GUILDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL APIA STREET GUILDFORD NSW 2161

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

8TH DECEMBER 2017 Mr Haberecht’s Presentation Day speech

6th December, 2017 77 students achieved Gold Level in 2016. In 2017, students have achieved something really special. As of today 85 students Kindergarten to Year 2 have achieved GOLD level and 73 students Years 3-6 have achieved GOLD level. In total, that makes 158 students at GOLD. Furthermore, 67 students have received 35 or more Guildford Stars meaning they have reached VIP level. This is an extraordinary result. Good morning special guests, parents, carers, staff and boys and girls. Today we acknowledge students for outstanding achievement in learning and leading. Throughout 2017, Guildford PS teachers have come to know students and how they learn. Likewise, students understand the high expectations of their teachers. Students have developed a greater understanding of what good maths or writing looks and sounds like, how it can be improved (bumped up) and what it will look and sound like when it is improved. Teaching and learning focused on creating experiences that meet individual needs, readiness, interests and aspirations. Teachers and students continued to fine tune their skills in being collaboration, creative and critical thinking. Firstly, let me congratulate the students for working together to make 2017 a year that truly reflects what GPS is about. There are four words that reflect what learning at Guildford PS is about. 1.  SAFE (strong voice) – standing up for what is right, helping others to learn and building your own thoughts and opinions. 2.  RESPECTFUL (supportive) - consistently looking out to support others, setting a good example, doing things that help make GPS a safe, interesting and fun place to learn. 3.  RESPONSIBLE (collaborative learning) - working with others to create new and improved ways of doing things. 4. LEARNER (being a strong leader) – setting learning goals which are not too hard but also not too easy

If you have been sent to me with excellent work this year, raise your hand. I encourage parents, carers and teachers to look around at these students who consistently work at improving their skills and knowledge. I am truly a very fortunate individual having students visit me to share their learning. I often ask “What are you learning about?” We have a conversation about their work and what they have learned. My final question is usually, “What’s another way you could have done this?” or “What are going to do next?” I thank all students for being the heart of the school, for working hard to improve yourself as a learner and person. Secondly, It is important to understand that your parents, carers and elders send you to school every day expecting you to improve your ways of communicating and problem solving. Expecting their child to be a good speaker and listener, a valuable friend, well organised, interested, focused and committed. On behalf of the school staff I extend an enormous Thank you! for helping us to help your children – our students. We value the strong connection between teacher and parent or carer. It is essential in making a positive impact your child’s learning. Thirdly, I take this opportunity to highlight the significant role teachers and support staff play in ensuring children access the best educational experiences. Patient, resourceful, compassionate, creative and courageous teachers. Mrs Habib earlier this year shared a quote with teachers at a staff meeting “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear”. GPS teachers are committed to planning and collaborating on interesting, real and effective learning experiences. They know their students and how they best learn. They build trust and ensure students fit and are challenged in activities, while being supported. GPS teachers are committed to providing a safe, supportive and productive learning environment & they ensure that the needs of all students are met with rich classroom experiences. I congratulate teachers on your 2017 class and personal achievements and thank you for your incredible commitment to educating children.

Throughout the year we have had many many excursions or whole school events. Who can forget the Kindergarten farm excursion or the Year 5&6 Canberra excursion. But the experiences that probably had most impact on students, may have been in school activities: PEER SUPPORT, the Gymnastics program, Healthy Harold, SRC fundraising, yesterday’s Environmental Games Day or perhaps it will come from tomorrow’s CAPA showcase which will exhibit the best of our students creative and performing arts skills . These extra activities are so incredibly valuable to developing all students social and emotional wellbeing. I extend a big ‘Thank you’ to the staff, parents and volunteers who make these experiences happen. Talking of volunteers. Many of our students volunteer their mornings, recesses or lunch times to make our school a better place. They give up their time to assist in the Library, as Canteen monitor, to raise our three flags each morning, they deliver medical bags to teachers on duty, they pick up rubbish in the playground. The debating team collaborate best arguments, senior students act as tour guides for new families, SRC organise fundraisers for people in great need, just to name a few. To these children, your contribution is appreciated and greatly respected. In particular I thank our 2017 student leaders for their exceptional contribution. Captains: Yusef Tarabiya & Jana El Ramlawi. Vice captains: Yousef Nabizadeh and Sytori No-ble. Prefects: Alexandra Floyd, Zach Keogh, Madison Ose-kerita, Austin Flood, Nicole Tan Terles and Ali Hamdan. To one and all - thank you for making Guildford PS an outstanding school to be a member of. Keep safe in the holidays and return ready to learn in 2018. Prefects: Rosabel Gyan Exodus Rees Bibi Karimi Ali Safa Vice Captains: Ainsley Eastwood Justin Phan Captains: Kimmy Chung Zaynab El Ramlawi Twice this year students, parents and teachers have been invited to participate in the 'Tell them from Me' survey. Following are ten snapshots of the survey results. The results of each survey will assist staff in developing the 2018-2020 School Plan which is responsive to student needs while addressing the areas highlighted by parents and teachers as strengths and areas of improvement.

