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Newsletter of Alfords Point Public School

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Excellence, Innovation & Success in a Caring Environment

Friday 15 March 2019 Term 1 Week 7 Dear Parents, Staff & Students School Attendance From time to time students are absent from school and this can be for a variety of reasons. If your child is absent from school we ask that you please provide an explanation for their absence by means such as a telephone call, a written note, a skoolbag message or an email to the school within seven days from the first day of absence. Parents & Citizens Meeting Our partnership with you the parents is one that is greatly valued. We cannot run our school without your valued input in the classrooms, at home and in leadership roles such as the P&C. Our P&C is such an important part of our school and undertakes many roles in support of all the students in our school. Our next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 18 March 2019 at 7pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome to this meeting. Please come along and be part of making a difference to student learning. Kindergarten 2020 On Wednesday 20 March at 9.15am parents of children who will be starting school in 2020 are invited to attend an information session in the school hall before moving down into the kindergarten classrooms for a visit and lesson demonstration followed by a visit to the farm. If you know of any families who have children starting school in 2020 please invite them to come along. A flyer has been letter dropped in Alfords Point and information left at Best Kidz Early Learning Centre. Enrolment forms are available at the school office or online. Harmony Day/Grandparents/Friends Day We are looking forward to celebrating Grandparents Day and Harmony Day with all our grandparents / grandfriends next Friday 22 March. Grandparents/friends/parents are invited to join their children in the classrooms at 10am where students will be working on special Harmony Day themed activities through to recess time. Visitors are invited to join us for morning tea at 11am. Students will resume normal classes from 11.30am. A note has been sent home today with students. We look forward to our school community joining us to celebrate Grandparents/Grandfriends Day. Building works On Monday 25 March 2019 building works will begin on the canteen/before and after school care building roof. The work is expected to take one week and during this time there will be no access to the building. The canteen will consequently be closed from Monday 25 March till Monday 1 April 2019. Parents/carers will need to ensure students bring their recess and lunch during this time as there will be no kitchen or cooking facilities available at school.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Mar 18 P&C Meeting 7pm Library Mar 20 Kindergarten 2020 Down on the Farm Mar 22 Harmony Day/Grandparents/Friends Day Mar 26 Epilepsy Awareness Day Mar 29 SSMF Junior Choir 1/2 day Rehearsal April 4 SSMF Senior Choir 1/2 day Rehearsal April 5 Cross Country Coachwood Oval April 8-10 Stage 3 Camp April 11 9am NSW Police Cyber Safety Parent Talk Easter Hat Parade K-2

Respect & Responsibility, Care & Compassion, Cooperation & Fairness

SPORTS NEWS

SRC NEWS

Cindi Kindi will be open as usual. Before and after school care will relocate to another building during this time. Information will be provided to parents closer to the date with details for drop off and pick up. Parent Interviews This year we will be holding formal parent interviews at the end of Term 1. Teachers now have a good knowledge of the children in their class and we feel that it is important to discuss individual progress now so that all students are working towards the outcomes expected over the next three terms. At the end of Term 2, a half yearly report will go home but there will be no formal interview unless requested by a parent or teacher. Interviews will take place in your child’s classrooms from 1.30pm – 6.30pm. The interviews will follow the following formats: ES1 and Stage 1interviews will involve parents and teachers only. Stage 2 and 3 interviews will be a three way interview involving teacher, students and parents. Please save the dates in your diary. A note will go home next week with further information. KD and KJ: Monday 8 April 2019 1/2PK, 1/2L and 1/2M: Tuesday 9 April 2019 3/4T and 3/4R: Wednesday 10 April 2019 4/5M, 5/6D and 5/6B: Tuesday 2 April 2019 Annette Wein Principal Good luck to Amy and Patrick at the Sydney East Regional Swimming carnival next Tuesday. We hope you swim PBs. Due to the downpour overnight we were unable to commence the winter PSSA trials in Soccer and Netball. We do have an adequate amount of time before the commencement of the PSSA season, so our trials will begin in the afternoon sport session for students in Years 3 – 6 next Friday. Remember to continue your cross country training. Perhaps it’s time to up the ante. You could possibly increase your training time, increase the distance or even change from strolling to brisk walking or from relaxed jogging to running. Remember always with adult permission and supervision. The annual Alfords Point Public School Cross Country Carnival in three weeks from today. Families are welcome to attend and support our students as they run the course. Debbie Burke The SRC would like to thank all classes for sharing some great SRC suggestions for this term. As a result from last week’s meeting , our SRC would like the school community to contribute to creating Care Packages for our Australian Soldiers in East Timor. We will be putting together one Care Package per class. There will be a note sent home next week with more details. The SRC have also suggested a few fun things to do in the lead up to our Easter Hat Parade. We will be running our annual Easter Eggshibition on the day of the hat parade and also have an Easter Egg guessing competition which will start in Week 10. Students will also be able to come to school wearing ‘Easter Mufti’ on Thursday 11 April. The SRC will provide more details about these upcoming events to all classes in the next few weeks. Maria Panourgias and Emily Townsend

