T2 W9 - NEWSLETTER - June 2014page 1NEWSLETTER - T2 W9 June 2014 Follow us on Twitter @AshfieldPS There was a time when creativity was not as valued in education as it is today, especially

T2 W9 - NEWSLETTER - June 2014

Postal Address: PO BOX 70, Ashfield NSW 1800Tel: (02) 9798 4400 FAX: (02) 9716 7250Email: [email protected]: www.ashfield-p.schools.nsw.edu.auTwitter: @AshfieldPS

EVERY CHILD, EVERY OPPORTUNITY

NEWSLETTER - February 2014INDEX

From the Principal’s Desk 1

Kindergarten Stage Page 3

Support Unit Stage Page 4

Stage 1 Stage Page 6



The News Room 10

P&C News 19

Photos of the Week 20

Children’s Work 23

Community News 28

EVERY CHILD, EVERY OPPORTUNITY

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NEWSLETTER - T2 W9 June 2014

Follow us on Twitter @AshfieldPS

There was a time when creativity was not as valued in education as it is today, especially when teaching subjects like maths and grammar. There was instead a distinct emphasis on ensuring students thought in a particular, ordered way to obtain the correct and expected answer. Creativity was often treated as a secondary area of the curriculum and regulated to subjects like art.

To suggest that creativity would one day become embedded in all key learning areas taught at school might have once been considered radical. Now creative thinking in education is a zeitgeist of 21st Century learning. Creativity is systematically taught and developed across the entire curriculum, from Kindergarten to Year 12.

The new NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum describes creativity as thinking broadly, adventurously and deeply. Creativity is about using reason, logic and resourcefulness. It is about looking for new ways of doing things. While the basics of grammar and arithmetic, for example, continue to be of the highest importance in education, the ability to think in ways that demonstrate new knowledge and understanding is also very valuable.

Positioning Ashfield Public School as a school for the 21st Century learning includes ensuring a robust educational environment that fosters creativity. This is about maintaining a whole school learning culture where teacher and student are focused on capturing new and innovative ideas and engaged in challenging and interesting learning situations.

In Term 3 Ashfield Public School will implement a whole school initiative, Here in our Garden. By focusing on the garden spaces within the school, this initiative will provide an authentic learning context for students to develop creative

thinking skills through inquiry, imagination and innovation. Student achievement will be

showcased at The Garden Festival at the end of Term 3 in a variety of forms including films, projects and sculptures.

Over the coming weeks teachers at Ashfield Public School will develop rich tasks for the Here in our Garden initiative. These tasks will embed outcomes from the new maths and science syllabus and involve children using creative thinking to make knowledge and come to their own personal realisations and understandings. Designing and constructing a bird house based on mathematical data collected during the school day is an example of such a task.

At Ashfield Public School creativity is important. Creativity improves the self-esteem, motivation and achievement of learners. It makes learning more interesting and calls students to discover things for themselves, to be more open to new ideas and challenges and be more able to solve problems. Creativity in education is about developing the capacity of people for work and life in the 21st Century.

Damien Moran Principal Ashfield Public School

FROM THEPRINCIPAL’S DESK

Creativity, ingenuity and innovation are the keys to success in the evolv-ing global economy. To prepare young people for work and life in the 21st century, educators must cultivate students’ creativity.

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Last Day of Term 2Principal’s Disco

27 June 2014................................................

Term 3 Starts15 July 2014

................................................Book Week Performance

20 Aug 2014 9:30am - 10:30am

................................................Stages 2 and 3 Book Week

20 Aug 2014 2:00pm - 3:00pm

................................................Book Fair Parade

22 Aug 2014 9:15am - 10:30am

Mark your calendarPrincipal’s RecognitionThese students have been chosen by their teachers to share their best work or commitment to learning with the Principal.

