Castle Hill Public School

NEWSLETTER Les Shore Place, Castle Hill NSW 2154 Phone: 9634 3777 Fax: 9899 6845

Email: castlehill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Webpage: www.castlehill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

May 30, 2018

Year 6 Canberra Excursion Our Year 6 students have enjoyed a fantastic three days in chilly Canberra and will return home this afternoon at approximately 5.30pm. From all reports, students and staff, while tired, have had a great experience! A Skoolbag notification will be sent to Year 6 parents when the coaches depart Canberra this afternoon, confirming an estimated arrival time. Further notifications will only be sent if the coaches are delayed. Parents are welcome to park in the school carpark if there are parking spots available. No cars are to be parked in the bus lane or anywhere within the Kiss and Drop zone. Thank you in anticipation of your support. Our new shade shelter! The construction of our new shade shelter is now finished and we expect our students to be able to utilise the new shaded space as early as tomorrow. The playground space covered by the shade shelter will be accessible to all students in the school and will also allow our Year 1 students to sit a little more comfortably in their class lines, particularly during the warmer months of the year! Interpreters for parent-teacher interviews To assist with our organisation please complete the survey through the link if you require an interpreter for the upcoming parent teacher interviews https://bit.ly/2skCzFI Zone Cross Country

We wish our school Cross Country representatives all the best as they participate in the Zone carnival tomorrow (Thursday). I am sure that each of our students will represent Castle Hill Public School to the best of their ability. Good luck! Semester 1 Fees Semester 1 fee notices were issued today. These fee notices request payment for all incursions, excursions and carnivals that have either already been held, or will be held before the end of this semester (end of Term 2). We would appreciate early payment of these fees if possible. Thank you in anticipation of your support.

Thursday May 31 Stage 3 to Castle Hill High School to watch musical performance

Tuesday June 5 School Photos – Kindy, Yr 1 and Yr 6

Thursday June 7 School Photos – Yr 2, 3, 4 and 5

Wednesday June 13 Stewart House Collection

Thursday June 14 Kindergarten Taronga Zoo Excursion

Monday 18 – Wednesday 20 June Year 5 Canberra Camp

WHAT’S ON

PBL Fortnightly Expectation Focus

Term 2 Weeks 5 and 6 - Respect

Listen & follow instructions.

Kindergarten Enrolment for 2019 We are now accepting Kindergarten enrolments for next year. If you, or someone that you know, is looking to enrol a child into Kindergarten next year, enrolment forms are available from the front office or else on our school website at http://www.castlehill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school/enrolment. Applications should be lodged at the front office. If you have a sibling to enroll, please fill out the form in this week’s Newsletter. Please note that as part of the application process, proof of residential address is required. In cases where a lease agreement that expires before February 2019 is offered as proof of address, we will ask for details of a new lease agreement to be provided before enrolment will be confirmed. Dates for our 2019 Kindergarten Orientation program will be confirmed in due course. Notes home this week:

Statement of account – emailed to all families

Craig Oliver-Principal craig.oliver@det.nsw.edu.au

Assembly Our next school assemblies are as follows: K-2 next assembly is Monday June 4 at 12:30pm hosted by 1V and Miss Vumbaca (change of time and week due to the Queen’s Birthday public holiday on Monday 11 June). 3-6 next assembly is Monday June 4 at 2:00pm Platinum cut-off is Tuesday 26 June. Term 2 Platinum Assembly is Monday 2 July. Performance Band - Battle of the Bands CONGRATULATIONS to the Castle Hill Public School Performance Band, who won a $300.00 cash prize at the Kenthurst Country Fair ‘Battle of the Bands’ on 6 May! The student’s behaviour on and off the stage was impeccable, and their renditions of “Cruise Control”, “Watermelon Man” and “Funky Town” really got the crowd moving! The prize money will be put towards new equipment for the band. Well done, Performance Band!

K-2 Gymnastics Due to school photo days next week, there will not be any gymnastics for K-2 children on Tuesday. Please ensure full winter school uniform is worn to school, instead of sports uniform. Year 1 Recyclable/craft products needed Year 1 students had a fabulous time on their excursion last Thursday, to Bernie Mullane Sports Complex in Kellyville. As part of their science unit in the coming weeks, they will be designing and constructing a piece of playground equipment. To complete this task, students will need to bring in craft items or recyclable products from home such as: cardboard tubes – from wrapping paper, kitchen towel, foil or plastic wrap (not toilet rolls), small cereal boxes and 600mL or smaller, plastic drink bottles. Year 6 Camp 129 excited Year 6 students left early Monday morning for the three day camp to Canberra as part of our History unit: Australia as a Nation. The students have visited Parliament House, the Australian Mint, the National Museum of Australia and Questacon among many other venues. The students are having a fabulous time learning about how laws are made in Australia and one group even had the opportunity to meet a member of parliament. We anticipate a 5:30pm return to school and will keep parents informed via the Skoolbag app.

