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Every child, every opportunity

T3 W3 - August 2017

PO BOX 70, Ashfield NSW 1800

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NEWSLETTER - T3 W3 August 2017

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INDEX

From the Principal’s Desk 1

Principal’s Recognition 2

Kindergarten Stage Page 3

Stage 1 Stage Page 4



The News Room 7

P&C 13

Photos of the Week 15

Student Work 21

Community News 27

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land; the Wangal people of Eora nation and pay respect to their elders past and present and extend the respect to other Aboriginal people present here today.

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The NSW Department of Education (DoE) recently published a paper titled Education: Future Frontiers. The implications of AI, automation and 21st century skills needs. The paper tells how the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already changing and disrupting jobs and augmenting increasingly complex tasks across many occupations. It describes a future where, by 2040, AI will have significantly impacted on 73% of jobs across the workforce within the context of an innovation economy.

The paper ponders what changes must be made to our education system to give the current cohort of Kindergarten students the extra capabilities necessary for this future. What are the capabilities that will enable them to successfully engage with and capitalise on the technological changes predicted for their graduation in 2030?

The paper predicts that numeracy and literacy will remain important capabilities in this future and will remain as educational stalwarts. It suggests that an increased focus on problem solving, adaptability and interpersonal

interactions is required as education transforms to meet this future of technology and innovation.

It can be demonstrated that this increased focus to embed these capabilities in the curriculum is already occurring. Compared to education a few decades ago, there is a higher expectation that teachers will measure and account for the growth of all students in their ability to think critically and apply knowledge to new situations. Teachers are also expected to measure student performance against wellbeing frameworks. There is also an expectation that schools offer a wide range of special learning initiatives across the arts, technology and sport with the

opportunities for students to participate competitively.

The introduction of computer coding, typing, robotics and green screens in schools is just the beginning of an educational transformation

where the expectation is that tomorrow’s kindergarten students are expected to know more, learn more and do more.

This change in the educational landscape is evident in the busy learning environment at Ashfield Public School. It is evident in the range of learning initiatives on offer and the more sophisticated assessment tasks being implemented. It is also evident in the emphasis on the school’s wellbeing goals which are about developing individuals who are resilient to change, and confident and adaptable learners.

As an energetic and engaged educational community Ashfield Public School is committed being highly responsive as it embraces the opportunities of a rapidly changing world. Teachers are developing their own skills and implementing programs that enable our students to develop a wide range of capabilities which experts predict will be required in an AI dominated future.

Damien Moran Principal

From thePrincipal’s Desk

“The profound changes ahead in the nature of work demands an education approach that lifts the proficiency of all students if we are to ensure they have the level of cognition, confidence and skill required to navigate a more complex world.”



Typing ClassMon 7 August - 8:00am - 9:00am

................................................Communication Meeting

Mon 7 August - 8:10am - 8:50am................................................Learning Support Meeting

Tue 8 August - 7:45am - 8:30am................................................

Chess ClubTue 8 August - 8:00am - 9:00am................................................

SpellodromeWed 9 August - 8:00am - 8:40am

................................................Computer Coding Club

Thu 10 August - 7:45am - 8:45am................................................

Teddy Bear’s Picnic KindergartenThu 10 August - 9:00am - 2:00pm

................................................Typing Class

Fri 11 August - 8:00am - 9:00am..................................................

Typing ClassMon 14 August - 8:00am - 9:00am

..............................................Communication Meeting

Mon 14 August - 8:10am - 8:50am..............................................

Science WeekMon 14 August - 9:00am - 3:00pm

................................................Science Fair

Mon 14 August - 11:30am - 1:00pm..............................................Learning Support Meeting

Tue 15 August - 7:45am - 8:30am................................................

Zone Athletics CarnivalTue 15 August - 8:00am - 3:30pm

................................................Chess Club

Tue 15 August - 8:00am - 9:00am................................................

Science WeekTue 15 August - 9:00am - 3:00pm

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Check Ashfield Public School’s website Calendar for more

upcoming events.

