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Greenwich Public School Partnership and Opportunity Excellence and Success A Greenwich Road Campus: 72a Greenwich Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3731 F (02) 9906 4120 A Kingslangley Road Campus: 32 Kingslangley Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3217 F (02) 9906 6437 E: greenwich-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W www.greenwich-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Basketball Hoop upgrade

Greenwich PS students have been focussing on their health and well-being with daily physical activity as part of

the Premier’s Sporting Challenge. To help get students moving and playing team games, we have upgraded the

basketball hoops and backboards using some of the grant associated with this program. They have already proved

very popular!

Schools Spectacular Expression of Interest – Years 2-6

Years 2-6 students have been invited to the 2015 Schools Spectacular Concert ‘This is our World’ on Friday 27

November at 12 noon. It will be held in the QANTAS Credit Union Arena (Sydney Entertainment Centre). If you

would like your child to attend, please complete the Expression of Interest and return it to the silver letterbox

outside the Kingslangley Rd Office by Friday 21 August. A copy of the note is attached to this newsletter.

Principal’s Message Megan Lockery

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NAPLAN Success

The 2015 NAPLAN results have arrived and I am pleased to report that Greenwich PS has achieved outstanding

results. Congratulations to all students in Years 3 and 5 on their results and congratulations and thanks to all the

teaching staff who have implemented effective teaching and learning programs across all grades. Such effective

programs underpin these results. It must be remembered that NAPLAN only represents a snapshot of student

achievement taken during one week of the year. The following table presents some highlights.

School Result State Result

YEAR 3

Reading 68.5% achieved in the top band

30.5% achieved in the top band

79.5% achieved in the top two bands

50% achieved in the top two bands

Writing 54.8% achieved in the top band

15.9% achieved in the top band

79.5% achieved in the top two bands

54.4 % achieved in the top two bands

Numeracy 42.5% achieved in the top band

18.8% achieved in the top band

68.5% achieved in the top two bands

38.1% achieved in the top two bands

YEAR 5

Reading 32.2% achieved in the top band

17.5% achieved in the top band

67.8% achieved in the top two bands

38% achieved in the top two bands

Writing 18.6% achieved in the top band

6.2% achieved in the top band

55.9% achieved in the top two bands

21.4% achieved in the top two bands

Numeracy 23.3% achieved in the top band

14.1% achieved in the top band

63.3% achieved in the top two bands

30.7% achieved in the top two bands

Growth from Year 3 to Year 5

Reading 68.4% achieved at or above expected growth

Writing 77.2% achieved at or above expected growth

Numeracy 77.6% achieved at or above expected growth

Letters to Year 3 and 5 parents/carers containing the NAPLAN reports have been issued today.

Congratulations Bands and String Ensemble

Last week our String Ensemble represented our school at the Ryde Eisteddfod. They played beautifully and we are

proud of their achievements. Well done Anita and the String Ensemble!

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Our bands competed in the NSW Bands Festival on Sunday

and performed very successfully –both bands were awarded

Silver Awards. Congratulations to Tracey and the band

members for being wonderful ambassadors for our school!

Performing Band members received their certificates today

and Training Band will receive theirs on Friday.

Disco Fever – Saturday 22 August

I am looking forward to seeing all the fancy dance moves at

the School Disco this Saturday. Don’t forget to get your tickets

on flexischools and dress up as something beginning with G,P or S!

Greenwich Hospital Request

We have been contacted by Greenwich Hospital to raise awareness about parking issues and student and patient

safety. Please do not park in the grounds of the hospital as unfortunately hospital staff members have been

‘parked in’ and have been unable to leave at the end of their shift. Also, students have been walking through the

hospital grounds as a short cut, which raises safety concerns for both the students and patients. Please be

considerate of this request.

Head Lice, Sickness and Personal Hygiene

Illnesses at school at the moment include coughs, colds, flus and a vomiting bug. Please keep your children at

home if they are unwell as not only are they unable to learn but other children’s learning can be impacted if the

illnesses spread. We have reminded children about good handwashing habits after toileting and before eating and

coughing into their elbow etc to try to reduce the spread of disease. Hand sanitiser is available in all classrooms. It

would be appreciated if you could also reinforce these messages with your children. Thank you.

Head lice are active at the moment so please check your child’s hair and treat appropriately. Don’t forget the bed

linen!

Road Safety Colouring Competition – Lane Cove Council

Lane Cove Council is conducting a Road Safety poster competition for all students K-6 in the area. A flyer can be

found elsewhere in this newsletter. The poster must be completed on the official entry form available at both

offices and is due at Lane Cove Council by 23 October. Posters must be completed using pencils, pens, crayons,

paints, pastels etc but no clip art or photographs are allowed.