Year 6 adventures in Canberra

School Photos School photo days are next week. This year, all orders will be made online, through The School Photographer’s website. Please ensure your child wears full winter school uniform to school on both days as they may be required for a sibling photo or extra-curricular group photo on either day. www.theschoolphotographer.com.au

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Complete for each child in your family who you are purchasing photo packs for and select your chosen package and/or items

School photo packs will range in price from $25.00 (individual portrait only) to $43.00 (class group, student composite, individual portrait and a ‘Hi-Res’ download). Families wishing to have photos of sibling groups (currently attending Castle Hill Public School) can also order and pay for sibling photos in the same transaction – these packs range in price from $7.00 to $22.00. Please make note of the following dates:

Tuesday 5 June

Kindy, Year 1 and Year 6 class group and individual photos

Year 6 photo – (whole grade) extra-curricular group photos

sibling photos

Thursday 7 June

Years 2 to 5 class group and individual photos

extra-curricular group photos sibling photos

Please note – due to other events on during Week 6, the above schedule has changed slightly from last week’s newsletter. All students need to be wearing full school winter uniform to school on both photo days – not sports uniform. Year 6 students will have their whole grade photo taken in their Year 6 jacket.

All students must wear the school tie

Girls should wear navy blue stockings or white socks with the winter tunic

Mrs Alex Kohary & Miss Danielle Machuca

Deputy Principals

Literacy Program During Literacy groups, students work through a series of activities designed to target their specific literacy needs. Some of these activities include: guided reading with the teacher, phonics, sight words, fine motor skills, alphabet work, letter formation and ICT activities. While reading with the teacher, the students are learning to retell the story using an introduction such as “This story is about….” and then outlining the main events in sequence. The students are also involved in discussions regarding the text and teachers are working towards developing their ability to derive meaning from the story or information text.

Letters & Sounds: Teachers are continuing to assess all single sounds taught so far this year. Students are being encouraged to blend sounds together to write and read simple words independently.

Sight words: Students are learning the Green Words on the next few weeks in class. Please assistance students to recognise these words when reading or writing at home.

Green Words – big, did, who, new, now, can, get, her, she, out, our, old, two, has, see, off

Fine motor skills activities for home: lacing a shoe or beading a necklace.

Numeracy Program Class are continuing to work through the topics: Addition and Volume & Capacity. Students are learning to count-on from the bigger number, this is done by using both numeral and dot dice. Activities will include using concrete materials or fingers to model and solve simple addition tasks. Using visual representations such as ten frames, counting on their fingers or counters are all acceptable methods of tracking a count.

In Volume and Capacity lessons, students will explore the concept through hands-on experiences of filling different containers with different materials. Students will also expand their vocabulary of measurement words such as full, empty, half-full.

Shoe Boxes Needed! In a few weeks Kindergarten will be making a zoo enclosure suited to a chosen animal. To make the enclosure, the students will require a shoe box – we ask that if you have any shoe boxes at home that you no longer need, to please bring them into class.

Grandparents Photos KB, KC and KJ students are asked to bring in a photo of their grandparent during this week and next week. Please refer to the note sent home or contact class teacher for more information. Photos can be emailed to the class teacher.

The Book Fair is being held in the Library this week and next. The classes will be visiting the Book Fair this week to view the books and write a wish list. Classes will have opportunities to purchase from the Book Fair during the below designated times in Week 6.

Book Fair Buying Days: KB, KC, KG and KT – Monday June 4 KK and KJ – Tuesday June 5

Star of the Week!

The stars of the week are: KB – Harry, KC – Kaden, KG – Suganhdi, KJ – Yousuf, KK – Emma, KT – Dulen.

Dates for the Diary:

School Photos Tuesday June 5: Kindergarten class photos, individual photos and sibling photos. Students are required to wear full Winter uniform including ties and polished shoes. NO gymnastics lessons this week, so NO Sports uniform needed.

Kindergarten excursion Taronga Zoo: Thursday June 14.

