Week 10

Monday-Friday Breakfast Club from 8.30am

Friday 5 April No PSSA

Week 11

Monday-Friday Breakfast Club from 8.30am

Monday 8 April Mothers Group 9-11am

Tuesday 9 April Mothers Group 9-11am

Wednesday 10 April Math Day

Thursday 11 April Easter Hat Parade & Raffle

Friday 12 April ANZAC Day Assembly

Friday 12 April Last day of Term 1

Term 2 - Week 1

Tuesday-Friday Breakfast Club from 8.30am

Monday 29 April Staff Development Day

Tuesday 30 April Students return for Term 2

Wednesday 1 May Cross Country

School resumes for all students for Term 2 on

Tuesday 30 April

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This week’s Principal Award recipients are:

Myat T - KRed

Mehdi A - KRed

Isaac E - 1/2Green

Aylin K - 1/2Green

Aseel S - 1/2Green

Sana Z - 2Blue

Laurel S - 2Blue

Zain M - 2Blue

Zainab M - 2Blue

Raphael A - 2Blue

Ibrahim W - 2Blue

Nicole N - 2Red

Mark D - 2Red

Maryam Z - 2Red

This week’s Certificate of Excellence recipient is:

Zain M - 2Blue

Congratulations. These awards will be presented at the K-6 Assembly to be held on Thursday 4 April. Parents are welcome to attend

ANZAC Ceremony

On Friday 12 April, our school will be holding an ANZAC Day ceremony. Parents and carers are most welcome to attend. The ceremony will take place at 10.15am in the bottom playground garden.

Students Arriving Before 8.30am

A reminder to those parents and caregivers who drop their children at school before 8.30am that your child is UNSUPERVISED and the school is not liable if anything untoward should happen. Teacher supervision begins at 8.30am. Parents and caregivers who continue to avoid using Leroy’s Before and After School Care facility, will be requested to attend the school for a meeting to further discuss the seriousness of this matter.

Easter Hat Parade

Next week, Thursday 11 April, our school will be holding it’s annual Easter Hat parade for students in years K-2. Students have been busily making their easter hat creations in class and we invite parents and carers to come and join in the fun from 12.30pm.

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Issue 5 Term 1 – Week 10 Wednesday 3 April 2019

Are you reading with your child

every night?

If not, why not??

It’s important!

Please contact your child’s class

teacher if you need assistance with

reading strategies.

P&C Easter Basket Raffle

Bankstown North Public School P&C are holding an Easter Basket Raffle to raise monies for the school. The raffle will be drawn on our Easter Hat Parade day on Thursday 11 April 2019 at morning assembly. All donated gifts will be packaged and wrapped as prizes. If you are able to assist our P&C with the raffle (ie: making up baskets) please contact Mrs Nurisen Hashmi (P&C President) on 0403 595 925. Our students enjoy this day immensely so PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY to this fantastic fundraiser. Many thanks for your support!

Harmony Day

We had a wonderful day celebrating Harmony Day on 20 March. It was a great success, with special thanks to all the students, staff and families who supported the day by wearing their national costumes or orange, the colour of Harmony Day. Parents and caregivers shared lunch with their children before enjoying a special assembly. The preparation and organisation which goes on prior to these days is great so special thanks go to Mrs Ricchuiti, the class teachers and to who all played an integral role in the day. Thank you also to our P&C committee for organising and running a successful sausage sizzle – an amazing amount of $992.30 was raised. Thank you to our school community for supporting this fundraiser.

Homework Workshop

Thank you to those parents and caregivers who attended our Parent Workshop on Homework last Wednesday – we had a big turnout. Many of the parents and caregivers I spoke to found the workshop extremely useful in providing them with a better understanding of what work is expected to be completed at home along with strategies to assist their child with their learning.

If any parent or caregiver would like more information, or requires further assistance with the information presented, please do not hesitate to make a time to see your child’s class teacher.

