Pennant Hills Public School eNewsletter

Semester One Academic Reports

Semester One reports will be sent home Monday 26 June. This report format provides families with information about their child’s progress. All reports will highlight student achievement in the classroom, show levels of effort displayed by the students and their commitment to learning. Students in Years 1-6 will also receive an overall grade for each Key Learning Area.

This is a sample of what the report format will look like and what each section means for you as a parent.

Thank you to the teaching staff for the many hours they have spent compiling these reports. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your child’s teacher to discuss this further.

Festival of Instrumental Music

This afternoon Mrs Wasson is accompanying students from the Strings Group who are performing at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Festival of Instrumental Music. This fantastic opportunity is provided by the NSW Department of Education with schools applying to be a part of the Festival. Many thanks to the parents and students for their commitment to this event. I also thank Mrs Wasson for giving up her time to supervise the students. I am looking forward to watching the afternoon rehearsal today as they prepare for their performance tonight. Well done to everyone involved.

Sydney North PSSA Cross Country

This Thursday two of our students will represent Beecroft Zone PSSA at the Sydney North PSSA Cross Country. We wish Parker and Isla the very best of luck as they compete at Gosford Racecourse against 11 other Zones that make up Sydney North PSSA. Making it to this level is a huge achievement and I know both students are looking forward to giving it their best.

Music Camp

Music Camp begins this Sunday and I want to take the opportunity to thank the staff and parents who have been working behind the scenes for months now to ensure a successful event. I am very much looking forward to their concert next Tuesday afternoon.

Students in Years 3-6 who are not participating in the Music Camp will be participating in a range of activities throughout the two days. The activities are linked to the syllabus and provide an opportunity for the students to explore their passions and curiosity in many areas. The students will be in rotational groups for these two days and will work with a range of teachers. In previous years these days have been a great success. Thank you to all staff and parents for their work to cater for all the students in Years 3-6.

Kind Regards

Matt Pinchbeck

Principal

Festival of Instrumental Music

Today I had the pleasure of accompanying some of the students from PHPS Strings group to the Opera House for their rehearsal for the Festival of Instrumental Music. Their performance is later tonight. We can't wait! They are already sounding simply amazing! Good luck Strings Group!

4P Scientists

4P has been learning about the different types of forces in Science.

Egg Drop Challenge

We have tested gravitational forces by doing the egg drop challenge.

We made egg cases to protect our egg from breaking using recycled materials.

All our group eggs made it!

Parachutes

We tested air resistance force by creating parachutes.

We used recycled materials to float a clip down from a certain height as slowly as we could. The parachute that floated down the longest was the most successful.

Kind Regards

Kate Wasson

Deputy Principal

Supporting Your Child's Learning at Home

The NSW school curriculum has undergone the first comprehensive reform in 30 years after an extensive curriculum review and consultation.

Further information about the curriculum reform can be found following this link https://nswcurriculumreform.nesa.nsw.edu.au/home/siteAreaContent/adbaffbc-6ac9-46fc-9b2d-65fcc8bc9064

Handwriting

In Kindergarten, Handwriting focuses on the clear production of all lower-case and upper-case letters in NSW Foundation Style.

In Year 1 and 2, Handwriting focuses on using a clear and fluent handwriting style to confidently form all upper-case and lower-case letters in NSW Foundation Style. Keyboard skills are also developed using digital technology and word-processing applications.

You can help your Kindergarten child at home by:

Assisting your child to write the letters of the alphabet and make simple words using a variety of materials or supplies. For example, using brightly coloured pens and pencils on paper, chalk on concrete, flattened sand in a sandpit or with Lego pieces on the floor
Encouraging your child to write with the hand that feels most comfortable, using a grip that is flexible and allows for movement in the fingers and wrist
Practising matching lower-case letters to their corresponding upper-case letters.

You can help your Year 1 and Year 2 child at home by:

Encouraging them to leave a finger space between words as well as placing letters on the line
Helping to reinforce consistent letter height formations for tall letters, such as t, b and k, tail letters, such as g, y and j as well as short letters such as a, c and v
Assisting them to become familiar with a computer keyboard to type familiar words and simple sentences using punctuation such as full stops.