BANNERS

STEWART HOUSE

YEAR 6 FUNDRAISER ELECTION DAY BBQ

ROCK AWARDS

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

The upcoming State Election on Saturday 23 March provides us with a great opportunity to raise funds for our school. Many people will pass through the polling booths at Alfords Point Public School, hopefully looking for a BBQ sausage! Similar to previous years, our specific goal is to raise funds to contribute to the Year 6 Farewell Event held in December. For this fundraiser to be a success, we need as many parents as possible to lend a hand for just a few hours on the day. It would be great if every Year 6 parent could assist at some point during the day. Please lend a hand for this fundraiser. Many hands make light work and this fundraising opportunity will benefit all our Year 6 students. If you are able to assist with the BBQ, please click on the link below and fill in your name and contact details next to the time you are available to help http://bbq.pjs.net.au Year 6 Parent Coordinators Once again the Stewart House Donation Drive is on. The envelopes were sent home with the eldest child this week. If you wish to donate, please complete the details on the back of the envelope and place a $2 coin or equivalent in the envelope. Please return all completed envelopes back to the office by Monday 27 May for collection by Stewart House. Thank you. Respect and Responsibility KD: Bebe and Emily KJ: Alex and Amelia 1-2L: Lila and Sophie 1-2M: Isla and Jeremy 1-2PK: Scarlett and Aslan 3-4R: Brandon and Rihanna 3-4T: Jana and Ahmad 4-5M: Bethany and Luca 5-6B: Gurleen and Halle 5-6D: Marko and Ayla Stage 1: Nathan, Laith, Soukayna, Archie, Emily, Kosta, Anabella, Jonathon Stage 3: Jessie, Nicolette

Stage 1: Soukayna

Please report trespassers in the school grounds to: School Security 1300 880 021 OR Sutherland Police Station 9542 0899

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK - T1, Week 7

KD Heath KJ Yvonne 1-2L Mia 1-2M Lina 1-2PK Sienna 3-4R Michael 3-4T Ben 4-5M Anastasia 5-6B Miriam 5-6D Zac

SCHOOL BANKING THE POINT CAFE

UNIFORM SHOP Opening Hours for 2019

The uniform shop will next be open on 27 March 2019 and then once a

fortnight on Wednesdays of every odd week, starting from 8.30am - 9.15am in

the hall.

Orders can be left at the office. Thank you

The canteen will be selling purple cookies and cakes on Tuesday 26 March for Epilepsy Awareness Day.

Thank you to all those who have volunteered and helped. Monday Volunteer Needed Wednesday Barbara Bricknell Thursday Rebecca Jones Friday Carolyn Ryan

Thank you to the following volunteers for Week 8: Hanadi N Megan B