NAREENA HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOL School Newsletter€¦ · Show Week August 29 August Southern Stars Excursion . Education Week -The Big Dig What a great day Friday was. It was fantastic

NAREENA HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOL

School Newsletter

A NUT AND EGG AWARE SCHOOL

Number 12 V2

Monday 4 August 2014 Term 3 Week 4, 2014 Caring, Living, Learning

PUBLIC SCHOOL

Jacaranda Avenue , Figtree NSW 2525

Ph: 4226 3867Fax: 4226 5087

www.nareenahil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

email: [email protected]

Principal : Giselle Coltman

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY RESILIENCE

DIARY DATES

Thursdays

Student Banking

Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays

Canteen

Fridays

Assembly - when advertised

Our Big Dig

5 August Southern Stars Mass Rehearsal 7 August District Athletics 8 August District Athletics 12 August ICAS Mathematics Skills 15 August Southern Stars Dance Rehearsal 3 18 August Tiddalik Performance 19 - 21 Book Fair August 20 August Combined Book Week and Grandparents Day Assembly 22 August Regional Athletics Canberra 27 August Southern Stars Choir Rehearsal Smiths Hill High School 27 - 30 Southern Stars Show Week August 29 August Southern Stars Excursion

Education Week -The Big Dig What a great day Friday was. It was fantastic to see so many parents visit their children’s classrooms and stay for a picnic lunch.

As always the Stage 2 choir were wonderful and hearing Alana and Aiden’s Multicultural speeches as well as representatives from Kindergarten and Year 1, sharing what they want to be when they grow up was a tribute to our school.

While the digging up of the time capsule proved to be a little tricky at first with former teachers and students all having a turn at opening the capsule, eventually the contents were revealed to an excited crowd. Chants of… “Open it! …Open it! could be heard throughout the school playground.

Contents of the time capsule included a bicentennial coin, old school uniforms, geometry books, photos of staff and students, samples of students’ work, photos of the playground, cassette tape, old merit awards and many, many more interesting items.

Contents from the time capsule will be displayed in the foyer for all to see.

I would like to publicly thank all teachers and members of the P and C who spent many hours coordinating our Education week activities. Community spirit was definitely evident!

Welcome to our University of Wollongong Professional Experience Students. They will complete their final placement at our school. Jessica Bailey will be on class 6B and Emily Hart will be on 3/4JM. Giselle Coltman Principal

Parent Action Symbol!

If you see this symbol next to an item, then it is something that you may either have to action or note in your diary.

Week 4 KHT Assembly item - Tremendous

Week 5 Tremendous Awards

Week 6 Grandparents Day

Week 7 Tremendous Awards

Week 8 3C Assembly item - Tremendous

All families and friends are welcome to come along to

our Friday Assemblies

Please note:

This week’s assembly

commences at 2.15pm

UPCOMING PAYMENTS

Nareena Hills Public School Newsletter Ph: 4226 3867 www.nareenahil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

TERM 2 ASSEMBLIES

PRINCIPAL NEWS

District Athletics When: Thursday 7 August - Friday 8 August Where: Beaton Park Who: Representative Students Cost: Entry $4 per day. Bus $8.00 per day Southern Stars Dance & Choir T-Shirt When: ASAP Where: WIN Entertainment Centre Who: Participating students Cost: $25.00 Tiddalik Visiting Performance When: 18 August Where: School hall Who: K - 6 Cost: $5.00 per student Southern Stars Dance Festival Excursion Bus Cost When: 29 August Where: WIN Entertainment Centre Who: Participating students Cost: $7.00 Payment by 22 August

The next meeting is on: Wednesday 20 August Meetings are held in the

school staffroom and begin at 7pm. New members are always welcome. Julijana Stanojevic P & C President

Book Week Activities

Book Week Book Fair When: 19, 20 and 21 August Where: School Library Who: All families of Nareena Hills Public School

Book Week Grandparents Assembly When: Wednesday 20 August Where: School Hall Who: Grandparents and Carers of K - 6 students.

