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Prairievale Public School

NEWSLETTER

Tuesday 6 August 2013 - Term 3 Week 4

Cnr Prairie Vale and Mimosa Rds

Bossley Park 2176

www.prairieval-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Ms Nikki Perrin

96040922

nikki.perrin1@det.nsw.edu.au

Dear Parents,

Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate Education week here at PPS! We

had a great open day and assembly and are very proud of our school and the

opportunities that it offers our students.

School Ambassador

On Thursday evening I was lucky enough to

attend the South Western Sydney

Ambassadors for Public Education

Recognition Ceremony at Revesby Workers

Club. It was a fantastic night showcasing the

best of Public Education across our region.

The absolute highlight was seeing our

ambassador, Louisse presented with her

certificate by the Director of Fairfield Schools

Network, Mr Daryl McKay. Congratulations Louisse!

Letterbox Drop

We are looking for volunteers who are willing

to help deliver leaflets to streets in our local

area. We would appreciate ANY assistance

you might be able to offer. If you can help,

please see Miss Suzy in our office.

Kindergarten 2014

If anyone has a child or knows of a child who

lives in our area - mainly Greenfield Park,

Bossley Park (some streets) and Prairiewood

(some streets) who is due to start Kindergarten

in 2014, we encourage them to contact the

school as soon as possible to arrange enrolment.

Places in our Term 4 Transition to School Literacy program are also filling fast. So

this would be an excellent opportunity to also put their name down for this exciting

program.

Parking

This is just a friendly reminder about not using the staff car park as a place to

drop off and pick up children. This is a safety issue and we ask that you park

on the street when dropping off and picking up your children.

Also, as you are aware, the front of the school is a bus stop, and is also a no

stopping zone. Please do not stop your car to drop off or pick up students in these

areas, (even if it is only for a minute) as it is dangerous for children when they are

rushing trying to get in and out of cars.

Also please remember to use the crossing to cross Prairie

Vale Rd. Small children crossing in between traffic are often

hard to see, especially to drivers of larger cars. Please take

the time to walk to the crossing when crossing the road.

Fairfield City Champion

Congratulations to our school

leaders (Sane and Chris were

away ) who represented us in

this week’s Fairfield City

Champion. You looked terrific!

Well done also to the SRC who

organised a very successful

Jeans for Genes Day at school

yesterday (Monday).

P&C Chocolate Fundraiser

Don’t forget that you can still return your note to receive your $10 Chocolate

Showbag. All money raised will go towards supporting the programs at

Prairievale PS! We appreciate your support and hope that by offering the

chocolates in smaller quantities that more families may be able to offer their

support. Prizes will be on offer for every student who purchases a bag.

Zone Athletics Carnival

Good luck to all of our competitors who will be attending the Zone Athletics

Carnival this Friday. Notes need to be returned as soon as possible. If you are

unable to attend, please see Mr Chand as soon as possible.

Don’t forget, that there will be NO PSSA this Friday because of the Zone

Carnival.

School Website

Keep up to date on everything that is happening and download and print notes

or newsletters you may have missed on our school website. You can find us at

http://www.prairieval-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Have a great couple of weeks,

Nikki Perrin - Principal

25 Nights Reading

KP

Stephanie Matti

2S

Dylan Shlimon

3SE

Jennifer Gatt

Betina Aguilera

50 Nights Reading

KD

Nardeen Hanna

KP

Raphael Latsombath

De Alvia

Uta Fifita

Caroline Quach

Tristian Dang

Stephanie Matti

Adam Al Zuhairy

1M

Liam Jarnjevic

Aidan Awad

2S

Luna Nguyen

4H

Natasha Prasad

4/5B

Milad Saleem

5S

Rahul Kumar

Danny Nguyen

Muller Sika

KD

Marvin Wu

Lauren Martin

Phoenix Youkhana

KP

Lerita Melia

Luka Medina

Sarah Noona

Uta Fifita

Raphael Latsombath

De Alvia

Tristian Dang

Berakah Vaituutuu

Caroline Quach

2M

Kiara Cameron-Smith

Thomas Oraha

4H

Fernanda Cebada

5S

Julia Tran

75 Nights Reading

KD

Emilio Navarette

Jayden Le

KP

Narseen Goria

Sarah Noona

1M

Cynthia Boun

Marcus Yousif

2S

Misak Pamboukian

3SE

Stavro Eleya

Diana Al Zuhainy

4H

Okan Kuru

4/5B

Dylan Jong

5S

Jennifer Duong

100 Nights Reading

KD

Isabella Usamaki

3SE

Anglina Teyari

Emilya Balyos

5S

Ashoor Teyari

Josephine Brunetto

Lara Chwa

Jennifer Duong

6A

Olivia Lopez

Tien Lien

125 Nights Reading

KD

Isabella Usamaki

2S

Sophie Condell

Daniel Usamaki

6A

Tien Lien

Kevin Hanani

Arsiak Ishaq

Olivia Lopez

150 Nights Reading

Education WeekEducation Week Why is Education so Important?

In 6A we believe that education is important. Education teaches us how to think in different ways – logically, mathematically and scientifically. The school environment teaches us how to interact with others. Surrounded by classmates from different cultures and language backgrounds, we learn together and from each other. We learn to respect other people’s opinions. We learn that there are many types of intelligence, and that everyone is good at something. Education gives us the opportunity to discover what we are good at and what we can offer. Our intelligence grows out of what we know and learn. The more we learn, the more opportunities we will have in the future. If our goal is to be productive, responsible and active members of society, education is the key to making that happen.