Principal’s Recognition Mark your calendar

Class Name Reason

6G • Jack• Maria

• Outstanding effort in all Science lessons• Creative efforts in Visual Arts

6P • Jun• Freya

• Being responsible and a positive role model• Wonderful attitude towards all learning areas

5/6R• Charlotte

• James

• Settling into the Ashfield community well an following the wellbeing goals

• Applying himself well in class discussions and sharing his knowledge

5K • Tonya• Jacqueline

• Enthusiasm and creative flare towards all school work• Always bringing a positive & vibrant energy into the class

5M• Kayla• Isabella Z

• Actively participating in maths activities• Producing a consistently high standard of work in all

learning areas

3/4K• Nudara

• Kai

• Welcome to Ashfield Public School! A great start to her learning.

• For applying himself to his learning with improved focus

3/4V • Max• Bhavya

• A consistent and independent learner• For her enthusiastic approach to learning

3/4M • Ana Sophia• Denzel

• Both for setting excellent personal goals for Term 3

2P • Alona• Jean Pierre

• For fantastic focus in Geography lesson• Excellent effort and application in Mathematics

2WP • Zachary• Alicia

• Always applying himself in his learning• Excellent work in reading and comprehension

2/6M • Sadia • It’s been great to hear you speaking and singing this term!

1/2H • Maxwell• Caitlan

• Great writing• Fantastic reading

1M• Ephraim• Anh

• Excellent comprehension skills during story time• A fantastic start with her learning at Ashfield Public

School

1T • Chelsea• Tim

• For being a responsible learner.• For excellent work in Mathematics.

KS• Guru• Jun Long

• Your confidence is growing and it has been wonderful to hear you speak more

• Great subtraction number sentences

KK • Sean• May

• Great reading in Literacy groups• Settling well into school this term

These students have been chosen by their teachers to share their best work or commitment to learning with the Principal.



Welcome back to Term 3. What a wonderful Winter break we have all had. Now it’s time to get back to learning!

So far this term the Kindergarten teachers have noticed what great writers we have in Early Stage 1.Over the holidays all of the skills the children have been learning have come together and the writing that we have been seeing has been magnificent. Every child has shown improvement in both reading and writing. Lots of children participated in the Holiday Reading and Writing program during their break and have all received their certificates of success.

The Kindergarten teachers held their first Information Night for Kindergarten 2018, on Wednesday 26th July. We have 2 more sessions on 18th October and 1st November. It was lovely to meet the new parents and we look forward to getting to know the children during Transition Week (Week 7 Term 4 Monday 20th November to Friday 24th November).

Week 3 was Education Week and it was great to see all of the new and current Ashfield Public School parents and students attending Open Night. The Kindergarten team were thrilled to meet so many of the 2018 Early Stage 1 students and their parents.

We are all getting excited about our excursion to Field of Mars in Week 4, the Science Fair and BeeBot Cup in Week 5 and Book Week in Week 6. We’ll tell you all about these fun activities and more, next time.

KindergartenStage Page



Welcome back to Term 3, what a busy term it will be. Year 1 and Year 2 have their songs for the ‘Night at the Museum’ performance and are very enthusiastically learning a routine to showcase on the night. If you are available to help with the production costumes, please see your child’s class teacher.

We’re going out, about and around the community to support our Geography unit of work about People and Places. Stage One have begun using maps to look at local and international places around the world. We are learning to understand the features of maps and even create our own map designs!

We are all excited about the Athletics Carnival and hope everyone can come and cheer us on. It’s all about participating and being a good sport!

Year 1 and 2 are budding Scientists getting ready for our Science Fair in Week 5. We will be exhibiting our science design and make tasks on the day. Can’t wait to see the creative and scientific experiments on the day!

Stage 1Stage Page



Welcome to Semester Two.

Term 3 promises to be another engaging and exciting time of learning.

Stage 2 have had a busy start to the term by exploring imaginative texts. We have been examining visual literacy in Anthony Browne’s text ‘Voices in the Park’ and how visual techniques are used to convey meaning to the readers. We have learned that the ‘salient image’ in a visual text is the first image that a viewer sees when looking at an image. The students have also discussed the salient features of colour and layout in visual literacy.

