Principal’s News Federal Election Mini Market and Working Bee The election weekend was a huge weekend for the PPS school community. On election Saturday our P&C organised and coordinated a Mini Market with many stalls, including several food and second hand book stalls. There were a large number of parent volunteers who worked tirelessly throughout the day in order to raise funds for our school. The day was a great success and a wonderful community fund raiser. I’d like to thank all of the parent volunteers and Sally Seymour, the P&C event coordinator for all their hard work and dedication in supporting our school. Similarly, the following morning, at our school working bee there was a big turnout of parent and student volunteers. The sun was shining and lots of hard work was done around our school grounds. Parents and children weeded gardens, trimmed hedges, stained and oiled timber seats and tables, deep cleaned toilet areas, tidied up the sand pit and spread extra sand over the new synthetic grass areas. It was a fantastic effort and the school grounds look fabulous. I’d like to thank all the parents and children who attended the working bee for all their hard work on Sunday. A special mention also to our school’s general assistant, Mr Burke for all his hard work and dedication with assisting in the preparation of and support of, not only the working bee but also the election mini market.

Wednesday, 22 May 2019 Term 2, Week 4

DATES TO REMEMBER 22/23/24 May Year 5 Camp 28 May Zone Cross Country 4 June Aboriginal Incursion for Stage 1 5 June Field Events /Cross Country presentation Primary assembly 11 June Year 3 Excursion to Powerhouse Museum 12 June Swimming presentation for primary assembly 17 June Year 5 Arts Alive 18 June Year 4 Excursion to Powerhouse Museum 24 June School Tour 10-10.30am 24 June Year 6 Excursion Yum Cha

TERM DATES 2019

Term 2 Tuesday 30 April – Friday 05 July Term 3 Tuesday 23 July – Friday 27 September Term 4 Monday 14 October – Friday 18 December

Please check LOST PROPERTY for all missing school items; hats, bottles, jumpers, lunchboxes etc. Everything not collected by end of term will be donated to the second hand uniform shop.

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2019 Mungo Youth Project (MYP) Student Leader Conference In Week 2 of this term, our 12 Year 6 student leaders together with Mrs Herbert, Mrs Venter and me attended the 2019 MYP Student Leadership Conference in Lake Mungo National Park. Lake Mungo is in the heritage listed Willandra Lakes area in far south-western NSW. It is a desert environment and an area which holds significant spiritual and cultural connection to the land for Aboriginal people. 230 students from many city, rural and remote rural schools across NSW and Mildura attended this conference. The children and teachers camped for 3 nights and participated in a broad and rich 3 day conference program which included workshops in Aboriginal languages, an archaeological dig, mega fauna, basket weaving, Aboriginal children’s games, spear making and storytelling as well as China Walls and Wildlife National Parks Education and sheep station tours. The children also interacted with students from very diverse communities and had a camping experience. This unique and amazing experience is one which will stay with our students for many years to come. Our students were fantastic throughout the whole trip, an absolute pleasure to take away and represented our school with pride. I’d like to thank Mrs Herbert and Mrs Venter for the high level care demonstrated towards the children and for volunteering their time to provide this opportunity to our student leaders. 2J Assembly Item Last Friday 2J presented their assembly item at the K-2 Assembly. The children thoroughly entertained their audience with an impressive dance routine as well as an adaptation of Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’. The students also each spoke about their favourite area of learning at school. It was a truly spectacular performance; I was most impressed with the children’s confidence on stage. Congratulations 2J on a wonderful assembly item. I’d like to thank Miss Jones for preparing the students so beautifully for their item.

Bruno Diodati Principal

Relieving Deputy Principals’ News

If your child will be turning 5 before July 2020 and you live in the area, Kindergarten enrolments are now open. Please contact the school office for an enrolment form for your child. We will have a parent information session late Term 3 and an additional session in Term 4, including orientation sessions for the 2020 Kindergarten students. The specific dates will be provided in the coming weeks.

