9.00 York Public School YABBER

York Public School
YABBER
Evan Street, South Penrith
Phone: 4731 6577
Fax: 4721 7522
Email: york-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Website: www.york-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
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From the Principal
5th May, 2015
Welcome to Week 3! The term two calendar has been distributed and as you can see there
are some exciting events in store for our school.
Our Stage 3 students have returned from camp. Our Facebook posts included photos and
Mr Sinfield reported on the wonderful feedback we received regarding our school.
We are very proud of the students and teachers. They are an excellent reflection of our York
Public School community.
NAPLAN is next week. It will involve our Year 3 and 5 students only.
information on Page 3 of the Yabber.
There is more
Our Annual School Report is now available on our website. It provides the community with
information on our 2014 year. We have also included our 2015-2017 school plan.
The plan is in its first draft and I am taking both items to our P & C meeting tonight.
I look forward to gaining feedback from our community.
Kelly Paton
Principal
WEDNESDAY 6TH MAY (TOMORROW)
GIFTS $2.00 - $9.00
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
School Hours
8.55am – 3.00pm
Office Hours
8.30am – 3.00pm
Receipting - Daily
8.30am – 2.30pm
** EFTPOS IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE BUT
CANNOT BE PROCESSED OVER THE PHONE **
Playground supervision commences at 8.30am.
No child should be in the playground before this
time.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ASSEMBLIES
K – 2 Friday 9.00am – 10.00am
3 – 6 Friday 2.00pm – 3.00pm
MONDAY WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES will only
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be EVERY 2 WEEK now. The dates for Term 2 will
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be 11 May, 25 May and 22 June.
CLOTHING POOL
Monday and Friday’s 8.30am – 9.15am
STUDENT BANKING – DOLLARMITE ACCOUNTS
Wednesday’s – Bank books to teachers at
the beginning of the day.
NEWSLETTER – YABBERS
Please email york-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
to receive the YABBER via email. YABBER
is also available on our website and a link will
be available from our Facebook page when
each edition is uploaded.
EASTER GUESSING COMPETITION
We would like to thank all of our families for making
our Easter Guessing Competition yet another
rewarding fundraiser for the Creative Arts Team,
especially for York On Show which will take place
later this year – it was great to see the amount of
donations for the baskets and being able to have over
80 baskets. We raised $1730.00 – FANTASTIC!!!
EASTER HAT PARADE
Just a few photos from our Easter Hat Parade on
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Thursday 2 April – It was wonderful to see the
creative hats made at school by our Kindergarten to
Year 2 students and to those students in Years 3 to 6
who made their hats at home.
NAPLAN IS NEXT WEEK FOR YEAR 3 AND YEAR
5 STUDENTS
CHESS CLUB NEWS
Are you interested in defeating kings and queens?
Have you always wanted to be a knight in shining
armour? Have you ever wanted to command an
entire army? If so, you should play Chess!
Chess is a game for all ages. It is easy to learn but
difficult to master.
We run Chess club every
Thursday at lunch in Mrs. Robins classroom. No
experience is necessary. If you would like more
information, please speak to Mr Dodds.
Mr. Dodds
Chess coordinator.
CHOIR NEWS
PULSE choir practise TUESDAY - first break -Mrs
Smith's Room
PVPAF / School Choir practise THURSDAY – first
break – Mrs Smith’s Room
For further information please follow the LINK
below to our website:
http://www.york-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/newsletters
DANCE NEWS – REHEARSAL TIMES
STUDENT LEAVE – HOLIDAYS & SICK
HOLIDAYS – If you are planning on taking your child
out of the school on vacation for more than 5 days an
‘Exemption from Attendance’ form is required to be
filled in and returned to school prior to your trip. You
will be required to take this away with you.
SICK – If your child is away from school because of
illness, it is a requirement that an absence note be
written and given to their teacher upon their return.
Alternatively, you can telephone the school informing
us of their absence and the teacher will be notified.
Year 1 & 2
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MONDAY 1 Break – HALL
(Song for 1 & 2 is Land of 1000 Dances – Wilson
Pickett, song is also on this YouTube link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mz_EXHKGHs )
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Year 3 & 4
MONDAY – 2 Break – HALL and
FRIDAY 8.30am – HALL
Year 5 & 6
MONDAY 8.30am – HALL and
TUESDAY 8.30am - HALL
YEAR 5 & 6 CAMP - NARRABEEN
Year 5 & 6 students attended camp at Narrabeen –
Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation last week
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from Monday 27 to Wednesday 30 April. Activities
included at camp were Ropes Course with Flying
Fox, Rock Climbing, Archery, Canoe/Kayaking and a
trip to the Beach. All students and staff had a
wonderful time – here are a few pics (for many more
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please visit our Facebook page from the 27 April
onwards).
Many thanks to all our volunteers who will be
assisting with the Mother’s Day Stall. Many people
are helping with the stall setup this afternoon and/or
being at the stall tomorrow morning. Thank you!
The P&C will be holding a massive fundraiser at the
end of this term. This will be a Dance-a-thon!
Mr
Sinfield has kindly agreed to host this event for us. It
will be similar to a walk-a-thon, with donation cards
being sent home. We will be hoping to raise money
to assist the school with placing air conditioner units
in the hall. This would be fantastic, especially with
York On Show at the end of the year. Please look
out for more information to come, watch this space!
A BIG thanks to Tracey Dunn who once again has
made many handmade gifts for the Mother’s Day
Stall.
Each item is handmade and very time
consuming. We are very lucky to have such a
talented and generous Mum at our school. A gift
donation from Diesel – 2VG was also received, many
thanks for this gift.
On behalf of the P & C I would like to wish all the
amazing Mum’s ‘A VERY HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY’.
And a big hug to all those very special Grandma’s
/Nanna’s as well. Enjoy being spoilt this Sunday.
The next P&C meeting is TONIGHT from 7.00pm in
the top staffroom and our next meeting will be held on
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Tuesday 2 June at 7.00pm.
FACEBOOK
Remember this page is to keep everyone updated
on what is happening and is a reference that can
be accessed anywhere.
Please respect this page – no negativity is greatly
appreciated or posts will be deleted.
YEAR 5 UPCOMING GRAFFITI WORKSHOP
On Friday 22nd May Year 5 will be attending a
Graffiti Workshop here at school.
More
information will come closer to the event.
LIVE LIFE WELL
Easy ways to add physical activity to your
day:
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walk to the store, the school or the
playground instead of using the car
allow time for children to play outdoors
park the car away from the shops
get off the bus one stop earlier
don’t use the remote control
plant a veggie garden
take the stairs instead of escalators or lifts
schedule regular time each week for your
family to be physically active together
limit television time to no more than two
hours per day or 14 hours a week.
What is a serve of fruit?
One serve of fruit is equal to one medium piece
of fruit, two smaller pieces or one cup of
chopped fruit.
What is a serve of vegetables?
One serve of vegetables is equal to one
medium potato, half a cup cooked vegetables
(including legumes) or one cup of salad
vegetables.
Recommended daily intake for children
Age of child
(years)
Fruit
(serves)
Vegetables
(serves)
4-7
1-2
2-4
8-11
1-2
3-5
12-18
3-4
4-9