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The Endeavour West Ryde Public School Newsletter Term 3 Issue No. 1- 27th July 2016

Principal’s Message I hope that everyone enjoyed the school holiday period and that you had an opportunity to relax and enjoy your time together as a family. We have an action packed Term ahead of us. Please continue to check the website calendar, read the newsletter and stay updated by downloading the Skoolbag App. (see page 4) so that you don’t miss out on any important events.

Vale It was with great sadness that we learned last week of the passing of Mr Kamlesh Chaudhary, husband of Mrs Archana Chaudhary, our Hindi teacher. Kamlesh and Archana were holidaying in Fiji when he had a cardiac arrest while swimming. Mrs Chaudhary and her husband have been part of our school community for the better part of twenty years. Mr Chaudhary was active in the wider community, assisting in Saturday school, teaching yoga and participating in numerous other activities that have benefited so many children and adults alike. Our thoughts are with Mrs Chaudhary and her sons at this sad time.

Welcome A warm welcome to all our new students who started school last week. We hope that you have had a good start at your new school. Education Week Education Week is from August 1 – August 5. During this week the school will hold Open Classrooms and Mini Olympics on Wednesday 3rd August. Please save this date in your calendar and schedule your work commitments if possible so that you can visit your child in their classroom. They would love to show you some of their work and also share their learning experiences with you. A separate note has been sent home outlining the day’s organisation and a sausage sizzle.

Congratulations Over the holidays Hwan and Won who competed in the Australian National Junior table tennis championships in Alice Springs. Won played very well but unfortunately did not win his category. Hwan won a silver medal at the Interstate Group competition and a bronze medal at Under 13 individual (Hwan is 11 years old). See photo in latter part of newsletter. We congratulate both the boys for their outstanding effort and dedication to their sport.

Lost Property Last term we had a huge second hand uniform sale made up from clothing in the lost property that had no name and was not claimed. One week into Term 3, and we already have 5 jackets, a water bottle with a name and two hats in the lost property. If your child has lost an item of clothing please ask them to check the lost property rather than you do it for them. Could you also check the name on your child’s clothing at home to make sure that it belongs to them and not another child at the school?

Upcoming events JUL 28th Rouse Hill Exc Stage 1 CANTEEN OPEN Debating – Round 5 29th Peter Combe Concert 2pm (Kindy – Yr 2) PSSA Round 13 Assembly AUG 1st EDUCATION WEEK SPORTSPRO 2nd ICAS – English Rouse Hill Exc Stage 1 3rd OPEN DAY & Sausage sizzle 4th CANTEEN OPEN SPORTSPRO 5th PSSA Round 14 Assembly 8th SPORTSPRO Music Camp 10th Uniform shop open SPORTSPRO 11th CANTEEN OPEN SPORTSPRO Raw Art Workshop Stg 3 12th Assembly PSSA Pages 2 - 4 Friendly Reminders Page 5 - 6 Uniform Shop Canteen News P & C News

Principal: Mrs Kim Lloyd Jones West Ryde Public School 6 Endeavour Street West Ryde 2114 Phone: 9874.2515 Fax: 9804.7731

Friendly Reminders 2017 Kindergarten Enrolments The school office is now open to take Kindergarten enrolments for 2017.

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING PAYMENTS TO OFFICE** NO EFTPOS facilities available at office due to new finance system.

Parents can only use the POP system (see informaton below), cash or cheque to make payments to the school. If you do not have access to the internet you may use the school’s iPad located at the office to make payments. New Payment Method now available (POP – Parent on-line payment) It is now possible for parents to make online payments to the school for amounts owing for students, via a secure payment page hosted by Westpac. Payments can be made using either a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card. The payment page is accessed from the front page of the schools website by selecting $ Make a payment

Items that can be paid include voluntary school contributions, subject contributions, excursions, sales to students and creative and practical arts activities (these include band, drama and dance). There is also a category called Other. This is to cover items not covered in the previous headings. Other can be used to make a complete payment of a school invoice.

When you access the $ Make a payment you must enter:

• the student’s name, and • class and reference number OR • the student’s name, and • date of birth.

These details are entered each time you make a payment as student information is not held within the payment system.

This is a secure payment system hosted by Westpac to ensure that your credit/debit card details are captured in a secure manner, these details are not passed back to the school.

You have the ability to check and change any details of the payment before the payment is processed. Receipts can be emailed and/or printed.

Details of the payments are passed daily to the school where they will be receipted against your child’s account. As a receipt has been issued from the payment page a further receipt will not be issued by the school.

For any enquiries regarding the Online Payment process please contact the School Administration Office.

PSSA Results No games - grounds closed.