From the Kindergarten teachers

Years 3-6 Assembly will be held Monday June 4 at 2.00pm in the Hall

SILVER AWARDS – Please note that these awards will be presented next week at Assembly

YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 YEAR 6

Amelia 3G Raymond 3/4H Annissa 5A Lara 6B

Abdul 6B

Hamish 3K Jacinta 4M Jessica 5B

Isaac 4M Audrey 6L

Joel 3M

Tahlia 4P

Ashleigh 3P

Jeremy 3P Lucy 4U

Sarah 4U

Cong 3/4H Daniell 4U

GOLD AWARDS – Please note that these awards will be presented next week at Assembly

YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 YEAR 6

Kayley 3K Cooper 4M Aditya 6C

Cedric 3P Stephanie 4P

Chicken Pox We have a confirmed case of Chickenpox in our school. Chickenpox is a common childhood illness. Fever and cold symptoms are often the first signs of illness and are followed by the appearance of the typical rash. The rash starts as small pink bumps, often around the neck, ears, back and stomach. These develop a little water blister, which in turn becomes yellow and oozy and ultimately crusty as it dries. The rash spreads outwards to involve the whole body finally involving the lower arms and legs. People may have only a few spots or may be virtually covered with them. Chickenpox is likely to be a relatively mild illness and no specific precautions are necessary. Symptoms usually develop 10 to 21 days after exposure. If your child has a weakened immune system, please contact your child’s GP or hospital consultant and let them know that your child may have been exposed. Stewart House Clothing Appeal Wednesday June 13

Stewart House is a charity that provides care and support for children in need. Our school continues to support Stewart House by participating in two big clothing collections each year. Our first collection will be on Wednesday June 13 and just like last year; we are aiming to fill the Stewart House truck with bags of clothing. Stewart House benefits financially from collections of clothing from schools. The Smith Family pays Stewart House for each kilogram of clothing they receive. About $25,000 is raised each year from clothing collections. Please support Stewart House by placing any clean, unwanted clothing that you no longer need in clean plastic bags and return them to your child’s classroom. Any clean plastic bag can be used. Please

bring bags of clothing to school before Wednesday June 13. Clothing bags can be stored in your child’s classroom until the collection day. Thanks for your support.

Mrs Ambler

Cross Country Carnival A huge thank you to teachers, office staff and the canteen who all helped to make the Cross Country a success. We would also like to thank the parents who gave up time from their busy schedule to assist on the day. Our students had a wonderful day and it was great to see so many of them participating and aspiring to do their best. Well done to the following students who have qualified to represent Castle Hill at the Zone Cross Country Carnival.

Boys 8/9 Years 10 Years 11 Years 12/13 Years Age champion: Cameron B

Thomas C Elijah C Jovan V

Fionntan H Hamish A

Age champion: Eli K

Nicola J Sean L

Harrison L Arrius S Isaac F

Age champion: Sam B

Ben C Evan C

Albert K Chaiwan P Lachlan G

Age champion: William B

Andrew H Joshua B Adam T James F

Jaeden D

Girls 8/9 Years Age champion: Charlotte K

10 Years Age champion: Darcie P

11 Years Age champion: Olivia B

12/13 Years Age champion: Amelie P

Mia S

Chelsea F Hanna T Amy M

Matilda A

Sofie W Emily M

Yassmin B Kara n

Samara B

Annissa Q Matilda L Jessica F

Naia L Chloe L

Angelene C Ruby K Farah R Isobel M

Avalene T

We look forward to hearing how these students perform in the Zone Cross Country on Thursday May 31.

Cross Country Committee

The Scholastic Book Fair is here

In our school library!

The Fair will be on until

Wednesday June 6.

There will be a range of fiction and non-fiction books for sale to satisfy all reading interests and ages. The Book Fair is a wonderful opportunity for children to purchase books they love to read! It is also a positive way to give back to our school as 30% of all sales is returned to us so we can purchase books for our library.

If you have any crystals, geodes or other such rocks and would like to donate them to the library please come and see me. Thank you

Silvia Georgiades

This Term, Years 3 and 4 are investigating and learning about products. To further support this unit of study, there will be an interactive table in the library with `old’ vintage products (such as old radios, kitchen implements/tools, telephones, toys, gadgets and/or small simple machines) so that students can observe and discuss how products have evolved and changed over time.

On-line entries now open. Log in and start reading!

