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Hezlett Happenings
Kindy’s First Excursion! Well done to our 120-strong Kindergarten group for completing their first school excursion! Students took a bus ride to Yamble Reserve today to explore the material world – specifically, the materials used in constructing a playground. Metal poles, rubber flooring, plastic slides and sandstone boulders were among the students’ discoveries. Sincere thanks to all Kindergarten and support staff for their preparation, supervision and planning.
Hills Bus Changes As the new Sydney Metro Norwest will open on 26th May, 2019, there will be some changes to Hillsbus public routes.
• Route M60 will be renumbered to 600. The services remain unchanged.
• Route M61 will be renumbered to 610X. The services remain unchanged.
• Route 604 will operate through Hills Showground Station.
• New Route 617 operates between Adelphi St, Rouse Hill, Beaumont Hills and Kellyville Station.
• Route 619 will operate through Hills Showground Station.
• Route 626 will not operate to James Henty Dr and Jenner Rd, and it will be extended to Kellyville Station via Cherrybrook Station and Castle Hill.
• Route 633 will operate via Victoria Rd and Castle Hill Rd to Cherrybrook Station and Castle Hill Station. It will no longer operate via Thompsons Corner or Coonara Ave and Highs Rd.
• Route 635 will operate via Coonara Ave to Cherrybrook Station and Anglican Retirement Village to Castle Hill. It will no longer operate via Ellerslie Dr.
• Route 714 will commence and terminate at Norwest Station.
• Route T60 will operate through Norwest Station via Barina Downs Rd and Reston Grange.
For more details about the coming changes, please visit www.transportnsw.info. There is no impact on our school’s student travel advice sheet. Students can travel on the Metro with their existing SSTS Opal cards. National Careers Week This was National Careers Week. The Careers Advisor from Rouse Hill High School has provided the posters at the back of the newsletter. A focus of Careers Week has been the promotion of careers involving STEM disciplines. We hope that our educational programs in STEM which students are engaging with this term will light a fire and possibly
PRINCIPAL’S NEWS
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lead to many of our students pursuing careers in STEM later in life. Clarification of Parking & Pedestrian Access I’d like to thank our school community, local residents and Council who have worked together to determine the guidelines linked here for access to the school and limitations on parking in surrounding streets. Please abide by all signage and be aware that rangers will be around regularly to ensure that motorists are abiding by the guidelines. School Uniform Update School jackets that have been pre-ordered will be delivered to school on Monday 27 May. In the meantime, students may continue to wear appropriate warm clothing as the weather cools down. Lost Property & Labelling Items Our lost property baskets are overflowing. Please remind your children to regularly check the baskets for missing items.
Seeking Community Users An opportunity exists for a private dance company, church group or community organisation to hire our school hall on evenings or weekends. Now that the construction team have left us, the opportunity to raise much-needed funds for the school by leasing space has arisen. If you know of any interested organisations, please feel free to refer this notice to them. Hall hire rates are between $30 and $40 per hour.
Years 4-6 Camp Note & Deposit Students in Years 4-6 have the opportunity to be part of our very first camp! Miss McGill has arranged a three-day, two-night excursion for Wednesday 18 September to Friday 20 September. The camp is to The Collaroy Centre where students and staff will participate in sport and recreational activities such as rock climbing, abseiling, archery and orienteering. Please head to School Stream, select Stage 2 or Stage 3 from the menu and complete the return note now. We are having difficulty confirming numbers due to a low response rate. Your assistance is appreciated.
Tom Moth Principal 17 May 2019
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National Simultaneous Story Time An annual event in the library calendar is ‘National Simultaneous Storytime'. We will be joining in next Wednesday with this event. Stay tuned in next week’s edition of Library Biz for the report on how it all went! AND who the special guest story teller was!
