experiencing problems. PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS - Parent Interviews are coming up in Week 4. Most interviews will be held on Wednesday, 22 May. Teachers may offer other times during that week. On Monday a note will go home with the code for booking interviews online. Bookings open on Tuesday, 14 May at 9:00am and close Monday, 20 May at 9:00am. WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL - WE’RE TAKING IT IN OUR STRIDE ON FRIDAY 17 MAY 2019. Well it’s that time of year again when our school starts talking about walking! “Walk Safely to School Day” asks that we all consider our transport habits and try to incorporate more walking as part of a healthy, active way to get around. Although walking all the way to school isn’t realistic for many of us, it’s quite easy to figure out how you can build a walk into your family’s daily routine. It also gives you a great opportunity to teach your child safe ways to behave around roads. You can teach your child the healthy habit of walking more by:

Walking with them the whole way to school.

If they get the bus or train, walk past your usual stop and get on at the next stop.

If you have to drive, park the car a few blocks away from the school and walk the rest of the way.

Teachers will be reinforcing road safety with the students at school and we encourage parents to do the same. Useful information on road safety, translated into 36 different languages, can be found using the following link:- https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/translated-documents/road-safety-information-walk-safely A note was sent home earlier this week with details of our special event in Week 3. https://hornsbynth-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/h/hornsbynth-p/notes/2019-term-2/Walk_to_School.pdf We look forward to seeing you on Friday, 17 May (Week 3). HNPS CROSS COUNTRY - A most successful Cross Country Carnival was held at Rofe Park on Monday 6 May. All of our students were simply amazing! This year, both K-2 and 3-6 events were held on the same day, with students from all grades participating with outstanding success! Congratulations Bates House, overall points champions on the day! Thank you parents and staff for assisting during the day to ensure a wonderful experience for our students. A full report, including a list of boys and girls selected for the Hornsby Zone Carnival, will be posted on the school sports blog next week. MESSAGE FROM P&C PRESIDENT - Thank you to everyone who has approached us to get involved in the Community Fair which is coming up rapidly on 2

From the Principal...

8 May, 2019

HORNSBY NORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL

Ida Street, Hornsby, NSW, 2077 Phone : 9987 4605 Fax : 9482 2527 Before/After School Care : 9482 3484 Email : hornsbynth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web site : www.hornsbynth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Thank you to teachers, students and parents who supported our activities last Friday. Donations to the Fair were well received. The exact amount raised has not been calculated, but as soon as the figure is available, I will let the community know. The launch of our Anti-Bullying Policy, titled “Kindness Matters” was most successful. Ruby from 4/5Crimson spoke about friends at the School Assembly and 5Rose recited a powerful pledge about caring for others and not participating in bullying activities. All students received a copy of the Anti-Bullying Policy in the form of a brochure. Parents, I hope you have seen the brochure and can take the time to read it with your children. I spoke to two Year 2 students yesterday who informed me that the brochure was still in their bag! Perhaps other brochures may be resting in bags as well. An Antibullying fact sheet for parents and Carers will go home this week. Following is advice regarding DoE Policies on Anti-Bullying and links to these Policies in other languages. I strongly urge parents to use these links. If you would prefer information in another language when available, let your class teacher know. To view this fact sheet in other languages go to https://hornsbynth-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/rules-and-policies.html Keeping our children safe and happy at school is the responsibility of the entire school community. If the school does not know something unpleasant or inappropriate is happening, it is hard to deal with. Please keep teachers, executive or me informed if children are

