National Championships which will be held in Hobart in July. Congratulations Ian! You broke the Zone record and now you are off to the Nationals. We are very proud of your achievements and wish you every success in Hobart. PSSA SPORT - Beginning this Friday, students participating in PSSA Football and Netball will travel to the venue by bus. Historically parents have volunteered to drive students to the games and for this, we as a school, have been extremely grateful. It was indicative of the wonderful, supportive community that we have at Hornsby North. However, it has become increasingly difficult to maintain this system with a change in working commitments for parents, and the D0E states that parental drivers can be used if other sources are not available. We are able to hire buses, so unfortunately, this means there will be a cost to parents. The cost will be $7.00 per week/per student. Students will be invoiced separately. Mr Lawrence and I would like to encourage parents to continue to attend the games even though they will not be transporting students. Once again, thank you to all parents over the years who have transported students. It is with a little sadness that Mr Lawrence made this decision because it was part of that wonderful partnership between home and school that exists at Hornsby North. However, please come to the games if you can. Have an early break and enjoy a cup of coffee with other parents! Mr Lawrence will provide families with a copy of the draw with times and the venue so that parents can plan ahead and support the students in the same manner as in previous years. TERM 2 FEES and CONTRIBUTIONS - The above accounts will be sent home tomorrow. Thank you to the parents who responded to the reminders last term and paid in the holidays. The fees for this term includes a number of excursions and may be costly for some parents. Please contact me if you have difficulty meeting those costs. Arrangements can be made for part or time payments and support can be given. Please endeavor to pay Term 2’s fees promptly, so the school can meet the payments required by outside providers.

Maree Sumpton Principal

Coming Events…… Thursday 3 May: State Cricket Knock-Out. Tuesday 8 May: K-2 Cross Country. Wednesday 9 May: Open Day 9.45-11.00am. Thursday 10 May: Mother’s Day Stall / Netball Gala Day / State Football Knockout. Monday 14 May: 3-6 Cross Country / P&C Meeting 7.30pm. Tuesday 15 May: Year 1 Wannabees Excursion #1. Wednesday 16 May: Year 1 Wannabees Excursion #2. Friday 18 May: Walk to School Day. Thursday 31 May: Biggest Morning Tea 10.55am.

From the Principal...

2 May, 2018

HORNSBY NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL

Ida Street, Hornsby, NSW, 2077 Phone : 9987 4605 Fax : 9482 2527 Before/After School Care : 9482 3484

Email : hornsbynth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web site : www.hornsbynth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Welcome to Term 2, 2018. The students returned yesterday and looked well in their Winter uniforms. A reminder to students and parents that footwear is black shoes unless students are participating in a PE lesson. Ideally, black sneakers would be perfect for the PE lessons and day-to-day wear, but I will leave that up to parental choice. Students participating in gymnastics this term may wear their sports uniform on Tuesdays. ANZAC DAY SERVICES - Anzac Day seems to fall in the school holidays so we hold our services in the last week of term. Once again, I thank the parents and community members who attending the School Commemorative Service on 10 April last term. A

report and photos were published in the final Newsletter for Term 1 but during the holidays Isabel, Oliver, Andrea and Yunwoo, our School Captains and leaders, represented Hornsby North at the Dawn Service in Hornsby. I was

extremely proud to be with these students as they carried out their duties in a dignified and compassionate manner, bringing great pride to their School. While the School Service was taking place on Tuesday morning 10 April, another special service took place in the Kindergarten rooms. Following is an account of the Kindergarten commemorative learning service. “On Tuesday, 10 April, Kindergarten remembered ANZAC Day. The students learned age appropriate information about the day and participated in a variety of activities. The classes were paired together, which made four groups. The classes rotated around completing four different activities. The first activity was a solemn service which introduced the students to Wreath Laying, The Ode, Last Post, one minute’s sacred silence, the Australian flag being raised and singing of the National Anthem. The students also shared family medals. We participated in storytelling. A selection of ANZAC Day themed Children’s literature was shared with students. Our craft activities were the making of a medal to wear and we talked about the significance of wearing rosemary. We also made paper poppies which you may have seen adorning one of our schools beautiful trees”. SWIMMING SUCCESS -

After success at the Zone and Regional Swimming Carnivals, Ian K. (4Red) progressed to the State Swimming Championships last term. Once again, Ian had a most successful day, gaining 2nd place in the 50M Breaststroke. Ian will now take part in the

P & C News - Please join us on Facebook to keep up-to-date on all matters P&C. Simply search for Hornsby North Public School P&C Association on Facebook and Like us to join. MESSAGE FROM THE P&C PRESIDENT - Welcome back to Term Two! We hope that everyone had a safe and happy holiday.

