Holsworthy Public School

High Quality Education, Strong Discipline Principal: Peter Ward

36 Infantry Parade Phone: 9825 1479

Holsworthy NSW 2173 Fax: 9825 2860

Email < holsworthy-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au>

Website: www.holsworthy-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Wednesday 4th July 2018 Newsletter Term 2 Week 10

Rule of the Week Week 10: Be Honest

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE STAFFING As I communicated in a recent newsletter I will be on leave for terms 3 & 4. During that time Miss Deiri will be Relieving Principal. The role of Relieving Deputy Principal will be undertaken by Ms Beresforde (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday) and Ms Taylor (Thursday& Friday). Mrs Wray will replace Ms Taylor while she is on leave at the beginning of next term. We will welcome a new member of staff next term. Mrs Karen Lam has been appointed to replace Ms Carlson and we look forward to her joining the team, bringing her broad expertise and experience.

REPORTS AND MEETINGS Parent/Carer/Teacher meetings will continue tonight. It was great to see so many parents/carers at school yesterday afternoon/evening and we look forward to a similar attendance tonight. Teachers have reported that almost all parents/carers have made appointments which is tremendous as effective communication between home and school is a most important element of a quality education. I thank all staff for the tremendous efforts and personal time they have devoted to producing the semester reports you received last night and enabling last night and tonight to be so successful. There is no more dedicated staff in any school in NSW.

NAIDOC DAY A reminder that our school will be celebrating NAIDOC Day on Friday. All children are encouraged to wear red, yellow and black. They will participate in activities aimed to develop understanding and appreciation of Indigenous culture. We look forward to a great day.

DRAMA AND DANCE GROUPS It was my great pleasure to watch our Drama Group perform at Primary Play Day at Bankstown Sports Club last Tuesday. Their performance was outstanding and it was very obvious that the children were really enjoying the experience. Indeed, their performance was so good that the group has been selected to perform at the In The Spotlight Drama Festival at NIDA in August. This is a great achievement and it is the third year in a row that our Drama Group has been selected to attend this event. I also had the great pleasure of seeing our Dance Group perform at the In The Spotlight Dance Festival at the Seymour Centre last Friday night. They opened the show and were fabulous. That is not just my opinion as people from other schools I spoke to on the night were also highly complimentary. It was also obvious that the children really enjoyed performing. They should be very proud of their efforts. I’d like to thank very much the teachers who have organised and prepared these groups; Miss Papathanasiou and Mr Burns (drama) and Mrs Atkins and Mrs Lanzafame (dance). They have given many hours of their time and without that dedication our children would not enjoy these wonderful experiences.

ATHLETICS CARNIVALS Our K-2 Athletics Carnivals were held over the last couple of weeks and both were great days of our students. All children participated with great enthusiasm and really enjoyed themselves. It was particularly pleasing to see so many children displaying good sportsmanship such as congratulating each other after a race. Well done to everyone who competed and did their best and congratulations to those athletes who were placed in an event. Special congratulations to those students who will now represent our school at the Liverpool Zone PSSA Carnival to be held in Week 6 next term. Ribbons will be presented at the Athletics Carnival Assembly on 7th August. I’d like to thank everyone who made the carnivals so successful, including staff, parents and students from Holsworthy High. Very special thanks to Miss Mercer and Mrs North who put a great effort into organising the respective carnivals and did a fantastic job.

YEAR 6 CAMP Our year 6 students had a great time at the camp at Bathurst. Congratulations and well done to everyone who attended because your teachers reported that your behaviour and attitude were excellent. You have represented our school with pride. Well Done! Many thanks indeed to all staff who attended. Our great teachers willingly undertake extra duties to provide our students with tremendous experiences and life long memories. Taking students on an overnight camp is a great responsibility and your efforts are very much appreciated. Special thanks to Miss Papathanasiou for doing a great job organising the camp.

BEST WISHES As this is my last newsletter I would like to express my most sincere thanks to our entire school community. To all students, parents/carers, supporters and staff thank you for all that you do to make Holsworthy Public School the fabulous school that it is. As I say often, I am just so proud to be the principal of our school and it is your commitment, dedication and wonderful efforts that make our school what it is today, and for that I say thank you. I thank you also for the tremendous support you have given to me. I appreciate it very much and know you will give the same support to Miss Deiri in her role as Relieving Principal. Please accept my very best wishes for the rest of the year. I look forward to hearing about and seeing the wonderful things our school will achieve. Finally, a reminder to all children to always remember The Golden Rule; “Treat others the way you’d like to be treated”.

