Scene Term 2 Week 5 - Strathfield South Public School

“Think of Others”
Strathfield South Public School
457 Liverpool Rd Strathfield NSW 2135
Tel: 9642 1359 Fax: 9742 5878
www.strathfies-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Email: strathfies-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Term 2 Week 5
Rule of the Week: Be Safe
Values: Care, Responsibility, Fairness
FUTURE EVENTS
MAY
26
Library Reno Walkthrough 2:30 pm
27
Library Reno Walkthrough 8:40 am
27
Grand Final Public Speaking
31
Yr 3-6 ICAS Science Test
31
Kindergarten City Farm
JUNE
BYOD Information Session
2
8
Mr Liston’s Memorial Assembly
9
Cancer Council Morning Tea
13
Public Holiday
BYOD Information Session
21
JULY
1
Last Day Term 2
18
Student Free Day
19
Term 3 Begins for Students
20
The Big Workout Launch
26
Yr 3-6 Athletics Carnival
27
OC Test
AUGUST
1-5
Education Week
2
Yr 3-6 ICAS English Test
10
The Big Workout
16
Yr 3-6 ICAS Mathematics Test
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Dear Parents and Carers,
OUR SECOND SUCCESSFUL MUSIC CAMP
I had the good fortune to spend some time at our
Community of Schools Music Camp last week. It
was an invaluable experience. Three days, 57
students from 4 schools. The talent, the
opportunities, the incredible improvement with
amazing repertoire, from Brahms to Cold Play;
our 12 campers experienced it all. A delightful
experience and one I encourage students from
Year 4 to Year 6 to consider for 2017.
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Oliver and Sharvan
showing their talent on
talent quest” night.
Tracy
Burjan
(SSPS),
Luke
Wallace
(CWPS)
and Jeff
Debnam (HWPS) performing, “Will You Still Love
Me Tomorrow” to the delight of the students. The
concert – from Brahms to Cold Play.
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WHAT MAKES US NUMBER 1?
by being a banking volunteer. Many hands make
light work!
Have a wonderful week everyone.
Karen Mortimer
Principal
PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION 2016
In the student banking area, Strathfield South
Public School is number 1. WHY? Well, of course
it is because our students (with parent support)
bank a small amount of money each week. But
this school service would not be possible without
the incredible dedication of a small band of
parents and prior parents, who offer their
voluntary services every Tuesday. I wish to thank
them for the time they give (sometimes an hours
or two, occasionally a full day), enabling a rising
of financial awareness for our students and a
further service to our families our school can offer.
Sadly, in many schools this service does not
exist. Thanks must go to Anastasia Kalestsis,
Mary Thevaranjan, Mekala Rajmohan, Kirija
Amalan, Lusiana Rima, Melody McGrath, Kathryn
Howarth, Nichola Beukes, Leena Chakma and
Lisa Kovac (coordinator). Please contact Lisa, or
our office, if you would like to support our school
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Congratulations to all the students who put a
wonderful effort into their speeches and special
congratulations to the students who made Grade
Finalists.
On Friday 27 May, the Grade Finalists will present
their speeches to an audience of parents/carers
and some classes, with trophies awarded for the
winners.
This will take place in the school hall and
invitations have been given out to parents/carers
to attend.
Primary: 9:10am
K - 2: 11:20am
Thank you to all the parents/carers and teachers
that helped prepare students to practise and
present their speeches.
Ms Giamboi, Ms Gainsford, Ms Kennedy, Ms
Tsailis.
SCHOOL LIBRARY RENOVATION
WALKTHOUGH
Thank you to the entire SSPS community for the
amazing fundraising efforts from the 2015 School
Fete. Our School Librarian, Mrs Kobeleff, will hold
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two opportunities for you to have a look at the
School Library renovation plans which the money
raised is paying for:
Thursday 26 May, 2016 at 2:30pm and
Friday 27 May, 2016 at 8:40am
Please meet in the School Library. All interested
parents are welcome to walk through the plans
and imagine them in the space.
