LIVERPOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL

EST 1863

IMPORTANT EVENTS

23/4/12

Teachers return Term

2

24/4/12

Children return Term 2

25/4/12

ANZAC Day Public

Holiday

3/5/12

SRC Crazy Hair Day

7/5/12

NAPLAN Parent Forums

10/5/12

Parent Forum 1-6

Reading

7/5/12 – 11/5/12

Mothers Day Stall

15/5/12 – 17/5/12

NAPLAN Years 3 & 5

16/5/12

Senior dance group

performing at Regional

Dance Festival

18/5/12

NAPLAN make up day

22/5/12

Year 5 Excursion

29/5/12

Year 6 Excursion

30/5/12

Parent Forum OC Test

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents, Caregivers, Students and Staff,

Congratulations and thankyou to everyone for a

highly successful Term 1. There have been a

number of new initiatives and programs that

the school has initiated this year and

indicators are that the student learning

programs will be enhanced as a result.

As I indicated to you last year the school has

received an additional $680,000.00 through

the Federal Government’s National Partnership

(NP). This significant amount of money is to be

used to develop programs that will improve

student learning outcomes. After a very

rigorous evaluation of school based data two of

the areas that were most in need are literacy

and community engagement.

This term we have implemented a very detailed

and intensive three year professional learning

program to improve student literacy skills. All

students from Year 1 – 6 have had their

reading fluency and comprehension assessed

individually using a standard process and we

look forward to reporting their progress over

the year.

The school has also tried to engage more

effectively with parents and caregivers. The

NP funding has allowed us to employ a

Community Liaison Officer (CLO), two days per

week. Mrs Naffa (Maysoun) is at school

Monday and Friday and works with ALL

parents. She has organised parent programs

that run almost every Monday with sessions

being held in English and Arabic.

Last week we held our first parent teacher

conferences for 2012 and it was great to see

so many of you throughout the year. The

teachers have said that they really enjoyed

meeting with parents/caregivers and that

spreading the conferences over the week

meant more time could be spent with you.

Please let us know if you found this more

valuable. Thank you for taking the time to work

with us in educating your children.

School holidays begin on Thursday so I ask

April 2017

IMPORTANT EVENTS

Every Monday Playgroup – 9am

Every Monday

Friends of Liverpool –

2.15pm

Every Friday Assembly

Even Weeks: 3-6 Odd Weeks: K-2

03/04/17-07/04/17

Parent/Teacher Conferences

07/04/17

ANZAC Day Ceremony –

11:30am

07/04/17 Last day of Term

24/04/17

Staff Development Day – no students

25/04/17

ANZAC Day – no school

26/04/17

Students return for Term 2

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents, Carers, Staff and Students,

It has been great to see so many parents and carers attending our Parent and

Teacher Learning Conferences this week. By working together, we can make sure

that our students are well supported in order to succeed at school. I also hope

that our families found the new online booking system easy to use and more

efficient than the paper system we previously used.

On Friday we are holding our ANZAC Ceremony. Parents and Carers are invited to

join us as we commemorate this important date. Our service begins at 11:30am

and should conclude by 12pm. We will be selling sprigs of rosemary for a gold

coin donation with all money raised being donated to Legacy.

This term, we have begun the process of reviewing our school’s discipline policy.

As part of our review, we will be conducting a number of forums for parents and

carers to contribute. Our review of the anti-bullying plan is continuing and I

thank those parents and carers who contributed to our survey earlier this year.

More details on both the discipline policy and anti-bullying plan will be sent

home next term.

Congratulations to all the students who were successful in gaining a position in

our PSSA teams for Winter 2017. We are now participating in three sports:

soccer, netball, and touch football. I look forward to hearing great things about

our sporting teams!

During last week’s assembly, I spoke to students about our school motto: Honour

and Pride. I asked them to think about what it means to have pride in our school.

We have a wonderful school community and I have challenged students to show

that pride by taking care of their appearance, in particular, school hats. Please

speak with your child about keeping their school hat clean and free from any

writing. Names should be written inside the hat, not all over the bill (front of the

hat).

Finally, take time to enjoy the upcoming school holidays! Enjoy all those Easter

Eggs and remember to eat in moderation!

Yours sincerely,

Mr Ian Tapuska Principal

M E D I A

S P L A S H

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MEDAL AWARD Ashlea H 5/6N Zaenab A 5C Alek M 6P

Aishwarya R 5C Marjan S 6M Tiffanie H 6P

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD Tamara G 1/2Y Jaanvii S 4T Djordje K 6M