Class Name Reason

5/6S HridayGian

Public Speaking Public Speaking

5/6M JonasLakshya

Public SpeakingPublic Speaking

4/6A Luca Writing

3/4C LukeVictoria

ReadingWriting

3/4P KritikaClaire

WritingArt

3K OliverAmanda

Trying his bestLooking after others

2S NicolaAnubhav

MathsMaths

1T JinzeSiddharthJack

ScienceScienceScience

1/2L JeevikaYirang

ArtArt

K/1D Rini Reading

K1/K SinipataMinh Hee

MathsMaths

KW ArashXuanEloise

CountingWritingWriting

KH MohammondJay

Good progress in readingImprovement in reading

Class Hat

Awards

Hi, my name is Michael and my partner is Andy. Right now you may be wondering

who the winner is for week 3, 4 and 5 and the winner is...

Week 6 3/4P and 4/6A Week 7 KHWe hope to see more hats on heads in morning lines and even though it’s winter the sun still shines, so always wear your hats.

Michael Andy

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KINDERGARTENSTAGE PAGEKH, KW and K1/K have been working hard all term on their public speaking skills. Every student presented a short speech to their class which made news time very exciting! Some lucky children presented their speeches in the hall in front of all the Early Stage 1, Stage 1 and guests. Everyone is to be commended for their fantastic effort and enthusiasm.

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SUPPORT UNITSTAGE PAGEThe Walk and Cook ProgramAfter our wonderful visit to Calmsley Hill Farm, we have learnt much about where our food comes from (which farm animal), how it is processed and how to cook it.

Each week 2/5Y and 4-6A walk to the local shops to purchase food to cook with. Some of the delicious menu items we have cooked and devoured are:

Macaroni Cheese•

Sausages on a Roll•

Baked our own Bread•

Boiled Eggs•

Ham and Cheese Toasties•

Egg and Bacon Muffins•

Fruit Salad and Yoghurt•

Popcorn•

Milkshakes •

Jelly and canned Fruit•

We have had a lot of fun, tried different foods and also learnt so much!!

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STAGE 1STAGE PAGEStage 1 students have had an extremely busy term. We have been busy learning a variety of new concepts and content. In Creative Arts, we have learnt about Pablo Picasso and have studied his artwork. In Mathematics, we have revised and learnt new concepts relating to an array of areas including number and measurement. In Reading, we have continued to read a variety of Fairy tales. We have all had an extremely exciting term and cannot wait to see what we will learn next term.

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STAGE 2STAGE PAGESymbio Wildlife Park ExcursionOn Tuesday, 3rd of June, Stage 2 students went on an excursion to Symbio Wildlife Park in Helensburgh. We went on a bus straight after morning lines; it took approximately 50 minutes to get there. When we got there everyone was so excited. First we were split into 5 groups and I was in group 5 with Mr Cartwright. We saw lots of animals and my favourite was the Meerkat. It was very cute.

My favourite part was when we were feeding the kangaroos. When we were feeding it, it felt ticklish and you could feel the kangaroo’s teeth. We were very lucky because we had more food left so we got to feed it a second time. In my group were my friends Isabelle and Avasa. After that we sat down and a lady who worked there showed us some animals that the public were not allowed to see. There was a dingo, possum, snake and a wombat. It was really fun there. Then we had to get the bus back to school. When we arrived it was past home time.

By Victoria 3/4C

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STAGE 3STAGE PAGECanberra TripDay 1:

On 16th June Ashfield Public School Stage 3 students, Mr Moran, Miss Stansbury and Mrs Metcalf went on their school camp. Everyone was asked to arrive at 6:15am, in darkness, to get ready for the 3 hour trip to Canberra. When all 46 campers arrived and after sorting out our luggage, we went on the bus. Our Principal Mr Moran gave each of us a number from 1-46 to remember throughout the camp for our safety when getting on and off the bus and going into attractions.

We went to a place called Sutton Forest, which was about an hour away, to rest and have our morning tea. We then continued on our trip to Canberra once again.

