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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

START THE CHAT BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES Join in the Safer Internet Day buzz Our school is registered to take part in the promotion of Safer Internet Day to-morrow. The theme is ‘Together for a better internet’ and Australia’s eSafety Commissioner is encouraging parents to mark the day by starting family conver-sations about online safety. You can download Safer Internet Day resources

at safety.gov.au/sid and use them to start the chat about online safety with your family.

Explore Australia’s online safety hub

Check out eSafety’s great range of advice and resources. Get started by visiting the parents and carers pages and reading the practical tips for kicking off an online safety conversation. You can also download the ‘Parents guide to online safety’ booklet (available in 5 lan-guages), look through eSafety Kids with your family or get familiar with their step by step advice for reporting different types of online abuse. Find out more at esafety.gov.au

Top Tips for online safety

1. Be an upstander If you see abuse online, report and delete it 2. Protect your personal information online by using a different

password for each account and turning on privacy settings on de-vices, apps, and social accounts

3. Tame the tech Explore how to set access and parental controls on home wifi networks, gaming consoles, mobile devices and smart TVs

4. Be conscious of your online profile Don’t post anything that may put you in danger, affect your reputation or be used against you

5. Stay on the lookout for scams and phishing contacts – don’t click links, give out personal information or send money in response to an unexpected request

6. Help others to be safe online – especially family and friends who aren’t tech-savvy

MR NASH’S CORNER

Scholastic Book Club

Orders Due 17 FEB

Organic Diggers Club

Working Bee 29 FEB

School Photo Day 11 MAR

P & C Meeting 6:30 pm

11 FEB

Music Council Meeting

6:30 pm 18 FEB

School Values: Fairness/Integrity/Respect/Cooperation/

Excellence/Participation/Care & Responsibility!

Principal Nash continued

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What a wonderful week meeting with Kinder-garten and watching them settle into school life and starting their new journey! Welcome to our new families of Kindergarten and any new families that have commenced school this year. NOVEL CORONAVIRUS Television, radio, internet and social media have all been impacting on our daily lives. I spoke to the students from Year 1 to Year 6 last week again about keeping healthy, mak-ing sure they are washing their hands after us-ing the toilet using their elbow to cough into and the fact that this virus could have emanat-ed from any country. While the news of this virus can be upsetting for many people it is im-portant that we work together to support those who have been in the impacted areas. Our families have been very sensible and self quarantined from the very beginning of the school year. It is important that we don’t as-sume people who have Chinese or other Asian background are linked to the spread of the Novel Coronavirus.

Anti-Asian language and behaviour, or any other form of racism is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our school community. Staff continue to monitor our student health and wellness. Please be vigilant at home. STATIONERY DRIVE FOR BUSHFIRE AFFECTED SCHOOL We haven’t been assigned a school to support as yet, however the SRC students are keen to get this promotion started. There is a notice in this newsletter to request stationery items that will help a damaged school/s kick off their school year. If you think about what you need to start the school year that is what we would like to send. Many thanks to Ms Farah for organising this on behalf of our community.

I hope everyone survived the wild weekend. Power came on around 7.30. We have two trees down in the Caterpillar play-ground and lots of debris in the other play-grounds. This must have happened late yesterday afternoon or last night as I checked the school grounds on Sunday around 1.00pm., and all was well. Thanks to our cleaning staff and GA Mr Eric for cleaning up and ensuring everything was safe for us to start school today.

DID YOU KNOW THAT OWPS HAS ARCOs?

What is an ARCO? ARCO stands for Anti-Racism Contact Officer. The NSW Department of Education rejects all forms of racism and is committed to the elimination of ra-cial discrimination. An ARCO is the contact be-tween students, staff, parents and community members who wish to make a complaint regard-ing racism. Their responsibility is to ensure that appropriate procedures be implemented to re-solve the complaint, and the person who will have responsibility for dealing with the complaint - the delegate, is included.