Opening of the Cawthorne Street/ Rofe Park Walking Track - as regular users of the Cawthorne Street drop-off will see, the Cawthorne Street to Rofe Park Walking Track construction works are now almost complete. This will provide a safe walking path for our children accessing Rofe Park for sport and an alternative access to the parking area at Rofe Park.

This work is being done by Hornsby Shire Council, under the leadership of Donna Fitton from the Natural Resources Team. Donna has been working with our awesome Grounds Coordinator, Helen Curry for almost two years on this project, so it's great to see this project coming together. There is still more work to do to complete the project and there is tape protecting the construction areas, so while it's open for use: everyone is asked to please take care. Mother's Day Stall - 10 May—You'll see in this newsletter information about the Mother's Day Stall. The wonderful Marika Skinner is coordinating this for the P&C - and your help is needed. This is a Year 5 Parents event - but all helpers are welcomed. Please contact Marika directly. Working in the Canteen—We're always looking for more volunteers for the canteen, and all volunteers (both new and current) are advised that we now need you to have completed a Working with Children Check (WWCC) Declaration. This is not a full WWCC and there is no fee, but it is a form that is now required by the Department of Education for all volunteers who are parents. We take everyone's privacy very seriously and as part of the P&C, the canteen committee will hold these forms securely and the school office will be provided with a copy for their records. If you are a current volunteer please see Vicki Stubbings in the Canteen to collect your declaration form and instructions. Anyone who is not a parent will require the full WWCC and this can be applied for online, via Service NSW. P&C Meeting—The next P&C Meeting will take place on Monday, 14 May at 7:30pm. Save the date for your diary - everyone is welcome! Janelle McIntosh, P&C President. CANTEEN NEWS - DIP OF THE WEEK: Avocado. Volunteers are always welcome in the Canteen. If you can help at all, please visit the Canteen. Helpers: Thursday 3 May: Asha Sidhu, Lingling Yang. Friday 4 May: Savana Li, Crystal Yong. Monday 7 May: Nicole Judge, Janet Parise, Asha Sidhu. Tuesday 8 May: Asha Sidhu, Megha Baran, Alison Cornish. Wednesday 9 May: Asha Sidhu, Mina. Vicki Stubbings, Canteen Manager.

From The Classroom - SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Week 11, Term 1: Lara, Aryan, Edward, Teagan, Claire, Felicia, Keisha, Fiona, Marcel, Jasmin, Jake, Wendy, Danielle, Ella, Victoria, Hannah, Isabel, Marissa, Skylar, Nikita, Olivia, Zoe, Johnny, Sarah, Justine, Aiden & Bruce. LIBRARY NEWS - Book Club brochures will be distributed to all classes over the next week. All orders are to be made online please and instructions are on the brochures. Congratulations to all those wonderful students who completed the Premier's Reading Challenge over the holidays. Your blue card will be delivered soon. Debbie Nicklin. SCIENCE NEWS - The next Lego-Robotics Club group will begin Term 2 Week 4. The children in the Term 1 Lego-Robotics Club finish in Term 2, Week 3, as we started the Club mid-Term 1 and wanted the children to have more of an opportunity than the duration of 5 weeks. The children in the 2nd group will be notified by this Friday. The following Term 3 and 4 lists will also be available to view soon after. Thank you for all your support, Karen Fitzsimons, Ethan McDonald and Jacqueline Floyd. STATE KNOCKOUT CRICKET - Our second round match will be played tomorrow against Thornleigh West P.S. at their school oval. We will meet outside our school library at 8:55am and the drivers are: Amarasinghe, Hunter and Apostoloff. Thanks, Michael Howard. PSSA AFL - AFL is back with a bang! We are currently playing at Rofe Park with 2 Senior and 2 Junior teams. The players were all excited to play with first competition games and were rewarded with 3 wins from 3 games (our Senior 2’s had a Bye!) It’s wonderful to see all our new players having a great time and demonstrating their newly learned skills. The wins were so impressive that I immediately gave the players 2 week’s holiday to bathe in the glory! Peter Hughes. PSSA FOOTBALL - Match Day 2 of the Hornsby Zone PSSA Boys Football Competition was played against Waitara P.S. at James Park on the last Friday of Term 1. The Junior boys played out a tough 2-1 win, while the Senior boys controlled their match to win 1-0. The Player Points for this week were awarded to Mathias A. and Jensen W. Congratulations boys! This season the objective for all teams is to develop, through skills acquisition, a positive, proactive approach to football. Playing the ‘Hornsby North FC way’, not results, will be the focus. I was very pleased with the attitude and application of both teams again last week! I am looking forward to a positive performance against Hornsby Heights P.S. in the derby match at Montview Oval this week! For full match reports and the training/game schedule, please check the HNPS Sport Blog or Twitter @chad_lawrence_ This Friday will see a bus used for transportation for all football and netball students to and from the venue. All parents that are able to attend the games are encouraged to meet the students at the venue to provide support and cheer them on! Thanks, Chad Lawrence, Sport Coordinator.