Please visit our website to view the 'Tell them from Me' survey’s in the News-letter @ www.guildford-p.school.nsw.edu.au

SPECIAL STUDENTS SENT TO SHOW GOOD WORK TO THE PRINCIPAL

Week 6 Term 4 1H Faith Diaz, Addyson-Rose Krupowicz Week 7 Term 4

1G Shawn Ramkissoon, Hope Mahmoud Week 8 Term 4

KC Naveya Cogger, Parastoo Jafari, Omer Kowaider, Johanna Rimando, Mavemick Robinson 1B Bronte Eastwood, Malek Al-Zobbi 1C Amira Taleb 1G Jack Jiang, Hope Mahmoud 5J Mohammed Al Tamimi 5Y Rayan Arnaout Week 9 Term 4 1C Zoya Ali

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK Mr Christopher Haberecht (Principal)

Great work

BRONZE SUPERSTARS 1C Navid Rahimi, Vaishnavi Aji

1G Armani Mosely 1M Mehsen Mekdadi 3B Karrar Hassan, Blake Goller, Hassan Khazma Hassan Khazma 3C Samual Paseka, Maha Faraz 3/4L Sajad Al Hesany, Maureen Kanneh, Nisrin Hasna 4E Jabesha Kanneh 5J Mohammed Altamimi, Sarah Abu Bayor, Lojain Baerli

5T Shelley Alayari

5Y Mubarak Said, Leon Markaryan, Shanaz Kowaider Adem Arikan

6K Fatma El Omran

SILVER SUPERSTARS 1G Jack Jiasng 1H Fedilla Ayad, Jermane Mapa, Faith Diaz, Janan Zangana 1M Rim Sukkori, Bryce Macaraeg, Isaac Ravatudei 2S Cnarj Beazley, Yasamin Poya 3B Abbass Moosawi, Ayaan Bilal, Mohammad Al Badri, Ameneh Mansouri, Helena Yassine,Manaia Tipu 3C Aarshan Noor 3/4L Mariam Wazney, Mariam Wazney Hassan Aljabiri 3T Shubham Sheth, Shahed Taleb, Mahdi Nabizadeh, Jannah Ghezy, Angelina Sok, Louay Saadeddine, Kiana Cogger, Jasmine Needham 4E Ayah Tarabiya, Neyfa Taleb, Cameron Eastwood, Abdul Al-Karagoly, Melissa Khazaal, Adam El-Hadi, Amen Behbahani

5J Ahmed Ahmed

5T Mina Asif, Mariam Elsamad, Sehaj Bajwa, Rian Hadi

5Y Rowan Oymak 6AK Mansoor Tamaki

GOLD SUPERSTARS KC Alyce Mahmoud, Ian Villas-Coronel,Harley Sakyi, Omer Kowaider, Ryan Wang, Natan Soloman, Daksh Katakwal, Leilla Namasimalua, Noor Khazma, Maverick Robinson, Janna Ziky, Maddie Rimando, Fatima Al Anesy, Naveya Cogger, Parastoo Jafari, Angela Amiri, Sayed-Mahdi Moshref

KD Marcus Zhang, Kian Hussain, Omar Akl, Finlay Veloso, Jennen Hasna, Medina Hamdan, Katherine Ngahe-Aonga

