FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Welcome to Week 9! The spring weather doesn’t seem to know whether it’s coming or going at the moment. All the very best of luck to the Holbrook U12s netball team, who are playing their grand final this weekend! Go Brookers! Trent Barrett Shield – On Friday, four Holbrook teams (two boys’ rugby league and two girls’ league tag) participated in the Year 3/4 Trent Barrett Shield in Albury. There were 67 teams and almost 700 students competing! It was a beautiful day and all of our students played extremely

well in the competitive divisions of the event. Two of our teams (Holbrook 1 in the boys’ rugby league and Holbrook 1 in the girls’ league tag) won their pools and grand finals to qualify for the finals in Wagga Wagga on Tuesday, 24 September. This was a fantastic result! Holbrook 2, in the girls’ league tag, made the grand final, however, were beaten by Lavington East. Holbrook 2, in the boys rugby league, played courageously all day and finished 3rd in their pool. Sybil Triggs, Alice Hearn, Isaac Bennetts and Eli Toll who were awarded Best Player awards for their respective teams. Congratulations to all players for their skills, team work and sportsmanship, especially those who stepped out of their comfort zones and tried something new. Many thanks to the parents who were there to support us all day. Special thanks to our two super coaches, Rose Bennetts and Jim Heriot! Thank you also to Kelly and Alana Black and Rose Bennetts who supported us with training in our preparation.

Trent Barrett ‘Best Player’ recipients: Eli Toll, Alice Hearn, Sybil Triggs and Isaac Bennetts, Holbrook 1 Boys’ team,

Holbrook 2 Boys’ team, Holbrook 1 Girls’ team, Holbrook 2 Girls’ team

TERM 3, WEEK 9 DIARY TERM 3, WEEK 10 DIARY Mon 16 Sep Mon 23 Sep Tue 17 Sep • ICAS English test • Henty Field Days Tue 24 Sep • WSP Full Dress Rehearsal • Trent

Barrett Shield final (Wagga) Wed 18 Sep • ICAS Spelling Bee test • Henty Field

Days Wed 25 Sep • WSP matinée and night performance

Thu 19 Sep • ICAS maths test • Henty Field Days Thu 26 Sep • WSP night performance Fri 20 Sep • Footy Colours Day Fri 27 Sep • Last day of term P&C NEWS Wed 30 Oct P&C meeting at 7:30 pm (school library) – All welcome!

CANTEEN ROSTER Fri 20 Sep NO LUNCH ORDERS Fri 27 Sep Georgie Millard Mon 23 Sep Jess Barr Smith Mon 14 Oct Help needed

Our 2018 to 2020 School Plan Strategic Directions

• Students • Staff • Parents • Community

Excellence in Teaching Excellence in Leading Excellence in Learning

Holbrook Public School Quality education for all in a secure and caring environment Address: 146 Albury Street, Holbrook NSW 2644 Phone: (02) 6036 2021 Fax: (02) 6036 2901 Email: Holbrook-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: https://holbrook-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

