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Newsletter Term 2 Week 6 2021
Principal’s message
The showcase and celebration of activities, events and achievements is continuous at Summer Hill Public School. Recently our students raised $641.20 for our WIRES Mufti day. Thank you to our PRC for coordinating this successful day. On Saturday 15 May many parents, carers, students and friends came to school to refresh, renew and revitalise our school environment. Rufus and Jed H were proud to tell me about the Pig Face they had planted around the school, and Freya, Annika H and I found a protected place in the K-2 courtyard to hang a native bee hive. Thank you to everyone who participated on the day. The school grounds look fantastic!
At Summer Hill we provide opportunities for students beyond the classroom that allow them to develop the skills they need to be successful in their learning. Lego Club is a program run during recess. The focus is team work and fun. In groups of three, students rotate through the roles of architect, supplier and builder to create a lego model. Susan, Saoban and Dusty were excited to show me their Night Bus from Harry Potter.
Congratulations to many of our students who achieve success beyond our school. These include Georgia in 5Tobias and Lloyd in 5/6 Williams were successful in getting a place in the 2021 NSW Public Schools Primary Drama Ensembles; Annabella V in was selected into the Sydney East Regional Girls Football Team and will be competing in the NSW PSSA Girls Football Championship in Week 9 this term; and, Jacob W was offered a place at the NSW State Junior Music Camp. Read on for more student news.
Our teachers also participate in programs beyond our school. At the start of 2020, a team of teachers enrolled in the Sydney University STEM Academy. The teachers, all with a range of STEM experience already, took part in a series of professional learning sessions. The Sydney University STEM Academy program focuses on teaching new and innovative STEM lesson ideas and promotes collaborative learning, design thinking and problem solving through working mathematically and scientifically. The Academy invited our team of teacher's again this year. In 2021 the program is being run in all Stage 2 classes, as well as Friday afternoon clubs.
I’m pleased to welcome Nilesh Deshmukh as our P&C president. Nilesh has three children enrolled at Summer Hill, from Kindergarten to Year 4 and is an active member of our community. I look forward to working in partnership with Nilesh to build and enhance the partnerships our school has with our families and the broader community. Congratulations Nilesh. Cathy Chan (conductor), Donna Ross and Jacquie Biffin (music teachers), and I would like to acknowledge school parent Ben Davis who, on behalf of his mother, donated two timpani drums to the school. Thank you for your generous donation.
Now is time to enrol for 2022. If you have a child who will be starting Kindergarten in 2022, or know someone who has, please contact our friendly administration team to start the enrolment process.
As the weather gets cooler we remind our students to wear their royal blue school jumpers. If you need some new or spare uniform items for your child/ren you can purchase these from Pickles Uniform shop or our P&C run second hand uniform shop. Don’t forget we also have royal blue school caps for our Year 3 to 6 students. Thank you for encouraging your child/ren to wear the correct school uniform.
Thank you for taking the time to read about what’s happening at Summer Hill Public School, we are very excited to report what our students have been doing. If you enjoy reading our newsletter and would like to see what’s happening around the school more regularly visit the website at https://summerhill-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/. For day to day updates and reminders download our Skoolbag App for your phone or tablet device. Click here to go to the school website for further information to upload to your device.
Natalie Armstrong Principal
May
Thu 27
Sorry Day as-sembly in hall 2:15-3pm 6 Sirleaf to host.
Fri 28
Mothers and special people breakfast 7-9:15am
PSSA sport 12-2:30pm
June
Tue 1
Quarantine Station excursion for 5 Tobias and 5 Walesa
Thu 3
World Environ-ment Day assem-bly in hall 1:50-3pm in hall. 2 Cassin to host.
. Evening concert 1 in hall 6-8pm. Strings and all orchestras.
Wed 9
Quarantine Station excursion for 5 Adams, 5 Karmen and 5 Mandela
Thu 10
Y3-6 assembly in hall 2:15-3pm. 6 Hume to host.
Evening concert 2 in hall 6-8pm. Woodwinds and training bands.
Fri 11 PSSA sport 12-2:30pm
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Students from our school have recently undertaken an education tour of the national capital. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding of $30.00 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion. Read about Year 6’s excursion to Canberra on page 6 and 7 of the newsletter.
Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)
Notices
Kindergarten enrolment for 2022
Afternoon tea for members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community
Summer Hill Public School has started taking Kindergarten enrolments for 2022. If you have a child you would like to enrol starting next year please complete the online expression of interest form on the enrolment page on the school website.
We invite carers and children from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to come along to school to have afternoon tea with Aunty Calita Murray and Aunty Olivia Patten, members of the Aboriginal Education and Wellbeing team with Public Schools NSW. This team’s role is to support Aboriginal students at Summer Hill Public School in a variety of ways. We hope you are able to come along to meet Aunty Calita and Aunty Olivia and to exchange some information about how Summer Hill Public School can best support your children. It will be a nice opportunity for students and families to meet and enjoy afternoon tea together. Date: Thursday 17 June 2021 Time: 3pm - 4pm Place: Summer Hill Public School Infants Courtyard Yarning Circle Regards Aboriginal Education Committee
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Across the stages
The Kindergarten teachers recently ordered some new resources to help the student’s engage with their learning in and out of the classroom. They have had fun learning how to skip with the new skipping ropes, and hands-on materials have been a great addition to our maths group activities.
Kindergarten
Stage 1
Stage 1 have been learning about one of the world’s most famous painters, Vincent Van Gogh. Student’s painted one of his most famous paintings,
Sunflowers. Van Gogh painted the Sunflowers for the yellow room he rented in Arles, France. He decorated the room before his friend Paul Gauguin
went to live with him. While alive he wasn’t famous at all. Since his death, Vincent Van Gogh became one of the most successful painters in history.
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Across the stages
Stage 2
As part of the Stage 2 STEM program, 4 King explored the science concepts of 'forces', 'push/pull' and 'friction'. Students were asked to design and build a model of a wind-powered car using Lego wheels, straws, paddlepop sticks, masking tape, papercups and plates. A large fan was used to test the
vehicles.
Our budding scientists and engineers at work and the cars they built.
Year 6 Shirt Design It’s shocking how you enter a design competition out of sheer boredom but still end up winning. Coincidence? I think not. The process of designing it took a few days with drafts and all, but the end product was decent, well, decent enough to win the entire competition. It’s amazing that even though I went up against some great artists I would still end up winning. Although some people aren't very happy with me because I made a slight math error on the Shirt (if you see the shirt, you’ll get it) it's something to do with the Pythagoras theorem. Hopefully no one comes to complain. Victoria - 6 Santos
Stage 3
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Across the stages
Stage 3 continued
Eastern Sydney Zone Netball Carnival On Monday the 17th of May I represented Summer Hill Public School at the Eastern Sydney Zone Netball Carnival. My team and I played a total of 6 games, resulting in us winning 5 out of the 6 games. We ended up 2nd in our pool of teams and overall 4th out of the 12 teams that competed. After my team played our games, I was 1 of 30 girls selected to stay after the carnival and try out for the Regional Team. The selectors tried out different team combinations until there were only 2 teams left. Out of the 14 girls in those teams they would pick 3 defenders, 4 midcourters and 3 shooters to make up the Regional Team. Unfortunately, I was one spot off making regionals, but I still loved being a part of it, and it will be an amazing experience I will always look back on. Madi - 6 Santos
Sydney East In term 2 week 2 I went to Terrigal for PSSA Basketball but first I had to go through a long period of trials. First, I had to trial in my Local Government Area against other local basketball players in my age group where I got in with Jacob. Then we went to Sutherland where we versed all the other teams to trial for the Sydney East team and I was successful. Then in term 2 week 2, I went to Terrigal with my team, we competed with other teams like Sydney North and Sydney West.
Going into the competition I didn't know how we would go as we hadn't seen all the other teams but in the first game we won by twenty points, so I was a bit more confident. We went on to win every game except for 1 game against Sydney North which was stacked with a lot of rep players. We then got in the semi-finals where we won by 2 and continued to go into the finals. We knew we would have a challenge as we were going up against Sydney North. We ended up losing that game so we came second out of all the teams. But it was a very good experience and I really enjoyed it. Ezekiel K - 6 Dunant
Western Suburbs and Wiley Park Zones Combined Girls Football Trials
At the end of Term 1, I attended the Western Suburbs and Wiley Park Zones Combined Girls Football Trials. I was selected to play in the combined zone team and went on to compete at the regional trials. At the regional trials, I was then chosen to play for the Sydney East PSSA regional girls soccer team. The process was hard and challenging and I had to work with people I didn't know. We were there for 4 hours and I played 4 games in total. In the end, I managed to get into the state championship. I am now training with the Sydney East team each Friday after school. Our team will be playing at the NSWPSSA Football Girls Championship in June out in Blacktown. We will be competing against other teams from all over NSW. I feel
happy yet nervous, all at the same time. Wish me luck!
