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Putney Public School Excellence through Endeavour

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Black & White News 4 August, 2016

Official Opening of our Multipurpose Court

Students, staff and parents celebrated together with a BBQ, compliments of the Putney P&C Association, and an inaugural newcombe ball challenge between the teachers and sport house captains and vice captains.

Many thanks to everyone who helped make this morning a great success, parents and staff alike. What a great team!

Mr Ben Woods, chair of the P&C Committee which led the project, expressed his thanks to the many parents who have fundraised over the years and who have been involved in any way to bring the project to fruition.

The project was a collaboration between the Putney P&C Association, the school and the Putney OOSH and I am delighted to finally have a multipurpose court which will serve the community of this school for many years to come.

R. M. Russom

Principal

VISION STATEMENT We empower students to be responsible citizens who are innovative learners and collaborative problem solvers.

We immerse students in an engaging learning environment in partnership with the school community.

Welcome to Education Week 2016 The theme this year : sharing our stories, better learning, stronger communities.

The celebrate this year our students have been working hard on developing their skills in articulating what they know through reflection and have now begun developing goals to drive future learning. This has been a focus of the Visible Learning committee, led by Mrs Brooks who meet weekly and drive this pedagogical practice in all classes across the school.

This morning, parents participated in Student Led Reporting sessions in classrooms. Your child will have led you through a series of activities and work samples to demonstrate their knowledge across a range of Key Learning Areas.

Students were very excited about this opportunity to discuss their learning with their parents and it was wonderful to see so many parents able to join us during the morning.

Your reflections and comments will be triangulated with student and staff comments gathered on the morning to assist us when planning for the future. We thank you for taking the time to complete them and for your time commitment this morning.

Sad FarewellSad FarewellSad Farewell Recently, a number of staff attended the funeral of Mrs Jane Clarke, a former staff member. Mrs Clarke was an Assistant Principal and then Relieving Principal at Putney Public School. She was a valued and well respected member of staff and is sadly missed by her friends and colleagues at Putney.

Engaging the CommunityEngaging the CommunityEngaging the Community Mrs Ward and her Engaging the Community committee met with Class Parents recently to discuss how we currently engage the school and local community in student learning. 14 Class Parents attended and worked in pairs with a teacher to complete a matrix.

This information will be compiled with staff and P&C responses to develop a direction for the future. Many thanks to the Class Parents who attended on the day.

Student ToiletsStudent ToiletsStudent Toilets Just a reminder to all parents that the student toilet blocks are for student use only and should not be accessed by adults at any time. Thank you for your attention to this in future.

Respect for neighboursRespect for neighboursRespect for neighbours When dropping off and picking up students, parents are reminded to respect our neighbours and not park in driveways or on private property. I have again received a letter of concern by one of our neighbours and ask that parents be respectful of our neighbours rights.

Ryde council has been informed.

Finally, a reminder that the P&C Association AGM is being held on 8 August. I am looking forward to seeing lots of new faces as well as existing members of this association attend this meeting. See you there!

R. M. Russom

Principal

Thank You At the recent federal election conducted at our school the 1st Putney Scouts held a BBQ fundraiser. As a thank you to the school they have donated a pack of books for our school library.

As a school we are committed to working together with local organisations and it was a delightful surprise to receive this thank you from Mr Trevor Yee on behalf of the Scouts.

Premiers Spelling Bee – 2016 Congratulations to the following Stage 2& 3 students who represented their classes in the school spelling bee on Friday 22nd July:

Year 3: Josh O, Emme S, Jasper L, Ella G, Tolga A, James S

Year 4: Harrison N, Alex W, Isabella H, Irene K

Year 5: Charlotte W, Kieran T, Giaan K, Isabella C

Year 6: Corey B, Urvi M, Blake M, Milan J, Kyle B, Jocelyn L

The contest was rigorous and at times very tense! These super spellers went through 7 rounds of tough competition before Harrison and Alex were the Stage 2 winners and Corey and Blake were the Stage 3 winners.

These four students will now represent our school and attend the Regional Final at Meadowbank Public School in September.

Congratulations to all students and best of luck to our Regional Finalists.

