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Website: www.smithfielw‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: smithfieldw‐p.school@det.nsw.edu.au 

 Bulletin: 19:06 

           Term: 2 Week: 4 

Thursday 23 May CALENDAR 

 Wednesday 29 May Kindergarten Calmsley Hill City Farm Excursion Horsley Zone Cross Country – Brenan Park  Wednesday 5 June  K‐6 Assembly 2.10pm  Thursday 6 June P&C Meeting 9.10am in staffroom Monday 10 June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday Thursday 13 June Sydney South West Regional Cross Country   INCLUSIONS Smarties – Before and after School Care     Wetherill Street, Wetherill Park 2164 Phone:     9604 3161  Principal:  Stephen Gray  

 

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

STAFFING NEWS Mrs Bodnar has now commenced her maternity leave and will be replaced by Mrs Waller as our K-2 interventionist. I’m sure you’ll join me in wishing Mrs Bodnar all the best as she awaits the birth of her twins. Mrs Hempel also joins our staff, working with the EAL/D students every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

I would like to welcome both Mrs Waller and Mrs Hempel to our school.

HEALTHY CANTEEN ACCREDITATION Great news! I received notification this week that our school canteen meets the requirements of the NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy. This strategy is a key initiative to support the Premier’s Priority to tackle childhood obesity. Having a healthy canteen means that our students are more likely to develop healthy eating habits that will have a long-term impact on improving their lives.-

NAPLAN We have had mixed experiences with NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) over the past two weeks. Year 3 were able to complete all their tests, but unfortunately Year 5 were hampered by connectivity issues on the first day of testing. Some of the Year 5 students will re-sit the Writing test next Tuesday, 28 May. NAPLAN results will be sent home once they become available in Term 3.

MOTHER’S DAY STALL I hope all the Smithfield West mothers had a lovely Mother's Day. Thank you to our wonderful P & C members for organising the Mother’s Day stall. As usual, there were lots of beautiful gifts to choose from. I spoke to many excited children as they left school that afternoon who were going to great lengths to hide their gift from their mum. I am sure many mums woke up to lovely little surprises on Mother’s Day.

PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF SCHOOL EVENTS Throughout the year we have a number of events and activities where parents have the opportunity to take photos and/or make video recordings. I do ask that if you take photos at a school event, in which other students are visible, that you check with their parents before posting images or names anywhere online. In any school community there can be families with private legal issues, who have genuine concerns about maintaining their child’s privacy and security. Thank you for keeping all our children safe.

PSSA WEBSITE All the latest competition tables, general information and playing rules for Horsley Zone PSSA are available on their website at horsleyzone.weebly.com. If your child participates in PSSA I encourage you to check it out.

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ATTENDANCE TIP Students being late to school can have an effect on the teacher, other students in their class and themselves.

Students who are late will: miss out on important social interactions with friends in the playground before the bell that can

relax them and set them up positively for the day ahead; miss out on the start of lessons resulting in their learning becoming disjointed and difficult; distract other children when they arrive and interrupt the momentum of the group; and miss any morning messages.

Undue attention to latecomers can place an unnecessary focus on your child that may make them feel uncomfortable and embarrassed.

Arriving to school on time allows children to be part of the daily school routine and feel they belong to a group.

Stephen Gray Principal

SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS The Department of Education provides only basic funds for the school’s operation. Annually, we ask parents to support their children’s education through the payment of school contributions. Whilst these contributions are voluntary we rely considerably on them to provide valuable resources to enrich and extend your child’s learning program. Information about your contributions is detailed below and every effort is made to keep costs to a minimum.

School Voluntary Contribution per student $50.00

School Voluntary Contribution per family $80.00

A school receipt will be issued for all payments. I thank you for your continued support of Smithfield West Public School. S. Gray