Arena Spectacular Tickets on Sale Southern Stars tickets available via Ticketmaster or the WIN Entertainment Centre Box Office.

Schools Spectacular - pick up an order form from Mrs Cameron by Wednesday 6 August this week.

Wednesdays 9.00 - 1.30pm

Week 4 6 August

Rachel Kendon, Tammy Montgomery, Julijana Stanojevic

Week 5 13 August

Patsy Moate, Debra Tagliapietra, Hanan Saddi

Week 6 20 August

Natalie Nicastri, Chris ne Gregory, Amanda Schipp, Chris Finley

Thursday 9.00 - 1.30pm

Week 4 7 August

Karmen Bond, Alison Darlow, Bridget Newman, Cheree Bea e

Week 5 14 August

Vanessa Sturman, Terrina Hartley, Fiona Morton, Jayne Rixon‐Moon

Week 6 21 August

Kelly Lazicic, Cindy Churchin, Maree Muller, Alannah Tagliapietra

NOTES THAT WENT HOME


Friday 10.00 - 2.00pm

Week 4 8 August

Annalisa Reeves Hanan Saddi

Week 5 15 August

Audine Jones, Jody Hennessy

Week 6 22 August

Note Date Students

Tiddalik reminder Wednesday 30 July K - 6

Education Week Wednesday 30 July K - 6

CANTEEN

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

P & C NEWS

PUBLIC PERFORMANCES

Tiddalik reminder Visiting performance for Book Week. Monday 18

August. This show is suitable for students K - 6. The cost of the show is $5.00.

Please pay via the silver box. Positive Behaviour for Success This week we will be focussing on the value of RESILIENCE. The focus statement is Stay positive. Bounce back. This week PBS lessons will be about resilience in the hall. Give and accept praise. Be proud. Aboriginal Totem Poles – Positive Behaviour for Success This week the children will participate in the painting of Aboriginal PBS Totem poles. Zac Bennett-Brook will work with our students helping them strategically paint their thumb prints onto the Totem Poles. The poles will be displayed at the front of the school when they are complete for everyone to admire. We hope the children enjoy this experience and we can’t wait to see the end result.

Later this term we will have a mufti day to help pay for the totem poles. The date will be advised soon.


SCHOOL NEWS SCHOOL NEWS

Enrolment of Kindergarten Students for 2015 We are now taking

enrolments of Kindergarten students for 2015. If you are an existing family with a child who will start Kindergarten in 2015, please ensure that you have completed one of the new enrolment forms and handed the form to Mrs Rickersey at the front office.

If you know any families in your neighbourhood who have a child beginning school in 2015, and live in our local area but do not have siblings at our school, could you kindly let them know that we are currently taking enrolments of Kindergarten students for 2015. All enrolment information is available from Mrs Rickersey at the front office.

Are you Leaving us? If for any reason your children will not be returning to Nareena Hills

Public School in 2015 could you kindly inform the office as soon as possible. Knowing exact numbers assists the school to plan for 2015 based on accurate information.

Figtree High School Year 7 Scholarship 2015 Year 6 students who will be attending Figtree High

School in 2015 are encouraged to apply for the 2015 Figtree High School Year 7 Scholarship.

To gain this scholarship you need to display high academic diligence and/or sporting and/or creative and performing arts achievement, outstanding citizenship qualities and exemplary attendance,

behaviour and attitude to school.

Application forms can be collected from the front office and due back to school by Friday 19 September.

Premiers Reading Challenge Countdown Closing date 22 August - 3 weeks to go!

Health Snippets Did you know…? 6 to 12 chips (100g) contain around 3 teaspoons of fat and 1000kj. Compare this to a small baked potato (100g) with a light spray of oil having less than ¼ teaspoon of fat and 400kj. Why not make healthy hot chips at home? Just cut 2 large potatoes into chip-sized pieces, spray with canola oil and bake in a hot oven until golden brown. Be Active Every Day Physical activity means to move the body. Exercise classes, dance, sports, games, everyday playing, swimming, skating, cycling, active play, skipping and walking are all activities which keep adults and children healthy.