Peter Ward Principal

INTERRELATE FAMILY EVENING PROGRAM Interrelate school services will present a special evening program about sexuality here at Holsworthy Public School on Tuesday, 4 September 2018. These programs are designed for children and their parent(s)/caregiver(s) to attend together and help answer in clear but simple terms many of those questions that children ask about these topics. There are two programs being run, families can choose to attend one or both programs. “Where Did I Come From?” is aimed at students in Years 3 – 6. In this session children are eager to learn more about how their bodies work and the differences between males and females. This session extends their understanding of conception, fertilisation, foetal development and the birth process. “Preparing for Puberty” is aimed at students in Years 5 & 6. This session helps to prepare children and parents/caregivers for the physical, social and emotional changes associated with puberty. Changing emotions and relationships with families and peers are addressed. Permission notes will be sent home early in Term 3. Mrs North

YEAR 6 CAMP Last week Year 6 braved the cold temperatures and went on an overnight camp to Bathurst. On the way to Bathurst the students did a tour through the Lucas Cave at Jenolan Caves before heading to the Rock and Minerals Museum at Bathurst where they were able to see crystals and fossils found in various locations throughout Australia. After arriving at Bathurst and having dinner, the students enjoyed various night activities including line dancing and cooking marshmallows by the campfire along with some campfire songs. On the second day the students participated in the Bathurst Goldfields activities; learning about how people spent their lives on the goldfields, including playing games, making damper and viewing a mudbrick house from the goldfields. Students also got to see the various methods for finding gold including the mine shafts and horse operated machinery, they then got to experience the work of a blacksmith. Before departing Bathurst, students had a go at panning for gold, where some struck it lucky. The students had a great time and represented our school proudly and are to be commended on their excellent behaviour.

Mrs North

Primary Play Day Drama Ensemble Last Tuesday the Holsworthy Primary Play Day Ensemble group travelled to Bankstown Sports Club to perform their play titled ‘Square Eyes’. This play is about children whose parents have confiscated their children’s phones so that they can use their imagination instead. All of the performances at Bankstown Sports Club were amazing and overall the whole day was an enjoyable experience. Our group was delighted when they discovered that they had progressed to the next level to perform at ‘In the Spotlight Drama Festival’ which will take place at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts on Thursday 16 August 2018. Thank you to our ensemble teachers Miss Papathanasiou and Mr Byrnes for your coaching and organisation.

Surabi Marathe 5/6M The student’s performance received 5 star reviews from the judges and was selected to be showcased at this years “In The Spotlight” talent showcase to be held at NIDA in August. Congratulations to the following HPS students pictured above: Vrinda Dhar, Hazel Williamson, Neel Erande, Tahlia Stonehill, Kevin Francis, Angelina Marius Le Prince, Keira Johnson, Yuvraj Singh, Ayush Bendre, Jasmine Yang, Annissa Tuy, Varsha Ganjigunte, Aleena Tomy, Mark Johnson, Ruponti Das, Aaron Chacko, Abby Kennedy, Sharadhi Rao, Alisha Bonney Joseph, Surabhi Marathe.

Library News

Borrowing Champs

It is exciting to see that 72 of our students have borrowed 20 or more books from the library over the past 10 weeks of this term. That is an average of 2 or more books each week. However our top borrowers have devoured 36 books each.

Our Borrowing Champs for this term are:

Sanjana Iyengar 4J, Krushna Pandalaneni 6T and Steven Xia 5/6A.

The Premier's Reading Challenge

The PRC is in full swing for 2018. All the students in Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2 are participating in class with their teachers. Primary students need to complete the Challenge independently, including entering their books on-line.

Currently we have 129 students in Years 3 to 6 who are working on their challenge. As the challenge does not conclude until the end of August, there is still time for even more students to join in.

Congratulations to the 53 primary students who have already completed their challenge. The grade with the most students included in this number is Grade 3. Well done.

Pauline Tipping Teacher Librarian Holsworthy Public School 9825 1479

DANCE NEWS

In the Spotlight Dance Festival

Congratulations to the Senior Dance Troupe who opened the show last Friday night at the

Seymour Centre for the In the Spotlight Dance Festival. They looked amazing and stunned the

audience with their item ‘World of Bugs’. Thank you to all the parents and families for their support.