NATIONALLY CONSISTENT COLLECTION
OF DATA
All schools in Australia participate in the
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on
School Students with Disability. The national data
collection is an annual collection that counts the
number of school students with a disability and
the level of reasonable educational adjustments
they are provided with. This information is useful
to best help students with disabilities to take part
in all aspects of school. Please read the attached
leaflet for more information.
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
The new 2016/2017 Entertainment Membership
Books are available now and packed with
thousands of up to 50% and 2-for-1 offers. For
just $70, you’ll receive over $20,000 worth of
valuable offers!! Plus, from every Entertainment
membership we sell, 20% of the purchase price
goes towards our school fundraising.
If you would like to purchase an Entertainment
Membership, an order form will be sent home with
all students this week. There is also an
Entertainment Digital Membership which puts the
value of the book into your iPhone or Android
smartphone. To purchase the digital membership,
purchase or make payments for traditional books
online visit:
https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbook
s/204r274
These books are a great way to save money and
easily pay for themselves. For example you can
save 5% on all your shopping at Woolworths, Big
W and Caltex. If you are going on holidays there
is discounted accommodation, airline tickets, car
hire and savings on entry to many tourist
attractions. There are also many great discounts
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at a variety of restaurants and many of the
popular take-away outlets.
As 20% from every book sold goes towards your
child’s school please also encourage family and
friends to buy a book. Extra books of any edition
(Sydney & Surrounds or Greater West) may be
ordered on the same order form.
When making online orders or payments,
could you please include your child’s name
and class to facilitate with the distribution of
the books.
For any further details contact Ranjini Ganesh: Ph
0412 267 226 or email rmagesan@hotmail.com
SCHOOL BANKING
Please remember that every TUESDAY is our
student banking day.
School Banking is
a fun, interactive
and engaging way
for young children
to learn about
money and
develop good
savings habits. We would like to highlight that it’s
a great fundraising activity, where the school
receives 5% of every individual deposit made at
school (up to $10 commission per individual
deposit), along with other benefits.
For parents, the Commonwealth Bank have some
great tips, advice and fun downloads through ‘The
Beanstalk’, to help you bring money to life for your
children. There’s a fabulous article about ‘Learning
more about your child’s Common Cents’ where the
Commonwealth Bank recently quizzed some Aussie
kids about the ways in which children understand
money management. Should you wish to get a
better understanding of your child’s ability, your
child too can take the online quiz. Please visit
www.commbank.com.au/personal/can/teachingkids-about-money where you will be able to
access the quiz and more.
For anyone interested in opening a Dollarmites
YouthSaver account, Parent Information Packs
are still available from the school’s office. Please
refer to the back of the enclosed letter in the
Information Pack on how to arrange this.
We’re almost half way through Term 2, so please
don’t forget that you could be in the running to win
your family a wildlife adventure holiday to explore
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Australia Zoo and to meet Bindi and Robert Irwin.
All you need to do is make 15 School Banking
deposits by the end of TERM 3 2016 to receive
an automatic entry for your chance to win this
amazing adventure holiday. Find out more at
www.commbank.com.au/schoolbanking .
Remember your Outback Adventure is
awaiting you, so keep your boots on and let’s
continue on our wild adventure through the
Canyon of Savings.
Lisa Kovac
SSPS Student Banking Co-ordinator
PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
(P&C)
Check out our new website!
Our volunteer members have been working hard
to put together a central repository of information
about the P&C. It is a work in progress and the
plan is to update the information on an ongoing
basis, but in the meantime, please check out
https://sites.google.com/site/sspspnc/ and
send through your suggestions for improvement
to ssps.pnc@gmail.com(please use the subject,
"Website suggestions").
E sspsstudentbanking@gmail.com
Canteen
SSPS STITCH AND
CHAT
Have you always wanted to
knit but don't know how?
Are you an expert knitter, who'd like some
company while creating your latest masterpiece?
How about crochet? Needlework? P&C School
Club are starting an SSPS Stitch and Chat group!
Bring your creative work along to this informal,
self-led group. We will each work on our own
projects. Open to all SSPS parents,
grandparents and carers. We will meet weekly
in the School Library on Fridays, 9am -10 am.
