done to the students who came dressed in yellow or accessorised with yellow and donated a gold coin to the Cancer council. Thank you to the students and parents who bought the daffodils which were kindly donated by Mrs Sumpton, or who generously gave a donation. We managed to raise $2000.00 for the Cancer Council, a great achievement. Well done Hornsby North! TELL THEM FROM ME PARENT SURVEY (TERM 3 2018) - Parent FAQ document for the Parent Survey: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/images/FAQs/TTFM_Parent_Survey_FAQs_Parent_and_Carers_T32018.pdf This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning Parent Survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents/carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement. Running this survey will help our school understand parents’/carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements. The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 27 August and 26 October. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated. To access the survey for our school go to: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/d6p3t The survey is available in 23 languages. STUDENT SUCCESS -

Joshua (2Green) received 1st place at the Domestic Youth Robot Competition in Kellyville earlier this month. Congratulations Joshua.

A big congratulations to Olivia (6Aqua) and Abigail (5/6Blue) who have raised $593.00 with the 40 Hour Famine Backpack Challenge. Well done girls.

Jeremy (4Yellow) completed the Sydney Tower Stair Challenge last Sunday (1504 steps) and he came 1st in his age category, completing it in 13:36mins. Wow, what an achievement Jeremy.

Ginette Butterworth Acting Principal

From the Principal...

29 August, 2018

HORNSBY NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL

Ida Street, Hornsby, NSW, 2077 Phone : 9987 4605 Fax : 9482 2527 Before/After School Care : 9482 3484

Email : hornsbynth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web site : www.hornsbynth-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Many of you will be aware that Mrs Sumpton’s husband Barry has been unwell for some time. It is with great sadness that I write to let you know that Barry passed away overnight. Barry was a great educator and has influenced the lives of many young people with his skills and expertise. We are particularly grateful that he spent time here in our school. He encouraged students to participate in technology challenges and activities, he passed on his love of literature and his passion for music. Barry could always be seen at concerts and particularly enjoyed band and choir events. He always looked out for the welfare of students and provided great support for many. Many members of staff have worked closely with Barry, have many great memories of him and loved being able to talk with him. Additionally, Barry was a great family man, one who was extremely proud of his children Katie and Daniel and loved his grandchildren. Most especially, Barry was a loving husband to Maree and they have enjoyed a long, happy marriage. I know that you will all join with me in sending our condolences to all of the family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. SCHOOL PHOTOS—GROUPS - On Wednesday, 5 September Group Photos will be taken. Students need to make sure they have everything they require for the photographs at school. These would include items such as musical instruments, sports uniforms, etc. LOST PROPERTY - There is an overwhelming amount of lost property in the school. Many of these items include jumpers that have the Tags in them. Please make sure you have registered the Tags, so that it is easier to return lost property. Alternatively, please make certain that all items are labelled appropriately. SPORT - Congratulations to the teams who played in the PSSA Finals last Friday. All teams put in a great effort. The Girls’ football team were successful in becoming Joint Champions. What a great effort girls and Mr Seifert. We are all very proud of your achievement. This Friday is the Zone Athletics Carnival, which is being held at Narrabeen. Good luck to all of our participants. Please note that the bus may not return before the end of the normal school day. DAFFODIL DAY - Following is a message from Mrs Jeffrey:- Thank you to everyone for supporting Daffodil Day. Well

recyclable items, egg cartons, cardboard boxes & plastic containers. Send these items to Miss Laird’s classroom (1 Red). Thank you for your help! Lisa Fowler. PSSA AFL - “Such is life!” ‘You win some, you lose some!” “It’s

character building!” “You’ve got to lose one to win one!”. Take your choice from the quotes above. Junior 1’s were beaten by a better team on the day but fought back valiantly late in the

