The Punchbowl Press

Punchbowl Public School

Term 2 Week 10 July, 2018

Mr Cameron Smyth-Gapps, Acting Principal Tel - 9750 5055 Fax - 9740 4242

On behalf of our Punchbowl Public School Community, we pay our respects to Elders,

past ,present and future and acknowledge the Bidgigal people of the Eora nation,

who were the traditional custodians of the land on which we are learning together

and growing as a safe, respectful and united community.

Developed by Aboriginal Elders, Rose Manousaridis and student leaders on 18 August, 2016.

Term 2

Term 3

COMING UP at PPS !

On Tuesday 3rd July the Kindergarten students, teachers and

families celebrated 100 days of Kindergarten. This is an amazing

milestone for our youngest PPS students! Parents came and

joined us for a crunch and sip picnic, 100 day crown craft and

other fun activities. Mrs McGeary even bought us a cake! Thank

you to everyone for a wonderful day and we are looking forward

to the next 100+ days at Punchbowl Public School!

Friday 6th July End of Term 2

Punchbowl Public School's vision is to create an inclusive and innovative learning

environment which builds resilience and enables all students to become independent and

active contributors to a diverse community.

Monday 23rd July Staff Development

Day

Tuesday 24th July Students return for

Term 3

Thursday 2nd August

& Friday 3rd August

NAIDOC WEEK

Workshops

Thursday 9th August K-2 Athletics Carnival

3-6 Athletics Carnival

Wednesday 22nd

August

Stewart House

Clothing Bags go home

Wednesday 5th

September

Stewart House Bags

Collected

Looking back at the term

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful and

dedicated staff, students and community for another fantastic term

at Punchbowl Public School. It was a term of rich learning

opportunities and continued engagement with our parents and the

local community.

High quality teaching and learning remained the focus of

professional learning for teachers this term and opportunities for

our teachers to plan and teach together is supporting consistent

practices across the school. Assessment for learning continues to

be a strong focus, with teachers using a variety of methods to

assess student performance and adjust programs and learning

spaces to meet student need. Learning was also supported

outside the classroom this term with excursions to Riverwood

Park, a Photoshop session at Sir Joseph Banks HS, participation

in the BYDS program, the Joey’s Cup, Survivor Skills workshops

and the ‘Stamp Out Bullying’ show.

As always, a high priority was placed on parent engagement and

we welcomed parents into the school through working bees,

information sessions, workshops in the SaCC, parent excursions

to historically relevant places and the End of Ramadan

Community Lunch. P&C meetings were also well received this

term and many ideas have been presented for future fundraising

and community events.

We also continued our strong partnerships with local schools by

working with Sir Joseph Banks HS, Punchbowl Boys HS and local

primary schools to share ideas and develop programs to meet the

interests and needs of our students. We also established a

relationship with Belmore Boys HS, with a group of students

recently attending a gardening workshop. We look forward to

seeing their skills transferred to our new garden area outside the

office!

Staffing News

I would like to acknowledge staff who are moving on from the school at the end of the term. Mrs

Doolan in the office will be leaving us to take up a position at East Hills Boys HS.

Mrs Wax is also moving on at the end of the term, having received a transfer to Middleton

Grange PS. I would like to thank both of these staff members for their dedication to the school

over a long period of time and wish them every success for the future.

Mrs Christodoulou is also going on maternity leave at the end of the term. We wish her and her

family all the best at this very exciting time and look forward to her returning to the school in

future.

I would also like to recognise the work of Mr El Hage and Mrs McGeary as the Relieving Deputy

Principals this term. Both Mr El Hage and Mrs McGeary have brought a great deal of experience

to their positions and their work ethic and dedication has been of great support to myself and the

executive team. I am pleased to say that they will both continue in their roles until the end of

2018.

I am also pleased to advise that 2 teacher positions and 2 Assistant Principal positions will be

advertised at the school during next term. This will allow us to replenish staff who have left the

school and will assist with our stability by bringing permanent staff members into the school. I

will ensure that the community remains informed through these processes.

Other staffing information

Mr Noshie will continue as the Relieving Assistant Principal for Stage 3 (Yrs 5 and 6) for next

term.

Miss Sutcliffe will continue as the Relieving Assistant Principal for Kindergarten for next term.

Miss Vassallo will remain the Relieving Assistant Principal for Stage 2 (Yrs 3 and 4) for next

term.

