Bert Oldfield Public School Newsletter€¦ · My thanks to all parents who are supporting us with our new morning farewell procedures. It is important that our students, particularly

Bert Oldfield Public School, Oldfield Road Seven Hills. Website: www.bertoldfie-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email; [email protected]

From the Principal’s Desk Dear Parents and Members of the Community,

Welcome Back A very warm welcome back to term 2 and I hope that everyone had a restful and fun holiday and got to spend some quality time with your families. A special welcome our new students and their families as they join our community this week. We all hope you get to settle into Bert Oldfield School soon and enjoy the many positive elements of our community and educational programs. I am looking very much forward to the many activities and educational programs ahead of us this term and I know that every student will be ready to learn. Saying “Goodbye” in the morning My thanks to all parents who are supporting us with our new morning farewell procedures. It is important that our students, particularly our younger students, start to develop their independence. We are endeavouring to get to class earlier each day so that learning in the classroom can commence as soon as possible. SCHOOL STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS. We are now in the final year of our 2015 - 2017 strategic plan and endeavouring to accomplish the final iterations of our 3 strategic directions. These directions, which we have been working with over the last 2 years, guide the focus of our learning and development of our students. I have included the 3 directions below for your information, but to also potentially spark your ideas as we start to develop the 2018- 2012 strategic plan. We will be seeking your input at key points across the year so that the new plan is ready by the commencement of 2018. Strategic Direction 1: 21st Century Learning: To provide quality teaching practices and curriculum delivery to create assessment capable, creative, collaborative, critical and reflective thinkers, prepared to meet the rigours of 21st Century society. Strategic Direction 2: Quality Systems and Practices: To build quality systems and organisational practices to ensure that outcomes for all stakeholders are maximised and effectively monitored. Strategic Direction 3: An Engaged Learning Community: To maximise and enhance the involvement of all stakeholders to build an engaged school community.

In each of these strategic areas, your input is very much valued. I will

endeavour to keep you informed each newsletter about different activities

and developments for our school in each strategic direction.

Term 2 Week 2 Thursday 4th May, 2017

Safe, Respectful, Responsible Learners

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Bert Oldfield Public School

Newsletter

Oldfield Road, Seven Hills

Telephone: 9622 2122

STAR AWARDS

KB Tobi Adebumowa Gaby Al Houch Tanishk Kattayat

KP Leo Hu Adhira Prashanth Zunaira Rahma

K/1R Sheyone Aravinth Janie Hohepa Simar Kamboj

1M Tianna George Ava Robinson Rajvir Singh

1/2F Simon Adebumowa Kaylah Howe James Poloogadoo

2/3T Ella Bate Pranshu Kumar Gwendolyn Satamaka

3/4A Ariki Kea Andrew Rac Khadiga Ramli

3/4S Suaas Kaur Navpreet Maan Richard Ngatakoura

4/5G Shabri Aulia Sara Malinovic Sofia Piedrahita-Ruiz

5/6W Dax David Rylee McLean Mary Ratanalabanes

RFF History Barnabas Kpozehouen Claire Thomas

Library Dharmi Patel Thomas Sebastian

Music Christina Badros Isobelle George

9th10th 11th May Naplan commences

10th May Speech Pathology Information Session

11th May Mothers Day Stall

17th May Netball Gala Day

18th May Zone Cross Country

23rd May ICAS Digital Life Education commences

30th May ICAS Science

31st May Choir Rehearsal Behavioural Optometrist Information Session


STAFF CAR PARK A gentle reminder that parents and students are not to walk through, or park, in the staff car park area—this is a WH&S safety rule. We need to keep our children safe at all times so please enter an exit through the entry gate near the school sign when arriving at school, or the gates on Wall Park and Orana Avenue.

2018 ENROLMENTS We are now taking Kindergarten enrolments for 2018. If you have a child you wish to enrol at school next year, please collect an enrolment form from the Office. If you know of any neighbours or friends in this area who have children ready to start school next year, or who would like to come to Bert Oldfield Public School, please ask them to collect an enrolment form. It is important that we have names of children as early as possible to help us with staffing and school organisation. All children that are turning 5 by the 31st July are eligible to enrol for Kindergarten in 2018. Please do not hesitate to contact Mr Perrott to discuss your child’s enrolment.

NATIONAL WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY Friday, 19th May is National Walk Safely to School Day. Students are encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. As a community, it is important that we teach our students safe pedestrian behaviour when crossing roads. Some positive pedestrian behaviours include:

Children up to the age of 10 are required to hold an adult’s hand when crossing the road.

We cross at designated Pedestrian Crossing or traffic light crossings.

It is important that we teach children to look both ways before crossing the street and to listen carefully for any oncoming cars.

