Homebush Public School Rochester St Homebush NSW 2140

Phone: 9746 9171 9764 4472 Fax 9746 3516

Email: homebush-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Mon 6 Aug Stewart House bags sent home Mon 13 Aug

Tues 7 Aug Athletics Carnival Tues 14 Aug UNSW Test Maths, African Drumming

Wed 8 Aug Wed 15 Aug Stewart House bags to be returned

Thur 9 Aug Milo Cricket Day, Mr Liston Returns Thur 16 Aug Debate v Strathfield South

Fri 10 Aug Last day for Coles / Woolies tokens Fri 17 Aug

Next Fortnight’s Diary Term 3 Weeks 4 & 5

Homebush Public School Rochester St Homebush NSW 2140

Phone: 9746 9171 9764 4472 Fax 9746 3516

Email: homebush-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.homebushpublicschool.com.au

Student Welfare is paramount in

all teacher’s minds. Some�mes we

hear the term Student Welfare

and we think that something has

gone wrong. This week Mrs

Nurdin introduced a posi�ve be-

haviour system. This will reward

the vast majority of our students

who do the right thing all the

�me. More informa�on on the

new part of our welfare system is

printed on another page in this

newsle"er. All students were told

about the rules and rewards at

assemblies this week. Please dis-

cuss them with your child.

Athle�cs Carnival will be held to-

morrow at the Olympic Park

Warm Up track. Parents are wel-

come to join us for the day. It is

important that all children a"end

and par�cipate in this event. Dur-

ing this year it is a great �me to

for children to experience what

they are seeing on TV during the

Olympics and recognise the effort

that is required to be successful.

Thank you

Mr Brian Lambert

A lot of students and parents or-

dered the special lunch from the

canteen. We are lucky to have

such healthy and tasty food avail-

able for the students. Don’t forget

a lunch special goes home every

week.

UNSW English Test was conduct-

ed this week and a great effort

was made by many teachers to

facilitate the si/ng of the exam. It

is important we recognise these

efforts and I thank the teachers

who were here at 7 am to be

ready for the students at 7.30.

Details for the third and final test

will be coming home shortly.

Principal’s Report

What a great start to term 3. Stu-

dents are learning, having fun and

trying their best on all occasions,

while showing an altruis�c a/-

tude towards their schooling life.

Last week was ‘Educa�on Week’

and here, at Homebush Public

School, we showcased some fan-

tas�c events. The ‘Science Fair’

was enjoyed by all the students

with a young fellow in Kindergar-

ten sta�ng “This is the best day

ever!” This is a credit to all the

students in years 5 and 6 who

have worked really hard to put

together their experiments and

presenta�ons. Well Done!

Many parents came up to school

and enjoyed the day with their

children. One parent commented

to me “I think I have learnt a lot

today as well.” It was great to

have so many parents and friends

in the school enjoying the oppor-

tunity to learn and have fun with

their children.

Would you like to receive a full-colour newsle#er?

A full-colour newsle"er is available for parents willing to accept their newsle"er by email. The email edi�on is much more vibrant

and photos are a lot clearer and brighter. You’ll also help us to ease paper costs while doing that li"le bit extra for our environ-

ment. If you would like to receive a colour newsle"er via email please send us an email at Homebush-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Please mark the subject “Newsle"er”. Include in the body of the email your name, your child's name and class as well as your

email address.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

The end of the Premier’s Reading

Challenge is fast approaching. All par-

�cipa�ng students in Kindergarten,

Year One and Year Two have been

reading the books in class and will

have their entries validated shortly.

Students who are par�cipa�ng in

Years Three, Four, Five and Six must

have their online reading logs com-

pleted by next Monday 13 August so

that their entries can be validated.

Those students who have returned

their par�cipa�on note and complet-

ed the challenge will receive their

cer�ficates in Term Four.

Mrs B. Creech

Teacher Librarian

This semester Homebush Public School will be ini�a�ng a new student welfare program. The program incorpo-

rates a revised Homebush Public School rules and values system.

The school rules follow three main areas of social development. These rules are:

Be Safe, Be RespecDul and Honest, Be a Considerate, Responsible Learner.

There will be new posters explaining these rules around the school and in classrooms.

Teachers will implement lessons based on the school rules and the school ci�zen values of: Be Safe, Be Responsi-

ble, Be Considerate, Be Honest and Be RespecDul. Teachers will unpack, explain and model to students HPS rules

and values system during class sessions. We will have special weeks with a theme surrounding the values and

rules. The first being “Be Safe” (week 4)

Posi�ve behaviour will be rewarded by the following: Class Merit cer�ficates, Silver awards and Gold awards

and Assistant Principal award for outstanding ci�zenship. Merit cer�ficates and AP awards will be given out

weekly at assembly. Once a term, a special assembly will be held for the recipients of the silver awards.