The first stop in Canberra was the Old Parliament House. When we got inside, the supervisor told us to wear gloves so that we

didn’t damage a n y t h i n g . Some of us were sitting in the VIP spot and some were sitting in the

representatives of NSW and Queensland. The supervisor then chose 2 people to show how people used to dress in the Senate in the olden days. The people were Jermal who was dressed as the first Governor General and Prapimporn, dressed as the first ever woman Governor General. She also told us a story that there was once a politician that made a speech going for a huge amount of time of 12 hours from night to morning. From the next day they made a rule that you could only say your speech for 20 minutes and there is now also going to be a timer.

After that, we went to the New Parliament House that was right across from the Old P a r l i a m e n t House. In the parliament we were guided by a person called Suzanna. She guided us through the parliament.

We got an opportunity to listen to the speeches of some politicians in the Senate and the House of Representatives, which gave us some ideas of what politicians talk about and how it works. She also told us that there are 2500 clocks placed in the Parliament House. Do you know why there are so many clocks? Well, it’s because the parliament is so big and the clocks signal if the politicians need to go to either the Senate or the House of Representatives by the clock going red for Senate and green for the House of Representatives. The clock only rings for 4

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minutes which is the time you need to get to the Senate or the House of Representatives. After 4 minutes no one’s allowed to get in, not even our Prime Minister! When we were on our way out we met Anthony Albanese and he spent a few minutes with us. People asked him many questions but after a few minutes he said he had to go back to work.

Next, we went to a park to have lunch. After eating our lunch we ran around the park for some exercise. Later on, we went to the War Memorial. The War Memorial does not only have names of people who died in war, it includes war time planes, guns, army clothes, vehicles, helmets, rooms for watching TV relating to war and more. After looking around we went to the ceremony which was held at the top of the memorial. There, we sang our national anthem and people placed flowers for the people who had served for our country. We drove to our cabins at the Gold Creek Tourist Resort. There, we had our showers and dinner as well as watched some of the Fifa World Cup matches.

Later on we got ready to go to the Dinosaur Museum which was down the road. Once we got there we saw a few model dinosaurs at the entrance as if they were waiting for us. At the entrance we met our guide that taught us lots of things about the dinosaurs and the 3 dinosaur time periods the Jurassic, Triassic and the Cretaceous and she told us the names of the dinosaurs living in each period. When a dinosaur is born it is as big as your hand. When it is 2 years old, it doubles your height and when it’s 8 it’s as big as your school! We learnt how you can differentiate between a male and a female

dinosaur. We also felt real dinosaur fossils and poo. Finally, we went back to our cabins to sleep; some people at 9:30pm and some later.

Day 2

At 6:15am we got up and went to breakfast at 6:45am. After breakfast we went to Questiconwhere we went to Galleries 1, 2, 3

After that, we went to the National Art Gallery where we split into 3 groups. We saw many famous artworks such as the statue of a mother breast-feeding the baby from the 6th century and some paintings that were fascinating. We went outside to eat our pizza lunch. There were 3 types, vegetarian, meat lovers and ham and pineapple. After we finished eating, we boarded the bus and drove for approximately 3 hours and arrived back at school at 4:30pm.

By: Kevin, Amitesh and Nirmay

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THENEWS ROOM

Website of the weekstudyladder.com.auStudyladder allows you to complete tasks that are set by your teacher or you can

complete subjects that are set for everyone. Every task you complete, you receive some points, the more points you have the more items you can buy for your room. So register and log-in to experience this wonderful website.By Michael

Word of the weekChalcedonyIt is a microcrystalline (formed of microscopic

crystals) type of quartz occurring in several different forms including onyx and agate. By Jason

House Points

PERIS 296

FREEMAN 296

COOMBS 299

RILEY 260

Current Tally

Public Speaking FinalLast Wednesday (18th June 2014) Lydia Richards (3K), Arya Ahluwalia (3/4P), Daniel Guevara Morales (5/6M) and Yahya Faid (5/6S) represented our school at the local finals of the Multicultural Public Speaking Competition which was held at Kegworth Public School.

Ashfield has some pretty tough competition and were up against various schools in the local area including Ashbury, Lewisham, Haberfield and Croydon Park.

The students had to present a prepared speech on ‘Multiculturalism’ and then were given 5 minutes to prepare an impromptu speech. The junior topic was ‘Magic, and the senior topic was ‘Goals’.