Borrowing Kindergarten students were very excited to begin borrowing this week. Some students didn’t have library bags so please make sure the bag they were lent is returned with their book AND their own library bag next week. Books are changed over on a weekly basis during library lessons. See below for a reminder of classes’ library days:
• KK & KD - MONDAY • KC & KT - TUESDAY • KP - THURSDAY • KY - FRIDAY
NB: please note this may be subject to change should there be an alteration to whole-school timetabling. Book Covering HUGE thanks to the parents that have volunteered their time to help with the covering of library books and guided readers for classrooms. This has meant that our students and teachers have been able to begin using these materials in their teaching and learning. Special thanks to Susanne Ceselli for her work. Susanne has single-handedly covered hundreds (quite literally) of books for us since midway through last term. Susanne, we cannot thank you enough for this extraordinary job. My apologies for not giving you this ‘shout-out’ sooner!
Book Donations We are incredibly grateful to our community for the vast amount of books donated to our library. This has been a significant factor in enabling our Kindergarten students to start borrowing this week. We are now at the point however where we can no longer accept any more donations. This is not to say we won’t need more at another point in time but we will keep you posted. Premier’s Reading Challenge Another four students have COMPLETED the Challenge! Congratulations to… Summer P, Aryan S and Jasmin P. Let’s keep working towards achieving our goal of everyone in our school completing the Challenge! PRC at a glance: • All books read are logged online – no paper
records. • Student login details are their Department of
Education (DoE) credentials used to log in to all Doe applications e.g. firstname.lastname + password
• 3-6 students must complete the Challenge independently but have now been shown the process required to complete their reading records
• ALL K-2 students at North Kellyville will complete the Challenge as their books can be shared and/or read to them.
• K-2 students will have the books read with them at school, logged online by me.
• There is a very useful information note available here
• If all else fails….Search NSW PRC via Google or see Ms Whelan!
Book Club Issue 3 catalogues were distributed to students last week. Ordering closes Friday Week 3 – 17th May. Until next time…happy reading!
Katie Whelan Teacher Librarian 17 May 2019
LIBRARY BIZ
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Please LIKE our new Facebook page to stay updated: https://www.facebook.com/nkps.pca/ Election Day BBQ Our P&C has again been invited to host a BBQ for Election Day at West Pennant Hills Public School. Tomorrow (Saturday 18th May) we will have volunteers there busy cooking and serving up a storm! So if you are free make sure you drop by for a bacon and egg roll, coffee, drink or democracy sausage to support NKPS! Next Meeting Thank you to all that took the time to attend our P&C general meeting on Wednesday. The next general meeting is set for Wednesday 19th June at 7:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there! School Banking From this Tuesday we will be located in the Special Programs Rooms (just up the ramp from the canteen and amphitheatre area) for children to come and visit with their bank books to deposit. Volunteers are available Tuesday morning between 8:30 – 9:00am. Please remember when sending your children for banking, they must have their bank book, correct money and ensure that a deposit slip has been completed. For more information please read here. Woolworths Earn & Learn Keep collecting those stickers!! We have a NKPS box available at North Kellyville Woolworths and one in the school office foyer. For every $10 you spend, you will receive one sticker which all go towards resources for our school & kids! For more info, please click here. Alison Nicolson P&C President 17 May 2019 [email protected]
18/5 Election BBQ at West Pennant Hills PS 20/5 Welcome Esra Smerdon to class 4/3E 20/5 Years 3,4,5,6 Excursion to Reverse
Garbage 21/5 Soccer clinics for all classes continue 21/5 Student Banking 8:30 – 9:00am 22/5 National Simultaneous Storytime 23/5 Whole School Assembly 2:00pm – Item
4/3B 24/5 Ridges Cross Country 30/5 Ridges Debating Compettion
P&C NEWS KEY DATES
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Out Of School Hours Care – Wesley Mission has been appointed as the provider of out of school hours care. The centre will run out of the school hall both before and after school. Morning care will commence from 6:00am, while care in the afternoon will be provided until 6:00pm. Contact OOSH on 96266620 or email [email protected].
Facebook Page – ‘Like’ our Facebook page and encourage all of your friends, families and neighbours to do likewise!
Mailing List – To be added to the Hezlett Happenings mailing list, click here.
Parent Handbook – Edition 1 of the North Kellyville Public School Parent Handbook if available here. Please read this document to become acquainted with many school programs and procedures.
