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Colyton Public School Nelson Street Mount Druitt Phone: 9625 8185 Facsimile: 9832 2403 Email: colyton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Issue 6 Term 3 Week 10 2019

Term 4 Commences Monday 14th

October

Student Enrolment Cap

As of Term 4 2019 The NSW Department of Education

will implement a strict enrolment cap to assist schools to

meet their obligations under the Education Act 1990-to

ensure that every student has a place at their local

school. The enrolment cap is the number of students that

can be enrolled at a school based on the school’s

permanent accommodation. Each school with a local

intake area will have a cap set by the NSW Department

of Education from Term 4 2019.

Within this enrolment cap, a number of enrolment places

must be kept aside for the likely number of local students

who will need to enrol during the year. For this reason, a

school will not take non-local students once they

reach their cap, unless there are exceptional

circumstances.

In line with the revised NSW Department of Education

Enrolment Policy the number of students a school may

enrol is limited by the availability of classroom space.

Due to the high number of local applications Colyton

Public School is currently unable to accommodate non-

local students.

100 point Residential Check for Local Enrolments As of Term 4, 2019 there has been an update to current

enrolment procedures and as a result schools require

additional information to support new student

applications.

To establish and verify a child’s residential address, the

parent or carer with whom this child lives must produce

original documents with their full name and address

within the catchment of their local school. Schools now

require a 100-point residential address check to verify

that the child being presented for enrolment lives within

the intake area.

Kindergarten Enrolments

If your child turns 5 on or before the 31st July 2020

they are eligible to commence formal schooling in 2020.

If you are a local resident and intend to enrol your child

in Kindergarten at Colyton Public School in 2020 you will

need to complete an Application to Enrol in a NSW

Government School, this form can be collected from

the front office.

District Athletics Carnival On Wednesday 4th September, 53 students attended

the St Marys District Athletics Carnival at Blacktown

International Sports Park.

Every student represented Colyton with pride. They

demonstrated skill and a high level of sportsmanship. We

also received a number of compliments from teachers of

the attending schools running the events.

Congratulations to all competitors.

The following students will be competing at the Zone

Regional Carnival on the 17th October 2019.

Tristan 6J 12yr boys 800m

12yr boys 1500m

Ali Taqizada 6R 13yr boys 100m

Senior boys long jump Young Deng 6A 11yr boys high jump Jayden Bailey 6A 11yr boys discus Jamaal Osikoya 5K 11yr boys high jump Brayden Doran 4/5B Junior boys 800m

Junior boys 1500m Aiden Slater 3P Junior boys long jump Marian Senglin 3D Junior girls discus

Operation Art 2019 SOPA Exhibition

We are delighted to have four of our Colyton students

artworks exhibited at The Armory Gallery at Sydney

Olympic Park once again this year.

Nowshin Abtahee, Vikram Prasad, Methuki Wanni

Arachchi and Rytham Singla have their outstanding

work on display from 14 September until 16 November

2019, 10am until 4pm daily. Entry is free, if anyone is

interested in viewing their work and this wonderful

exhibition of students work from Kindergarten to Year 10.

Spelling Superstars Our four super spellers competed at The Regional

Spelling Bee on Thursday September 10.

Congratulations to all our competitors who achieved a

combined effort to crown Colyton overall winners in our

region!

Rhtham Singla and Lamein Oatsomm competed in the

Junior Division.

Yash Singla and Muhammad Asif competed in the

Senior Division.

The Senior Division ended in a tough battle between

both Yash and Muhammad. After spelling correctly to the

top level, the competition moved on to unseen words.

Eventually Yash ended victorious. He will now compete

at The State Final on Friday November 8. We wish him

all the best for this event and we are very proud of all the

super spellers who have moved through the competition

so successfully this year.

Fizzics Education Show

On Monday and Tuesday of Week 8 Stage 1 and 2 had

the opportunity to attend a live science show, presented

by Fizzics Education.

