*Please note – this is a seated performance, not a hands-on experience

Education Week – Last Week

What a wonderful week we had celebrating Education Week! With many families attending the Open Classrooms, the Walkathon a big success and over 320 book donations, I think we can put it down to a successful week! Thank you to our families for being so invested in your children’s education and taking the time to allow them to share their work and learning spaces proudly with you. Thank you also to our amazing staff who always go above and beyond and ensure that their learning spaces are beautiful and welcoming, taking time out of their personal lives to welcome you into the space. And thank you to our hard working students for taking pride in their work and their learning environment.

Tinker Shed

Kind Regards

Kate Wasson

Relieving Principal

City of Ryde Eisteddfod                          

Congratulations to our String group and Jazz Band who represented our school at the Ryde Eisteddfod last week.

All students played beautifully and the sting group received ‘Highly Commended’. A huge thankyou to Mrs Schmidt, Mrs Holdway and all parents who attended.                                                                                            

Well done to Training, Intermediate and Senior bands who performed at the Australian Schools And and Orchestra Festival on Sunday 6 August. I was lucky enough to hear all three bands perform.

Well done    

• Training band – Silver Award
• Intermediate Band – Silver Award
• Senior Band – Gold Award

It was lovely to sit in the audience and listen to our clever students. A beautiful way to spend a Sunday.

Around the School

The students in KK have been practicing their gymnastics skills during Moving Bodies. 

Kind Regards

Melissa Griffith

Relieving Deputy Principal

We are excited to announce that our school will be transitioning to an upgraded School Bytes finance system very soon.

In preparation for the transition to a simplified finance system for both you and the school, we will be required to implement a short payment lockout period where we will not be able to receive any online payments.

What this means for you

• No payments can be made online for now
• We will advise you when payments can resume
• Any existing payment links that have been sent to you previously in emails can still be used after the transition and will automatically redirect to the new system
• After the transition, a School Bytes portal will be available for you to register and being using (Link: https://portal.schoolbytes.education)
• All previous payments made will be migrated to the new School Bytes finance system portal

Mrs Klimoski
Student Administration Manager

STAGE 2

Last Friday, Stage 2 played Epping PS.

Netball

Boys: PH defeated E 18 - 4

Girls: PH defeated E 23 - 8

Soccer

Girls: PH defeated E 8 - 0

Boys: PH defeated E 10 - 0

STAGE 3

• Willow H
• Parker P

• Nafi D
• Angus M

• Sophia J
• Nathan Y

Mr Bryant

To celebrate Book Week our school will be holding a Book Character Parade on Thursday 24 August. On this day, we are asking the students to come dressed as their favourite book character for this special fun filled parade. The costumes do not need to be elaborate, or store purchased, simply finding things from home to put a costume together is very appropriate.

There have been discussions during library lessons to help students with ideas for their costumes and it has been wonderful hearing about the book characters some students have already chosen for this fun event. There are plenty of ideas on Pinterest and Google and below are some photos from last year’s parade.

Parents are invited to attend the parade which will be held on the K-2 site at 10.30 am.

We look forward to celebrating this literary event and seeing amazing book characters.

Library Book Donations

A huge thank you to all those families who visited the library last week during the Open Classroom afternoons and donated a book. It was wonderful seeing so many families and your support for the library is very much appreciated.

Overall, 322 books were donated which is absolutely fantastic. Bookplates, that acknowledge the students’ donations, are now being typed and placed in the books. Once this is completed the students will then be able to borrow their donated book. 

Thank you for supporting our school library.

Ms Davis

Teacher Librarian

Last Wednesday, at the 3-6 assembly, the students & staff watched & listened to a presentation about how to interact safely with Teddy. Apart from watching a video on dog safety, we also had a visit from our very own life size frug, Mrs Wasson!

To top it all off, Teddy made his very first visit to PHPS & the 3-6 students got to meet him!!            

Please also note that although we may be having Teddy at school, unfortunately all other dogs and animals are not allowed.

          

Ms Schmidt

Learning & Support Teacher

CONGRATULATIONS to Calvin S of 4/5B

Calvin competed in the Junior Premier’s Spelling Bee Final, against 26 other schools spread widely across New South Wales from as far afield as Tocumwal PS near the border to Victoria, Wee Waa PS near Queensland to Glebe PS in the Inner City of Sydney.

Calvin was calm & composed & competed amazingly well against some truly tough competition.

He finished in 7th place! What an AMAZING result!                         

Please join me in congratulating Calvin on his wonderful achievement

CONGRATULATIONS to Liviru L of 6G

Liviru competed in the Senior Premier’s Spelling Bee Final, against 26 other schools ranging from Gundaroo PS near Canberra to Tamworth PS to our Southwestern Sydney neighbour, Bradbury PS.

Liviru demonstrated excellent spelling prowess making it through to the unseen words list, as he was faced with words such as: disdain, antithesis, cantankerous, gourmet, intonation, triptych, waive, entrepreneur & promontory.

Up against skilled competition, Liviru finished in 3rd place! An OUTSTANDING result!

Please join me in congratulating Liviru on his stellar achievement.

