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For future dates please refer to the “calendar” tab located on the school website www.johnpurch-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

K-2 CROSS COUNTRY ON JPPS OVAL THIS WEDNESDAY

Our Achievements throughout 2017 I am extremely proud of our amazing school, as I reflect on the many achievements over the past 12 months. The school continues to have a deservedly outstanding reputation for its continued excellence in all academic areas, as well as for providing students with many wonderful opportunities in academic, arts, socio-emotional and sporting areas. The people that make up our school: the students, staff and parents, are second to none, and work together to make our school better and better every day for the children. We work together to prepare the students to be capable, lifelong learners, as well as confident, creative and caring citizens.

TUES 8 MAY

ICAS Technology

WED 9 MAY K-2 Cross

Country on JPPS Oval

THURS 10 MAY

P & C Mothers’ Day Stall Mufti Day

wear something beginning with

J P or S

FRI 11 MAY

P & C Mothers’ Day Breakfast 7am

MON 14 MAY

P & C meets 7.00pm

TUES 15 MAY

Naplan Yrs 3 & 5

WED 16 MAY

Naplan Yrs 3 & 5

THURS 17 MAY

Naplan Yrs 3 & 5

Assembly 2.05 pm

FRI 18 MAY

Naplan Yrs 3 & 5

WED 23 MAY

Zone cross country

THURS 24 MAY Kindy incursion

TUES 29 MAY ICAS Science

THURS 31 MAY Assembly 2.05 pm

MON 4 JUNE Sport Leadership

Day at PHHS

TUES 5 JUNE School Photos

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

FOR YOUR CALENDAR

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It is therefore with an immense sense of pride, that I present our annual school report. This report summarises our many achievements over the 2017 school year and is the culmination of the work of many. The report was uploaded onto the school website towards the end of last term. Please visit our website at http://www.johnpurch-p.schools.nsw.edu.au and go to the Our School section. I am sure you

will be as proud and delighted as we are with the many achievements made throughout 2017.

A Learning Journey in the 1A Classroom

It was a great pleasure to join the 1A Learning Journey at the end of last term. This was a lovely culminating activity whereby many parents were able to join the class to hear about the learning from the children.

When I asked different children what they were learning and why it was important, they very clearly mentioned they were learning how to include labels in their diagrams so that it was clear what steps the animals went through during their lives. The children were also able to describe the life cycle process and how these were similar for 2 different creatures: the mealworm and the butterfly. It was great to hear the

children talking about their learning in such an articulate way, particularly as this was their first learning journey for the year. Well done 1A and Mrs Allen!

Happy Mothers’ Day This Sunday ,families around Australia will celebrate Mothers’ Day. Mothers’ Day gives us an opportunity to thank our mums for their unconditional love and for all the small and big things they do for us every day. Our P & C and their helpers have organised a Mothers’ day gift shop (stall) in the assembly hall this Thursday 10 May as well as a special Mothers’ Day breakfast this Friday 11 May. We hope to see lots of mums here enjoying breakfast with the children.

Please refer to the Mothers’ Day flyer for further information. From the staff at John Purchase we wish all the mums a fabulous day on Sunday.

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NAPLAN - The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9. It has been an annual event for schools since 2008. Students will undertake the NAPLAN tests from next week. NAPLAN is made up of tests in the four domains of Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. NAPLAN assesses skills in literacy and numeracy that are developed over time, through the school curriculum. NAPLAN is not a pass or fail type test, but rather shows how individual students are progressing in numeracy and literacy skills against national standards for all Australian children. All students are encouraged to participate in the tests. An individual student report will be issued by the school later this year. Parents can use this information to monitor how their child is progressing and to identify the areas of concern. Parents may also wish to use their child’s results to discuss progress with teachers. More information is available at www.naplan.edu.au Mrs Leonie Black Principal

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PURCHASE PRIDES

These children will be presented with their Purchase Pride badge next Monday morning at morning lines: Louis 2C, Jayne 4M, Te Ao-iti 3S, Addison 2J, Tiago 4/5B, Adrian 3S, Meher 2J, Harry 3M, Aarav 3K, Lily Fan 1A, Nathan 1A, Thomas 4G/S, Layla 2W, Brandon 3M. Congratulations to these students and well done for consistently following the school expectations of Respect, Responsibility and Aspire! GOLD AND SILVER AWARDS These students will receive awards at the assembly - Thursday 17th May at 2.05pm :-

Gold Award

Finlay 4M

Brooke 5M

Silver Award

Jeevan 5M

Celeste 2W

Emily 4/5B

Chloe 4M

Kieran 4G/S

Congratulations to these students on this significant achievement.

FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

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SCHOOL EXPECTATION :- Wear your school uniform with pride.