CROSS NETWORK DANCE

Good luck to our dancers, Piper King, Jaimie Devine and Luke Johnson who will be performing at

the Bankstown Sports Club in the Cross Network Project Gala Night on Thursday, 26 July. Tickets

are available through trybooking.com.

COS CONCERT

The Senior and Junior Dance Troupes as well as the Indigenous Choir and Play Day Drama group

will be performing their items at the COS Concert at Holsworthy High School on Thursday, 2

August. Tickets are on sale at $5 each for the matinee and evening performances. Tickets are

available to performers and are limited to 2 tickets per family for the evening concert. Please pay

by cash only through the school office.

Ms Atkins and Mrs Lanzafame

CAR PARK

Car parks are for: STAFF ONLY AND NOT TO BE USED TO DROP OFF OR COLLECT STUDENTS.

SPORT NEWS

PRIMARY ATHLETICS CARNIVAL The Primary Athletics Carnival was held at school on Monday this week. It was great to see so many of our students participating in running, jumping and throwing events throughout the day. Congratulations to all students who participated. We also held our finals for the 100m and 200m races yesterday with all students from years 3 to 6 cheering along their peers. We will be holding a special assembly to present students who placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their age group with certificates. This assembly will be held on Tuesday 7 August, Term 3 week 3, at 1:55pm in the hall. Students who will progress to the Zone Athletics carnival will be notified early in Term 3. The Zone carnival will be held on Wednesday 29 August, Term 3 Week 6, at Campbelltown Athletics Stadium.

SSW ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS On Wednesday 27 June, 14 students represented Holsworthy Public School at the SSW Orienteering Championships at the Bicentennial Equestrian Centre at Camden. The tournament involved students using special maps to navigate their way around a course set through the parkland. Congratulations to Jamila Bui who placed 1st in her age group and Aquila Lei who placed 3rd in his age group. Both these students have been invited to compete at the State Championships in September.

PSSA RESULTS Round 6 Friday 22 June

Sport Junior Senior

Boys Soccer A’s VS Warwick Farm WON 3-2 B’s VS Warwick Farm BYE

VS Warwick Farm WON 3-1

Girls Soccer A’s vs Chipping Norton DRAW 0-0 B’s vs Chipping Norton LOST 6-0

Vs Chipping Norton DRAW 1-1

Rugby League Vs Liverpool WON 38-32 Vs Liverpool WON 42-6

Netball A’s VS Dalmeny 1 LOST 5 – 0 B’s VS Prestons 1 LOST 8 - 0

A’s VS Dalmeny 1 WON 26 – 7 B’s VS Warwick Farm WON 15 - 0

Hockey VS Dalmeny 1 WON 7-0 Vs Dalmeny 1 DRAW 3-3

Touch football VS Liverpool West LOST 2-1 VS Marsden Road DRAW 2-2

VS Liverpool West LOST 0-5 VS Marsden Road LOST 1-3

Round 7 Friday 29 June

Sport Junior Senior

Boys Soccer A’s VS Nuwarra WON 6-0 B’s VS Nuwarra LOST 3-0

VS Nuwarra WON 2-1

Girls Soccer A’s VS Nuwarra LOST B’s LOST due to forfeit

VS Nuwarra LOST 1-0

Rugby League Vs Nuwarra LOST 22-30 Vs Nuwarra WON 42-30

Netball A’s VS Hammondville 1 LOST 9 – 5 B’s VS Liverpool 1 LOST

A’s VS Hammondville 1 WON 27 – 24 B’s VS Liverpool 1 WON

Hockey BYE BYE

Touch football VS Dalmeny B WON 1-0 VS Casula WON 2-0

VS Dalmeny B LOST 3-0 VS Casula LOST 4-2

PSSA Winter Venues Round

Netball

Rugby League

Hockey

Touch Football

Boys Soccer

Girls Soccer

8

27/7

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Durrant Oval

Warwick Farm

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

BYE South Park Chipping Norton

9 3/8

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

Ernie Smith Moorebank

10 10/8

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Jardine Park

Casula

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

South Park Chipping Norton

11 17/8

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hillier Oval

Liverpool

Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

Hammondville Oval

12 24/8

Woodward Park

Liverpool

TBC Ernie Smith

Moorebank

Woodward Park

Liverpool

Hammondville Oval

Ernie Smith Moorebank

P & C

P&C CATCH-UP

Welcome to the P&C Catch-Up section of the newsletter! Please refer to this section of the newsletter

for any P&C related events, updates or news. To contact the P&C, please leave a note at the Office

or email holsworthypandc@gmail.com.

