Newsletter to Parents

STANFORD MERTHYR INFANTS SCHOOL

Striving for Excellence

Find us at: Maitland Street, Stanford Merthyr NSW 2327 email: stanmerthi-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Phone: (02) 4937 1192 Fax: (02) 4936 1178 www.stanmerthi-p.school.nsw.edu.au www.facebook.com/stanfordmerthyr

Week 5 Term 4 3rd November 2015

CANTEEN ROSTER Wed 4th Nov Barbara & Nicole

Fri 6th Nov Tanya & Kristy

Wed 11th Nov Tanya & Kristy

Fri 13th Nov Barbara & Nicole

THURSDAY FRUIT BREAK

Thur 5th November Heather Bianchi

Thur 12th November Shanelle Giles

Dear families and friends of Stanford Merthyr

Infants: THOUGHT FOR THE FORTNIGHT

GRANDPARENTS DAY THIS FRIDAY

We have exciting activities for our grandparents.

It is lovely for students to have their grandpar-

ents come to school to see their grandchildren

performing.

Timetable of events: 9am-12 noon.

9:15-9:45 - School assembly

9:45-10:15– Grandparents join with their grand-

children to play maths games in classrooms.

10:15-11:00 - Enjoy dancing displays by the chil-

dren, including old times dances as well as modern

ones.

11:00-12:00– Enjoy a picnic lunch that you bring in

to share with your grandchild, followed by joining

them to play in the playground.

We will have cans of drink, cakes and chips for

sale for you to purchase with your picnic lunch.

We were very fortunate to have had Karen come last

week with her poodle to discuss how to look after a pet

responsibly. She also spoke on the need to be careful be-

fore patting dogs that the children don’t know.

YEAR TWO TRANSITON TO PELAW MAIN PUBLIC

These are the dates of the remaining sessions. Please

make sure you don’t arrive until the times below.

Friday 6th November 1:40-3:15pm

Friday 20th November 11:30-3:15pm

P&C MEETING HERE TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER

I look forward to seeing interested people at 6pm– 7pm.

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BAKER,BAKER

6th Nov KP

6th Nov K/1H NO BAKER BAKER 6th Nov 1P

6th Nov 2T

13th Nov KP Denika Hallett

13th Nov K/1H Kailie Walker

13th Nov 1P Chayse Cook

13th Nov 2T Hannah McDonald No peanut products are to be used

Term 4 Assembly Roster

Fri 6th Nov KP present work

Fri 13th Nov Year 2 item

Fri 20th Nov Year 1P item

Fri 27th Nov K/1H item

Fri 4th Dec KP item

Fri 11th Dec Final assembly – Awards only

MOVIE AND PIZZA NIGHT WEDNESDAY 18TH

NOVEMBER

Children are asked to be here at school at 5pm

dressed in their pyjamas. They are able to bring their

teddy or soft toy if they would like to. We will serve

pizza and a drink first, before going to Mr Ping’s room

to watch the movie. We would appreciate all children

being picked up by 7.00pm please. The permission note

and pizza order form is available at the office. Please

indicate whether your child will be participating and

please have your order in by Monday 16th November.

Cost $6.50. Thank you.

FIRE SAFETY VISITS

We thank Jamie from Kurri Fire Station for the fire

safety talks he delivered and for coming with the

truck to demonstrate the equipment to the children.

RED DAY FOR DANIEL MORCOMBE

Students were shown a DVD about Stranger Danger

and had discussion in class about being safe. They

completed an art activity and did written work about

keeping themselves safe. The students raised $72 for

being out of uniform. This money is being sent to the

Daniel Morcombe Foundation.

KINDER TRANSITION PROGRAM

The new kindergarten children for 2016 have now com-

pleted the first three of the six transition sessions.

They are loving the activities provided and are settling

in to their new surroundings and making friends.

RAINBOW DAY – YEAR TWO FUNDRAISER

On Friday the 18th November (week 6) we are having a

‘Rainbow Day’ ! Students can bring in a gold coin dona-

tion and wear their tie-dyed tee-shirt, which they did

during special interest groups throughout the year. If

they do not have a tie-dyed tee-shirt then they are

welcome to wear a brightly coloured tee-shirt.

