May 2016 - York Public School

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 Relieving Principal
4th May, 2016
Welcome to Term 2! This is a very busy time for the students. This term we have
Kindergarten off on their first excursion, Years 3 and 4 have an overnight visit to the museum
(hopefully the dinosaurs don’t come alive as in the movies) and Year 5 and 6 are off to the
snow and Canberra.
During this term Years 3 – 6 will be participating in Sports in Schools. This is a very exciting
program run by professional sport coaches, where the students will get to use a large variety
of different equipment.
Next week Year 3 and 5 are involved in NAPLAN and later in the term reports will be going
home (always an exciting time).
As you most probably know, Ms Paton, received a promotion on the last day of Term 1. She
is now principal of Harrington Park Public School. It is a bigger school (over 200 students
more than us) and much closer to home for her. She came back on Monday to say goodbye
to the students and I know that she will miss York. She really enjoyed her time here with our
community.
The rise in use of social media over the last few years has been enormous. In most instances
it is a fantastic tool. But (there’s always a but), it can be dangerous. Words once said, cannot
be taken back and once they are out there they do not disappear.
A lesson I do with our senior students might be helpful with your children. Take a piece of new
paper – imagine it is a friend. Looks lovely. Get them to crumple it up. Not as lovely. Get them
to try and smooth it out so it looks like it originally did. You can’t. If you say or write something
not nice, to or about someone, then no matter how hard you try, you might not get it back to
the original relationship.
Our annual school report is now on the school website. Please take a look at our
achievements from last year and our direction for the coming years.
I am personally looking forward to this term. There are lots of exciting events involving our
wonderful school community.
Ross Sinfield
Relieving Principal
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
School Hours
8.55am – 3.00pm
Office Hours
8.30am – 3.00pm
NAPLAN IS NEXT WEEK FOR YEAR 3 AND YEAR
5 STUDENTS
Receipting – Monday – Thursday 8.30am– 2.30pm
Friday 8:30- 11:00am
** ONLINE PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE VIA OUR
WEBSITE**
** 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 16 May, 30 May and 27 June.
CLOTHING POOL
Friday’s 9:00am – 10:00am
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.
STUDENT LEAVE – HOLIDAYS & SICK
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 Mr Bhandarkar’s classroom. No
experience is necessary. If you would like more
information, please speak to Mr Bhandarkar.
Mr. Bhandarkar
Chess coordinator.
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.
DANCE NEWS – REHEARSAL TIMES
Year 5 & 6
MONDAY 1st Break – HALL
event. Taking on one small job will make a big
difference.
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Our next fete meeting is Tuesday 7 June at 6:15pm
followed by the P&C meeting commencing at 7:00pm.
We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.
CHOIR NEWS
PREMIERS READING CHALLENGE
PULSE choir practise TUESDAY - first break -Mrs
Smith's Room
YEARS 3-6
PVPAF / School Choir practise THURSDAY – first
break – Mrs Smith’s Room
FACEBOOK
Students need to read 20 books by mid August to
receive the PRC certificate in December. Years 3 and
4, read “silver star” titles, years 5 and 6 “gold star”
titles. The requirement is a minimum of 15 specified
PRC books and 5 of the students own choice.
Students need to keep a list of their reading on
the PRC website. Time to do this at school is
limited and students can access the website
from their home computers and update their
reading record themselves.
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Remember this page is to keep everyone updated
on what is happening and is a reference that can
be accessed anywhere.
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Please respect this page – no negativity is greatly
appreciated or posts will be deleted.
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Google PRC
Log on with their usual school log on
details
Click on Student Reading Records
Add books read by title. Do not put “A”,
“AN” or “THE” at the beginning of a title.
Put it at the end. E.g Twits, the. If the title
is not spelt correctly it will not be
accepted.
If red ID is needed students will need to
get help in the school library.
For own choice books read go to the top
of the page, click on “Add a Choice
Book” and follow directions.
STUDNT PORTAL – Loan History
On behalf of the P&C Committee we would like to
thank all our wonderful parents who assisted at the
Mother’s day stall.
This year we banked $3577, which was a profit of
$1400 after taking off our expenses. This is an
amazing amount. We thank the whole school
community for getting behind this event.
Our fete meeting was held last night, followed by a
P&C meeting. The fete is fast approaching on the
22nd of October. It takes so much organising. If you
are available we would really appreciate any spare
time you can give to assist in the planning of this
Students can look here and make a list of books
borrowed and read since September 2015.
These can be added to their PRC Reading
Record.
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Go to Portal
Click on purple square “Oliver”
Top right hand corner “Orbit”
My Library
Loan History
Please note – K-2 students do not need to “Keep
Reading Records” as the Librarian organises all
their readings.
HALL OF FAME CONGRATULATIONS
TOUCH FOOTBALL
Congratulations to Summer Sydney, Tahlia, Josh &
Jaxen who represented York in the Sydney West
Touch Football Carnival.
Great effort by our students and the rest of the
Penrith Zone who came third at the carnival.
NETBALL
A big congratulations to Sydney Robins for her
selection for the Sydney West Netball squad. We
wish you and the team well for the upcoming carnival.
BASKETBALL
Over the recent holidays Morgan O’Brien, Kieran
Mohr and Riley Hulston won their summer basketball
finals. Congratulations to you all and your team.
LIVE LIFE WELL
Recommended daily intake for children
Age of child
(years)
Fruit
(serves)
Vegetables
(serves)
 walk to the store, the school or the
playground instead of using the car
4-7
1-2
2-4
 allow time for children to play outdoors
8-11
1-2
3-5
12-18
3-4
4-9
Easy ways to add physical activity to your day:
 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.