Through the use of liquid nitrogen and some very cool

experiments like, smashing a tennis ball, shrinking a

balloon and freezing a flower students found out how

solids, liquids and gases change when rapidly heated

and cooled.

After the show, Abdullah Khan in 2H commented

“Did you know that liquid nitrogen is exactly -195.6

degrees Celsius? My favourite part of the incursion was

when he froze the objects in liquid nitrogen and started

cracking them for absolutely no reason. He cracked a

rose, a ping pong ball and even a balloon!”

Ciara Winterstein in 4J stated that “I enjoyed the science

incursion. I liked how he used the liquid nitrogen and how

it froze something straight away”.

A great time was had by all, and a big thank you to CPS

for providing the opportunity for the students to attend.

Mrs Stewart & Mrs Akram

Organising Teachers

Has Your Child Lost Their Prescription Glasses In The Last 12 Months?

We might have them. We have had a large number of prescription glasses handed into the office over the past year and no one has collected them. Please contact the office on 9625-8185 at your earliest convenience if your child has lost their glasses. Any uncollected glasses will be disposed.

Holiday Security During the holidays, if you are passing the school, you will notice that the Cleaners and the General Assistant will continue to work on school premises. If you see any activity within the school grounds that appears to be related to a break-in or vandalism, please contact school security on:

1300 880 021

Term 4 - 2019

Week 1 Monday 14th October Students & Staff return to school Tuesday 15th October CARES Excursion – Year 5 Thursday 17th October CARES Excursion – Year 5 -Colyton Cubs Playgroup 9am – 11am Friday 18th October Play and Stay @ Colyton Playgroup 9am-11am

Week 2

Monday 21st October Kindergarten 2020 Parent Information Night starts 6:30pm

-CARES Excursion – Year 5 Tuesday 22nd October CARES Excursion – Year 5 Thursday 24th October Colyton Cubs Playgroup 9am – 11am Friday 25th October Play and Stay @ Colyton Playgroup 9am-11am

Week 3

Thursday 31st October Colyton Cubs Playgroup 9am – 11am

Friday 1st November Play and Stay @ Colyton Playgroup 9am-11am

Week 4

Thursday 7th November Year 6 Fun Day Fundraiser

-Colyton Cubs Playgroup 9am – 11am Friday 8th November Play and Stay @ Colyton Playgroup 9am-11am

Week 5

SWIM SCHOOL ALL WEEK - 9am-11:15am Thursday 14th November Colyton Cubs Playgroup 9am – 11am -Kindergarten Orientation Day 1

Friday 15th November Play and Stay @ Colyton Playgroup 9am-11am

Week 6

SWIM SCHOOL ALL WEEK - 9am-11:15am Thursday 21st November Colyton Cubs Playgroup 9am – 11am -Kindergarten Orientation Day 2

Friday 22nd November Play and Stay @ Colyton Playgroup 9am-11am

Week 7

Thursday 28th November Colyton Cubs Playgroup 9am – 11am -Kindergarten Orientation Day 3

Friday 29th November Play and Stay @ Colyton Playgroup 9am-11am

Week 8 Wednesday 4th December Recognition Assembly Thursday 5th December Colyton Cubs Playgroup 9am – 11am -Kindergarten Orientation Day 4

Friday 6th December Play and Stay @ Colyton Playgroup 9am-11am

Week 9

Monday 9th December Year 6 Farewell Wednesday 11th December Presentation Night from 6:30pm

Friday 13th December K-5 Celebration Concert

-Year 6 LUNA PARK

-Class Party Day

Week 10

Monday 16th December Year 6 Graduation Ceremony

Wednesday 18th December Last day of Term 4 for students

Thursday 19th December Staff Development Day – NO STUDENTS

Friday 20th December Staff Development Day – NO STUDENTS

STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL MONDAY 14TH OCTOBER