L. Hedge

Spelling Bee Co-ordinator

Rugby League Reads magazine This week, Luke Brooks, ex Putney student and member of the Wests Tigers Rugby League club, presented the school with 50 Rugby League Reads magazines with accompanying teacher notes on behalf of the NRL. Our Stage 2 and 3 students will no doubt enjoy this new resource.

R.M.Russom

Principal

Science Enrichment Day Last Wednesday 25 students from Stage 3 were invited to a Science Day at Marsden High School. Students partici-pated in practical activities based on Biology and Forensics. Some of the activities included; looking at a dissected lamb’s heart, making lungs, painting parts of the brain, using a microscope to look at plant and human cells, learning about microorganisms, participating in a simulation activity on how infections are spread, identifying their fingerprint type and extracting DNA from fruit.

Here are some of the learning reflections from the day.

I learnt……….

that the heart has four chambers. Hannah the brain has three parts which include the stem, cerebrum and cerebellum. Amelie there are four types of fingerprints which are the arch, whorl, simple loop and double loops. Chloe that sticking your hand in a lamb’s heart is fun. Atto the study of the heart and its disorders is called cardiology. Alice women have less blood than men. Urvi that graphite makes fingerprints more visible. Luka the four main blood types are A, B, AB and O. Jake that plants have a cell wall that makes them harder than human tissue. Billy that humans have cell membranes. Aiden that blood is pumped out of the pulmonary artery. Isabella

News from the P&C Court Opening Last Thursday was a great morning to officially open our court. Thank you to Ms Russom, Ben Woods and the school captains for their wonderful speeches. It was a fun morning with yummy food thanks to the help and support of P&C executive members, Ms Russom and the teachers on the BBQ and of course the game of newcombe ball with the kids. Such a fun event with so many smiling faces and the laughter & cheers could be heard around the community. Hopefully we can organise something similar in the near future. AGM - Notification Monday 8th August 2016 This year’s AGM is on the 8th August in the school library at 7.30pm. The school benefits significantly from having a functioning P&C. To make this AGM run smoothly we are introducing a nomination form, this also allows people who are not able to make the meeting to still contribute to being part of one of the committees. Please complete the nomination form and email to [email protected] by 3.15pm on Friday 5th August. If you would like to ask any questions about the roles please don’t hesitate to contact the current office bearers, we would love to hear from you. Update on Fees Thank you to everyone who has made their P&C voluntary levy contribution. As you know your contribu-tions will be going towards the playground upgrades scheduled for 2016. Please show your support and consider submitting your donation into the P&C box in the front office, Electronic Funds Transfer or via Schools 24. Father’s Day Stall & Breakfast, Thursday 1st September 2016 Thank you to those who have already volunteered to help with our Father’s Day breakfast & stall. We are still looking for a couple of members of the school community to take on the task to order gifts and coor-dinate the breakfast. Please contact the P&C email if you are able to help. Diary Note: Twilight Market Friday 11th November 2016

Excellence Through Endeavour

PUTNEY PUBLIC SCHOOL

P & C ASSOCIATION

193 Morrison Road

Putney NSW 2122

Phone: (02) 9807 6255

[email protected]

Putney Parents and Citizens Association Office Bearers

Please print clearly Your Full Name: Your Contact Details: Phone/Mobile Email Address Role you wish to nominate for: President Secretary Vice President Elected Member/s (up to 6) Treasurer Working Party (Sub‐Commi ee Members) Commi ee/s Name: ______

_

Role Descrip ons can be found on the back of this document. If you would like to ask any ques ons about the roles, please contact the current officer bearer via the P&C e‐mail, we would love to hear from you.

Signature: Date:

Nomination Form 2016 Please complete this form if you wish to nominate for a posi on on the Putney Public School P&C. Please email your completed form to [email protected] or place in the P & C Associa on box at the school front Office. Nomina ons close on Friday 5th August, 2016 at 3.15pm. Vo ng will be conducted at the Putney Public School P&C Annual General Mee ng on Monday 8th August, 2016 in the school library which commences at 7.30pm.



P & C ASSOCIATION 193 Morrison Road Putney NSW 2122

Phone: (02) 9807 6255 [email protected]

Roles of Officer Bearers of Putney P&C President The President is responsible for: The successful functioning of the P&C Association meetings

The attainment of the P&C Association’s objectives

Ensuring that the P&C Association takes part in decision-making processes in the school.

