Penrith South Public School Opportunity Growth Success

172-190 Jamison Road Penrith NSW 2750 Phone: 4721 3160 Fax: 4731 1011 Email: penrithsth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.penrithsth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Safe, Teamwork, Achieving, Respect

Every child’s journey at Penrith South Public School is one of purpose, high expectations, dignity and options.

This week Ms Isichei took up an opportunity to work in the Nirimba Office in the Learning and Wellbeing Unit until the end of the term. She will be learning a lot of things and helping schools and families across the network. We wish Ms Isichei the best of luck in her journey and look forward to hearing all about her experience when she returns. We have been very lucky to have the lovely Mrs Sullivan take the class while Ms Isichei is absent. SRC and Recycling You may notice our playground now has yellow lid recycling bins and a grate for collecting return and earn items. These two initiatives have been suggestions from the SRC. The SRC have been concerned with the over use of plastic in society and the way we dispose of rubbish at our school. The group thought the bins and the grate support the ‘Reuse, Reduce, Recycle’ concepts. SRC representatives will be talking with their classes about the bins, ensuring they are put to good use. It would be great for you to be discussing these concepts at home too! SASS Week Next week is SASS Week which means it is time to acknowledge and thank the wonderful support staff we have at the school. These people include Mrs Patane, Mrs Thorne and Mrs Palmer in the office as well as our dedicated and clever SLSOs staff both in the support unit and in mainstream classes and also Mr Nik our General Assistant. These wonderful people are the back bone of the school and they work hard to ensure things run smoothly for students, families and teachers. We could not do without them! Mrs Beeby Principal

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Term 3 Week 6 Aug 2018

KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS FOR 2019 Enrolments for Kindergarten 2019 are now being accepted at Penrith South Public School.

If you or someone you know has a child turning 5 before July 31, 2019 they are eligible to enrol to start school next year. Please visit our school office between 8.30am and 3.15pm Monday to Friday to collect the enrolment forms. Completed application forms should be returned to the Front Office together with the child’s original Birth Certificate, current Immunisation Certificate and proof of address (eg Utility Bill, Rental Agreement or Council Rates). The NSW Department of Education Policy states that a child of compulsory school age (6 years old) must be enrolled at and attending a government or non-government school by the time they turn six. I look forward to getting to know our new kindergarten students and their families before they start school next year. The Transition to School Group commenced this Term. If you have any questions regarding your child’s readiness to start school please feel free to make an appointment with me to discuss this.

Michelle Preiss Assistant Principal

SUPERVISOR’S AWARDS

BRONZE Year 1 Aiden Eldridge Alex Montgomery Ruby Abbott Year 4 Winter Tatafu-Pohiva Liam Lister Chelsea Cooper Mewan Mustafa Jackson Hennig

SILVER Kindergarten Lily Wemyss Taha Abrar Thomas Austen Lana Mustafa Kiarai Apap Tyler Brown Lillie Lamb Eknoor Saini Year 1 Coopar Crawford Year 2 Bri’hanna McGrath Loughlin Moynahan Daniel Arnold Ava Choma Year 4 Izzy Owen-Wilde Bethany Burke Abby Tarrant

GOLD Year 1 Ruby-Rose Wheeler Camron Behan Year 2 Makayla Consentino Osten Moynahan Shaylee Pitkin Charlotte Keehn Thye Rangai Year 3 Kai Hoggard Year 4 Amelia Barlow Pranali Gor

PLATINUM

SAFETY

If you see any suspicious activity in or around our school please don’t hesitate to call us to let us know. You could call the police directly or contact the school.