School Stream App – A lot of news, forms and notices are pushed out to mobile devices through our School Stream App. If you haven’t yet downloaded the app, do so now!
Parent Volunteers – must supply 100 points of ID to be brought to the office where it will be photocopied and kept on file for audit purposes and Appendix 5 which is a summary of the 100 points and a signed declaration about character and previous offences.
Follow our staff on Twitter: @moth_t @KaseyLeaMcGill @NewthSamantha @SoniaKadian1 @Miss_M_Cannon @Caitlin65032239 @NKPSLibrary
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GET TO KNOW US
Get to know Lisa Ingleton!
Question 1: Tell us a little bit about yourself… I am the Learning Support Teacher at North Kellyvi lle Public School. In all of my spare time I am mum to the cheeky and sometimes terrible 2.5 year old Twingleton twins. I love to travel overseas and would like to one day visit all the different Disneylands. I am a major geek who loves all sorts of geeky things; this is often reflected in what I wear and what I discuss with the children everyday! Question 2: Why did you become a teacher? I come from a family of teachers. Mum is a high school Mathematics teacher and dad was a high school principal for many years before retiring and doing a law degree. The only difference is I could NEVER teach high school.
Question 3: What is your favourite subject/concept to teach and why? I love love love to read so trying to foster a love of reading in children has always been a passion of mine. This has lead me to really enjoy teaching English. The joy on a child's face when they first realise they can read is priceless! Question 4: If you could have a super power what would it be and why? I think I’m going to be an original and say the ability to clone myself. As a busy mum, teacher, wife, aunty, sister and friend there are many times in a day that I need to be in more than one place. The guilt of not been able to do it all kills me! Question 5: Share one interesting fact about you? I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 15. I use an insulin pump and wear a continuous glucose monitor 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and the children find it very fascinating.
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Get to know Jessy Smallacombe!
Question 1: Tell us a little bit about yourself…
Mum of boys. Reader. Avid user of photo filters. Question 2: Why did you become a teacher? As a little girl I would play teachers and actually write all over my bedroom door with chalk pretending to model masses of important information. Fast forward to Year 12 Geography and my then teacher tells me something that will change my life. She said I think you need to change your mind about what you want to do when you leave school. You NEED to be a teacher. You explain things so well and your face lights up when you do. I remember telling her that I couldn’t because I wasn’t a great writer and she said don’t let one little hurdle get in the way of where you should be heading. The power of those words changed my future and has shaped my mindset towards teaching little hearts and minds forever.
Question 3: What is your favourite subject to teach and why? My favourite subject to teach is writing! Question 4: If you could have a super power what would it be and why? I would love a pair of Wonder Woman bracelets to fight off danger and protect the ones I love. Question 5: Share one interesting fact about yourself. I ride horses and motorbikes for fun.
6/5J Gets Informative! Here we have5/6 J presenting and providing feedback on information reports on Australian Biomes.
TRAFFIC & PEDESTRIAN GUIDE 15 MAY 2019
The 40km school zone commences / concludes south
of Curtis/Camrose.
The 40km school zone commences
/ concludes outside Scribbles.
Kiss & Drop is a NO PARKING
zone during drop off & pick up.
Parents may stop for 2 minutes and
must remain within 3 metres of their vehicle. If child is
not present at pick up, do a loop and
return.
The pedestrian crossing is signposted but not supervised by
RMS crossing supervisors.
There is NO PARKING in Scribbles kindy. This is for the safety of pre-
schoolers. This is private property and NKPS parents must not park there.
Thorogood Blvd is for service vehicles
(waste) ONLY. There is pedestrian access but
this street has NO STOPPING restrictions
for vehicles
Hipwell Avenue has marked, un-timed
parking bays and is recommended for drop
off & pick up.
Pedestrian entry to school
https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/roads/safety-rules/demerits-school.pdf
https://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe/schools/flashinglights/index.html
Mossop Way is NO PARKING. Parents of support classes may access the special drop off zone within school grounds but must not park on
the street or obstruct driveways.
Career. It’s more than just a Job!
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It’s never too young to start exploring.
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STEMScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills are fundamental to current and future jobs.
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