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Yates Matters Yates Avenue Public School

71 Yates Avenue, Dundas Valley, 2117 T: 9874 6302 F: 9804 6260 Email: yatesave-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.yatesave-pschool.nsw.edu.au

Issue 15 - Term 3, Week 10 Wednesday, 20th September 2017

CALENDAR Kindy Parent Info. Night - Wed, 20th Sept: 6:00 -7:00 pm Footy Fever Mufti Day - Thursday, 21st Sept Principal’s Afternoon Tea - Friday, 22nd Sept First day back for students - Monday, 9th Oct

WHAT’S DUE?

ACCOMPANYING NOTES

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Term 3 Principal’s Afternoon Tea & Assembly This Friday, 22nd September we will celebrate the achievements of those students who have worked consistently hard in class and showed tremendous dedication and commitment to learning. The following students will attend the afternoon tea and be rewarded with their Term 3 Principal’s Award: Olwen Harris, Kylah Watkins, Daniel Grout, Damon Hardy, Emily Grout, Ella Hughes, James Button-Ord, Jerry Kim, Ewan Kim, Sylvia Kim.

Tell Them From Me – Online Parent Survey 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) on student engagement. The survey asks parents questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement. It takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and is completely confidential. The survey can be accessed by following this link:

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/yates Celebrating the Arts Congratulations to the boys and girls in the choir for their outstanding performances last Tuesday night at the Celebrating the Arts festival. It was a long day of rehearsing and performing and we were so proud of their efforts! Thanks also to the many parents and grandparents who were there giving such enthusiastic support on the night and during rehearsals. A special thank you to Miss Salvagio and Mrs Leivesley who have been preparing the choir all year for this event. They have spent many lunch times practising the songs and organising the students for Celebrating the Arts – well done!

Tuesday Breakfast Club In order for children to effectively learn at school, it is important that they eat a healthy breakfast. Starting 10th October, we will be providing a free breakfast for students every Tuesday morning from 8:30am. Mrs Williamson has initiated the Tuesday Breakfast Club with the assistance of Coles at Carlingford Court. Mrs Dyball will also be helping with serving breakfast, which will be set up at the picnic tables near the COLA. Students will be served fresh fruit, cereal and bread rolls, all free of charge. This is another example of the strong commitment to student wellbeing at Yates Avenue PS, and the amazing dedication of our Student Learning Support Officers!

Are You Moving In 2018? If you are intending to leave the school catchment area this year, could you please notify the office on 9874 6302, as soon as possible. Accurate numbers are important for our class planning and staffing for 2018.

Thank You A big thank you from all the staff at Yates Avenue Public School. Term 3 has been a very productive and rewarding 10 weeks of learning and we are grateful to be supported by such a caring and enthusiastic community. The students will return to school on Monday, 9th October.

I look forward to seeing you in Term 4

David MacSporran Principal

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FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS PSSA A big thank you to all the parents who assisted and supported us with PSSA this year (we all loved the oranges at half time - very refreshing). What a fantastic season we have had in Netball and Soccer. I would like to congratulate all the children who participated. They represented our school with pride and for our first year back in the competition they performed extremely well. I will send out the results as soon as I receive them. Next year I am hoping to have PSSA in Term 1 and 4 (Summer competition) as well as Term 2 and 3 (Winter competition). There will be a number of different sports on offer and we will select teams for those sports depending on popularity. Term 4 Sport The school will again be participating in a Tennis program. The program will run for ten weeks by a qualified tennis coach. There will be no cost for the program as I have acquired a grant to pay for the weekly lessons. Children in K-2 will also be receiving a free tennis racquet to use for the lessons as we have established a school partnership with HOTSHOTS TENNIS. Outside sporting achievements It is always great to hear how our children at Yates perform in sport outside of school. A number of children have let me know of their achievements of winning a final or even a very close loss. Either way, it is amazing for me to hear and I would like to get the information into our newsletter. Please send me an email or have your child write a little extract all about it and send it to me. I look forward to seeing them. Mr Coon Rel. Assistant Principal

OFFICE NEWS

Office hours: 8:30am to 3:30pm Monday to Friday Any families with change of information please inform the office. All notes will be sent home on Wednesdays with the school newsletter. If you would like to receive your newsletter by email, please inform the office. Parents/Caregivers please pick up your change from the office. PLEASE NOTE: NO PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE ON POP FOR P&C MONIES, e.g. UNIFORM SHOP, SCHOOL CANTEEN etc.

Kim Copping School Administrative Manager

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Please join us on Twitter to keep updated on school events and student achievements. Our Twitter feed is yet another way for parents to stay connected with everything that is happening at our great school.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR for LEARNING (PBL) Focus area – Playground When we are in the playground, we are Learners who are: Safe Walk on hard surfaces, including under the

COLA Wear our school hat Play under the COLA if we don’t have a hat

Respectful Play in the correct grass area Play games fairly and be inclusive of others Be considerate of other students’ games and

spaceResponsible Play the right games in the right place Report any problems to the teacher on duty Use equipment correctly and return what you

have borrowed Use the toilets before the music begins

KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION Our Kindergarten orientation program begins with a parent information evening on Wednesday, 20th September from 6:00-7:00pm. If you are yet to enrol your child for 2018, please see Mrs Copping or Miss Rose in the office and complete an enrolment form.