Make it Easy Children (and adults) are more likely to eat healthy snacks if it is made easy for them. Try cutting up some fruit and putting it in the fridge for when the kids come home. If it’s easy to grab they are more likely to eat it.

Walking Bus Winter Reward Program Having trouble getting your kids motivated to join the walking bus during the cooler weather? Been meaning to get your child started on the walking bus?

From next week (August 11) and for the rest of term 3, the Nareena Hills Walking Bus is running a Reward Program.

Walkers will receive a sticker passport and every time they join the bus for our morning or afternoon bus walk, students will receive a sticker to add to their sheet.

For every 10 walks, students will receive a 50 cent canteen voucher, which they hand into the canteen. It’s a simple and fun way to encourage your kids to get involved.

We are also in need of additional volunteers - whether you can only help out occasionally when our regular volunteers are unavailable or more regularly on a specific morning or afternoon, please contact Anne Simpson at [email protected] Anne Simpson Walking Bus Co-ordinator 0411801553


Futsal - State Champions Congratulations to all of the students who travelled to Penrith last week to compete in the State Futsal Finals. It was a magnificent effort by all students who played with great skill and sportsmanship. Representing the girls team were Teagan, Jeddah, Alana, Isadora, Alyssa, Hayley, Eden and Kaiah. Apologies to Teagan whose name was inadvertently left out of last week’s newsletter as a member of the girls Futsal team.

Special congratulations to the Nareena Hills Red boys team who were crowned State Champions. The team of Tim, Aiden, Darcy, Ned, Logan Tomas, Adam and David were a credit to the school. A magnificent effort!

Special thanks to Mr G and Mr C for their superb coaching. Of course we must not forget the wonderful Mrs Thompson for her coordination of the teams. Lastly a huge thank you to all of the parents who not only transported the students to Penrith but ably assisted with coaching!

From David and Tim Last Tuesday, the State Futstal Tournament was held in Penrith. Teams came from all over NSW to compete with only the best teams. Nareena Hills was one of them, coming second in Regionals. Our hopes were high to win this tournament.

Our first match was against Trinity, which we drew 3 all. We won our second game 9-1. We next played Oatley and we drew 1-1.

At this stage of the tournament we were leading the competition equally with Trinity. A coin toss decided 1st and 2nd place in the group stage. We lost the toss and as a result, we qualified for the quarter finals.

In this game we played Trinity again and we won this game 3-0. After playing another 2 games which we won the first in a penalty shoot out and the second on Golden Goal.

This result meant that Nareena Hill Red team were the champions of the State Futsal Tournament.

Darcy Please support Darcy by purchasing raffle tickets from him before and after school. He will be selling the tickets at the front of the school. Tickets are $2.00 each and you can win some great prizes. The much needed money will help Darcy fly to Albany to represent NSW at the National Cross Country Carnival.

District Athletics Good Luck to the all of the students who will represent Nareena Hills Public School at the District Athletics Carnival on Thursday and Friday of this week.

SPORT NEWS SCHOOL NEWS

STATE CHAMPIONS

Nareena Hills Living, Learning and Caring, Nareena Hills, Nareena Hills, Helping each other we learn to live. Verse 1 We live between the Mountains, And the deep blue sea, We come from many places, From all around the world. We welcome everybody, To come and learn with us, To care, respect, this Ancient Land, That joins us all as one. Chorus Verse 2 We study in the classroom, To feed enquiring minds, We strengthen hearts and bodies, By playing games outside. We’re growing in our confidence We’ll take the world by storm, And face the future without fear, With hope and cheerfulness Chorus Nareena Hills, Nareena Hills Living, Learning and Caring,, Nareena Hills, Nareena Hills, Helping each other we learn to live.

