Week 7

Chifley Public School
Mitchell Street
CHIFLEY NSW 2036
T: (02) 9661 3014 | F: (02) 9661 6934
W: chifley-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
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Term 2 | Week 7| 3 June 2015
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Welcome to another busy week at Chifley Public
School. By now everyone should be rugged up and
wearing their winter school uniform with pride. Remember starting this week classes will be having a
uniform lucky dip award to reward students who are
wearing their correct uniform. Good luck everyone
and we cannot wait to see those names in the newsletter.
Term 2 2015
5 June
ESPSSA Round 4
8 June
Queen’s Birthday
Public Holiday
9 June
Multicultural Public Speaking
Competition 9am—3pm
Mixed Hip Hop / Jazz Dance
Trial 1.10-1.45pm Hall
Years 2-6
This week we are posting account reminders. Please
visit the office if you have questions about the invoice. Payment of accounts as soon as possible
would be appreciated.
Chifley Public School is a “Focus on Reading” school. The Focus on Reading Program is a
learning program for teachers to support the explicit
teaching of key aspects of reading in areas of comprehension, vocabulary and reading text fluency.
PREDICTING Readers use information from
graphics, text and experiences to anticipate what
will be read/viewed/heard and to actively comprehend while reading/viewing/listening.
Ceramics - Year 6 Students
1.30-3pm
YMCA OOSH Meeting
4.30-5.30pm
10 June
Working Bee 2—1pm-3.30pm
11 June
Year 6 fundraiser
—Whole School Mufti
Gold coin donation
12 June
ESPSSA Round 5
15 June
ICAS—Writing 8am
Last Assembly for Term 2
NAIDOC
1.50pm—Hall
QUESTIONING Readers pose and answer questions
that clarify meaning and promote deeper understanding of the text. Questions can be generated by
the reader, a peer or the teacher.
SUMMARISING Readers identify and accumulate
P & C Meeting—OOSH 7pm
16 June
Mixed Hip Hop / Jazz Dance
Trial 1.10-1.45pm Hall
Years 2-6
the most important ideas and restate them in their
own words.
VISUALISING Readers create a mental image from
a text read/viewed/heard. Visualising brings the text
to life, engages the imagination and uses all of the
senses.
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ICAS-Spelling—8 am
17 June
Year 6 Whole School BBQ
19 June
ESPSSA Round 6—LAST day for
Term 2
MONITORING Readers stop and think about the
text and know what to do when meaning is disrupted.
MAKING CONNECTIONS Readers make personal connections from the text with: *something in
their own life (text to self)* another text (text to text)
I would encourage parents to discuss these concepts when reading with your children at night.
Asking the following questions will continue to develop their fluency, comprehensions and vocabulary skills.
What do you think the story may be about?
How might this story finish?
Listed above is an important chart documenting
the need for your child to attend school. The
Home School Liaison Office regularly checks our
rolls and will be in touch with families if your child/
s attendance falls below appropriate levels.
Remember your child needs to be in class each
day to make the most of the opportunities our
school has to offer them.
Good News Points
A number of people have asked how our Positive
Behaviour Good News Points program works so I
have included the following information. Please
speak with your class teacher if you would like
further clarification.
Can you make up another ending to this story?
Can you re tell the story in your own words?
Can you talk to me about what you think the character/s might look like?
Do you remember when we went to the zoo, we
saw a ………, just like the one in the book?
Asking questions and discussing what has been
read will make the reading session a valuable
learning time for your children. It also becomes a
memorable family activity rather than just part of
homework.
Please also remember to encourage your child to
notate their reading in their reading log and bring
it to school every day as part of our home reading
awards program. Happy reading.
1.Good News Points are awarded for:
•Co-operation
•Sharing
•Caring
•Helping
•Manners
•Sensible
•Kindness
•Responsible
•Honesty
•Participating
2. Earning Points
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Points are awarded for social or behavioural activities rather than for academic
effort.
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Once awarded points are not deducted.