That’s all from me!
Annabella V - 6 Santos
Buddy Time – Year 2 and Year 5 On Tuesday, in the afternoon, Miss Wright (Miss Weston was busy) said we were going to do origami with 2 Cassin for the first Buddy Time this year. We were learning to use the 4Cs (communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity) with our Year 2 buddies. Miss Wright put on a step by step video while 5W watched in the classroom. We were making a monster bookmark! This meant we were going to be experts for when it came time to help our buddies. It was simple, clear, and best of all, lots of fun! We went to the Year 2 classroom and the teacher told us to sit down. The 2 Cassin teacher is Ms Rawson and she assigned us to pairs or groups of three. The Year 5 students had to teach the Year 2 buddies how to make the origami monster bookmark. Year 2 had a choice of being creative – most of them chose a monster or an owl bookmark. 5W had a great experience, teaching their friends in 2C how to be creative and collaborate with their buddy.
Ena and Jason – 5 Walesa During our buddy time, we made origami bookmarks. My buddy was James. We basically took turns in creating the bookmark. James sometimes needed help, but it seemed like he could mostly handle it by himself. This experience, I thought, was unique as it made us ‘bond’ with the Year 2 students and I would be glad to do it again. It also made me notice James’ creativity with using lots of colours in his production and it was just wonderful transferring our knowledge of building these bookmarks to the other class. Marcus - 5 Walesa
2020 saw mass outbreaks, travel restrictions, and lockdowns all over the world, so it was natural that school camp was cancelled, but this year was different. Even though everyone knew that with a few cases, camp could be cancelled as soon as the day before, it happened. After a nearly four hour bus ride and countless times singing about those 99 bottles falling off walls, we finally made it to Canberra. It was a long journey, and before anything else, we went to the Australian War Memorial. From old war planes to huge statues, from large exhibition rooms with interesting facts to the eternal flame, the War Memorial had it all. We solemnly crept into the room of the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier, silent and still. We ran across fields dotted with statues and models, joyful and free. Following on, our coach trekked up the steep road to the Mount Ainslie Lookout. There we saw the whole plot and skyline of Canberra, later shown to us the next day at the National Capital Exhibition..
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Across the stages
Stage 3 - Year 6 excursion to Canberra
Stage 3 - Continued
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Across the stages
After that was The Royal Australian Mint, where we took the coins in our wallets back to their birthplace and listened to the history of Australia’s coins. Sadly, this marked the end of our Canberra Expedition, and carrying many new memories (as well as a lot of souvenirs), we hopped on the bus and travelled back to Sydney, once again enduring a nearly four hour bus ride, singing about 99 bottles. Chloe T and Justin Z
Stage 3 - Year 6 camp
During the day, we headed to the Australian Arboretum with its dashing views and beautiful scenery. There was also a playground, full of fun climbing equipment, swing-hammocks and more. It was a wonderful sight. The rest of our day was full of great activities such as a Lego program with lego mosaic building and block constructions powered with an electric motor. Other places we went to were quite educational with stops to the Australian Electoral Commision at Old Parliament House where we learned about the process of voting, and the Australian Institute of Sport where we tried various interactive sport games. The cabins were small, but cosy with an average of 5 people in each room and everyone was too ecstatic to sleep, but we knew we had to, because the next day we were headed to… Parliament House! The thing everyone was waiting for. We packed our belongings early the next day and headed to the main government building of Australia. We walked past tall marble pillars, looked on at the House of Representatives, and acted in our own makeshift parliament session.