The school’s security phone number is: 1300 880 021

TERM 3 2018

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Aug 27 Nepean Dance Festival Rehearsal P&C Clothing Pool 8:45am to 9:15am Room 24 Year 3-6 Assembly 2pm Hall

Aug 28 Aug 29 SCHOOL BANKING NEWSLETTER P&C meeting 6pm in School Staffroom Zone Athletics

Aug 30 FATHER’S DAY STALL for support classes K-4.21 3-6.22 and 3-6.23 Bunnings Penrith Father’s Day Family Night 6pm Zone Athletics

Aug 31 K-2 Assembly 10:30am Hall FATHER’S DAY STALL (11:30am to 1pm) Last day for Swimming Scheme payment (Yr 2-6) Homebush Athletics Carnival (K-4.21 and 3-6.22)

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Sep 3 Nepean Dance Festival Matinee Athletics Ribbon Assembly 2pm Hall New Canteen Menu starts

Sep 4 Nepean Dance Festival Twilight 5:30pm (Boys and Stage 3 girls) Evening 7:30pm (All Dance Groups)

Sep 5 SCHOOL BANKING Fun Fair

Sep 6 The Great Book Swap

Sep 7 Summer PSSA Starts-no change to time until Term 4

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Sep 10 K-6 Assembly 2pm Hall

Sep 11 Regional Spelling Bee Final

Sep 12 SCHOOL BANKING NEWSLETTER K-2 Athletics Carnival 11:30 to 1pm Back playground in School

Sep 13 Years 3-6 Public Speaking Stage 3 – 9:30am Stage 2 – 11:30am

Sep 14 PSSA

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Sep 17 Swim School (Year 2-6)

Sep 18 Swim School

Sep 19 SCHOOL BANKING Syd West Athletics Swim School

Sep 20 Swim School

Sep 21 PSSA K-2 Assembly 10:30am Hall Swim School

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Sep 24 Years 3-6 Assembly 2pm Hall P&C Meeting 9:15am Room 24 Clothing Pool 8:15am to 9:15am Room 24 Swim School

Sep 25 Swim School

Sep 26 SCHOOL BANKING NEWSLETTER K-2 Public Speaking Year 6 Camp -Canberra Swim School

Sep 27 Year 6 Camp-Canberra Swim School

Sep 28 LAST DAY OF TERM STAR DAY-note to come Year 6 Camp-Canberra Swim School

STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL IN TERM 4 ON MONDAY 15 OCTOBER.

IMPORTANT DATES Nepean Dance Festival dates

Matinee Performance Monday 3 September 10:30am

Twilight Performance Tuesday 4 September 5:30pm (Boys Group and Stage 3 Girls only)

Evening Performance Tuesday 4 September 7:30pm (All 4 Dance Groups) Swimming Scheme

Years 2-6 including 3-6.23 (Not K-4.21 and 3-6.22 as they have their own program)

Monday 17 September to Friday 28 September (Weeks 9 and 10) Year 1 & 2 Excursion

Tuesday 30 October, payment due by Wednesday 17 October Ribbon Assembly

Athletics Carnival Ribbon Assembly will be held on Monday 3 September at 2pm in Hall Summer PSSA

Summer PSSA starts Friday 7 September. Students leave school at recess (11am)

2018 SPELLING BEE

On Thursday 9 August we held our annual Spelling Bee. It was a great competition and we would like to congratulate the following students for competing. Stage 2 – Isabella Benge Stage 3 – Nishika Talusani – Stage 3 Runner-up Isaac Hart – Stage 2 Runner-up Harrison Chapman Miya Rincon Makayla O’Farrell Tyler Horne Layla Newman Sienna Karele Claire Gies Cooper Towns – Stage 2 Winner Cameron Roberts Abby Tarrant Namika Talusani Tasal Baburi Aathavan Ravi – Stage 3 Winner Douglas Jerrard Rhiannon Ingold Emey Sara Ginu We eventually ended up with a winner and runner up for Stage 2 and Stage 3. These 4 talented spellers will now compete at the Regional Final which will be held at Werrington County Public School on Tuesday 11 September. We wish them the best of luck! Rachel Brett Organising Teacher

K-2 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Students in Years K-2 and K-4.21 invite you to attend their upcoming Athletics Carnival. The emphasis is on participation, personal achievement and socialisation. Date: Wednesday 12 September 2018

Time: 11.30am-1:00pm

Venue: School playground

Uniform: Sports uniform with a t-shirt of your house colour and school broad brimmed hat.