A big thank you to all our teachers who organised a fantastic presentation - the time taken to prepare for this was evident in the presented workshops. I would particularly like to acknowledge the efforts of our terrific Community Engagement Team – Mr Jordan, Mrs Chacon, Miss Vojvodic, Ms Beeche, Mrs Francis, Mrs Papadakis, Mrs Renno and Mr Formica.

At the conclusion of the workshop, parents who attended were eligible to win one of two $50 vouchers kindly donated by Bankstown Sports Club.

Congratulations to the lucky winners:

Outstanding Money and Fees

Invoices are being sent home with today’s newsletter to all families for outstanding payments due. Prompt payment would be appreciated.

Multicultural Public Speaking

The Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition was introduced in 1996, making this year the 23rd year of the competition. Bankstown North Public School has a strong tradition of participation in this competition and has had some outstanding speakers represent us over the years.

We would like to see each student from years 3-6 participate in this competition as it will help develop lifelong skills in speaking in front of an audience. Please see the note further in the newsletter from the coordinators, Mrs Ricchiuti and Mrs Chacon, outlining the requirements.

2019 NAPLAN Tests

This year, NAPLAN is changing. We are moving away from the traditional pen and paper version onto the new online mode. NAPLAN Online will provide better assessment, more precise results and a faster turnaround of information, as well as being more engaging for our students. Year 5 students will complete all assessments online, while the year 3 students will still do their writing assessment using pen and paper with all the other assessments being done online.

There has been a significant amount of planning, development, research and trialling to ensure that the NAPLAN online will provide more accurate information about your child.

The dates for this year's NAPLAN are as follows:

Writing : 14-16 May Reading : 14-24 May Language Conventions : 14-24 May Numeracy : 14-24 May

Exact dates will be given to you in the near future.

Opportunity Class Placement

Government schools use a range of strategies to meet the educational needs of gifted and talented students. One strategy is opportunity class placement which provides intellectual stimulation and an educationally enriched environment for gifted and talented students.

Offers for opportunity class placement in 2020 will be made on the basis of the Opportunity Class Placement Test results and school assessment. The Opportunity Class Placement Test will be held on Wednesday 31 July 2019.

If your child is in Year 4 in 2019 and you would like your child to apply for opportunity class placement in Year 5 in 2020, you need to do so soon.

You will need to apply on the internet and submit your application online. You will need to have an email address (not the student’s email address), access to the

internet and a printer. Detailed instructions on how to apply online are available at

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-

classes/general-information

The application website opens on Tuesday 30 April 2019 and closes on Friday 17 May 2019 at 5pm. No late applications will be accepted.

There is no paper application form. If you do not have internet access, you could apply at a public library. If you have a disability that prevents you from using a computer, you can contact the Unit for assistance. You must submit only ONE application for each student.

Any enquiries by parents/caregivers regarding opportunity class school placement should be directed to the Selective High School and Opportunity Class Placement unit on telephone 9707 6262.

Term Dates

The last day of Term 1 is next Friday 12 April 2019. School resumes for all students K-6 for Term 2 on Tueday 30 April.

School Development Day Changes

Please be aware that the Term 4 School Development Days (SDDs) 2019 that are scheduled for Thursday 19

and Friday 20 December have been changed. Therefore, I am confirming the following days as our 2019 Sessions:

Term 1 – Saturday 23 February

Term 3 – Saturday 31 August

This change will cause no disruption to student learning as the last day for ALL students in Term 4 is Wednesday 18 December.

Lost Property Box

The school lost property box was recently cleaned out and all items that had been correctly labelled were returned to the students. However, there are a number of items that were not clearly labelled, or labelled at all, and therefore remain in the box. Please ensure that your child’s uniform items are correctly labelled so that lost items can be returned easily.

School Assembly

Our next whole school formal assembly will be held on Thursday 4 April commencing at 2.00pm in our school hall. Your attendance at our assemblies is always welcome!

Thank you for your continued support and have a terrific April holiday break! Stay safe!