There is no charge. Our first meeting will be on
Friday 3rd June. Beginners welcome!
Questions? Nichola 0435 413 548.
OPAL CARD – STUDENT TRAVEL
It is a condition of use that students tap on and
tap off at the start and at the end of each trip with
their Student Opal Card. This is important to
ensure correct patronage data is recorded, which
is used to plan school special and regular route
bus services. This data helps State Transit ensure
adequate capacity is provided, so students can
travel to and from school safely.
Currently, many students are failing to tap on or
off the Opal readers when using their Student
Opal Card.
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Special Thanks
Thank you to the following volunteers for last
week; your time was invaluable and much
appreciated: Susan Weyland, Joanne Khodary,
Suzane Saba, Ruth Choong, Paheerathi
Uthayaseelan, Lam Minh Thy Diep, Yoon Baek
and Eva Plakias.
WINTER MENU STARTS FROM TERM 2
Please check the new Winter Menu for
Term 2 & 3.
-Fried Rice (Meat or Vegetarian)
-Mash Potatoes (Chicken Wings, Sausage or
Fish) Halal
-Manouch (Zaytar, Cheese or Meat ) Halal
-Mix Veg Korma Curry with Rice (Vegetarian)
-Lamb Meatball Wrap (Halal)
-Soup (Chicken Corn, Minestrone or Lentil Potato
Soup)
Update Winter PSSA Team
To ensure PSSA teams receive early lunch orders
please update your Winter PSSA in
MunchMonitor as soon as possible.
Helper Needed--Can you help?
Our canteen is operated by the P&C and needs
volunteers so we can prepare fresh food and
keep prices low. If you have a few hours once a
week or even just once a term, we would love to
hear from you. No experience is necessary.
Please come to the canteen and put your name
on the roster. Your help will be greatly
appreciated by the students, parents and staff.
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MUNCH MONITOR
We use an online ordering system called
MunchMonitor. The MunchMonitor account works
similar to a prepaid telephone. You can top up
your account online using your credit card or with
cash at the canteen. Once you have set up a
MunchMonitor account (see below: How to sign
up) you can use the credit in your account for
lunch orders or over the counter purchases with
the “snack tag”.
How to Sign Up:
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Simply go to www.munchmonitor.com
Enter on the Home Page:
- Username - “ssps”
- Password - “munch2136”
 Click “Sign Up” or contact 1300 796 190
 There is a $2.50 account keeping fee per term
(per Family)
 More information available from the Canteen
window or by visiting the website above.
Munch Monitor snack-tag
You can pick up your snack-tag from the
canteen once you have registered for the
Munch Monitor. A replacement fee of $1 will be
charged for a lost tag.
EFTPOS MACHINETHE CANTEEN HAS LAUNCHED A NEW EFTPOS MACHINE
FOR PARENTS TO TOP UP THEIR MUNCHMONITOR ACCOUNT
FOR THE STUDENTS. PLEASE COME AFTER 9 AM IF YOU WISH
TO TOP UP WITH EFTPOS. NOTE THAT CREDIT CARDS WILL
INCUR A 2% SURCHARGE.
Canteen Roster:
Date
Helpers
Tuesday 24 May Joanne Khodary
Suzane Saba
Wed 25 May
Paheerathi
Uthayaseelan
Yoon Baek
Thursday 26
HELP NEEDED
May
Friday 27 May
Joanne Khodary
Monday 31 May Suzane Saba
Lam Minh Thy Diep
Canteen Manager
HuiChing Su Baruah
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Time
9-2pm
9-2pm
9-2pm
10-2pm
ANY TIME
9-2pm
9-2pm
11-2pm
BYOD NEWS!
We are off and racing with our 11 BYOD iPad
classes! We have begun integrating Google
Classroom and found it a useful tool for creating,
collaborating and reflection on their learning and
the learning of others. Most classes have started
using Spelling City as a component of their
spelling programs. With individual learning lists
students can work at their own pace on a range of
challenges covering specific vocabulary, spelling,
writing, and sound-letter correspondence and
building phonological and phonics skills.
