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CALENDAR TERM 1 PRINCIPAL’S NEWS This week is Wellbeing Week! Wellbeing is the experience of health,

happiness, and prosperity. It includes having good mental health, high life

satisfaction, and a sense of meaning or purpose. Wellbeing is something

sought by just about everyone, because it includes so many positive

things — feeling happy, healthy, socially connected, and purposeful. The

aim of Wellbeing Week is to provide our students with some skills to help

manage their own mental health with much needed downtime. There will

be no homework this week. Mrs Bevis and our SRC have created a

Wellbeing Grid with a range of activities designed to teach students

various ways to have downtime. We all lead such busy lives that

downtime has become important for all of us. I hope your children all

enjoy some of the activities planned this week. Please see page 2 for more

details.

After a Merit Selection Process, Mrs Kerves as the teacher representative

and Mrs Nerida Treacy as the P&C Association representative and myself,

I am very pleased to announce that, pending a ten day appeal period, Mrs

Stacey Cianciolo has been offered and has accepted the advertised

Teacher position at Pagewood PS. I hope you will join me in

congratulating Mrs Cianciolo on her permanent appointment to

Pagewood Public School.

Thank you to all our parent/carer volunteers who assisted with our BBQ

and cake stall on Saturday. Thank you also to the families who made cakes

for the cake stall and to families and friends who purchased sausage

sandwiches and cakes on Saturday. The P&C raised a total of $2000 and

we would like to thank everyone for contributing in various ways to

support our school.

We celebrated Harmony Day as a

community last Thursday to celebrate

inclusiveness, respect and belonging for

all Australians. These values are

regularly practiced by our students and

families which is why we have such a

harmonious and friendly community at

Pagewood PS.

I hope all parents have familiarised themselves with the Kiss and Ride

instructions on pages 3 & 6. It is very important that all parents and carers

follow these rules to ensure that this zone is safe and effective for

everyone. Our main priority is the safety of all of our students. An

important reminder, please DO NOT do a U-turn in school zones as this

places our children at risk.

Ms Nicole Mayhew

Principal

PAGEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM 1 WEEK 9 2019

Monday 25 March 2019

MARCH

WEEK 9 WELLBEING WEEK

Mon 25 Newsletter posted on our website

4.00pm

Wed 27 Rabbitohs School Visit 11.30am

Stewart House Bags to be returned

Assembly – 4M presenting

2.30pm

Thurs 28 Uniform Shop Open 9.15am

Senior Dance Filming (bring black clothing)

APRIL

WEEK 10

Mon 1 Newsletter posted on our website

4.00pm

Tues 2 P&C Meeting 7.00pm

Wed 3 Assembly – 2M presenting

2.30pm

WEEK 11

Mon 8 Cross Country Carnival for 8 years and over (wear sports uniform)

11.30am

Wed 10 Easter Hat Parade (parents and carers are welcome to attend)

2.30pm

No Assembly

Thu 11 Uniform Shop Open 9.15am

Fri 12 Last Day of Term 1

CALENDAR TERM 2

APRIL

WEEK 1

Mon 29 Staff Development Day

Tues 30 Students return

MERIT AWARDS for last week

KS Teneale Oliver

KT Joseph Isla

KLR Harrison Jessica

1B Quintus Lillianna

1K Gabriel Brian

1/2H Pearly Gabriel

2M Alana Aidan

3A Serena Mahliya

3C Hayden Katina

4M Bradley Olive

4/5W Revayah Sophia

5/6C Malaina Jacob

5/6G Kisione Ava

RAINBOW AWARD presented Wednesday

Zakk (5/6G)

SILVER AWARD presented Wednesday

Ella (3C)

GOLD AWARD presented Wednesday

Erin (3C)

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WELLBEING WEEK Wellbeing Week is here again! This week, the SRC will take over homework and replace it with a Wellbeing Grid. This grid includes a range of diverse learning activities designed to provide students with some well-deserved downtime. Please encourage your child to complete at least 3 of these activities over the course of this week. In addition to this, class teachers will be running fun, relaxing and interesting activities throughout the week. Please refer to the timetable below for more information. Mrs Bevis and the SRC WELLBEING WEEK TIMETABLE

