Page 1 Term 2 Week 10 2021 We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, the Wangal Clan of the Dharug Tribe

of the great Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and those emerging.

Super Sizzling Lunch Pack Fundraiser Thank you to our whole community for the incredible support for Stage 3. Our Super Sizzling Lunch was a resounding success, and demonstrated how we support each other. At Homebush West PS we are keen to ensure 100% participation for Stage 3 students attending their upcoming camp excursions. Our General Assistants, Mr Bentley and Mr Carey cooked almost 800 sausages with the support of our fabulous SASS team, coordinating the lunch packs and ensuring safe, hygienic practices throughout the day. Students reported that the sizzling lunch packs were ‘really delicious’. Our thanks to Mrs G Jeong (parent) from JGR Consulting, for the generous donation of sausages to support our school. Term 2 Teaching and Learning As always we are proud of the many achievements of our students across the term. From public speaking achievements to sporting gains, CAPA and STEM learning, and a special mention to our Kindergarten students who are making great gains with literacy and numeracy and gymnastic skills, we commend all our students who have worked towards individual learning goals and made steady progress. It’s been encouraging to read about student learning and growth in Semester One Reports, being sent home today.

Exeter Rd, Homebush West 2140 T: 9746 9304 F: 9746 2148

E: homebushw-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W: www.homebushw-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

21 June 2021 Homebush West Public School

Homebush West Public School

Excellence in Public Education Empowering every student to be active, informed, creative and

successful

Coming Up Term 3, Week 1 Monday No Students – Staff Development Day Tuesday NAIDOC assembly Wednesday Year 6 Camp Day 1 Spanish 3.15pm Thursday Year 6 Camp Day 2 Scripture Peer Support Enrichment Groups Friday Year 6 Camp Day 3 Stage 1 Swimming Program Croydon Tennis PSSA

Special Points of Interest

• Uniform Shop closed for mid

year holiday break

• Stage 3 M.A.R.S. Kit Project

• Stage 3 Year Camp Update-

Covid Guidelines

• Colour/Slime Spectacular

Fundraiser

• NAIDOC Week 2021

• NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee

• Stage 1 History Project

• The Wonder Recycling

Program, closing soon

• Peer Support Report

• Kindergarten 2022

From The Principal

Right: Super Sizzling Lunch

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of the great Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and those emerging.

Homebush West Public School Excellence in Public Education

Empowering students to be active, informed, creative and successful

We value

Quality in all that

we do

Term 2 Thank You Thank you to our respectful, creative students who have demonstrated such resilience and flexibility, particularly in relation to the ongoing changing circumstances; to our supportive parents including our P&C team; our administration team who go above and beyond for the school, and our dedicated professional teachers who show such commitment to ensuring a culture of excellence and equity is nurtured. As we enter the school holiday period, with new health and safety guidelines in place, we will continue to revise our Term 3 programs and plans to ensure they comply with NSW Department of Education and Health authorities. Please check the SkoolBag app for updates during the break. You can find a full list of restrictions here https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules/greater-sydney We look forward to the creativity, joy and learning growth that Term 3 will bring with; NAIDOC Week, Stage 3 Camps, Colour Run, Athletics Carnival, Education Week and a School Musical Production. A musical logo design competition has gone out to all students today. We can’t wait to see the creativity. We wish all our students a safe, refreshing holiday break and remind everyone that students return to school on Tuesday 13th July.

Student Reminder - If you need help or someone to talk to in the holidays; Kids Helpline https://kidshelpline.com.au/

Regards, E Southall, Principal R Picoaga, Deputy Principal Coming Up

• Students Return - Tues 13th July

• Stage 3 Camp - Wed 14th July

• Colour (Slime) Run – 20 July

• Education Week –26 July – 30 July

• Athletics Carnival – 26 July Uniform Shop closed for mid year holiday break Our uniform supplier, Perm-A-Pleat, is closing for their annual mid-year holiday break from Monday 12 July 2021 to Friday 23 July 2021. On-line order deliveries will be as follows:

• Home deliveries: The last day for despatch of home delivery orders will be Friday 9 July 2021. Home delivery orders will resume from Monday 26 July 2021.

• Consolidate to School deliveries: Consolidate to school orders can be placed on line during the school holiday break and will be dispatched on Thursday 8 July 2021 to be at the school on Tuesday 13 July 2021. Thereafter, Consolidate to School orders will be dispatched on Thursday 29 July 2021.