House Colours

Surname A-E: Green (Gordon)

Surname F-K: Red (Kendall)

Surname L-P: Yellow (Lawson)

Surname Q-Z: Blue (Patterson)

Penrith South Public School will hold a Great Book Swap event on Thursday 6th September which will coincide approximately with Indigenous Literacy Day. From 16th August the book swap will be announced at Monday and Thursday morning assemblies and be promoted in the school newsletter. Students will be encouraged to bring in books and classroom teachers will each have a collection point in their classroom for donated books. On the day of the book swap, tables will be set up in the school hall. Books will be arranged in approximate age group order. Each class will be allocated a time at 15 minute intervals (similar to Father’s / Mother’s Day stall) during the day to come and purchase a book for a gold coin donation (if book numbers look limited - 1 book per person). The stall will also be open at lunch time for students to make additional purchases. The stall will be supervised by Indigenous students in Stage 3 and a teacher from the Aboriginal Education team. Funds raised will be donated via the online donations function on the literacy foundation website. https://indigenousliteracyfoundation.secure.force.com/CICD__Donations?id=701A0000000ZeXP More information about the Indigenous Literacy Foundation can be found https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/. More information about The Great Book Swap can be found http://www.greatbookswap.org.au/ . Gregory Waddell Organising Teacher

RIBBON ASSEMBLY

The Athletics Carnival Ribbon Assembly (Years 3-6 and 8 year olds in Year2) will be held on Monday 3 September at 2pm in the Hall. All visitors are welcome.

SUMMER PSSA

Summer PSSA starts on Friday 7 September with students leaving the school at recess (11am). In Term 1 and Term 4, PSSA and School Sport for Years 3-6 is played in the morning session straight after the roll is marked after the morning bell. Parents/carers and students are reminded to note their PSSA sport on lunch orders, this Term.

UNIFORM SUPPLIER

Our uniform supplier is Prestige Creations, located at Unit 3, 2 Peachtree Road Penrith (next door to Tyrepower and behind McDonalds). Their contact number is 4727 2622.

WINTER PSPS SPORT REPORT Term 3 Week 4

TEAM Junior Soccer Senior Soccer Jnr Rugby League Snr Rugby League Junior A Netball Junior B Netball Senior A Netball Senior B Netball Junior A AFL Junior B AFL Senior A AFL Senior B AFL School Sport

PLAYED Glenmore Park Glenmore Park Glenmore Park Braddock PCS Llandilo Lapstone Friendly Glenmore Park Kingswood Sth PCS Glenmore Park PCS Dancing, running “ship, shark,shore”

WIN/LOSS

Loss Loss Win Win Win Win Win Loss

Win Win Loss Loss

SCORE

5-2 4-0

20-0 16-10 22-0 4-1

10-1 20-5

19-7

24-14 47-6 24-2

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Isaac Hart Raghav Sharma Dylan Bolton Courtney Bolton Sienna Karele Hayley Shaw Kyleeha Sly Amy Lancaster Jaxon Mutch Heath Maher Terri Beattie Brooke Enman

Term 3 Week 5

TEAM Junior Soccer Senior Soccer Jnr Rugby League Snr Rugby League Junior A Netball Junior B Netball Senior A Netball Senior B Netball Junior A AFL Junior B AFL Senior A AFL Senior B AFL School Sport

PLAYED Surveyers Creek Surveyers Creek Glenmore Park Cambridge Park PAC Cambridge Par PCS Surveyers Creek PSPS B Team PSPS A Team PSPS B Team PSPS A Team Dancing, Soccer, Newcombe Ball, Capture the Nugget

