Pennant Hills Public School eNewsletter

Mother’s Day Breakfast

Last Friday the school held its annual Mother’s Day breakfast for all significant ‘Mums’ in our lives. It was a fabulous morning with a few hundred people in attendance throughout the morning. Everyone seemed to be having a wonderful time. We hope that all ‘Mums’ had a wonderful breakfast on Friday and an even more wonderful Sunday with their families. Mums play an incredibly important role in all our lives and for that we say, ‘Thank you!'

A special thanks to Mrs Gardener and Mrs McCloghry for their organisation of the breakfast. They, along with a couple of others, arrived at school before 6am to ensure a wonderful morning. Many staff also stayed back late on Thursday afternoon to assist with the set up. Thank you to all staff for their involvement in making it such a great day.

Semester One Academic Reports

All students will receive their Semester One academic report on Monday 26 June. The report will provide you information relating to their learning and achievement for Terms one and two of this year. If you ever have any queries about your child’s academic progress please ensure you make an appointment to speak with their teacher.

Kindergarten Open Day

School Crossings

Our school is very fortunate to have three crossings supervisors who manage the crossings on Greycliffe Avenue, Weemala Road and Ramsay Road. The crossing supervisors are here because of an identified need based on the number of students at school and the volume of traffic around our school in the morning and afternoon. I am sure that each and every one of us has seen the potential for injury due to the volume of cars. Sadly, it has come to my attention that students are being encouraged to cross the road by their supervising adult and are not using the crossing, which in some instances is only metres away. I encourage everyone to set an example for our students and use the identified crossings to limit the potential for an accident to occur. I thank you in advance for support with this matter.

Kind Regards

Matt Pinchbeck

Principal

Around the School

Mother's Day Stall

We hope all the special women in your lives had a wonderful Mother’s Day on Sunday! How lucky we are to have such wonderful women in our community, supporting our school and our students.

Thank you to Ali P and her amazing team of volunteers for the hours that went into organising the Mother’s Day stall last week. No doubt all the special women who received a gift from the stall were very happy! The students absolutely love going and picking something from the stall each year, it really is a highlight for them.

Festival of Instrumental Music (FOIM)

Yesterday I had the pleasure of accompanying the PHPS Strings group to their rehearsal for the Festival of Instrumental Music. The students played beautifully, behaved well and were a delight. I know they are looking forward to performing at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday 13 June, where again I will have the opportunity to accompany them. Mr Pinchbeck is attending the special daytime viewing of the rehearsal before the night time performance. If you would like to book tickets to the performance, please book through the Sydney Opera House - www.sydneyoperahouse.com and they go on sale TODAY!

Boccia competition

We are so proud of our students who competed at the Boccia competition on Friday. From all reports the students (and Ms Schmidt and Mrs Wright!) had a fabulous time! Our players picked up the game really quickly and played Normanhurst in the final, to come home with a win! They are now off to compete in Zone! Well done!

5T

5T have been working hard on patterns during mathematics and using all types of manipulatives to enhance their learning and deepen their understanding. They also had a special visitor (Mr Pinchbeck) who shared some of his knowledge of Aboriginal Australia and demonstrated how to use the classes clapping sticks.

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

Creating written texts

In Kindergarten, creating written texts focuses on writing texts using simple sentences.

In Year 1 and 2, creating written texts focuses on creating texts that use knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and punctuation while using paragraphs to structure sentences and ideas.

You can help your Kindergarten child at home by:

Encouraging them to first draw what they want to write about to gather their ideas
Asking them to read their writing to you and talk about their thoughts and pictures
Writing new stories together
Using a writing journal to write and draw in every day.

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

Encouraging them to write about recent experiences. Some opportunities for writing could come from events such as birthday parties, school excursions or family holidays
Helping them to edit their own writing if they have concerns about spelling and word choices
Displaying their writing around the house to give them a sense of pride about their work
Helping them post their letters, labelled pictures or texts to family and friends.

