Ironbark Ridge PS Withers Rd, Rouse Hill 2155 Ph: 8814 5687 Fax: 8814 5698 Email: ironbarkrg­p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Webpage: www.ironbarkrg­p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Newsletter ‘10 Term 4 Week 8 02.12.10

Be Safe, Be Responsible, Be Respectful DATES FOR THE DIARY

December 6 th Year 6 Farewell 7 th Year 6 High School Orientation, 2pm 2011 OC Orientation 8 th S1 Movie Day, 6.30pm Celebration Night 10 th 9.30 am Thank you morning tea for volunteers 11 th Talent Quest 14 th ES1 Movie Day, S3 Movie Day 15 th LAST DAY OF TERM FOR STUDENTS

CURRENT NOTES Stage 1 Celebration Movie/Party Day – due 7 th December Kindy End of Year Movie Excursion – due 10 th December

Dear Parents and Friends,

I know many of you will be sad that Mrs Stokes is no longer writing the Principal’s Report in the newsletter ­ she is a hard act to follow ­ I’m not nearly as clever!

I would like to thank all of the staff for keeping the school running so well at such a busy time of year while I was on leave. In particular I would like to mention Mrs Burns and Mrs Stokes who shared the relieving Principal role, Miss Dennis who relieved as Assistant Principal and of course Mrs Fox who kept the engine room running smoothly.

This morning I had the pleasure of presenting Awards of Excellence to 25 deserving students (names following) who had achieved three Star Awards. As always, it is wonderful to see the pride on the faces of students and their parents. Thank you to Mrs Burns for organising the morning tea and awards and thank you to Emma Ashley and her band of helpers who organised the most important thing­ the food! Our special guest was Mrs Hawken, Deputy Principal from Baulkham Hills HS who was very impressed by the range of activities that our students excelled in.

Yesterday was a special day for Mr Brent and Angus McDonald, both of whom received Regional Director’s Awards of Excellence at a ceremony at Rooty Hill HS. Angus received his award for “Student Achievement” and was named the outstanding recipient in his category. Mr Brent received his award for “Outstanding Teaching” in recognition of the leadership role he has played in this school in the teaching of literacy, his leadership of OHS and the technology review. Both Angus and Mr Brent are very worthy recipients of these awards.

What fun everyone had yesterday at the Year 6 Fun Day! Thank you to Mrs Walker in particular for the work in organising this much awaited day in the school’s calendar. In spite of the weather, the boys and girls really did have fun, even in the spooky haunted house. Funds raised by Year 6 go towards a present to the school, so the money collected directly benefits everyone.

Next week we have the Year 6 Farewell, Year 7 and OC orientations and Celebration Night to look forward to. Student reports are on their way to the printers and will be ready for distribution during the last week of term. If you will be away during the last week you need to notify the teacher so that we can arrange to send the report in the mail. If you wish another family to collect the report on your behalf we need to be notified of that in writing. It will not be possible to collect the reports early as they will not have been returned from the printers.

As always at this time of year, rumours abound about classes for 2011. Our numbers place us just short of forming 20 classes with numbers changing daily. Being so close to 20 classes I am not in a position to form classes until the beginning of 2011, so this year families will not be notified until the

beginning of next year­ so speculate all you like­ not even the school executive have a firm plan at present! All I can say with confidence is that there will be some composite classes and some straight classes and that we have 4 Kindergarten classes. If anyone “knows” anything else they must know something I don’t.

Last week Mrs Stokes, Mr Brent and Mrs Baronoff interviewed teachers for our two additional teaching positions. The successful candidates were Mrs Cameron, who currently teaches at Lindfield East and Miss Hailes who is currently at Kellyville Ridge. We will welcome them to our staff in 2011. During this term we also welcomed Mrs Schruba to our school. Mrs Schruba is well known to our staff and many students in her role as Regional Itinerant Behaviour Support Teacher. Ironbark Ridge PS is now her base school and we are very happy to have her as part of our staff.