WIN/LOSS

Win Loss

Win Win

Draw Loss Win

Win Win Loss Loss Win

SCORE

3-1 4-1

28-0 30-6 5-5 2-1

19-0

15-6 14-7 14-7

46-36 46-36

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Dreyden Fili Matilda Brown and Claire Gies Tasal Baburi Bray Coghlan Isabella Benge Abbegale Paris Honey Mareko-Lavea Aaliyah Betsey Vansh Banga Ansh Banga Thomas Myers Dale Sproule Montel Warbrick Phoebe Ragen

STARTING SCHOOL GROUP This is a relaxed playgroup that introduces our Kindergarten students for 2019 and their families to school life. The group meets every second Friday in Terms 3 and 4 from 9:15am to 11am. This free transition program is facilitated by a qualified Educator and aims to build friendships and confidence in a fun and relaxed educational environment. Parents and carers stay with their child and children are asked to bring a healthy snack, water and a hat. Call Tamara on 0423 720 492 to enrol. Connect Child and Family Services Community Based Family Support

SWIMMING SCHEME This is a 10 day intensive learn to swim program focussing on weak swimmers in Years 2 to 6 including class 3-6.23. It develops water confidence and provides students with basic skills in water safety and survival at a very affordable cost to parents and carers. Parents and carers should label everything to ensure no items are lost. Spare notes are available in the Front Office and payment is due by Friday 31 August 2018.

P&C NEWS

Hi all,

Our next meetings will be: - Tonight, in the evening, Wednesday 29 August, 6pm, in the School Staffroom.

Please park in the Jamison Rd carpark, closest to the office. - Monday 24 September at 9:15am in Room 24

Our next Clothing Pool will be held on Monday 27 August at 8:45am to 9:15am in Room 24. Our Fathers Day Stall will be held on:

Thursday 30 August for Support Classes K-4.21, 3-6.22 and 3-6.23

Friday 31 August for Kindergarten to Year 6, from 11:30 to 1pm

Helpers are always welcome. Many hands make light work! All gifts are pre purchased, so there is no need for donations. Gifts range in price from $2 to $5. Students will have the chance to purchase one gift with their class. Thank you for your support, P&C Committee and members Email address:pspspandc@gmail.com

PLAY AND CHAT

Play and Chat is held at Penrith South Public School for 0-5 year olds on Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9:15am to 12 noon.

Drop in and have a cuppa. Everyone is welcome. We have painting and playdough, music, stories and great activities. Enquiries: Call Kathy 0432 625 981 or Connect Child & Family Services 4759 1462

CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENTING COURSE

Where: Penrith South Public School.

When: Monday 15th, 22nd, 29th October and

5th, 12th, 19th November.

Time: 9.30am – 12.00pm.

Limited places available.

To make a booking please phone Kathy on 0432 625 981

Circle of Security is an internationally recognised evidence based program which draws on 50 years of research into attachment. It is run as a six week group for parents and carers. The group is designed to enhance the bond and sense of security for both parent and child in their relationship by:

Giving parents a way to better understand their children: ‘Why does my child behave that way?’ ‘What does she/he need?’ and ‘How can I best help him/her grow?’

Inviting parents to reflect on their own experiences of being parented and how it impacts on their parenting

Providing an environment where parents can focus on their strengths and struggles and benefit from the experience of sharing with other parents

An activity of Connect Child and Family Services

CANTEEN NEWS

From Monday 3 September (week 7), the canteen will have a new menu that has lots of new healthy items. The new menu is enclosed with this newsletter. Extra copies are available in the Front Office and Canteen.

We are phasing out the less healthy items and replacing them with fresh, natural ingredients that will be made from scratch on the premises.

Although the new Healthy Canteen guidelines do not commence until 2020, as a community, we want to be the first in the region to make the changes.

There are lots of amazing new foods that the kids will love.

Healthy Canteens whole philosophy is to provide your children with healthy alternatives. Tracy, our canteen lady, has built up great relationships with the community and all of the students, and it’s time to phase the non-healthy alternatives out of the canteen for good.

Each day, the kids are so eager to try the fresh cooked food, and the sales of our healthy counter items have significantly increased, so the time is now to make the change.