3. Rewards
10 points
- small certificate
20 points
- larger certificate
30 points
to parents
- big certificate, lunch and letter
4. Points Card
The teacher that is awarding the point gives a
brief reason for awarding the point.
From next week we will be celebrating our student’s achievements each week in the newsletter by publishing not only the merit certificates
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and the home reading achievements but our
uniform lucky dip award. So keep up the good
work everyone and we look forward to seeing
many children’s names in print each week.
MERIT AWARDS
Ms Louise Stone
Congratulations to all of the following students who
received Merit Awards at recent Assemblies:
Principal
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Cosette F who has been selected to represent Eastern Suburbs PSSA in Softball.
We wish Cosette good luck at the Sydney East
PSSA trials at Captain Cook Softball Fields Woolooware on Thursday 18 June.
John Spiteri
Assistant Principal
CHIFLEY CHAMPIONS
READERS OF THE WEEK
The following students have
visited
Ms
Stone’s office this week and
have received reading awards for dedicated
effort to home reading:
KKangaroo Paws
Jennifer W
KKangaroo Paws
Sam P
KKangaroo Paws
William F
K/1Honeysuckles
Ethan B
K/1Honeysuckles
Caitlin D
K/1Honeysuckles
Tahlia T
1/2Lilly Pillies
Amy S
1/2Lilly Pillies
Talan M
1/2Lilly Pillies
Sascha C
2/3Wattle
Joshua N
2/3Wattle
Natasha R
2/3Wattle
Clarinda M
3/4Jacarandas
Joanna D
3/4Jacarandas
Marcello A
3/4Jacarandas
Alana B
4/5Daintree
Cooper A
4/5Daintree
Maya P
4/5Daintree
Ejay T
5/6Sunflowers
Claire W
Emily D
Trinity C
5/6Sunflowers
Nessa I
Sakari H
Kailani T H
5/6Sunflowers
Olivia S
Emilia S
Kyrah L
5/6Tiger Lillies
Lincoln G
Dante W
Ploy S
5/6Tiger Lillies
Ryder H
Mia B
Beau-Josh L
5/6Tiger Lillies
Tamia P
Anna F
Keep up the great effort and happy reading.
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Lily F
The Bathurst Adventure
When we went to Bathurst we spent three days there and we had heaps of fun.
At 6am I woke up and put on my clothes. I got an up and go and left to go to school. When we got to
school almost everyone was there putting their bags into the bus. Boys put there bags under the bus
and girls put their bags in the trailer. Next we said bye to our parents and left for Bathurst.
Our first stop was at the Blue Mountains and Scenic World. We went on the world’s steepest rail and
returned back up by the cable car.
Our second stop was at the Sheep and Cattle Drome. It was fun and informative. We got to look at the
animals and play games. The guide put a straw in Kyiesha’s mouth and whipped it out from her mouth.
Ejay, Jed, Sophie and Kyrah got to feed the sheep. Jessica, Anna, Holly, Noah, Mitchell and Teaghen got
to milk a cow. After that Tristan got to help chop off a lambs tail which was fake, but they named the
real lamb Tristan.
Our last stop for the day was the accommodation. We rested for a bit and got ready for dinner. We had
pasta with a tomato sauce.
Second day
We awoke at 6am and got dressed for a day at the Goldfields. Firstly we went to the gold museum to
learn some interesting facts. Next we went to the steam powered rock crusher to see how it works. Later we got to mine for gold in the pond. After that we got a delicious sausage sizzle for lunch and played
tips.
Eventually we went to the mineral museum which was awesome because it had heaps of beautiful
rocks, minerals and much more. My favourite rock is Pyrite.
Later on we went to the Ben Chifley house to have a look. Our school is named after Ben Chifley.
Finally we returned back to our accommodation and had a shower and got dressed for line dancing. We
went to dinner and had burgers. We walked to line dancing and the teacher taught us three dances and
even got the teachers to dance too.
LAST DAY
For our last day we packed up and left for home. About half way through we stopped for lunch at a park.
Next we got back on the bus and left for home. When we made it home I gave my mum a big hug.