In addition we have explored the elements in Drama. The students have created freeze frames from Anthony Browne’s ‘Voices in the Park’ to explore character relationships, contrast, space, mood and practise performance skills.

We look forward to another great term of learning. Please regularly check our Stage Two class twitter for updates.

Stage 2Stage Page



Stage 3Stage PageWelcome to an exciting Term 3. Stage 3 have a busy program planned which will culminate in ‘A Night at the Museum’ our school play, on Thursday 21st September.

This week we celebrate Education Week with the theme ‘I Learn We Learn.’ We are looking forward to using our athletic skills learnt last term when we participate at the school Athletics Carnival on Thursday 3rd August at Campbell Oval, Canterbury.

We have been busy in our classes practising for the Stage 3 Spelling Bee which will be held on Thursday 10th August. Two finalists will progress through to the local area finals.

In Week 2, 5K, 5M and 5/6R enjoyed a visit to Ashfield Library where they listened to the very entertaining Oliver Phommavanh. The comedian and writer had Ashfield’s students in stitches with his humorous stories and clips from his most popular books. Oliver’s stories and charisma left many of our students feeling inspired and eager to get writing on stories of their own.

On Thursday 17th August we are travelling to Sydney Olympic Park to investigate the Badu Mangroves in Bicentennial Park. This protected ecosystem has undergone dramatic changes in the last 100 years. Students will suggest reasons for making changes for future generations to protect and conserve biodiversity.

Congratulations to all our Soccer and Netball teams this year who have displayed improvement and outstanding behaviour throughout the season. All coaches are incredibly proud of your achievements and continual dedication in representing Ashfield Public School with such pride. This term we revert back to Cricket and Softball, our summer sports in Week 6. Go Team Ashfield!

Year 5 STEM at Canterbury Boys

In Week 10 of Term 2, Year 5 students from 5/6R and 5M attended a presentation morning to celebrate their semester of learning in STEM program at Canterbury Boys High School. During Semester 1 Year 5 programed Lego robots, conducted experiments in the science lab, and designed their own rockets for the 3D-printer. As a culmination of the program students attended a demonstration

of a driverless car prototype from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics. Selected students even rode in the driverless car, controlled by an on-board computer.

This term students from Stage 1-3 are participating in Tournament of the Minds. This is a problem solving program for teams of students from both primary and secondary years. They are required to solve demanding, open-ended challenges from one of the following disciplines: Science Technology, Engineering Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Language Literature. Tournament of Minds is an opportunity for students with a passion for learning and problem solving to demonstrate their skills and talents in an exciting, vibrant and public way.



Oral language development and early literacy experiences

Oral language provides the foundation for learning to read, and is related to overall reading achievement throughout primary and secondary schooling (Snow et al., 1995; Wise et al, 2007). From the moment of birth, a child is immersed in an environment that will have an immense impact on his or her long-term facility with oral and written language. Children who are surrounded by, and included in, rich and increasingly complex conversations, have an overwhelming advantage in vocabulary development, in understanding the structures of language, and in tuning into the sounds of the English language. Oral language is important for both reading and writing. To understand language at the printed level oral language competency is a necessity. Children need strong vocabularies to understand the broad range of words in texts; they require strong grammatical skills to understand the complex sentences present in many texts; and they require the ability to reason and infer so that the necessary links between information in texts can be made.

Experiences with books and other forms of print, and seeing people reading and writing as part of their everyday lives also prepares children for reading. Children are not born with the knowledge that marks on a page can represent language; that we read English from left to right, and from the top of the page down, or even the way to open a book. This awareness develops gradually from a very young age if young children observe people around them reading for pleasure and for a variety of other purposes, opening and closing books, turning pages, and responding to what they read. And if young children are fortunate enough to have stories read to them, and if individual words are pointed out as the stories are read, the process by which spoken language is transformed into written

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Fact of the WeekDid you know!