Parent BYOD Information Sessions
This term we would like to hold sessions with
parents to share some of the opportunities and
experiences students are having with their
devices and gather constructive feedback about
how parents feel the program is going so far.
The first session dates are the
afternoon/evening of Thursday 2 June and
possibly the morning of Tuesday 21 June.
Please share YOUR preferences in attending by
clicking the link below;
https://pollev.com/multiple_choice_polls/eIDWxVb
84o3CGQt/web?_ga=1.93833758.262000786.14
46014162
Notable BYOD Developments
Heavy Bags!
We are all aware that our SSPS students have
big strong minds, however, their bodies are still
growing and we would like to thank parents for
the feedback we received lately regarding this
issue. We have taken on board the comments
regarding the weight of students’ school bags
becoming a burden with the inclusion of iPad’s,
library books, delicious healthy lunches, multiple
pencil cases, homework books and possibly the
kitchen sink!
With this in mind please consider the following
options;
-
On library days have students carry their
library bag separately from their school bag
Check your students are only bringing in their
homework on its set day of collection
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Politely ask if there is a space within the
classroom for heavier keyboard cases or
headphones that may not be required at home
to complete homework
Purchase a roller bag for your child to use,
though not yet available in our school bag
colours we will make gains towards this in the
future.
Bring an empty water bottle and fill at school
Storage Options in Classrooms
Lockable cabinets have arrived and are being
installed to assist classes that do not have a
dedicated storeroom to lock devices during break
times, scripture or community languages when
the classroom teacher is no longer supervising
the students directly. We feel this will enable
more smooth transitions between classes and will
heighten our already successful security
measures.
Miss Munns
Stage 2 Assistant Principal (Rel)
Girls – WINTER ---- May to September
(Term 2 and Term 3)
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*
Navy pinafore or navy long pants
Plain white blouse (or skivvy).
White socks or navy tights
Royal blue school jacket or sloppy joe
with school logo (navy woollen jumper
if preferred).
Black leather shoes
Boys - WINTER
*
Grey trousers (or shorts)
*
Grey school shirt with school logo
*
Grey socks (plain)
*
School tie (may be worn with shirt)
*
Royal blue school sloppy joe or jacket
with school logo
*
School flapcap with school logo
*
Plain grey woollen jumper (if preferred)
*
Black leather shoes
MESSAGE TO PARENTS/CARERS
Keep Kids Safe: #parentscheckthecheck!
Parents or carers who engage the services of
a private tutor or coach have an important
role to play in helping to keep their children
safe.
From 1st April 2016 adults who provide
private tuition or coaching services to children
will need to obtain a new Working With
Children Check.
School Uniforms
SCHOOL UNIFORM POLICY
School uniform is compulsory at Strathfield
South Public School.
ALL UNIFORM ITEMS MUST BE CLEARLY
MARKED WITH THE NAME OF THE
STUDENT.
Unclaimed un-named items are recycled via
the Clothing Pool at the Uniform shop.
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The Certificate for Self Employed People will
no longer be valid after their expiry date and
the certificate holders will need to apply for a
new Working With Children Check.
Parents or carers should ask their child’s tutor
or coach for their name, date of birth and their
Working With Children Check number.
They must then go online and verify the tutor
or coach is not barred from working with
children in NSW.
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Verifying that a tutor or coach can work with
children is quick and easy – just follow the
simple steps at
www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/parentscheckt
hecheck
If you suspect that an adult is providing
services to children without a Working With
Children Check you can go online to make a
confidential report or phone (02) 9286 7219.
Help to keep kids safe by sharing
#parentscheckthecheck with your family
and friends through your own social media
networks.
National Simultaneous
Story Time 2016
NSS receives positive media coverage,
generates a great deal of community interest
and is held annually as part of Library and
Information Week.
I GOT THIS HAT:
I got this hat in China. I got this hat from a
miner. I got this hat from a deep-sea diver.
I got this hat from a racing-car
driver….Hats. Only the headless dislike
them. Everyone else loves waring them!
In this fun title we take a peek at the world
around us through the playful medium of
hats.