Mrs Hobbs

Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction

3E - Isla A, Reeti G, Michelle A, Sian Y

3M - Noa S, Aston A, Esther P, Marlina T, Reuben L, Toby S

3/4S - Eloise K, Ruben B

4B - Emily W, Nathalie H, Ewan T, Ella K, Rehan K, Alex A, Jacinta I, Vivian R, Sanidhu H

4P - Yitian C, Amira R, Rina B, Jack V, Luc PL Gwen E

4/5B - Kay M, Jade T, Emma K, Devin J, Hannah M, Ashley H

5T - Stephen D, Dhaval G, Eugene L, Kaiden T, Lucas B, Zach C

5W - Mathias H, Jasper C, Liam C, Hannah R, Isabella N, Abigail W

6G - Sophia J, Lewis D, Amelia C, Edmond L, Tommy T, Alex R

6S - Gemma P, Nik M, Cassius H

The Wellbeing Team is very excited to announce part of the new reward system that has been implemented this term.

We have a new award called a Burumin. Burumin is Dharug for ‘possum’ it has been named after our school totem Pem.

The Burumin is handed out by all teachers, across all areas of the school to students who are demonstrating our three-core values, Respect, Aspire and Responsibility.

Each site also has a Burumin box which is taken to assembly each fortnight. Three Burumins are drawn from the box at assembly, the students whose names are on the Burumin are rewarded with a prize.

When the Burumin box is filled with awards the whole site receives a reward.

Another new part of our reward system is our Tens Frames. Every student has a tens frame with their name on it in their classroom.

Every day teachers reward students demonstrating our three-core values, Respect, Aspire and Responsibility with a stamp on the students’ tens frame.

Once the student has filled their tens frame by demonstrating our three core values, they receive a merit award.

Last Friday, 12 May, saw our newly formed multi-grade BOCCIA team, travel to Thornleigh Brick Pit for a round robin tournament against 10 other primary schools from Northwest Sydney.

The aim of the tournament is to provide opportunities for students with disability to participate in sport as the game is adapted to ensure the competition is inclusive of all.

It was a pleasure to take our Boccia team to the tournament. All the kids applied themselves and put in some major effort to help each other in every game, and they did so very brilliantly that they won all the games they played and won the tournament! YAY!! They were so happy ? We were so proud of them.

Our BOCCIA team will now be competing in the State Final at Sydney Olympic Park in early Term 3.

Felix C of 1K Adam F of 2B Aliyah A of 3E Hayden T of 3/4S Tommy T of 6G

Some photos of our day...

Ms Melissa Schmidt

Inclusive Sport Coordinator/Learning and Support Teacher

The K-6 Cross Country was held on Monday 8th May 2023 on the K-2 site. The weather was cold but that couldn’t dampen the excitement to be together again as a whole school. The children enjoyed the day and it was such a pleasure to see many happy and satisfied faces at the completion of each event (even though some were exhausted!) A big THANKS to all parents, family members and people from the community who came along to support the event. It was nice seeing the encouragement shown to all students as they completed each lap of the course.

Congratulations must also go to the following students who won their events.

	Girls	Boys
8 and 9 years	Isla A	Keyan P
10 years	Willow H	Parker P
11 years	Grace C	Angus M
12 and 13 years	Sophia J	Tom S

The students that came 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th will be presented a ribbon during the next 3-6 assembly on Wednesday 24th May 2023 which starts at approximately 2.10pm. Parents/caregivers of these children are welcome to come along. The Zone Cross Country Championships is being held on Thursday 25 May at Fagan Park. Please return notes and payment as soon as possible.

All the students participating in the cross country received an ice block handed out by the amazing parents who volunteered their time on the day. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered their time- you were amazing! A special thank you to both Liz Fowler who was there all day and Rebecca Stalenberg for coordinating the effort. The students also thoroughly enjoyed sharing the picnic lunch where all the students and families were able to share this special day together. Many parents commented how much they enjoyed this special part of the day.