If you have any items/products at home that are not personally valuable or ‘special’, and would be willing to have it displayed, please come and see me in the library. Please understand that while all care will be taken,

no responsibility will be accepted in the unlikely event that any items are damaged or lost. All items will need to be collected week 10 (2-6 July). Thank you for your support.

Silvia Georgiades

Performance Opportunity I am looking for musical students wanting to perform an item as ‘walk-in’ music for our K-2 and 3-6 assemblies. This is an opportunity for talented students who can play an instrument or sing. Students will showcase their talents as the students enter the hall for assemblies. If your son or daughter would like an opportunity to perform in front of their peers, please send an email with the heading ‘Assembly Performance’ to melissa.mcmahon14@det.nsw.edu.au . Please advise student name, class and what the item involves. A timetable will be organised and students will be advised of their time to perform.

The talented students listed below will be performing at the following assemblies.

Term 2 2018 K-2 Assembly walk-in music Week 8 – Monday 18 June at 12.30 Darena 2S Piano Week 9 – Monday 25 June Sarah 2A Violin

Term 2 2018 3-6 Assembly walk-in music Week 6 – Monday 4 June Madeleine 3M Piano Week 8 – Monday 18 June Katrina 4S Piano Week 10 – Monday 2 July Taj 5H Clarinet

Premier’s Spelling Bee! This year students at Castle Hill Public School will compete in the Premier’s Spelling Bee! What is the Premier’s Spelling Bee? The PSB is a competition open to all students in Years 3-6 to engage and challenge them in developing their spelling and vocabulary knowledge. Students are tested on a range of levels words and these are provided on the Arts Unit

website at the following link https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/2018-premiers-spelling-bee and using the password dazzle. It is recommended students access these lists and practise at home to prepare for the school based spelling bees. In early Term 3, two students from both Stage 2 and Stage 3 will be selected through a series of class and stage spelling bees to represent Castle Hill at the regional final. If you have any questions, please see the website above or contact the school coordinator.

Amanda Hobbs PSB Coordinator

Congratulations to Sam who has is a nominee for the Hills Shire Times Local sports stars. He won a gold medal in Under 9 in the discipline of Sabre at a big competition in Sydney called the 2017 Koala International Cup Mini Challenge. Sam is very happy to be represented as a student in Castle Hill Public School. His parents are very proud and are happy to share his good news with us. Well done Sam.

Maths Olympiad The Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiads (APSMO) is a not-for-profit, professional organisation that offers a range of mathematical competitions for students aged from around eight to 14. The programs are unique in that they focus on the students' ability to solve mathematical problems in a creative manner - as opposed to simply reaching a solution using a prescribed method. The APSMO Maths Olympiad has been operating in primary schools since 1987 and in high schools since 2003. Each year thousands of schools participate in the competition from around Australia and New Zealand. Students at Castle Hill Public School who have been participating in teacher guided Mathematics workshops will be taking part in five formal activities under test conditions. The dates are: Wednesday May 23 Week commencing June 11 Week commencing July 23 Week commencing August 13 Week commencing September 10 The first activity was last Wednesday in Mrs Alibrandi's classroom (2A). It is each student’s responsibility to ensure that they are present at each activity in order to be awarded a certificate of completion at the end of the program. If you have any questions about Maths Olympiad please feel free to contact Mrs Alibrandi, Ms Sauniere or Mrs Walker. Friday June 1, 2018 All buses leave school at 12:10pm and return by 2:55pm.

Rugby League Wrights Road Reserve, Kellyville AFL Kellyville Park, Kellyville Girls & Boys Soccer Bernie Mullane, Marella Ave, Kellyville Netball Kellyville Netball Courts, Kellyville Newcombe Ball Sherwood ridge Public School, Rosebery Road, Kellyville

PSSA LUNCH ORDERS: Handwritten bags - please clearly mark your bag with PSSA and your sport. Flexischool orders - please place your order via the PSSA ordering section and select your sport.

Hi everyone, We recently celebrated National Volunteer Week and I just wanted to thank all the parents and grandparents who take the time to help in our school. Whether it is in canteen, the uniform shop, at events or in the classroom, your help is very much appreciated by both the School and the P&C. Without your help, the P&C would not be able to run their events so we are grateful for your efforts. Thank you to all the parents currently helping with the Book Fair. This is a massive event and will bring in new books for our classroom and library as well. The students are excited about it as well so look at their wish list or pop in later this week to look at the range of books. The fair will run until the June 6. Anyone wishing to help please email kathmullen76@gmail.com so we can fill in any gaps. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday June 13 at 7.00pm in the staffroom. Please come along so you can meet the School Executive team, find out more about what is happening at the school and have your say on potential designs for our Kiss and Drop area. We also welcome any suggestions for potential projects around the school.