National Simultaneous Storytime is an annual
campaign that aims to encourage more young
Australian to read and enjoy books. Now in its
16th successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant, fun
event that aims to promote the value of reading
and literacy, using an Australian children’s book
that explores age-appropriate themes, and
addresses key learning areas of the National
Curriculum for Kindergarten – Year 6 and the
pre-school Early Learning Years Framework.
National Simultaneous Storytime is held annually
by the Australian Library and Information
Association. Every year a picture book, written
and illustrated by an Australian author and
illustrator is read simultaneously in libraries,
schools, pre-schools, childcare centre, family
homes bookshops and many other places around
the country.
By facilitating National Simultaneous Storytime,
we aim to:
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Promote the value of reading and literacy;
Promote the value and fun of books;
Promote an Australian writer and
publisher;
Promote storytime activities in public
libraries and communities around the
country;
Provide opportunities to involve parents,
grandparents, the media and others to
participate in and enjoy the occasion.
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To participate, Kindergarten - Year 6 students
may like to bring a Hat from home to wear at
the Wednesday morning assembly to
celebrate this event.
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FINDING DORY
BRIAN’S BENEFIT
The Rotaract Club of Burwood Movie Night
On opening night of Disney Pixar’s “Finding Dory”
Westfield Burwood, Event Cinema, Friday 17
June 2016, 6:30pm
Rotaract is a community youth organisation that
raises money for the community by hosting
events. On this night all proceeds will be going to
The Starlight Foundation. Tickets are available
online at www.burwoodrotaract.org/events.
Adults $20 Children $15
The Starlight Foundation offers hope to seriously
ill children, allowing kids to make their hospital
stay happier, special wish granting and family
retreats. Starlight’s mission is “To brighten the
lives of seriously ill children and their families”.
Help us to help sick children, brighten their day,
and give them hope.
This coming Saturday 28 May a fundraiser for
Mr Brian Liston’s family will be held at the
Marrickville Bowling Club.
Please purchase tickets online using the link
below.
Thank you for your support
Justine Boyd
Community and International Director
Burwood Rotaract Club
Mr Liston’s Memorial Assembly at Strathfield
South Public School will be held Wednesday 8
June at 9am in the school hall. All who knew
Mr Liston are welcome to attend. There will be
an opportunity to contribute to the trust for Mr
Liston’s children at this assembly.
Thank you
Mrs B Hamilton
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SSPS Cancer Council Biggest Morning Tea
Thursday 9th June 2016 at 11am
We will have a cake stall for the children to buy cake for morning tea.
Most cakes/cupcakes will be $2, so please send a gold coin donation with
your children to school so that they can enjoy the morning tea.
Parents and grandparents are welcome to come to school on this day and have morning tea with your children.
Buy a coffee or tea and a piece of cake. Sit and chat with other parents, while raising money to help excellent work
done by the Cancer Council.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
Any cake that can be served as an individual cake (cupcakes or muffins) or can be cut easily into
pieces would be great. The more cakes we get, the better the morning tea will be.
If you are making food suitable for children with allergies, please send a note listing the ingredients
with the food.
Cakes can be brought to the staff room on Thursday morning at 9am.
If you can help, please contact Meera 0414 440 381 OR Kerry 0408 119 187
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If you are unable to come to the morning tea, but would like to donate money to the Cancer Council, you
can do this by simply sending cash or cheque payable to NSW Cancer Council to the school office in an
envelope marked ‘Cancer Council Morning Tea’. If you would like a receipt (all donations over $2 are tax
deductible), please include a note in the envelope with your name, address, telephone number and child’s
name/class.
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PLEASE ATTACH TO BAKED GOODS
ITEM/S BAKED:
_________________________________
_________________________________
INGREDIENTS LIST (please tick):
flour
eggs
butter
milk
sugar
coconut
cocoa powder
self-raising flour
egg replacer
nuttelex
soy milk
oil
rice milk
nuts (please specify)
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baking powder
icing sugar
vanilla essence/extras
other
__________________________________
___________________________________________
Thank you for your contribution!!
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