The Titan Arum, otherwise known as the Corpse Flower or Corpse Plant, only flowers once every 7-10 years? When this plant finally flowers, it smells terrible! Not unlike a

corpse, resulting in its nickname, the Corpse Flower. This strange plant can grow 4 metre wide leaves, and a 2 metre long flower! In the Guinness Book of World Records, the tallest Titan Arum bloom was 3.1 metres tall. Amazing!

By Mila & Aslesha

Hat AwardsWeek 1:

1. 6P2. 5M3. 3/4K

By Safiy, Kevin O and Prashant

Quote of the Week

language becomes apparent. Some children also learn much more – they begin to recognise what print looks like, how letters differ from punctuation, and to identify some letters and commonly-occurring letter patterns.

Unfortunately not all children have the benefit of a language-rich and print-rich environment. These children enter school at a significant disadvantage. They will be further disadvantaged if this is not understood and acknowledged by their school. All young children need a stimulating language environment at school, but for children from less literacy-rich backgrounds, the need is urgent and paramount.

Understanding the Reading Process, 2010, Deslea Konza

Grammar ChallengeK-2 Grammar challengeCircle the verb in this sentence

Kate was running down the hill.

3-6 Grammar challengeUnderline the principle clause

Lillie was eating lunch because she was hungry.

Deadly KidsIn The theme of NAIDOC week was Our Languages Matter. Did you know that there was a time when the Aboriginal language Dharug was the official language spoken in the Sydney area. Here are some Sydney languages:

Friend in battle: ngalaya Brother: babana Father: biyanga Friend or comrade: gamarada Mother: wiyangaSister: djurumin

How deadly!

Week 2:1. 1/2H2. 5/6R3. 6G

Thank you and keep wearing your hats!



June BirthdaysByung 2nd Mia 3rd Juliette 4th Erica 4th Catherine 4th Shafi 5thSnighbha 5th Jesslyn 5th Zoe 6th Jamie 7th Kylah 7thEray 7th Bhavya 7th Shreya 8th Smriti 8thMilica 8th Mya 9th Michael 9th Zahra 9th Aslesha 10th Heidi 10th Eissa 10th Levi 11th

Raman 13th Maddox 13th Xixi 14th Minh Hee 15th Ridwan 18th Eugenia 18th Sriharshita 20th Jayden 21st Shaurya 21st John M. 22nd Grace 25th Sampada 25th Kewalin 25thLucien 26thLily-Jane 26th Levi 27th Emmett 28th Jacqueline 28th Ahaan 28th Junxian 28th Imaan 28th Louis 28th Teleisha 31st

Hat Awards

By Safiy, Kevin O and Prashant

50 Nights of ReadingMilian KSKayden 2PLucien 2PNathan 2P

Soleil 1MJessica B 1MAnthony 6GRidwan 6G

100 Nights of ReadingSean 2PShaurya 2P

Wanwisa 1TNatchitra 1M

Library News

BOOK WEEK will be celebrated in Week 6.

• Year 5 attended Ashfield Library on Monday 24th July and listened to the very funny comedian and author Oliver Phommavanh. He gave many inspiring ideas on how to get started in writing.

• Stage 1 attends the Andy Jones talk at Ashfield Library on Wednesday 14th August. Andy loves putting poetry to music.

• Our Book Week guests are Frane Lessac who is a wonderful author and illustrator and will entertain Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 on Monday 21st of August. The author, Martin Chatterton, will speak to Stages 2 and 3 on Tuesday 22nd August.

• Our Book Character Parade will be on Friday 25th August at 9.00am. Make sure you are working on your favourite book character costumes.

• Don’t forget to keep reading for the Premiers Reading Challenge which closes on 25th August. Many of the books are on the Accelerated Reader list so they can be part of your PRC list.

LACLA ReportWelcome back Ashfield public school this term we want to achieve on getting lots of donations for LACLA since we are closer to the end of the year and the LACLA monitors want to get a good amount of money to send to kids like you in Zambia. So makes sure you keep your donations coming!