Lost property continues to be an ongoing issue here at Pymble Public School. All clothing, lunch containers and drink bottles should be clearly labelled with the student's name and class. Over the years, volunteer parents have spent a lot of time sorting and returning lost items to classes, only to find that two days later, the lost property box is overflowing again. Please remind your children to take care of, and value their belongings. Should an item go missing, please encourage your children to have a look in the lost property box under the school hall. Helping our children to become responsible is a skill that will help them to succeed now and in the long term.

The P&C and our school are working collaboratively to donate our ‘Earn and Learn’ stickers to one of our City Country Alliance partner schools, Gol Gol Public School. This is in recognition of the substantial contributions Gol Gol Public School has made in assisting with the coordination of the Mungo Youth Conference. Thank you to the P&C and also to Miss Newell and Mrs Kingston for assisting with this initiative. Please label your sticker sheets at home with 'Gol Gol Public School'.

Robyn Herbert / Deb Pegolo Relieving Deputy Principals

MYP

MUNGO YOUTH PROJECT 2019

New Transdev NSW Bus School Timetable

The time of the 8066 School Bus from Turramurra High School has been adjusted. The changes are designed to improve the on time running of the service in the morning and took effect on the 13 May 2019.

The 8066 will now depart 7 minutes later from Turramurra High School at 8:12. You can download your updated School Bus Timetable by visiting www.transdevnsw.com.au

Deb Pegolo Rel. Deputy Principal

‘Earn&Learn’

Keep bringing in your stickers for The ‘Earn & Learn’ initiative at Woolworths stores across Australia. For every $10 spent, you will receive an ‘Earn & Learn’ sticker. PPS has boxes available at nearby Woolworths stores, where you can drop in any stickers that you have collected. Collect as many stickers as you can between now and 25th June and place in the box at the front office.

Ariane Newell and Paige Kingston-Smith

Cross Country and Field Event Results What a wonderful day! The weather was perfect and two exciting carnivals were successfully completed. Thank you to the parents who were able to attend and support the children as they strived to do their best. Cross Country Below are the 48 students who qualified for the Zone Carnival on Tuesday, 28th May at St Ives Showground. We wish them all the very best as they represent our school.

8/9 BOYS 8/9 GIRLS 10 Year BOYS 10 Year GIRLS

1 Hamish 1

Eleanor 1

Luke 1

Hannah

2 Maximus 2

Alicia 2

Leo 2

Liana

3 Gregory 3

Bree 3

Jake 3

Abigail

4 Rory 4

Mackensie 4

Cody 4

Elisa

5 Fergus 5

Nina 5

Lachie 5

Ava

6 Marc 6

Poppy 6

Matthew 6

Sienna

11 Year BOYS

11 Year GIRLS

12 Year BOYS

12 Year GIRLS

1 Joshua 1

Gemma

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Veda

2 Logan 2

Sarah

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Imogen

3 Edward 3

Eliza

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Sienna

4 William 4

Emily

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Jethro

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Emilia

5 Luke 5

Ashley

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Marcella

6 Duncan 6

Adelaide

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The students who came 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their race will receive a trophy. Field Events Below are the students who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in their field events. These students will receive a ribbon at assembly. Students who qualify for field events at the Zone Athletics Carnival will be informed at a later date. Discus Junior Boys Junior Girls 11 Yr Boys 11 Yr Girls 12 Yr Boys 12 Yr Girls 1. Jasper J 2. Jake 3. Rhys

1. Sophie F 2. Hannah 3. Charlotte

1. Jeremy 2. Hamish 3. Edward H

1. Adelaide 2. Gemma 3. Eliza

1. Max 2. Jethro 3. Caleb

1. Veda 2. Sophia 3. Emilia

Shot Put Junior Boys Junior Girls 11 Yr Boys 11 Yr Girls 12 Yr Boys 12 Yr Girls 1. Jonathan 2. Hamish 3. Craig

