FROM THE PRINCIPAL

CONCERT VIDEO … Our Hanwood Concert will be captured on video by Dolce Films. Parents will be able to purchase the video as a DVD. The cost will be $35 with $5.00 from every sale being donated to our Breakfast Club program. Ell Horton from La Dolce Films will have a table in the foyer at the Griffith Regional Theatre on Wednesday night of September 4th. Parents can pay directly via EFTPOS or cash. Thank you to Ell for kindly donating a portion of the profits back to our school.

RIVERINA REPRESENTATIVE

Congratulations to Tom Hornbuckle who has recently represented the Riverina in PSSA Rugby Union. We are very proud of Tom and hope he enjoys his experience! Well done, Tom!

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Term 3 Week 6 Date: Thursday 29th August 2019

ANOTHER AGE CHAMPION

Due to a malfunction of technology at the Griffith Athletics Carnival, we were unaware that we have another Age Champion in our mix at Hanwood Public School. Congratulations to Jayda Cook who took out the 11 Years Girls Champion. Well done on a great effort, Jayda.

Hanwood Public School School St, Hanwood, NSW, 2680

Tel: (02) 6963 0297 Email: hanwood-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Web page: www.hanwood-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Max Collins - 1/2C For being a kind and helpful

student who always tries hard.

Well done, Max!

P&C NEWS

The P&C held another successful catering event over the weekend. Thank you to Brendan Adams, Giaan Watt and Rebecca Watt. Thank you also to Rawlinson and Brown for providing us with another fundraising opportunity for our school. The Vice President’s position on the P&C Committee’s executive is vacant. If you wish to nominate, please contact the President Bec Watt or leave a message at the front office. An Evening with Dt Michael Carr-Gregg There are still some tickets available for the FREE Michael Carr-Gregg parent evening. Please see details below on how to obtain a ticket. As of yesterday there are less than 80 tickets still available. TENDER: Free standing oven and cook top for sale. After the canteen refurbishment there is now an oven/cooktop available for sale. It is in excellent condition. Price $200 ONO. Please contact Bec Watt or the school if interested with your offer. The highest offer will be the successful tender. Offers to the P&C close on Tuesday 10th September at the next meeting.

TERM 3

Week 6

Monday 26/8 Ann Maree Agostini Ann Maree Schirippa

Friday 30/8 Ann Maree Agostini Gemma Irvin Kim Dal Broi

Week 7

Monday 2/9 Ann Maree Agostini Christina Schirippa

Friday 6/9 Ann Maree Agostini Rosalee Sergi Tracey Dall’Est

Week 8

Monday 9/9 Ann Maree Agostini Janelle Laird

Friday 13/9 Ann Maree Agostini Natali Caqusau Clare Dl Broi

Week 9

Monday 16/9 Ann Maree Agostini Erin Bonetti

Friday 20/9 Ann Maree Agostini Elle Horton Gemma Harris

Week 10

Monday 23/9 Ann Maree Agostini Lisa DeMarco

Friday 27/9 Ann Maree Agostini

KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION

HANWOOD PUBLIC

SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY TAKING ENROLMENTS FOR

2020

We are beginning our preparations for Kindergarten

2020. If you have a child (or know of a child) who is commencing Kindergarten next year and are intending to enrol at our school,

please come to the office as soon as possible to get an enrolment

form.

Our orientation program will begin on Wednesday

October 23rd at 2:30.

SHAVE FOR LEUKAEMIA

Flynn Edis (Year 6); a fighting survivor of Leukaemia, is shaving his head on the 20th September to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. Please help him reach his goal!! He is taking part in the World’s Greatest Shave. He has also convinced Mark St Baker to shave his head and beard and Miss Lucy Capstick will also be cutting her long locks. Miss Simone Amaro will be allowing Flynn to choose any colour to dye her hair in support of this great cause (he has chosen bright pink). Flynn’s goal is to raise $2000 and he is already well on the way to achieving this. Let’s support him and hopefully exceed his goal. You are able to sponsor him through a donation at our school or go to our Facebook page and donate directly via the link. It is great to see so many of our community already supporting him and this very personal journey.

The shave will occur at a special assembly on Friday 20th September at 2:30.

Got It Program Congratulations to these Stage 1 students who have recently completed the Got It program. We have developed our skills in identifying emotions, boosting our self-esteem, encouraging empathy and developing awareness in social situations. Sofiya Hecker - I do belly breathing to help me or I shake my glitter bottle. Charlie McFarland – I learnt about feelings like happy, sad, worried, angry and surprised. Hayden Webb – I use my glitter bottle when I lose in soccer because I’m disappointed. It helps me calm down. Hamish Campbell – I learnt how to Stop, Think, Do. Joellie Valance – I liked making the glitter bottles. You can shake them if you’re angry to calm down. Xaiden Zuccato – I liked drawing around our bodies and finding where we feel uncomfortable feelings. Billy Collis – I liked my mum coming to school. Andrew Fankhauser – I liked playing with Mr Felt Face.