All of the students did a brilliant job and spoke clearly, confidently and were very eloquent in their delivery.

Ashfield has reason to celebrate as Daniel Guevara Morales took out the winning spot with first place! Daniel has proven that Ashfield Public School is a force to be reckoned with!

Daniel will now move forth to represent Ashfield at the Regional Finals of the competition.

Public Speakers, you should be so pleased with your effort and good luck Daniel at the regional finals!

Miss Karakatsis

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Debating ReportIn Week 7, the two Ashfield debating teams went head to head with Croydon Park Public School again in our second debate. Both Ashfield teams were negative and both Croydon Park teams were affirmative. Team A from Ashfield won the debate and will proceed to the next level. Unfortunately, Team B from Ashfield lost the debate but we congratulate their effort. Our final debate will be in Week 9 at Croydon Park Public School. We wish our debating teams good luck!

By: Vania and Mieke

Delicious Fruit Smoothie Day On Friday 20th of June there were delicious fruit smoothies for sale at the canteen. The smoothies cost $2 each. The flavours were banana, strawberry and others. The children really enjoyed drinking their delicious fruit smoothies-thank you to the P&C mums and dads who donated their time to make and sell the smoothies.

By: Charlotte and

Prapimporn

Birthdays

JUNE

Congratulations to:Arabella K/1KRalph 1TLisa 3/4PSunidihi 3/4P

Nick 3/4POskar 3/4PLydia 3KManisha 3K

Violet 1st Hriday 2nd Stella 2nd Stephen 2nd Arya 3rd Sonia 3rd Jay 6th Andy 8th Burc 9th Shane 10th Nina 11th Mohammad 13th Augustine 14th Alexander 14th Jaylen 16th

Isabella 17th

Sevene 17th Emmaline 18th Jefemena 18th Vincent 18th Disen 19th Abisha 19th Isabelle 19th Toby 20th Jessie 22nd Andy 22nd Lance 25th Luca 25th Zhen Jun 27th Jermal 29th Victoria 30th Ali 30th

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Birthdays

Mrs Mac’s Music MessagesHello Everyone! It’s end of Term 2. I can’t believe half the year has passed. For many of the stages we have continued our work on treble and bass clef, pentatonic scale, metre and song structure. For stages one to three we will have our end of term assessment next week. The review this week has gone really well so I have high expectations for the results.

The Senior Choir lead the performance of Move Your Feet to get people excited about the FIFA World Cup. The Junior Choir helped by singing along in the audience. Our next performance has been confirmed and will take place during Education Week on July 29 at Ashfield Mall from 12:00pm to 12:30pm. Each choir will sing two songs and we hope any family who can attend will do so.

See you next term!

PSSA Report

The junior and senior soccer teams played against Five Dock Public School. We knew we had a very tough challenger but both teams tried their hardest. The juniors lost 11-0 and the seniors won 14-0. The Five Dock referee was very friendly as she congratulated us at the end of the game. Every player was proud to have represented their school in PSSA but they hope to win the week after.

By: Isha, Prachi and Sonia

The junior and senior soccer teams played against Summer Hill Public School. We knew we had a very hard opponent but both teams tried their hardest. The juniors lost 9-0 and the seniors lost 6-0. The Summer Hill referee was very friendly as he complimented us even though we were their opponent. Every player was proud to have represented their school in PSSA but they hope to win the week after.

By: Michael and Brian

Junior Choir performance on July 29 at Ashfield Mall from

12:00pm to 12:30pm

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Deadly Kid Report

Jessica Mauboy

Jessica Mauboy is an Aboriginal singer who performed in the 2008 Australian Idol. She did not win but came runner up. Jessica has made many albums and won a few ARIA awards and Music TV awards. She has represented Australia in the Eurovision but sadly we did not win. She is one of the greatest artists I ever heard or seen. Her new album “Never Been the Same” has come out already and I think the songs are great. She will be holding the Australian and Aboriginal flag at the Olympic Games in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.

