6 March 2020

What’s On? Breakfast Club Every morning 8:30-9:00am

Community Room

Parent Café Thursday 9:10am

Community Room

School Assembly Friday

Weeks 8 & 10 School Hall

Playgroup Wednesday

9:00-11:00am School Hall

WEEK: 7

Wednesday Mar 11

Student Parliament

Workshop 8:50am—

2:50pm

Thursday Mar 12

NDIS parent workshop

9am—10am

Friday Mar 13

* PSSA round 4

WEEK: 8

Tuesday Mar 17

Book Club Issue 2 due

Thursday Mar 19

P&C AGM 9:10am

Friday Mar 20

* PSSA round 5

WEEK: 9

Thursday Mar 26

Library Parent

Workshop 9am—10am

Doughnut and Mufti

day

Friday Mar 27

* PSSA round 6 Wednesday 8 April

Dear Parents and Carers,

Updated information about COVID-19 (formerly referred to Novel Coronavirus)

The NSW Department of Education is working closely with the NSW Ministry of Health

in response to the unfolding international COVID-19 (formerly referred to as Novel

Coronavirus) situation.

Updated advice from the NSW Government for parents and staff is:

Any student or staff member who has been in, or transited through, mainland

China, Republic of Korea (South Korea) or has been in Iran is excluded from

work, school or child care services for 14 days from the date they left mainland

China, Korea or Iran.

Any confirmed case of COVID-19 will be excluded until they are medically

cleared to return.

Close contacts of a confirmed case of COVID-19 will be excluded for 14 days

since last contact with the confirmed case.

Students and staff who have returned to Australia and have shown no symptoms

during the 14-day self-isolation period are able to return to child care services,

school or work.

Consistent with current guidelines, students who are unwell with respiratory illness

should remain at home until symptoms resolve. In line with the medical advice there is

no reason why those who have not travelled should not be at school.

Maintaining good hygiene standards is an important way to reduce the risk of acquiring

and spreading respiratory infections. Please encourage your child to practise good

hygiene, including handwashing with soap as handwashing is the single most effective

way to reduce the spread of germs that cause respiratory disease.

All classrooms will be displaying handwashing advice for students and staff.

The NSW Department of Education will continue monitoring the COVID-19 situation

and provide parents and caregivers with updated information about the virus.

Principal’s Report

Principal’s Report

Reading at Home

We have recently purchased some books that are suitable to read to toddlers and

preschool children at home whether it be at bed time or during the day. If you have

preschool children and would like a book or two please see Mrs Carruthers or myself.

Homework

Recently we surveyed parents and carers in relation to homework. Thank you to

those parents who returned the surveys. Nearly everyone indicated that they value

homework. Quality homework can help students to develop effective study habits

and broaden their understandings and skills across the curriculum. It allows for

practising, extending and consolidating work done in class. Homework provides

training for students in planning and organising time and develops a range of skills

in identifying and using information resources. Additionally, it establishes habits of

study, concentration and self-discipline.

Homework for Kindergarten-Year 2

In general, students are not expected to complete formal homework in

Kindergarten. Students may be given books to read at home, as appropriate.

In Years 1 and 2 some formal homework will be set. For example, students

might be asked to read and write, learn words for spelling and complete some

mathematical activities.

Homework for Years 3-6

Homework in Years 3-6 may be varied and students may be expected to work

more independently. Students could be encouraged to read and practise

mathematical concepts learnt at school. Other homework may also be set

across areas of the curriculum.

Regards

Matthew Ralph

A huge congratulations to our 14 Library Leaders for 2020! This year we have a diverse group of leaders,

who are eager to learn the role of an Information Specialist in the library environment. Our Sadleir

Public School Library Leaders for 2020 are: Owen (3/6 Yellow), Israa, Dalia and Mohamed.C (5Teal),

Nathalie, Maddison and Samantha (5/6 Cyan), Sereen, Va’elata, Solinuu and Zara.H (5/6 Purple), Jai,

Isabella and Salatiel (6Magenta).

On Tuesday 25th February, our school Library Leaders with Miss Malone, Miss Walmsley and Mrs

Khoury were invited to go on an excursion to the State Library of New South Wales. The group were

given a private tour of the library by a Children’s Librarian of the State Library. We went down ‘behind

the scenes’ where the public cannot enter, to visit the stack. Here they preserve maps, journals and

registries, some dating back to the 1700s. Many life stories of various people were told by the Librarian,

when viewing their personal artefacts in the library’s collection. These included stories from the gold

rush, convicts and previous bookshops, all carrying a story of their history in Australia. In the Children’s

Library, students were shown the two smallest books, both including writing inside that need a

magnifying class to read (see the photos Zara and Salatiel holding them on the next page). Once the

tour was finished, students walked over to the Botanical Gardens for lunch.

Many thanks to Miss Walmsley and Mrs Khoury for assisting Miss Malone with our wonderful library

leaders on their excursion.

Miss Malone—Teacher librarian

Last week was our first opportunity to be

leaders in our Vertical groups. This great

experience helps us develop our self

esteem and encourages us to come out of

our comfort zone. Peer leadership

encourages us to speak up and lead our

peers.