Stage 3 Year 6 Camp Update - Covid Guidelines Please be aware that at this stage Year 6 Camp will go ahead, but only in strict compliance with NSW Health and NSW DoE guidelines. If required, if it is best and safest, we are ready to "pivot" and postpone/reschedule this camp to late August (if required). We will update parents during the school holidays, via the SkoolBag app, of any changes to the plans. We will host a Stage 3 Year 6 Camp Update "Zoom Meeting" with all campers, parents and carers on Monday 13th July at 4pm, we will repeat the meeting at 6pm for those who cannot make it. All decisions made will maximise student safety and well being and comply with NSW DoE Covid Guidelines.

Stage 3 teachers celebrate their basketball win against students

Page 3 Term 2 Week 10 2021 We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, the Wangal Clan of the Dharug Tribe

of the great Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and those emerging.

Homebush West Public School Excellence in Public Education

Empowering students to be active, informed, creative and successful

We value

Respect for others

Stage 3 M.A.R.S. Kit Project This semester in Stage 3 students have been working towards producing energy kits, aptly named M.A.R.S Kits, which stands for Modern, Affordable, Reusable, Sustainable Kits. Our aim was to work towards supporting Goal 4 and 7 of our UN Global Goals, by creating these kits for developing communities. Through the semester, Stage 3 have learnt about Energy and Forces in science, which afforded them the knowledge to create sustainable lamps (with solar panels), that would be provided to these communities. Students were also learning about how Australia was developed and significant individuals that were a part of Australian history. During English lessons, students learnt about creating persuasive and informative texts, which allowed them to create persuasive letters to urge the community and organisations to help support us in our cause, before creating information texts and infographics that were included in our M.A.R.S kits to support in 'handing-up' knowledge and instruction to the developing communities. A culmination of the work Stage 3 students have put into their project can be seen at the link below. We hope to send these kits to developing communities in coming weeks. https://s3hwps.weebly.com/2021-mars-kit.html

HWPS Colour/ Slime Spectacular Fundraiser URGENT COMPLETE DURING THE HOLIDAYS Our super fun, annual Colour Run (this year including a Slime Spectacular Option) will be taking place on Tuesday July 20th 2021. We hope that this fundraiser will complete our fundraising activities to ensure that everyone in Stage 3 can access the special events that mark this final stage of primary school. This is a reminder to students and families to continue fundraising and gathering sponsors across the holidays to add to your tally for this event. We still have five weeks to go and need lots more donations to reach our goal. Can you help us? 1. Visit myprofilepage.com.au to create your profile page and share with family and friends to spread the word! See our videos below for more information - Information Video 2021: https://youtu.be/s0tkYzdQLzQ

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of the great Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and those emerging.

Homebush West Public School Excellence in Public Education

Empowering students to be active, informed, creative and successful

We value

Community

involvement

NAIDOC Week 2021 With the theme, Heal Country! NAIDOC 2021 invites us to embrace First Nations’ cultural knowledge and understanding of Country as part of Australia's national heritage and equally respect the culture and values of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders as they do the cultures and values of all Australians. It calls for all of us to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction.

This week, the Department of Education celebrated national NAIDOC Week, which falls during the first week of the school holidays. More than 20 schools in Sydney, central NSW and mid-north coast of NSW are involved in the event, which has been shown online from 9am, each day. Our own NAIDOC Week celebrations will be held in Week 1 Term 3, however this week’s online events have provided an excellent opportunity to connect students to the 2021 theme and build awareness of the importance of this event. We look forward to our HWPS NAIDOC celebrations on Tuesday 13th July.

NSW Premier's Spelling Bee The Premier’s Spelling Bee was introduced in 2004 as a fun and educational way for NSW public primary school students to engage in spelling. The program includes activities to encourage all students to improve their vocabulary and spelling and to promote literacy skills in combination with the English K-6 Syllabus. We congratulate our Junior and Senior Spelling Bee finalists, Juliet in Stage 2 and Jenny in Stage 3. They will be preparing for the regional finals commencing on the 29th August, and held online using video technology. The state finals will be held at the ABC studios on Friday 29 October 2021.

Page 5 Term 2 Week 10 2021 We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, the Wangal Clan of the Dharug Tribe

of the great Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and those emerging.