Mrs Hobbs

Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction

Regards

Office Administration

Burumin Award Winners

1. Sebastian H (4/5B) - Respect

2. Sid D (4P) - Responsible

3. Reyansh C (6G) - Respect

Respect

Responsible

Aspire

3E

Alexandra P

Dash S

Aliya A

Ethan F

Lily B

Sidney M

3M

Logan S

3/4S

Vanya M

Xavier D

Toby HG

Hayden T

William P

Emma L

Olivia Y

4B

Parker P

Clara D

Max C

Letitia J

Emily L

Audrey W

4P

Joshua A

Isabel K

Lilijana M

Dhruv P

Parthiv V

Moksha Y

4/5B

Blake K

Michael B

Yumo Z

Adam C

Amity G

Zanna P

Calvin S

5T

Isaac L

Dehlon P

Zainab D

Gabriela M

Yuvraj L

Christian S

5W

Lilly N

Ezekiel M

Grace C

Audrey M

Charles D

Madeleine W

6G

Tyesha B

Lucinda B

Rory M

Roshini K

Eddy C

Liviru L

6S

Lewis W

Josie A

Mana A

Giselle H

Siddarth V

Lauren N

STAGE 2

Last Friday, Pennant Hills played John Purchase PS.

Netball

Boys: PH defeated TW 13 - 11

Girls: PH defeated TW 16 - 1

Soccer

Girls: JP defeated PH 3 - 1

Boys: JP defeated PH 8 - 1

Mrs Buchberger & Mrs Cumming

Stage 2 Interschool Sport Coordinators

STAGE 3

Last Friday, Pennant Hills played Thornleigh West PS.

Netball

Boys: PH defeated TW 11 - 8

Girls: PH defeated TW 34 - 9

Soccer

Girls: PH drew with TW 0 - 0

Boys: PH defeated TW 1 - 0

Mr Bryant & Ms Griggs
Stage 3 Interschool Sport Coordinators

For more information on zone sport click here or scan the QR code below

We are very happy to show you the Positive Wellbeing flowchart showing our award structure.

When students achieve a bronze, silver, or gold award it will be recorded in our system.

Wellbeing Team

A reminder to everyone that Music Camp starts on Sunday 18 June. Please ensure you've read through all the information about what the students are to bring. Make sure you label everything! Also, please ensure that students have both a music polo shirt and that band & strings students have a collapsible music stand.

A massive thank you goes out to all the teachers and parent volunteers who are assisting over the camp period. This event couldn't happen without the time and effort you all put in.

The students are going to have a great time, and we're all looking forward to it.

Music Camp Committee

The K-2 Sports Day will be held on the K-2 Top Oval on Tuesday 27th June from 11.30 am to 3.00 pm. The outline of the day is as follows:

11:30-1:00pm = Running races on the top oval
1:00-1:45pm = Picnic lunch with parents/carers. Please bring your own picnic lunch to have with your child.
1:50-3:00pm = Rotational activities (completed in class groups)

*Canteen Lunch Orders: The canteen will be open for normal lunch orders.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone on the day.

K-2 Teachers

REMINDER that the 3-6 Canteen will be open during Recess and Lunch tomorrow, 14 June while the Athletics Field Events are running.

We will be selling Hot Chocolates - $2.00 (made with milk and cocoa), Hash Browns - $1.00 and Garlic Bread - $1.50, as well as our usual over the counter snacks and drinks.

This Friday we are making Chinese Beef and Noodles, with a Vegetarian option. There will be a limited number so order early if you don't want to miss out!

The Frozen Custard Pops were a huge hit!! They are only 50c each. The Berry Yoghurt Pops are $1.00 each. They can be bought over the counter during Lunch time on Tuesdays and Fridays at 3-6, and Wednesdays and Fridays at K-2. They can be ordered through Flexischools for Lunch on Fridays at both sites.

The K-2 Canteen needs at least one helper for Friday this week please. If you are available from 1pm-1.45pm on Friday, please consider coming to help. The children absolutely love having a parent/loved one there. It will be the highlight of their week!!

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Reminders

Cut-off time for placing orders is 8:45am
If your child does Stage 3 PSSA Netball or Soccer PLEASE remember to click on the Alert when ordering lunch on a Friday. These lunches need to be ready 30 minutes earlier than all other lunches. We cannot guarantee that they will be ready on time if we do not know in advance.

Heather Tyler

0425 274 681

canteenphps@gmail.com

Back to School Vouchers before June 30

Place your Uniform Orders and use your Back To School Vouchers before they expire!

Flexischools Online Ordering - You have until June 25 (5pm).
In-Store - the remaining dates are Thursday 15 & 22 June, where you can use your vouchers. (The shop will NOT be open on 29 June for appointments)

Music Camp Polos

If you have missed the Flexischools cut-off for music camp polos, please make an appointment to come into the store this Thursday 15th. It will be your last opportunity to purchase one before Music Camp this weekend.