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Drama
Tales from the Wild Bush NIDA Excursion
On Wednesday 12 May, students from 1 Leymah and 2 Wangari had the very special privilege of attending a live show at the Nida Theatre, by invitation from The Arts Unit. Tales from the Wild Bush was written and performed by the NSW Public Schools 2021 Drama Company under the direction of industry professionals Robert Jago and Emma Palmer, stars of Play School! Our students formed part of a preview audience and filming of the production. Afterwards Mrs Anton and some excited students answered questions about the show, on film. We really enjoyed the story, learning lessons from furry native animals in a tale of fantasy and friendship. We got to meet the cast and crew and everyone agreed it was a fantastic experience. Renee Anton and Jacqui Biffin Drama Teachers
Congratulations Lloyd S and Georgia H from Year 5 who have both been successful in their video auditions for the NSW Public Schools Primary State Drama Ensembles for 2021. The ensembles aim to foster the pursuit of excellence in drama. Students will work with experienced teachers and industry tutors to devise works for local and state festivals or a virtual festival. Video auditions have now closed but we wish all of our students good luck at the upcoming live auditions on SUNDAY JUNE 6. If you are in Year 5 or 6 and would still like to attend the live audition, it is not too late! Click here for more information and application forms. https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/weekly-drama-ensembles-audition-information
NSW Public Schools Primary State Drama Ensemble
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Music
Advanced Recorder Group
The Festival of Instrumental Music is going ahead! This year it is at the Sydney Town Hall and we are performing in the Jacaranda concert Wednesday 8 September. I will be sending out a participation / permission note with students in the next coming weeks. I am very excited that the recorder and string students will have opportunity to perform this year. I would also like them to perform at the Music Evening Concert on Thursday 3 June. The concert time is from 6.:00-8:00pm and will take place in the school hall. Students who are performing should be at school at 6pm and recorder students will be meeting in the music room.
Advanced Ukulele Group
I would like the ukulele group to perform at the Music Evening Concert on Thursday 10 June. The concert time is from 6:00-8:00pm and will take place in the school hall. Students who are performing should be at school at 6pm and ukulele students will be meeting in the music room. Donna Ross Music Teacher
Notes From the Music Room
Evening concerts
Our school’s Evening Concert series is back for 2021! These concerts are small, intimate evenings of music in our school hall and are a great chance for some of our ensembles, and also individuals, to perform in front of a friendly audience. We encourage a range of performances from very first pieces, right up to the most inspiring ambitious performances of seasoned musicians and tutors. Below are the dates and times for each concert. Evening concerts 2021 June 3 Concert 1: Strings, including all Orchestras 6:00-8:00pm June 10 Concert 2: Woodwinds and Training and Concert Band 6:00-8:00pm June 17 Concert 3: Brass and Percussion and Stage and Senior Band 6:00-8:00pm
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The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, 15th June, 2021 at 7:15pm. If you wish to add an item to the agenda for the meeting, please email [email protected]
P&C
Next P&C Meeting
Upcoming Events
We have lots of events coming up and loads of ways you can help out!
Second Hand Uniform
Mothers and Special People Breakfast - Friday 28 May 2021 7am to 9:15am
We are holding our rescheduled BBQ breakfast this Friday for the mothers and carers of the children of Summer Hill Public School. Mums and special people, save the date to do an early drop off and come to school and be served breakfast by dads, special helpers and kids. We will also be holding a cake stall, so pick something up for the weekend with the family! This will be a sustainable event, so please bring your reusable coffee cup with you. In another sustainable move - we are also holding an online raffle this year. Please buy tickets to go in the draw to win some fantastic local prizes! https://www.rafflelink.com.au/masps2021 Cake Stall at Mothers and Special People Breakfast - this Friday 28th May. Calling all bakers! We will be holding a cake stall at the MASP breakfast on 28th May, please drop off your cakes any time after 7am on the morning of the event. Pick up cake boxes from the school office to carry your cakes in. Please ensure you label the inside of the cake box with all ingredients used, NO NUTS please!
If you’re keen to join our friendly and fun group of volunteers we’d love to have you, drop us a line at [email protected] - all that’s required is 1-2 hours on a Monday morning once or twice a term. With the change of season many of us will be sorting through summer and winter uniforms over the school holidays, and may have unneeded uniforms to donate. These can be left with our friendly office admin staff at the front office at any time. If you need uniforms, visit our online shop at https://summerhillpandc.org/shop/. We fill orders every Monday during term time. Thanks to everyone who has purchased uniforms so far, the P&C values your donations and the planet thanks you for being sustainable!