1. Sophie F 2. Hannah 3. Charlotte

1. William T 2. Edward H 3. Logan

1. Gemma 2. Adelaide 3. Chloe

1. Max 2. Caleb 3. Thomas I-E

1. Veda 2. Georgie P 3. Emilia

Long Jump Junior Boys Junior Girls 11 Yr Boys 11 Yr Girls 12 Yr Boys 12 Yr Girls 1. Hamish 2. Jonathan 3. Linden

1. Alicia 2. Elisa 3. Magnolia

1. Hamish T 2. William T 3. Edward H

1. Gemma 2. Sarah H 3. Eliza

1. Caleb 2. Kevin 3. Jack

1. Veda 2. Sienna 3. Emilia

High Jump Junior Boys Junior Girls 11 Yr Boys 11 Yr Girls 12 Yr Boys 12 Yr Girls 1. Hamish 2. Luke

1. Elisa 2. Elena

1. Frederick 2. Hamish T & William T 3. Edward H

1. Gemma 2. Ashley 3. Emily, Freya C & Erin

1. Caleb 2. Jack & Andrew 3. Mike, Matthew C & Thomas I-E

1. Veda 2. Emilia

Trophies and ribbons will be presented at the Primary Assembly on Wednesday 5th of June. Parents are welcome to attend. Miss Hann & Mrs Armbrister

Swimming Results Last term we saw some amazing swimmers compete at our school swimming carnival and then progress to Zone. Some even being successful in making it to Area and State! These students were recognised and congratulated last term. After collating the results from our swimming carnival, below are the students who will be receiving trophies from their age groups. Trophies will be presented at the primary assembly on Wednesday 12th of June. Parents are welcome to attend. Mrs Hiley

12 Yrs Age Champions:

• Arie • Anais

11 Yrs Age Champions:

• Lucas H • Cerys

Junior Age Champions:

• Hamish W • Sophie C

12 Yrs Runners-up: • Lucas H • Sherissa • Caitlin G

11 Yrs Runners-up: • Lucas J • Chloe H • Eliza H • Kaitlin J

Junior Runners-up: • Maximus W • Ilana

SCHOOL TOUR TERM 2

Monday 24 June,10.00-10.30am

Year 6 Rubbish Sort Last week, the Year 6 students emptied out the contents of the red bins from around the school to analyse what kind of rubbish was being put in there. Considering we have 5 different types of bins for our rubbish; hard plastics, paper/cardboard, compost, 10c Return and Earn as well as landfill, it was surprising to see the amount of recyclable material that had been put in the red bin. This kicked off our learning into sustainability this term. Below is a persuasive piece of writing to Pymble Public School, by one of the Year 6 students. The Year 6 teachers, Miss Hann, Mr Maatouk and Mrs Hiley

A letter to Pymble – written by Lydia

With multiple pieces of mouldy cheese sandwiched between soggy bread, we ventured into the unknown. We, the Year Six Scavengers, sorted through the rubbish unaware of what to expect. 331 students with just a few bins, every recess and every lunch time, not a pretty sight. We dug and dug through the fowl-smelling depths, somewhat confused by why there were bananas in a bin that was inevitably going to be sent to landfill, when there is genuinely a compost bin three centimetres away. There’s, despite the common belief, actually a reason why the bins are not just spread aimlessly in the school – it’s for your convenience. Whilst various clean up initiatives take place, the finger goes to you. Something needs to change. Could you find a place in your mind, to just imagine what it would be like to breathe in and inhale your sandwich that you had for lunch two years ago, simply because your arm just ‘could not reach the right bin’. An, almost unbelievable fact, states that ‘Australia creates 48 million tonnes of waste every year’. Currently, the average person lives to about eighty, so if you do live to eighty in Australia, you would have created 12 800 tonnes (according to my calculations) of waste, a lost, incomprehensible number, most of which will go to landfill if things don’t change. But how about we change something for the better, for us right now and for the generations to come. One step at a time, so ‘Act Locally, Think Globally.’

