Term 3, Week 6

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ...

Sophie McCall, Nash Ferguson,

Jackson Browne,

Lenny Atsas and

Arlo Steffen

Flying Figtree Superstars: Congratulations to the following

Bronze Superstar students:

Taj Jeffery, Arlo Steffen, Colin Zhou

and TJ Omaye

Congratulations to the following

Silver Superstar students:

Lucas Tsang, Zoe Jeffery, Mia Placek,

Charlie Kerr, Bryn Fuller, Isabel Walshe-Smith,

Byron Manning, Isabelle Clarke, Hadley Morris,

Toby Leo, Sophia Edwards-Alm, Lewis Andrews,

Hendrix Brain-Bowen, Imogene Anderson,

Harry Placek, Lawson Cook and Gideon Moore

Congratulations to the following

Gold Superstar students:

Chloe Reh and Dylan Walsh

Superstar wristbands will be awarded at the

Friday 30 August assembly at 2:45pm

Week 6

Stage 2 & 3 Cricket program

Tue

27/8 FATHER’S DAY STALL

$5.00 GIFTS

Wed

28/8

P&C Mufti Day

School Band Rehearsals in

Demountable from 8:00-8:45am

Dance Troupe excursion

Book Week Assembly @ 2pm

P&C MEETING in HIVE @6:30pm

Fri

30/8

FHF ‘Dads Do Drop off Breakfast BBQ’

7:30-9am

Music Lessons in Demountable @ 7:45am

NO Dance Troupe

5/6P Class Assembly 2:00pm

Superstar Awards @ 2:45pm

Week 7

Mon

2/9

Stage 2 Camp

Stage 3 - Enviro Day

Tue

3/9

Stage 2 Camp

Stage 3 Cricket program

Wed

4/9

School Band Rehearsals in

Demountable from 8:00-8:45am

Fri

6/9

Music Lessons in Demountable @ 7:45am

Dance Troupe @ 8am

1/2JO Class Assembly @2:15pm

Superstar Awards @ 2:45pm

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Reminder - Revised Enrolment Policy

As some of you may be aware, the Department of Education has revised our Enrolment Policy. Information for Parents can be found at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/media/documents/changes-to-the-enrolment-policy-for-parents.pdf, but in essence schools will have an enrolment cap based on the number of permanent classrooms they have. We have nine permanent classrooms, so with ten classes we are deemed at capacity. All students currently enrolled, both in and out of area, will remain enrolled. Any out of area siblings who are on our list (prior to next term) for Kindergarten 2020 will also be enrolled. Unfortunately, any out of area families new to our school will not be able to enrol at this point unless they have exceptional circumstances. Next year all out of area enrolments, including siblings, will need to apply based on exceptional circumstances with the outcome determined by an enrolment panel. Whilst I believe sibling relationships form the basis of an exceptional circumstance this can not be guaranteed. Despite the revised policy it is important to enrol children when the time is best right for them and their level of maturity. Even though children turning 5 as late as July are able to start school this often is not best for them in the long run as they may not have a positive introduction to school life. All children must be enrolled by their sixth birthday.

Southern Stars Superstars!!

What an amazing show it was this year...I’m sure any of you who went to watch it would agree! I was fortunate enough to watch the Saturday matinee and then spend Saturday night at the park then backstage supervising our students along with Miss Middleton and Ms Wyman. Not only were all of our performers amazing on the dance floor but, given the cramped conditions, were beyond amazing backstage. Waiting can be hard when you’re that excited, however, they entertained themselves very well and didn’t let the excitement cloud their behaviour. Great job Figtree Heights! A very big thank you to both Mrs Modernel and Miss Middleton for their hours of planning, rehearsing and supervising to enable our students this exceptional opportunity...going well above their job description!

Tournament of the Minds

Another example of our staff going above and beyond to provide opportunities for our students is that of Ms Wyman who will be spending Father’s Day supporting our Tournament of the Minds participants as they take part in this challenge at the University of Wollongong on Sunday.

Good luck to our Tournament Team!

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Good luck to the girls who are off on Thursday to play touch football against the Bulli PS team. Some of the girls have commented that Bulli are pretty tough competition… either way girls, enjoy the game, be proud and make time to smile and have a laugh! I bet they are thinking the same thing about our team!

School Photos

A printing error occurred in the original photo booklets sent home earlier this term so MSP have redone a new booklet for our students. These will be sent home today so keep an eye out for them in school bags.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Reminder - Bottle Tops for Hands

If you have plastic bottle tops at home can you please send them into the office. One of our grandparents is collecting these to send away to be recycled into prosthetic hands for children, so the more the better! If you would like to know more about this initiative you can Google bottle caps for prosthetic limbs.

Have a good day!

Rae Redfern Principal

If you did not manage to get the online book log completed in time please send in a paper book list so titles can be entered and then the logs validated. Don’t wait until the end of the week though, as it is a time consuming process and once time is up for validation we won’t be able to put any more completed entries in the system. With that in mind please have all lists returned to school by Wednesday morning at the latest. Thank you!

Super Star Students Congratulations to Nash Ferguson and Imogene Anderson who have qualified for the

South Coast Regional Athletics which will be held in Canberra on 13 September.

9 Year boys 100m Junior Girls 800m

Good luck to you both

'Number Crunchers' is a competition that promotes

excellence in mathematics. It has 3 disciplines - orally

answering mathematical based questions using mental

strategies, reciting Pi to as many decimal points as you

can or completing a Rubik's Cube in the shortest time.

Annabel Wouters represented our school in the oral

section of the competition. As the oral questions

covering addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,

fractions, decimals and time became increasingly

difficult, it was a nail-biting experience. Annabel made

it to the final round - a magnificent achievement!

Congratulations on this impressive result, Annabel.

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Last week, 28 of our talented students performed 4 shows over 2 days at

‘Southern Stars The Arena Spectacular’. They have been working hard

over the past 5 weeks to learn 2 dances and 2 finales to perform along

side other students from the South Coast. Our students did an incredible

job and we are very proud of them.

FIGGY HEIGHTS FATHERS

Term 3 Event 'Dads Do Drop Off' Breakfast BBQ

Friday 30 August, Week 6

7:30 - 9:00am

Coffee van present between 7:30 and 8:30am

I hope to see many of you then!

Yours in fatherhood,

Nikolaj Nielsen

Wednesday

28/08 Mell Pirie & Alice Zhou

Friday

30/08 Belinda Monkman & Jennie MacRae

Monday

2/09 Dean Harvey & Diana Toth

Community News

FHPS Canteen

The canteen is open for lunch orders

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Don’t forget to use our

HEALTHY canteen!

Please note: S/S= selected students only

What When

Mathletics (s/s) $26 End Term 3

MathsOnline (s/s) $10 End Term 3

Reading Eggs (s/s) $24 End Term 3

Spelling Mastery End Term 3

Dance Troupe Costume (s/s) End Term 3

Stage 2 Camp (s/s) 16/8/19

Stage 3 “Enviro” Excursion (s/s) 19/8/19

Stage 3 Camp (s/s) 20/9/19

What is Due and When?

Bookclub Issue 6 closes Sunday 15th September 2019.

Scholastic Bookclub Orders

Cash or cheques will not be accepted as payment.

All Bookclub purchases must be done online using the

Scholastic Loop Payment Portal.

If you wish to purchase books for a gift and would like

the option to pick up from the School Office, there is

now an option to select this when you order online.

If you have any queries or require assistance, please

contact the Bookclub Coordinator Rebecca

Anderson on 0412469343.