Fostering fair participation of all members and ensuring that all new members are made to feel welcome.

Supporting volunteers.

Acting as the P&C Association’s spokesperson when public statements or actions are needed

Setting up lines of communication with the Principal Being signatory on the Association’s bank accounts

Vice President

The Vice President will stand in for the President when required and assist in the general running of the P&C in-cluding being a signatory of the Associations bank accounts.

Secretary

The Secretary is responsible for carrying out the administrative tasks related to the decisions of the meetings as resolved. The Secretary prepares, in consultation with the President, all meeting agendas.

The Secretary is required to attend P&C Association meetings and take notes of the discussions in order to pro-

duce a set of Minutes for subsequent distribution to members and for receipt, possible amendment and adop-tion at the following meeting. The position includes receiving and tabling all correspondence as well as writing and dispatching outgoing correspondence as resolved/appropriate. The Secretary also issues notice of all meetings and maintains official records of the P&C Association such as the constitution, by-laws, rules of sub-committees, Incorporation Certificate, ABN details, list of financial (voting) members, Minutes, Attendance book.

Treasurer & Canteen Treasurer (in conjunction with an External Book-keeper)

Whilst all P&C members must be mindful of complying with financial accountability requirements, this is the Treas-urer’s primary responsibility.

The Treasurers receive and deposit monies, maintain records, draw cheques and present accounts. The Treasur-

ers also ensure that all funds held and handled by P&C are properly and openly accounted for as the Treasur-ers are responsible for all funds held in the name of the P&C Association. This includes all P&C Association committees such as the canteen operations.

This does not mean that the Treasurer must undertake the actual bookkeeping themselves but they must ensure

that the various sub-committee financial records have been kept to the Treasurer’s satisfaction such as an ex-ternal book keeping service. The Treasurer is a signatory on the P&C accounts and should not delegate this responsibility.

The Treasurer should encourage members to understand the state of the P&C Association finances. The Treasur-

er must ensure a case book or books are kept, recording all financial transactions of the P&C Association.

Elected Members The P&C can also have up to six other members who shall be included in all Executive meetings and decision

making required by the P&C Association. Assist in the running of the P&C. This has worked well in 2016 to spread the load of work and enable healthy debates on matters and be able to represent the P&C at all school events.

Working Party/Sub-Committees

Including but not limited to Fundraising, Canteen, Second-Hand Uniforms, Banking, Book Club, Road Safety and Grounds. The P & C may establish subcommittees, however styled, to carry out specific functions on its behalf. Any subcommittees that are established shall report regularly at meetings of the association and follow any directions received from the association. The association may dissolve a subcommittee at any time. Any funds raised or handled by a subcommittee shall be, for all purposes, funds of the association.

Putney P&C Associa on AGM

23 February, 20‐15

Ms Russom the Principal and chairperson began the mee ng acknowledging the efforts of the outgoing P&C execu ves

and volunteers. She said she would like to use the opportunity to formally recognise the work the P&C and the P&C Execu‐

ve achieved last year.

Posi ons of Office Bearers:

Ms Russom spoke about the procedures and explained that if there is more than one nomina on then there will be a se‐

cret ballot. If only one person is nominated then there will be no need for a vote.

Ian Burton asked if there was anyone who should be exempt from elec on and it was noted by Misha that the person

needed to be a financial member of the P&C.

Role of P&C President:

Ms Russom read out the role of the President from the P&C Federa on Handbook. Beryl Capelo asked Ms Russom if she

could speak to the mee ng as she had an objec on. Ms Capelo requested t that Misha Klingstrom be unable to stand for

the posi on of P&C President in light of Ms Klingstrom’s recent misuse of social media. Ms Capelo explained that recent

Facebook comments not only denigrated her son but also the school staff and could be viewed by the wider community.

Ms Capello and her partner have made a formal complaint to the school but expressed her concern that Ms Klingstrom

would be voted into this posi on of responsibility and ques oned her role as Ethics Coordinator in the school. Beryl

Capello requested the copy of the FaceBook pos ngs provided to be tabled as part of the minutes of the mee ng.

Ms Russom allowed Ms Klingstrom a chance to respond to the objec on. Ms Klingstrom proceeded to read out the posts

on Facebook and raised bullying issues in the school.