ISSUE 16: Term 3, Week 9 Monday, 16 September 2019

ISSUE 16 Term 3, Week 9 Monday, 16 September 2019

ICAS UNSW Tests – This week, our final UNSW tests will be held for participating students. Due to the tests being conducted online, they must be completed on the allocated days: Tuesday, 17 – English, Wednesday, 18 – spelling bee and Thursday, 19 – mathematics. All tests will commence at 2:00 pm in the school’s computer lab. National School Chaplaincy Program – The National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) is a Commonwealth-funded initiative to support the emotional wellbeing of students and the broader school community through the provision of pastoral care services. I have canvased our staff and P&C and there is support for our school applying for this grant, which will fully fund a School Chaplain working in the school for two days per week from 2020 - 2022. I understand that the title ‘School Chaplain’ can be a deterrent for some, however, once I’ve explained the role and purpose, there are generally high levels of support. Chaplains are trained in pastoral care and address overall wellbeing needs, including anxiety, building resilience, developing social skills, bullying and cyber safety, and engagement and support of the parent community. They are often retired teachers, nurses or social workers, who are employed jointly by the school and an external provider. I will be running an information session in the school library at 4:00 pm on Monday, 23 September for anyone who would like to know more about the program. P&C Wishlist – A huge thank you to the P&C for all of their fundraising, and support of the school and its students. At last week’s meeting, a school wishlist was presented to the P&C by staff. The P&C have decided to support the school with additional reading resources, digital technologies equipment and djembe drums. These resources are relevant to our school plan and will be highly valued by the students, teachers and community! Super 8s Cricket – There will be a Year 3-6 cricket competition at Culcairn on the first Friday in Term 4 for interested students. A note will be sent home this week. Whole School Performance – Tickets are selling fast in the office and excitement is beginning to build around the school and community as our Whole School Performance ‘The Olympics Come to Holbrook’ approaches. Performances will be held on Wednesday, 25 September – matinée (1:00 pm) and evening (7:00 pm) and Thursday, 26 September – evening performance only (7:00 pm). Information about the performance is included in today’s newsletter. A note with more information for parents will be sent home this week. A reminder that you need to purchase tickets to attend, with that money going towards the cost of hiring equipment and purchasing items needed for the performance. Tickets need to be purchased from the office, prior to the night, as there is allocated seating. The Year 6 students will star in the performance; however, all students will have the opportunity to be on stage throughout. If you haven’t already, please send in your child’s costume before the end of this week. We look forward to seeing you there! 5/6 Resilience Day – The 5/6 Resilience Day for public and independent school children from Holbrook, Henty and Culcairn was held recently in Culcairn. The day was coordinated by the Local Health Advisory Committee (LHAC) and local schools and featured Steve Bowen as the main presenter. He talked about his Boomerang Theory (“What you throw out, is what you get back”) and led students through a process of discovering their core values. Activities about teamwork, bullying, making mistakes and stepping out of their comfort zones were also a part of the day. Thank you to Abby Paton and Margot Pitzen for cooking the barbecue! Mr Fisher Principal

“THE SPROUTS” GARDENING CLUB A group of students from across several year groups have been excited to get back into the garden, now that the weather is improving. They have been busy weeding and planting out the grasses, kindly donated by the Glass family. Please remind your child to bring gardening gloves, if they have them, for our garden activities on Tuesdays. Christel Pargeter Year 3 Teacher

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PREMIER’S SPELLING BEE Congratulations to Aiden Walmsley, Sybil Triggs, Annie Triggs and Jackson Barba who competed in the regional finals of the NSW Premier's Spelling Bee at Corowa Public School on Wednesday, 11 September. These students competed against students from 17 other schools in the region. Aiden made it to the sixth round and the others made it through to the second round. Well done to all for their fantastic efforts. It is not easy to stand up and spell difficult words in front of an audience. We are very proud of you all. Chrissy Lavis PSB Coordinator

STATE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL On Friday, 30 August, 15 Holbrook Public School students attended the Riverina Athletics Carnival as part of the Southern Riverina Team. These students put in an amazing effort and achieved excellent results. All students should be extremely proud of their achievements! Six of our students will be continuing their athletic quest, by representing our school at the State Athletics Carnival in Term 4. Please remember to complete and forward all permission notes by Friday, 27 September to the email supplied. We wish you all the very best of luck! Thomas Black: Junior Long Jump Ollie Cardile: Junior 800m Laycii Freund: 10yr Girls 100m, Junior 200m, Junior Long Jump Alice Hearn: 9yr Girls 100m Leo Laffan: 11yr Boys Shot Put Ava Wolter: 11yr Girls Shot Put Chontelle Henderson

KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION - NUMERACY On Monday, 9 September, the preschool children joined Year 5 for an orientation visit to Holbrook Public School. The Year 5 students did a wonderful job in assisting the pre-schoolers in navigating their way around the school. The pre-schoolers were on the hunt for some treasure, and successfully used their maps and clues to find it. A big thank you to the Year 5 students for helping to set up the activities and for braving the cold wind! We look forward to seeing the pre-schoolers soon for our Whole School Performance on Wednesday, 25 September. As always, families are encouraged to book a tour of the school at the front office. Ashleigh Hemphill

HAVE YOUR SAY ON BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE The NSW Government is committed to providing before and after school care to all students of public primary schools in New South Wales. As part of the reform, a parent web form has been established by Service NSW that will enable parents to tell the department about their specific care needs and to stay up to date with any new developments. The information provided by parents will help the Department of Education to understand your needs, give them insights into where there are gaps in service delivery and help to ensure the extra places are delivered where they are required. Have you say today at https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/basc.

CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR TERM 4 Do you have some free time in your calendar during Term 4? If so, we would really value your time to help with lunch orders on Monday and/or Friday mornings. Not only is the process simple: 1. Sign in and take the class baskets from the office to the canteen, 2. The students will put their lunch orders in their class baskets, 3. Sign out and take the baskets to the Holbrook Bakery, It only takes around 45 minutes out of your day and your child loves to see you there. Please email Georgie Millard on gmillard75@gmail.com to volunteer or if you have any questions.