What is racism? The Human Rights Commission defines racism as follows: ‘Racism can take many forms, such as jokes or comments that cause offence or hurt, sometimes unintentionally; name-calling or verbal abuse; harassment or intimidation, or commentary in the media or online that inflames hostility towards certain groups. At its most serious, racism can re-sult in acts of physical abuse and violence.’

Principal Nash continued

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V A L U E F O R T H E W E E K C O O P E R AT I O N Work together to achieve common goals. Help each other to succeed. Work together to peacefully resolve conflict. Listen to the views of others.

The role of the ARCO: • Receive the suggestion, complaint or allega-

tion regarding racism • Assist the complainant to write the com-

plaint, if required • Advise the complainant of their rights and

the process to be followed in lodging a com-plaint

• Refer the complaint to a member of the school executive who will be responsible for resolving the complaint.

Who are your ARCOs?

Ms. McIntosh and Mrs. Assad

INTRODUCTION TO OUR SCHOOL CAPTAINS

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Name: Dominique M.

Class: 5/6 Purple

Why did you want to be in SRC:

I thought it is our turn to make positive changes to our school environment

and I wanted to turn all the suggestions from the school into action.

Hobbies / Interests: I love playing netball and have been playing for ages. The other hobbies I have are,

baking, painting and travelling.

Best thing about OWPS: The positive attitude the teachers have towards teaching and the students to-

wards learning.

Goals for the Year: I want to make the most of Year 6 and improve my writing skills before high school.

Name: Harry S.

Class: 5/6 Purple

Why did you want to be in SRC:

I wanted to be in the SRC because I have always wanted to help the school

become a better place as well as making the students feel more homely and

happy at school.

Hobbies / Interests: My biggest hobby is mainly sport because I love pushing myself to the limit, working

as a team with other students and exercising.

Best thing about OWPS: The best thing about OWPS has got to be the community, students and teachers

because without them nothing would be possible.

Goals for the Year: My goals for the year is to firstly reinsate the caterpillar in the playground, make our

school more eco friendly and ensure students feel more homely and happy whilst they are at this amaz-

ing school.

SCHOOL BANKING

Organic Diggers Report A working bee is planned for Saturday 29th Febru-ary from 10.00am - 12.00pm. The Organic Diggers Club will resume regular activities once the work-ing bee has occurred. See today's newsletter for the note and return to the box in the office. The garden program at Oatley West PS is made availa-ble through ongoing community support. Happy gardening! Mr Burr Organic Diggers co-ordinator

ORGANIC DIGGERS REPORT HEALTH CARE PLANS

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UNIFORM SHOP

Could all parents/caregivers who have children requiring all health care plans please return them to the office as soon as possible. The plans are for; Anaphylaxis & Individual Health Care Plans, Asthma, Allergic Reaction. Please bring all updated medication with your plans. Thank you.

Manager – Sia Coelho Enquiries:

scoelho@iinet.net.au

The Uniform Shop is open for your convenience

every Thursday from 9-10am at the end of G

Block. This onsite service would not be available

without our wonderful volunteers.

All uniform requirements are outlined on the

School website, including our exchange and or-

dering processes.

Summer Uniform – All students should be wear-

ing their full Summer Uniform.

Thank you – Many thanks to Jo G and Bee M-B who volunteered at the Uniform Shop last week.

Class Names: Please ensure you nominate your child’s full class name on your order form e.g. 5/6 Pink not 5/6P. The full class name allows us to be able to find your child’s class, for easier delivery. Volunteers needed: Currently, Uniform Shop only has a few regular volunteers who help. If you have a spare hour on Thursday mornings from 9-10am, please consider volunteering at the Uniform Shop. Whether it’s once a fortnight, month or term, all help is greatly appreciated. NB: A free Volunteers Working with Children check will be required if you wish to volunteer in any capacity at the school.

We take great pride in the appearance of the

children at Oatley West Public School and en-

courage all students to wear the correct school

uniform.