Healthy Canteens is only going to get better as we truly want what is best for our students.

Healthy Canteens

LOST PROPERTY Lost property is located in the foyer of Room 24 (OSH Club Room) in the white laundry basket. If an item is labelled, we will return it to the student when lost property is cleared. Parents and carers are asked to label all clothing, lunch boxes, drink bottles and school bags. Lately the great majority of lost property has been unlabelled items and therefore could not be returned to their owners. Parents and carers can help reduce the amounts of lost property by checking each day with their child that they have all their property eg hats, jackets and lunch items.

LOANED CLOTHES

Students are loaned clothes from the Front Office. Parents and carers are asked to please wash these items and return them to the Front Office so we can help other students.

Oshclub News Week 6 Term 3 Dear Oshclub Families, We would also like to advise parents on the following changes taking effect from 6th August:

If you would like to cancel a booking without charge, it needs to be 48 hours prior to the session

starting.

Within 48 hours of a session starting, full fees will be charged and the child marked as absent.

Please inform the service if your child is not attending a session they are booked into. We take

missing children very seriously and need to account for every child on our roll. Oshclub will now

charge a no show fee of $5.00 if a guardian does not let staff know beforehand if a child is going

to be absent.

Oshclub is focusing on Healthy OOSH this term! This is a government run initiative where we have partnered with the Western Sydney Local Health District to promote healthy eating and physical activity within our service. Please come in and pick up some healthy recipes or information regarding how we can ‘make healthy normal’

Parent Information

OSHC program phone: 0407 683 342. Email: penrithsouth@oshclub.com.au Coordinator: Lauren Support Coordinator: Vivian Assistants: Jobellyn, Natalie, Jen OSHClub Head Office: All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

MAKE A WINTER WISE PLAN Cold weather during winter can worsen pre-existing chronic illnesses such as asthma and diabetes, so it’s best to be prepared. Asthmatics and diabetics should review their illness management plans, or speak to their GP if they do not already have one in place. NSW Health Winter Wise

HEAD LICE

Head Lice Spread and Treatment Tips It’s that time of the year again, when head lice are once again on the prowl. Head Lice Spread:

o Regularly check your children’s hair. o Teach older children to check their own hair. o Tie back and braid long hair. o Keep a fine tooth head lice comb in the bathroom.

Just remember, there is no single solution to stop head lice infestations, only persistence. Head Lice Treatment: Conditioner stuns head lice! The stunning effect seems to last about 20 minutes. After this time most lice are active again. Conditioner also makes it hard for the lice to grip the hair shafts. Lice hold onto hairs with their six claws, and when they are alive, they are usually not removed by the typical plastic fine tooth comb. If the hair is wet, or, better still, coated with conditioner, lice seem unable to hold on as strongly as on dry hair. Conditioner may also suffocate lice. Use conditioner on hair to increase the rate of detection. Applying conditioner to dry hair is best, but it will work on wet hair also. White hair conditioner has been recommended to be used for treatment.

o Apply conditioner to dry hair aiming to cover each hair from root to tip with a layer of conditioner. o Detangle the hair using an ordinary comb. o Immediately comb the hair with a fine tooth comb (preferably with cylindrical metal teeth – NOT FLAT

TEETH). Plastic nit combs are good for removing adult head lice but not necessarily the eggs. o Wipe the conditioner off the fine tooth comb onto a tissue and look for lice and eggs. o Repeat the combing for every part of the head at least 5 times.

For more information on head lice treatment visit: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/environment/headlice/treatment.asp

STOP THE SPREAD OF COLDS AND FLU. Cover the nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Throw the tissue in the garbage bin

after use. If you don’t have a tissue cough or sneeze into your elbow. Wash hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Alcohol-based hands

cleaners are also effective. Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way. Anyone who is sick with influenza symptoms should be advised to stay home until their symptoms are

gone. See your family doctor about the flu injection.

If you or your child develops influenza-like illness, seek the advice of your family doctor as you would with any other illness. NSW Health