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Morning

8:45am Free Dance in the Hall

with Mrs Bevis

8:45am Cloud Watching on the

field with Miss Kelly

8:45am Meditation in 5/6

Classroom with Miss Grisanti

8:45am Film Club with Miss

Moffat and Miss Grisanti in the

Library

8:45am Colouring in 1B with

Mrs Berman

8:45am Film Club in the

Library with Miss Grisanti and Miss

Moffat

Recess 11:10am Yoga in 2M with Ms

McLean

Lunch 1 1.10pm

Senior Dance in the Hall with Mrs

Chrysostomou

Junior Dance in the Hall with Miss

Grisanti

Choir in the Hall with Mrs Arthur

Quiet Construction with Mrs Hawkes in 1/2H

Gardening in the playground with

Miss Arthur

Senior Dance in the Hall Mrs Chrysostomou

Lunch 2 1:25pm

Library open with Mrs Kerves

Mindful Colouring with Mrs Lucas in

the Library

Library open with Mrs Kerves

REGIONAL SWIMMING CARNIVAL RESULTS Congratulations to Bonnie, Ava, Estelle and Mason who participated in the Regional Swimming Carnival at Homebush last

Tuesday. These students swam up against students from over one hundred schools representing zones all across the Sydney

region. Each of them put in an incredible amount of effort in their races. Well done!

Miss Grisanti

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS VISIT South Sydney Rabbitohs will be visiting this Wednesday, March 27th at 11:30am for a special assembly through Souths Cares. Students are allowed to bring a Rabbitohs hat or jersey to wear over their uniform during the assembly. Miss Grisanti

‘TELL THEM FROM ME’ YEARS 4 - 6

This term our school, like many other public schools in NSW, we will participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell

Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other

student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

The survey is a great opportunity for our Year 4 – 6 students to provide us with valuable and quick feedback on what they think

about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. More than 6,300

schools in Australia and around the world have used Tell Them From Me to survey 5.4 million students. Capturing the voices of

our students will help improve how we do things at our school.

The survey is confidential. The survey is conducted online and will typically take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be

administered during school hours between 20 March and 12 April. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.

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A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey has been sent home with students. If you do not want your child

or children to participate, the form to school was due back to school by Friday 22 March, please see your child’s teacher. Copies

of the form and FAQs in 23 other languages are available from: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.

STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING APPEAL 2019

Bags were sent home last week for the Stewart House/Smith Family clothing appeal. We only received enough bags for

Kindergarten, Year 1 & 2 classes. Therefore, if you did not receive a bag you can still donate clothing in a plastic garbage bag. If

you would like to donate clothing that is in good condition, please return your bags by this Wednesday 27 March for collection.

Stewart House is the NSW Public Education’s charity of choice and they thank you for your support.

NAPLAN – NATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM LITERACY AND NUMERACY

In Term 2 Year 3 and 5 students will participate in NAPLAN online between Tuesday 14

and Friday 24 May. Year 5 will complete NAPLAN in Week 3 between Tuesday 14 –

Thursday 16 May. Year 3 Writing will be held on Tuesday 14 May with the remaining

assessments in Week 4 between Monday 20 – Wednesday 22 May.

This year all students at Pagewood PS will participate in the online format of NAPLAN.

Year 3 students will not be completing the writing component online, rather it will be a

handwritten sample. All students in these years have been given a printed ‘Information for Parents’ sheet. Please read the

information and contact your child’s classroom teacher or Mrs Arthur (Year 3) or Miss Cianciolo (Year 5) if you have any further

questions.