Jon Godwin - Principal

Important Notes

Our school newsletter is sent home on a fortnightly basis. A great deal of time is spent preparing the newsletter to keep our community informed of school activities. Please take the time to read it and to keep abreast of what is happening at your child’s school. We often receive requests for additional copies of permission notes from parents who have lost them. This is both time consuming and costly for the school. All newsletters and notes are available to download from the school website. We ask that if you have misplaced a note or newsletter to download a new copy from home. Additionally we often are requested for copies of school reports and NAPLAN results. These are important documents and parents need to keep them in a safe place for future reference. It is not the school’s responsibility to provide additional copies of such documents.

Stewart House Envelopes

Sent home with this newsletter, is the 2019 Donation Drive envelope. Your donation will help support the 1800 children who attend Stewart House each year across NSW and ACT.

For a $2 donation, your envelope goes into the draw to win a $4000 family holiday. Please return your envelopes to the school office by Friday 17 May 2019.

Taking part is easy:

Step 1: Fill in the envelope with your name, address, telephone number and school.

Step 2: Insert a donation of at least $2.00 into the envelope and seal it.

Step 3: Return the envelope to school. The winner and the winner’s school will be contacted by phone and mail as soon as possible. Full terms and conditions for this competition are available from the Stewart House website: www.stewarthouse.org.au

Stewart House Bags

Stewart House bags have been sent home with your child. Your donation of good, clean, wearable clothing, shoes, manchester and blankets will help both Stewart House and the Smith Family support the disadvantaged children in our communities. Please put the bags outside the door of the school hall (under the covered area) by Wednesday 2 May 2019. The upcoming school holidays are a good chance to clean out your wardrobes at home.

School Safety - Photos

Safety of our students is a priority at Bankstown North Public School. We ask that at school events, photos are not taken in a general setting. You are allowed to take photos of your child only. A school representative is usually on hand to take photos as they are able to ascertain through school records, who has permission to publish.

We also need to be aware of any people that are within the school grounds at all times. All parents/carers are reminded that when entering the school grounds during the day they must report to the front office first. This includes when picking children up early or visiting throughout the day to drop something off. Parents are not permitted to wander around the school grounds during school hours. We appreciate your support in this matter.

National Day of Action Against

Bullying and Violence

The ninth National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence was on Friday 15 March 2019 which our school recognised with a special assembly on Thursay 21 March. At Bankstown North Public School, we are building relationships with our wider community and doing so organised a very special visit from Senior Constable Phillip Smith, the Youth Liaison Officer from Bankstown Police, who spoke to our students about the effects of bullying and violence.

The special assembly was a culmination of our whole school participation in Bullying No Way initiative. Through this journey, our students developed strategies to identify and deal with bullying in positive ways and created placards with the theme ‘Imagine a world free of bullying’, which were shared daily with the school community at morning assembly.

Attention Year 3 – 6 Students The Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking competition was introduced in 1996 and aims to strengthen and improve student interest and confidence in public speaking and speech writing.

All students in Years 3-6 are invited to join our school in this great experience and we encourage all students to write a speech about a topic that is of interest to them. The list of topics can be found below as well as the suggested speaking times. Class teachers will conduct a class public speaking competition in week 2 and will then select a two of the best public speakers from the class to go through to a whole school competition to be held in week 4.

The school holidays is a good opportunity for students to think about their speech and begin writing one. We hope ALL 3-6 students participate in this competition.

During the school-based competition, students will only be presenting their prepared speech, however, at district level, they will need to present both a prepared and impromptu speech. Mrs Ricchiuti and Mrs Chacon will work with the district public speakers on strategies for impromptu speech-writing.

Mrs Ricchiuti and Mrs Chacon Organising Teachers

Years 3 and 4 Topics Years 5 and 6 Topics

Playing together Multiculturalism in the media

Watch your language! Refugees Kid power! Belonging

Every child matters Understanding

What makes an Australian? Our backyard

Multiculturalism at school

Welcome to Australia Human rights and wrongs

Australia Day Colour-blindness

Being a global citizen What would Captain Cook say?