MS Russom called for nomina ons for the posi on of P&C President.

Nomina on 1 ‐Alan Mahoney nominated himself for the role and spoke about being fair and that he was here for not only

his child but for the school. He was keen to help move the school forward.

Roy Maggio seconded the nomina on.

Nomina on 2:

Ian Burton is keen for our students to receive the best possible educa on which should be fun and interes ng. He was im‐

pressed by the community feel of the school and would like to encourage and maintain the community support.

Seconded by Jo Silsby

Nomina on 3: Misha Klingstrom nominated by John Beaumont.

Misha thanked Mr Beaumont for the nomina on but would prefer to be Vice President.

A Secret Ballot took place. School Execu ve counted the votes. Alan Mahoney was the successful candidate. Ms Russom

congratulated Alan Mahoney on the posi on of President.

Roy Maggio suggested that the votes should be destroyed which they were.

Role of Vice president‐ two leadership opportuni es

Nomina on 1: Ian Burton nominated self and was seconded by Ross Anderson.

Nomina on 2: Misha Klingstrom nominated by Alan Mahoney and Lexi Reginelli seconded

Roy Maggio nominated Jo Silsby, which was declined.

Op on to vote:

Ms Russom asked the mee ng if they would like a secret ballot.

Members voted for type of vo ng ‐Secret Ballot ‐12 votes Show of Hands‐ 7 votes

Abstaining‐ 2 votes

Ms Russom congratulated Ian Burton and Misha Klingstrom on the posi ons of Vice President.

Role of Secretary:

Ms Russom read out the role of Secretary. Roy Maggio nominated Shelley Broomhead but Shelley declined. Roy Maggio

nominated Rae Ward, Assistant Principal for the posi on. Rae Ward declined.

If posi on remains vacant it will be adver sed in the Black and White this week.

Role of Treasurer:

Ms Russom read out the role and responsibili es and called for nomina ons.

Roy Maggio nominated Brandon Lay who declined as he felt he could not commit for the full year.

There were no other nomina ons.

The mee ng agreed to elect 6 Office Bearers. Ms Russom said that the guidelines didn’t really s pulate the role but it

would help distribute the workload.

1. Ian Place nominated by Alan Mahoney‐ seconded Roy Maggio. Votes for‐20 ; Votes against‐20 ; Abstain‐0

2. Roy Maggio nominated by Alan Mahoney‐ seconded Misha Klingstrom. Votes for ‐20; Votes against‐ 20; Abstain‐0

3. Shelley Broomhead‐ nominated by Roy Maggio‐ seconded Brandon Lay. Votes for‐20; Votes against‐ 20; Abstain‐0

4. Jo Silsby‐ nominated by Misha Klingstrom‐ seconded by Ian Place. Votes for‐ 20; Votes against‐20; Abstain‐0

5. John Beaumont‐ nominated by Misha Klingstrom ‐seconded by Jo Silsby. Votes for 20; Votes against‐20 ;Abstain‐0

6. Ross Anderson –nominated by Ian Place‐seconded Amanda Wilson. Votes for 20; Votes against‐20; Abstain‐0

The following people were keen to be on the commi ees:

Road Safety‐ Roy Maggio, Nina S ll, John Beaumont

Mul ‐Purpose Court: Ben Woods, Lexi Reginelli, Roy Maggio

Fundraising: Dianne Murray, Lyndal Hinton

Canteen Commi ee: Jo Prankerd

School Evalua on: Ian Burton

Grounds Commi ee: Nina S ll, Misha Klingstrom

Book Club: Chrissy Balassis, Pauline Nassif, Lyn Armitage‐Masi

School Banking: Michelle Perkins, Svetlana Roberts, Kim Bea y, Belinda Hall, Shelley Broomhead

Lost Property and Second Hand Uniforms: Jo Silsby, Ian Place, Jen Burton, Eleanor James

The roles of auditor, secretary and treasurer will be adver sed in the Black and White.

Minutes : Michele Brooks, Assistant Principal.

