Yabber - 4th August 2016 (pdf 3 MB)

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
4th August, 2016
I would like to begin the Yabber with a special thank you to all the parents and extended York Public School
community. Your support and encouragement enables us and your children to continually strive for
excellence.
This support was highly evident on Wednesday as many parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles flocked
to the school to observe the learning practices in our classrooms for Open Day. The positive feedback
from parents and the smiles on the children’s faces as they showcased their work was priceless. I would
like to thank all the teachers and the students for showcasing our school so well.
Over the last two weeks we have had a couple of significant sporting achievements from students here at
York.
 Congratulations to Sydney Robin (6E) who represented Sydney West in netball at Albury last week.
After three long days of netball Sydney was selected in the NSW PSSA State Netball Team.
Sydney will now go off and represent NSW in Melbourne later this term. Congratulations Sydney!
 Congratulations to our under 10’s rugby league team who won the NSW All Schools Carnival
on Monday 1st August. The pride and determination you showed throughout the competition was
exceptional.
As you are all aware, this term will see changes in the operation of the school management system. Mrs
Byrne and Mrs Berry are busy training for the new system which will take effect later this term. We
appreciate all your assistance as we transition this new system. To ensure a smooth transition, there will
be changes to the way we accept parent / carer payments.
1. EFTPOS payments: We will not be able to accept EFTPOS payments between 29 August and 5
September 2016. Please ensure that you have made any outstanding EFTPOS payments before
29 August, 2016. From 6 September 2016, EFTPOS payments will be accepted as before.
2. Cash and cheque payments: Between 31 August 2016 and 5 September 2016, we will also not
be able to accept payments by cash or cheque as we prepare to close our current bank account
and transition to the new one. Please ensure that you have made any outstanding cash or cheque
payments before 29 August 2016. From 6 September 2016, cash and cheque payments will be
accepted as before.
3. Online payments: Between 27 August 2016 and 4 September 2016, we will also not be able to
accept online payments as we prepare to close our current bank account and transition to the new
one. Please ensure that you have made any outstanding online payments before 27 August 2016.
From 5 September 2016, online payments will be accepted as before.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we transition to our new finance system. If you have
any questions, please contact the school office on 47316577.
Kristen Barglik
Relieving Principal
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
School Hours
8.55am – 3.00pm
Office Hours
8.30am – 3.15pm
informing us of their absence and the teacher will
be notified.
FACEBOOK
Receipting
Monday – Thursday
8:30am – 10:30am and
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Friday
8:30am – 10:30am ONLY
**ONLINE PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE VIA OUR
WEBSITE. CLICK THE “MAKE A PAYMENT “ LINK**
** 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.
Please 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.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ASSEMBLIES
K – 2 Friday 9.00am – 10.00am
3 – 6 Friday 2.00pm – 3.00pm
LIBRARY NEWS
MONDAY WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES will only
be EVERY 2ND WEEK (EVEN WEEKS) now.
The
dates for Term 3 will be 8th August, 22nd August, 5th
September and 12th September.
UNIFORM POOL will be open from 9:00am – 10:00am
on Friday mornings (only when K-2 assemblies are
on).
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. The 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
HOLIDAYS – If you are planning on taking your child
out of the school on vacation for 5 days or more 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
In Term 3 Book Week commences 18th August. On
Thursday 18th the author Mark Wilson will be visiting
our school and encouraging the students to have
confidence in their own writing and illustrations. On
Wednesday 24th August we will be holding our Book
Character dress-up parade for all students and
interested parents. Notes regarding Book Character
Parade will be sent home closer to the day.
PREMIER'S SPELLING BEE COMPETITION
When: Thursday 11th August
Time: Years 3 and 4 - Start 9:20am
Years 5 and 6 - Start 12:45pm
Where: School hall
This is the time for our wonderful spellers to shine.
Parents and care-givers are very welcome to attend.
Mrs Wright
Co-Ordinator
NSWRL All Schools Carnival
WESTERN SYDNEY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
On Monday 1st August our under 10’s rugby league
team represented the Penrith area in the NSW All
Schools Carnival.
The team displayed great
sportsmanship, determination and skill throughout the
day. They progressed to the finals and defeated Curl
Curl North 18-12. Congratulations to all the boys for
your outstanding performance.