Imagine a life with no education. We wouldn’t be able to read, write or even communicate. We take education for granted. In 6M, we believe that education allows us to explore, understand and appreciate the world we live in. We believe that education is the key to success.

In 5S we believe education is important because education gives us a brighter future. It helps us to connect and communicate with people. Education teaches us about the world around us. Education will help to open our minds and make us more positive. Education can change our lives as well as those around us. We believe that education will help us to be anything and anyone we want to be. In the words of Nelson Mandela, “Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world”.

In 5K we believe that education is important because it gives people the knowledge and skills to help them in the future and also to keep us safe. Education gives you the knowledge and experience to help you get a good job. People who are educated have more opportunities to choose a career they really like. Education gives you the skills to get through your social life. Skills such as learning to drive, cook, speak other languages and handling money are all important everyday abilities. Being educated helps keep people safe. Learning about drugs and diseases helps people make good decisions when in difficult situations. We can also physically learn to keep ourselves safe by learning first aid and self defence. Education is extremely important for people who want to live life successfully and safely.

Education WeekEducation Week

Education WeekEducation Week What are the most important things that

you learn at school?

In 4A, we think that the most important things we learn at school are the things we need in our future. Respect for ourselves and others so that we have happy friendships during our lives. Re-sponsibility so that we are able to look after ourselves and oth-ers close to us. Reading and writing are very important as we use them in so many situations in our everyday lives. The students in 4H decided that there are many important things we learn at school. The most import for 4H are, · to respect our teachers and other students · to concentrate in class and always do our best work and · always follow school rules In 4/5B we think that learning about maths is important because it will help us when we grow up. We also think learning about other cultures in community languages is valuable. In our class we like learning about the past and history, that’s why we think HSIE is a good subject to learn about. In 4/5B we also love to read!

Education WeekEducation Week LOVE OF LEARNING AWARDS

KD Bianka Mickoska Emilio Navarette

KP Berakah Vaituutuu Sarah Noona

K/1B Orlando Jong Maia Gemmell

1M Katelyn Pourrashidi Liam Jarnjevic

1S Afaaf Asmarro Mehmet Terun

1/2C Gordon Ung Cooper Roch

2M Belos Kafo Bronel Kaldy

2S Misak Pamboukian Luna Nguyen

3SE Juliana Bekasha Stavro Eleya

3L Maggie Zhang Daniel Jarnjevic

4A Andrew Blewitt Sunny Le

4H Rita Saleem Steven Pham

4/5B Nicholas Riva Rasha Dawood

5K Malak Al-Attar Anas Salim

5S Christina Khoshaba Danny Nguyen

6A Tien Lien Louisse Madden

6M Ashur Yousif Tina Thach

Assyrian Lasenia Ishaq

Spanish Kienan Supriyono

Vietnamese Julia Ngo

Groups Andy Giang Tiana Siek Angelica Yousif

Education WeekEducation Week What do you love about school?

We love school in 1S. Our favourite things about school are reading groups, and going to the library, doing handwriting and art, spelling and reading. We love playing with our friends and using computers. We like when we go to show Miss Perrin our work and we get stickers. We love our school and 1S! In 2M we like lots of things about school. We love playing outside and reading and learning. We love making new friends and doing gymnastics. We really like art and handwriting lessons. We LOVE our teacher too! 1n 1/2C we love school! We love playing with our friends, reading with the teacher and going to the computer lab. We can’t wait to do art, drawing or painting each week. We also love playing sport, doing gymnastics and going to the athletics carnival. In 1M we love: - Working together in class. - Going to gymnastics on Wednesdays. - Going to the library and borrowing books - Working together in maths and reading groups - Helping each other In K/1B we love learning new things. We love going to gymnastics every Wednesday.

Class in FocusClass in Focus At the end of last term, 4A visited Old Government House in

Parramatta. We have been learning about life in the past.

As part of the experience we attended a classroom from 1815. The

bell was rung by hand and we had to line up in boys and girls lines.

Our teacher was Mrs Johnson and she was very strict. She had a

birch for hitting children if they were not doing the right thing. We

had to use chalk and slates to write on as paper was too

expensive. We had to repeat things many times as that was the

style of learning. We practiced how the letter ‘s’ was written

different ways back then. She taught us about the currency and

measurements they used. We had to answer using her name at the

end each time. At the end of class, the girls had to walk past and

curtsey and the boys had to bow and say “good morning Mrs

Johnson”. We are glad we go to school in 2013.

After the school we went around to look at Old Government House. This was the residence

of Governor Lachlan Macquarie and his family. We were put into small groups with a guide.

We were not allowed to touch anything as it was so old and precious. We found out that

they liked to build things symmetrically. There was no electricity and lighting was from

candlelight. They had fireplaces and shutters on windows for heating. In each room there

was a rope that was connected to a bell outside the servants quarters. A chamberpot was

kept under the bed in case they needed to go to the toilet during the night.

We all had a

great day!

4A

PPS Calendar August

Thursday 8 Kindergarten excursion

Friday 9 Zone Athletics Carnival

Tuesday 13 ICAS Maths

Wednesday 14 P&C Meeting @ 2pm

Monday 19 Sport and Specialty Group photos

Tuesday 20 Literacy Fun Day

Wednesday 28 Fathers’ Day Stall

September

Wednesday 11 Parks Music Festival

Thursday 12 Parks Music Festival

Friday 20 Last Day of Term 3

October

Monday 7 Public Holiday (No school on this day)

Tuesday 8 Students return to school