It was a fantastic day for all the students and teachers and on behalf of the cross country committee would like to thank all the students for their amazing behaviour on the day, the P and C for their outstanding effort and the staff who ensured that all the students were safe and encouraged.

Mrs Cumming

Cross Country Coordinator

President’s Message

Hi All

Thanks to Ali P and all of the volunteers who put together the Mother’s Day stall last week, and thank you to Mr Pinchbeck and the PHPS Teachers for hosting a successful Mother’s Day breakfast last Friday.

The next P&C General Meeting will be Tuesday 6 June from 7:30pm, in person at the school hall. This is a great opportunity to hear from both the P&C and the PHPS school executives on what’s ahead for the 2nd half of 2023.

Have a great week.

Luke Whenman

P&C President

pandcpresident@gmail.com

Thank you to everyone who helped with the Cross Country sausage sizzle lunch and snack stall last Monday.

In particular:

Paul and Damien on the BBQ
Stef C and Kate K on the stall
Caire S, Bec D
Erin F making sausage sandwiches, packing lunches and helping in any way needed
Peta P packing grapes and making chocolate crackles.
My amazing canteen assistants Catherine H and Claire P whose help was, and is invaluable!!

A big thanks also to the wonderful people who jumped in and helped when things got a bit crazy!!

Keep an eye out for some yummy Friday Specials coming soon!! They will be advertised here, as well as on Facebook and through Flexischools notifications.

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We are still in need of some more helpers to run the K-2 canteen on both Wednesdays and Fridays. If you are available from 1-1:45pm on either of these days please consider coming to help. The children will love you for it, and so will I!!

REMINDERS - Cut-off time for placing Flexischools orders is 8:45am

Heather Tyler

0425 274 681

canteenphps@gmail.com

Welcome!

Thank you to the school community for your patience and support during this transition period. The best way to make an order is through the Online Flexischools App.

Should you have specific requests which need additional assistance, please contact me via e-mail at phpsuniformshop@gmail.com or make a booking for an in-person appointment, thank you.

Winter Uniforms

We have finally received a delivery of Winter Tunics, Long Sleeve Shirts and Boys Trousers. As we make our way through all the backorders for these items, we hope to fulfill everyone’s orders in this week’s delivery run. We are still awaiting the shipment of some Polar Fleece sizes. Orders for items shown as “ON BACKORDER” are for items which are currently out-of-stock. You can still place an order as these items will be placed on backorder, and will be distributed to your child’s classroom as soon as stock arrives.

Appointments (Thursdays - limited availability)

Due to the transitional period, we have limited availability for in-person appointments at the Uniform Shop.

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.
Cancelled Orders – you can cancel your order through the Flexischools App up until a certain time. However, if the order has been processed by Flexischools, you will need to e-mail the Uniform Shop to request the cancellation. If the order is cancelled prior to Delivery Date, Flexischools will return the funds to your original payment method. If an order is cancelled after the delivery date, we will then request a refund to Flexischools and the funds will be credited back into your Flexischools account. You will need to speak directly with Flexischools if you wish to withdraw the funds to different account, the Uniform Shop cannot request this on your behalf.

Back to School Vouchers

The Uniform Shop is still accepting back to school vouchers. 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.

Second-Hand / Preloved Items

Preloved Items are items in very good condition and will continue to be available online via Flexischools. These items will only be available via online sales.

We also have some other second-hand items in store which you can make an appointment to purchase from the store, by selecting a double (10 minute appointment).

Please note our general policy of these purchases are final and cannot be returned or swapped for other second-hand items in the store. We encourage you to please choose your items carefully.