The LACLA monitors



Maths Problem of the Week K-2 Maths ProblemIf Square = 4 and Pentagon = 5, what is Triangle?

A. ___________________

3-6 Maths ProblemA square is made of 4 matchsticks. 2 squares are also made of 7 match sticks. How many squares can you make with 88 matchsticks?

A. ___________________

By Thomas N., Richard M. and Kevin J.

SRC ReportWelcome back to Term 3!

We hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday. We have been listening to your suggestions and we would appreciate everyone putting one suggestion in the box as well as people putting in suggestions and not words on the paper provided.

We would like to remind everyone that as well as fun fundraisers you can also put suggestions for the school in the box like “putting netball training on Thursday so it’s at the same time as soccer training.”

Hope you enjoy Term 3!

-The SRC

Game of the weekPES2017

This is a game that will interest people who like soccer. In this game you can verse other

online players and bots to win gp points and coins to buy more players and build the best team possible. It has good graphics and very smooth controls that you can get used to very quickly. We rate this 4/5 game points.

By Andrew and Hikun

Word of the weekBLACKOUT Pronounced: [blak-out]

Noun: A power cut and the extinguishing of all electricity and light.

Verb: Eg.1 To faint and lose memories.

Eg.2 To stop a TV programme from being released or broadcasted.

By Jun L & Chaitya

House Points

FREEMAN 4,480

RILEY 5,900

PERIS 4,170

COOMBS 3,960

Current Tally



Game of the week

Word of the week

Sport of the WeekFencing

Fencing is a game that involves body contact with the blade of a sword. It requires agility, concentration, balance and fast reflexes. If someone tries to hit you, you can parry it by knocking it away. You wear a suit to protect you which has two layers, a woolly suit and an electric suit to notify the official you have been hit. The field has a main part and an extra part. The main field is 14 metres and the extra part is 2 metres on each side.

By Hikun N., Andrew L. and Dylan W.

Recycled Paper

What a great start to Term 3! Our playground is really clean. We just have to keep it looking this good all term! A little fact about recycling: Recycled paper produces 73% less air pollution than paper that is made fresh from the trees that made it! So if we keep on recycling, our air will become cleaner. The more trees the cleaner the air.

By Mila and Aslesha

Technology ReportSiRi

Have you ever heard of the female voice when you accidentally hold the home button on all apple products? Siri, the new way to search on the internet, tell you the answers to hard maths questions and even look up movie trailers and suggest some good films for you to watch. Siri is a great invention that is now being modified to turn off lights in houses or even locking doors. This is the future of technology and it keep amazing us.

By Sebastian Z, and Timothy J

Origami and Paper CraftPanda

This week’s Paper Craft design is a Panda. You will need two pieces of paper of your colour preference but I prefer the original black and white. This design can stand up or lie down and you can also modify how big or small the panda and its parts will end up depending on how you fold the papers or the size of the papers.

We rate this paper craft difficulty of 4 out of 5

Sebastian Z and Timothy J

House Points

FREEMAN 4,480

COOMBS 3,960



I am having trouble with completing my work during class and I really don’t know why I sometimes wonder if I’m the one who distracts people or people distract me because I feel like it’s both.

Please help me!

Sincerely Miss. Distracted

Dear Miss. Distracted

I’ll firstly talk about if someone’s distracting you. So if someone’s distracting you, you should either ignore them or if it’s really hard to ignore them tell them to stop but everyone knows that doesn’t work so just tell the situation to the teacher.

Sincerely Danna

Patient: Doctor, Doctor I think I’m a bee!

Doctor: Buzz off!

Patient: Doctor, Doctor I think I’m invisible!

Doctor: Sorry, I can’t see right you now.

Patient: Doctor, Doctor I think I ate a sheep.

Doctor: How do you feel?

Patient: Very baaaaaaad.

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Ash�eld Public School P&C

P&CNews Room

Ever wondered where your LACLA donations go?Here’s an example of how LACLA has helped one young man, Jonas Kalobwe (now aged 29) from Zambia and his community.