Many thanks to our wonderful parents, Angel D, Lily W and Tina Y who volunteered to process School banking deposits last Thursday. Can you volunteer? - We need your help with the School Banking program! Our students really enjoy participating in the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program and to keep this program running we need your help. The program requires a volunteer School Bank-ing Co-ordinator to facilitate the banking and distribution of School Banking rewards. The School Banking is processed at the same time each week and will only takes a small amount of your time. The Commonwealth Bank will pro-vide support in how to run the program. Your help with the program will greatly benefit stu-dents as they develop vital saving skills and also help our school with fundraising. If you are interested in volunteering for this great program, please contact owpsschoolbank-ing@gmail.com https://www.commbank.com.au/content/dam/commbank-assets/banking/school-banking/2020-01/reward-redemption-slip.pdf Thursday is our banking day!

IF YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP

Please send in any school supplies that students

may need for the classroom

Some ideas:*Pencil Case *HB Pencils

*Highlighters *Erasers *Black/Blue/Red Pens *Ruler

*Drink bottle *Glue sticks*Sharpener *Pencils *Textas etc.

Please send in donations to your child's classroom any

day this week (Week 3)

OWPS BUSHFIREAPPEAL

OWPS SRC SENIORS

ARE COLLECTING

SCHOOL SUPPLIESFOR STUDENTS AFFECTED

BY THE RECENT BUSHFIRES

HELP THEM START THEIR

SCHOOL YEAR WITH A SMILE

THANK YOU ! !

09/02/2020

School Garden Working Bee – Saturday 29th February 2020

Dear Parents / Carers,

A community Working Bee will be taking place on Saturday 29th February in our school

gardens.

We will be preparing our produce garden by cutting our cover crops and turning them into

the soil. Additionally we will run maintenance of the native garden.

Work will begin at 10.00am and finish at 12.00pm. All adults attending must have a current

Working with Children Check. www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/working-with-children/working-

with-children-check

There is no cost involved for the WWCC for volunteer applicants. No adults are permitted on

site without a current WWCC.

Please return the slip below to the Organic Diggers box in the school office by Friday 28th

February.

Many thanks

L Burr

Organic Diggers Co-ordinator

School Garden Working Bee - Saturday 29th February 2020

I / we (names) _________________________________intend on participating in the

Organic Diggers Working Bee on Saturday 29th February 2020. My

child(ren)___________________________from class(es)____are attending. There will be

_____children with us.

Working With Children Check

❑ I / we are already on the school system.

❑ I /we have a current Working with Children Check(s).

Clearance Number(s): #___________________________________

Signed:___________________________Date:________________

F O U R C A M P U S E SO N E C O L L E G E

OPEN NIGHTS

2020

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OYS CAMPUS

PEAKHURST CAMPUS

OATLEY S

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PENSHURST GIR

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AMPUS

HURSTVILLE BOYS CAMPUS Open Night - Wednesday 26 February 6.00pm - 8.00pmPrincipal - Kathy KladosPh: 9587 3199www.hurstvillb-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

PEAKHURST CAMPUS Open Night - Monday 24 February 6.00pm - 8.00pmPrincipal - Terry VallisPh: 9153 9966www.peakhurst-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

OATLEY SENIOR CAMPUSOpen Night - Tuesday 3 March 6.00pm - 8:00pmPrincipal - Anna GirginisPh: 8567 3700www.oatleysnr-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

PENSHURST GIRLS CAMPUSOpen Night - Tuesday 25 February 5.30pm - 7.30pmPrincipal - Noeline RossPh: 9580 3141www.penshurstg-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

G E O R G E S R I V E R C O L L E G E

COME & TRY GUIDES

TUESDAY 3 MARCH 2020 6.30 - 8.30 pm

MORTDALE JUNIOR GUIDES (Brownies)

If you are a girl aged 7 – 10 years who is interested in challenging themselves, having fun and making new friends

then come along on this night and find out about Girl Guides..

Games – crafts – cooking – outdoors plus lots more

Mortdale Girl Guide Hal, Beatty Street, (off Roberts Ave) Mortdale Enquires – 0429 986 201 mortdalejuniorguides@hotmail.com

Our mission is to enable girls and young women to grow into confident, self-respecting, responsible

community members’. Girl Guides Australia, Mission Statement