Regards,

Kerry Poole Principal

Award of Excellence 2010

Justis Nguyen Leeann Chen Amy Ellison Rachel Kang Han Feng Jaewok Ahn Owen Moule Monique Bakhos Jackson Gallagher Darcy Andrews Olivia Latham­Callcott Sophie Meek Ben Creer Lara Pilarski Monique Urio Isaac Jay Ben Watson Bethany Wilson Armando Colosimo Stephanie Cheung Matthew Rowlinson Johnathan Adams Nathan Vella Catie Day Amrita Castgir

FROM THE TEACHERS Kindergarten Just a reminder about the note that went home last week about our end of term movie and lunch day on Tuesday 14 th December. We need to have the permission slip and payment by Friday 10 th December, as no late payments or permission notes will be taken after this date.

Year 6 Fun Day We didn't let yesterday's rain dampen the enthusiasm of our Fun Day. The Year 6 students organised and ran activities including face painting, soccer relays, putt putt golf, water targets and there was even a haunted house!

All students seemed to really enjoy themselves and credit to the Year 6 students for their organisation and great leadership.

Also, I would like to give a great big THANK YOU to the team of wonderful mums who helped with organising and distributing the pizza lunch. Your assembly line was amazing and you ensured that all children were well fed and watered!! Thanks goes to Mrs Bernardi, Mrs Rosten, Mrs Pilarski and Mrs Bakhos.

Regards, Kylie Walker, Year 6 teacher

Hill End Excursion Years 5 and 6 had a wonderful time on this excursion. They left by 7.35am Monday visited the Three Sisters at Katoomba, had an excellent tour through the Lucas Cave at the Jenolan Caves, stopped for afternoon tea at Bathurst and made it to Hill End by 5.30pm. There was a fun disco and lights out by 9.30pm. Teacher’s final check was at 11.30 pm and students then started to arise at 5.00am. Tuesday we had a visit to History Hill where the children got to climb through a mine and visit a wonderful museum. We did a walking tour of Hill End and panned for gold in the river, some people even found some tiny bits. Food and accommodation were excellent and a big thank you to Mrs Walker for organising the excursion.

On arriving back it was nice to be thanked by a few parents. Many schools are not offering overnight excursions because of the amount of organisation that is involved. Teachers do not have extra time off class to organise these and it must be done in their lunchtimes or after school. Teachers are not paid overtime to attend the camp and be on duty 24 hours. The children were very well behaved and we received many compliments on the professionalism and high expectations modelled by our staff.

I would personally like to thank; Mrs Walker, Mrs Cauchi, Miss Dennis and Mr Clark for giving up their time to take our students on this valuable learning experience.

Celebration Night 2010 Something else to add to your busy December diary! Our Celebration Night will be held this year on December 8 th in the Rouse Hill High School Hall. Proceedings start at 6.30pm sharp. Thanking you in advance for ensuring your child attends.

Kind Regards David Brent

SRC Our last SRC meeting will be a pizza party lunch on Friday 10 th December to thank all the students for all their hard work this year.

Our teachers are inviting you to a morning tea on Friday 10 th December at 10.30am in the school hall. The morning tea is a very big thank you for all

you have done for the school this year. Please let us know byWednesday 8 th December that you are attending by completing the slip below, by return email or dropping into the office to let us know if you can join us on this special

day.

I am able to attend your special thank you morning tea on Friday 10 th December at 9.30am in the school hall.

Name: ________________________________________________

ATTENTION…………………….Please note…….

The canteen will not be open on Wednesday 15 th December The last day to place lunch orders and purchase items over the counter will be:

Monday 13 th December, 2010

Lunch Orders for Weeks 9 and 10 As the end of the year is nearing, we are running down our stock. Please place a second choice on your lunch order bags for weeks 9 and 10.This will help to ensure that your child will receive one of their choices for lunch.

Last day of Term Stock­take and Clean­up On Friday 15 th December, we will be cleaning the canteen and counting stock for the end of year. If you can spare some time on this day please let Jane or Emma know, any help would be much appreciated…..

Many hands make light work…….

MONDAY 6 th December : Julie Rosten (Opening), Sonia Johnson

WEDNESDAY 8th December: Emma Ashley (Opening), Angie Hunt Sue Meek

FRIDAY 10th December: Jane Moog (Opening) Donna Wright (11 ­2.30pm), Mathu Vaithi Ann McCrea

Attention….Attention……Canteen Survey Please complete surveys and return to school by the end of term.