KF Najeeba Mokhtar, Fatma Hassan, Rayane Ajaj, Camillia Ayad, Sophia Barghachoun, Edis Begic, Ebony Blue, Sami Chehade, Hriddhiman Das, Ayman Elmehrbani, Zaid Kufi, Mariam Masoudi, Briana Piu, Jeremy Tran, Nirvan Bhandari, Yu Chen Huang, Vickie Mao, Hareem Salam KK Zahra Mirzaee, Ahmed Yasseer, Sela Teisi, Manitepi Latu, Jimmy Chung, Sarah Tamrakar KM Carissa Chung, Aya Kadam, Aisha Hagi, Taleen Safa, Rukaya Al Fadly, Omer Khan, Manasseh Oppong-Sarfo, Adrian Estephan, Kalolaine Lolohea 1B Danyel Tanak 1C Najeeb Moradi 1G Bahara Haidari, Hope Mahmoud, Matkin Hiku, Rakshita Sudhakar, Noyan Raza Wakilzadah, Louisiana Xie, Shawn Ramkissoon,Aiza Bilal, Nazanin Nazari, Fuamai Ripine, Jack Jiang, Phoebe Empasis, Ghayure Ali Nazari

1H Ali Kowaider, Obaida Baerli, Zabih Shahabzada, Nidaa Behsoodi, Amin Kowaider, Faithe Diaz 1M Omar El Kassab, Jerry Huang, Celine Mahoud, Ahmed Zakout 2B Khushi Sharma, Iman Mossavi, Karim Naaman, Omar Akkouch, Sophia Chen, Rumaisa Menaal, Dae Jah Whaanga, Darius Djan, Izaac Chung, Waleed Al Attar 2S Aymen Shouk, Noah Awick, Irena Khan, Amani Al Ramlawi, Zahraa Kufi, Ziad Abdallah, Dima Daoudi 2Z Aliza Zahra, Dania Warith, Chris Bull, Fatma Sayah, Zahra Nazari, Meleka Begi, Taha Fakhruddin, Reanna Jbara 3B Ali Ebrihimi, Fiona Chen, Ammar Dannawi, Moimoi Latu, Mohammad Al Badri, Blake Goller, Roukaya Agha, Heba Ali Minhas, Zeyjan Olca, Shannelle Djan 3C Kelly Vuong, Zahra Mansoor, Sameera Nazari, Homa Tamaki 3T Louay Saadeddine, Mohamed Daoudi, Hayder Al Anesy 3/4L Ben Lolohea, Levi Mahony, Ali Sajad jafari, Saied Arnaout, Hadeel Kerki, Mirna Khaled 4C Nicole Irving, Rubaba Ebrahimi, Ryttdyk Ah Lam, Hainya Rezai, Husneya Noyan, layel Jbara, Margaret Tan Terles, Mariam Maamari, Talitha Chung, Rafael Lingad 4E Cameron Eastwood, Noah Keogh, Melissa Khazaal, Lorima Saukuru, Zahraa Alghizi, Aamira El Omran, Amen Behbahani, Sidique Boima, Muddather Abdalla, Maria Abu Hamden, Faraz Hussain, Ghazal Mahdavi, Mahmoud Taleb, 5J Qoussay Agha, David Smith, Ali Safa, Kimmy Chung, Sumaiya Taleb, Brian Mac, Justin Phan 5T Rahzaib Asad, Charlize Krupowicz, Muhadesa Ebrahimi, Zaynab El Ramlawi, Khaldoun Khazma 5Y Patrick Empasis, Lorima Rokosuka 6AK Sybelle Alameddine, Jerome Ah Lam, Claudia Wang, Joesphine Wiredu, Zachariah Abdulwhab, Mansoor Tamaki, Jad Khazaal, Mohammed Khazma, Nicloe Tan Terles 6K Faria Moosawi, Jana EL Ramlawi, Soma Jafari, Mesum Rezai, Yousef Nabizadeh

After weeks of showing up to training and learning how to shelve books and look after the library, stu-dents have finally be selected to be part of the 2018 Library Monitor Team. These students are:

3B: Roukaya Agha. Shanell Djan, Zeyjan Olca

3C: Rahilla Moosawi Sameera Nazari (reserve) Homa Tamaki

Kelly Vuong

3T: Rawan Al Doukhi (reserve) Kiana Cogger Maryam Hersi Jasmine Needham Shahed taleb (reserve) Leilani Thurston