NEXT P&C MEETING

The Holsworthy Public School P&C would like to take this opportunity to invite all parents and friends

to attend our monthly meetings, which are held on the first Monday of the month. It is always great

to see new faces and new ideas and suggestions are welcome!

The next P&C meeting is on Monday 6th August

P&C 2ND HAND UNIFORM SHOP

The P&C 2nd Hand Uniform Shop will be open;

Monday 830am to 915am

Friday 230pm to 315pm

All second-hand uniforms will be sold for the standard price of $3, with the exception of 2nd hand

school bags ($10), School caps ($12), and PSSA socks ($15).

If you would like to donate to the 2nd Hand uniform shop, please drop off items during operating

hours or forward to the School office.

LOST PROPERTY

Every Friday, P&C volunteers collect, sort and return all labelled clothing left in the Lost Property

tubs that are located outside most classrooms.

If your child’s clothing has been properly labelled the item will be returned to your child, the following

week via the office. If the clothing is not labelled the item is kept in the P&C room. At the end of the

term, these items are washed and donated to the P&C 2nd Hand Uniform Shop.

If your child has lost a piece of clothing, please encourage them to go to the P&C room on Monday

mornings or Friday afternoons to look through the unlabelled Lost Property box.

P&C CALENDAR*

(*Proposed events and dates)

Term 3 AUGUST P&C Meeting: Monday 6th August at 6pm in the Staff

Room.

Week 4 - Community Café

Week 6 – Father’s Day Stall

SEPTEMBER P&C Meeting: Monday 3rd September at 6pm in the

Staff Room.

OCTOBER P&C Meeting (Optional): Monday 15th October at

6pm in the Staff Room.

Week 9 - School Disco

Term 4 NOVEMBER P&C Meeting: Monday 5th November at 6pm in the

Staff Room.

DECEMBER P&C Meeting: Monday 3rd December at 6pm in the

Staff Room.