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MOTHER’S DAY STALL - CALLING ALL YEAR 5 PARENTS! The annual Mother’s Day Stall will be held on Thursday, 10 May and we need Year 5 Parents to assist with helping between 8am - 12pm. Even if you can spare only an hour, it means others won't need to be there all morning. Other parents are of course welcome... It doesn't matter if you haven't done it before, no previous experience required! Remember, this event simply can't happen without the support of parents and it really is such a lovely event which the children love taking part in. Please go to the Doodle.com event https://doodle.com/poll/fbvg9a5cpit8cxam to indicate the time you can volunteer. Any questions, contact Marika on 0418 471 677. BAND NEWS - Welcome back to Term 2 everyone! I hope you are all refreshed and ready to go for a new term of music making! Coming events include Wahroonga Music Festival 17 June. Term 1 Band Fees are now due. Payment to the front office or online via the normal school fee payment procedures. Band Camp Forms and payment are due in by Friday, 11 May. Thank you, Catherine Pedersen, Band Committee, cjpedersen1@bigpond.com UNIFORM SHOP NEWS - Long queues are expected tomorrow. Please consider ordering your items online, by making payment on the school website and emailing your receipt number to Tanya at: hornsbynorthpandcuniformshop@gmail.com Orders will be sent to the classroom. Remember to let me know your child’s full name and class. The order form does not need to be scanned. You can just list your items in the email. Please DO NOT email credit card details. Thank you, Tanya Manwaring. SCHOOL BANKING - Welcome back to Term 2 of School Banking and thank you to all who remembered to hand in their bank books this morning. School Banking takes place every Wednesday morning and students are encouraged to hand in their bank books before 10.00am. We are looking for a volunteer that could help out alternate weeks this term. School Banking takes place in the Staff Room and typically runs for 1-1.5 hours from 9:10am. If you are able to help, please come to the Staff Room next Wednesday morning. Thank you, Pearl & Ruth.

Community News -

ST LUKE’S 31st ANNUAL MODEL TRAIN EXHIBITION - The St Luke’s 31st Annual Model Train Exhibition will be held over the weekend of 5-6 May. About fifteen model railway layouts will be on display, together with a craft stall, Devonshire teas and other light refreshments. This year’s display will showcase about ten visiting displays, both large and small, together with home layouts belonging to club members young and old – each one displaying different modelling techniques. St Luke’s Church will also have a jumping castle and other children’s activities. Saturday 5 May: Exhibition 9am to 5pm. Sunday 6 May: Church Service 9.30am to 11.00am. Morning Tea: 11.00am. Exhibition: 12noon to 4.00pm.

Location: St Luke’s Anglican Church, 155-157 Galston Road, Hornsby Heights. For additional information phone 9477 3140. STUDIO ARTES—CHARITY TRIVIA NIGHT - Are you a sport nut? Science buff? Or just a head full of useless facts? Take part in our Charity Fundraiser on Friday 4 May and test your ability, or just have a great night out with friends! A fun relaxed night of friendly competition run by the Rotary Club of Hornsby District on behalf of Studio ARTES. Team up with your friends or pit yourself against them, proceeds from the night will go towards supporting our programs that enable members to develop new skills, form friendships, and increase their confidence and self-esteem by expressing themselves creatively. 90% of proceeds from the night will go to Studio ARTES. The evening includes auctions with thousands of dollars’ worth of items up for grabs, beautiful art works for sale, and a fun raffle. There’s something for everyone and it promises to be a highly entertaining evening! BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW AT www.rcohd.org or phone 9482 5266. Date: Friday, 4 May Ticket price: $30.00 Venue: Magpies Waitara, 11-37 Alexandria Parade, Waitara. (Sponsored by Magpies Waitara).

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