Appointments (Thursdays)

Please click or scan the QR Code below to make an appointment, you will be redirected to our square booking site.
Pease select the appropriate appointment type for your visit:
- Standard appointment times are in individual 5-minute increments. (Choose this for returns, exchange is sizes and simple purchases).
- Double appointment times are in individual 10-minute increments. (Choose this for larger orders, second-hand purchases, new enrolments).
Appointments are at the uniform shop located on the 3-6 campus.

UNIFORM SHOP APPOINTMENTS

Flexischools Ordering

Currently, all uniform orders will need to be placed by 5pm on Sundays prior to the Thursday delivery date.
Orders will be delivered on Thursdays to your child’s classroom.
Back To School Vouchers need to be applied on the same order when selecting your items. Please see additional details under “BACK TO SCHOOL VOUCHERS” below.

Back to School Vouchers

The uniform Shop is still accepting back to school vouchers until June 30. The vouchers can be used to purchase NEW uniform items and accessories and cannot be used for the purchase of preloved/second hand items.

To use the vouchers on Flexischools the Vouchers need to be applied to the same order as your items, simply include the voucher numbers when selecting the Back to School Vouchers item on your order. Please do not make Flexischools orders which only contain vouchers, they will not be processed by Flexischools as credit to your Flexischools accounts and we cannot hold credit on uniform shop customer accounts.

Applying the vouchers to your Flexischools order will not automatically deduct from the payment amount at checkout. You will have to pay the full amount of your order at time of purchase. A refund to your Flexischools account will be requested once your voucher is redeemed by the Uniform Shop on the day we process the order. You should then see the amount credited into your Flexischools account once it is approved and processed by Flexischools. Please allow some time for the refunds to be processed.

Please remember, if your order is less than the voucher amount, the remaining amount of your voucher is forfeited and cannot be used. The uniform shop is not able to hold the remaining value of the vouchers as credit for future orders.

If you have any queries regarding Uniforms, the school website will be the best place to look, and if you can’t find the information you need, please do not hesitate to e-mail the Uniform Shop at phpsuniformshop@gmail.com

Nicola Lee

Uniform Shop Manager

phpsuniformshop@gmail.com

Roster Helpers Still Needed

ICB - We still need a helper for Wednesday 28 June (ICB Roster Link)

SCB/JB - We still need an additional helper for Thursday 29 June (SCB Roster Link)

July Holidays Jazz Improv Workshop

Toward the end of last year we ran a Jazz Improv day. We're looking to run another in the July school holidays. And perhaps make this a regular thing every school holiday. It would run for approximately 6 hours, 9am to 3pm (with suitable breaks) in the Music Room.Rose Foster, our Training and Intermediate band conductor, would be running the workshops. Rose has a long history with Jazz bands and plays in them professionally. She facilitated our last improv workshop, and also conducts Jazz Improv workshops at other schools.As this would be run as an addition to the normal band program we would need to cover the cost of Rose's time, so a charge would be applicable. The exact amount would depend on the number of students attending, but would likely be around $70-$80, which is in line with other school holiday activities.We would need at least 8 students to make it viable. Maximum number of attendees is 12 (Please understand this is not really suitable for Training Band members).

This is purely optional, and a chance for them to learn some of the tips and tricks for how to make up Jazz solos on the fly.If this is something your child would be interested in please indicate which days you'd be available to attend by filling in this web form:

https://forms.gle/LKJyMP9ToMG3r4KR7If we get enough responses for a particular day then we'll lock it in.

Rosters for Term 3 & 4

We're in the process of changing from Doodle Polls for parent helper rosters to another system which is a lot cleaner and has a lot less advertisements. Doodle Polls over the last 12 months or so have become extremely cluttered and hard to use. As soon as this is finalised we'll let people know and we'll update the links on the Band web pages. The new site looks very similar and should be even easier to use.

What To Be Practising

TB - Working on your Red book exercises and "Music Music Music"

ICB - TBA

SCB - Best Of Queen, Tumba Rumba

JB - You've Got A Friend In Me, Forget You

All bands are likely to be receiving new music shortly in preparation for Music Camp, or at Music Camp itself. Please ensure your child is practising whatever their conductor tells them to practice in addition to the above.

Award Worksheets

We're nearing the end of Term 2, so Training and Intermediate bands really should have turned in their Term 1 worksheet and be very close to completing Term 2 their worksheets if they've not already done so. If your tutor has not been signing off on their exercises please work with them to ensure they do so. If you're working on AMEB examinations instead please let us know so we can make note of it.