Sport and multiculturalism Learning from the past Australia on the screen

It's complicated Getting a multicultural education

Division / Speech Warning bell Speaking time (2 bells) Continuous bell

Years 3 & 4 prepared speech 2 minutes 3 minutes 4 minutes

Years 3 & 4 impromptu speech 30 seconds 1 minute 1 ½ minutes

Years 5 & 6 prepared speech 3 minutes 4 minutes 5 minutes

Years 5 & 6 impromptu speech 1 ½ minutes 2 minutes 2 ½ minutes

The P&C

EASTER BASKET RAFFLE will be drawn on

Thursday 11 April at morning assembly.

.

Please contact the P&C committee if you are able to

help with the wrapping of baskets.

You are invited to come and celebrate Easter with

Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2

EASTER HAT PARADE Thursday 11 April 2019

from 12.30pm

Our Easter Hat Parade will take place behind the

Kindergarten block or in the case of inclement

weather, in the school hall. \

The children will decorate their Easter hats in class

time so come along and see their fantastic effort!

DIY art set; Gift vouchers - movies/Smiggles/Officeworks/EB games

etc; Small Lego box; Story books; Playing cards; Games; Colouring

book; Chocolates; Stationery

P&C would like your help in donations to make our Easter Baskets. We

would like to try something different this year with our baskets -

instead of all chocolates we would like to put in a variety of things

such as:

Please ensure any donations are new and in their original box.

CANTEEN EASTER SPECIAL Thursday 4 April

Sausage Sizzle

with frozen juice cup

$6.00

Please order at the school canteen by Wednesday 3 April

to ensure you don’t miss out!

PSSA Results

Round 6 – 29 March

Sport Vs School Score Won/Loss Player of the Match

Girls Cricket – Junior Bass Hill PS 116 - 115 Won Zishmal M

Girls Cricket – Senior Bass Hill PS 67 - 57 Won Mere T

AFL - Junior Bankstown PS 21 - 20 Won Yusef E

AFL - Senior Bankstown PS 8 - 40 Loss Lucille K

Boys Cricket – Junior Greenacre PS 76 - 115 Loss Moemen A

Boys Cricket – Senior Greenacre PS 34 - 32 Won Hassan K

Fortnightly Points Tally

Positive Behaviour

For Learning

(PBL)

At Bankstown North Public School,

we choose to be safe learners

Bankstown North Public School has undertaken the Positive Behaviour for Learning

program as the major focus of the school’s Wellbeing component.

As part of the program the children are rewarded for Making Good Choices, Being

Safe and Being Learners by receiving a ‘Crikey’ – a yellow slip of paper that the

child receives from teachers when they are seen to be following our school

expectations.

The children then place these into a barrel and enter the weekly ‘Crikey Raffle’. The

more ‘Crikeys’ a child receives in a week; the greater chance they have of winning

the raffle.

The ‘Crikey’ Raffle takes place at the Friday morning assembly with winners winning a

$2 canteen voucher and a letter home from Mr Godwin.

Term 1 Week 8

Khalifa A KRed Keith T 5/6Blue

Khaled A KRed Fizza N 5/6Red

Malek A 1/2Green

Term 1, Week 9

Ibrahim H K/1Orange Zayd A 5/6Red

Ceriin H 2Red Hawani K 5/6Red

Banks 183

Bass 172

Cook 178

Hume 132

Fortnightly Points Tally

Banks 781

Bass 794

Cook 727

Hume 685

Thank you to all parents and carers who were able to join us for our special Harmony Day

celebrations. Our school looked like a wonderful sea of bright colours as students came

dressed in orange or something traditional representing their country.

The Harmony Day assembly showcased a few of our students who spoke about their cultural

background, which was a great way of getting to know some of the cultures in our school. A

few classes also sang songs about bringing everyone together and our gorgeous

kindergartens performed Frere Jacques. Finally, we concluded the assembly with an

amazing whole school performance of ‘I Am, You Are, We Are Australian’, which was sung

perfectly by each student in the school.

Thank you to our dedicated teachers who spent time perfecting the song so that it could

come together beautifully. Thank you to our P&C for organising the lunchtime sausage sizzle

and snacks, which everyone enjoyed, and a special thank you to the parents that gave up

their time to share a little aspect of their culture with some of our classes.