Homebush West Public School Excellence in Public Education

Empowering students to be active, informed, creative and successful

We value

A caring and safe

environment

The Wonder Recycling Program, closing soon The Student Representative Council members are proud to announce that Homebush West school community has collected just over 300 bread bags. These will not only be recycled to help our environment but also repurposed into exciting new things like play school equipment. Thank you to all those who have contributed to this wonderful program already. We look forward to this continued enthusiasm as the collection period has been extended until the end of Week 1 Term 3. Please continue collecting your bread bags and tags over the holidays to support this cause. Happy recycling! Miss Santoro and the SRC Stage 1 History Project This term, Stage One students have been learning about significant people, events, places and sites in and around their local community over time. Students have examined the ways in which these events, places and people have impacted people's lives. In connection with their learning, students worked in small groups to design and build a diorama.These dioramas were showcased this week in an exhibition. It was a chance for students to explain their thinking, give and receive peer feedback and celebrate the hard work and stunning craftsmanship that every student has dedicated to this project. Miss Horsfall

Peer Support - Student Report Last week’s focus was 'Our Rights'. We did a range of activities related to our rights. One of the activities we completed was called 'What would you do in this situation'. An example of one of the questions was 'What if your mum asked you to turn off the TV? Students in our Peer Support groups were encouraged to think about the most respectful way to respond. We are really looking forward to our final peer support session next week. Nilukshan and Ashley

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of the great Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and those emerging.

Homebush West Public School Excellence in Public Education

Empowering students to be active, informed, creative and successful

We value

Quality in all that

we do

Kindergarten 2022 Enrolments for Kindergarten 2022 are now being accepted. Children born between 1st August 2016 and 31st July 2017 are eligible to enrol. Steps

• Parents / carers who would like to enrol a child for Kindergarten next year please visit our website and complete the online enrolment form https://homebushw-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/enrolment.html

• Wait to be contacted by the school. Once staff have processed the application form you will be contacted to make an appointment to come to the school to provide supporting documentation and have a readiness conversation:

• Child’s birth certificate for proof of age

• Passports and visas for families born overseas

• 100 point Proof of residence (e.g. Council rate notice, gas, rental agreement, electricity account or bank account). Please visit https://homebushw-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/h/homebushw-p/100_pt_Residential-address-check.pdf for further information.

• Immunisation Certificate

• Health Plans if required (allergy, asthma etc.) Please Note All communications with the school for Kindergarten 2022 are currently via phone or email. Once you enrol you will be placed on a mailing list to receive all relevant notifications for Kindergarten 2022. PSSA Reports Junior Netball – Ms Yee Senior Netball – Ms Tuazon Junior Boys Soccer– Mr Penman Senior Boys Soccer– Mr Vagne Junior Girls Soccer - Mr Johnston Senior Girls Soccer - Ms Tsiamis Junior Netball Last Friday was a great day. We played against Strathfield South PS. Team A and B both played impeccably. Team A won with a score of 5-3 but there were some people who played very nicely on the other team. Team B got 4 while our opponents got 0. They tried their very best. Congratulations to both teams!! Written by Jahnavi Senior Netball To open the match, the B team defeated Strathfield South PS with a score of 14 - 1. Throughout the game the team had great sportsmanship and teamwork. All members of the team defended aggressively and actively communicated for the ball. Our amazing shooters played different roles with Eric intercepting strongly and supporting Arisha to shoot, who was equally as impressive. Akshika was player of the match for her intercepting and defence all across the court. Congratulations to all players for taking on feedback and improving and getting another win! Last Friday, the A team were amazing and worked really hard as a team, defeating Strathfield South PS 14 - 2. The whole team worked hard and improved their passes, teamwork and footwork, having focused on it at training. The player of the match was Laura for her amazing shooting, intercepts and feeds into the circle. Everyone worked really hard to fight for possession and keep hold of every ball. An impressive display by all players, well done! Written by: Jogaile and Renisha

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of the great Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and those emerging.