Lyrics by Gordon Dugan and Catherine Hanes Music by Gordon Dugan


SCHOOL NEWS SCHOOL SONG

Fire Brigade Visit Last Thursday the children in KF, 2T and 2L were very privileged to have a visit from Fire and Rescue NSW, Wollongong, C Platoon. The firefighters gave a very informative talk about fire safety in the home. An important point that was discussed at length was fire evacuation plans. I included a proforma of a fire evacuation plan as an attachment in the Newsletter for Term 2 Week 9. The firefighters suggested that a good way to practice a fire evacuation plan was under parent supervision with a child getting out of their bed and evacuating the house with their eyes closed. When there is a lot of smoke it is hard to see so rehearsing this under parent guidance may be advantageous.

After the talk the children went outside and each had a turn of operating the fire hose. The teachers were offered a turn of operating the fire hose as well. The fire fighters were very generous with their time and definitely held the children's interest. A very informative afternoon was had by all. I have attached a proforma of how to report a fire. You may like to view it and discuss this with your family. It is very important to leave the phone line open and to not hang up. For more information and some fun activities for children you can visit the fire brigade website on www.brigadekids.com.au Mrs Parker

Grandparents Day On Wednesday 20 August we will be celebrating Book Week at school. Students will be asked to dress up on the day and we will be holding a special Grandparents Day Assembly in the hall from 2.00pm. Parents and other special people are welcome to attend and to share a picnic lunch with their grandchildren beforehand.


PBS - Rocket Winners Last Friday the following students were recognised at assembly for their contribution to our school. These students upheld our school values in the playground and have been excellent role models for the rest of the school. Thank you for making Nareena Hills extra special.

Henry Early Stage 1 Neika Stage 1 Matilda Stage 2 Jared Stage 3

SCHOOL NEWS SCHOOL NEWS

Crunch and Sip Starts 19 August at Nareena Hills Public School. Why have a Crunch&Sip break? Allowing students to eat fruit or vegetables in class in the morning or afternoon helps students to ‘re-fuel’ during the ‘gap’ between breakfast and morning tea or lunch and afternoon tea.

The Crunch&Sip break: Improves concentration and classroom performance, allows students to try new foods, helps to build healthy eating habits and introduces students to the idea that fruit and vegies can be good snack foods.

The next meeting is on: Wednesday 20 August

Meetings are held in the school staffroom and begin at 7pm. New members are always welcome. Julijana Stanojevic P & C President

Art Show The Art Show was a roaring success. Thank you to all of the parents

who supported the P and C by purchasing their child’s art work. All monies raised are All monies raised

Crunch&Sip also gives children with the opportunity to eat the piece of fruit/veg that might otherwise be left in their lunchbox and not be eaten at all.

How many fruits and vegetables do children need to eat? It is important to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables every day. The amount of fruit and vegetables recommended depends on age, appetite and activity levels.

are going towards funds needed for a COLA over the basketball court.

If you would like to purchase your child’s art work you can still do so! Money can be sent into the office and placed into the P & C box.

School Banking All tokens will be collected next week. The banking system keeps track of when students are eligible for rewards. Twice a term eligible students will be asked to choose a reward.

Age of child (years)

Fruit (serves) Vegetables (serves)

4-7 1-2 2-4 8-11 1-2 3-5 12-18 3-4 4-9

P & C NEWS

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

Cup Cake Tuesday Bring $1 on Tuesday and buy a cupcake for recess. (Regular over the counter chips, drinks etc. will also be available but there will be no lunch orders.) Canteen will be open at Recess ONLY

2 parent helpers are required

FRIDAY volunteers 8/8/14 Annalisa Reeves 10-12pm Kerryn Johnston 10-12pm Katrina Harris 12-2pm Help required 12-2pm

Our canteen requires help on the following dates on a Friday 22/8 12-2pm Friday 5/9 12-2pm Friday 17/10 12-2pm Friday14/11 12-2pm Friday 12/12 12-2pm.

The following dates we require 2 helpers to do 10am - 2pm on 29/8, 10/10, 7/11, 5/12.

If you are able to help out please contact Sarah Allen by email: [email protected]


CANTEEN

Please see Mrs Rickersey in the front office if you require a stall registration form.

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NAREENA HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOL School Newsletter€¦ · Show Week August 29 August Southern Stars Excursion . Education Week -The Big Dig What a great day Friday was. It was fantastic