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Welcome to Term 4!
We hope you have had a fabulous vacation period and are excited about the term ahead. It promises to be jam packed with many school and P&C activities on the cards. Please ensure you stay up to date by reading each week’s newsletter and subscribe to the SZ app for all the necessary information. The Dance Spectacular is only a few weeks away and everyone is very excited. Today we held a school rehearsal, and all the dances look fantastic. I, for one, am very much looking forward to the concert.
Staffing Update
Yesterday saw Mrs Renae Cumming and Miss Belinda Ings permanently join our school. Both ladies are very excited to be joining our wonderful community. Mrs Cumming is taking 3B and Miss Ings is taking Computers for this term. We warmly welcome them and are excited about the skills and knowledge that they bring to our community.
2023 Planning
The school has already begun planning for 2023. The process is quite lengthy and detailed to ensure that each student has their needs met. Teachers will spend hours deliberating over next year’s classes. To assist us with this if you have any requests can you please email me at school at pennanthil-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au and attention it to "Mr Pinchbeck 2023 Class Request." Please ensure your request is explained clearly. I can assure you that all requests are considered, however, I am unable to confidently state that all requests will be granted. Please chat with your child’s teacher should you have any questions about this matter.
If you are planning on leaving our school at the end of the year, can you please email the school at pennanthil-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au and attention it "Leaving PHPS." This assists the school with its planning and also ensures that you meet your requirements regarding enrolment in school. Please contact the office on 9484 1134 if you have any questions about this.
Covid-19 Updates
You may have heard that National Cabinet announced their decision to remove the isolation requirements for COVID-19 positive cases. The NSW Department of Education is working on this to make sure our COVID-smart settings are aligned when the change to isolation comes into effect on Friday 14 October. In the meantime, we will continue to follow the same measures we had in place for Term 3. I will provide an update once we have confirmation from the department.
Due to the ongoing pandemic and stay-at-home orders that were in place over the previous two years, NSW Health have noted that some children and young people have missed out on the non-COVID school-based vaccination programs that they would have taken part in. The department would like to remind parents and carers to make sure that all of their children’s vaccinations are up to date, including other non-COVID vaccinations. If you are unsure about whether your child has missed any vaccinations, speak to your GP or go to, NSW Health's Immunisation requirements in primary schools.
Parents and carers who have children with persistent or ongoing Covid-19 symptoms. are encouraged to have these assessed by their local health care professional. These symptoms may be related to other illnesses that require treatment and management by a doctor.
On behalf of our school, I want to thank you again for your ongoing support in helping to keep our students, staff and community safe. I’d like to wish all our students and their families a great start to Term 4.
Kind Regards
Matt Pinchbeck
Principal
Welcome back to what will be a fabulous and busy term full of wonderful learning opportunities and creative arts extravaganzas!
The Native Nibbles Garden
A few years ago, we applied for a Sustainable School Grant of $15 000 and won! Our Native Nibbles Project encompasses a 60+ metre garden along the fence line of the oval on the K-2 site. This project has been in regular consultation with our community through the P&C and we have some very heavily involved and dedicated individuals who are eager to see the project through. Thank you, Kate Ashton and Aidan Moore for pushing through some setbacks and really taking the project by its horns. We aim to have native fruits, vegetables and herbs for our students to access and utilise during science, cooking and art activities in particular. We hope that our native birds and bees will appreciate this natural stepping stone along our nature corridor from the bird haven.
The Native Nibbles Garden builds on our vision to have deeper connections with Country, exposing our community to the many native food products and embedding the space in our daily practice. There will be gabion benches throughout the garden to encourage an outdoor learning space and providing a much needed (attractive) refuge along the fence line.
Thank you to the PHPS P&C Green Team, Sean Hickey, Eva Guo, Julie Cole, Chris Laing, Melina Donovan, Kate Ashton and Aidan Moore, as well as the students who came along to help over the weekend to install the coreten edging. It looks fantastic!
If you would like to be involved in future phases of the garden installation, please keep an eye out in the newsletter and through SZapp for requests for volunteers, they really are a great group to work with and you will be directly contributing to the PHPS learning environment.
Year 2 Introduction to Music
Yesterday, some of our talented musicians from the 3-6 site came down to demonstrate to our Year 2 students, just some of the instruments available if they wish to join one of the school bands. A wonderful introduction to some of the music options here at Pennant Hills, we are so lucky!
Well done Raymond W, Amelia M, Marni H, Enoch P, Tahlia C, Finn K, Quinn S and Sofia E for their wonderful demonstrations and a big thank you to Dave Odams, Sonya DeBono and Mrs Griffith for their organisation and giving up their time to present to our eager Year 2 students.
During the last week of term 3, we had some very talented students perform in the Primary Proms at Sydney Town Hall. Ms Stevens was very proud of you all and said you did a most fabulous job, well done! Thank you Ms Stevens for your time in supporting these students and attending.