Homebush West Public School Excellence in Public Education

Empowering students to be active, informed, creative and successful

We value

Respect for others

Junior and Senior Boys Soccer Last Friday both teams had a bye and were taken to Airey Park. The junior team decided they wanted to play the senior team with the support of Coach Vagne and Coach Penman playing for the junior boys. In the game Kirtan and Aryan did well in defending and attacking and were all over the field. Soyan, Allen, Likhil, Zied moved the ball up and across the field and this allowed the ball to be moved around and in the end passed it to Mr Penman to tap the ball in and score a goal. We had Naithik, Edison, Riddan and Vivaan on goals and as a back line defence who helped save lots of goals. Vivan, Abinav and Jermaine were huge supporters on the field being a part of most plays when attacking and defending in the middle of the field. Written by the Junior Boys

Mr Penman

Junior Girls Soccer On Friday we played against Victoria Avenue PS. Jia and Shuya shared the role of the goalkeeper and Zainab and Munazza were our strikers. Homebush West did a great job but sadly we lost. Victoria Avenue scored 3 goals and Homebush West scored nil. Talia, Munazza and Zainab were great in attacking and tried their best attempting to score a goal. Yazhini, Sweety and Lilya did a great job at defending and mid-fielding. The game was really fun but difficult. Everyone played very well and we were even commended by the opposing teams coach for our sportsmanship. Congratulations to Victoria Avenue for winning.

Written by Zainab and Munazza

Senior Girls Soccer Last Friday we played against Victoria Avenue PS. We had a great game, one of the best games we have played all season but unfortunately, we lost. Our team was determined to get a goal this week. We came onto the field with great ambition and even got close to the goal multiple times almost scoring, however, we could not get passed the goalies strong defence.

Abrar, Zalia, Eugene and Esther were strong in our attack. Grace, Elizabeth and Anushka controlled the midfield well and Jenny, Bianca and Joyce were strong in our defence. A big thank you to Rose, Amelia and Jiwoo from the junior team for playing amazingly well for us as we were short on team members.

Both schools showed great sportsmanship and the opposing team’s coach even commended us on our sportsmanship and teamwork. Even though it was a loss, this was the best game we have played so far and hopefully next week we can score a goal!

Thanks, Mrs Tsiamis, Joyce, Grace and Zalia

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of the great Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and those emerging.

Homebush West Public School Excellence in Public Education

Empowering students to be active, informed, creative and successful

We value

Success for all

Merit Award Recipients for Term 2, Week 9 Congratulations to the following recipients:

Class Name Name

KA Nusaybah F Aashrith P

KD Vinisha L. Adit S.

KH Mohith B Olivia B

KC Olivia T. Aarush J

21S Selina S Sneha P

21C Cindy Y Ostin S

21D Enxi. W Martin. L

21B Veer P Tarunika K

21E Divi B Daniel L

21R Ian B Nora E

21G Jayden G Shraddha S

21T Chenyi L Nathalie O

43S Eyad I. Karl E.

43T Mingmei Z. Leo L.

43M Aadhit P Lasshviy K

43A Veda K Rithul B

43J Anaya S Clayton Z

43D Sujaan K Lilya A

65C Aisha N Arisha U

65Y Alice Z. Jahnavi W.

65E Aditya U Akshika K.

65B Aditya A. Anamikan R.

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of the great Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and those emerging.

Homebush West Public School Excellence in Public Education

Empowering students to be active, informed, creative and successful

Stage 1 SISA

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of the great Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and those emerging.

Homebush West Public School Excellence in Public Education

Empowering students to be active, informed, creative and successful

Super Sizzle Stage 3 Fundraiser Day

Support for Chris Prouty, Chaplain

As many of you are aware, our School Chaplain, Chris Prouty has had a serious health set back, with nine broken vertebrae in her back.

Chris is currently unable to undertake the valuable work she does as Community Support Officer/ Chaplain with the Homebush West Public School students and community. Many parents and community members have asked how they might show their support.

P&C is currently coordinating gifts and cards and volunteer support. Many parents have made dinners, offered to clean the house or yard, and reached out to Chris personally. In addition the P&C are taking donations, including gift vouchers, or direct deposits, to show our ongoing care and support, see the options below.

1. If you have a card, and or gift

voucher for Chris, please drop it in to the P&C mailbox at Homebush West Public School office door.

2. Or, send the card and or gift voucher to school with your child to the office, in an envelope marked “P&C Gift, Chris Prouty”.

3. If you’d like to support Chris in person, by providing meals, house cleaning, helping with shopping or in some other way please email P&C member Agne. agne.seseikaite@gmail.com

4. Account Link for “Gift Donations” If you wish to make any online financial donations to Chris, see the account details below. Please clearly reference your online payment as follows; Gift. Chris Prouty. Your name.

BSB 633 000

Account number 175 186 485 Account name Homebush West Public School P&C

Bank Bendigo Bank

From, The P&C Executive 2021