Appin Public SchoolStrive to Improve

26th November, 2019 (Term 4, Week 7)Appin Public School97 Appin RoadAppin N.S.W 2560

Phone: (02) 4631 1220Fax: (02) 4631 1486

Email: appin-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Dates to Remember:26th & 28 Nov Interrelate Talk for Years 5 & 626th Nov P & C Meeting - 6:30pm in the Library29th Nov Bookclub No: 8 Online LOOP Orders due2nd Dec Ministers Speeches & Voting 2020 - Speeches in the Hall from 9:15am - Parents welcome3rd Dec Yr 6 into Year 7 Orientation Day at Ambarvale High School - 9:00am to 1:30pm4th Dec Thank You Breakfast 8:15am - 9:00am Last Scripture for 20196th Dec Hoopla Day & Holiday Xmas Concert 9th Dec Last Playgroup for 2019 Last Parliament for the year- 2:00pm in School Hall

Year 6 Farewell at Appin House - Arrive 5:30pm 10th Dec Jamberoo Reward Day - 3-611th Dec Bowling Reward Day - K-212th Dec Responsible Pet Ownership Education Program - K-2 Reports Home16th Dec Learning Certificates: 9:05am-9:25am (K-6 in classrooms)

Presentation Day - 9:30am - 11:00am (In the hall)Yr 6 Graduation Assembly - 2:00pm - 3:00pm (In the hall)

17th Dec Talent Showcase18th Dec Last day of Term 4 for Students and Teachers20th Dec Last day of Term 4 for Office Staff27th Jan Australia Day Holiday28th Jan Staff Development Day - Staff Return for 202029th Jan Students Yr 1 - Yr 6 Return for 2020 30th Jan Swimming Carnival at University Of Wollongong Pool Years 3-6

(Yr 2 who turn 8 if strong, competitive swimmers only)3rd Feb Kindergarten’s first day of school

From the Principal Welcome to Week 7 where we only have three full weeks of school left and teachers are busily completing Semester 2 reports.Student leaders - Minister Election SpeechesNext Monday, 2nd December is the leadership opportunity for Year 5 students to present their speeches to K-6 students in our school hall at 9:15am. As we have so many potential leaders it will take us the full morning session, which is 9:00 am to 11:00am to listen to these fabulous speeches. Voting will take place back in classrooms immediately following these speeches. Parents of students who are presenting their speech are invited to listen if their time permits. Good luck to all! NB: Our apologies as the permission note had the wrong date of 3rd December for day of speeches.2020 Swimming CarnivalNotes have been sent home for our primary classes to attend Wollongong University Pool on Thursday, 30th January, 2020 where our school Swimming Carnival will be held. Students in Year 2 who turn 8 in 2020 are also invited to attend if they are strong, competitive swimmers (please ask at the office for a form.) The cost of the excursion is $16.00 which covers pool entry and bus fare. All children attending the carnival should travel on the bus (bus will have seat belts). Please return the permission note sent home to school by Friday, 6th December 2019 even if your child is not attending the carnival. IMPORTANT: Students who do not return their permission note by Friday, 6th December WILL NOT be allowed to attend. Outstanding AccountsThank you to those families who have finalised their accounts for 2019. Final statements of account will be emailed out tomorrow. Please ensure outstanding amounts are paid by 30th November, 2019. If you have made alternative payment arrangements with the office, please use this statement as information only.

Student AchievementsCurrawong class students Lily and Lauren have been working with Miss Lewis to boost their writing and spelling skills. Zeva and Ashley from Bowerbird class, along with their whole class, have been working on writing letters to persuade our P&C to fund their class project of establishing a Lizard Sanctuary at our school. In Rosella class Mason, Beau and Nixon are proud of their developing writing skills as are Owl class students Kohan, Ryder, Maddison, Benjamin, Lawson, Ebony, Evie, Abby and Emmett. Breanna from Magpie class has been working consistently to improve her reading using Reading Eggs. Wowing themselves and then Mrs Morrison, Mr Thompson and Mrs Harrison were Bellbird and Kingfisher students Emily, Shejana, Mia G, Mia C, Erin and Zarah as they successfully completed coding to make their Legobot perform a complete square. Congratulations to all these students and keep up your fantastic efforts.Stamp Chart SuperstarsCongratulations to the following students who have filled their stamp chart or accumulated dojo points by demonstrating and following our classroom rules.Owl: Kohan, Lawson, JaylahFairywren: Evie, Zophie, Maddison, Nathaniel, Declan, Jaxon, Zachary, LeviRosella: Mohammad, Savannah, Amelia, MirandaKookaburra: Nate, Joshua, Jaiden, Shayla, Darcy, Noah G, KooperLyrebird: Quinn, Eloise, Kalani, Peyton, Demi, Willow, Anastasia, JaxonBowerbird: Noah C, Mitchell, Noah A, James, Ashley, Beau, Cooper, Mackenzie, Isla, Alexis, CharlotteLorikeet: Kayden, Zac, Charlotte, Lily, CharleeCongratulations to all and keep up the fine efforts.

