementing government education policy.
In classrooms, evidence of this value includes:
accepting the right of others to hold different views to your own, listening to others without interrupting, obeying school rules, acknowledging the strengths and abilities of students, affirming cultural diversity within the school community.
Tell Them From Me student feedback survey
(Term 1, 2018)
We are delighted that this term, our school, like many other public schools
in the state, will participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell
Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey measures factors that
are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes.
The focus of the NSW‐wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement
and effective teaching practices.
More information about the survey is available at:
http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au
The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with
valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how
engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact
with them. More than 6,300 schools in Australia and around the world
have used Tell Them From Me to survey 5.4 million students. Capturing the
voices of our students will help improve how we do things at our school.
We want to assure you that the survey is confidential. The survey is
conducted online and will typically take less than 30 minutes to complete.
It will be administered during school hours between 12 March and 13 April.
Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.
A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey is being sent
home with students. If you do not want your child or children to
participate, please return the form to school. Copies of the form and FAQs
are available from: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information‐for‐
parents.
The consent form and FAQs are available in 23 languages.
MPS & Coles Sports for Schools This year Minchinbury PS is participating in the Coles Sports for Schools
program. If you shop at Coles, please ask for the vouchers. There is a box in
our front office ready to receive your vouchers.
There is a box for your vouchers at MPS and at Minchinbury Coles.
Students coming to school with injuries
Any student who comes to school with a broken arm, sprain or other
injury, must have a risk assessment created for them in the office. This is so
that we can support your child at school and that your child is also aware of
taking necessary precautions when in the school grounds.
Please do not send your child to school with an arm in a sling or plaster or
any other support device, without first coming to the office or calling our
office staff on 9832 1488.
Seven new school zone offences
The NSW government have recently updated school zone offences by increasing fines and demerit points. These changes will help to create and enforce a safer road environment in school zones.
Included below are the changes to school zone offences. A full list can be found at:
https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching‐and‐learning/curriculum/learning‐across‐the‐curriculum/road‐safety‐
education/news/announcements/reinforcing‐safety‐in‐school‐zones
To help schools keep the school zone safer for all pedestrians and drivers there are seven new traffic offences with new fines.
None of the seven offences attract demerit points when committed elsewhere on the road but now in a school zone they each come with two points.
The changes are:
1. Stopping in intersection ‐ Under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a penalty of $439 and 2 demerit points.
2. Stop within 20m of intersection (traffic lights) ‐ Under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a penalty of $439 and 2 demerit points.
3. Stop within 10m of intersection (no traffic lights) ‐ Under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a penalty of $439 and 2 demerit points.
4. Stop near bicycle crossing lights ‐ Under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a penalty of $439 and 2 demerit points.
5. Obstruct access to ramp/path/passageway ‐ Under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a penalty of $330 and 2 demerit points.
6. Not parallel park in the direction of travel ‐ Under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a $330 fine and 2 demerit points.
7. Parallel park close to dividing line ‐ Under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a $330 fine and 2 demerit points.