Library News Poster competition The Children’s Book Council of Australia Book Week theme for 2016 is Australia! Story Country. Students are encouraged to design a poster with this theme. Posters must be clearly labelled with their name and class. Entries close Friday 12th August (end of week 4). Posters will be displayed in the Library. All entries receive a complementary book mark and winners from each class will receive a voucher to spend at our Book Fair.

Dress Up as Your Favourite Book Character To further celebrate Book Week, students are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character. Save the date and start organising your outfit! More information to come.

Book Fair Our school will be holding a Scholastic Book Fair during week 5. Preview days will be on Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th August. You are welcome to pop in and have a look on either of these days. Sales will take place Friday 19th August.

Premier’s Reading Challenge Congratulations to those who completed the challenge over the holidays:

Year 3: Isabella G. Year 4: Gayuni, Janelle, Pooja, Stuart, Sophie Year 5: Jessica H., Aditya Year 6: Shanata, Rakshit Ms Armstrong – Teacher Librarian

ICAS Competitions 2016 ICAS – Digital Technologies Competition

Thank you to those students in Years 3 -6 for participating in the 2016 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) – Digital Technologies.

Congratulations to the following students who have achieved Distinction for their excellent results: Justin (3A), Isabella (3G), Ishaan (3L), Arpon (4CM), Vinuki (4F), Leighton (4F), Owen (5/6L), Riya (5/6A), Nicholas (5/6L) Special congratulations to the following students who have achieved High Distinctions for their outstanding results: Tommy (5/6L), Jack (5/6T), Catherine (5/6T)

2016 ICAS – Science Competition

Thank you to those students in Years 3 -6 for participating in the 2016 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) – Science Congratulations to the following students who have achieved Distinction for their outstanding results: Benjamin (3A), James (3G), Bella (3G), Arpon (4CM), Alisa (5/6L), Tommy (5/6L), Jack (5/6T), Jinhee (5/6T), Alyssa (5/6W)

Coding For all those students who missed out on Coding Club this year, there is still a way for you to learn code. http://www.code.org is a great website for those who are new to coding but want to give it a try. It's free to sign up, and a little addictive once you get going!

Parking and Safety To ensure the safety of all students do not park on the school crossing. Please use the crossing with your child when crossing the road in Bennett and Endeavour Streets. PLEASE DO NOT DO ‘U’ TURNS OVER OR ON THE CROSSING. As our school numbers have grown it will become increasingly difficult to park in and around the school. Please do not park across residents’ driveways as this makes it difficult for these homeowners to enter or exit their driveway in the morning and afternoon. Please do not park in the designated parking areas of the surrounding units. Please help us to have a good reationship with our neighbours by respecting them and the parking rules around the school.

Speech Therapist We again have the services of the Gladesville Speech Pathologist on site every week. If you think that your child needs speech therapy please come to the office and ask for a referral form . The Speech Pathologist will contact you directly to arrange a time that suits you. Please note that there is a cost involved and that this is not a free service.

School Visits and Safety Induction When you come onto school grounds you will need to come to the front office and sign in to receive a visitor’s badge. You will now also be required to a have a safety induction. The gates on Mons and Bennett Streets will be locked during the school day - please enter via Endeavour Street.

Skoolbag – Subscribe to App. and/or Email (see instructions end of newsletter) Our school now has its own smartphone app! The app will help us communicate more effectively with our Parent and Student community. We are asking for as many parents and students to install our Skoolbag School App.

To install it, just look for our school name "West Ryde Public School" in the Apple App Store, Google Play Store or Windows Store and install it on your phone or tablet today!

To subscribe to the email go to our school website front page and follow the links. Please refer to the flyer at the end of this Newsletter for further information on subscribing to notification groups.

Hwan on Podium (2) after collecting his medal!

School Banking All bank books will be collected in the classroom on WEDNESDAY

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS – UPDATED PRICE LIST NOW ON WEBSITE

Stop Press! EFTPOS now available in Uniform Shop Personal shoppers only - a minimum purchase of $15 Opening days for Term 3 2016 will be Wednesday (8.45am – 9.15am) 10th & 24th August, 7th & 21st September. Please note that the navy socks are now sold in a 3 pack @ $12.00. NOW AVAILABLE “Boys Gabardine Pants” $20.00

Canteen news – open tHURsDaYs onlY NOTE: You MUST provide CORRECT MONEY ONLY for lunch orders. Absolutely no change will be given. Lunch orders can be placed before school at the red table opposite the school office.