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LOST PROPERTY As Term 3 is rapidly coming to an end, we urge all students, parents and carers to have a look through the lost property box, located in the office. Any unclaimed items will be donated either to the Op Shop or to our second hand uniform shop on the last day of term.

TERM 4 UNIFORM Next term, our students return to school in their summer uniforms. Now’s the time to get your child to try on their summer uniform and if they need a new one, our uniform shop is fully stocked. As a reminder of our school uniform policy: • navy blue trousers and shorts are part of our uniform, not black pants or black tights; • hair accessories (scrunchies, ribbons or head bands) should be yellow or navy; • shoe colour is black, with the exception of Fridays, when runners are worn; • Riverina gear is not part of our school uniform; • school jumpers should not have hoods; • caps and beanies are not part of our school uniform; • boys are to wear plain navy socks; • girls are to wear navy socks or tights during Terms 2 and 3, navy socks on sports days, and plain white

socks during Terms 1 and 4; • the only jewellery to be worn are stud earrings and a basic watch.

at Holbrook Public School The SRC are collecting plastic bottles, aluminium cans, cardboard cartons and glass bottles that have the 10¢ refund collection logo on them. You are welcome to collect them up and send them in from home to help us raise funds for our school and our chosen charities.

PRE-L VED UNIFORMS IN STOCK NOW!

Summer Sizes Polo Shirt (short sleeve) 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16 Shorts 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 Summer Dress 4, 6, 12 Winter Polo Shirt (long sleeve) 4, 6, 8, 16 Fleece 4, 6, 10 Boys’ Pants 4, 6, 14 Girls’ Tartan Pants 6 Girl’s Tartan Skirt 16 Girls’ Tartan Tunic 4, 6 Windcheater 8, 10 Sport Sport Shirt 4, 6, 8 Sport Shorts 4, 6, 8, 10 Track Pants 10

FROM THE UNIFORM SHOP

$5ea

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AUSSIES OF THE MONTH

Blade Maher, Year 1

Always being kind and thoughtful and treating class members with respect

Chayse Ross, Year 3

Always being kind and thoughtful and treating class members with respect

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS Fergus Glass, Tierhys Hall, Jonty Ingle, Justine Naughton, Blake Robards, Annie Triggs, Aiden Walmsley

STAR CARD WINNERS Yellow Playground Star Cards Jett Coates and Anabella Lindsay Blue Classroom Star Cards Teddy Heijse and Jessica Frana

VALUES AWARD – CARE Senior: Tierhys Hall

BEST CLASS ASSEMBLY AWARD This award is given to the most attentive and responsible class at assembly. The winner is: Year 4

FIRST CLASS READY AWARD Awarded to that class who has consistently been prompt when lining up at morning assemblies, and after lunch and recess. The winner is: Year 1

TIDY TED AWARD Awarded to the tidiest classroom. The winner is: Year 2

Zamara Castles Year 1

Ella Ward Year 2

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SPONSORSHIP: The following Holbrook businesses sponsor our newsletter. Please support them when you can.

CLASS AWARDS Miss Hemphill Isabella Ingle – For always being a wonderful and positive role model for her peers and for

always being ready to learn Zye Liddell– For making good choices that positively influence his learning and for regularly

modelling great behaviour

Miss Freeman Henry Lindsay – Taking responsibility for his learning and ensuring all tasks are completed

to his best ability Jackson Rangi – His creative and entertaining sentence writing

Mrs Young Jai Hughes – Positive contributions to group problem solving in maths Jasmine Purcell – Artwork is imaginative and creative

Mrs Pargeter Ned Harrison – Writing an informative explanation text about ‘how bees make honey’ Lacey McKillop – Her positive attitude towards learning about fractions on a number line

Miss Lavis Isobel Atkinson – Working hard to learn our class item Nate Kenney – Working hard to learn our class item

Mrs Wedgwood Sophia Henderson – Always having relevant ideas and thoughts during class discussions Wil Jenkyn – Effort and dedication in learning his parts for the Whole School Performance Thomas Maclagan – Trying to be neat in all books and making the effort in reading, fractions and measuring Peer Support Leaders and Co-Leaders – Taking time, effort and care in leading their groups. Thank you!

Mrs Biar Grace Bennetts – For being a sensible, enthusiastic worker in library lessons Jessica Frana – For showing great application to her maths work and quietly and diligently working in class

Mrs Henderson Ella Lieschke – For always being a happy, helpful and polite student Annabel Pincott – For always being a happy, helpful and polite student

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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