We are now wearing the JPPS winter uniform. Please see the details below. Girls - long sleeve lemon blouse with tunic or long green pants with fleecy jacket or jumper. Bottle green tights or green socks only. Bottle green or wattle gold hair ties only. Boys - long sleeve striped shirt and long bottle green pants with fleecy jacket or jumper. Unisex – Bottle green scarf and gloves. Year Round: Black school shoes and bottle green ankle socks. School backpack is green with school

logo. Library bag is green with school logo. Green wide brimmed hat with school logo. Please make sure your child is in full winter school uniform on school photo day – Tuesday 5th June. WHAT IS MY CHILD LEARNING?

For information related to what students will be learning and how you can assist their learning at home, follow this link: https://syllabus.bostes.nsw.edu.au/support-materials/parents-guide/

Communicating effectively with your children

It is important to discuss bullying with your children on a regular basis. Regular communication with a person they trust and respect will help them form their own opinions and beliefs about bullying. Your children will also feel more comfortable telling you if they are being bullied. Consider trying some of these ideas to improve the way you talk with your children about tricky issues. Sit shoulder-to-shoulder or walk with your child as you talk

• Talking face-to-face can be quite confrontational, particularly for boys. Sitting or walking side by side will encourage both you and your child to talk freely. Use open-ended questions

• It is easy to ask your child if they had a good day or if they would like toast for breakfast; however these questions only require a yes or no answer. • Try asking questions such as “What did you do today?” or “What would you like for breakfast?” These types of questions encourage discussion between you and your child. Talk with your children about what to do rather than what not to do

• It is common for us to focus on negative behaviour, such as “don’t step in that puddle” or “stop swinging on your chair”. • Try telling your children what you would like them to do rather than what you don’t want them to do. • You can do this by using positive statements such as “please step over the puddle” or “please put the chair legs on the floor”.

Leonie Cole Deputy Principal (rel)

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ICAS EXAMS & DATES The DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ICAS exam is this Tuesday. If you have paid for your child to sit the exam or others then please see the timetable below for details:

EXAM DATE TIME Locations Students need to bring

Digital Technology

Tuesday, 8th May

7.45am Year 3 & 4 – 5S & 5M Year 5 & 6 – 5D & 6M

Pencil and Eraser

Science Tuesday, 29th May

7.45am Year 3 & 4 – 5S & 5M Year 5 & 6 – 5D & 6M

Pencil and Eraser

English Tuesday, 31 July

7.45am Year 3 & 4 – 5S & 5M Year 5 & 6 – 5D & 6M

Pencil and Eraser

Mathematics Tuesday, 14 August 2018

7.45am Year 3 & 4 – 5S & 5M Year 5 & 6 – 5D & 6M

Pencil and Eraser

JPPS Mufti Day Dear Parents, On Thursday 10th May, the school will be having a mufti day to help support the Year 6 Mini Fete.

The theme for the day is ‘J.P.P.S’. Students are encouraged to dress up in any costume that starts with J, P or S. Every student needs to ensure they still wear closed in shoes on the day. If your child has sport on Thursdays, they need to remember to wear correct footwear and bring clothing (if necessary) to change in to for sport. To support Year 6, each student is asked to bring in a $2 donation.

On behalf of the Year 6 teachers and students, thank you for your support.

Miss K. Moore Year 6 teacher

FROM THE TEACHERS

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SPORTS REPORT Paul Kelly Cup

The Paul Kelly Cup gala day will FINALLY take place tomorrow at ELS Hall Park in North Ryde. Students are required to be at school by 8:45am and meet on the canteen steps to have their name marked off. They are required to bring their school AFL singlet which they have been allocated and sports shorts. They are also encouraged to bring a mouth guard if they own one (not required though). Students have all been issued a fixtures draw for the day for any parents wishing to come down to support their children. Miss Moore & Mrs Wickramasinghe will be accompanying the students to and from the venue by bus tomorrow. PSSA Winter Competitions

The PSSA winter competition starts this Friday for children in Stage 2 & 3 that have made their respective teams. Students in Stage 2 that are competing in T-ball and mini soccer will leave the school by bus at 11am and travel to Pennant Hills Park to play against Beecroft PS in round 1. The students will return to school by approximately 1:15pm and will be accompanied by Miss McCracken & Mr Kerrigan. Stage 3 students who will be representing the school in netball and soccer will be walking down to Greenway Park to play against Beecroft PS with those games commencing at approximately 1:15pm. They will be accompanied by Mr Sheather and Miss McDonald. Thank you all those students who have returned their permission note and money for bus transportation already. If you have not yet paid, could you please do so ASAP. Mr Kyle Sheather Sports Coordinator DEBATING Well done to the 10 students who were successfully selected to represent John Purchase in the Premiers debating program this year. Students will compete in four debates against schools from the local area throughout Terms 2 & 3. Training will be held on a Wednesday at lunch times starting from this week. Mr Kyle Sheather Debating Coordinator

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Dear Parents, Our Woolworths Earn and Learn resources have arrived! Thank you so much to all the families who collected stickers for us. Through your support we have been able to add many resources that will benefit all the children at JPPS. Below are some of the resources that we received. Thank you for your support of this program. Mrs Collier

Readers

Chess and draughts sets

EALD resources

Large blackboards

Gardening resources

Construction toys

Sports equipment

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The JPPS STEAM Team - Years 2-6 students - will commence

Week 2, Term 2

Monday and Wednesday at lunchtime

(4G/S room).