P & C News Welcome back everyone from the mid-year break. Unfortunately for some of us term 3 started with the news of Mrs Chaudhary’s sudden loss. On behalf of all of the parents at West Ryde Public School the P&C have offered our sincerest condolences, and we hope that she takes all the time that she needs to spend with her family and recover from this difficult time. Election Day Stalls A huge thank you to all of the amazing parents who volunteered their efforts and time to organise and run the successful election day stalls at the end of last term. There were many familiar faces on the roster, but also some new or less regular supporters. Thanks to … Sally Cole, Russell Hall, Bec and Dave Fernandez, Jo Chang, Amy Bested, Fiona Lamborn, Shakeela Ahmed, Mona Sinha, Qian Tan, Milena Brentam, Kymana Saxton, Anura Balasooriya, Ranu Sinha, Akshay Munot, Fiona Tchan, Julie Irving, Wentao Zheng, Esther Wong, Luke Lam, Neesha Sagrani, Elie Yee, Kirsty Hyde, Jennie Hyde, Rochelle Tian, Sumudu Dias Jayasekara and Mel Emeleus. Kiss and Ride People are slowly starting to discover the Kiss and Ride and more and more people are using it each day. Remember

- There is no need to register for morning drop off. Just drive up and use it! - Registration forms for afternoon pick up will be available for collection at the Kiss and Ride on Tuesday or

Thursday mornings, or can be collected by you or your child from the red table by the school office. They can be returned to your child’s teacher if you’re unable to return them to the office.

Thanks to all of those parents who’ve put their names down to be a Kiss and Ride monitor. If you’re available to help on the occasional Tuesday or Thursday morning, or willing to go onto an on-call emergency roster for other mornings or afternoons, please get in touch - pc@westrydepublicschool.com.au Pedestrian Light Crossing at Victoria Rd & Endeavour St The NSW government are currently undertaking a review of speed camera in the state, and have asked for public input. Due to the number of regular near misses, the P&C has written to Transport NSW to formally request a red light camera or some other appropriate device at the pedestrian traffic lights at Victoria Rd and Endeavour St. This crossing is used by many families each day and cars are often reported running the red light, nearly hitting children or their parents. If you support this request, you can lend your voice by going to www.saferroadsnsw.com.au/haveyoursayspeedcameras.aspx and adding your vote. New P&C Executive Needed in 2017 Remember that the current P&C executive will be retiring at the November AGM. We need new and interested parents or carers to think about how they would like to get involved. Would you like to see the P&C operate differently? Is there anything you’d like to contribute? Working with the P&C is a great way to contribute to the school, to have a say in how it’s run, and to develop some great relationships with other parents and teachers. If you want to know more about the P&C or the roles to be filled, please get in touch. P&C Volunteers Email List The P&C maintains a volunteers email list which we use to ask for help with small, one off jobs or when searching for people with specific skills. If you’re interested in being included, please let us know.

The NEXT WRPS P&C MEETING DATE Wednesday 17th Aug, 7:00 pm

In the school library. Free child minding available. We hope we’ll see you there.

iPhone and iPad users

1. Click the "App Store" icon on your Apple device. 2. Type your school name in the search, using suburb name

will help. 3. You will see your school appear, click "Get" then

"install". 4. The app is FREE to download. 5. When installed click "Open" 6. Select "OK" to receive push notifications, when asked. 7. Click the "More" button on the bottom right of the App,

then "Setup". 8. Toggle on the Push Categories that are applicable for you

by tapping the on/off switch.

Android users

You must first have signed up with a Google Account before installing the app. 1. Click the "Play Store" button on your Android Device 2. Click the magnifying glass icon at the top and type in

your school name, using suburb name will help. 3. Click the school name when it appears in the search. 4. Click the "Install" button. 5. Click "Accept" for various permissions (please note, we

do not modify any of your personal data on your device). 6. Click "Open" when installed. 7. Click the "More" button on the bottom right of the App,

then "Setup". 8. Toggle on the Push Categories that are applicable for you

by tapping the on/off switch. Please Note: Some brands of Android phones need the setting in "Notification Manager" changed to "Allow" instead of "Notify" in order for the push notifications to work. The phone must also be running at least version 4 system software to run the app.

Windows Phone users

1. Go to the Windows Store on your Windows Phone 2. Search for "Skoolbag" in the keyword app search 3. Install the Skoolbag app. 4. Find your school either by using the keyword search or

location service. 5. Click the "Pin" icon to pin the school tile to your

Windows Phone home screen. 6. Click the "More" button on the bottom right of the App,

then "Setup" 7. Toggle the Push Categories that are applicable to you by

tapping the on/off switch. Please Note: The Skoolbag Windows Phone App is for 8.1 version Windows Phones.

If you have any questions please email sales@skoolbag.com.au

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION AT

ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH MEADOWBANK The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated at St Michael’s Church on Friday 16 September.

If your child is in Year 6 and has made their First Holy Communion, they are eligible to receive this sacrament.

Please contact Marisa Squadrito on 0402 902 871 for further information.