Once complete these are to be submitted through the Worksheet Submission Web Form.

If anyone needs a particular worksheet you can print them from the Band web pages here.

Events

Band	Confirmed Date	Event
Term 2
All Bands	Sunday 18-Tuesday 20 June	Music Camp
All Bands	Tuesday 20 June @ Camp	Music Camp Concert
SCB	Saturday 24 June (5:20pm)	PHHS Winter Carnival
SCB, JB	Wednesday 28 June, 1:45pm	*Performance Assembly
Term 3
JB		*Ryde Eisteddfod
All Bands (TBD)		*Education Week Assembly(???)
TB, ICB, SCB	Sunday 6 August	ASBOF
JB		NSSWE
JB	Saturday 16 September (pm)	NWPS Music By Moonlight
TB	Saturday 20 September, 1:45pm	*Performance Assembly

Future Events

We continue to work with the conductors and the school to determine which events we will take part in and will update this list as soon as we know.

Parent Helpers

A full list of parent helper duties is available here.

When walking the students, especially Training Band, back to the 3-6 site try to have them line up in pairs on the path to the side, count them twice, check with Rose head count. Tell the students to walk nicely and stick together on the walk & you should stop at the driveway, Weemala corner, school crossing at the 1st driveway at the big site to be recounted. If possible, have a parent front and end and discourage wandering. Once all accounted for you are free and thank you for helping.

Big Thank-You To This Week's Helpers

TB Friday - Kunah J & Angela M

ICB Wednesday - Sherry Z

SCB Monday - N/A

SCB Thursday - Ying M & EJ K

PHPS Band Committee

phpsband@gmail.com

www.phpspandc.org.au/band/

2023 Northern Beaches Instrumental Festival (NBIF) - Saturday 3 June

This was the first time PHPS String Ensemble entered the festival. Such a wonderful experience.

And the performance was exceptional - Well done PHPS String Ensemble!!

Best of luck to the PHPS FOIM 2023 students for the ACACIA Concert Rehearsals today, Tuesday 13 June 12:30pm – 3:15pm (recorders) 12:00pm – 4:00pm (strings) and evening Concert tonight, Tuesday 13 June 7:00pm – 9:30pm.

MUSIC CAMP 2023

Music Camp will be held from Sunday 18th June to Tuesday 20th June. Crusaders Galston Gorge Conference & Recreation Centre. This two-night camp is a highlight of the year and an essential aspect of the program. It is a chance for the band, string and choir members to come together both musically and socially.

**NOTE: Tuesday 20 June Main Ensemble will be CANCELLED.

Students will need a performance polo for the Camp concert. If they don't have one from last year (or it doesn't fit anymore), you can now buy them at the uniform shop through FlexiSchools.

String Events for Term 2, 2023

Week 8 – FOIM Tuesday 13 June Concert Rehearsals

12:30pm – 3:15pm (recorders)
12:00pm – 4:00pm (strings) & Evening Concert 7:00pm – 9:30pm
MAIN ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL – CANCELLED.

Week 9 – MUSIC CAMP 2023 - NOTE: Tuesday 20 June, Main Ensemble will be CANCELLED.

Week 10 - MAIN ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL - Tuesday 27 May 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Families interested in enrolling children in a String Ensemble 2023 should contact the PHPS String

Committee for further details: phpsstrings@gmail.com

PHPS String Ensemble

Website: www.phpspandc.org.au/string-ensemble

Feedback: www.phpspandc.org.au/string-ensemble/contact-us

Erin Jeacle

Centre Director

9980 8950

www.pennanthillsbasc.com

Good Afternoon,

We continue to see an increase of Possession of Gel Blasters in the community, in particular possession by young people. They are relatively cheap and easy to purchase via the internet. In NSW gel blasters are illegal.

The Firearms Act defines a firearm as

‘firearm means a gun, or other weapon, that is (or at any time was) capable of propelling a projectile by means of an explosive, and includes a blank fire firearm, or an air gun, but does not include a paintball marker within the meaning of the Paintball Act 2018 or anything declared by the regulations not to be a firearm’

NSW Police commenced an ongoing National Firearm Amnesty where firearms can be handed into Police stations without the fear of prosecution.

We want to raise awareness, educate and prevent these firearms coming to your school.

If you need further information please reach out.

Regards,

Matt Aldridge

Senior Constable

Ryde Youth Officer

8 Victoria Road, Gladesville

E: 52159@police.nsw.gov.au P: 9879 9699

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