1/2G - MISS GRIFFIN

1/2G were extremely lucky this week and got to attempt a STEM project with the brave Mrs. Marsh. Students took on different roles imperative for the design process. These roles include: -Chief Architect -Testing Coordinator -Safety Officer -Challenge Captain -Materials Master -Reporter -Construction Worker The task involved students designing and building a ship for pirate Pete with different materials. Following the Engineering Design Process, students had to ask questions, imagine it, plan it, create it, improve it and share it. This hands on activity got students thinking, and the end product was fantastic! Arrrrrghh Me Harty!

STAFF IN THE SPOTLIGHT - MRS AIMEE GIBBS

Mrs Aimee Gibbs is a happy, vibrant member of staff who beings a smile to everyone’s face. Mrs Gibbs is passionate about helping children at HPS to achieve their goals. Mrs Gibbs enjoys singing in her band and spending time with family and friends.

ITALIAN - MRS VIOLI

What a busy term! 1/2K has settled in well to Italian lessons. The class is learning to sing their numbers to 10 in Italian and also our cute ‘kissing’ song about bedtime routines linked to our big book. We will now move on to learning our colours in Italian. Stage 2 classes are finishing their research projects about a city visited by ‘The Little Red Car’ in our big book. They are able to choose how they present their information and will have class time to complete these. To finalise the unit, each pair of students will present their information to the rest of the class. I am looking forward to hearing what they have uncovered in their research, as some of the projects which are almost completed are looking fantastic! Stage 3 classes are underway with their food unit. They are learning their vocabulary needed for the unit. They are also learning to write more complex sentences introducing some plural rules when writing sentences in Italian. They will eventually be able to work in pairs to write a short play about going to an Italian restaurant and order their food in Italian. This will happen much later in the term.

OUR PPC APPROACH

At Hanwood Public, we have introduced a wellbeing program that we refer to as the PPC. This is a PROACTIVE, POSITIVE and CONSEQUENCE model, whereby parents are contacted by teachers to inform them of: Great things their child is doing; Discuss small issues that have occurred BEFORE they become big issues; and Consequences that have occurred due to continued behaviour that is not acceptable. We are finding that the behaviour issues are becoming less as a result of parents and teachers working together and nips in the bud any potential issues becoming serious. It assists parents and teachers to work together to enhance the positive relationships we have at Hanwood Public School. Our school mantra is that it is “Cool to be Kind” and our proactive phone calls are as-sisting us to create this culture with in our school.

TERM 3

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat Sun

6 26/8 27/8 28/8 Assembly

Captains and Music

29/8 30/8 Riverina Athletics

31/8 1/9

7 2/9 3/9 HPS rehearsal

at Griffith Regional Theatre

4/9 Hanwood Public School Concert 6:30pm

5/9 Ear & Eye Tests for ATSI students

6/9 Proud & Deadly Awards

7/9 8/9

8

9/9 10/9 P&C meeting 7pm Trent Barrett Shield Stage 2

11/9 Dr Michael Carr-Gregg parent evening—FREE Assembly 1/2K

12/9 Infants shoe tying Premier Spelling Bee

13/9 Stage 3 Agri-Tech experience Day

14/9 15/9

9 16/9 17/9 18/9 19/9 20/9 Hair shave for

leukaemia 21/9 22/9

10 23/9 Stage 2 Borambola Rec Camp

24/9 Stage 2 Borambola Rec Camp

25/9 Assembly 3/4Y

26/9 27/9 28/9 29/9

TERM 4

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat Sun

1

14/10 15/10 16/10 Griffin Plaza—Multicultural festival (TBC)

17/10 Intensive Swimming

18/10 19/10 20/10

2

21/10 Stage 3 Canberra

22/10 Stage 3 Canberra

23/10 Stage 3 Canberra

24/10 Assembly 1/2G Intensive Swimming

25/10 26/10 27/10

3 28/10 29/10 30/10 Kinder 2020

Parent info session 2:30-3:30

31/10 Intensive Swimming

1/11 2/11 3/11

4

4/11 5/11 6/11 Kinder Orientation 2:30-3:30

7/11 Assembly 5/6A Intensive Swimming

8/11 9/11 10/11

5 11/11 12/11 13/11 Kinder

Orientation 2:30-3:30

14/11 Intensive Swimming

15/11 16/11 17/11

6

18/11 19/11 20/11 Kinder Orientation 12:30-3:30

21/11 Assembly Captains Speeches Intensive Swimming

22/11 23/11 24/11

7 25/11 26/11 27/11 Kinder

Orientation 12:30-3:30

28/11 Intensive Swimming

29/11 30/11 1/12

8 2/12 3/12 4/12 Kinder

Orientation 9:30-3:30

5/12 Intensive Swimming

6/12 7/12 8/12

2019 assemblies. Term 1 - Monday 3pm, Term 2 - Tuesday 3pm, Term 3 - Wednesday 3pm, Term 4 - Thursday 3pm