A Beautiful View

Outside my office window I get to enjoy the flowering port wine magnolia. This

lovely tree offers a stunning entry into our school administration building.

Enjoy it for the short time that this tree is in flower.

Megan Lockery Principal

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TEN CYBERSAFETY TIPS EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW

Keeping your kids safe online is easy with a few simple precautions.

1. Nothing replaces parental supervision and education for kids about cybersafety.

2. Set a technology curfew.

3. Remind your child to never give out identifying information such as your home address, school name or telephone number in a public message such as chat or newsgroups.

4. If your child posts photos online, use privacy settings to limit access to people they know well.

5. Remind your child that people don't always tell the truth online, and they can't take anything at face value.

6. Reassure your child that they can tell you anything, without fear of losing the laptop or internet access.

7. If they get a message or email that's threatening or rude, they should 'STOP, BLOCK, TELL'. First step is to tell your child to stop responding to the abuse and then block those people sending threatening or rude messages if they continue. Let your child know that if they are being bullied, or know someone else who is, they should tell a trusted adult.

8. Never click on any links that are contained in emails from people they don't know. As well as sexual content, they could contain a computer virus.

9. If you suspect your child has been contacted by a predator, try to save a copy of the chat log (or whatever form the contact takes) for evidence. Call Crime Stoppers 24-hour line 1800 333 000 to make a formal complaint.

10. Your child will be using computers and the technology for the rest of their lives – you're in the great position of being able to get them off to a safe, positive start.

Life Education Program

In Weeks 6 and 7 of this term all students, in Kindergarten through to Year 6, will be involved in the Life Education

mobile classroom program. This program supports the Personal Development , Health and Physical Education

curriculum area. Life Education is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation that works with schools to

deliver lessons empowering children to make safe and healthy lifestyle choices that could impact on their futures.

Students are involved in discussions, viewing animations and film clips and meeting ‘Healthy Harold,’ the Life

Education mascot. Students receive an activity booklet or passwords for students to access further activities

online. Programs are constantly reviewed and updated to meet the interests and needs of students.

The content to be covered this year includes:

Grade Module Content Kindergarten

Harold’s Surprise

Healthy food choices, importance of physical activity, safety

Year 1

Harold’s Mystery Tour

Body workings, safe use and storage of medicines, peer pressure and coping strategies, safety and decision making

Year 2

Harold’s

Heroes

(not 2NP) Through a superhero, students recognise safe and unsafe behaviours, second hand smoke,

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use and storage of medicines, emergency procedures, calling 000 and healthy food choices

Year 3

Harold’s Diary

(Including 2NP) Friendships, resilience, healthy food choices, active lifestyles, coping strategies, expressing emotions

Year 4

bCyberwise

(Not 4AH) Explores cybersafety through animation, vox pops of children, relevant scenarios, discussions and problem solving.

Years 5 & 6

On the Case

(Including 4AH) Short and long term effects of smoking, effects of passive smoking, laws, peer influence and refusal skills.

The cost of students participating in the Life Education Program is $10 per child. This has been included in the

Term 3 Account Fees.

Should you require more information regarding the content of the Life Education Program please contact Mrs

Nicola Hesford (Kindergarten and Year 1 coordinator) and Ms Anna Parrella (Years 2-6 Coordinator).

SRC NEWS

This is a reminder about our fund-raising Morning Tea tomorrow August 20.

Please remember to bring in your money to buy your morning tea to support our 2 charities

Save the Brumbies and Stewart House.

If you are sending in food please drop it off in the hall in the morning. Parents are welcome to join us for a cup of

tea or coffee from 11 – 11.30am.

Years 2-6 SRC

SAVE THE DATE!

K-6 Father’s Day Breakfast

The time has come again for our annual ‘K-6 Father’s Day Breakfast’. On Friday 4 September we invite the whole

family to come along to spend the morning with Dad at the Greenwich Road Campus. Enjoy a coffee, our tasty

bacon and egg rolls and join in a range of activities to help us celebrate Father’s Day.

Volunteer Request for 2SH student This is an open request to any parent, carer or grandparent who is available to implement a teacher written literacy program for an individual student. If you are available at any of the times below and would like to offer your assistance, please contact Miss Harburg in 2SH. Mondays: 11.45 - 1.00, Wednesdays: 2.30 - 3.10, Thursdays: 10.00 - 11.00

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School Athletics Carnival Results

Thank you to every student who participated in the Greenwich Public School Athletics Carnival on Monday 3

August. It was wonderful to see so many enthusiastic students. The Field Events have now also been held and

I’m pleased to announce the following placegetters across the track and field events.