Vishnu V 2D Lorin A 4W Sachin R 6M

Anushka S 2K Ma'Amoon J 5/6N Joanna L 6P

Kobe C 2K Aishwarya R 5C Lanya A 6P

Mustafa R 3C Anna D 5C Siddhi S 6P

Emma M 3V Dana A 5C Tiffanie H 6P

Maximus F 3V Zaenab A 5C Surya S 6T

Travis T 3V Anita L 5L Umaiza A 6T

Sarah J 4K Ritanshu C 5L

TEAM LEADER AWARD Tamara G 1/2Y Shireen S 3V Oras A 5/6N

Rebecca M 1B Travis T 3V Daniel A 5/6N

Vishnu V 2D Sara A 4-6Y Hezekiah C 5/6N

Nawar A 2K Ehea A 4-6Y Hiruni D 5/6N

Alesha H 2K Robel E 4K Matt H 5/6N

Vlado V 2L Sarah J 4K Shokofehmadi N 5/6N

Aaliyah A 3/4M Bailey J 4K Katarina P 5/6N

Mokshith G 3/4M Natasha K 4K Justina V 5/6N

Imran M 3/4M Mihailo K 4K Cleorhina A 5C

Nabanya S 3/4M Brayden M 4K Reshav C 5C

Mustafa R 3C Jaanvii S 4T Anna D 5C

Saatvik N 3R Rawan A 4W Sona Varssini E 5C

Maximus F 3V Lorin A 4W Soran Z 5C

Emma M 3V Robina B 4W Dani A 5L

Ahmadzia N 3V Ivana L 4W Ritanshu C 5L

Zecharaiah P 3V Imran M 4W Anita L 5L

Nethra S 3V Sahar S 4W Roma N 5L

Ahmad A 5R Abdullah M 6M Kyle R 6P

Karengelina G 5R Marjan S 6M Celine S 6P

Adam H 5R Claudia X 6M Ameen A 6T

Malak H 5R Docile Z 6M Anastasia E 6T

Dev P 5R Andron A 6P Nazlican K 6T

Aashna S 5R Lanya A 6P Malak K 6T

Zakaria A 6M Zafira D 6P Surya S 6T

Yasemin F 6M Aleksandra L 6P Hana H K/1R

Djordje K 6M Alek M 6P

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NOTES SENT HOME

Date Topic Year Group Permission Required

Return Date

14/03/2017 Harmony Day 2017 K - 6 No

16/03/2017 Visit to Liverpool City Library K - 6 Yes 22/03/2017

16/03/2017 Tell Them From Me Survey K - 6 Yes 20/03/2017

22/03/2017 Parent & Teacher Learning Conferences K - 6 Yes

24/03/2017 Liverpool Arts & Film Festival (LAaFF) 2017 K - 6 Yes 30/03/2017

24/03/2017 ANZAC Day Ceremony 2017 K - 6 No

31/03/2017 Winter PSSA Selected

3 - 6 Yes 02/05/2017

3/03/2017 NAPLAN 2017 Years 3 & 5 No

03/03/2017 Yearly Overview K - 6 No

SCHOOL ZONE CROSSING UPGRADE

The NSW Government is funding an upgrade to school zone signs at Liverpool Public School as part of the NSW School Zone Flashing Lights program to improve the safety for students in the area. Roads and Maritime Services is upgrading the school zone signs on Railway Street, between George Street

and Bigge Street which includes removing and replacing the existing static signs with flashing lights signs.

The new flashing lights signs are additional to existing flashing lights signs around the school.

The work will be carried out so that it does not impact the operations of existing school zone flashing signs around affected schools. There will be some footpath and lane closures while work is carried out, and we will have signposting and detours in place when required. Some parking spaces will also be unavailable while work is completed. There will be minimal noise associated with this work.

The sign will be installed between Thursday 27 April and Thursday 18 May, weather permitting.

As we do not know the exact date, we will keep families informed via Skoolbag.

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STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL (SRC)

SRC Grip Conference

On Wednesday the 8th of March the SRC and School Leaders participated in the GRIP

Student Leadership Conference.

We went to Sydney Olympic Park and were greeted with over 1500 smiling

representatives from 100 different schools in different school uniforms. The hosts

were very welcoming, and made sure we all had a blast. They started by giving us a

GRIP leadership booklet with many educational, beneficial and fun activities that

targeted leadership qualities; in which would help us improve our school. Throughout

the conference, we met with other students from different schools and discussed

many issues in schools and thought of how we can resolve them. Some issues that

were discussed were:

people not having friends

boring playgrounds

bullying

community activities

Throughout the conference they ensured we had resources to support our learning.

They had special moments throughout the conference such as asking one person from

each school to come on stage. We played a variety of games that showed us leadership

qualities, what to do in certain circumstances and how to communicate with our peers.

We were also educated on how to project ideas and learnt why most ideas go

unnoticed. The hosts were full of jokes and laughter which brought a smile to all our

faces, it was definitely a positive learning experience to remember.

Written by: Toulene, Claudia, Christine, Akshitha and Djordje 6M

Harmony Day 2017 The Liverpool Public School community united in a celebration of Australia’s many different traditions and cultures as part of Harmony Day on Tuesday 21st March 2017.

Students donated a $2.00 coin to raise money for Camp Quality. Camp Quality’s purpose is to create a better life for every child living with cancer in Australia. They are committed to delivering national programs that build resilience and optimistic behaviours for all children (0-13 years) living with cancer in Australia. The total raised and donated was $962.25. Thank you for all those who donated to this important cause.

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THE LEADER IN ME This week at Liverpool Public School, students have been working on Habit 5 - Seek first to understand and then be understood. This mean we listen to other people/s ideas and feelings. We try to see things from their view points. We listen to others without interrupting. We are confident in voicing our ideas. We look people in the eye when talking. There are strategies that you can use towards your children. For example: Hints for home So I understand what you are saying. Help me to understand your point of view.

It seems like there is something bothering you?

Last week you _______ without even being asked.

Using this type of language when your child is upset or having a bad can be beneficial and make them feel as though they are being heard. Happy Easter and have a great school holidays.

YEAR 5 OPPORTUNITY CLASS 2018 If you would like to have your child considered for Year 5 opportunity class entry in 2018, you need to apply soon. The application process is about to begin. Some important dates are as follows: Wednesday 26 April 2017: Online applications open Friday 12 May 2017: Online applications close Wednesday 26 July 2017: Opportunity Class Placement Test Detailed instructions on how to apply online will be available from 26 April 2017 in a printed application information booklet and at https://education.nsw.gov.au/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5. A note will be sent home shortly and will need to be returned to school to inform us that you intend to apply. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to see Mrs Vajdevski.

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