The school is currently ensuring all devices that will be used meet the required specifications and that students are familiar with

the test format. All students will require headphones to wear during the assessments. Between 25 March and 5 April students

will participate in an ‘omnibus’ test which will provide a sample of the test format and how to log on correctly. Further

information about NAPLAN is available here: https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/student-assessment/naplan-

online/getting-ready/parent-information

The link below will take you to demonstration tests for conventions of language (grammar, punctuation, and spelling),

numeracy, reading and writing for each NAPLAN test year level: 3, 5, 7 and 9. As all Year 3 students will complete the writing test

on paper, there is no Year 3 demonstration test for writing. You may like to have a look at these with your child.

http://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site

YEAR 6-7 TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Now that forms have been received, the next step is that all information is collated and forwarded to either your child’s local high

school for transition organisation or if you have indicated on the form that your child will be attending a non-government school

this information will be stored so there is a record of which school your child will be attending in 2020.

DANCE FESTIVAL APPLICATION

Both the Junior and Senior Dance Groups will be filmed performing their dance routines this Thursday, 28th March at 1:50 pm in our school hall, in preparation for a dance festival application. Notes have been sent home to those students informing them of the black clothing requirements and the hairstyles needed. We wish the groups well in their applications. Mrs Chrysostomou

KISS AND RIDE ZONE

Our Kiss and Ride zone is up and running. Kiss and Ride zones are designed for your

convenience and for your child’s safety. Designed for quick entry and exit, these

zones minimise congestion and risk when used properly by all parents and carers.

These zones operate under the same conditions as no parking zones, which means

you may stop to drop off or pick up children for a maximum of 2 minutes. The driver

is required to remain in the vehicle. The gate next to the Kiss and Ride zone will be

open from 8:00am-9:30am and 3:00pm-4:00pm each day.

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The Kiss and Ride Zone Rules are on page 6. It is very important that all parents and carers follow these rules to ensure that this

zone is safe and effective for everyone. Our main priority is the safety of all our students. If grandparents or carers will be using

this zone can you please give them a copy of the rules so they are aware of the system in place.

Students will be advised to stand back against the fence, away from the kerb, and wait until their car is in the zone before they

proceed. If your child is not waiting, please do a loop and return to the queue or park legally and walk to collect them.

Please DO NOT do a U-turn as this places our children at risk.

Please note this zone will not be supervised by school staff. Please respect the timing and sequence, load children and their bags

straight into the car, not the boot, which will avoid exiting the vehicle and speed up the process. Council will be patrolling the

area to supervise this zone.

ASSEMBLY - Assembly will be held on Wednesday 27 March at 2.30pm. 4M will be presenting. Parents/Carers/grandparents

are most welcome to attend our assemblies. You do not need to sign in at the office for assembly, just take a seat in the hall.

CROSS COUNTRY The Cross Country Carnival will be held at school in the last week of Term One on Monday 8 April at 11.30am. Children 8 years and over may compete. The events will be run in the following order: 12 years, 11 years, 10 years and 8/9 years. Sports uniform and sports shoes (no spikes or bare feet) should be worn for the cross country events. SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS Individual, class and specific group photographs are scheduled for Thursday 23 May (Term 2 Week 4). The school usually alternates

between summer and winter uniform each year. This date was booked last year and is not able to be changed. We will ensure that

in 2020 we will book for Term 1 so summer uniform can be worn.

PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AFTER SCHOOL

A reminder to parents that the school playground equipment is NOT to be used before / after school by students or siblings, even with parental supervision.

This equipment is only to be used by students of Pagewood Public at second half of lunchtime when supervised by a teacher. Although injuries cannot be totally avoided in school playgrounds, much can be done to minimise their frequency and severity. We thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS

In Term 1, the Learning and Support Team are asking for parent volunteers to assist with learning enrichment programs throughout the school. If you are interested in volunteering or finding out more information, please see or email Mrs Bevis at kathleen.bevis@det.nsw.edu.au

NEWSLETTER

A reminder to all our new parents that our newsletter is the main form of communication of what is happening in our school.

The newsletter is posted on our website from 4:00pm every Monday. You can view it on our website from that time every

week.

PSSA SPORT THIS FRIDAY

AFL Heffron

Softball Booralee Park

SPORT TRAINING – TERM 1

AFL Friday morning from 8.10am

Softball Friday morning from 8.30am (weather permitting)

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UNIFORM SHOP

Our lovely parent volunteers will open the uniform shop on Thursday 28 March at 9.15am. Uniform orders can be left at the

office at any time with correct money. Our parent volunteers will fill the orders when they can. For new uniform shop order form

can be obtained from the office. There is also a large selection of second hand uniforms for sale.