New President
Congratulations to Nilesh Deshmukh who has been elected as the new President of Summer Hill Public School P&C. This has created a vacancy for Nilesh’s previous role as Vice President and an election for the position of Vice President will be held at the next meeting.
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The Training Band and Orchestra Breakfast was held on Friday during the regular 8am rehearsal slot. This was the first opportunity for parents/carers to see and hear what goes on during rehearsals, while enjoying a light breakfast. Any food left at the end of the rehearsal was soon demolished by the children… This was the first music event attended by parents/carers for well over a year and the first opportunity for the kids to perform. Upcoming music events: Dates for the diary The annual series of Evening Concerts: Thursday 3 June - Strings; Orchestra Thursday 10 June - Woodwinds; Training and Concert Bands Thursday 17 June – Brass; Percussion; Stage and Senior bands The Band Weekend Workshop: For all students in the band program Saturday 19 June (2-4pm) – Sunday 20 June (9-4pm) (an orchestra weekend workshop will be planned for term 3). Further details of these events will be sent home with the students. We have lots of ways that you can help out!
P&C
Training Band & Orchestra Breakfast
Ride2School and Walk Safely to School Day Wrap-up
Congratulations to all the students for walking and wheeling to school on our active travel day Friday 14 May! We had a great turn out and some fantastic, decorated bikes and scooters. Our volunteers were busy handing out stickers and raffle tickets, fitting helmets and parking bikes and scooters. Thank you to all our parent volunteers and special thanks to the student Ministers and other student helpers. We will draw the winners of the raffle at the assemblies coming up. The P&C have organised some fantastic prizes donated by Microscooters, Ashfield Cycles and Monkey Puzzle including a scooter, bike bag, bike chain, bottle holder…. Don’t worry if you lost your ticket stub as we have all the names. Summer Hill Public School would love to see our students keep up the walking and riding safely throughout the year.
Garden Bee Success
The P&C school gardening bee on Saturday 15 May was very successful! A great turn out of families and kids joined in for the afternoon, getting plenty of active time outdoors. Our teams of volunteers cleaned and stained all the benches and timber play equipment. We also completed lots of weeding, pruning and planting in the native gardens and enjoyed a bush tucker themed afternoon tea.
Sport
PSSA Junior boys football
Summer Hills PS vs Burwood PS Last Friday (14th May) our two teams went off to play Burwood FC at St Luke’s Oval in Concord. It was wonderful to be able to play two spirited games of football under such beautiful bright blue skies. The Juniors won a hard fought game against a Burwood team that were impressed with our team work and skills. Our Seniors continue to dominate the competition with a confident win with Ryan, the captain for this week, leading by example with responsibility, respect and resilience. Even after getting a nasty graze on his knee, Ryan wanted to continue to play! Both teams continue to demonstrate learning, sportsmanship and collaboration. Well done everyone! Regards Adam Williams and Eddie Otto Coaches
PSSA Sport
Cross Country at Pratten Park
In Week 3 we had our second attempt at holding a Cross Country Carnival. It started to rain when we got to the park and many of our students returned to school. Congratulations to all students who ran and showed perseverance in the wet conditions - we are extremely proud of you! Our carnival allowed us form a Zone team to compete at the WSPSSA Zone Cross Country Carnival on the 26 May. Well done to everyone representing our school!
PSSA Touch football
At Touch Football training we have been learning new techniques to improve our understanding of the game. We have learnt about techniques such as: a three man drive, quick passing, running and stepping techniques, how to dump the ball quickly and how to show good sportsmanship. We have definitely improved since the start of term. Jess B, Mira, P and Cassie S In Week 3 we had a bye because Year 6 were away enjoying their Canberra Camp. In Week 4 we played Newington PS and were able to use the new skills we have learnt. The Junior Boys won 4-1, the Senior boys won 10-2 and the Girls won 9-1. We showed fantastic sportsmanship and cheered for Newington, ourselves and our coaches. Our Week 5 game was unfortunately cancelled due to wet weather, but we were still lucky enough to get our Thursday training session!
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