As part of the $3.6 billion Western Sydney
Infrastructure Plan, the Australian and New South
Wales governments are planning to upgrade The
Northern Road between The Old Northern Road, Oran
Park and Jamison Road, South Penrith. The upgrade
will improve safety, increase road capacity and reduce
congestion and travel times in the future.
The team comprised of: Jayden Burns, Cameron Hall,
Corey Partridge, Izayah Inia, Cooper Henderson,
Cooper Hale, Hunter Szymkow, Mathew Clifton,
Jackson Kliendienst, Bailey Marteene, Harrison Rich,
Ryan Burns, Isaako Solia and Jaxen Edgar. Jaxen
Edgar was also awarded the player of the match.
Roads and Maritime has developed a preliminary
design and access strategy for The Northern Road
Upgrade between Eaton Road and Littlefields Road,
Luddenham and, in response to community feedback,
has developed alternate access arrangements for
Littlefields Road and Gates Road, Luddenham. We are
seeking feedback from the community on these
proposals until Wednesday 17 August 2016.
A special thanks to John Burns who coaches the boys
and to Lauren Partridge for all your assistance as
trainer.
Mrs Barglik
A community update newsletter and video have been
prepared to explain the upgrade in more detail and are
available
from
our
website
at
www.rms.nsw.gov.au/wsip.
Have your say
We welcome your feedback on the preliminary design
and access strategy until Wednesday 17 August 2016.
You can provide feedback by:
Phone: 1800 703 457
Email: wsip@rms.nsw.gov.au
Mail: The Northern Road Upgrade, Mersey Road to
Glenmore Parkway, Roads and Maritime Services, PO
Box 973, Parramatta, NSW 2124
Next steps
All comments received will be considered by Roads
and Maritime. The issues raised by the community and
the responses from Roads and Maritime will be
available as part of the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the project between Mersey Road,
Bringelly and Glenmore Parkway, Glenmore Park. The
EIS is expected to be on display for community
feedback in late 2016.
If you have any questions, please contact the project
team by phone 1800 703 457 or email
wsip@rms.nsw.gov.au
Congratulations to Cooper Shaw in KM and Kayla
Marlow in 3B who are the design a pamphlet for the
Fete winners. Cooper and Kayla will receive a ride
band valued at $25 each.
Thank you to all students who entered. All designs will
be placed on display around the school.
Yours sincerely
Project team
Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan
TERM PLANNER – TERM 3, 2016
1
Jul
18
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
DAY
19
STUDENTS RETURN
20
NAIDOC WEEK
NAIDOC WEEK
21
Penrith Legends Final
Day – Royce Simmons
22
23/24
NAIDOC WEEK
NAIDOC WEEK
2
Jul
3
25
25
Milo Cricket Yr3,4,5,6
Jamison Park
26
27
28
Whole
School Photo and Year
6 Photo
29
30/31
1
EDUCATION WEEK
2
EDUCATION WEEK
3
EDUCATION WEEK
4
EDUCATION WEEK
5
EDUCATION WEEK
6/7
10
NSW NETBALL
SCHOOLS CUP
11
12
13/14
17
18
AUTHOR VISIT INCURSION
19
20/21
24
BOOK WEEK
25
BOOK WEEK
26
BOOK WEEK
27/28
BOOK CHARACTER
PARADE
31
1
2
3/4
Aug
4
OPEN DAY
8
Spelling Bee
9
TOUCH GALA DAY
Aug
5
15
16
WSW Soccer Cup Day Yrs
Whalan (select students
only)
Aug
6
22
BOOK WEEK
23
BOOK WEEK
Aug
7
29
Public Speaking
30
YEARS 1 & 2 INCURSION
JOLLYBOPS
5
6
7
KINDERGARTEN
EXCURSION
8
9
10/11
12
13
14
15
16
17/18
20
21
YEAR 3 & 4 EXCURSION
22
23
LAST DAY OF TERM 3
24/25
Aug/
Sept
8
Sept
9
Royce Simmons Shield
Finals – sected st 2
students
Sept
Basketball gala day
10
19
Sept
Please put this planner on your fridge and add dates as notes are sent home throughout the term
* SCHOOL RECOMMENCES FOR STUDENTS ON MONDAY 10TH OCTOBER, 2016
(SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAYS IN TERM 2 ARE AT THE END OF TERM) *
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