Christmas Carols and Raffle

TERM Three

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri

WEEK 1

July 23 SDD

July 24

Students return

July 25 Maths Olympiad

Contest 3

Opera House Stage 3 NAIDOC event – Holsworthy High

School

July 26 Stage 2

Gymnastics

July 27 PSSA Winter

Round 8 Kinder

Gymnastics

WEEK 2

July 30

July 31 ICAS English

COS concert

rehearsal Holsworthy H.S

August 1 OC placement test

Mind Marathon Spelling Bee Stage Finals

Stage 3 – 11:15-12:15pm

Stage 2 - 12:15 – 1:05pm

August 2 Stage 3

Gymnastics COS concert

Holsworthy H.S Matinee (yr6) &

evening

August 3 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter

Round 9

WEEK 3

August 6 EDUCATION

WEEK Swim School

9:15 – 10:00am 10:00 – 10:45am

August 7 Swim School 3-6 Athletics

Carnival Assembly

August 8 Swim School

August 9 Stage 3 Gym

MILO Cup Comp International Day of

the World’s Indigenous People

Swim School

August 10 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter

Round 10

Swim School

WEEK 4

August 13

Swim School 9:15 – 10:00am

10:00 – 10:45am

August 14 ICAS Mathematics

Swim School

August 15 Maths Olympiad

Contest 4

Swim School

August 16 Stage 3

Gymnastics

Swim School

August 17 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter

Round 11

Swim School

G&T Maths Comp Newbridge

Heights Ultimo Drama

Festival

WEEK 5

August 20 Number

Crunchers Semi Final Casula PS

Life Education

August 21

Life Education

August 22 Book Fair arrives

Life Education

August 23 BOOK WEEK

Parade

Life Education

August 24 PSSA Round 12

Treasure Hunt Book Week

Performance

Life Education

WEEK 6

August 27

Life Education

August 28

Life Education

Yr 5 Challenge Cup at HHS 11:30

– 1:00

August 29 Zone Athletics Campbelltown

Book Fair departs

Life Education

August 30 MUSICA VIVA

Teranga Stage 3

Gymnastics

Life Education

August 31 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter Semi Finals

Life Education

WEEK 7

September 3

September 4 Interrelate

Family Evening Program

September 5

September 6 Stage 3

Gymnastics

September 7 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Winter

Finals

WEEK 8

September 10 State Dance

Festival

10-14 Sept. (TBC) Oracy Comp Stage Finals

September 11

September 12 Maths Olympiad

Contest 5

Mini Fete

September 13 Stage 3

Gymnastics

September 14 Kinder

Gymnastics PSSA Extreme

weather back up

WEEK 9

September 17 Year 5 Camp

Kinder to Australian Botanic

Gardens

September 18 Year 5 Camp

Bathurst

September 19 SSW Regional

Athletics Carnival

September 20 Stage 3

Gymnastics

September 21 Kinder Gym PSSA Winter

Extreme weather back up

WEEK 10

September 24 September 25 Chipping Norton

Network Final Public Speaking Georges Hall PS

September 26 Kinder Open Day

Opera House Stage 2

September 27 Stage 3

Gymnastics

September 28

Semester 2, 2018 - FEE Free courses @ TAFE Sutherland College To reserve a place, please email: Diane.henderson@tafensw.edu.au

1. Excelling in excel (Tuesday evenings @ Gymea)

Name of part qual course SOA in Excelling in Excel Units to deliver BSBITU304 Produce Spreadsheets

BSBITU402 Develop and use complex spreadsheets Delivery dates required Commence: 7 August 2018 Finish: 6 November 2018 Delivery times 12 Tuesdays x 4 hours per day

5.30pm – 9.30pm Delivery location Gymea Campus

2. Excelling in excel (Saturdays @ Gymea)

Name of part qual course SOA in Excelling in Excel Units to deliver BSBITU304 Produce Spreadsheets

BSBITU402 Develop and use complex spreadsheets Delivery dates required Commence: 4 August 2018 Finish: 29 September 2018 Delivery times 9 Saturdays x 6.5 hours per day

9.30am – 4.00pm Delivery location Gymea

3. Excelling in excel (Wednesdays @ Loftus) Name of part qual course

SOA in Excelling in Excel

Units to deliver BSBITU304 Produce Spreadsheets BSBITU402 Develop and use complex spreadsheets

Delivery dates required

Commence: 25 July 2018 Finish: 26 September 2018

Delivery times 10 Wednesdays x 5 hours per day 9.30am – 2.30pm

Delivery location Loftus

4. Essential Office Skills – Word and PowerPoint (Saturdays @ Gymea)

Name of part qual course SOA in Essential Office Skills – Word and PowerPoint Units to deliver BSBITU303 Design and Produce Text Documents

BSBITU302 Create Electronic Presentations Delivery dates required Commence: 4 August 2018 Finish: 15 September 2018 Delivery times 7 Saturdays x 6 hours per day

9.30am – 3.30pm Delivery location Gymea

5. Essential Office Skills PLUS – Word, PowerPoint & Keyboarding (Tuesdays &

Thursdays @ Loftus) Name of part qual course SOA in Essential Office Skills Plus – Word, PowerPoint & Keyboarding Units to deliver BSBITU303 Design and Produce Text Documents

BSBITU302 Create Electronic Presentations BSBITU307 Develop Keyboarding Speed & Accuracy

Delivery dates required Commence: 7 August 2018 Finish: 13 September 2018 Delivery times 6 Tuesdays and 6 Thursdays x 5 hours per day

9.30am – 2.30pm Delivery location Loftus

6. Fundamental Office Skills – Excel & Access Database (Tuesdays & Thursdays

@ Loftus) Name of part qual course SOA in Fundamental Office Skills – Excel and Database Units to deliver BSBITU304 Produce Spreadsheets

BSBITU301 Create and Use Database Delivery dates required Commence: 23 October 2018 Finish: 22 November 2018 Delivery times 5 Tuesdays and 5 Thursdays x 5 hours per day

9.30am – 2.30pm Delivery location Loftus

Announcement: Term 3 Music Bus Enrolments Now Open

The Music Bus are now taking new student enrolments for Term 3. The program is open for all

students from Kindy/Prep to 6. Running weekdays at school. The Music Bus have limited availability

in Singing, Keyboard, Guitar, Drum and Ukulele and so it is advised to enrol asap.

The Music Bus is a wonderful music program that many of our students are already enjoying – a

brilliant and cost-effective way for students to get fun and specialist music lessons without parents

having to travel all over the area after school. Cost of lessons is only $16 per week (Drums $18).

If you’re interested in your child having music lessons through The Music Bus, check out their

website at www.themusicbus.com.au or call 1300 168 742

Peter Moore Field, Belmore

Entry gate via Tudor St Age: 5- Lunch

Van

HOLIDIC Date: Wednesday 11 July 2018 Come