3/4L: Ayman Naanai

4C: Hainya Rezai

4E: Mahmoud Taleb Muddather Abdalla Ayah Tarabiya

5J: Lojain Baerli Kimmy Chung

5T: Khaldoun Khazma

5Y: Mohammed Yassine (reserve)

Students were selected based on their attendance to training, observations by the Teacher Librarian and Year 6 Trainers, and the results

Congratulations to all the students who tried out to become monitors for 2018. Those who were not selected will have opportunities in the school next year. Thank you Mr Norambuena

LIBRARY

MONITOR

Thank You so much Guildford Public School

for helping out the year 6 fundraise lots of

money for our farewell. Year 6 raised over

$700 dollars, we really appreciate your help

and you support for whoever helped donat-

ing, selling and buying. A special thanks to

the P&C and students from Guildford Public

School for donating drinks, ice-cream and

buying the drinks. Thank you to Mrs Taleb

and Ms McDonald for your additional dona-

tions.

Sybelle, Nicole, Josephine, Samira on behalf

of Year 6 and the teachers.

SpiderDrink,Jelly&CupcakeDay

LIBRARY MONITOR

2018 Kindy Transition Children at school to

prepare for

THERE were plenty of smiles and just a few tears as nearly 70 children got their first taste of what to expect when they start their formal education at Guildford Public School next year. Deputy Principal Salam Haidar said the four and five year olds and their parents were taking part in the school's Kindergarten Transition Program. She said most children separated quite easily from their parents, although there were a few tears as the children headed off towards the classrooms with the teachers. "But they settled quickly once they arrived," she said. "For the next three weeks the children will be en-gaged in a range of developmental activities to help them become familiar with school and routines which will assist them with the transition to school in 2018. "This also gives teachers the opportunity to get to know the children and identify their needs as well as how to best support them in this transition." Parents will also participate in workshops on how to help their children at home.

Stage One

Congratulations to all students and staff on what has been an incredible year in Stage One. Teachers have ensured that all students have experienced differentiated learning opportuni-ties, which have allowed them to become successful learn-ers, confident and creative individuals. Progress achieved this year in Reading: At the end of 2017, 75% of Year 1 students and 81% of Year 2 students are achieving or exceeding expected reading lev-els. This has been such a huge growth compared to the be-ginning of the year where only 14% of Year 1 students and 31% of Year 2 students were on track to achieve expected reading levels. It is evident that Early Action for Success (EAfS) is improving students' literacy and numeracy skills through a targeted ap-proach in the early years of schooling. Reading is an important skill and children learn about the importance of reading as they watch family members use reading and writing for everyday purposes. Reading with your child at home will help your child in all learning areas of school. Children see you reading and writing in everyday life – reading for pleasure, sharing a story with your child, using a recipe, making a shopping list, writing a birthday card or read-ing street signs. It is important that children read daily and main-tain a regular routine over the holiday peri-od.

Nadine Haynes Instructional Leader Stage 1

TERM 4 DATES TO REMEMBER

2017 WEEK

10

FRIDAY, 15TH DECEMBER

LAST DAY OF TERM 4

TERM 1 JANUARY 2018

2018 WEEK

1

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

OF TERM 1 THURSDAY, 1st FEBRUARY Kindergarten

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From Zoey Arikan “What an awesome

scrapbooking workshop! Thankyou to each & everyone of you who came & supported us. Renee & Michelle did an

amazing job at teaching us all Let’s have another

session soon.” Renee Needham, Micheel Gafa, Fifi Saadeddine, Linda Ayouch, Jojo Elhaj, Inaam El-Assaad ,

Juile Ann Krupowicz, Manal Abdulwahab.

KC Miss Corso

KD Miss D’Souza

KF Mrs Fitzgerald

KK Mr Kranenberg

KM Miss Mete

1A Miss Stevens

1B Mrs Bradshaw

1C Miss Brennan

1G Mrs Gibson

1S Mrs Sekhar

2L Mrs Laurent 2M Miss Moussa 2S Mr Searle 2T Miss Toth

3/4B Miss Bryceland 3M Mrs Bazzi 3L Miss Lan 4C Mr Crowther 4E Miss Este 4J Miss Jones

5/6AK Miss Ali Khan 5K Miss Karamaneas 5Y Miss Yang 6M Miss Morey 6T Mrs Tanak