Education Week This week is Education Week for all New South Wales Pub-lic Schools. The 2018 theme is ‘Today’s Schools – Creating Tomorrow’s World’. Guildford’s plans for Education Week are twofold. Firstly, as a major partner in the Community of Schools CAPA Showcase (see report below) and secondly with a special Assembly scheduled for Friday morning at 9am, followed by open classrooms from 10am. Parent, car-ers, grandparents and other important friends and family are invited to then have a picnic in the playground. NAIDOC Week is also being recognised during Fri-day’s assembly while the theme ‘Because of her, we can’ provides a strong message of the vital role women play in our families and communities.

Community of Schools CAPA Showcase

Guildford students joined students from Merrylands High, Merrylands Public, Sherwood Grange, Granville South, Guildford West and Hilltop Road Public Schools in present-ing their creative and performing arts skills at the first Com-munity of Schools CAPA Showcase. Students from across the 7 schools created a marvelous spectacle of dance move-ment, song, drama together with an exceptional display of visual arts of which I must say Guildford students’ works were exemplary.

Principal’s Message

GUILDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL

APIA STREET GUILDFORD NSW 2161

Phone: 9632 9675 fax: 9892 1325 www.guildford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

3rd August NEWS UPDATE

Congratulations to all our CAPA students who showcased their talents to the wider community. I have to also acknowledge the excellent behaviour that Guildford students demonstrated all day Wednesday as advised by our CAPA teachers. To all the teachers and office staff whom supported this event “Thank you” for your patience, creativi-ty and courage in supporting our students to achieve new heights. Special acknowledgement to Mrs Edge, Mrs Byrnes, Miss Toth, Mrs Gibson, Miss Brennan, Miss Moussa, Mrs Hemming, Miss Krasinski, Miss Morey and Miss Jones for your incredible commitment and pursuit of excellence.

EXCURSIONS Teachers carefully select excursions based on the value they will provide students in terms of their learning and social skills. Students must wear full school uniform on excursions and arrive to school on time or risk being excluded. Excur-sion envelopes and payment are due normally two weeks before the excursion date so the office can process payments, book transport and so the organising teacher can accurately document all aspects of the excursion. Please ensure any ex-cursion payments arrive on time. PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MCA) We have been successful in applying for a partnership with the MCA. This will involve two programs involving selected students travelling to the MCA at Circular Quay (Sydney Harbour) to work with artist to create their own art works. The Visual Arts committee will soon send home information and permission notes to nominated students. More details on the MCA can be found at https://www.mca.com.au/ BOOK FAIR Book Fair is alive and coming soon. Keep an eye on for fur-ther details especially regarding the costume parade sched-uled for 9.30am on Thursday 23rd August. PEER SUPPORT Year 6 students have their Peer Support leadership training coming up on the 21st and 22nd of August. As in previous years, Year 6 students will lead weekly sessions with 1-5 students with a focus on developing strong relationships and strong voice. MULTICULTARAL DAY 2018 Multicultural Day is coming!!! It’s the first Wednesday of Term 4, October 17th. We are still looking for parents or community groups to run food stalls. Expression of Interest forms can be found at the office or through the Skoolbag App or P&C Facebook page.

PRESIDENT Zoey Arikan VICE PRESIDENTS Fatimah Saadeddine Jane Kassem SECRETARY TRESURER EXECUTIVES

Julie Krupowics Michelle Camelleri Tamar Wynyard Katham Mohammad Mariam Nehme Rachel Gardoll Linda Ayouch Itedal Alsaleh

SEMESTER 1 Student Reports and Parent/Teacher interviews I trust Semester 1 Academic Reports and interview conver-sations with your child’s teacher assisted you to gain a great-er understanding of your child’s progress and social adjust-ment. Please be aware that Kindergarten Reports do not have an achievement grade A-E. Kindergarten students are only provided a scale for the effort they demonstrate in subject areas. I encourage you to make an appointment with your child’s teacher to discuss any concerns you may have. PARENTS & CITIZENS ASSOCIATION (P&C) NEWS A newly appointed executive team were elected at last Wednesday’s annual general meeting. Thank you to all nom-inees for your interest and in particular the dedication and energy that the outgoing team demonstrated over the last 12 months to make a difference at Guildford P.S. All members volunteer many hours and days of their valuable time to pre-pare and facilitate fund raising events which benefit all Guildford students. Upcoming Term 3 P&C supported events include the Fa-thers’ Day stall (Thursday 30 August) and a barbecue sau-sage sizzle (Tuesday 18 September).

