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The Winston Whisper Winston Hills Public School

Hillcrest Ave, Winston Hills 2153 T: 9639 8518 Email: [email protected] Website: www.winstonhil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Issue 2 Tuesday, 16 February 2021

CALENDAR

TERM 1

Week 4

Tuesday 16 February P&C Meeting – 7.30pm

Week 5

Monday 22 February Homework Starts – Years 1-6

Thursday 25 February Scripture Starts

Friday 26 February Summer PSSA starts – Round 1

Week 6

Monday 1 March Kindergarten Homework Starts

Wednesday 3 March Year 6 Interrelate Class Session

Thursday 4 March Zone Swimming Carnival

Friday 5 March Summer PSSA – Round 2

WHAT’S DUE?

Thursday 4 March Kindergarten Term 1, 2021 Invoice

ACCOMPANYING NOTES

• Meet the Teacher Information Morning Community News – Skoolbag Only

• Toongabbie Soccer Club

• Winston Hills Tigers Junior Rugby League

• Oakhill College Open Day

• Winston Hills Netball Club

• Hills Junior Rugby Union

• OLMC Open Day

• Northmead High School CAPA Auditions – Y7, 2022

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to the students who had a great day at the

school swimming carnival yesterday. A big thank you to all of

the parents who came and supported their children on the day

and for doing a great job at following the COVID restrictions.

This was our first year at Granville Swimming Centre and I

would like to give a big thank you to the pool staff for making

us feel welcomed.

I would like to thank all of the staff for ensuring the students

had a great time on the day.

I would especially like to acknowledge the efforts of Ms

Johnston for organising the carnival over the past couple of

months.

Meet The Teacher Mornings

Next week, we will be providing parents with an opportunity to

meet the teachers. With a range of restrictions due to COVID,

we will be holding these information sessions before school

from 8:15am to 8:45am. Information about these sessions will

be detailed in a letter that will be sent home. At the session,

teachers will provide details of class routines, homework,

student expectations and general curriculum information.

Health Care Plans

I would like to thank the parents who have worked with the

school’s office staff to ensure that their child’s health plans are

up to date.

It is important that the school is aware of any medical

conditions to ensure that we can give all of our students the

best of care.

Skoolbag App and Facebook

I have noticed that there are a number of parent groups for

our school on Facebook and this can provide parents with a

great opportunity to connect with other parents. Please be

aware that these groups are not administered by school staff.

The school does have a Facebook page that we use to

celebrate things that have happened at school. If you have

any questions about upcoming events, can I please

recommend that the first point of call is the Skoolbag app

where notes are published. If you have any questions, please

do not hesitate to contact the school.

Congratulations

Aarush Goyal, Aarush Pare and Kaylan Mantara have been

selected to represent the Castle Hill PSSA zone at the Sydney

West Area Trials for cricket and Archa Chavan for tennis. All

four should be very proud of their achievements.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.winstonhil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/



FROM THE DEPUTY

High School Information

All Year 6 students will be receiving a High School

Information Pack in the next week that will include an

Expression of Interest form. This package will have details of

your local High School and will provide parents with an

opportunity to apply for out of area schools if needed.

Please note that your child’s designated local high school, is

determined by your address, and will be indicated on the

form.

This form must be returned to the class teacher (not the

office) by Wednesday 17 March, 2021.

It is very important that the forms are returned before or on

this date as processing of the information begins

immediately.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

Focus Area for Weeks 2-4

Our first PBL focus for 2021 is about being responsible at

recess. Students are reminded of this focus in assemblies

and in class, to ensure all students are sitting down at

recess when they are eating, waiting for the teacher to

announce when it is time to place their rubbish in the bin and

head off to play with their friends.

I have already seen how responsible WHPS students have been with this PBL focus. Keep up the fantastic work!

Wendy Kayello Deputy Principal

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Cont…

P&C Meeting Tonight Tonight is our first P&C meeting for the year. This is a great opportunity to hear about what is happening at the school and how you can get involved. The P&C meeting will start at 7:30pm in the staffroom.

School Band I would like to give a big thank you to the band committee who have given up many hours of their time to get the band up and going for another great year. We are all very proud of our three bands.

Communication With The Principal Please feel comfortable to call, email, or come into our school to chat with me, if you need to. My email address is [email protected] Mark Byrne Email: [email protected]

BAND

YAY, we’re back.

Welcome back to Band for 2021, we have all our fingers and

toes crossed for a ‘normal’ year this year.

Our Performance and Intermediate Bands have resumed

rehearsals and are sounding fantastic. Training band will

have their first rehearsal this Friday the 19th and we hope to

have the tutors on site by the end of the week or early next

week.

Tutors: As soon as I have the go ahead from the school I will

send an email with all the tutors details. I thank you for your

patience while the formal arrangements are finalised.

I’d like to thank Lezaan Schoeman for putting up her hand to

take on our treasurer’s role and also the role of Intermediate

Band coordinator.

