GUILDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL

APIA STREET GUILDFORD NSW 2161

Phone: 9632 9675 fax: 9892 1325 www.guildford-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

16TH NOVEMBER NEWS UPDATE Principal’s news

CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS (CAPA) SHOWCASE The staff of Guildford PS are really excited about producing the  upcoming  CAPA  Showcase.  On  Thursday  December  7, star ng  at  3.30pm,  the  GPS  Crea ve  and  Performing  Arts Showcase  will  open  its  doors  to  parents,  carers,  family, friends and  local community members. Our elite ar sts will exhibit their drawings, pain ngs, cra , dance, deba ng, dra-ma  and  vocal  song.  This  special  event  is  certain  to draw  a considerable  crowd  to  admire  the  crea vity,  passion  and talent of GPS students. An opening ceremony followed by a number  of  performing  arts  items  is  sure  to  entertain  you. Please watch for no fica ons from our Skoolbag App for up-dates.  

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Yesterday at the 3-6 Assembly, 23 students were presented with their Bronze Award, 20 with their Silver Award and 13 with  their Gold Award. The pride  shown on each  student’s face when  they were recognised at assembly was priceless.  In the case where a student is absent from the assembly we s ll read out their name and recognise their excellent appli-ca on  of  our  school  values:  Safe Respec ul Responsible Learner. Once  again,  congratula ons  to  the  boys  and  girls and  their  families  for achieving Bronze, Silver or Gold. Stu-dents who achieve GOLD will be invited to either the K-2 or 3-6 GOLD Party  to be held on Monday 11 December. Lunch, popcorn and a movie will be organised for these students in recogni on of their commitment to the values of GPS.   

Parents and Ci zens Associa on (P&C) The P&C  con nue  to  create new ways of engaging  and  in-cluding  parents.  The  upcoming  Scrapbooking  workshop (Thursday  23rd November)    sounds  terrific  and  should pro-vide an excellent opportunity to connect with other parents by sharing stories and experiences. 

KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION FOR 2018 START

Kindergarten  Transi on  provided  opportuni es  for  next year’s  kindergarten  children  to  make  some  sense  of school. To see the classrooms, work along side other chil-dren, engage with  teachers and build their confidence  in being away from parents and carers in a different environ-ment. 2018 Kindergarten teachers and support staff have had the opportunity to observe children’s social, emo on-al  and  cogni ve  skills.  These  observa ons  assist  staff  in iden fying  children’s  interests,  skills  and  any  difficul es they may have. Kindergarten  teachers  look  forward  to  the  2018  Kinder-garten Parent interviews which are scheduled for Monday 27  November.  I’d  like  to  acknowledge Mrs  Haidar  and Miss Corso for leading staff to ensure a smooth and com-fortable Kindergarten transi on.  

 

Please REMEMBER the Safety of Our Students

It is imperative that everyone drives slow-ly in and around school areas. Signs are put up on our gates to remind everyone. Please remember that children don’t al-

ways think to check for cars, it is the responsibility of the driver to

SLOW DOWN

DRIVE SAFETY CHECK IF CHILDREN ARE ABOUT.

received in the office today, Thursday with a mountain of tissues. We ran out of tissues and

one of our beautiful & thoughtful Kindy teachers, Mrs Fitzgerald KF got her whole class to bring

them up, what a lovely thing to do.

                   

PARENT AND CARER FEEDBACK – SURVEY Student, parent, carers and staff recently had the oppor-tunity  to provide  feedback  from  two  surveys:  ‘Tell  them From Me’ and the  ‘Excellence  in School Customer Service 360 Reflec on Tool’. Thank you to all those who took the me  to  respond  to  either  survey.  The  feedback will  be 

used  to generate conversa ons and  implement changes. 

RESTRICTED ENTRY TO SCHOOL CARPARK The  tragic  incident  at  Banksia  Road  Public School where two children died and many oth-ers were  injured,  requiring hospitalisa on,  is a clear  reminder  that as adults, we have a huge responsibility  to  be  alert  while  driving  near school zones. Please note: PARENTS or CARERS are not authorised to drive in to the school car-park  or  grounds. Only  staff  and  delivery  vehi-cles are authorised  for entry  in  to  the  carpark 

PLEASE VISIT GUILDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL WEBSITE

TO VIEW THE NEWSLETTER www.guildford-p.school.nsw.edu.au

SPECIAL STUDENTS SENT TO SHOW GOOD WORK TO THE PRINCIPAL

Week 3 Term 4

KK Sarah Tamrakar, Angleina Penitani KC Daksh Katakwal, Parastoo Jafari, Naveya Cogger Week 4 Term 4

1B Bronte Eastwood 2B Ryan Luu, Rumaisa Menaal 3T Maryam Hersi 3C Danial Rahim 4E Melissa Khazaal, Alexander Moaga, Faraz Hussain 5J Sarah Abu-Bayor 5Y Hooria Ebrahimi 6AK Rowayda Merheb 6K Aaliyah Faleututulu Week 6 Term 4