Mrs O’Donoghue will return to work 5 days per week next term. She will be the full time teacher

on 2CO with Mrs Christodoulou going on maternity leave.

Additional SLSO staff will be employed across the school and utilised in classrooms to support

students with identified needs.

All other staff will remain in their current positions to commence Term 3. Changes may occur

later in the term once the new positions are advertised and filled. I will keep the community

informed of all changes.

Have a wonderful and safe holiday break. We look forward to seeing our students return to

school on Tuesday 24th July.

Mr C. Smyth-Gapps

Acting Principal

Wishing you a relaxing and safe school holidays.

Term 3 resumes for all students on Tuesday 24th July.

The preschool have enjoyed the visual arts activities this term. The students

have had a variety of different experiences using

different materials. The best voted activity was

making slime. The children were actively engaged in

the making of the slime and enjoyed playing with it.

Maybe this could be a great school holiday activity.

Simply Google search ‘Making Slime’

Stage

Early One

Kindergarten students have been working

really hard this term to learn how to play

respectfully in the playground. They have been

developing problem solving strategies.

Shadrack found a worm on the field and wanted to share his discovery with his

friends.

The playgroup children and

parents have learnt lots of

new songs and rhymes this

term and enjoyed dancing

and moving to the music.

Eve, a Speech Pathologist from

Canterbury Community Health,

visited our playgroup to talk to

parents about the importance

of reading to their children. She

also shared lots of ideas to

make reading interesting and

fun.

The homework group has been well

attended this term. The children

have benefited from the extra help

and time to complete their

homework. Thank you to the tutors

from University of Western Sydney,

who volunteered their time to

support the homework group.

Group A (Monday- Wednesday) Classes were very excited to meet a “Rainbow Lorikeet” who flew into

our playground and landed on Rehan’s head. The children and teachers were very excited to meet the

Lorikeet and gave it some fruit, seeds and biscuit to eat, along with some water. It was very friendly and it

enjoyed watching the children.

We followed the children’s interests to explore birds. Children asked lots of questions about birds and

were very involved in their learning.

We continued to research and look for different types of birds in our playground.

Miss Georgiou brought in her pet Ringneck parrot for us to meet. We got to learn about taking care

of pet parrots.

We borrowed books from the library to research different types of birds.

Children looked closely at the bird features to draw and paint them and to

create 3D birds to display in our classrooms.

We listened to the story “Feather for Phoebe” by Rod Clement.

Here are some of the children’s comments about the story

Rawan: Phoebe wanted a tail and wings, because she doesn’t like being grey. She

doesn’t like being small.

Shehzad: Phoebe did not want to be small and grey. He can fly into the air. He

wants to be colourful and big. He fell and found another Phoebe friend.

Aroush: Phoebe was small and he wants to be big. Phoebe wants

feathers. Then he fell down and the feathers fell down and Phoebe

found a friend.

Maria: Phoebe was grey and little. She wants to be colourful. She

put feathers on. She needs wings. The feathers went out because

she fell out of the tree. She found a best friend like her.

Year 2 Excursion to Elizabeth Farm

On Friday the 25th of May we went to Elizabeth Farm. At Elizabeth Farm we were learning about the past. People didn’t have i-pads, i-pods or phones to play with. They played outside with hoops and sticks and skittles, which is like bowling. Elizabeth Farm didn’t have fancy toilets. They had pots to go in unlike us. We are so lucky that we have toilets that flush. In the past the owner of Elizabeth Farm had a bell in each room to call her servants when she needed help. We saw a feather and you put it in ink so people can write letters. In the present we have pens and pencils to write with.

By Ameera 2C0

Coding students are continuing

their learning journey with

MakeyMakey. Students discuss,

explore, try, make mistakes, retry,

retry, retry and finally succeed. They are building

valuable life skills along with their knowledge of

Coding. Students are thoroughly enjoying the

opportunity and are asking for more time to Code,

this can only be expressed as AWESOME LEARNING!

We are very excited to be establishing our school garden with the help of Panania Free Rangers, a

local organisation who are assisting our school in the planning and development of our newest

learning space. This area will be home to our edible garden and staff and students will be able to

use this space in a variety of different ways. Stay tuned for more updates as they happen.

If there are any parents who are available to assist us in our garden project please see Mrs

Kontakos.