Remember not to chase balls and other toys onto the road. Through teaching these skills to our students, it will help ensure that they become mature pedestrians. Above all, the safety of our students is paramount. Happy Walking!

VOLUNTARY SCHOOL FEE CONTRIBUTIONS Thank you again to all those who have made this important contribution payment. The fees are an important part of our finances providing much needed assistance with the purchase of classroom requisites, sporting equipment, library resources, art and craft supplies, computer technology, paper usage and reading resources and various items for the children. It should be noted that our fees are a once only for the year, unlike other systems, which collect payments every term amounting to large sums of money per child. Please support our great school. Our fees equate to only $2.00 per week but have significant impact beyond that. If every family paid this school fee, we would have an additional $18,000.00 to spend on educational resources. To enable us to fully utilise your contribution, please make your payment as soon as possible, if you have not already done so.

GYMNSATICS PROGRAM Our gym program for all students K-6 starts again next week. The “Fit Futures” program develops students’ basic gymnastic skills, including balance and flight, all of which support the PDHPE syllabus. The program is partially funded by a Federal Government grant, “Sporting School’s Australia.”

For those of you that have payed your school contribution, this is one of

the programs included in that commitment. Your payment of the

contribution will assist us in covering the cost of this program to the

school and ensuring that we are able to offer extra curricula programs

delivered by specialist staff on an ongoing basis. The 10-week program

would normally cost over $40.00 per student, but we are asking for a

fraction of that. We would again appreciate your support by paying the

school contribution as soon as possible.

MOTHER’S DAY STALL

My thanks again to our very small but dedicated P and C members

who were involved in the organisation of the Mother’s Day stall. I

know the students of this school greatly appreciate all the work the

P and C does and the students are always delighted to have the

opportunity to purchase a gift for their mums for their special day.

The P and C will be running a Mother’s Day stall next Thursday. All

students will have the opportunity to visit the stall and purchase a

gift for mum. There will be a range of gifts available ranging from

$2.00 and above. I hope all our mums have a lovely relaxing

Sunday next week.

2017 OPPORTUNITY CLASS APPLICATIONS

Thinking of applying for Year 5 entry to an opportunity class in 2018? You must apply online at https://www.shsocplacement.org.au/registration/ Key dates:

26 April 2017 Application opens online

12 May 2017 Application closes (no late applica-

tions)

12 July 2017 Parents are sent Test Authority letter

by mail and email

26 July 2017 Opportunity class placement test for

entry in 2018

4 August 2017 Change of school choice closes for

entry in 2018

11 August 2017

Requests for consideration of Illness

or misadventure submitted by appli-

cants

Mid-October 2017 Placement outcome information sent

to parents

20 October 2017 Appeals due to principals

17 November 2017 Outcome of appeals sent to parents

Mid-January 2018 Authority to attend letter sent to par-

ents for enrolling at the school in 2018

29 January 2018

Applicants for 2018 entry with offers

are removed from reserve lists unless

the offer is declined



IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE CANTEEN

COMMITTEE

Due to the ongoing work to our school canteen, unfortunately it

won’t be open for business for at least another week.

Please remember to send your children’s lunch and recess with

them until further notice.

School Zone Road Safety Our sincere thanks to all of our parents and carers that do the correct thing every morning and afternoon when dropping off their children at school or collecting their children from school. The safety of our students is paramount. Unfortunately, some parents and carers choose to ignore common safety guidelines and are placing their children's safety at risk. And not to mention the potential cost to your wallet and bank account for directly breeching safety regulations and road rules. Attached to the end of this newsletter is a guide from Blacktown Council related to road safety and the corresponding fines for any breeches of the road safety guidelines and rules. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with the rules and consequences that are related to any

infringement.

Please help us to keep our kids safe before and after school by observing

and respecting all road safety rules and expectations.

Mr Perrott

MATHLETICS GOLD AWARD

Isabelle George Wesley Darlington Alex Cusack Jasleen Kaur

ALL STAR ROCK STAR

Abhiram Suresan Breanna Crowther Sidney Ngatokorua Kaylah Howe Caleb Pascoe Okeroa Mackey-Herrick Japnaam Bains Claire Thomas Zelena Pakoti Ekamveer Gill Sophie Clegg Indrakshee Chatterjee Casey Rudolph Sheyone Aravinth Simran Sandhu Danielle Volkwyn Elise Crowther Caitlyn Crowther Kashish Sambher Keval Patel Corben Wilson Benjamin Kim

Abhiram Suresan Breanna Crowther Sidney Ngatokorua Kaylah Howe Caleb Pascoe Okeroa Mackey-Herrick Indrakshee Chatterjee Casey Rudolph Sheyone Aravinth Danielle Volkwyn Elise Crowther Caitlyn Crowther Kashish Sambher Keval Patel Corben Wilson Benjamin Kim