The Uniform Shop opens every second Thursday from 9.15 to 9.45am. The price list and order forms are on the school website or

at the office. You are welcome to drop your orders at the front office as the uniform volunteers will fill orders and call you for

collection. Please allow a few days for the order to be returned to the front office.

A reminder that summer uniform will be worn from Monday to Thursday during Term 1 and sports uniform on Fridays. As part of correct uniform, all children must wear the correct Pagewood school cap. Navy socks are worn all week. The embroidered sport shorts, should be worn only on Fridays. It is important that shoes are all black on Monday to Thursday.

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P&C (PARENTS AND CITIZENS) NEWS

Pagewood Public School P&C Association Meeting -Tuesday 2nd April, 2019 at 7pm in School

Library

Apologies

Minutes of 5.2.19 meeting , Minutes of 5.3.19 meeting and 5.3.19 AGM (Thanks Emily)

President’s Report- Treasurer’s Report-

Secretary’s Report- Principal’s Report-

Business Arising/ Carried forward

Election Day BBQ- Thank you Anna

Mother’s Day Stall- date set

Kiss ‘n’ Ride-(requested in March 2018)

Facebook- P&C page/school page

Coffee Mornings/Parent working bee

New Business

Bank Accounts- tidying up

Father’s Day – need a co-ordinator

Teacher coupons at events (Welcome Disco, Market carnival)

Pagewood Public School P& C Guidelines- Code of Conduct, Complaints and Grievances, Risk

Management Planning, Social Media Policy, Work Health and Safety

Teacher’s Wish List

Next meeting- Tuesday May 7th

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With just under 6 months until our 2019 Market carnival, the

planning is about to go into overdrive.

How can you help? Great Question!

We are inviting everyone to find a way to be involved in the Market Carnival this year, but right now

we are looking specifically for someone (or even better a team of people) who would like to co-

ordinate the raffle and silent auction- this would involve contacting sponsors and local businesses

asking for donations. We are also looking for someone with a Marketing focus. If you think either of

these descriptions fit you, please get in touch. If you have any suggestions or would like to help in any

way, please get in touch: pagewoodpandc@gmail.com

Class Stalls- We will ask each class to run a stall on the day. A contact list is being prepared by a volunteer

from each class. Pretty soon you will hear from them and there will be the opportunity to suggest a stall

your class could run. Please note- some of our regular stalls are quite popular and not everyone will get

their first pick. Please be understanding if this is the case.

Thank you for supporting our Market Carnival. Funds raised will be used to improve resources within the

school for our children. We hope to see everyone enjoying the day.

Please like our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/PPSMarketCarnival/

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TERM 1 – 30 January to 12 April 2019

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday/ Sunday

Week 9 Wellbeing Week

Mar 25 Mar 26 Mar 27 Rabbitohs School Visit

Mar 28 Mar 29

Mar 30/31

Week 10 Apr 1 Apr 2 7:00pm P&C Meeting

Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6/7

Week 11 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10 Easter Hat Parade (No assembly)

Apr 11 Apr 12 Apr 13/14

TERM 2

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday/ Sunday

Week 1 Apr 29 Staff Development Day

Apr 30 Students return to school

May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4/5

Week 2 May 6 May 7 7.00pm P&C Meeting

May 8 May 9 May 10 Mother’s Day Stall

May 11/12

Week 3 May 13 May 14 NAPLAN – YEAR 5 TBC

May 15 NAPLAN – YEAR 5 TBC

May 16 NAPLAN – YEAR 5 TBC

May 17 May 18/19

Week 4 May 20 Canberra NAPLAN – YEAR 3 TBC

May 21 Canberra NAPLAN – YEAR 3 TBC

May 22 NAPLAN – YEAR 3 TBC

May 23 School Photographer

May 24 May 25/26

Week 5 May 27 Environmentors Incursion

May 28 Environmentors Incursion

May 29 Environmentors Incursion

May 30 May31