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XOXOXOX

P&C NEWS Next P&C Meeting is tonight 20th September at 7pm.

The 5cent coin challenge was won by 1/2KL. Congratulations. They have now been presented with their trophy and have received their Paddle Pop prize. The challenge saw 7,966 five cent pieces being donated - or $399.80. Thank you to everyone who participated and many thanks to Peter Herbert for his expert engraving of our trophy.

The election BBQ on September 9th was a huge success with over $3,000 being raised for the school. There was an amazing swell of volunteers for this day - both baking goods and staffing the BBQ and cake stall on the day. Thanks to Nicole Bain for donating over 200 cupcakes and slices. Thank you to Helen and Steven McKeon, Barb and Scott Cardwell, Nabil and Azita Shahidi for setting up the stalls at daybreak and remaining to staff them throughout the day. Thank you to all those volunteers who either baked items for the stall or donated their time during the day - Safar Sarmed, Josephine Taylor, Frances Taylor, Nahid Gogani, Lisa Lawler, Jae Park, Chris Wilton, Juhee Kim, John Ju Jo, Lisa Maxwell, Naomi Lee, Scott Su, Fiona Ro, Mike Halliday, Larissa Halliday, Bernadette Rose and Belinda Wilkinson. Well done everyone and apologies if anyone is missing from the list.

A raffle was also held during the election which raised a further $1585. The winners, in order, were - Sharon Yu, Jihyun Kim, Maisie Taylor, Natasha, Peter Woodbury, Elise Brown and Lease Apana. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all those who purchased tickets. Thank you to Azita, Tannaz, Darius, Cyrus and Jack Domaschenz for selling tickets.

Ben Howell P&C President

PRESCHOOL In the lead up to Kindergarten orientation, the Preschool Dolphins and Turtles have been spending more time with their Kindy friends and big buddies. Our transition to school program begins when the children start Preschool and continues throughout the preschool year. During this time, children develop a sense of belonging, learn new routines and develop a range of skills to become confident and involved learners. They also participate in many school events and have regular opportunities to explore the school environment. Over the last few weeks, we have enjoyed our visits with our buddies. These experiences are valuable opportunities for the children to get to know each other, to develop relationships and enable us to learn with and from each other. We enjoy planning our visits, recording our learning and sharing our experiences with our families. We look forward to continuing our visits next term.

Mrs. Lawson, Mrs. Lilli and all the Preschool children

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Brenda Milner Behavioural Optometrist

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Epping classes: 12 Willoughby Street Epping

Monday

Adults Contemporary: ---7:00pm-8:00pm Adults Cabaret: 8:00pm-9:00pm

Thursday

Boys Hip-Hop: Kindy-year 2 3:45pm-4:30pm

Senior Jazz: Years 7-12 4:30pm-5:30pm Intermediate Jazz: Years 3-6 5:30pm-6:30pm

Saturday

Tiny Tots dance: ages 2-5 9:00am-9:30am Senior Contemporary: Years 7-12 9:30am-10:30am Senior Ballet: Years 7-12 10:30am-11:30am

Tuesday

Adults Dance Fitness 7:00pm-8:00pm

Friday

Tiny Tots dance: ages 2-5 3:45pm-4:15pm Junior Jazz: Kindy-year 2 4:15pm-4:55pm Junior Ballet: Kindy-year 2 4:55pm-5:35pm Musical Theatre: Kindy-year 4 5:35pm-6:35pm

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MARSDEN HIGH SCHOOL

Here at Marsden High School, we will be hosting several events aimed at ensuring students and parents new to our school community, have a smooth transition.

9.30am-11.30am Thursday October 12th 2017 _ Marsden High School

Targeted Transition Program to support students with anxiety/emotional/social issues where a smaller group environment will ease them into high school. If you

feel your child would benefit from this extra support, please contact either Ms Jessica Rubbo or Mrs Pam Howes on 9874 6544.

9.30am-2.30pm Friday October 20th 2017 - Welcome to High School Day

Year 6 into Year 7 students will be placed in classes and experience a “normal” day at

high school where a variety of subjects are on offer. More details will be forwarded

towards the end of this term.

6.30 pm-7.30pm Monday 27th November 2017 - Settling into High School

parent information session to include BYOD Information. To be held in our school library – Pinnacle Program information session will be held between 5.45pm

- 6.30pm

Tuesday 5th December 2017 Orientation Day – state wide event for

incoming Year 7 students. In September we will forward you a comprehensive

“Individual Student Package” which will include an information sheet for Orientation Day, uniform requirements and price list, and school fees, all of which can be

taken care of on Orientation Day. Stationery requirements will be included, and Opal Card information will also be available from State Transport NSW

representatives.

I look forward to meeting you all during the transition process.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Lance Berry Principal

Winbourne Street WEST RYDE NSW 2114 ABN 51 574 776 146

Principal: Mr Lance Berry Phone: (02) 9874 6544

Fax: (02) 9858 1716 marsden-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.marsden-h.schools.nsw.edu.au