putney public school
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“Students may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel”
EXCELLENT SPORTING RESULTS @ PUTNEY PS The excellent sporting achievements at Putney PS continue with recent victories in the PSSA finals held last Friday. Congratulations to the Tiger Tag and Netball teams who were crowned Zone Champions. Well done also to the Junior B Boys and Senior Girls soccer teams who narrowly lost their finals matches in the last minute of their games. A great effort by all the students who participated. A special thank you to the large number of parents who provided positive support to our students on the day. (Below are photos of the victorious teams)
Zone Netball Champions – Putney PS
Zone Boys Tiger-Tag Champions – Putney PS
Zone Girls Tiger-Tag Champions – Putney PS
Putney Public School
“Your Local School…Our local Community” BLACK & WHITE NEWS Thursday 24 August, 2017 Term 3 Week 6
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COMING UP SOON @ PUTNEY PS
Friday, 25 August PRC Closes Friday, 25 August Senior Dance Wakakirri, Riverside
Theatre Friday 25 August Kindergarten-Stories at Bed Time
Friday 1 September Fathers Day Breakfast Monday 4 September Big History Cake Stall Tuesday 5 September Festival of Instrumental Music-
Recorder group Wednesday 13 Septem-ber
Career’s Day-Stage 3
CONGRATULATIONS KEIAN @ PUTNEY PS
Congratulations to Keian who represented Sydney North Region at the State Championships for Football. This is the elite competition for the state’s most talented footballers.
The State Championships has representatives from 14 regions across NSW participating with each team playing in 8 games over a 3 day period. Keian and the Sydney North team won 7 out of the 8 games which they played, finishing 3rd overall. Well done, Keian - we are so proud of this great achievement.
Keian & members of the Sydney North Region – Football Team
FATHERS DAY BREAKFAST @ PUTNEY PS
The staff at Putney PS and I would like to invite all the fathers to join us on Friday 1st September for a Fathers Day Breakfast. The breakfast, consisting of bacon and eggs on bread will be free of charge for fathers and their children who attend Putney PS. A coffee cart will also be available for anyone wishing to buy coffee.
A note with more detailed information, including an order form, has already been sent to all families. Please contact the office if you have not received a note.
We look forward to seeing all the fathers on the day.
3B STUDENTS DESIGN BOARD GAME @ PUTNEY PS
This week Yasmin, Charlotte, Samara and Eryn from 3B showed me the board game that they designed. The aim of the game was to reach the safety of an island, avoiding sharks, snakes and other pitfalls.
Yasmin, Charlotte, Samara and Eryn with their game
YEAR 6 INNOVATIVE FUNDRAISER @ PUTNEY PS
The school captains and prefects would like to announce - for the first time – an innovative fundraising project.
The student leaders have teamed up with COUNTRY MEATS DIRECT to offer the school community the highest quality free range eggs, milk and bread, delivered straight to the school.
This is how it will work:
Country Meats Direct will have a link on their website for the Putney PS community,
Parents and members of the community will be able to go online and order their eggs, milk or bread from a list of designated products.
Once a fortnight or month, (depending on the demand) Country Meats Direct will deliver the order to the school, straight from the farm/bakery.
Between a given time, the school leaders will assist you in picking up your orders.
A percentage of all sales will be provided back to the Year 6 Fundraising.
Murray from Country Meats Direct and the School Captains alongside produce fresh from the farm
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The official launch of the fundraising venture will take place in several weeks when the school student leaders visit one of the farms where the produce will come from.
The community will be able to start purchasing by the end of the term,
Prices and more detailed information will be provided soon.
VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR ETHICS @ PUTNEY PS
Primary Ethics is the charity authorised by the NSW state government to deliver Year 1 to Year 6 ethics classes using an approved curriculum.
We are looking for new volunteers to step forward for training. You don’t need to have teaching experience to volunteer, but you must be interested in helping children to think about ethical issues, using our script-like program. Many Primary Ethics volunteers find teaching ethics to be the highlight of their week. Classes are approximately half an hour each week. Volunteers must be available on Wednesday afternoons from either 2:10-2:40pm or 2:45-3:15pm each week during school term time.
If you are interested in becoming the volunteering please contact Dan Hinton (Ethics Coordinator) for more information: [email protected]
DANCE GROUP –WAKAKIRRI @ PUTNEY PS
Our dance group has been busy rehearsing for their big “WAKAKIRRI” performance at the Parramatta Riverside Theatre this Friday evening. We wish the group all the best.
The dance group rehearsing (even in the middle of the ‘pyjama’ Book Week celebrations)
YEAR 4 ‘BIG HISTORY’ CAKE STALL @ PUTNEY PS
On Monday, 4th September, Year 4 will be holding a cake stall. We will be selling a range of delicious sweets and treats at recess and lunch, and each treat will cost $1. We will be using the proceeds from our cake stall to purchase a Wollemi Pine for our school. In Big History we have been learning about sustainability, and the Wollemi Pine will be a reminder for all of us to protect and preserve our natural environment now and in the future. (Year 4 Teachers)
BOOK WEEK CELEBRATIONS @ PUTNEY PS
Book Week celebrations have kicked off at Putney Public school. Year 2 attended Stories at Bedtime on Tuesday. Year 1 will have their turn on Wednesday and Kindergarten on Friday. The children who have attended already have had a fantastic time with some wonderful stories, craft activities and a delicious morning tea.