online, details are on the last page of the leaflet. When you order books through Bookclub, our school earns points to buy books for our school. Thank you, Deb Nicklin. MINDQUEST & THINK CLUB - For enrichment activities. Leaflets are available in the foyer of the office. WOOLWORTHS “EARN & LEARN” - It's that time of year again! We are collecting the Woolworths “Earn and Learn” stickers again to win equipment for our school. In previous years the support from the school community has been amazing and we have been able to buy valuable Sports, Science and Maths equipment for K-6. A sheet will come home to each family this week for you to start collecting the stickers. You will earn one sticker for every $10 spent at Woolworths. If you complete the sheet, you are able to print off additional ones from woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn, and there will be some available on the table in the foyer also. There are collection boxes for the completed sheets in the front Office foyer and in the Library foyer. The competition runs from the Wednesday, 1 May to the Tuesday, 25 June. Many thanks for your wonderful support. Debbie Bell and Georgia Barnes. PSSA CRICKET—STATE KNOCKOUT - Our State Knockout cricket team travelled up the M1 last Thursday to play our 2nd Round match against Kariong P.S. We bowled first and a strong all-round bowling and fielding performance from our boys restricted the opposition to a total of 9/32 from 25 overs. The best bowlers were: Aryan K. (2/3), Zac L. (2/7), Maanav S. (2/9), Lucas H. (1/2), Jordan W. (1/3) and Ian A. (1/4). Good catches were taken by Luke T., Maanav, Tom A. and Riley P. Our run chase started shakily after we lost Luke T. (6 runs), struggling at 2/7 from the first 6 overs. A solid partnership between Lucas H. (15 not out) and Lars A. (4 not out) guided us to a comfortable victory as we reached 2/33 in the 12th over. Congratulations boys on a terrific match! Thank you to Mrs Amarasinghe, Mrs Hunter, Mrs Thurbon and Mr & Mrs Lam for driving and supporting the team. Training will continue on Tuesday afternoons, from 3:15-4:00pm. Our 3rd Round opponents are Cherrybrook P.S., with the match to be played probably in Week 4. Thank you, Michael Howard. PSSA WINTER COMPETITION - Last week’s games were cancelled, due to poor weather conditions.

P & C News - Please join us on Facebook to keep up-to-date on all matters P&C. Simply search for Hornsby North Public School P&C Association on Facebook and Like us to join. CANTEEN NEWS - DIP OF THE WEEK: Tzatziki. Helpers: Thursday 9 May: Toby Shan, Shasha Matheson. Friday 10 May: Clare Rienits, Maria Alvarez. Monday 13 May: Lipika Kakati.

June. We have a super number of sponsors, stallholders and community groups who've come on board this year - many for the first time. You will now see a range of notes and information coming home, calling for the assistance of families to be part of the day, either working at the event, or preparing materials or assisting in advance. Today notes go home for K- 3 about our hamper raffle. For the Fair, we will have a monster hamper raffle of 26 hampers, including two special hampers with a focus on sustainable products. The hampers include a range of ideas that many of you have contributed to including pamper hampers (for men and women), activity hampers for kids and families, movie night, sporting, craft, car lovers, kitchen, garden, BBQ and picnic hampers. This information will also be circulated to the Class Parents and via social media. Most importantly, we have a P&C Meeting coming up next Monday, 13 May at 7:30pm. We will have a general update, but the majority of the meeting will focus on the Community Fair. If you have questions, issues, ideas of offers of support, please come along to the meeting. If you can't make it, please drop me a line at hornsbynorthpandcpresident@gmail.com. Janelle McIntosh, P&C President. TERM 2 FEES and CONTRIBUTIONS - The above accounts have been sent home. Thank you to the parents who responded to the reminders last term and paid in the holidays. Please contact me if you have difficulty meeting those costs, arrangements can be made for part or time payments and support can be given. Please endeavor to pay Term 2’s fees promptly, so the school can meet the payments required by outside providers.

Maree Sumpton Principal

Coming Events…… Thursday 9 May: Mother’s Day Stall. Monday 13 May: P&C Meeting 7.30pm. Wednesday 15 May: K-2 Athletics Carnival. Friday 17 May: Walk Safely to School Day / OC Applications Close (No late applications will be accepted). Monday 20 May: Year 1 Wannabees Excursion #1. Tuesday 21 May: Year 1 Wannabees Excursion #2.