Age Position Name Class

8-9Yrs Boys 1st Liam 3/4S

2nd Cody 3/4A

3rd Junior 3/4S

4th AJ 3/4S

5th Cham 3/4S

8-9Yrs Girls 1st Taylor 3/4S

2nd Meya 3/4A

3rd Dolly 3/4A

4th Okeroa 1/2F

5th Khadiga 3/4A

10 Yrs Boys 1st Barnabas 3/4A

2nd Alexander 3/4A

3rd Benjamin Kp 3/4A

4th Dilpreet 3/4S

5th Elham 4/5G

10 Yrs Girls 1st Julia 4/5G

2nd Cherry 3/4S

3rd Mandy 4/5G

4th Rhianna 4/5G

5th Isabelle 4/5G

11 Yrs Boys 1st Mtha 5/6W

2nd Rylee 5/6W

3rd Maddy 5/6W

4th Dylan 5/6W

5th Yuvraj 4/5G

11 Yrs Girls 1st Marley 4/5G

2nd Danielle 4/5G

3rd Mariel 4/5G

4th Pranzal 4/5G

5th Kelly 5/6W

12&13 Yr Boys 1st Whenua 5/6W

2nd Manaia 5/6W

3rd Calib 5/6W

4th Indripta 5/6W

5th Keval 5/6W

12&13 Yr Girls 1st Mary 5/6W

2nd Nin Nin Win 5/6W

3rd Elise 5/6W

4th Kashish 5/6W

5th Caitlyn 5/6W

The Cross Country was held on Thursday 4th May in our own school grounds. A huge congratulations goes out to every child who competed for their house! It was a magnificent morning and it was just fabulous to see all the girls and boys in their house colours cheering for their friends. My thanks goes out to the school community for their sup-port of this event and to those extra special parent helpers who ensured our carnival ran smoothly without incident! Congratulations to the following children who placed 1st to 5th in their age races and are now continuing to the Zone Cross Country Carnival. Mrs Sigg

Year Position Name Class

Kindy Boys 1st Tobi KB

2nd Aarav KB

3rd Hung KB

4th Jeremy KP

5th Phillip KP

Kindy Girls 1st Mrinali KP

2nd Anitha KB

3rd Tia K/1R

4th Khushpreet KB

5th Zahra KB

Yr 1&2 Boys 1st Sidney 1/2F

2nd Simon 1/2F

3rd Thomas 1M

4th George 1M

5th Jasraj 1/2F

Yr 1&2 Girls 1st Amarlie-Rose 2/3T

2nd Claire 1/2F

3rd Meia 1M

4th Tanvi K/1R

5th Omnia 1M

Kindy, Year 1 and 2 Races

OUR CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS



VOLUNTEERS

We are still looking for volunteers to help out in the canteen. If you can spare a few hours or the whole day, weekly or fortnightly, that will help us immensely. It would be a treat for any students to see their grandparents who have also volunteered to help in the canteen. Please see Shelley on Tuesday mornings or Janel, the P&C President, on Fridays in the canteen. P&C Committee

BREAKFAST CLUB GOLD COIN DONATION The Breakfast club is open on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8.30am – 8.55am. Thank you to the many children who were happy to donate their gold coin for slices of toast with honey or vegemite together with a cup of milk. Enjoy toast with Vegemite or honey and a healthy glass of milk

When: Mondays and Wednesday

Time: 8.30am – 8.55am

Where: Mrs Oldfield’s Room

Cost:: A gold coin donation

Mums, Dads, Grandmas and Grandads - Volunteers are required for Breakfast Club on a Monday or a Wednesday from 8.30am – 8.55am to assist with preparing the food for the students who attend Breakfast Club. If you are able to assist please contact Mrs Sternaras so that a roster can be organised.

Just click the make a payment tab and follow the links

MAKING AN ONLINE PAYMENT Did you know that you can make an online payment for most school transactions? Just go to the school website at www.bertoldfie-p.school.nsw.edu.au and click the $Make a Payment tab. It’s that simple.

MONEY SENT TO SCHOOL

When sending money to school we ask that you send it in an envelope with your child’s name, class and what the money is for. We are experiencing too many students bringing money into the office or handing it to their class teachers without envelopes which is leading to misplaced money. We request that you purchase a pack of envelopes, especially for school. Thank you.

