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Newsletter of Alfords Point Public School

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Excellence, Innovation & Success in a Caring Environment

Friday 29 March 2019 Term 1 Week 9 Dear Parents, Staff & Students Congratulations to our Year 6 students and families on a very successful BBQ fundraiser on Saturday. A special thank you on behalf of the students, to the Year 6 families who helped to organise and offered their time to assist. The children greatly appreciate your efforts as does the school. All monies raised will go towards the Year 6 farewell. Well done! Thank you to our families who supported Epilepsy Awareness Day through baking delicious cupcakes and cookies for the children to purchase and wearing a splash of purple. All monies raised go towards supporting the work of Epilepsy Action Australia. As a school community we have been able to donate $387.15. Congratulations Alfords Point Public School! Cyber Safety Parent talk NSW Police will be holding a cyber safety parent talk on Thursday 11 April at 9am in the school hall. Parents and carers are encouraged to attend. Easter Hat Parade The K-2 Easter Hat Parade will be held on Thursday 11 April at 10am directly after the police Cyber Safety talk concludes. A note has gone home to all K-2 students with information about the event. We are looking forward to seeing all the special Easter hats at the parade. Please speak to your class teacher or Mrs Lombe if you have any questions. Building works Due to the wet weather the building works on the canteen/before and after school care building roof have been delayed. The work is now expected to take place over the school holidays. Cindi Kindi vacation care will run from the hall during the school holidays. More information will be provided closer to the date. NAPLAN Online Practice Test This year our Year 3 and Year 5 students will again be completing NAPLAN online. This will take place between Tuesday 14 May and Friday 24 May. To prepare for this our Year 3 and Year 5 students will complete a practice test between Monday 25 March and Friday 5 April. Details about the practice test has been sent home with our Year 3 and Year 5 students. Kindergarten 2020 Enrolments for 2020 Kindergarten are now open. If you have a child starting in 2020 please complete an enrolment form. Enrolment forms are available from the front office and online.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY April 2 Parent Interviews 4-5M, 5-6D, 5-6B 1.30-6.30pm April 4 SSSMF Senior Choir 1/2 day Rehearsal April 5 Cross Country Coachwood Oval April 8 Parent Interviews KD, KJ 1.30-6.30pm April 8-10 Stage 3 Camp April 9 Parent Interviews 1-2PK, 1-2L, 1-2M 1.30-6.30pm April 10 Parent Interviews 3-4T, 3-4R 1.30-6.30pm April 11 9am NSW Police Cyber Safety Parent Talk 10am Easter Hat Parade K-2 May 3 Winter PSSA Commences

Respect & Responsibility, Care & Compassion, Cooperation & Fairness

STEWART HOUSE

Parent Interviews Interview booking notes have been sent home with all students so that parents can arrange an interview time with their child’s class teacher to discuss their child’s progress. Interviews will take place in your child’s classrooms from 1.30pm – 6.30pm. The interviews will follow the following formats: ES1 and Stage 1 interviews will involve parents and teachers only. Stage 2 and 3 interviews will be a three way interview involving teacher, students and parents. Please save the dates in your diary. KD and KJ: Monday 8 April 2019 1/2PK, 1/2L and 1/2M: Tuesday 9 April 2019 3/4T and 3/4R: Wednesday 10 April 2019 4/5M, 5/6D and 5/6B: Tuesday 2 April 2019 Girls Winter Uniform Thank you to the families who returned a preference sheet for a pants option for the girl’s winter uniform. There were 51 responses in total received. The responses were as follows: Option 1 – Peter Pan blouse with maroon slacks – 36 positive responses with 15 expressing interest in purchasing this year. Option 2 – Peter Pan blouse with grey slacks – 9 positive responses with 1 expressing interest in purchasing this year. There were 6 responses also received that expressed no interest in purchasing this year and did not indicate a preference for either option. As decided at the P&C meeting, the most popular option would be the chosen uniform choice for Alfords Point Public School. The girls winter uniform will now include a Peter Pan blouse with maroon slacks option. The uniform committee are speaking with suppliers so as to organise to have the additional item of clothing available for our school community to purchase from the beginning of Term 2 2019. Pre-service Teachers Last Thursday Alfords Point Public School welcomed seven pre-service teachers from Wollongong University. The pre-service teachers will be attending every Thursday for six weeks before returning for a two week block in June. Spine Society of Australia Spine Society of Australia has provided a fact sheet on how to detect scoliosis for girls in years 5 and 7. The fact sheet can be accessed directly from the Scoliosis Australia home page at https://www.scoliosis-australia.org/wp-content/uploads/Self-Detection_FactSheet.pdf Annette Wein Principal Envelopes for Stewart House have been distributed. If you wish to donate, please complete the details on the back of the envelope and place a $2 coin or equivalent in the envelope. Please return all completed envelopes back to the office by Monday 27 May for collection by Stewart House. Thank you.