LACLA started sponsoring Jonas in Grade 9 at Chakopo Primary and sponsored him through to Grade 12 at Mansa (2006 to 2009). After completing high school he started volunteering as a community teacher helping children aged 6 to 11 learn to read and write.

A well-wisher sponsored him to study catering at Mpatamato business college in Luashya.

This course pushed me in my career to help young mothers in the quest for good health of their children. After completing the course, I found a job at Kisu lodge where I organised some money to study teaching (Home Economics) at Rockview University in Lusaka. My course helped me also to pay the fees as I was working and learning as a student in the same college.

Finally I graduated with distinction. I am not yet employed as a teacher, but I have been able to raise some money and sponsor two double-orphaned children in the neighbourhood to do computer programs. These boys have finished the course and have started helping their families.

I would like to say thank you especially to the Let the African Children Learn Association – please continue to empower the vulnerable and orphans in the African communities.

“A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM” – WHOLE SCHOOL PRODUCTION – SEP 21ST – CALL FOR PARENT VOLUNTEERSWe are seeking help from parents for the whole school production, for example:• Assisting with costumes - please

contact [email protected], or your class parent or teacher. There is no need to be an expert with a sewing machine - there are plenty of simpler tasks to do as well!

• Assisting with sales of food/drinks on the night - please contact [email protected] if you are happy to be rostered on for a short shift on the night.



SCHOOL UNIFORM DONATIONS NEEDED

Please consider donating unwanted uniforms that are clean and useable to the second hand uniform stall. Your donations help to give a family an affordable uniform and raise money to support the school at the same time! Uniforms can be dropped at the front office or handed in at the stall Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8:30am (next to assembly).

www.ashfieldpandc.com.au

@AshfieldPandC

Ashfield Public School P & C

[email protected]

GARDEN CLUB1st Monday of every month during School Term, from 3pm:

• Monday 7th August (Week 4)

• Monday 4th September (Week 8)

All students welcome to attend with their parent / grandparent/carer.

FATHER’S DAY STALLFriday 1st September (Week 7)

P&C GENERAL MEETINGMonday 7th August (Week 4) at 7pm. All parents and carers are welcome to attend.

FATHERS DAY STALL – SEP 1ST - CALL FOR DONATIONS

Do you have any new or as new items to donate for sale on the day?

Items can be placed in the red box in the entry foyer of the School Office. All funds raised will go back to our school! Thank you for your support.

P&C Term 3 Dates for the Diary



Photos ofThe Week



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The Gum TreeA small tree pushing up from the earth,A year ago was its beautiful birth, A little nut buried beneath the ground,Gathering the nutrients that it found,Slowly but surely it put out roots,Later pushed out some tiny shoots,Blossoming up from the dirt,By small weeds and bushes its girt,As the years go by, creatures visit,And its blossoms grow more and more exquisite,But someday it will have to fall,So until then it will call,All the animals in the bush.Strong gusts of wind blow through its leaves,Seeing others fall around it, it grieves,Someday it knows it has to fall down,And be smothered by a leafy gown.

By Mila Ossowska 6G

The Light that Never Turns Off

Follow the ocean to the sea,

This is where you can find me,

I’ve been here for a while watching you with a big bright smile,

I am excellent at telling the time,

And can be found in the bright blue sky,

I can always light the way unless the milky moon is in the way,

I always move and never stay still,

And spread my light with people like you,

No one can touch me but they know I’m up here looking down on you from the blue,

But sometimes I get covered by a cool misty fog,

And this can stop my light from ever turning on.

By Sebastian Zanardo 6G

By Sebastian 6G

By Vi & Vivian 6G



By Bonnie. KS Holiday writing

By Sherry. KS Holiday writing



CommunityNews

Homework helpDo you struggle to understand your child’s homework? Does your child need to practice their spelling and times tables? Are you looking for inspiration for projects and assignments?

The free School A to Z app has been created by the Department of Education and Communities to help parents and their school-aged children, wherever and whenever they have homework and study questions.