School Athletics Carnival Field Event Results

School Athletics Carnival Track Event Results

100m

Long Jump High Jump Shot Put

Junior Boys Gus M Gus M Gus M

Daniel C Abhi K Jackson C

Elliott W Finn D Peter J

Junior Girls

Samantha H Samantha H Samantha H

Bella J Aaliyah S Sienna S

Jasmins B-L Caitlin E

11 yrs Boys Joseph R Ryan A Michael J

Ryan A Jordan M Ryan A

Joel B Joseph R Ned A

11 yrs Girls Kara S Kara S Jasmine C

Bella W Sienna S Sienna S

Sienna S Molly W Caitlin E

12 yrs Boys Jordan E Archie D Jordan E

Archie D Simon S Zac G

Simon S Zac G Alex S

12 yrs Girls Bo B Bo B Bronte H

Bronte H Sophia N Bo B

Isabella F Bronte H Sophia N

7 yrs (Yr 2) Boys

7 yrs (Yr 2) Girls

8 yrs Boys

8 yrs Girls

9 yrs Boys

9 yrs Girls

1st Rowan W Lola J James M-J Alex B Sam C Bella J

2nd Remy P Milly R Lachlan W Sienna W Jesse C Aaliyah S

3rd Ben M Victoria M Neo F Ruby S Sam M Jessica M

10 yrs Boys

10 yrs Girls

11 yrs Boys

11 yrs Girls

12 yrs Boys

12 yrs Girls

1st Gus M Samantha H Ryan A Jasmine C Cameron P Bo B

2nd Daniel C Andie O Joseph R Kara S Alex S Bronte H

3rd Harry D Annabel B Owen C Kate M Jordan E Isabella F

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200m

Junior Boys Junior Girls 11 yrs Boys

11 yrs Girls

12 yrs Boys

12 yrs Girls

1st Finn D Samantha H Joseph R Kara S Cameron P Bo B

2nd Gus M Andie O Ryan A Jasmine C Alex S Bronte H

3rd Daniel C Annabel B Jordan M Kate M Jordan E Jade D

800m

Junior Boys Junior Girls 11 yrs Boys

11 yrs Girls

12 yrs Boys

12 yrs Girls

1st Gus M Samantha H Joseph R Isabelle W Archie D Bo B

2nd Harry D Jasmine B-L Ryan A Jasmine C Zac G Isabella F

3rd Finn D Hannah M Hugo R Kate M Rohan A Chanelle S

There will be two North Shore Zone Athletic Carnivals. The first is the Field Events Carnival which will be held on

Thursday 27 August 2015 (this carnival includes the 800m) and the second is the Track Events Carnival which will

be held on Friday 28 August 2015. Children who have qualified for Zone have been given their permission notes

this week. Please note that the first three placegetters proceed to the Zone Carnival in the 100m and the first two

placegetters proceed in all other events. Thank you to all the children who submitted their discus results.

Samantha H, Joseph R and Bronte H have met the qualifying distances.

I wish all those going to the Zone carnivals next week all the best and look forward to announcing the winning

house at assembly this week!

Nicole Poynter

Years 2-6 Athletics Convener

FROM THE OFFICE

Online Payments

Thank you to everyone who trialled our new on-line system through the school website. However, there is a

glitch. The letter explaining how to use it said that information needed to be put into the ‘Ref. or Invoice Number’

field but an error message is displayed. Please do not put any information in there but go to the end ‘Payment

Options’, Excursions and enter the information from the Term 3 fees there.

Hopefully this doesn’t put you off using the system as from the Office point of view it works really well. Thanks for

your co-operation.

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PERFORMING ARTS NEWS

Ryde Eisteddfod 2015

Our Greenwich Primary String Ensemble competed in the Ryde Eisteddfod last Thursday 13 August.

13 of our Yr2 - 6 students, combined their talents at the violin and cello to perform 2 wonderful songs: “Alouette”, a French folk song and “Eidelweiss”, a memorable tune from the Sound of Music.

Our conductor, Anita Crawford, was very pleased with how well our students performed. Their hard work in school rehearsals, practice at home and a lead-up performance at the K/1 site shone through. They received a complimentary report from the competition adjudicator, who particularly liked their tone.

There were many schools competing and the competition was fierce. Our students enjoyed the experience, despite some logistical difficulties… and they were wowed by some of the more experienced performing groups.

A big thank you to Anita for all the work she put in to get our Ensemble ready and to our school and parents for supporting these efforts.

Strings Committee

P&C NEWS School Disco - Saturday 22 August Only 3 more sleeps until the School Disco!! See the attached flyer & order form for details about the night and

ordering information. Children can come dressed as anything beginning with G, P or S! Just a reminder that this is

a "kiss & drop" event although K-2 parents are most welcome to stay if their child is a little bit shy, however we

request that no siblings are brought along & parents who stay must remain inside the hall. Please also remind

your child that they are not to leave the hall during the disco, this is for supervision & child protection purposes.