I’d also like to thank Alexandra Rowe and Andrew MacDonald

for volunteering their time as our 2021 Training Band

Coordinators.

Invoices for term one fees will be issued in the next few

weeks. If you are one of the (few) who has outstanding

invoices from 2020 please finalise these asap.

Sam Hinchelwood

P&C Meeting Tonight

Tuesday 16 February 2021 7.30pm

In the Staffroom

All Welcome



ENETRTAINMENT BO OK

XOXOXOX

ACTIVITY This activity is always interesting to do with students as it makes them think about their friendships. You might like to ask

your child to write down their friends on the Friend-o-meter and see what their thoughts are. The results can

change over time, so it’s good to see if there is a pattern.

We’ll continue to look at URSTRONG this term in the

newsletter.

Take care

Kylie Isherwood

[email protected]

FROM THE CHAPLAIN

Does this friendship

bring me joy?

As we begin a new school year, it might be time for our kids to

take a look at their friendship circle.

Winston Hills Public School has just become a

URSTRONG school because we are committed to helping

students find healthy friendships that makes them happy.

URSTRONG is a whole-school strategy that empowers kids

with friendship skills to create communities of kindness in

schools. URSTRONG gives kids skills, language and self-

confidence to be better friends and develop healthier

relationships. It’s for educators as well as parents. Check out

urstrong.com and click on the PARENTS tab. Parent

membership is free at the moment and there’s a mountain of

resources that can help support you and your child through the

ups and downs of friendships.

Students will learn about the 4 Friendship Facts. Many

of them are surprised to find out that friendships don’t always

have to be perfect. As long as their friends are in the green

zone most of the time (check out the Friend-O-Meter). One of

URSTRONG’s 4 Friendships Facts is

“Friendships change… and that’s okay”.

Sometimes children will hold on so tightly to a friendship that

doesn’t feel good because they’re worried about being alone.

When a friendship is in the unhealthy zone, students are

encouraged to spend less time in that friendship and let it go.

URSTRONG teaches the student to acknowledge the

unhealthy friendship and feel grateful for what that friendship

gave them and then say goodbye.



ENETRTAINMENT BO OK

XOXOXOX

Borrowing Books

Library borrowing is an important part of school life and all

students have the opportunity to borrow books from the library

each week. All classes from K to 6 have an assigned library

day so that they can borrow books for the week.

The number of books each grade is allowed to borrow is as

below:

K-2 - Two books

3-6 – Three books

Returning Books

We encourage students to enjoy reading their library books, to

take care of them, and to return them the following week.

Books can be returned at any time before the next borrowing

day. If children are away or forget, they can always pop into

the library during the first half of lunch to borrow or return their

books.

Library Bags

Every student needs a library bag in order to borrow books

from the school library.

Lunch Time Library Opening Times

The library is open for students, during the first half of

lunchtime Monday to Friday.

Mrs Soba Hasthanayake

Teacher Librarian

Uniform Shop

Thank you to everyone for their patience as we have set up

and learnt our new online ordering system. While we are still

learning, we have made some improvements, e.g. the shop

now shows on your bank statement as “WHPS Uniform Shop”

instead of “Winston Hills Pub”.

For the foreseeable future we are online only and all orders

are fulfilled during the shops opening hours on a Thursday

from 8.30am - 9.00am. If you would like your student to

purchase any second-hand items, send them in with the cash

during the shops opening hours and we will help them find the

correct size subject to availability. All second-hand items are

only $2 each.

Class Library Days

Class Library Day

Class Library Day

EARLY STAGE 1 STAGE 1

KD Thursday 1A Wednesday

KF Thursday 1R Wednesday

KM Thursday 1S Tuesday

KP Tuesday 1T Tuesday

KS Thursday 1-2WH Friday

SUPPORT UNIT 2B Monday

K-6B Tuesday 2E Friday

K-2G Thursday 2LC Thursday

3-6A Tuesday 2N Monday

3-6F Tuesday

Class Library Day Class Library Day

STAGE 2 STAGE 3

3BN Tuesday 5A Monday

3C Monday 5J Tuesday

3F Monday 5R Wednesday

3-4J Thursday 5-6L Friday

4L Monday 6M Tuesday

4T Monday 6Y Friday

4-5S Wednesday

Please note that library days may change throughout the year.



Annual School Swimming Carnival 2021

Our School Swimming Carnival was at Granville Swimming Centre, on Monday 15th February. All the competitors were pumped for their events. Mrs Stewart did a fantastic job of motivating the troops for their events and so did the House Captains who enthusiastically encouraged and supported their House, throughout out the day. Whilst a number of students competed in competitive events, others participated in tabloid sessions. Awesome work, Mrs Faulks and Mr Johnson for their organisation of the tabloids, the students had a blast. Thanks to all students, staff and parents for making the carnival a success. Qualifiers will represent WHPS at the CHPSSA Zone Carnival to be held at Riverstone Swimming Centre, Thursday 4th March. There will be no finals night. Event placing will be based on competitor’s times from event heats. Melissa Johnston



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