In conclusion I loved going to Bathurst and I would recommend it to all my friends and family.
BY DEAN B
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Chifley PS and Soldiers' Settlement PS experiencing an
Aboriginal smoking ceremony
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It is with great pleasure that Waverley Council Children's Services invites you to attend this
two hour information talk on Parenting in the Digital Age. Dr Kristy Goodwin has made this
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professional she will give us the benefit of her best advice and put our minds at rest about
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ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
This week Group B were preparing the soil for the bock choy, cleaning up the entrance
of the office and showering the worms. Next week will be Group A so remember to be
here 8:15am
The Cooking Corner
With Mrs Jreige
Basic Pizza Dough
Ingredients
1.
375ml (1½ cups) warm water
2 tsp (7g/1 sachet) dried yeast
Pinch of caster sugar
600g of (4 cups ) plain flour
1 tsp salt
60ml ( ¼ cup) olive oil, plus
extra for brushing
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Ingredients
Method
Wash hands
Combine the water, yeast and sugar in a small bowl.
Set aside for 5 minutes or until foamy.
Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl and make
a well in the centre.
Add the yeast mixture and oil. Use a round-bladed
knife in a cutting motion to mix until the mixture in
combined.
Use your hands to bring the dough together in the
bowl (use for pizza base for next ingredient method)
Pizza
4 large tomatoes or 8 small,
thinly sliced
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly grounded black pepper to taste
1 garlic clove, minced
1 quantity Basic Pizza Dough
Flour, for dusting
2 tbsp semolina flour (if using pizza stones)
50g parmesan, shaved
1 large handful of basil, torn
Cheese(enough for the pizza)
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ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT continued
Method
Wash hands.
2. Place the tomatoes in a large bowl and drizzle with most of the oil.
3. Add the salt, pepper and garlic, and mix together so all the slices are lightly
oiled.
4. Scatter some flour on the workbench and roll the dough to form a thin disc
about 26cm in diameter.
If you are using a pizza tray :
5.
You can assemble the pizza directly onto the tray (again, flour the tray first).
6.
Arrange the slices of tomato on the pizza, overlapping the,.
7.
Sprinkle most of the parmesan and basil over the top, keeping some aside.
8.
Drizzle the pizza with the last of the oil, and then place the pizza in the oven.
If you are using a pizza stone:
9. Place the pizza stone on a rack in the oven to get very hot.
10. You will first have to assemble the pizza on a light piece of wood –called a peelor an upside down baking tray(you don’t want any edges that could prevent the
prepared dough slipping easily onto a preheated stone). Flour the tray first.
11. Place the rolled out pizza dough onto the wooden peel (or an upside down baking tray)-which ever your using.
12. Arrange the sliced tomato on the pizza, overlapping them.
13. Sprinkle most of the parmesan, basil and cheese over the top keeping some aside.
14. Carefully pull out the rack with the pizza stone.
15. Be careful not to touch the pizza stone, scatter the pizza stone with semolina,
then firmly shack and slide the pizza from the wooden peel or baking tray on to
the stonehands drizzle the last of the oil.
Baking the pizza :
16. Bake the pizza for 15min or until the edges are crusty and the cheese is bubbly.
17. If you’re using a pizza tray, you may want to slip the pizza off the tray on to the
rack for the last few minutes, so that you get a really crusty base.
18. Once the pizza is done, transfer it to the chopping board using the wide egg lifter.
19. Cut the pizza into portions- enough for everyone.
20. Serve topped with remaining parmesan and basil.
21. Enjoy
22.
Clean up
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Quote of the Week
Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and
wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.
Stewart Udall
Thank you Orica for Sponsoring our Kitchen Garden Project
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Working Bee
NEXT Wednesday
Please help from 1—3.30pm
Everyone is welcome!
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If you witnessed an accident involving a
white Toyota Corolla in the Macquarie St
Car Park on Tuesday 2 June 2015 between 3.30pm and 5 pm please contact
the office as a staff member’s car has
sustained significant damage.
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