PSSA Match Reports – Week 3

AFL JUNIOR Captain: Fergus Keogh Who we played: Lindfield PS Win/Loss: Lost Score: 86 -1

How the team played: The team played well but we need to improve on our concentration. 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Rebecca Strawbridge, Mackenzie Powell, Nathan Tuck

SENIOR Captain: Georgie Phipson Who we played: Lindfield PS Win/Loss: Draw Score: 31 - 31

How the team played: The team played better than last week. Our passing and catching improved. We need to work on marking our players and not giving them easy marks. 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Gemma McInstosh, Jeremy McKindley

Girls Soccer

JUNIOR Captain: Nimisha Who we played: St Ives North Win/Loss: win Score: 2 - 0

How the team played: The strikers and midfielders played very well. We need to work on our defence and staying in position. 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Hannah, Giuliana and Sienna

SENIOR Captain: Emily Who we played: Roseville Win/Loss: win Score: 7 - 0

How the team played: All girls played well but we need to work on spreading out across the field and staying in position. 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Scarlett, Sarah and Poppy

Netball JUNIOR 1 Captain: Vaishali Who we played: Lindfield 2 Win/Loss: Win Score: 13-1

How the team played: The team played really well, moved into spaces and improved a lot from last game. 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Saisha for good defending. Alicia and Dineli for great shooting. Alannah for moving into open spaces.

How the team played: The team played really well but we need to spread out more. We were excellent at breaking. 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Emily and Zara for great passing. Leo for a great whole game.

Netball SENIOR BLUE Captain: Daria Who we played: Masada Win: 20-4

How the team played: We played well, however we need to slow our play down. 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Veda and Chloe were great at defending. Sophia was great at getting the ball and shooting.

SENIOR YELLOW Captain: Josie Who we played: Lindfield Loss: 8-4

How the team played: We need to get in front of the defenders more and grab on to the ball. 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Erin and Chloe had some great breaks and Anais caught a lot of rebounds.

Boys Soccer

SENIOR A Captain: WILL THRUM Who we played: BEAUMONT RD Win/Loss: DRAW Score: 1 - 1

How the team played: WE PLAYED WELL BUT WE MUST SPREAD OUT AND MAKE RUNS. WE ALSO NEED TO CONVERT OUR SCORING OPPORTUNITIES 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: MAX & BYRON

SENIOR 2 Captain: Aboud Who we played: Beaumont RD Win/Loss: Loss Score: 0-1

How the team played: The team played well with good passing we need to run to the ball other than wait 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Josh played well with good shots and runs, Max played well and Arrie played well

JUNIOR A’S Captain: MALACHI COWDREY Who we played: BEAUMONT RD LOSS Score 4 - 1:

How the team played: THE TEAM PLAYED QUITE WELL BUT WE HAVE TO WORK ON DEFENSE 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: CODY PLAYED WELL AND SCORED THE GOAL. HAMISH ASSISTED WITH THE GOAL.JAKE PLAYED WELL IN DEFENSE AND PUT PRESSURE ON THE OPPOSITION.

JUNIOR B’S Captain: TOM Who we played: BEAUMONT ROAD Loss/Win: DRAW Score: 2 - 2

How the team played: WE PLAYED WELL BUT NEED TO WORK ON OUR BACKLINE. 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: TOM, LEO AND JONO

JUNIOR C’S Captain: Nicholas Walker Who we played: Beaumont RD Win/Loss: Win Score: 3-1

How the team played: We played very strong and pushed people over 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Gregory, Liam and Jasper played very good and Jasper was the best defender

JUNIOR D’S Captain: Mitchell The Who we played: Beaumont RD Win/Loss: Win Score: 9-0

How the team played: We played well. There was lots of passing of our team 2-3 players who were outstanding this week: Charlie played well, he kicked a massive goal. Isaac did a great pass for a goal, Hamish did good passing and kicking

P&C News

Dear PPS Families,

What a terrific weekend our school has enjoyed. In addition to the perfect weather we have had a very successful election day “mini market” on Saturday and equally effective working bee on Sunday.