The Pyjama Gang show is our Book Week event for Years 3-6. I am looking forward to seeing what amazing talents our students are going to share with us.
Thank you to Mrs McKenzie for organising Book Week. We greatly appreciate your efforts.
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PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE
A final reminded to all those who registered for this year’s reading challenge that the closing date is this Friday 25th August. Please make sure you enter your books before this date. The site will close and no further books can be entered.
School Photographs will
be taken in Term 4 Week 1 on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th October.
All class and sibling photographs will be taken on Wednesday 11th October. Special group photographs, as well as band and choir, will be taken on that Wednesday.
All team sport photographs will be taken on Thursday 12th October.
Students are required to be dressed in full summer uniform for the Wednesday photographs. Hair should be neat and shoes polished please. Band students will need to bring their instruments on the Wednesday for the photograph.
All sport team photos will require full sports uniform on the Thursday. Students will need to bring all of their team uniforms to change into.
All photograph orders will be completed online – no cash please. Envelopes will be distributed. The envelopes explain the different packages for you to select. They also explain how to place an order online and where to record your 6 digit order number. Please fill out the order and return this envelope to your class teacher BEFORE the day of the photographs. All order form envelopes should be returned even if you are not ordering a photograph. Families wishing to have a siblings photograph need to fill out the sibling photograph envelope, which can be collected from the school office.
To order online please visit the website: www.theschoolphotographer.com.au and select the “Click here for Online Payments” button and follow the on screen instructions.
If you need further assistance please contact me.
Vanessa Berdi Photo Co-ordinator
DRAMA ENSEMBLE
In Week 2, the Drama Ensemble group was selected to perform at the annual Arts Alive Festival of Drama which was held at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts). Our play, “The Crane and the Duck” was very well received and we were awarded a plaque for excellence of achievement. Mr Kolleti presented this plaque to the children at assembly and it is on display in the school hall. Congratulations to the actors on their success! I would like to thank Mr Kolleti, Mrs Varol and the Drama Ensemble parents for their support of the group.
Pippa Simmons Drama Ensemble Teacher
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This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student well-being and engagement.
Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s expe-rience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements.
The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, ipads, tablets, laptops or computers.
The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The
parent survey will be conducted between 24 August and 13 October. Although participating in
the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated.
More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au.
To access the survey for our school go to: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/pps17
P & C News P&C Minutes 21st August 2017
No quorum was achieved but a general discussion was held instead.
The local council have been contacted for replacement flags for the school.
School uniform, namely sports jackets, were discussed as well as the general school uniform standard.
The current band services may be under review. The students require value for money and opportunities to excel which does not seem present under the current provider.
Mr Koletti advised the school validation was completed last week. A review of the process will be conducted on 31/8/17. Results will be presented at next P&C meeting and via school website link.
NAPLAN results are in and will be distributed this week. Overall, pleasing results. Significant growth from yr3 to yr5.
Audio books for the school discussed as well as increased use of calendar on school website and long term plan of school spends to renew existing equipment, ie white boards.
Next P&C meeting date to be advised.
Speech Pathology News
Expressive Language
Expressive Language is a term used by Speech Pathologists to
refer to a child’s ability to use words and sentences to express
themselves. There are many components to expressive
language development. Some children can experience
difficulties developing their expressive language skills. A speech
pathologist can complete a language assessment in order to
determine whether or not a child has an expressive language
delay. Expressive language delays can occur with or without
receptive language delays (difficulties in understanding).
Children with delays in their expressive language can experience
difficulties:
Developing a rich vocabulary to communicate their ideas
Using word level grammatical structures, such as
pronouns (he, him, his etc), plurals (cat/cats, foot/feet)
and verb tenses (kick/kicked, eat/ate)
Asking questions (who, what, why, where, how, when?)
Using more complex sentence structures that include
different clauses (The girl who owns the puppy knocked
on the door) and conjunctions (I can’t go swimming
because I am sick).
Finding the right words to use while speaking
Retelling stories or giving information in an organised and
sequential manner
Using specific language and tend to use filler words, such
as ‘thing’ and ‘this’ often
Participating in classroom activities
Engaging in language-based play
Completing written work at school
Children with difficulties in expressive language development
aren’t always easy to identify. Some use fewer words than
others their age or make grammatical errors when talking.
Others can be quite chatty but tend to talk in circles or not get
to the point. Some children can become frustrated as they
experience difficulties getting their message across, while
others might seem to be reserved, lazy or daydreamers.
Speech therapy can help children develop their expressive
language skills so that they can better convey their thoughts,
ideas and feelings which can in turn help with behaviour,self-
esteem and school work.
If you have any concerns regarding your child’s expressive
language and would like to have a chat about how to help them,
please email Melissa at [email protected] or call 0414
255 283.
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