This year we want children to ‘wonder, be curious’ (Stephen Hawkings).

Students will explore the science of Mechanics!

They will examine how to move an object from one place to another, over land, water

or air.

We hope you will join us for our celebration event which will be on

Thursday 25th October from 4.30 – 5.30 in the annex.

We look forward to seeing you and listening to your great ideas!

STEAM Committee

Ms Denise Graham, Mrs Leanne McDonald, Mrs Gillian Scott & Mrs Martinez

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Book Club Issue 3 is out!

May is National Family Reading Month when we celebrate reading together with family as a valuable and enjoyable activity. For more information and for NFRM competition details, check out Issue 3 or go to scholastic.com.au/nfrm. Also, look out for the gold coin books in every issue as well as book bundles, which are great ways to build your library at home! The easiest way to order books is online with Book Club LOOP which does not require a paper order form or money to be sent to school - instructions can be found on the brochure or go to scholastic.com.au/LOOP. Please place online orders on or before next Thursday 10th May. Online orders can still be made after this date; however it may take a little longer to get your books. If you would like to make a payment by cash or cheque, the order form on the brochure and payment will need to be handed to your child’s teacher by next Thursday 10th May. Please write your child’s name

and class on the order form and include correct amount. One payment can be made for siblings by attaching all order forms and handing in to one class teacher. When we unpack the boxes, we deliver orders separately for each child. Once again, thank you and happy National Family Reading Month! Book Club Parent Volunteers Email: ruth.dsilva@bigpond.com

From the Canteen

With the cooler months now finally upon us, just a reminder that we have some new menu items made fresh which are perfect for winter. Stuffed Potato / Potato Skins – topped with either cheese, beans & cheese or ham & cheese, and are available on Monday. Pizza Melts on a wholemeal muffin – Cheese with pizza sauce; Chicken with BBQ sauce & cheese; and Hawaiian with pizza sauce, ham, pineapple & cheese. These are available on Wednesday. Jacket Potatoes – topped with either beans or cheese and are available every day. Fruit & Veggie Bento Box - this consists of a sandwich roll, fresh seasonal fruit, veggie sticks (carrot,

celery, capsicum, cherry tomato) and rice crackers and cheese. It is available every day and for only $6 this colourful and healthy lunch is perfect for our younger eaters as everything is bite size.

Stuffed Potato Pizza Melts Jacket Potato Fruit & Veggie Bento Box

FROM THE P & C

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UNIFORM SHOP NEWS

***** WINTER UNIFORM REMINDER ***** Students start wearing the winter school & sports uniforms from Day 1 of Term 2 until the end of Term 3. Stock is available now, so avoid the rush & the queues, and visit the Uniform Shop before the end of this term. The Uniform Shop is open every school day from 8.30am to 9.30am.

Clearance of Discontinued Hats - $10

(Please note there are limited sizes available until sold out)

The Uniform Shop will no longer be supplying

plastic bags with purchases after April 2018.

The JPPS Uniform Shop is run as an enterprise of the JPPS P&C as a service to the school community and any

proceeds from the shop are transferred to the JPPS P & C General Fund. The purchase of uniform items from the JPPS Uniform Shop helps fund P&C programs that benefit all JPPS students and the clothing items on offer are of a high quality. We would also like to advise parents that the Uniform Shop does not have its own supply of plastic bags for uniform purchases. To help with recycling, we only use a small stock of bags so please be aware that a bag will not always be offered to you. Opening Times: The Uniform Shop is open every school day from 8.30am to 9.30am. Donations:

The Uniform Shop accepts donations of good quality used school uniforms. For health reasons, please ensure that all donated items are washed. Please also check for rips, stains and that the pockets are emptied. Lastly, please note we are unable to accept used hats and socks. Volunteers Needed

The Uniform Shop is always looking for new volunteers to help from 8.30am to 9.30am. If you are interested in then please drop in and have a chat with the Uniform Shop Manager, Marnie Lipa.

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Please note our school publishes events for the

convenience of families but does not endorse any

activity, person, product

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Playgroup is a FUN way for you and your children to meet others, share and learn through play in an ideal environment through spontaneous unstructured play. Cherrybrook Greenway Playgroup is a community run, not-for-profit playgroup that caters for children from 0-5 years of age. We currently have vacancies in both our Monday and Friday group. All welcome to come along for a FREE trial When: Monday and Friday 9.30-11.30 am Where:Cherrybrook Community and Cultural Centre, Shepherds Drive To find out more please visit http://www.playgroupnsw.org.au/ or call 1800 171 882.