The Punchbowl Voices are ‘On Air’ every lunchtime during eating time with the latest news and information. The PBL focus

for the week is discussed and students celebrating their birthdays are also acknowledged. Our student leaders have done a fabulous job this term and we are looking forward to

Consistent with our school vision to build

independent, innovative and resilient learners,

our students are building on their Arabic

language skills using the available tools offered

through technology. They are using online

translation tools to find the meaning of new

vocabulary. Students are required to type in

the vocabulary in Arabic (a task requiring

several skills that have been built up

throughout this semester), listen to the

correct pronunciation of words and post this

information to the Google Classroom shared

by class members. This way of learning allows

students to accept greater responsibility for

their learning, work at their own pace and

remain engaged throughout the lesson.

Students have also enjoyed recording

themselves reading the words and uploading

the audio file to Google Classroom. Overall, it

has been an enjoyable experience for all

students.

Capitalising on the limited time we

have teaching Community Language

(Culture being one of the

components of the Arabic Syllabus),

our S1 students are enjoying morning

fitness and the cultural favourite

“Dabke” dance.

Stage 1 students have been learning about

“Change”. They have explored this idea

through food, specifically the effects of

heating or cooling on spaghetti, chocolate

and popcorn. Using Arabic to understand

these concepts has meant better

engagement in learning Arabic.

All students from Kindergarten to Year 6 are encouraged to

participate in the Premier’s Reading Challenge. More

information can be obtained from Mrs Kelly in the library.

Make sure you check out

the Local Events

Information on the

Skoolbag app for fun

activities to participate in

these school holidays.

Term 2 Planner

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Toy Library

Every Monday 9:00am – 10:00am at

Punchbowl Public School

Toys to borrow for children aged 0 – 5

years.

A Partnership with Canterbury Child and Family Interagency

Mothers Hub

Every Monday

9.30am – 12.00pm

At Punchbowl Communi-ty Centre

44 Rossmore Ave Punchbowl

An opportunity for mums to connect with other mothers, learn valuable work skills,

develop leadership skills and make friends.

A partnership with Riverwood Community

Centre

Baby Read and Rhyme Time

Mondays 21st May – 8th June

10:00am - 11:00am

Share stories, songs, rhyme and games with your baby and have fun

together.

For children 0 – 2 years.

Tuesday Playtime

Every Tuesday

9.30am – 11.30am

Provides play experiences for children to develop gross and fine motor

skills, language and social skills. It also provides parents with an oppor-

tunity to share ideas and learn from each other.

Tuesday 26th June

Communication checks at playgroup.

Homework Club

Every Tuesday

3:00pm – 4:30pm

A homework club for K -6 students. Tutors from University of Western

Sydney.

A Partnership with Metro Assist

Parent Workshops

A series of workshops to support children and

families.

The First Thousand Days

Wednesday 16th May

The First Thousand Days of a child’s life is the

crucial period for devel-opment, and sets the scene for a lifetime of physical, mental, and

emotional health.

A partnership with Com-munity Health

Police Talks

Wednesday 2nd May

Introducing Policing in Australia

Wednesday 9th May

Community Safety

Fruit and Vege Talk

Wednesday 6th June

9:15am – 11:00am

Punchbowl Public School Preschool

Circle of Security

Wednesdays 13th June and 27th June

9:30am – 11:30am

Help nurture your child’s attachment, emotional resilience, and freedom

to explore.

Play 2 Learn

Every Thursday

9.30am – 11.30am

At Punchbowl Public School

A playgroup to support children’s language,

physical and social and emotional development.

A partnership with Save the Children

Punchbowl uniting Church Community Playgroup

Thursdays 1st February – 29th March

9.30am – 11.30am

Parents, grandparents, carers all welcome.

Craft, storytelling and a great outdoor program.

Cert IV in

Education Support

Fortnightly continuing from 3rd May - 26th

July

A program which pro-vides skills in supporting

children to learn.

A partnership with BCA National Training Group

Go For Fun

Every Thursday from 3rd May

3:45pm – 5:45pm.

Healthy eating, exercise and fun games for kids 7

– 13 years and their parents

A partnership with NSW Health

Computers for Parents

Every Friday from 11th May

9:30am – 11:30am

At Punchbowl Public School

Library

Learn basic computer skills and develop confidence.

School as Community Centre (SaCC) - Punchbowl

A community project for families with young children in the grounds of Punchbowl Public School.

Cnr Canterbury Rd and Rossmore Ave, Punchbowl 2196.

Email – kim.harley@det.nsw.edu.au Phone- 9750 8906 Mobile – 0419 410 874

Website: www.punchbowl-p.schools.nsw.edu.au