Chinese Term 2, Week 9 2014各位华人家出长们好，本周是第二学期最后一周。

假期从六月三十日开始到七月十一日。七月十四日星期一是老师开会日，学生在十五日星期二开始上学。

希望大家有一个愉快和安全的假期。成绩报告表会在本周派发，请加入 Twitter 跟学校保持联络。

FIFA World Cup 14The 2014 FIFA World Cup is 20th FIFA World Cup, an international men’s football tournament that is scheduled to take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014. There are 8 groups which are group A, B, C, D , E , F, G , H. In group A there is Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameron. Group B has Spain, Netherlands, Chile, and Australia. Group C has Colombia, Greece, cote devour, japan. Group D Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, Italy. Group E has Switzerland Ecuador, France, and Honduras. Group F Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Nigeria. Group G has Germany Portugal, Ghana, and USA. Group H has Belgium, Algeria, Russia and Korea.

Hriday and Tapish

Jermal

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Lost Property ReportWelcome to the Lost Property Report. This week we had a big shock because of the amount of items in lost property. The following items include 7 jackets,3 hats,2 lunch boxes and a library bag. Sadly most of them don’t have names on them therefore we cannot return them to their o w n e r s . Students will need to check the lost p roper ty

trolley if they are missing anything. Please , label, label, label your belongings.

Winter is upon usAfter an unusually warm Autumn, Winter has finally arrived, aren’t we feeling the chill. Now’s the time to get all of your favourite soup recipes out and those warm fluffy jumpers on. Even though it’s cold you still have to drink plenty of water and you can still be active.

By: Kristan and Zijian

Chinese Ambassador ReportFor 3 years the Chinese Ambassadors have organized annual activities, such as, cooking competitions, badminton competitions and a fabulous Chinese Day. We are planning some fun activities for Term 3. We are planning an activity day held on the Moon Festival.

We enjoy playing badminton every Wednesday at lunchtime. We have practice matches and serve training supervised by Mrs Lau. We have over 50 people every Wednesday in the hall. We are organizing the matches for next term.

By Jonas, Michael, Anne Jelyqa and Olga

SRC Executive

This week we will be talking about the Exodus Foundation. The Foundation wants Ashfield public to donate canned fruit, vegetables and tuna, to give to the homeless. There will be boxes going around the school on Mondays in Term 3. In Term 4 we are planning to have a Pyjama Day so all get your pyjamas ready and don’t forget to bring a gold coin donation. If you want to be class representatives you will have the chance next term!!!

By: The SRC Executives

Hriday

Ziba

Gena

Sonia Mieke Luca Andy Daniel

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Maths with KevinDecimal Multiplication

Decimal multiplication might sound complicated so I thought that I would teach you how to do

it! For example: 8.4 x 2 = 16.8. When you do the sum you can pretend that the decimal point is not there and treat it like a normal sum, for example 84 x 2 which equals to 168. Then if there is 1 decimal point in the sum then there is one decimal point in the answer which is 16.8.

I hope you have learnt how to do decimal multiplication.

By: Kevin

Playground BuddiesMrs Te Awa, from 1T, thought that Playground Buddies were a good idea and would like to see this program continue in the future. Mrs Te Awa has noticed a reduction in playground incidences. All of the other teachers agreed that the buddy program is a huge success.

By Nina and Prapimporn

On the 26th of June we had Mufti Day! All students had the chance to wear their casual clothes to school. All of the students looked fantastic with their casual clothes and almost all of the school brought a gold coin to help fundraise for our school charity LACLA. All the students had fun and enjoyed the day while they were helping children in Zambia to have an education. Thanks for donating a gold coin. Thank you also to the parents who organised the day.

By: Daniel, Jia Qi and Wen Si

Reading RecoveryCongratulations to Sienna, Brian and Lachlan for completing the Reading Recovery Program.

Kevin

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Jacob KH Khristina KWMelcam KW Daniel KWTia 1T Marcus 1TWazza 5/6M

Are you ready for more belly laughs? Well, if you’re not, get ready because here comes the joke of the week.