Thanks to 93 individual volunteers on Saturday who collectively cooked 650 sausages and 240 bacon and egg rolls, sold hundreds of books, cakes and dumplings, the P&C is thrilled to report that we earned our school a total in excess of $5,500!! What an extraordinary effort!

Thank you to every family who baked a cake, donated books or plants, played an instrument and to our Korean and Chinese communities who hand-made delicious dumplings and sushi rolls. We’d also like to acknowledge the many parents not featured on a doodle poll who ferried extra children to sport or looked after PPS kids whilst their parents volunteered, shared our brochures on social media, displayed our signs in their shops and of course bought far too many cupcakes and sausages themselves. It was this collaborative and community effort which meant that Saturday was not only an outstanding financial success but also a terrific community event whereby the whole school came together to make a difference.

As if Saturday weren’t enough, a further 45 volunteers backed it up on Sunday to lend a hand at the working bee. Benches and tables were painted, sand strewn, pathways pressure hosed and 427 lost handballs and bey-blades were found by the weeding team. The whole school clearly looks much better for your efforts; thank you. Special mention must go to PPS families who own and operate “Tile Rescue” who generously donated their time, equipment and materials to give the Kindy block bathrooms a much needed clean. If you think your tiles could do with a rescue too, their details can be found below.

Thanks PPS – we look forward to seeing you at our next event.

The P&C Committee

P&C meeting wrap up – 8th May 2019

Our P&C Committee members braved a very cold May night for its 4th meeting of the year on Wednesday 8th May. Whilst there was plenty on the agenda, the main items which generated discussion were ideas around the 2nd hand uniform shop, a summary of the Mother’s Day stall and the Woolworths “earn & learn” stickers.

Our 2nd-hand Uniform Shop Committee members, Lisa Ashton and Keri Garnys reported on yet another successful opening of the 2nd hand uniform shop at the start of term 2. The newly available EFTPOS facilities appeared to have been a very welcome addition; nearly half of all transactions were completed electronically. This facility should be available at all future sales. The down-side of such a successful sale is that the shop is now running VERY low on good-quality stock items. Families past and present are urged to donate any used uniform items to this great community service. All proceeds made from sales are directed straight back to the P&C, which in turn provide services and equipment for your child’s benefit. Watch this space for a re-usable bag in which to place your donated items.

Another item concerning the 2nd hand uniform shop, was the notion of a “uniform exchange” – a facility whereby people could give a commission payment to the shop for selling uniforms on their behalf. This might encourage more donations to the shop if donors were able to keep some of the proceeds themselves to invest in new uniform purchases. Lisa and Keri are currently drafting some options around this idea and would welcome any feedback or expertise in this area – please get in touch at tisa@inhomepm.com.au with your ideas.

The P&C Committee thanked all the year 4 parents and other volunteers who worked behind the scenes to make the annual Mother’s Day stall happen. The P&C tried a new idea this year of incorporating fresh flowers into the gift selection. Whilst lots of children enjoyed the new option, there has been some feedback that some children were disappointed to have missed out on the more traditional gifts and that the flowers weren’t as easy to transport as hoped. The P&C Liaison Sub-committee will review the stall in conjunction with school staff and report back shortly to the P&C on the best way to manage the complex logistics surrounding this much-loved event.

Also on the agenda was the ever-popular Woolworths promotion of “Earn & Learn” stickers. Many parents have asked what is PPS doing this year? Following the school’s suggestion, the P&C agreed that whilst our school will collect the stickers, we will donate them, and the associated resources, to one of our City Country Alliance schools, Gol Gol Public School. This recognizes the substantial contributions Gol Gol Public School has made in assisting with the coordination of the recent Mungo Youth Conference. It is also a great way for our children to recognize that not all schools are as fortunate as Pymble Public or have as ready access to resources as we do. Please place any stickers you collect in the boxes located at the front office.

The meeting concluded with an update from Sally Seymour on the upcoming Election Day BBQ & from Cameron Mason on the Working Bee. Please join me at our next meeting to be held on Wednesday 12th June where we’ll be talking about what to do with all the money raised at these great events!