Disco
Everyone had an amazing time at the disco during the last week of term! A great turn out of students. Thank you to all of the parents who supported us by listening to our instructions for ease of movement, picking up your children on time and saying thank you to those staff in attendance. We love going that bit extra for our students, and a little bit of thanks definitely goes a long way.
Our School Leaders definitely don’t mind a boogie and can be seen regularly dancing along to songs during the K-2 assemblies. They are an amazing group of people and truly do their best to engage all of their peers. Thanks leaders!
Dance Spectacular
You would be aware that this year is a Dance Spectacular year! Friday 28 October our Dance Spectacular will be brought to life at the Hillsong Convention Centre. Today we had our first whole school rehearsal and it is all coming together beautifully!
World Teachers’ Day
Friday 28 October is also World Teachers’ Day. Having our School Spectacular on this day highlights some of the ways the PHPS staff support and engage our students and go above and beyond for our community. Our students work hard and play hard and to ensure that they get the very best, our amazing staff turn up each and every day with the students at the forefront of their minds.
This years theme is ‘Hats off to Teachers’ and if you would like to contribute a message of thanks or to share what your child’s teacher means to them or you, please add a sticky note to this Jamboard and I will collate for our amazing teachers for World Teacher’s Day.
Kind Regards
Kate Wasson
Deputy Principal
Mr Bryant and Miss Steel
Stage 3 PSSA Coordinators
Kindergarten 2023 Parent Information Evening
All parents/carers of students attending Pennant Hills Public School for Kindergarten in 2023 are welcome to attend an information session in the School Hall.
- Date: Tuesday 18 October
- Time: 7pm
Kindergarten 2023 Orientation Sessions
- Session 1 – Tuesday 25/10 9.30-11.00am
- Session 2 – Tuesday 1/11 9.30-11.00am
- Session 3 – Tuesday 8/11 9.30-11.00am
- Session 4 – Tuesday 15/11 9.30-11.00am
Children MUST be enrolled at our school before attending these sessions.
Please see our office staff before the day of the first session if you need to enrol your child.
Mrs Coventry
Assistant Principal
President’s Message
Hi All
Welcome back for Term 4 from the PHPS P&C! We’re very excited about the progress of the Native Nibbles garden on the K-2 site, a big thanks to the Green Team and volunteers who braved the weather over the past weekend.
Amazing progress on the upcoming raffle, returning for the first time in a few years, with some great prizes on offer. Thank you to the generous sponsors and good luck to everyone who has bought tickets.
Have a great week.
If you would like to subscribe to our P&C meeting emails (minutes and agendas), please subscribe at the following link: http://eepurl.com/dlK3PD
Luke Whenman
P&C President
Raffle Sales Now Underway
Raffle books were sent home at the end of Term 3 and sales are now well underway! The eldest child in each family should have received three ticket booklets to sell. Remember, once you have sold your tickets, please pay via Flexischools and return your stubs to the office. Write your name and class on the front of each book you sell.
Return your sold ticket books to go in the early bird draw
Get any sold raffle ticket books to the office by this Wednesday to go in the first early bird prize draw! All tickets must be sold and paid for via Flexischools to be eligible. Find it in the Payments section of the app. There will be a second early bird prize draw for books returned by next Wednesday.
Need more raffle ticket books to sell? There are additional books available at the office on each site. There are prizes for the most ticket books sold - additional books will be issued one at a time.
Bunnings This Sunday - Volunteers Still Needed Between 2-5pm
We’ll be selling tickets and sausage sandwiches at Thornleigh Bunnings on Sunday 16 October. Thank you to everyone who has signed up to help out.
We still need:
- Two volunteers from 2-3pm
- Three volunteers to fill the last two time slots from 3-4pm and 4-5pm.
If you can spare an hour to lend a hand, follow this link to sign up online.
If you have any questions, or would like to be involved in the canteen, please contact me.
Heather Tyler
0425 274 681
Appointments
The Uniform Shop will continue to be open by appointment only for the foreseeable future. This will assist us in maintaining physical distancing and minimise waiting times for you to be served.
- We are transitioning our appointments from Eventbrite to Square Appointments to help streamline the appointment process. All current appointments made through Eventbrite are still valid.
- Please click or scan the QR Code below to make an appointment, you will be redirected to our square booking site.
- Standard appointment times are in individual 5-minute increments. You may still need to wait while the appointment before you is finished being served.
- If you require a longer appointment for purchases or need to try on items, please book a Double Appointment instead as these appointments will allow additional time.
- Appointments specifically for incoming 2023 Kindergarten students and New Students will be available soon.
- If the available times are not suitable, please contact us via email at phpsuniformshop@gmail.com to organise alternative arrangements.