Katherine Mullen P&C President

REGULAR OPENING HOURS The uniform shop is open Monday & Wednesday 8.30-10.30am NEW JACKETS The new jackets have been extremely popular - for those of you who have already purchased them, I hope you are very happy with them. They look fantastic on the kids! PLEASE NOTE we are out of stock of sizes 8, 10 & 12. We will be having another small delivery arrive next month and will be in full stock again later in the year. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience. PSSA RUGBY SOCKS Did you know that the Uniform Shop sells the Castle Hill Public School PSSA rugby/football socks? They are available to purchase in the shop or on flexischools. THANK YOU Thank you to the families who have recently donated second-hand goods and plastic bags. Thank you for your patience with the queues with the recent uniform changeover. As our shop is small and we have a limited number of volunteers, we can only serve a few families at a time. Thank you for your understanding.

Natalie Hanlon

Uniform Shop Manager chpsuniform@gmail.com

Mobile 0411 284 212

ROSTER: Thursday 31 June Amy, Jennifer Thummler VOLUNTEER REQUIRED Friday 1 June Anita, Katherine Watson, Sherita, Alison Monday 4 June Ally, Tasneem Tuesday 5 June Connie, Nas Wednesday 6 June Joyce Joseph, Lilis Chung, Peggy Wong Thursday 7 June Joanne, Soyoung, Yoon, Hyunjin, Sylvia Friday 8 June Ashu Navare, Joanna Michael, VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED x 2

Don't be shy! Come and see us to add your name to the roster.

If you are able to help on the days with "VOLUNTEER REQUIRED" or would like to be added to our roster please telephone the canteen on 9634 4306, email at castlehillpscanteen@gmail.com or send us quick text message Kylee 0405 357 150 or Tanya 0424 994 585. WHEN PAYING BY CASH......... We would like to remind the school community that the canteen is unable to accept payments using $50 and $100 notes. Thank you for your cooperation. PSSA LUNCH ORDERS Please mark all lunch order bags clearly with ‘PSSA’ and your child's sport/or select the sport on flexischools. Also note the PSSA hot food menu has been restricted to the following: Chicken Burgers Hamburgers Hot Dogs Noodles Pies Sausage rolls The sandwich, salad and snack menu remains the same as our normal menu. Due to time restrictions, other hot food items would not be ready on time and they would not meet food safety requirements. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Many Thanks

Robyn, Tanya & Kylee Canteen Supervisors

Updated 30/05/2018

Month Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat/ Sun30 1 2 3 4 5 6

First day for students

K-2 Gymnastics

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

K-2 Assembly - 12.30

Cross Country

Years 3-6

P&C Mother's Day

breakfast

3-6 Assembly - 2.00 K-2 Gymnastics P&C 7.00pm

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Walk to School

Safely day

K-2 Gymnastics

K-2 Assembly - 2.00

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Year 1 excursion

Bernie Mullane

3-6 Assembly - 2.00 K-2 Gymnastics

28 29 30 31 1 2 3

Stage 3

Castle Hill High School

musical

K-2 Assembly - 2.00 K-2 Gymnastics Zone cross country

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Kindy, Year 1 & 6 class

photos Yrs 2-5 class photos

3-6 Assembly - 2.00 NO GYMNASTICS

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Queen's Birthday

Stewart House

collection

ICAS Spelling

ICAS Writing

Kndergarten Zoo

Excursion

K-2 Gymnastics P&C 7.00pm

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

K-2 Assembly - 12.30

3-6 Assembly - 2.00 K-2 Gymnastics

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K-2 Assembly - 2.00 K-2 Gymnastics

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Platinum Assembly

Last day of Term 2

3-6 Assembly - 2.00 K-2 Gymnastics

Year 6 Canberra Camp

Year 5 Canberra Camp

NAPLAN Years 3 and 5

Jun 8

May 4

JunJul 9

JuL 10

MayJun 5

JunJun 6

Jun 7

Snr Constable Rob

Patterson - Digital

Security talk

7.00pm in hall

Castle Hill Public SchoolTerm 2 - 2018

AprMay 1 Staff Development

Day

May 2

May 3Cross Country

Years K-2