From The Classroom - SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Week 1, Term 2: Dominic, Sofia, Danush, Jennifer, Alex, Justin, Steve, David, Ned, Kristian, Ruby C., Tara, Yinan, Katherine, Annisa, Jiwon, Mac, Nikki, Joel, x 2, Violet, Anna, Ruby W., Ishana, Levin, Sophie, Atharva, Amy, Zaira, Daython, Hugh, Dannielle, Trinity, Chloe, Anurina, Nathan, Adelaide & Evie. KINDERGARTEN NEWS:- Week 3: Design your dream rain boots. Describe three things about them to your class. Kindy Teachers. LIBRARY NEWS - Bookclub: Issue 3 of Ashton's Scholastic Bookclub for this year will arrive home sometime this week. Please order your books

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families the opportunity to see the school during a regular school day. Thursday 23 May 9:15—10:40am. Thursday 20 June 9:15—10:40am. Thursday 1 August 9:15—10:40am. Thursday 12 September 9:15—10:40am. Cnr Falcon & Miller Streets, Crows Nest. If you have any questions, please phone 9955 4748. Northsydbo-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au The school is best accessed by public transport.

Community News - HORNSBY MUSICAL SOCIETY - Kiss Me Kate 10-13 October 2019. In October we will be staging the Cole Porter classic, Kiss Me Kate. The show has a sophisticated songbook that includes iconic songs such as 'Too Darn Hot', 'Another Opening, Another Show' and 'So In Love'. www.hornsbymusicalsociety.com.au PARENTING ANXIOUS CHILDREN—NORTHERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT - A seminar for parents of children aged 4-10 yrs discussing the nature of anxiety and the different ways it may present in children, risk factors and potential implications for parents and children, as well as identification of practical strategies & resources to assist. Friday, 24 May at 10am-12pm. The cost of the seminar is $10 however there will be no charge for concession card holders. Registration is essential as groups fill quickly. To confirm your place please call CYMHS on 9485 6155. Participants will be asked to complete feedback forms.

Tuesday 14 May: Megha Baran, Ingrid Piper. Wednesday 15 May: Clare Rienits, Archana, HELPERS PLEASE. Vicki Stubbings, Canteen Manager. BAND NEWS - I would like pass on our congratulations to Mr Lachlan Hamilton and his wife who in the last week have welcomed the arrival of a beautiful little girl, Lucy Jane. All reports are mum and bub are doing well and adjusting to the sleeping patterns. Welcome to a busy term for Band with lots more information to follow. Permission notes will be sent out in the next couple of weeks for the Band Camp. Dates to remember for this term:- Sunday, 2 June— all Bands performing at the School Fair. Sunday, 16 June—all Bands performing at Wahroonga Music Festival, The times will be confirmed closer to the day. Thank you, Gavin Hunter. MOTHER’S DAY STALL—9/5/19 - CALLING ALL PARENTS! The annual Mother’s Day stall will be held this Thursday, 9 May and we need some volunteers to help between 8am - 12pm. Even if you can spare an hour it means others won't need to be there all morning. It doesn't matter if you haven't done it before, no previous experience required! Remember, this event simply can't happen without the support of parents and it really is such a lovely event, which the children love taking part in. Please go to the Doodle.com event https://doodle.com/poll/tpk2373gay8emv8t to indicate the time you can volunteer. Any questions, please contact Marika on 0418 471 677. SCHOOL BANKING - Rewards are a week delayed and will be distributed when they arrive. School Banking is in need of more volunteers and we will also be looking for a new Banking Coordinator/s to take over the role this year. The Coordinator role is currently managed by two parents. If you can help out or are interested in finding out more about the role, please come and see us in the Staff Room on Wednesday mornings from 9.15am. Thank you, Pearl & Ruth. KU-RING-GAI HIGH SCHOOL TOURS - Ku-ring-gai High School is a community that values the individual worth and contribution of all its members. Our school ensures excellent student centred, co-educational and comprehensive education with a positive focus on developing students through future focused learning. Come and see for yourself:- Tuesday 21 May at 1:45pm and Thursday 20 June at 9:15am. Please RSVP to the Administration Office, as numbers for the tours are limited. Alternatively, visits may be arranged by appointment. 403 Bobbin Head Road, North Turramurra, 2074. Phone: 9144 3477. Email: kuringgai-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: http://www.kuringgai-h.schools.nsw.edu.au NORTH SYDNEY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TOURS - We invite prospective students and their families to attend one of our Open Mornings. These give the boys and their

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Bedwetting

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