SPORTS NEWS

SRC NEWS

UNIFORM SHOP Opening Hours for 2019

The uniform shop will next be open on 10 April 2019 and then once a

fortnight on Wednesdays of every odd week, starting from 8.30am - 9.15am in

the hall.

Orders can be left at the office. Thank you

Please report trespassers in the school grounds to: School Security 1300 880 021 OR Sutherland Police Station 9542 0899

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK - T1, Week 9

KD One KJ Evan 1-2L Sophie 1-2M Scarlett 1-2PK Victoria 3-4R Patrick 3-4T Melaia 4-5M Alexis 5-6B Bethani 5-6D Cara

All is almost organised for next Friday’s (5 April) annual Alfords Point Public School Cross Country Carnival at Coachwood Oval (races commence at 9.15am). All students need to be at school at 8.40am for roll call and event instructions. It’s been great to hear the chat by students about how they have been training during out of school hours (of course with parent permission and supervision). The Kindi students’ course is 400m, Year 1 students’ course is 600m and the Year 2 students’ course is 800m. For the primary students, the junior (8,9 & 10 years) course is 2km and the senior course is 3km. As this event takes place around the pathways outside the school playground (for students in Years 3-6) as well as Coachwood Oval, we require the assistance of parents and friends as track officials. If you can assist, please return the paperwork to Debbie Burke by next Tuesday 2 April. Spectators are very welcome, remember a comfy chair and your big voices for cheering. Permission notes need to be returned ASAP. Thanking you in advance for your support. Successful students in the 8-13 year age groups at our carnival will progress to the Engadine Zone carnival on Friday 24 May. Winter PSSA teams are almost finalised. Trials continued today and successful students will be announced prior to the school holidays. The winter PSSA competition begins in Term 2 on Friday 3

May. Debbie Burke ANZAC Care Packages Thank you to everyone in our school community for your contributions to our ANZAC Care packages. They will be sent out early next week and we look forward to hearing back from our Australian Soldiers. Eggshibition and Colouring Competition The SRC will be holding their annual Eggshibition on Thursday 11 April. This is a competition where Stage 2 and 3 students will be able to create a diorama that has something to do with eggs. There have been many interesting and creative ideas over the years, such as, Eggtanic, Egg Direction and Eggypt. Kindergarten and Stage 1 will be able to enter a colouring and decorating competition. They should have received their Easter colouring sheet today. All colouring competitions are to be given to Mrs Panourgias by Tuesday 9 April. We look forward to seeing the creative talent of all students at Alfords Point Public School. As of next week the SRC will also be running an Easter Egg Guessing Competition during recess and lunch time. Students will be able to pay 20c for each guess of how many eggs are in the Easter Jar. The winner will be announced during our Easter Hat Parade on Thursday 11 April. Mrs Panourgias and Miss Townsend

SCHOOL BANKING

THE POINT CAFE Thank you to all those who have volunteered and helped. Monday Volunteers needed Wednesday Volunteers needed Thursday Volunteers needed Friday Alana Wittig

Thank you to the following volunteers for Week 10:

Yvonne Hassapis Megan Brice