KC Omer Kowaider, Angela Amiri, Fatima Al-Anesy

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

Mr Christopher Haberecht (Principal)

Fantastic work

BRONZE SUPERSTARS 3C Fouad Hassan,

3/4L Rami Ajaj, Levi Mahony

4E Payman Khademi, Jebesha Kanneh, Shima Madani Sonny Smitn, Adam El-Hadi, Mahnaz Amiri

5J Diana Raeen Najad, Peter Liagas, Narges Musawi

5T Zainab Hussain, Melikeh Khan, Muhadesa Ebrahimi, Joshua Paseka, Rian Hadi, Rahzaib Asad, Jessica Masters

5Y Rina Hingano, Lorima Rokosuka, Mohammed Yassine, Meryem Kabacaoglu, Kristina Gierke

6AK Saif Abdulrahman, Ali Naaman, Gilliane Portes, Ahnaf Tanvir, Nadine Yasseer, Aliaqa Mirzaee

6K Nooria Alizada, Joelle Alameddine, Yalda Mohammad Mohamad Jbara, Mesum Rezai, Sohaib Agha, Austin Flood, Walid Sweid, Aaliyah Faletutulu

SILVER SUPERSTARS 5J Justin Phan, Qoussay Agha, Kimmy Chung

5Y Amirah El Kassab, Patrick Empasis, Lorima Rokosuka 6AK Zachariah Abdulwahab, Jerome Ah Lam, Sybelle Alameddine, Alexandra Floyd, Jad Khazaal, Mohammed Khazma, Nicole Tan Terles, Claudia Wang, Josephine Wiredu

6K Austin Flood, Faria Moosawi

GOLD SUPERSTARS 5J Brian Mac

5T Khaldoun Khazma

6AK Jad Khazaal, Nicole Tan Terles, Josephine Wiredu, Mohammed Khazma

6K Jana El Ramlawi, Yousef Nabizadeh

Today, at 10am, we went to the newest classroom with 3T for the Nutrition Program. It was right in front of the back school gate. We had a very fun, interesting discus-sion about different types of yum healthy food to eat and what different types of stuff we can do if we start being more and more healthy. Next we were going to start making some yummy, healthy wraps and there were different types of ingredients that we could put in the wrap. Some of the ingredients were cooked like the mushrooms, zucchini and the tortilla and some weren’t like the tomatoes, lettuce, cheese and more cucumbers. We started by getting in two lines with girls at the very front and we went around the table while getting our food to put on our wrap. What I put on my wrap was lettuce, cucumber, tomato, cheese and tortilla, so it was very yum and healthy for me. Other people had mushrooms a Thanks nd zucchini with theirs, because they like mushrooms and zucchini or they want to try new things. After that, we all sat down while we were eating our wraps, so the chef (Chef Daniel) could tell us that it is good and healthy for you to eat 6 times a day. Finally, our teachers told us to get in lines and say “Thank you’’ to Daniel for telling us how good it is to be healthy. Then we left to recess. Anika Penitani 3C

Today, we went to a special program. All the stage two classes went with us, it was called a nutrition program. The person that taught us was Chef Daniel he was very clever with food. He taught us all the things in the new demountable, it was very cool. He had lots of information about healthy food because he went to different coun-tries around the world and ate lots of different foods. It was a program about healthy food to eat! He said if you eat healthy food you will get fit and your dreams will come true! I didn’t know that. We also made wraps with healthy food in it but he helped us a little bit, and that was putting the wrap together with chicken in it. The bread that we used was called Tortilla bread. When we ate it, it tasted delicious! So some people had 2 wraps”. It was amazing”, he gave us lots of information about it. What i learnt was that you should eat healthy food every day because it’s so good for you. Anyway, Chef Daniel dis-cussed lots of healthy food all around the world. The in-gredients that we had to make the wrap were lettuce, cucumbers, mushrooms and lots more. I loved the pro-gram especially the part when we made the wrap. He also told us the dangerous part of a knife and it was the part where you hold it.

Zahra Mansoor 3C

FRESH

At World of Maths we played games. Some games includ-

ed building a bridge, weather, memory shapes, where’s

Katie?, monkey madness, hexagon horns and find the

treasure. At World of Maths we learnt that Maths can be

difficult and very fun. From Shubham.

The world of maths was on the 24.10.17. There were

games that were called where’s Katie, memory, build a

bridge, monkey madness, hexagon horns and find the

treasure. I learnt that Maths can be fun in different ways.

From Hayder.

The Australian Government have

updated their e-safety website to

include a useful parent portal

which is intended to guide and support parents and their

children to keep up to date with digital technologies and

their use both at home and at school.