STAFF CAR PARK A gentle reminder that parents and students are not to walk through, or park, in the staff car park area—this is a WH&S safety rule. We need to keep our children safe at all times so please enter and exit through the entry gate near the school sign when arriving at school, or the gates on Wall Park and Orana Avenue.

http://www.bertoldfie-p.school.nsw.edu.au


LOST PROPERTY

The number of lost property items is increasing. Currently there

are 3 tubs located in the Wet Weather Shed that contain school

hats, jumpers, jackets and tracksuit pants; a variety of mufti

items (jackets and hats), umbrellas and lunch containers. Some

of these items have been labelled but it is difficult to read the

name as labels have become worn or writing has faded.

Parents and students are encouraged to search the tubs when

attempting to locate lost property.

All items that were clearly labelled have been returned to their

owners. To help make this task easier, please ensure that you:

Clearly label all uniform items (hats, shirts, pants, jackets, jumpers), drink bottles, lunch containers

and anything else your child brings to school.

Check from time to time that names and classes are still clear and easily read.

Encourage your child to be responsible for their belongings and to check the lost property tubs for

any items they may have lost.

Ms Perente

PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS

Notes regarding a number of Parent Information Sessions being held this term have been distributed. Please

complete and return the attached slip for each of the sessions that you would like to attend. Please be

advised that these sessions are strictly for parents and,

as a courtesy to our presenters and for the benefit of all parents attending, we ask that you make alternate

arrangements for your children as we will be unable to accommodate them during these sessions.

Valuable information will be presented in all sessions and there will be an opportunity for parents to ask

questions at the conclusion of each. We encourage all parents to attend if possible.

Speech Pathology Information Session: Wednesday 10th May, 5pm to 6pm

Behavioural Optometrist Information Session: Wednesday 31st May, 5pm to 6pm

Occupational Therapist Information Session: Wednesday 21st June, 5pm to 6pm

Feel free to see Ms Perente should you have any further questions regarding these

information sessions.

Ms Perente



2017 Class requirements

Please see the list of regarding items we would like you to supply for your children. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated. n order to successfully begin our year, we also ask that students come to school organised and prepared for a day of learning. Part of this requires your child to bring the correct equipment to school.

Kindergarten 1 box tissues 1 roll kitchen paper towel 1 pack ‘baby wipes’ 1 liquid hand wash 1 plastic document wallet for letters/home reading Headphones for IPAD and tablet devices (in a labelled zip lock bag) 2 quality glue sticks (e.g., BluStick or UHU)

Grades 1-2 2 boxes tissues 1 roll kitchen paper towel 1 pack ‘baby wipes’ 1 liquid hand wash 1 plastic document wallet for letters/home reading Headphones for IPAD and tablet devices (in a labelled zip lock bag) 1 pair of quality scissors (Year 2) 2 good quality white erasers (e.g., Staedtler, Rasoplast) 1 homework book (A4 size approximately 96 pages) 1 highlighter Textas (Year 2 and 3T) 2 quality glue sticks (e.g., BluStick or UHU) 1 Sheet of coloured cardboard

Grades 3 - 6 2 boxes of tissues 1 roll of kitchen paper towel 1 pack ‘baby wipes’ 1 liquid handwash 2 quality glue sticks (e.g., BluStick or UHU) 4 HB Lead pencils Coloured pencils Coloured textas 3 highlighters Sharpener (closed barrel type) 1 plastic document wallet for letters/home reading 2 good quality white erasers (e.g., Staedtler, Rasoplast) 1 pair of quality scissors 30cm ruler – with both cm and mm increments (no bendy rulers please) A black ‘Sharpie’ texta (for art lessons) A blank USB Flash Drive Headphones for IPAD and tablet devices (in a CLEARLY labelled zip lock bag)




WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY HUB! Dear community members, Welcome back to school. I hope that you all had a nice and relaxing break. Also a very warm welcome to all the new families who have recently arrived in Australia and Seven Hills. I hope that this year brings you all true joy, good health and success! I am Sivananthini, the Community Hub Leader at Bert Oldfield Public School. My role at the school is to coordinate the Community Hub programs for families in the local area. The Community Hubs is a national program that links families and their preschool children to services and support, learning opportunities and the wider community. The Community Hub at Bert Oldfield Public School is a safe place where families can participate in a range of programs which may include: Zumba, supported playgroup, Cubby house, Kids sports, gardening, first aid, volunteering (book covering, school events, P&C fundraisers, Can-teen) and more! Many of our programs are run in partnership with local organisations and is a great way for you to connect with them and learn about what their service can offer you. If you would like to join the Community Hub feel free to contact me by email [email protected] or SMS/ phone 0478836575. Sivananthini Suresan Community Hub Leader

Bert Oldfield Public School



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Bert Oldfield Public School Newsletter€¦ · My thanks to all parents who are supporting us with our new morning farewell procedures. It is important that our students, particularly