Dates to remember

Monday 11th Sept English classes in the community room –12.30pm Tuesday 12th Sept Community First Step play group in the community room - 9.15am -11.15am Wednesday 13th Sept Regional Carnival Friday 15th Sept Parent Café in the community room –9.15am-10.15am Friday 15th Sept Horsley Zone Gala Day Monday 18th Sept English classes in the community room –12.30pm Tuesday 19th Sept Community First Step play group in the community room- 9.15am -11.15am Tuesday 19th Sept Reward Day—Colour Fun Run & Pizza Day Thursday 21st Sept PaTCH Graduation Whole School Assembly Friday 22nd Sept Parent Café in the community room–9.15am-10.15am

All notes are uploaded onto school app Smithfield PS)

The Parks Festival (5th & 6

th September)

Due to the Influenza A ‘bug’ and a stress fracture in my knee, I missed one of our highlights of the year, The Parks Festival. All reports from parents and staff were glowing. We are so proud of our children’s accomplishments.

Many thanks to those very committed staff-members who gave many personal hours to ensure that our children were really prepared, Arthi Naidu, Kate Dickson, Bita Christos, Emmie McLaren, Katerina Liapis, Katelyn Moore and Victoria Auraha.

Commemoration of the Battle of Australia Phoung Bui accompanied our student leaders to McCarthy Memorial Park last Wednesday morning to represent our school at the commemoration. It is always a pleasure to join with the wider community on such special occasions. Working Bee - School Holidays The P&C are holding a working bee during the first week of holidays. Please contact Jodie on 0415562709 or via facebook page smithfieldpspandc. School Administration and Support Staff (SASS) Recognised. Last week we celebrated the great talent and commitment of our SASS personnel. It was a week of surprises with a special morning tea and presentation at assembly. We really value our staff and this week provided us with an opportunity to publicly declare our feelings. They are wonderful! Next Week:- NAPLAN readiness tests online for Years 3 & 5. (Year 3 Monday 18

th September, Year 5 Thursday 21

st

September, and Friday 22nd

September.) Colour Fun Run Tuesday 19

th September

Discussion on a ‘Focus on Grammar” teaching course for 2018 (Wednesday 20th September)

PATCH Afternoon tea & recognition assembly (Thursday 21st September)

OC Selection Meeting (Thursday 21st September)

School Holidays begin on Monday 25th September and we resume school on Monday 9

th October.

NB: We all return on 9

th October (students and staff). Last year there was some confusion.

Have a lovely break with your children. We look forward to their return to school.

KINDERGARTEN & PRESCHOOL ENROLMENTS 2018 We are now taking enrolments for Kindergarten and Preschool. Please call at the school office to pick up enrolment forms. Preschool children need to be turning 4 on/before 31/7/2018. Kindergarten children need to be turning 5 on/before 31/7/2018.

You will need to bring: Child’s birth certificate or passport Proof of address e.g. original of council rates notice, residential lease

or electricity account Immunisation History Statement Health Care/Low Income card for Preschool children if entitled

NOTE: APPLICATIONS FOR PRESCHOOL ENROLMENT PREFERRED BY 30th June 2017. A place on a waiting list will be offered after this date, if the places are filled. Please advise neighbours or friends who may be interested in enrolling their children in 2018.

NEWS from the School Canteen On Thursday 17th August, our school canteen is offering a meal deal day. As soon as we are notified of what will be on offer we will place it on our school app.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR TEACHERS

Tuesday 12th Sept Focus on Reading workshop for teachers Wednesday 13th Sept K-2 Maths TPL Wednesday 20th Sept Beginning Teacher Conference Wednesday 20th Sept SLSO TPL with Mark Sunga and Helen Best

Woolworths Earn and Learn is coming!

Smithfield Public School will be participating and we hope all families will get behind us!

Mobile Phone All children who bring mobile phones to school must drop them off at the office upon arrival at school and collect them before going home. No student should have a mobile phone on them or in their bag throughout the day.