Ms Schmidt

Spelling Bee Coordinator

Term 3 Winter Uniforms – if you need additional winter supplies, now is a great time to make those purchases through Flexischools. We also still have some second-hand in-store items which you can make an appointment to inspect and purchase.

The Uniform Shop gratefully accepts donations of second-hand items as all profits go towards supporting the school. We kindly request items are pre-washed and in good resale condition.

• Preloved – are items in very good condition and will only be available via online Flexischools. We hope to be able to add more items into Flexischools this Term, as we sort through any new donations provided to the shop.
• Second-hand – if you cannot find what you are looking for in Flexischools, you can book an appointment to inspect unsorted/unlisted items at the Uniform Shop.

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.

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

Parent Roster For Term 3 - There are still places open for the both Main Ensemble: and Senior Ensemble: rosters.  Please get these filled in ASAP. 

If you require any further information, clarification regarding the ROSTER / PARENT HELPER please feel free to contact us. 

RYDE EISTEDDFOD COMPETITION DAY 2023, 1 August

CERTIFICATE OF HIGHLY COMMENDED - CONGRATULATIONS!!

Thank you to all those who organised and those parents who volunteered to drive the kids.

A very BIG thankyou to Mrs Griffith, Mrs Schmidt, Sarah Qui – our very talented String Conductor, and the String Committee team. Such an amazing opportunity for the kids.

Upcoming Strings Events for Term 3, 2023

Week 5 

• INTRO TO STRINGS - Tuesday 15 August, 7:45am - 8:45am
• MAIN ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL - Tuesday 15 August, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
• SENIOR GROUP REHEARSAL - Tuesday 15 August, 4:40pm - 5:25pm

Week 6 

• INTRO TO STRINGS - Tuesday 22 August, 7:45am - 8:45am
• MAIN ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL - Tuesday 22 August, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
• SENIOR GROUP REHEARSAL - Tuesday 22 August, 4:40pm - 5:25pm

Week 10 - LAST REHEARSAL FOR TERM 3 - Tuesday 19 September

PHPS String Ensemble

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

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

Ryde Eisteddfod Report

Congratulations to our Jazz Band who participated in the Ryde Eisteddfod on Thursday last week. This year the competition was extremely tough, with more entrants than in previous years.
Unfortunately this year we didn't come away with a place, but the band played better than they ever had before. Mr Odams heard all the bands and there were some good bands in the section. Some played slightly easier music than ours, but played it well. We got loads of great feedback from the adjudicator about what we do well. We did really well on style, pitch and "energy", and in Mr Odams opinion probably deserved 3rd place or a Highly Commended. There was only 4 points between us and 1st place though, so it was VERY close.

A massive thank-you to Mrs Holdway for being our school chaperone, and to the parents who helped with transportation. We could not have done this without you.

Overall the students handled themselves very well and we'll be back again next year.

      

Australian Schools Band and Orchestra Festival (ASBOF) Report

On Sunday Training Band, Intermediate Concert Band and Senior Concert Band all participated in "ASBOF" held out at the University of NSW. This is a non-competitive and educational event, with certificates for participation provided  All ensembles receive an audio adjudication and, also receive a Gold, Silver, or Bronze award depending on their performance for the event in which they're entered. We're extremely proud of all the bands who played exceptionally well.
Training Band were awarded a Silver award, Intermediate Band a Silver award, and Senior Band were awarded a Gold.

We got some really great feedback from the adjudicators and all the students had a great time.

                                           

Parent Rosters for Term 3

• TB there's still one spot in Week 10
• ICB we need someone for Week 6
• SCB still has lots of spaces open from Week 5 onward

Please get these filled in ASAP. Link to the rosters is here:

http://www.phpspandc.org.au/band/band-roster/

Instruction on how to fill in the new Framedate roster is also on that page. Use a green tick for yes, and an orange tick to be a backup. (Don't use the red X as it just confuses people).
Please make sure you put in the first name plus at least your last initial. We have a number of parents who share the same first name so it makes it hard to distinguish without the additional details.

         

What To Be Practising

TB - You can play along to the following clips.
Magpie Mayhem, Music Music Music, Frenzy, & finish Term 2 worksheet

A couple of these will likely be played for the Performance on Wednesday 20 September.

ICB, SCB & JB - will likely be getting some new pieces to learn now that we're past ASBOF.

           

Events

Term 3
SCB	Saturday 16 September (pm)	NWPS Music By Moonlight
TB	Wednesday 20 September, 1:45pm	*Performance Assembly
Term 4
SCB		*Intro to Music Night
All Bands	Sunday 29 October	Hornsby North Band Festival
TB, ICB		Hornsby Heights Bushland Fair
SCB, JB		St Josephs Hunters Hill Fair
SCB, JB		*CoL@PHHS
All Bands		Carols/End of Year Concert

          

Award Worksheets

We're almost at the halfway point of Term 3, so Training and Intermediate bands really should have turned in their Term 1 & 2 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.

       

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 - Brian H & Marina B
• ICB Wednesday - Cheng W
• SCB Monday - Zikun R
• SCB Thursday - Louise G & Carol H

           

PHPS Band Committee

phpsband@gmail.com

www.phpspandc.org.au/band/

   

                    

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