A great fundraiser for Stage 3 matched a number of teachers up against 30 students. The

infants had a bit of fun getting throw dodgeballs at some teachers before the serious

matches began. But don’t take my word for it.

Here is what two of the students had to say...

‘3,2,1, go!’ Mr Formica spoke into the microphone. Half of the crowd screaming ‘go students, go students’ and the other half cheering ‘go teachers, go teachers’. Dodgeballs were flying everywhere, hitting

teachers and hitting students. We, the students, finally score a goal. ‘YEAH!’ the crowd screamed, ‘yes’ I whispered to myself eager to get another goal. Round one was over so we swapped around as our team made a plan. Again ‘3, 2, 1, go’ was yelled out. ‘Come on guys we can do this’ I told my teammates with lots of hope. ‘Mrs Hatfield OUT!” the commentators shouted into the microphone. ‘Ms Beeche out, Mr Leedow out’. A few students got out. As Miss Nicole was the only teacher left, she threw the ball with

all her might and the crowd screamed again ‘GO TEACHERS’ as the ball hit the back of the students net. Round three. ‘We have to get this goal’ my teammates told me. ‘I know, I know’ I replied, afraid we

wouldn't get the shot, dodging all the balls trying so hard not to get hit. We were down to Mr Formica and Mr Leedow. They had a master plan. Mr Leedow threw the ball in the air then Mr Formica threw the

ball in the goal. ‘YES’ the crowd went wild! Good job teachers well played. by Ameena - 5/6 Yellow

Round one! ‘Thud’ as I hit Mrs Hatfield in the face and Mr Formica hits me with all of his strength. As I

leave the court feeling sad, it is the end of round one. Round two, I was on fire getting all of the teachers out except Ms Avgoustis . As I take my last shot, Ms Avgoustis scores a lucky shot that hits the back of

the net. There is no more hope in this game. It's the beginning of round 3 and all of the pressure is on my team now. ‘3, 2, 1, GO!’ the commentators scream loudly through the microphone. David throws in two balls. I got the first ball and threw it with all my strength and power. I get Mrs Hatfield out. ‘Lets go’ I

scream loudly. As I celebrate, Mr Formica hits me on the leg. Walking out of the the arena with no more hope for my team. Sadly, they score. Teachers are now officially better than students in dodgeball . . . not soccer. As the teachers cheer loudly, the students walk off with no smile on their faces. As the teachers are doing there cringe fortnite dance, I throw the ball at Mr Formica and then run off. It's a perfect score

the teachers won 3 nil. by Adam - 5/6 Blue

PLAYGROUP Please note playgroup will not be running during

the month of May due to Ramadan.

The following dates will be affected:

Term 2

Week 2 Monday 6 May Tuesday 7 May

Week 3 Monday 13 May Tuesday 14 May

Week 4 Monday 20 May Tuesday 21 May

Week 5 Monday 27 May Tuesday 28 May

For further information, please contact Ayse Pilavci on 0415 132 868

Tickets for the free activities are available half an hour before the event from the information desk

Wednesday 17 April

Bird Feeder 5-12 years

2.30pm FREE

Thursday 18 April

Monster Pompom

5-12 years

2.30pm FREE

Wednesday 24 April

Bingo 5-12 years

2.30pm FREE

For further information, call Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre on 9707 9708.

School Holiday Activities

Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre

1/2 Green Class Chatter

During History lessons, 1/2 Green are learning about the

past and the present. This week we are connecting what we have learned about the past to the history of Aboriginal Peoples and games that they used to play.

We are learning how

to make string figures.

We learned that string

games were used for self-enjoyment or

the entertainment

of others.

We also learned that these sorts of string games are no longer used in the Aboriginal &

Torres Strait Islander Cultures. However, we did have a lot of fun learning about

these string games that were played in

the past.

We are learning the importance of

the use of aboriginal tracking symbols and how their people used them in the past to communicate with each other.