Find out more: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/about/mobile-applications/school-a-to-z

Homework and multi-taskingSomewhere along the line we seemed to have absorbed the idea that teenagers can multi-task perfectly because they’re digital natives. Can kids really do their homework and multi-task?

Find out more: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/technology/using-technology/homework-and-multitasking-can-it-be-done

When lunch comes home again – uneatenAlmost nine out of 10 Australian parents say children’s resistance is a major obstacle in their efforts to provide a healthy diet, and in many cases school lunches are one of the battlegrounds.

But it’s a battle families can do without and there are some simple steps to help avoid it.

Find out more: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/food/when-lunch-comes-homeagain

Help with EnglishDoes your child need help with spelling or writing? Here are some resources that may help.

Find out more: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/english

MathsStruggling to remember everything you learnt in maths? If you need a refresher course, here are some tips and tools to help you to help your child.

Find out more: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/mathematics



WE NEED YOUR HELPK-6 Hindu Special Religious Educator required at our school.

Dear Parents/Caregivers

We are seeking Volunteers who can commit to instructing K-2 & 3-6 students in Hindu, under the supervision of a classroom Teacher. As a Volunteer you would be required to teach the students each Wednesday, of the school term, from 2:10-2:45 pm. Volunteers also need to be registered with a recognised organisation as well as obtaining a Working with Children Clearance number (WWCC).

The Department of Education recognises the following organisations:

Chinmaya Mission Australia (Castle Hill)The Saiva Manram (Mays Hill)Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia (Kellyville).

For any further information please contact Ms Jennifer Etienne at school on 97984400. Alternatively your child can provide me with your phone number or email and I will be in contact.

Kind regardsJennifer EtienneEAL/D Specialist Teacher SRE/SEE Coordinator

Name__________________________________________________

Child’s name and class_____________________________________

I am interested in Volunteering as a Hindu Educator: Yes/No (please circle)

I know someone who is interested in Volunteering as a Hindu Educator: Yes / No (please circle)



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Crunch & Sip

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Lunch

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Recess

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DAY TIME ACTIVITY

Monday

8am – 9am • Typing Class

8am – 1:30pm • Piano Tutoring*

1:30pm – 2:15pm • Glee Club

2pm – 3:30pm • Gardening Club (for parents & carers from 3pm, with their children)

3pm – 4pm • Green Screen Movie Making• Times Table Club

3pm – 6pm • Abacus Maths*

Tuesday

7:45am – 9:00am • Chess Club*

1:30pm – 2:15pm • Senior Choir

3pm – 4pm • Robotics Club**

3pm – 3:50pm • German Lesson*

Wednesday1:30pm – 2:15pm • Junior Recorder Club

3pm – 4:00pm • School Band

Thursday

8am – 9am • Computer Coding Club**

8am – 1:30pm • Piano Tutoring*

1:30pm – 2:15pm • Drumming Club• Junior Choir

Friday

8am – 9am • Typing Class

3pm – 6pm • Abacus Maths*

3pm – 3:50pm • German Lesson*

Saturday 10am -11am • Chess Club

Please direct your enquiries to the Front Office * Fee applies ** From Term 2

School Initiatives



Ashfield Well Being GoalsSuper Eight

KIDS’ENTERTAINMENT

Kids’ AREA • Free Parking • Weekly Cash Draws

WITH EVERY KIDS’ MEALFREE ICE CREAM

FACE PAINTING & BALLOON TWISTING WITH PINKY & KOZICircus Tricks & Comedy with Tick Tock the Clown

Madness & FUN with Magician Glenn Keeley

EVERY TUESDAY 6PM - 8PM

115 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield NSW 2131

KID’SENTERTAINMENTENTERTAINMENT

Kid’s AREA • Free Parking • Weekly Cash Draws

WITH EVERY KID’S MEAL

FREE ICE CREAM

FACE PAINTING & BALLoON TWISTINGWITH PINKY & KOZI

EVERY TUESDAY 6PM - 8PM

115 Liverpool Road, Ashfield NSW 2131(02) 8752 2000 • westsashfield.com.au

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