Thank You BreakfastAn invitation to our Thank You Breakfast on Wednesday, 4th December, 2019 from 8:15am to 9:00am has been given outto parents and community members who have assisted us in any way throughout this year, as a way of thanking you foryour wonderful contribution to our school. If you have helped in anyway, and did not receive an invitation, please call intothe office to collect one. End of Year Scripture PerformanceOur last Scripture End of Year Christmas Celebration is on Wednesday, 4th December from 9:00am-9:30am.The performance has a religious Christian Christmas message and students will receive a booklet at the end to bring home.All students are welcome to attend, but if you do not wish your child to participate, please let our office know. Scholastic Book Club - Issue 8The last day for Book Club Online LOOP orders is Friday, 29th November, 2019. Updating School RecordsIt is very important that we have up to date and correct contact details for our students. If you have a new home address, mobile phone number or email address, please contact our school office to update these details as soon as possible. Writing Providing continuous professional learning for teachers in the way they teach writing and improving student writing achievement has been a dedicated school focus these past four years and we are seeing a noticeable improvement across all grades so it’s no surprise that our students are becoming confident and persuasive writers. We thank Mrs Goldstein for re-igniting the “Golden pencil” awards that has resulted in this award being highly sought after. Mrs Goldstein, Miss Lewis and Miss Turhanlar have a very difficult decision before each whole school assembly as to who receives these awards.Gold Award, Aussie of the Month and Ministers Reward for Primary StudentsIt is a great achievement to have attained five Class Awards, three Bronze Awards and two Silver Awards to reach GoldAward status, to be an exemplary all-rounder student who becomes an Aussie of the Month and to tirelessly andresponsibly fulfill the duties of a Student Minister at our school and as a way of saying “congratulations” or “thank you”,a different reward outing is offered each year to these eligible students. This year our deserving Primary students will be going to Jamberoo Water Park on Tuesday, 10th December, 2019. Our Infant award winners will also be rewarded with a Bowling Day on Wednesday, 11th December, 2019. We’re all getting tired!As we are getting towards the end of another successful school year, our students often become quite tired and some even get tired of their friends and find it difficult to speak and act respectively. Please speak to a teacher if your child is involved in any friendship disputes and do not approach another child’s parent or indeed anoth-er child. By the time a parent hears of an incident it has usually been dealt with at school. We are really impressing on our students that they need to treat each other the way they would like to be treated themselves. This is also a reminder to our older students to speak to teachers respectfully and in the manner in which they would like to be spoken back to.

Student of the Week - T4 W6 Owl - Lawson Rosella - Amelia Fairywren - Jaxon Cockatoo - Bailey Currawong - Kai Kookaburra - Imogen Lyrebird - Frank Bowerbird - Mikey Lorikeet - Emily Falcon - Mia Magpie - Nevaeh Cassowary - Connor Bellbird - Emily Kingfisher - Logan

Year 6 Farewell FundraiserYear 6 students will be selling iceblocks each afternoon after school from 3:00pm-3:15pm, during Term 4, to raise money for the Year 6 Farewell. If any parents from Year 5 or Year 6 would like to donate a bag of Zooper Doopers, it would be greatly appreciated. They can be dropped off at the school office. Thank you.

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Be Safe

Keep YOUR hands and feet to yourself!!!!!!!

TERM 4 WEEK 7&8

Enrolments for 2020It is vitally important this year that families notify our Office if their children will not be attending our school next year. Likewise, please notify our Office if you know of any families moving into Appin with children who plan to enrol at our school for next year. It is imperative that we know exact numbers as soon as possible to help with organisation of classes

Update from Koolah

I am pleased to inform you that $310 was raised by our school community to help my koala friends. It was heartening to see

students from Kindergarten to Year 6 learning more about the plight of koalas and how they can help others understand the

dangers koalas face. My friends are grateful for your support. The school is planning to make the fundraiser an annual event

which I am especially thankful for.

The funds have been donated to the Wollondilly branch of WIRES to support the care of Ruben who is being cared for by some

local Appinites. Ruben has his own facebook page, which says:

“RubenisalocalmalekoalawhogothimselfinabitoftroubleafterleavinghisMum.Inadditiontobeingquite

dehydratedwhenhefirstcameintocare,anOpthalmologistattheRSPCAEyeHospitalhasconfirmedRubenhas

cataractsinbothofhiseyes.Heisonlyabout18monthsoldsothisisquiterare.Rubenrequireseyesurgeryinthe

nextfewmonthstogivehimthebestchanceofbeenabletoliveanormallifebackinthewild.