Summer Uniforms
Summer uniforms have become available again for ordering in preparation for wearing again in Term 4. Please note that we have not yet received all our summer orders and some items we have limited or no stock available. If the item you have ordered is out of stock it will be placed on a back order and it will be sent to the classroom as soon as stock arrives.
Second Hand
Second Hand / Preloved items will continue to be available online via Flexischools. Only items in very good condition will be added for sales online, and these items currently will not be available for purchase directly from the shop. If you don’t find what you are looking for on Flexischools then you can book an appointment to look through the unsorted / unlisted items at the shop.
Janine Sherlock
Uniform Shop Manager
We will be having our "Intro to Music" night on Thursday the 13th October, where all parents and students are invited to come along and hear about the different music programs we run at PHPS, this includes the Concert Bands, Strings Ensembles, and Choirs. We recommend any students in years 2 to 5 who have an interest in learning an instrument come along and find out what PHPS has to offer. The students will also be able to try some of the instruments afterwards in the Kindergarten rooms with the assistance of some of our conductors and tutors. The PHPS Band Program is open to all students in years 3 to 6 and no prior experience is necessary. So please come along and see what it's all about.
There is one such activity: Music Education.
- Intro to Music Night: Thursday 13 October - SCB
- Hornsby North Band Festival: Sunday 30 October - All Bands
- Hornsby Heights Bushland Fair: Saturday 12 November - ICB
- St Josephs Spring Fair: Sunday 13 November - SCB, JB (NEW)
- Celebration of Learning: PHHS Monday 12 Dec - SCB, JB
- Christmas Carols: Thursday 15 December - All Bands
- Tales of the Sea (https://youtu.be/f_JNFoSTkDw)
- **Aztlan (https://youtu.be/LdJcZi5jsV8)
- Arabian Dancers (https://youtu.be/MUkWjYMcRBQ)
- Final Countdown (https://youtu.be/C9OLUL_aP0M)
- **Blues Machine (https://youtu.be/x6LehBpCZJc)
- **Havana (https://youtu.be/A9DnpdPEiRI)
- Hit the Road Jack (https://youtu.be/ia027MOA0qk)
- **How To Train Your Dragon (https://youtu.be/YOXlKEMuCVc)
- **Race to the Moon (https://brolgamusic.com/catalog/race-moon)
- El Toro (https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=2232924&type=audio)
- The Spook (https://brolgamusic.com/catalog/spook)
- Rock-a-saurus Rex (https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=2379535&type=audio)
- Zap! (https://youtu.be/bm9t2DTbCvI)
- Attack of the Slide Trombones (https://www.halleonard.com/viewcloserlook.action?itemId=44000422&name=attack-of-the-slide-trombones)
- Crowding the door: please don't let the students crowd the door with bags and instrument cases. School bags on the silver shelves, instrument cases on the ramp.
- Behaviour: If children are talking out of turn please help the conductors. If they have a question, classroom rules apply, they raise their hand and wait to be asked. Please use the red "Student Behavior'' book if behavior warrants it.
- Julie A (TB)
- Vely S (ICB)
- Tee or Nee T (SCB Mon)
- Ivy W & TBA (SCB/JB Thur)
PHPS Band Committee
MAIN ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL FOR TERM 4: IS THIS AFTERNOON 3:30pm-4:30pm in school hall K-2 site
Main Ensemble Parent Helper today is Carol Huang (Thankyou Carol)
THE TERM 4 ROSTER IS OPEN String Ensemble Roster 2022
If you require any further information, clarification regarding the ROSTER / PARENT HELPER please feel free to contact us.
INTRO TO STRINGS
INTRO TO STRING PROGRAM FOR TERM 4: KC Classroom | WEDNESDAY morning 7:45am-8:45am.
Intro To String Parent Helper’s tomorrow is Erin Ford (Thankyou Erin) & Monica Fu (Thankyou Monica)
THE TERM 4 ROSTER IS OPEN Intro to Strings Roster 2022
If you require any further information, clarification regarding the ROSTER / PARENT HELPER please feel free to contact us.
STRING EVENTS FOR TERM 4, 2022
WEEK 1
- PHPS Year 2 “Intro to Instruments” Assembly - Monday 10 September at 2:35pm
(Thankyou Sonya DeBono and Sophia Esler for the great individual performances. We appreciate you both taking the time.)
- MAIN ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL - Tuesday 11 September at 3:30pm
- INTRO TO STRINGS - Wednesday 12 September at 7:45am
- PHPS "Intro to Music" Night -Thursday 13th October from 5:30pm
WEEK 2
- MAIN ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL - Tuesday 11 September at 3:30pm
- INTRO TO STRINGS - Wednesday 12 September at 7:45am
PHPS String Ensemble
Website: www.phpspandc.org.au/string-ensemble
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