It is becoming even more crucial to stay up to date and to

know what to do if you or your child encounters something

negative on the internet. This includes cyberbullying, inap-

propriate comments or photos posted online or spam

emails.

If you or your child see something that you feel is inappro-

priate online you can report it directly through this website:

https://www.esafety.gov.au/iparent

A parent’s guide to online safety is also available to

download in multiple languages including: Turkish, Arabic,

Dari, Persian, Vietnamese,

Please see the website for more resources, support and

strategies to support your child to be safe online.

CLASS ROOM BIRTHDAYS Could parents please bring cupcakes if their child is celebra ng their birth-day as it is much easier to distribute to the students', thank you kindly. 

On Saturday

the 11th of

November

2017,

Jana El Ramlawi, Yusef Tarabiya,

Yousef Nabizadeh and Sytori Noble

went to Merrylands War Memorial to

represent our Guildford community. We

got to pay our respect and lay a wreath

on behalf of Guildford. We had the op-

portunity to meet many soldiers who

served in the war. Greystanes Public

School lead the assembly and there were

4 different schools involved. We were

very honored to represent our

community and pay our respects.

Jana El Ramlawi and Yousef Nabizadeh

On Tuesday the 31st of October, Stage 3 went on an exciting journey to Bondi Beach to see “Sculptures by the Sea”. Sculptures by the sea has 104 sculptures that come from 15 countries. Artists used the ocean and sky to create their message. Some of them are 2 di-mensional or 3 dimensional sculptures. Some artists brought material to the site and made it on site. One such sculpture is called the Reverb, which the artist bought the limestone gravel and paint to form the sculpture. As well as embracing sculptures we also got inspired by many artists to make a sculpture of our own. One of my personal favourites was the Hamburger Sculp-ture, which was mainly about littering and the impact that throwing rubbish and food into our oceans has on society. Stage 3 had an amazing day experience seeing the different sculptures as well as enjoying the soft sand at Bondi! By Aaliyah Faletutulu and Madison Osekerita 6K

Acknowledgment of Our Teachers

TERM 4 – DATES TO REMEMBER MONDAYS AFL TRAINING 3PM – 4PM

TUESDAYS TEEBALL & SOFTBALL TRAINING

3PM – 4PM

WEDNESDAYS

GYMNASTICS 9:15AM – 9:45AM – 1G & 2B

9:45AM – 10AM – 2S & 2Z

WEDNESDAYS SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

K/2 – ODD WEEKS 3/6 – EVEN WEEKS

WEEK 7 WEDNESDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER DEBATING GRAND FINAL – HOSTED @

GUILDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL

FRIDAY, 24TH NOVEMBER TALENT QUEST

1PM – 2PM IN THE HALL

WEEK 8 WEDNESDAY, 29TH NOVEMBER SRC DISCO

K/2 – 3:30PM – 4:30PM 3/6 – 4:45PM – 6:00PM

THURSDAY, 30th NOVEMBER Thank you Morning Tea For Parents 11-11:30am

THURSDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER P&C MEETING

THURSDAY, 30th NOVEMBER Last Day of Scripture

WEEK 9 MONDAY, 4TH DECEMBER KOORI DAY

HOSTED BY GUILDFORD P.S

THURSDAY, 7TH DECEMBER CAPA SHOWCASE – 3:30PM – 5:00PM

THURSDAY, 7TH DECEMBER CHRISTMAS RAFFLE MUFTI DAY –

DONATION FOR CHRISTMAS HAMPERS

MONDAY, 11TH DECEMBER GOLD CERTIFICATE PARTY

TUESDAY, 12TH DECEMBER YEAR 6 FAREWELL

WEDNESDAY, 13TH DECEMBER YEAR 6 GRADUATION CEREMONY

THURSDAY 14TH DECEMBER P & c CHRISTMAS RAFFLE DRAWN

FRIDAY, 15TH DECEMBER LAST DAY OF TERM 4

2018 WEEK 1

TUESDAY, 30th JANUARY Year 1 - Year 6 FIRST DAY OF TERM 1

WEDNESDAY, 31st JANUARY Kindergarten

WEEK 10

WEEK 7 TUESDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER DEBATING SEMI FINALS—HOSTED @

GUILDFORD PS

TUESDAY, 12TH DECEMBER DEBATING GRAND FINALS HOSTED @

GUILDFORD PS

FRIDAY, 15TH DECEMBER FAREWELL ASSEMBLY 2:45PM—3:00PM

FRIDAY, 8TH DECEMBER SPORTS & PERFORMING ARTS

ASSEMBLY 2017

WEDNESDAY, 6TH DECEMBER

PRESENTATION ASSEMBLY 2017 INFANTS (K-2) 9:15AM—10:30AM

RECESS—10:30AM—10:50AM’ PRIMARY—11:00AM—1:00PM

THURSDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER P & C PARENT WORKSHOP—

SCRAPBOOKING 9:10AM—11:00AM