Our first lesson was focused on how to be safe on the new school playground

equipment. Every member of the group joined the conversations about the

importance of our PBL Values and safety around our school. Here are some quotes

from our fellow peers that were involved in Fridays lessons.

“Peer leadership is good for kids so they know the rules around our school. It helps

us practise what our community values are for example: using equipment properly

and sun safety,” -Lupepe

“It is fun and it helps me to learn and show a good way of collaboration.”–Zahra

“It is really fun and has encouraged me to use the PBL values more often.”–

Brayden

“Peer leadership is a great experience for stage three. We can teach kids to learn

respect in all areas and to cope with different transitions and teachers.” – Harley

“We can teach our younger peers everything we learn and hopefully they can use

those skills in their daily lives.” - Suraiya

Overall, it has been a very positive experience for all Stage 3 students.

Written by Onaleah, on behalf of student

Parliamentarians

Throughout Term One, 6 Magenta are exploring the ‘Material World’

in Science and Technology. Students have been exploring how states

of materials can be changed and manipulated, as well as, what

happens when we combine materials.

In the first half of the term we have been rediscovering states of

matter including solids, liquids and gases. We have taken our learning

outside to conduct a few tests and experiments using balloons. The

students had to hypothesise, create, test and analyse their findings

within groups and as a class. There were three types of matter inside

our balloons, liquid, gas (air) and ice.

A balloon filled with water and a basketball hoop, what

happened next? Come see Mr Gerrard and if you answer

correctly you will receive some form of matter.

6 Magenta

During first term, Stage 1 have been

looking at the ‘Material World’ in Science

and Technology. Our focus was to

introduce to students to a variety of

materials and how properties can be

changed, manipulated and combined.

1 Orange were excited with the

experiments they conducted. They bent,

twisted, and squashed materials

including playdough, paper, paddle-pop

sticks, feathers investigating whether

they were flexible.

In Week 5, students investigated what happens to materials when they are mixed

with water.

Examples of mixtures included loose leaf tea and bagged tea, sugar, powder coated

lollypops, baby formula, sprinkles and paint. Students observed some materials,

such as sugar and baby formula, would dissolve after some time in the water. Other

materials like paint remained solid, however,

changed consistency over a period of time.

1 Orange love science and are excited for more

experiments to come.

1 Orange

3 Silver students are working on developing a deeper understanding of

engineering processes through STEM lessons, led by Mr Tran alongside Mrs

Tantoco.

This week, to better understand the processes and skills, the students

collaboratively brainstormed ideas and were given specific materials to

design and create a floatation device for an object. During this challenge, the

groups of students critically communicated and designed a creative floatation

device. After the initial float test, students debriefed with each other and

began to discuss possible improvements for the following week.

Round 1

Girls Soccer Sadleir P.S v’s Ashcroft P.S

Junior 2 defeated 1

Senior 13 defeated 1

Boys Oz Tag Sadleir P.S v’s Ashcroft P.S

Junior 2 defeated 8

Senior 6 defeated 7

Mixed

Newcomeball Sadleir P.S v’s Busby West P.S

Junior Automatic win defeated forfeited

Senior 2 sets defeated 1 set

PSSA Season 1 update

Senior Mixed Newcombeball

Round 2

Girls Soccer Sadleir P.S v’s Malek Fahd Islamic

Junior 4 defeated 1

Senior 3 defeated 1

Boys Oz Tag Sadleir P.S v’s Malek Fahd Islamic

Junior 3 defeated 3

Senior 5 defeated 1

Mixed

Newcomeball Sadleir P.S v’s Green Valley P.S

Junior 2 sets defeated 0 set

Senior 1 set drew 1 set

Junior Mixed Newcombeball

Playgroup has had some fun climbing on our new equipment, playing with

our new home corner and singing all of our favourite songs.

At Sadleir Public School we have introduced Zumba as a form of aerobic dance for students to access as an alternative means for play

and physical activity.

Stage 1 have the opportunity to enjoy this as a warm up to their stage sport time on Friday mornings. Stage 2 and 3 students have had time

with Mrs Turner during lunch and recess times.

As the response to this has been positive and encouraging we will continue to offer this throughout the rest of the term. Thank you students and parents for your feedback, and we look forward to

sharing stories from Zumba with MRZ-T soon.

I enjoy Zumba because…

“I love that I can dance and have fun.” – Samia, 3 Silver

“It is so much fun. I love it. It is so good!” – Sopheya, 3/4 Aqua

“I love doing the exercises.” – Alexis 3/4 Aqua

“Zumba is fun and I like to do it.” – Rihal, 3/4 Aqua

“It is fun and helps me get fit.” – Zahra – 3/4 Aqua

“It makes me happy, and it’s a way to dance.” - Jana, 4 Ruby

P&C AGM

Thursday 19th March

9.10am - Connected Classroom

$1 membership paid to P&C PRIOR to

meeting is required in order to vote for P&C

positions.

Thank you to all of our students and families who attended our

Community Welcome BBQ last Tuesday 25th February.

It was a lovely way to welcome families back for a new year and to

welcome our new families into Sadleir Public School.

Thank you to all of our amazing staff who made our BBQ a success!