game to go down narrowly to a strong Wahroonga team. Congratulations to come so far, you should all be extremely proud of your incredible effort. To all players, Junior and Senior, thank you for your spirit and I hope everyone will return next year to play AFL. Thanks also to the parents who gave their time to cheer on the teams. Your children won’t forget you supporting them. Finally, thanks to Danny Strange for being an awesome coach and motivator to the players. Thank you, Peter Hughes. PSSA MILO CRICKET GALA DAY - 67 Hornsby North students competed in the annual Milo Cricket Gala Day at Rofe Park last Thursday. Our Junior girls’ and Junior boys’ A teams each won all four of their matches, to finish 1st in their competitions. Our Junior boys’ B team also had a terrific day, losing their first match by just 3 runs but winning their last 3 matches convincingly. The Senior boys’ A team won their first 3 matches by huge margins to end up in the Final. We played very well in the Final but ended up losing a close match by 14 runs. The Senior boys’ B team started the day with 2 handsome victories but lost their third match by just 1 run, which saw them finish in the 3rd place play-off match. This was a very tight encounter, which unluckily ended in another 1 run defeat. Our Senior girls’ A team began the day with a narrow loss but then won their last 2 matches to make it into the Final. The Final was a tense battle between 2 strong teams, but the Hornsby North girls came away with a 7 run victory! The team will now compete in the Area Final on Tuesday, 23 October. Congratulations girls! Congratulations also to all of our players for your excellent skills and behaviour, and for playing the game in a competitive, sporting manner. Well done also to Jayden H. for winning the Junior Boys’ High Catch Competition. Michael Howard. PSSA CRICKET - The PSSA Cricket competition resumes in just over 2 weeks and training starts up again this Tuesday, 4 September, from 3:15-4:00pm at the crickets nets. Training will not be held in wet weather – updates will be given through the Skoolbag app. Please return permission forms to Mr Howard this week. Thank you, Michael Howard. PSSA BOYS’ FOOTBALL - Last Friday, the HNPS Senior Boys’ Football team made a 5th Finals appearance in 8 years of Zone Competition, against a very good Berowra team! Unfortunately, it was not to be our day, suffering a very disappointing 6-0 loss. The boys couldn’t find a way to dominate possession, get a shot on

Coming Events…… Friday 31 August: Zone Athletics Carnival / P&C School Disco / Premier’s Reading Challenge Closes at Midnight. Monday 3 September: Year 3 Zoo Excursion / Year 5 Rouse Hill Excursion (incl. 6Blue) / Year 4 World of Maths. Tuesday 4 September: Year 5 Rouse Hill Excursion. Wednesday 5 September: School Photos—Sport & Groups. Thursday 6 September: K-2 Athletics Day. Friday 7 September: Year 2 Sea Life Aquarium Excursion. Monday 10 September: Band Recruitment Day / P&C Meeting 7.30pm—All Welcome / HDMF Matinee & Evening Performances.

From The Classroom - SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Week 5, Term 3: Helen, Cynthia, Aidan, Ashley, Jason, Lucia, Jun, Jin, Claire, William, Tahlia, Sulli, Kiana, Kean, Sienna, Chloe, Adam, Remi, Alayna, Royal, Brandon, Amelia, Samuel, Isabelle, Angela, Luca, Anshu, Anish, Daniel, Audrey, Kenny, Coco, Mary, Mac, Hayley-June, Danielle x 2 & Melissa. KINDERGARTEN NEWS - News Week 7: How do you like to eat your eggs? Fried, scrambled or poached? Thank you, Sharon Gates. LIBRARY NEWS - Congratulations to the recipients of the Most Frequent Borrowers Award which has been awarded to the child in each grade who has borrowed the most books for Terms one and two:- K-Trevor, Year 1-Aryman, Year 2-Katherine, Year 3-Matai, Year 4-Miro, Year 5-Jasmine and Year 6-Dasha. The Premier's Reading Challenge will finish at midnight on Friday 31 August, and there are children in Years 3-6 who are very close to finishing. Please read and log your books on the PRC website. BookClub brochures for Issue 6 will be distributed over the next week. The due date for all orders is Friday 7 September. Online orders only. Thank you, Deb Nicklin. SCIENCE NEWS - Thank you to the Hornsby Council staff, including Miriam Phillipson, who have organised a treat for the children of Yr 2 on top of their Science Lesson this week. The staff will assist the kids with planting some trees and plants along the path from Cawthorne Street up to Rofe Park. They will also teach them about bushcare, native plants/trees and planting in general. Our children will be able to watch these plants grow during their years at Hornsby North. Thank you, Karen Fitzsimons. TERM 3 CLUBS—KINDERGARTEN - We are still collecting small boxes for Clubs (smaller than a shoe box size), cardboard rolls, buttons, fabric, ribbons, beads, plastic berry boxes, lids and anything else that might be interesting to stick together. Please drop any donations into Kindy Orange. Thank you, Helen Oakley. TERM 3 CLUBS—YEAR 1 - Year 1 are participating in Clubs this term in Weeks 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Please send in junk craft items, for example clean