Tisa van den Heuvel

Instrumental Program

PPS Instrumental Program Camp is coming up on 15/16 June. This is a fun weekend of tutorials, rehearsals and activities at PPS. The final schedule will be sent out in the next week or so but the approximate times are as follows:

Saturday All groups 1:00-5:30pm Sunday Junior and Concert Band playing at Wahroonga Public School Band Festival then go to camp

Performance Ensemble and Strings at camp 10:00 – 3:30PM

Please note these times may change. Full details will be sent out when we have the times available for Wahroonga Band Festival

Creative Kids Vouchers

The deadline to provide your Creative Kids Voucher details to use for PPS Instrumental Program fees is this Friday 24th May. If you have not provided all of the following details to us by end of business on Friday you will not be able to use the Creative Kids Voucher this year for PPS Band or Strings. You can use it for other registered providers.

All details must be provided, please email to pymbleband@gmail.com Child's name: Creative Kids Voucher Number: Child's date of birth:

If you have already sent your Creative Kids Voucher details, please don't send them again.

All fees are now overdue. If you have not paid your Semester 1 fees, please pay by Friday 24th May. If you have problems paying, please chat in confidence with Michelle Bell or Mrs Herbert.

If you are waiting on a Creative Kids Voucher rebate, it will be provided to you in the next couple of weeks.

Dates for the diary:

• Monday 24 June - Performance Ensemble take part in Sydney Eisteddfod during school time • Sunday 11 August - All Bands take part in NSW Band Festival (now called Australian Band and Orchestra Festival)

timing tbc • Sunday 18th August - Friday Strings play at Handley Ave Fair • 8 September - Monday String Ensemble take part in Australian Band and Orchestra Festival

Zannie Abbott 0418 274 291 Pymbleband@gmail.com

PPS School Stream app

Have you downloaded the School Stream app? You can download the app for free onto as many devices as you wish. All parents are strongly encouraged to download our new PPS School Stream app. Should you have any questions regarding the app or trouble downloading the app please visit the school website for easy to follow instructions.

Uniform Shop Opening Hours

Please find below the opening hours for the Uniform Shop. • Tuesdays - 1.30pm – 4pm • Thursdays - 8.15am – 10.30am

Lost Property In 2019, please help us keep the lost property area tidy by returning items back into the buckets provided. Items with NO NAME will be sent to the 2nd Hand Uniform shop and proceeds from these sales will be used to fund school improvements.

2nd Hand Uniform Shop dates for 2019 Friday 28 June 8.30-9.15am

Prayer Group

Christian Prayer Group will meet every Friday morning at 9.00am

If you have any enquiries, please contact Jackie Tham (jackietham@yahoo.com.au)

Community News

Special mention must go to PPS families who own and operate “Tile Rescue” who generously donated their time, equipment and materials to give the Kindy block

bathrooms a much needed clean. If you think your tiles could do with a rescue too, you can contact them on 1800 853 335 or Maintenanceservices@tilerescue.com.au

Marian Street Theatre for Young People

Call Jessica T: 9411 1800 Jessica@mstyp.org.au

Gordon Girls Rugby Sevens is Back girlsrugby@gordonjuniorrugby.com.au

The Football Factory Winter Holiday Camps

8-22 July 2019 Thefootballfactory.com.au/T:99727766

MCCARTHY STUDIOS 2019

Classes in the Hall at Pymble School Friday 3.15 to 4.45pm Kindy/Year 1 - Dance/Drama/Singing 3.30 to 7pm Junior - Musical Theatre/Drama/Singing/Dance Wednesday 3.15 to 5pm Years 2/3- Dance/Drama/Singing 4.30 to 6pm Junior – Singing/Dance For times and further info, please email info@mccarthystudios.com.au

Learn to play the acoustic guitar in a friendly

environment. Learn to play your favourite songs.

Beginners and intermediates are welcome. Please contact Bernadette Palmer on

0400 364 064.

$500 will be given back to PPS to anyone who sells a property through Belle Property.