Hoopla Day & Holiday ConcertWe will be holding a Hoopla Day & Holiday Concert on Friday, 6th December, 2019. The Holiday Concert will start at12:00pm followed by our Hoopla Day. Year 6 have been working hard to organise a fun filled afternoon of entertainment and activities for the whole school to enjoy! From 1:30 to 2:30 pm, bring your money along and have some fun to support our Year 6 Farewell. Cost: Activities will cost 50c, $1.00 or $2.00Activities: Plate Stall, Bean Bag Toss, Tombala, Guess the Teacher, Mystery Box, Bowling, Face Painting, Art Club Stall, Iceblocks & Jellybeans, Putt Putt Golf, Disco, Karaoke. So start saving those coins!!!!!!Every family has been sent home a plate to prepare a gift for sale for our Plate Stall and will sell for between $5.00 and $10.00. Could you please assist us in preparing a gift plate and sending it into school. The plate should be sent in ready to be sold as a gift, so please cover with cellophane and put a ribbon on it. The gift plate should not include perishable items unless you are planning to send it in the day before the Hoopla Day. Some examples may be;* ‘dad’s carwash’ plate with a sponge, bottle of wash’n’wax and a chamois* ‘tea lovers’ plate with 3 sachets of quality tea, tea cup/saucer and a small packet of shortbread biscuits* ‘garden lovers’ plate with garden gloves, small decorative pot and packet of seedsThese are just examples. Please be creative and support this worthy fundraiser for our school. All plates need to be returned to school by Thursday, 5th December. Thank you for your support.

Donations Needed for Tombola Stall for Hoopla Day. Lucky Number - Every Number Wins!Please donate a plastic bottle or jar filled with ........... e.g. lollies, bath bombs, homemade jam, hair ties, soft drink etc. Please leave your plastic bottle or plastic jar in the box in the office. Thank you so much, Mrs Kate Kelly.

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Campbelltown Performing Arts High School

Beverley Road, Campbelltown

Year 7, 2021 Information Evening 10th February, 2020 at 6.00pm

Campbelltown Performing Arts High School will be holding a Year 6 Information Evening on Monday 10th February, 2020 for all prospective students or those interested in attending our high school in the future. This evening will provide you with an opportunity to:

• see our innovative, integrated Year 7 curriculum in action, in purpose-built learning spaces.

• meet key personnel • develop an understanding of the school’s key directions and programs. • tour the school’s state-of-the-art facilities • gain information about the enrolment and audition process.

Auditions for Year 7, 2021 will be held on the 30th, 31st March, 1st, 2nd and 3rd April, 2020.

Audition application forms will be available on this evening or our school Website: www.cpahs.nsw.edu.au

Audition applications close 13th March, 2020.

For more information please call our Performing Arts Faculty on 02 4625 1403.

PBL Wellbeing Tips -Why get active?Regular physical activity is an important part of getting healthy and staying healthy. If kids and teens exercise regularly, it can reduce stress and symptoms of mental health conditions like depression and anxiety, and help with recovery from mental health issues. Encouraging kids and teens to be active from a young age sets good habits early on and helps them develop the skills they need to stay active and throughout their lives.Regular physical activity helps kids and teens to:* grow and develop healthily* build strong bones and muscles* improve balance and develop skills* maintain and develop flexibility* achieve and maintain a healthy weight* improve cardiovascular fitness* reduce stress and feel more relaxed* improve posture* boost confidence and self-esteem* have fun with their friends and make new ones.

Appin Playgroup

A fun new Playgroup for families with children from 0—5 years

Where? Appin Public School Main Road, Appin When? Monday’s 9.15 a.m.—11.00 a.m. Cost? Free What to bring? A piece of fruit to share, a drink for your child, hat and sunscreen What Activities? Craft, Puzzles, Songs, Stories & School Readiness Activities

For more information about the Appin Playgroup please call Charmaine on 0437 382 440

or The Benevolent Society

Camden Office on: 02 4651 4000

Responsible Pet Ownership Education ProgramThe Responsible Pet Ownership Education Program for our K-2 students will be visiting our school on Thursday, 12th December, 2019. Could parents please advise the school if their child has any allergies, anxieties etc in regards to this visit.

REQUEST FOR ALL SCHOOL MAINTENANCE LOCAL TRADES PROVIDERS AND SUPPLIERSThe NSW Government has committed the largest investment in planned maintenance at public schools in the

history of NSW. A record $1.3 billion is being spent on an ambitious delivery program, focused on employing

local businesses and contractors across the state.

To assist in addressing regional school maintenance issues and at the same time provide work for local trade’s

persons and suppliers across the Greater Western Sydney region encompassing South Western and Western

Sydney, over $100 million is being invested to upgrade and maintain our school infrastructure.

Given this record spend by School Infrastructure NSW, you are invited to an Asset Management Unit industry

breakfast briefing. This will provide information to existing and new contractors on how you can get involved.

To find out more by attending our Industry breakfast register at

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/industry-engagement-information-session-tickets-81879669295

or contact your AMU on 9732 3528.