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goal or display the consistency on the park that they have shown all season. Despite the disappointment of Friday, the boys have shown amazing character, attitude and application in 2018! I am so proud of them and look forward to commencing the 2019 Football Program next week. I would like to thank all of our wonderful parents for their support of the boys and the football program this year. Without this amazing support, our PSSA programs wouldn’t be possible. Chad Lawrence, Sport Coordinator. PSSA GIRLS’ FOOTBALL - After a cloudy start to the day, the sun shone over Montview Oval for the PSSA Girls Football Final in a local derby against Hornsby Heights. The girls have had a fantastic season this year and have only lost 1 game and were well deserving of their place in the Grand Final. After a hair raising spectacle, leaving the coach with grey hairs and feeling 10 years older, the girls finished the game 0-0, and have been named Joint Champions. Our Player’s Player this week made a spectacular save that kept us in the game and then went on to attack and put tremendous pressure on the opposition, well done Nicola. Also, well done to Hannah, Captain of the team, for leading the girls to this historic win. Dylan Seifert.

P & C News - Please join us on Facebook to keep up-to-date on all matters P&C. Simply search for Hornsby North Public School P&C Association on Facebook and Like us to join. CANTEEN NEWS - DIP OF THE WEEK: Tzatziki. We have introduced sushi 3 days per week—Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. The new variety is salmon, cucumber & avocado. We also have fresh bread rolls available each day with all the sandwich fillings. Helpers: Thursday 30 August: Asha Sidhu, Toby Shan. Friday 31 August: Asha Sidhu, HELPERS PLEASE. Monday 3 September: Nicole Judge, Janet Parise. Tuesday 4 September: Asha Sidhu, Lina Shang. Wednesday 5 September: Claire Rienits, HELPERS PLEASE. Vicki Stubbings, Canteen Manager. BAND NEWS - Coming events for band include School Group photos next Wednesday, 5 September, Stage Band at the Hornsby District Music Festival on Monday 10 September and Band Auditions on Saturday 8 and 15 September. Our Recruitment Day for 2019 is coming up on Monday 10 September. This is where all students in Year 2 and children not already in band in Years 3-5 come along to the hall and try out some instruments. Thank you, Catherine Pedersen, Band Committee Coordinator. SCHOOL BANKING - We would like to encourage parents of students participating in School Banking to download the Commbank Youth app. The app allows for students to:- • Check the balance of their Youthsaver account. • View School Banking deposits in their transaction history. • Track the number of Dollarmites tokens they

collect. • Set up savings goals and track progress. To get started, download the CommBank Youth app on any iOS 9+ device and follow the instructions. Thank you for taking note of housekeeping reminders. We have endeavoured to reflect correct number of tokens as shown in the Commbank system. We encourage you to continue to leave the tokens in your banking wallet to avoid confusion or disappointment. Thank you, Pearl and Ruth.

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