Q. Why did the jelly bean go to school?

A. Because it wanted to be a SMARTY!

Hussain 3K Vyom 5/6MLisa 5/6M Jonas 5/6M

Yahya

State of Origin

The Blues went head to head against the Maroons on Tuesday 18th June. For most of the time, Maroons were dominating over the Blues. However, Trent Hodkinson scored the equalizer try and then the kick that resulted in the Blues’ victory. The Blues had strong defence and the Maroons had strong offence

and played well. The Maroons were leading 4-0 but the tables turned at the 71st minute when Trent Hodkinson scored the first try for the Blues. An octopus named Colin predicted that the Blues would win, that looked unlikely until the 71st minute. The final score was 6-4 in favour of the Blues. This is the first time the Blues won State of Origin in eight years

Article by: Lakshya and Julian

Lakshya Julian

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Stage 3 Canberra TripLast Monday, some stage 3 students went to Canberra for a one night camp. We departed Ashfield Public School at 6:45am. After 2 hours of our trip, we stopped at Sutton Forest for a break. Our trip to Canberra took approximately 4 hours. When we arrived in Canberra, we went to the Museum of Australian Democracy where we stayed for about 30 minutes. We next went to the new Parliament House and stayed there for 1 hour. After lunch we drove up to Mount Ainslie Lookout to see the view of Canberra. In the afternoon we went to the Australian War Memorial for 2 hours. At the Australian War Memorial, we looked at some videos, medals, guns, vehicles and clothes. At 5:30pm, we arrived at Gold Creek Motel and had dinner and afterwards went to the National Dinosaur Museum. We saw dinosaur bones and a dinosaur poo that had fossilised.

On our return to our motel, we showered and went to bed. Most of us went to sleep straight away because we were so tired but some people stayed up later. The next morning we were woken up by the teachers at 6:30am. We had to pack up before breakfast and make sure that our rooms were tidy. We were lucky enough to have a breakfast of cereal, juice, toast, bacon and eggs if you wanted. Everyone had to help load the bus and we then drove to Questacon. I think most kids would have liked to have stayed there all day!

Our last visit during camp was the National Art Gallery of Australia where we participated in a tour. Pizza was delivered afterwards for lunch. What a camp!

By Tapish

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Canberra Camp SurveyOn 16th June 2014 the Stage 3 students from Ashfield Public School had the opportunity to go on a camp to Canberra. For some of you who might not know where Canberra is located, it’s 3 hours south west of Sydney and it is also the capital city of Australia. Before going to Canberra we decided to ask the students their opinions about what they’re looking forward to the most of all about camp?

We are feeling really excited to go to 1. different places.

The tight schedule will make us really 2. tired.

The Questacon is going to be the most 3. interesting.

It is going to be great.4.

Can’t wait to go to the Dinosaur Museum 5. during night time!

So excited to see the names on the War 6. Memorial.

We might see someone from the 7. parliament!

Talking to friends in the bus.8.

Sleeping at night time after coming back 9. from the dinosaur museum.

Going to have a wonderful time eating 10. pizza. YUM!

We had a wonderful time at camp. Most of the people who went to camp seemed to enjoy their time. We feel sorry for those who for some reason, could not make it to camp this year. We hope that the people who could not make this year will be able to attend next year in 2015.

Prachi, Sonia and Isha

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P&CNEWS ROOM

P&C MeetingTerm 3 P&C General Meeting 7pm on Monday, 28 July 2014.

Website: ashfieldpandc.com

Twitter - @AshfieldPandC

Facebook - Ashfield Public School P and C

Email - [email protected]

Looking forward to a great Term 3 with activities for Book Week and Athletics Carnival and Garden Festival.

Thanks to Dylan for helping with the bucket and cups from the playground back to the canteen.

Smoothie DayWe made $220 from selling smoothies today. A huge thanks to all who lent a hand: Surabhi, Sarah, Dani, Mimi, Elizabeth, Julia, Elsa, Yolande, Grace & KT. What a great way to have fun with healthy food!