In summary, if a student has no nega�ve comments in our Welfare Sentral Record system, they can achieve a

silver award in term 3 and in term 4 2012. If students earn two silver awards by the end of 2012, they will re-

ceive a Gold award which will be presented at a special assembly towards the end of term 4. Should a student

have a welfare entry they will not receive a silver award for that term.

Mrs Nurdin Assistant Principal

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Children who won’t

take no for an answer

You know the type of child who keeps

asking for a favour or a treat un�l they

get the response they want?

These kids generally use one of two

strategies. They may either nag or

hound you un�l they get an affirma�ve

or they will seek out an adult who will

give them the answer they want.

The first method, which is based on

persistence, is generally very effec�ve

to use with �red parents and sole par-

ents who are more suscep�ble to this

type of behaviour.

“All right have the treat. Anything for

some peace and quiet” is a response

that most people who have spent �me

around

children are familiar with.

The second method is a li"le more de-

vious but very effec�ve and usually

occurs in dual parent families. You

know the situa�on. A child’s request

for a treat, favour or ou�ng is turned

down for good reason “No Jessica you

can’t have an ice cream now. Wait un-

�l aMer dinner” but the child goes to

the other parent who may well give

them the affirma�ve they are seeking.

Minor happening but very irrita�ng.

These situa�ons are indica�ve of two

people who are opera�ng on different

paren�ng planes. If it happens every

now and again then it is no big deal.

However, if one parent is always

gran�ng a child his or her wishes with-

out consulta�on or thought of how the

other parent thinks then it is probably

�me to step back and reflect on how

you can both work together. If it hap-

pens frequently your children will learn

how to play one parent off against the

other or manipulate situa�ons un�l

they get what they

want.

It sounds sinister

but it is not. It is

just how we hu-

man beings tend

to think and be-

have.

behave. This type of parental ma-

nipula�on can occur for many rea-

sons. Either it is due to different

standards of behaviour or

thoughts about bringing up chil-

dren or a lack of understanding

about what has happened in a

child’s day.

Regardless of the reason it means

that parents need to communicate

and also get the message across to

children that it is taboo to keep

seeking out a parent un�l they get

the response they want.

Parents should be firm with a child

who goes to another parent in

search of a yes aMer they have re-

ceived a knock back from another.

The other technique that you can

use is to defer to the other parent

whenever children catch you una-

wares with a request.

“Okay, I’ll just check with dad and

I’ll get back to you” is the type of

response parents may need to use.

This strategy can be a li"le wear-

ing and even ar�ficial but it

demonstrates that you are a dou-

ble act.

Vitamins for Parents

Don’t tell them more than once!

Some�mes we ask children to help

or give them advice but we get

li"le response. The natural reac-

�on is to repeat ourselves as if say-

ing it one more �me reinforces our

message.

If you repeat yourself just to un-

derline your message there is a

good chance that parent deafness

will become permanent or they

will do the opposite of what you

want, just to annoy you. Rather

than repea�ng yourself get in the

habit of ac�ng. For example, ra-

ther than remind children a num-

ber of �mes to come to the dinner

table just serve the meal aMer in-

forming them the meal is on the

table.

2012 BOOK WEEK/ LITERACY WEEK

The annual book week parade will be held in the school assembly hall at 2.00pm on Wednesday 22 August. The

parade will involve children in Kindergarten, Year One and Year Two. The children need to wear a costume to

school dressed up as their favourite book character. They do not need to wear their school uniform on this day

as it is recommended that they wear the book costume all day as part of this occasion.

Another feature of Book Week at our school this year is an invita�on to parents to have literacy �me with their

children in class before lunch on Wednesday 22 August. Parents are invited to join their child for literacy ac�vi-

�es in the classrooms at 12.15pm. This will be followed by a picnic lunch with your child at 12.45pm. The book

character parade will then commence at 2.00pm in the school hall.

The book fair, which is being held in the library from Monday 20 August un�l Thursday 23 August, will open from

8.30 am to 9.00 am. Please come along to buy a book to donate to the library. We are looking for volunteers to

help sell the books at the book fair. If you can help on any day during Book Week please fill in the form below

and return to the Front Office as soon as possible.

Mrs Creech

Teacher/Librarian

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BOOK FAIR HELPER

If you are able to help at the book fair on Monday 20 August, Tuesday 21 August, Wednesday 22 August or

Thursday 23 August please complete the informa�on below and return to the Front Office as soon as possible.

Name: ____________________________________________________

Child’s Name: ______________________________________________

Child’s Class: ________________

Please circle the day/s you are available during Book Week.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Mrs B. Creech

Teacher Librarian