ASSEMBLY AWARD RECIPIENTS

KC Mark Tuscano, Jayden Nguyen, James

KN John Adam, Yasmine Taha, Ameliya Amin

1D Lionel Li, Joshua Adam, Vanessa Kena, Iyla Honeysett

1G Anastasia Aho, Angelina Koril, Nathan Dakhil

1L Jeremy Guzman, Rocky Ida, Mariana Kanno-Pereira

2R Max Balo, Tia Lloyd, Daniel Al Khatawi, Fadi Esttaifan

2S Pasha Zohoori, Hardy Nguyen, Jerzey Feagaiga, Angelina Chand

3N Tamia Kanno-Pereira, Layth Al-Tayyar, Monique Archer, Joseph Keilani

3/4C Henry Atta-Opoku, Manesa Al Saedey, Janel Barcenas, Rita Mikhaeil

3/4F Stephanie Omongos, Jeremy Depaz, Jesse, Daniel Leat

4H Daniella Isho, Raffi Misakian, Maryam Shaboo, Dominic Tran

5M Flora Dawod, Andy Tran, Sienna Byrne, Luka Peric, Desire M’Mangwa

5P Natalie Tran, Zoey Napper, Helen Somo, RJ Falealii, Eleya Albqa’een

6K Rebecca Graham, Esmeralda Ureta, Yasooa Shaboo, Mohamed Al-Jabiry

6R Ofa Pinomi, Jad Albqa’een, Thalia Mean, Lizzy Mafi

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KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS 2020 It has come to that time of the year again where we are enrolling students for Kindergarten 2020. If you, a friend or neighbour have a child who is turning 5 before 1 August 2020 then they are eligible to begin school next year. Please fill out an enrolment form from the office.

PSSA

Friday 10 May results

Year 4 Netball Lost 5-6 Harrington Street

Year 6 Netball Won 19-9 Harrington Street

Boy’s Football Lost 3-5 Governor Philip King

Girl’s Football Lost 0-3 Governor Philip King

Rugby League No games played

Friday 17 May results

Year 4 Netball Lost 7-10 Bossley Park

Year 6 Netball Won 19-2 Bossley Park

Boy’s Football Lost 0-2 Bossley Park

Girl’s Football Lost 0-1 Bossley Park

Junior Rugby League Lost 22-26 Harrington Street

Senior Rugby League Won 42-14 Harrington Street

Friday 24 May Netball Smithfield Endeavour Reserve

Rugby League Smithfield Endeavour Reserve

Girls Football Smithfield Brenan Park (bottom)

Boys Football Smithfield Brenan Park (bottom)

Friday 31 May Netball St Johns Park Endeavour Reserve

Rugby League Prairievale Endeavour Reserve

Girls Football St Johns Park Brenan Park (bottom)

Boys Football St Johns Park Brenan Park (bottom)

Parents and friends are most welcome to come along and support teams. PSSA sport commences at 12.30pm. Good luck to all teams. M. Kirby

Uniforms will be available for purchase on: Wednesdays and Thursdays

8.30am-9.30am and 2.30pm-3.00pm Please see staff in the Administration Office

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Did you know that in 2017-18, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ National Health Survey showed that almost one quarter (24.9%) of children aged 5-17 years were overweight or obese! Childhood obesity is a major concern and if not attended to early it can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

This year our school has registered once again to participate in the NSW Premier’s Sporting Challenge. The purpose of the challenge is to encourage students to participate in sport and physical activity to lead a healthy lifestyle. Over a ten week period, we will be monitoring physical activity levels during class time, at recess and lunch as well as during sport lessons. Physical activity outside school hours will also count towards the challenge award. The aim is to work towards an average at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day for 10 weeks.

Physical activity is valued for its physical, social and emotional benefits. It also helps young people to develop communication skills, confidence and resilience. We would like to invite families to support us in encouraging students’ healthy use of leisure time and to experience the joy of being active together.

If you have any further questions about the Challenge, please contact Miss Novak who will be pleased to talk with you. M. Novak Organiser

EARN AND LEARN Earn and Learn started on Wednesday 1 May 2019. Every time Mum, Dad, or your grandparents and friends spend $10.00 at Woolworths they will earn one Earn and Learn sticker, which you can collect and add to your sticker sheet. Once your sticker sheet is completed, place it in the collection box located in the school office. Sticker sheets are available at the school office or download from: woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

You have until Tuesday 25 June to collect the Earn and Learn stickers for our school. Every child who completes a sticker sheet will go in a draw to win one of ten movie passes.

ONLINE PAYMENTS A reminder to parents and carers payment for voluntary school contributions, excursions and incursions can be done through an online payment portal which is linked to the school’s website (www.smithfielw-p.school.nsw.edu.au) click on “Make a Payment” and follow the prompts to make a payment via Visa or MasterCard. If a payment is made after 6.00pm weekdays or weekends, payment will not be visible to the school until the second business day eg. payment made at 7.00pm on Monday evening will not show on the report until Wednesday.

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Search for the ‘Smithfield West Public School Page’ now to keep up to date on the latest school news and events.

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GYMNASTICS 5P have been practising their tumbles, turns, jumps and landing techniques during

weekly gymnastics classes.