Ashfield Public School P&C

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PHOTOSOF THE WEEK

Working in K1K

Cooking in 4-6A

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Working in KH

Learning about Safety KW


Working in KH


Working in K1K

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Writing in K1DWriting in K1D

Ms Gorton Helping with ReadingLearning in the Library

2-5Y’s Creation

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CHILDREN’SWORK

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25Y Farm

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A Semester of the School Sign

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COMMUNITYNEWS

Homework helpDo you struggle to understand your child’s homework? Does your child need to practise their spelling and times tables? Are you looking for inspiration for projects and assignments?

The free School A to Z app has been created by the Department of Education and Communities to help parents and their school-aged children, wherever and whenever they have homework and study questions.

Find out more: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/about/mobile-applications/school-a-to-z

Homework and multi-taskingSomewhere along the line we seemed to have absorbed the idea that teenagers can multi-task perfectly because they’re digital natives. Can kids really do their homework and multi-task?

Find out more: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/technology/using-technology/homework-and-multitasking-can-it-be-done

When lunch comes home again – uneatenAlmost nine out of 10 Australian parents say children’s resistance is a major obstacle in their efforts to provide a healthy diet, and in many cases school lunches are one of the battlegrounds.

But it’s a battle families can do without and there are some simple steps to help avoid it.

Find out more: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/food/when-lunch-comes-homeagain

Help with EnglishDoes your child need help with spelling or writing? Here are some resources that may help.

Find out more: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/english

MathsStruggling to remember everything you learnt in maths? If you need a refresher course, here are some tips and tools to help you to help your child.

Find out more: www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/mathematics

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!

MONDAY 14th July 2014 9:30am-3:30pm This will be a fun filled day where all children from K to Year 6 are warmly

welcomed. Adventure Day includes lunch and morning and afternoon tea.

Cnr of Malvern Road and Murray Street, Croydon For more info call 0430 451 141 or go to www.burwood-croydon.unitingchurch.org.au

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For Children Kindy to Yr 6, on your next Pupil Free Day @ Malvern Hill Uniting Church

Ancient Egypt

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!"9am-3pm (drop off 8.30am)

! After Care Service (3pm to 6pm) afternoon tea provided.

!"Sausage Sizzle provided for lunch daily (BYO Morning Tea)

! Daily or weekly available enrolment

! Supervised swimming in our indoor heated saltwater pool

! Sports & Academic Camp - NEW

! Multi Sport Camp

! CTC Tennis Hot Shots Camp

! High Performance Tennis Camp for advanced levels

! PREP Gross Motor Skills Camp (ages 3)

! Intensive Swimming Program

Contact us on 9747 4259 or visit www.croydontenniscentre.com.au

School Holiday Programs

@ !Croydon Tennis Centre

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After School Abacus Program

At Ashfield Public School Mondays & Fridays Starting 3:15pm

Batch Duration: 1 hour per week Age Group: 5 to 12 Years Admissions Now Open

Contact: Arpana Ahluwalia (M): 0401 664 767 Email: [email protected] Benefits, Course contents, Videos & Testimonials available at:

www.mmabacus.com

MENTAL MATH ABACUS AUSTRALIA

Mathematics Made Easy with Abacus

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Parenting & Wellbeing Workshops at The Infants’ Home, 17 Henry St, Ashfield

Term 3, 2014

A Relationship Based Program

for parents of children aged 0-8 years

Thursdays, 10:00am-12.00pm

24 July - 11 September, 2014 (8 weeks)

Course cost: FREE, Free child-minding Facilitators: Stefanie Rizel (Social Worker) - Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) Joanne Maloney (Early Childhood Social Worker) - (SLHD)

Would you like to:

understand your children’s needs more?

encourage your children to feel safe and secure?

feel more confident as a parent?

Then we invite you to enrol in this parent education course, which provides support and information in a small group setting.

For more information and to register contact:

Jenny on 9799 4844

or email: [email protected]

This course is run by The Infants’ Home working in partnership with Sydney Local Health District

Circle of Security Group

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