Once each disco session has concluded, students will be kept inside the hall until they are collected by a parent.

Please, please, please book your tickets as soon as possible so we can make sure that there are enough treat bags

for everyone on the night!! We also need some more parent helpers for the Yr 3 - 6 disco session. If you're able to

stay & help please email events@greenwichpandc.org.au. Many thanks!

Commonwealth Bank School Banking Update – Please Read

Concerns have been raised regarding the ‘Cosmic Light Beam Torch’ reward item due to the inclusion of four

button batteries that can be accessed by unscrewing the back of the torch.

Whilst this reward has been independently tested and deemed to meet relevant product standards the

Commonwealth Bank have made the decision to proactively withdraw this item from the School Banking Rewards

Program.

Parents/Guardians are requested to dispose of any ‘Cosmic Light Beam Torches’ their child may have already

received as part of the Rewards Program. Students who have previously received a ‘Cosmic Light Beam Torch’ are

welcome to redeem an alternative reward item.

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Tupperware fundraising drive – ends 28 August Less than 10 days to get your order in! www.tupperware.com.au. There will be a Tupperware table setup outside the Primary School gate in Kingslangley Rd tomorrow morning (20 Aug) from 8:15am – 9:30am. Pop by if you’d like a catalogue or to check out what’s new. 20% of orders will be donated to the school. If you haven’t already, could you kindly forward the attached Tupperware order form, Catalogue Specials Pack and this link www.tupperware.com.au to your family, friends and colleagues asking them if they’d like to order something? Perhaps you’d prefer to get a hard copy catalogue for your office kitchen – if so email playground@greenwichpandc.org.au. If the order form is too scary, you can always phone your order through to our Tupperware lady Leigh Lind on 0412 545 076. More info on the P&C website. Playground Upgrade Update The project is now in the process of obtaining firm quotes for the supply & installation of the fixed play equipment. We are comparing quality over quantity to make the cost of equipment fit to our available budget. Don’t forget to check if your employer runs an employee grant programme! This could also help fund the play equipment. Lane Cove Council Awards $5,000 Grant Greenwich Public School P&C was successfully awarded a financial assistance grant of $5,000 thanks to Sandra Murray, our P&C grants co-ordinator. The Financial Assistance Grants Program reflects Lane Cove Council's commitment to encouraging and assisting in the provision of community based services which support and enhance the wellbeing of Lane Cove residents and the community. The grant will be put towards the cost of the playground upgrade. MERIT AWARDS Merit Awards K/1 Week 6 Merit Awards 2-6 Week 6

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K/1 Bronze Awards 2-6 Bronze Awards

2-6 Bronze Awards

K/1 Silver Award 2-6 Silver Awards

2-6 Silver Awards

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DIARY DATES TERM 3 WEEK 6 Wednesday 19 August

2/3NP, 3AR and 3OB Rocks Walking Tour

K/1 Life Education Thursday 20 August

2-6 SRC Morning Tea Fundraiser

K/1 Life Education Friday 21 August

Winter PSSA concludes

K/1 Life Education Saturday 22 August

P&C K-6 Disco in hall WEEK 7 Monday 24 August

2-6 Life Education Tuesday 25 August

2-6 Life Education Wednesday 26 August

2-6 Life Education

Book Club orders Issue 6 due back Thursday 27 August

2-6 Life Education

North Shore Zone Field Events at Narrabeen Friday 28 August

2-6 Life Education

North Shore Zone Track Events at Narrabeen WEEK 8 Monday 31 August

Senior Choir to Opera House rehearsal and concert

Tuesday 1 September

Band Showcase Evening Wednesday 2 September

7.30pm P&C Meeting Thursday 3 September

4pm School Council Friday 4 September

Father’s Day Breakfast WEEK 9 Monday 7 September

String performance at K/1 campus Tuesday 8 September

Stage 3 Bush Camp

Wednesday 9 September

Stage 3 Bush Camp Thursday 10 September

Stage 3 Bush Camp Friday 11 September

Stage 3 Bush Camp Sunday 13 September

4.00 – 5.30pm String Ensemble Spring Soiree at the hall

WEEK 10 Tuesday 15 September

‘Aladdin Trouble’ 6.30pm Wednesday 16 September

‘Aladdin Trouble’ 12 noon

‘Aladdin Trouble’ 6.30pm

K/1 Fairy Tale Day Thursday 17 September

‘Aladdin Trouble’ 6.30pm Friday 18 September

K-6 Recognition Assembly

LAST DAY TERM 3 HARDCOPY NOTES HOME THIS WEEK

Nil SURVEYS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Nil EMAIL ATTACHMENTS HOME THIS WEEK

School Spectacular Expression of Interest

School Disco 2015 Order Form and Flyer

Tupperware Catalogue Special Packs and order form

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