Thank you for taking the time to fill these in.

• Cups of Freshly Popped Popcorn – 20c (WoW!) • Cookie Max Choc Chip Cookies – 70c • Hello Panda Biscuits – 60c • Cheesy Macs are available for lunch orders....

• MONDAY: Noodle Cups $ 1.00 each

• WEDNESDAY: Fruit from 50c & Cheese Toasties $1.00

• FRIDAY: Jelly Cups $ 1.00

Unclaimed Bidgeree Awards The following people have Bidgeree Awards to be collected from the canteen,

come at lunch time to receive your free quelch fruit stick……

KF KS KM Emma Bentley Amber Lachlan Greentree x3 Ashleigh Isabell Young x3 Mitchell Max Salau Cooper Stone x2 Jay Tara Demamid Alicia Holly x3

Matthew Brehna Kellyanne x2 Sophie Aliesha Evan Abi x3 Ryan Lili Breeana Rix Laurence Esparas Evan Du Plooyx2 Chloe Jay Ingleton x2

K 1/A 1D 1T Ryan Zahrah Tye River Kirralee Rachel Caleb Ethan Beard Olivia Sapphrine Holly Riley x3 Trsitan Olivia Owen

Lachlan x2 Riley Nick Sell

1/2S 2Y 2/3D Owen Moule Suriah Salameh x4 Emily Makkai Bailee Kingston x3 Jannah Edward Zach May x2 Joshua Pupo x2 Kevin Chang Darcy Andrews Yusuf Jai­Leigh x2 Lauren Reed Noah Westland Annalise x3 Avishma Jack Lemsing Baxter Scholtz James Hinnchsen Isabella C Claudia Thea Monique Jemma Selena

3T 3/4D 4N Josh Sell Annika Regal Brad x2 Kaitlyn Olivia Alex B Emma Jones Mason Cassar Nick A Lateisha James

Taj Leyshon

4/5L 5M 5N Harley Porsha Pupo Adrienne Brillante Jennifer Jessica Webb Cherry Zhei Johnathan A Maddison Sara Tara Ahrya Reddy Jake k

Bailey Rowe x2 Austin Nick Sid

5/6H 6M Jack lilly Nathan Vella Josh Vella x2 Amy Ellison

Han Feng

Have a wonderful week, From Your Canteen Committee

We are inviting you to share your Christmas with those that need your kindness. Last year our school community were very generous with donations of food and gifts. Please send your contributions to the office. We have contributed to this event for a number of years and have always taken pride with the support that our learning community has given.. If you are able to donate anything please do so by Monday 9 th December. All donations are to be sent to the front office. Thank you.

Here are some suggestions for you to consider: Gift ideas – Sports Equipment T­shirts Books Baby Toys Board Games Craft sets

Toiletry sets Cosmetics

Christmas foods – Christmas cake Christmas pudding Long­life custard Tinned ham Lollies Instant coffee

Please help by avoiding: Glass jars, chocolate and not wrapping your gifts. Donations will be collected by Anglicare next week.

1 st KELLYVILLE SCOUTS COMMUNITY CAR BOOT SALE

Sat 11 th DEC 8AM-2PM

Kellyville Scout Hall, cnr Acres & Greenwood Rd $20* PER Vehicle – limited places

Bookings – ph 0403 495 083

*All proceeds go to supporting 1 st Kellyville Scouts * *Tables & Undercover areas available – first in best dressed

*All unsold goods to be taken away by vendors *NO DEALERS

COME AND PLAY TENNIS! Why not keep the kids amused over the school holidays with some tennis coaching. We have two camps being held. 4 Day Tennis camp at Castle Hill Mon 20 th Dec­Thur 23 rd Dec. 5 Day Tennis camp at Dural Mon 20 th Dec­ Fri 24 th Dec. Camps will also be held in January in 2011 at both centres.

Coaching Groups and Private lessons available. Book now for Term 1 2011 Neil Smith: Castle Hill 0415 445 035 Craig Edwards Dural 0412 185 130

HILLS DISTRICT TENNIS ASSOCIATION Ladies wanted for short morning competitions. Mon­Thu­Fri

All standards welcome. Social competitions on Tuesdays. Call 9680­1257.

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