Kind Regards Mr Chris Haberecht

Multicultuaral Day 2016

SPECIAL STUDENTS SENT TO SHOW GOOD WORK

TO THE PRINCIPAL THIS FORTNIGHT

TERM 2 Week 10 KC Fatima Taleb, Matin Haidari 1C Viliame Seuseu, Sarah Tamrakar 1G Tini Junior Ah See, Finlay Velose, Yu Chen Huang, Omar Akl, Rayane Ajaj, Fatima Al Anesy, Carissa Chung, Kalolaine Lolohea, Sami Chehade 6M Zainab Hussain, Exodus Rees ART INTEREST GROUP 3E Meleka Begi 4J Kelly Vuong 6K Fatima Haidari 6M Hooria Ebrahimi TERM 3 Weeks 1,2 & 3 KF Nathan Xin, Musfafa ElKassab KM Thasima Nazari, Sumaiya Omar 1C Sarah Tamrakar 3E Meleka Begi, Alexander Piu 4E Karrar Hassan, Bailey Waddington

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK Mr Christopher Haberecht (Principal)

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

It’s Camp time! Stage 3, year 5 and 6 students are attending a

Personal Development and Resilience Camp for 3

days/2 nights at the

Great Aussie Bush Camp,

Kincumber.

DATES: Monday 13 August 2018 to

Wednesday 15 August, 2018 (Term 3, Week 4)

The teaching staff are looking

forward to introducing &

teaching new motivating

skills and exciting experiences

at the Great Aussie Bush

Camp.

Term 3 Weeks 1,2 & 3

BRONZE SUPERSTARS 3B Isaac Merheb, Omar Akkouch

3E Miracle Dakuaniviti, Ofa Latu, Cnarj Beazley Medina Dunia SILVER SUPERSTARS 3B Dae Jah Whaanga, Malia Saula, Karim Namman Noah Awick  

3E Meleka Begi, Dima Daoudi

GOLD SUPERSTARS 3E Darius Djan

Congratulations

Learning Club Excursion

On Monday 30th July, Bright Sparks Learning Club students and their families attended an excursion to the Auburn Centre for Community. At the Auburn Centre for Community, students saw their artworks on display and enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea.

is collecting…

The school will earn 2c for each piece of waste collected. They can be any brand and we can accept:

1. Cosmetics packaging such as used lipstick and lip gloss, mascara, eye shadow, bronzer, foundation, eyeliner, eye shadow, lip liner, and concealer pack-aging. 2. Hair care packaging such as used shampoo and conditioner bottles and caps, hair gel tubes and caps, hair spray and hair treatment packaging. 3. Skin care packaging such as lip balm, face moist-uriser, face and body wash soap dispensers and tubes, body and hand lotion dispensers and tubes and shaving foam packaging.

Place into the small Red Rubbish Bin in front of the office.

Over the last term Guildford Public School has been working in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) to provide our students with an opportunity to immerse themselves into the world of modern art. Together with the MCA, we have been working on designing programs that provide students with the opportunity to en-gage in gallery experiences. Our goal is to en-gage studio sessions, where they will be invited to connect with art and artists to share stories, create new meaning and see the world in new ways. Thanks to the generosity of MCA and LG, we have been invited to

participate in the “Lights, Camera,

Experiment!” program where they will be able to build their intellectual ca-pacity through art and technology. Through this program, our stu-dents will learn how artists use time as an art material while diving into world of technology by experimenting with video, sound, and perfor-mance. Our first to visit the MCA will be on the 6th of September 2018 at Circular Quay. Students se-lected for this amazing program will receive notes shortly. We will keep you posted on further infor-mation and our further collaboration with MCA.

Mindfulness Room

Conversations

A time to re ect on your actions & develop skills for the future. 1) How are you feeling? 2) Can you tell me why

you are here? 3) Which rule did you not

follow? 4) Why do you think? 5) What would you do

next time?

If your child is placed in the Mindfulness Room as a conse-

quence for negative behaviour it is a time

for them to reflect and to talk

about different strate-gies which we hope

will allow them to make better choices in the future. While this is a

consequence for inappropriate actions,

it is designed as a positive approach

which supports students as they learn to deal with

conflict and their own emotions.

You will be notified by your child’s teacher

if they need to attend

       

MUSIC BUS Information

The program is open for all students from Kindy/Prep to 6. Run‐ning weekdays at school. The Music Bus have limited availability in Singing, Keyboard, Guitar, Drum and Ukulele and so it is ad‐vised to enrol asap.    The Music Bus is a wonderful music program that many of our students are already enjoying – a brilliant and cost‐effective way for students to get fun and specialist music lessons without parents having to travel all over the area after school. Cost of lessons is only $16 per week (Drums $18).   