Also available for $1.00 will be rainbow ice cream

which they can dip in sprinkles. As well we have Gum-

Balls that we will sell for 20c at recess. These will be

in a bag to take home as they are bubble gum and not

to be eaten at school.

Year Two thanks you for your support and we look

forward to presenting the school with our end of year

gift.

CHILDREN’S SANDWICH FILLINGS

Parents, I need to remind you that under no circum-

stances can your child have peanut butter as a

filling on their sandwich. We have students here

who can have an anaphylactic shock if they come in

contact with peanuts. Thankyou.

Early Action for Success Progress Report As part of the Early Action for Success program, we monitor children’s progress

in literacy and numeracy daily. We use these observations and work samples to

electronically record every child’s improvements each five weeks. This data is also

tracked by the Education Department Literacy and Numeracy teams. We can com-

pare how our school is going in relation to other Early Action for Success schools.

We completed 30 weeks of teaching and learning at the end of last term. When

we compared our results with the other schools we had confirmed that our chil-

dren are all making solid progress and we have many amazing results to be proud

of.

In numeracy, all our kindergarten children are ‘at’ or ‘above’ where they should be

for this time of the year. In year one, we have excellent results as well with

counting forward and backward and thinking and working mathematically. We will

be working hard with counting forwards and backwards on and off the decade, eg

67,77,87,97,107,117 and backwards, e.g. 115, 105, 95, 85 etc . . In year two over

79% of our students have demonstrated a clear understanding of the year 2 sylla-

bus. In year one and two, we will continue our focus on place value and under-

standing addition and subtraction with numbers in the tens and ones in particular.

E.g. Sixty five children came to school and thirty went on an excursion. How many were still at school? In literacy, we have all kindergarten children again working at or above where they

needed to be to start term four. In year one we have over half our students work-

ing at or above where they need to be in reading, comprehension and writing. In

year two, we have 90% of our students ‘at’ or ‘above ‘ in reading and comprehen-

sion. Seventy five percent of our year two students are writing ‘at’ or ‘above

‘expected levels.

We will continue to work hard to support all students to reach their potential.

Student have personalised goals in place so each learner has explicit feedback

about their successes and the next learning step. Teachers regularly meet and

collaborate to plan the best teaching and learning program possible for each child

at Stanford Merthyr Infants School.

We thank you, their parents and carers, for your ongoing support and encourage-

ment of your young child and their learning environment, at our school.

Christine Warren-Davey, Instructional Leader

I would like to add that every five weeks Christine and I pour over the students

data before we enter the results to send to Sydney. Our results show the dedica-

tion of our staff and the parent /grandparent support we have here at our school.

Anne Carr

Calendar of Events for Term Four 2015

Thursdays all year P&C provide fruit & vegetable platters for the children

Every Tuesday from 28th April Playgroup for all children birth to 5 years 9:30am-11:00 here at school

Tuesdays all term Boys Dance and Girls choir practices during lunch times

Wednesdays

11th, 18th November

Kindergarten Transition Program for those students starting here in 2016

12:00 noon-2pm each Wednesday

Thursday Monday 2nd and 9th Nov Special Interest Groups at 2pm

Friday 6th November Year 2 Second transition to Pelaw Main School 1:40pm-3:15pm

Friday 6th November Grandparents Day

Tuesday 10th November P&C meeting 6pm

Wednesday 11th November Remembrance Day ceremony 11am

Friday 13th November Rainbow Day– wear your tie dyed tee shirts to school

Wednesday 18th November Movie and Pizza night here 5pm-7pm

Friday 20th November Car Wash day here from 1pm as a P&C fundraiser

Friday 20th November Year 2 Third transition to Pelaw Main School 11:15pm -3:15pm

Monday 23rd Nov –Friday 4th Dec 10 days School Swimming at Kurri Kurri Aquatic Centre