Nicola Lee

Uniform Shop Manager

phpsuniformshop@gmail.com

Term 2 Rosters

Doodle polls are now open to fill in for Parent Helper slots for Term 2. Please remember the band doesn't function without parent helpers. And if we don't have a parent helper for a rehearsal it will not go ahead.

HELPERS STILL NEEDED

ICB - We still need a helper for 7th June, 14th Jun & 28th June

SCB - Remember we need 2 helpers on Thursday morning. So we still need helpers for this Thurs 18th May, Mon 22nd May, Thur 25th May, Thur 8th Jun, Thur 15 Jun, Thur 29th Jun.

What To Be Practising

TB - Working on your exercises in the Red Book for the Term 1 & 2 worksheet.

ICB - Clarion Call, George of the Jungle, Louie Louie, and exercises in the Blue Book for Term 1 & 2 worksheet.

SCB - Cantina Band, Best Of Queen, Shadows Unleashed, Tumba Rumba (only look at this if the others are good)

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

Award Worksheets

We're at the beginning of Term 2, so Training and Intermediate bands should have turned in their Term 1 worksheets. 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

Term 2
TB, ICB, SCB	Saturday 3 June	Northern Beaches Instrumental Festival
SCB, JB	Tuesday 6 June (9-9:30am)	Kindy Open Day
All Bands	Sunday - Tuesday 18-20 June	Music Camp
All Bands	Tuesday 20th June @ Camp	Music Camp Concert
SCB	Saturday 24 June (3-9pm)	PHHS Winter Carnival
SCB, JB	Wednesday 28 June, 1:45pm	*Performance Assembly

Term 3
JB	Wednesday 2 August (TBC)	*Ryde Eisteddfod
All Bands	TBA	*Education Week Assembly
TB, ICB, SCB	Sunday 6 August	ASBOF
JB	TBA	NSSWE
JB	Saturday 16 September (pm)	NWPS Music By Moonlight
TB	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 - Amita M & Marina B

ICB Wednesday - Wade H

SCB Monday - Kat M

SCB Thursday - Sally W & TBA

PHPS Band Committee

phpsband@gmail.com

www.phpspandc.org.au/band/

MAIN ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL: IS THIS AFTERNOON 3:30pm - 4:30pm in school hall K-2 site.

FOIM REHEARSAL: IS THIS AFTERNOON 4:40pm - 5:20pm in school hall K-2 site.

Pick up time for FOIM students will be 5:20pm.

Students not doing FOIM should be picked up at the usual time of 4:30pm.

Main Parent Helper today Jessie Chen & FOIM Parent Helper today is Shwecyn Soemoe.. Thankyou

! THE TERM 2 ROSTER IS OPEN – Thankyou to those who have locked in a parent helper shift – much appreciated. OPEN LINK: Main& FOIM Roster 2023 Term 2

FOIM 2023

Preliminary Rehearsal (strings) was yesterday, Monday 15 May, 9:15am – 1:00pm at Meadowbank PS. Well done students!! And a big shout out to Mrs Wasson and parent helper Christine Lee for looking after the students.

Music Camp 2023

Music Camp will be held from Sunday 18 June to Tuesday 20 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 4

FOIM - Monday 15 May, 9:15am – 1:00pm Preliminary Rehearsal (strings) Meadowbank PS
MAIN ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL - Tuesday 16 May, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
FOIM - Tuesday 15 May, 4:40pm - 5:20pm

Week 5

MAIN ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL - Tuesday 23 May, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
FOIM - Tuesday 23 May, 4:40pm - 5:20pm

Week 6 - Northern Beaches Instrumental Festival (NBIF) 2023 - ! We have received correspondence The Strings are still being scheduled. We are in discussions with the Secretary of the NBSWE and will pass on the details once received.

Week 8 – FOIM Tuesday 13 June Concert Rehearsals 12:30pm – 3:15pm (recorders) 12:00pm – 4:00pm (strings) & Evening Concert 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Week 9 – MUSIC CAMP 2023

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

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