11th Sept, 2017 Issue 15

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Welcome to Spring! We are headed for some pleasant weather over the next week or so. However, I would re-mind parents to check that their children have jackets in their bags. Last week, when I was farewelling some senior children to the dance and choir rehearsals I sent at least 6 to find a jacket or cardigan in lost property. It was less than 10 degrees! Let us prevent further illness! Fathers’ and Significant Others day. Once again thank you to our committed P & C members who ensured that every child had opportunity to pur-chase a gift for their ‘special someone’ on Fathers’ Day. The stall was a great success and raised $1780.65 It was also lovely to see a few fathers join us for breakfast on 1

st September, It

was our first try and we hope it will grow in popularity. Again thanks to the P&C for this opportunity. Grill’d-What a support! Many, many thanks to the Grill’d staff who provided labour and resources to upgrade our Preschool garden. Julia Enders organised the day, ordered burgers for our staff and ensured that we won the $300 first prize for the best school support. We are fortunate to have such great local helpers and they make a delicious burger! Jersey Day A great success raising $700.00 for Westmead Childrens Hospital. Congratulations to Victoria Auraha and her organising team. New P& C President and executive members As signalled in the last newsletter, our P&C President, Julia Enders resigned. She is now undertaking a leading role in grant opportunities. At the P&C meeting on the 4

th September an election was held. These were the

results:- Jodie Baker (V.P) was elected President. Cindy Do Santos (Secretary) was elected Vice President. Karen Waghorn was elected Secretary.

Congratulations to the 3 Ladies who were elected unopposed. They will hold these roles until the AGM in December. NB: the next P&C meeting is Monday, 9

th October at 9.15am after the children’s assembly.

Bronze Awards Jaylee Ah Hen 5/6S Tharaka Shanmugarajan 5/6S Arron Vu 5/6S Lora Al Shahhaf 5/6L Karmen Attallah 5/6L Alan Al Lami 5/6L Luseeia Esho 5/6L Migherbek Aghazarian 5/6L Daniel Rood Bahri 5/6L Eliea Mamlook 5/6L Maryam Qaqos 5/6L Jayden Ly 5/6B Ali Baydoun 5/6B Tara Brown 5/6B Jamie Timu 5/6A Jayden Britten 5/6A Joshua Britten 5/6A Salisti Yousif 5/6M Anwer Almsoodni 3/4W Roy Saaeh 3/4W Nineven Hermiz 3/4W Rosemary Tong 2M Alvin Tran 2M Devansh Oawar 2M Grace Salia-Evagelia 2M Bryce Dougdale-Strong 2M

Lucy Crump 3/4W Cassandar Doan 3/4W Audrey Limu 3/4W Simonne Duffy 3/4W Telmi Dickran 3/4W Mariam Almsoodni 3/4W Nahern Mamlook 3/4W JJ Sin 3/4W Rita Alnaqash 3/4W Nelson Tran 3/4W Kate Speranza 3/4W Lisipeti Elika 3/4W Anisa Ahmad 3/4S Arita Al-Khafaj 3/4S Jayden Schiavon 3/4S Brad Tran 3/4S Sura Al-Rubaie 3/4S Selena Nguyen 3/4P Sara Choheili 3/4P Olisha Daniel 3/4P

Byaezeed Haque K-6 Green Anthony Bonacruz K-6 Green Matthew Trinh K-6 Green Leyton Le K-6 Green Liam Porter K-6 Green Jesse Donovan K-6 Green Liem Tran K-6 Green Elias Shiba 1/2C Yousif Qaqos 1/2C Orshina Merza 1/2C Lana Nani 1/2C Malissa Polis 1F Sofia Paulis 1F Harun Omar 1F Leonel Hamdan 1N Tamar Dikran 1N Kaitlyn Hunt 1N Jessica Huynh 1N Eva Al Khafaji 1N Arijana Strickland KJ May Le KJ Nathan Le KJ Ashleigh Pitzing KA Andro Bijan KA Scarlett Aylett KA Allysha Gurung KA Rolins Marooki KA

Selena Miguel KA Eden Battin KA Nathan Phan KA Sila Raad Bahri KA Samera Al-Rubai’e KA Zachary Tran KMO Amy lili Petterson KMO Ayah Tlayss KMO Gabriel Masi KMO Trisha Pawar KMO Elmira Ghahwati 2P Tristan Huynh 2P Bejamin Kaing 2P Angelica Pang 2P Jason Nguyen 2P Anh Tran 1/2SG Silver Larsin Qaqos Ryan Truong Ashleigh Pitzing Trisha Pawar