Putney Public School P&C Annual General Meeting

Date: Monday 8th August, 2016 Venue: Putney Public School Library Time: 7.30 pm Agenda Welcome and Introductions

Apologies Appointment of Returning Officer – Ms R Russom Confirmation of Minutes of previous Annual General Meeting (23.02.15) President’s Report Audited Financial Report Election of Auditor for forthcoming year – T.B.A. Principal’s Report Stand Down of all committee members, call for nominations and Election of new committee (Ms Russom

to conduct)

President Vice President Treasurer Secretary 6 x Elected Committee Members Sub Committees : School Banking, Canteen, Grounds, Lost Property/2nd Hand Uniforms, Twilight

Markets, Road Safety, Fundraising, School Evaluation, Book Club & Music (new committee)

Call for Life Memberships General Business

Close of Meeting



P & C ASSOCIATION

193 Morrison Road

Putney NSW 2122

Phone: (02) 9807 6255

[email protected]

Athletics Age Champions Congratulations to our Athletics Champions for the school athletics carnival in Term 2.

Senior Boy Senior Girl Frazer R Tanya R

11 years boy 11 years Girl Bronson W Mikayla K

Junior Boy Junior Girl Jonathan G Isabella H

Zone Athletics Carnival Notes went out last week for all students who achieved a place in the Zone team. Notes need to be returned by 18th August.

Good luck to all Zone Competitors!

C. Bradbury

Co-ordinator

Year 6 Olympathon

A reminder that the Year 6 Olympathon is on Tuesday 9th August.

Remember to pack extra food and your school hat as this will be a very active day! We are hopeful for a fine day. A decision will be made on the morning of the event if the weather is inclement.

Year 6 Teachers

1-5 August 4 August 8 August 9 August 16 August 20 - 26 August 22 August 23 August 30 August 2 September 5 September 5 September 6 September 13 September 23 September

Education Week Open Day P&C AGM and Meeting 7.30pm - Library Olympathon UNSW Maths Competition Book Week Book Week Character Parade - 9.30am under the COLA for years K-3 Ryde Zone Athletics Carnival Ryde School Spectacular (RSS) - Choir Rehearsal at Ryde Civic Centre Summer PSSA resumes - Round 6 LMBR - Go Live School Photos Sport/Group Photos Regional Spelling Bee - Meadowbank Public School Last Day Term 3

Calendar – Dates For Your Diary

August - September

The Great Australian Spelling Bee Brush up on your vocabulary and don’t forget to tune in to Channel 10 on Sundays at 6.30 to watch The Great Australian Spelling Bee. Not only is it good for your child’s spelling, but you might catch a glimpse of Ms Featherstone, as her daughter ‘Annie’ (from Boro-nia Park Public School) is one of the contestants!

Speech Pathology News

Expressive Language

Expressive Language is a term used by Speech Pathologists to refer to a child’s use of words and sentences. There are many components to expressive language development. Sometimes a child does not develop their expressive language skills according to the general expectations of their age. A speech pathologist can complete a lan-guage assessment in order to determine whether or not a child has an expressive language delay. Expressive lan-guage delays can occur with or without receptive language delays. Children with delays in their expressive lan-guage can experience difficulties:

Developing a rich vocabulary to communicate their ideas

Using word level grammatical structures, such as pronouns (he, him, his etc), plurals (cat/cats, foot/feet) and verb tenses (kick/kicked, eat/ate)

Asking questions (who, what, why, where, how, when?)

Using more complex sentence structures that include different clauses (The girl who owns the puppy knocked on the door) and conjunctions (I can’t go swimming because I am sick).

Finding the right words to use while speaking

Retelling stories or giving information in an organised and sequential manner

Using specific language and tend to use filler words, such as ‘thing’ and ‘this’ often

Participating in classroom activities

Engaging in language-based play

Completing written work at school

Children with difficulties in expressive language development aren’t always easy to identify. Some use fewer words than others their age or make grammatical errors when talking. Others can be quite chatty but tend to talk in cir-cles or not get to the point. Some children can become frustrated as they experience difficulties getting their mes-sage across, while others might seem to be reserved, lazy or daydreamers.

Speech therapy can help children develop their expressive language skills so that they can better convey their thoughts, ideas and feelings which can in turn help with behaviour, self-esteem and school work.

If you have any concerns regarding your child’s expressive language and would like to have a chat about how to help them, please email Melissa at [email protected] or call 0414 255 283

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