If you’re interested in your child having music lessons through The Music Bus, check out their website at www.themusicbus.com.au or call 1300 168 742 

Homework Help returns to Guildford library this

term. Please enquire at Guildford Library for

more information.

Guildford Library also offers Pre-school story

time Wednesdays and Fridays at 11am. Taking part

in story time is great for your child’s foundational

literacy skills.

Ladies English Conversation Class will take place

on Tuesdays at 11am.

Craft after school for Primary school children will

take place every Tuesday afternoon from 3.30pm.

In addition, IT help and Tax help is available

through Guildford Library by appointment.

Please visit the Cumberland Council website for

more information:

https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/library

Whispers from

the Library

HIGH SCHOOL

OPEN DAY

Why not consider GRANVILLE SOUTH CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL

As YOUR future High School

Come to our Open Day on

Saturday 18thAugust 2018@10am-2pm

Tours of the school Archive Access Student Performances Faculty Displays Sausage Sizzle (small cost) Souvenirs for sale Raffle

Guildford Public School is dedicated in providing our students with a positive, safe and supportive school environment to promote all students’ learn‐ing and wellbeing.

Week 1 I always produce neat and consistent

handwriting in my all books Neat and consistent handwriting shows:

I care about my bookwork

Others that I can do neat work

That I respect my teacher and myself

I am being a respectful and responsible a learner

Week 2 I will follow all teacher instructions

at all times All teachers have a good reason for giving us in‐structions: To keep us safe To help us learn To encourage us to be respectful To remind us to be responsible

Week 3 I take care of school property

Why is it important that we do our part to take care of school property? We need to take pride and make sure our school

is welcoming and pleasant to learn and play in Helps us stay healthy and safe Teaches us to care about our environment and

belongings We aren’t the only ones to use it! We have the

wider community and future generations to think of.

Message From the Office

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Just a friendly reminder that school

starts at 9am sharp.

Please be advised that if

your child/ children arrive

at school any later than 9:05am they

will need to come to the office and

get a late note.

Another friendly reminder a letter was

mailed out to those families of

students that have a medical

condition. Could you please ensure

that an up-to-date Action Plan and

any Medication that your child/

children may require be brought in as

soon as possible as. These need to

be on file in case your child requires

medication.

This is mandatory and an urgent

matter that needs actioned.

Thank you

PLEASE VISIT GUILDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL WEBSITE TO VIEW THE NEWSLETTER www.guildford-p.school.nsw.edu.au

TERM 3 – DATES TO REMEMBER

PSSA WINTER SPORT

SOCCER - Monday 8:30am to 9am

LEAGUE TAG - Mondays 3pm to 4pm

NETBALL - Thursday 8:25am to 8:55am

NEWCOME BALL - Thursday Lunch 1pm-1:30pm

TUESDAYS ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB - 3pm to 4pm

ART CLUB - 3:10pm to 4pm

THURSDAYS

SENIOR DANCE GROUP PRACTICE - 3pm to 4pm (last practise 6th, Sept)

CHOIR REHEARSAL - 3pm to 4pm in class 6M (last practise 27th, Sept)

WEEK 4

13th - 15th August MONDAY –WEDNESDAY

STAGE 3 EXCURSION “GREAT AUSSIE BUSH CAMP”

13th - 17th August MONDAY - FRIDAY Our Spectacular FINAL Dress Rehearsal

WEEK 5

20th - 23rd August MONDAY - THURSDAY

BOOK WEEK - “Find Your Treasure”

20th - 31st August MONDAY - FRIDAY (2 weeks) BOOK FAIR

23rd August THURSDAY

BOOK WEEK PARADE 9:30am - 11am “Find Your Treasure”

FUNDRAISER – CAKE STALL

WEEK 6 30th August WEDNESDAY

FATHER’S DAY STALL

DEBATING SEMMI FINALS

WEEK 7

3rd September MONDAY STAGE 3 RIVERSIDE THEARTE EXCURSION

6th September THURSDAY STAGE 3 FUNDRAISER - BAKE SALE

WEEK 8 10th September MONDAY “OUR SPECTACULAR” OPERA HOUSE

WEEK 9 18th September TUESDAY SAUSAGE SIZZLE

WEEK 10

25th September TUESDAY Stewart House Clothing Appeal Collection

27th September THURSDAY DEBATING FINALS

SCHOOL FINISHES Friday, 28th September LAST DAY OF TERM 3