Tuesday 8th December P&C meeting 6pm

Wednesday 9th December Year 2 Parent Assembly

Thursday 10th December Parent Helpers Luncheon here 11:15am

Monday 14th December School Presentation Evening 5:30pm

Tuesday 15th December School Party Day at Speers Point Park

Wednesday 16th December Final day of term for students –Water Fun Day

Thursday, Friday 17th, 18th Dec Teacher Professional Learning Days

SCHOOL SWIMMING PROGRAM

The whole school is going to swimming lessons at Kurri Kurri Aquatic Centre for 10 days, beginning Monday

23rd November – Friday 4th December. The cost for ten days pool entry is $32 per student. (Students

with Season passes will need to shown their pass each day and the cost will be NIL) .We are very grateful to

our P&C as they have agreed to pay for the bus hire for 10 days which is $800. If any parent needs as-

sistance with this cost, please come and see me.

Children will leave school at 1:30pm, ready for their lesson at 2pm —2:45pm. We are asking parents to

please come to the pool to collect students at 2.55pm. There will be no bus returning to school. Students

who go to OOHS or catch the bus at 3:30pm from school, will be able to travel back with a teacher, as long

as permission notes are signed. Parents are invited to come and watch the lessons for free. If you want to

swim with your child when lessons are finished at 2:45pm, you will need to pay $4:70 per day, plus another

$4.10 for your child. Pre-schoolers over two years old have to pay $4.10, or $3:90 if you have a concession

card. If you want your child to stay in the water after we finish, I will ask you to sign that I have handed

over your child at 3pm. If you are not inside the pool by that time, your child will get changed back into

school uniform.

Children will be divided into small groups of 5-6 students. All our teaching and non teaching staff get into

the water and teach the students, as well as two swimming instructors who guide us in what to teach.

Children need to bring swimmers, a swimming shirt and towel each day to school. Please ensure all your child’s

clothing has their name on the items.

The permission note is at the office. If you have any questions about the swimming program, please come

and see me. Thank you. Anne Carr Principal.

ENJOY YEAR 1P’S WORK WHERE THEY COLLABORATED TO DESCRIBE EACH OTHER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THOSE WHO HAVE

CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY !

READING AWARDS

BRONZE AWARD Alison Eveligh

SILVER AWARD

GOLD AWARD Kailie Walker, Samuel Batty.

DOUBLE BRONZE AWARD Troy Thomas

DOUBLE SILVER AWARD Ella Gaul, Jason Dobing

DOUBLE GOLD AWARD Lilly Winchester.

ROYAL Tayah McIntyre, Taylor Wells.

DOUBLE ROYAL

MINI LIT Lacey Smith.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Jayla Cameron,

STAR STUDENT AWARD

2T K/1H KP 1P

Lilly Wincester Trying very hard during maths

and showing improvments. Hannah McDonald

A greater focus in class and improvements in writing.

Cru Borkowski Using expression to read

fluently. Emma MacDonald

Pleasing improvements in Reading.

Riley Zammit Awesome improvement

in writing. Joshua Nasr

Always putting his best effort Into his work.

Hannah Bianchi Incredible use of adjectives.

Charlotte Lloyd Improvement in reading.

Resilience Tammy Thomas

Resilience Angelo Plumbe

Resilience Kailie Walker Resilience

Summer Gorringe

Resilience Naomi McDonald

Resilience Beau Morrow

Resilience Samuel Batty Resilience

Vincent McDonald

Quality 5 Bookwork Izaak Snow Lily Dobing

Quality 5 Bookwork Sam King

Rani Oirbans

Quality 5 Bookwork Jason Dobing Denika Hallett

Quality 5 Bookwork Andrew Anderson Tayah McIntyre

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS; At the assembly on Friday 23th & 30th October 2015

these children all received awards.

Meara Bartley-Shaw K/1H Hunter Bodo K/1H Zalii Bodo 1/P Grace Quennell 2T Taylor Wells K/1H

Striving for Excellence Stanford Merthyr Infants School