The Forestville Flyer

Monday, 2 September, 2019 Term 3 Week 7Address: 7 Melwood Ave, Forestville, 2087 Ph: 9452 5444 Email: forestvill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.forestvill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

DATES TO REMEMBERWed 4 Sep Festival of Choral Music

Performance Stg 3 Choir

Fri 27 Sep Last day of Term 3

Fri 6 Sep Schools Cleanup Day Mon 14 Oct First day of Term 4 – Students

returnSun 8 Sep Run Forest Run and School Fair

- from 7.30am

Tues 15 Oct Sport Photos

Mon 9 Sep Dancesport Gala Evening Wed 16 Oct Kindy 2020 Orientation

Tue 10 Sep K-2 Sports Day Mon 21 Oct Rugby Union – Forestville vs

Killarney HeightsTue 10 Sep Kindy Tour – 9.30am Tue 22 Oct Year 2 Swimming commences

Fri 13 Sep 2nd Hand Uniform SaleThu 24 Oct Kindy 2020 Orientation No. 2

Mon 16 Sep P & C Meeting – in the school

Library

Fri 25 Oct School Disco

Tue 17 Sep Primary Proms Performance Mon 28 Oct P & C Meeting

Wed 18 Sep

& Thu 19 Sept

School Photos Fri 1 Nov Kindy 2020 Orientation No. 3

Wed 18 Sep Kindy 2020 Parent Information

Night

Sat 2 Nov Parents Trivia Night

Thu 19 Sep Enrichment Day – Year 5

selected students

Mon 25 Nov P & C Meeting (last one for the

year)

Fri 20 Sep Speechmakers Finals Fri 6 Dec Xmas Carols Soiree

Tue 24 Sep Strings Recital Sat 7 Dec Xmas Tree Sale

Thu 26 Sep Girls Soccer Gala Day

Principal’s Report

YEAR 6 RETURNS FROM THEIR TRIP TO THE CAPITAL

Our Year 6 students had an amazing time in Canberra last week. Many thanks to Ms

Costa, Mrs Mackenzie, Mr Guzman, Ms Cavell and Mr Jones who ensured the safety and

comfort of each child over the four days. The staff sang the students praises and reported

that every aspect of the trip went very well even though they were extremely busy. Many

thanks to the teachers’ families who managed around their absence. It’s a big

commitment from our dedicated staff members, and very much appreciated by the

students.

Principal’s Report

RUN FOREST RUN

Just ONE short week to go and our students are very excited. Please be part of this

wonderful community event. We need more runners/walkers to come and be involved. It

will be a great day for Forestville and one your children will always remember being part

of.

NEW SRC AND LEADERS INITIATIVE

Our SRC have been working on a program initiated by the NSW government to support

the recycling of plastic bottles and cans to fundraise for the school. Many containers

bought from our canteen or surrounding shops can be returned to recycling stations for

10c each rather than be thrown out with our general waste. If every child in the school

brought just one container/bottle into school that would be $68.00 in just one day. The

students have come up with a solution to put some bright yellow bins around the school

to collect these recyclable bottles and containers which will then be stored in a central

location for volunteers to take to any ‘RETURN and EARN’ station.

Beginning from next term each class from 3-5 will be allocated a week to stack the

plastic bottles or containers and we were hoping that some community members will

volunteer to return the bottles and containers for the school. The SRC and school

leaders will be explaining that we want NO alcohol containers brought in from home by

students and NO glass.

If you have containers at home that can be returned for 10c that are not glass or alcohol

containers and would like to donate them to this initiative please send them with your

child who can deposit them in the yellow bins. Cans and plastic bottles must not be

crushed.

The website below explains which containers are acceptable. If you would like to return

your bottles and donate the refund to the school this would be greatly appreciated also.

The students are very excited about using our rubbish to raise funds and will report back

to our community about this project in future newsletters.

https://returnandearn.org.au/

Year 6 managed to get wonderful weather and loved their snow experience. I want to

thank our parent community for preparing your children so well for their visit to

Parliament House and the snow, and for supporting this experience in independence

and growth. Your children will look back on the camp for the rest of their lives as part of

their wonderful educational journey at Forestville.

Principal’s Report

Principal’s Report

TELL THEM FROM ME SURVEY

In this newsletter there is a link to the ‘Tell them from me’ Survey. This is our community’s

opportunity to provide some feedback to the school. Please take the time to complete this

short survey as we value your opinions and would like to know which areas we can

improve on and what we are doing well.

GROWTH MINDSET

Developing resilience and life skills in our children is a big part of our role as parents and

educators. Attached is an excerpt from a webpage on parenting which focusses on

disappointment. Even though it is mostly relating to smaller children I thought there was

some pertinent information for us all to remember for our bigger children too.

That's Life: Helping Kids Deal with Disappointment

Disappointment can actually be good for kids -- especially when you teach them how to

bounce back.

How Kids Benefit from Disappointment

Whether it's a trip to the playground that gets ruined by rain or there are no more

chocolate sprinkles at the ice cream shop, life is full of little and big disappointments.

And as much as we'd like to spare our kids from letdowns, we can't -- and that's a good

thing. "When children learn at an early age that they have the tools to get over a

disappointing situation, they'll be able to rely on that throughout childhood and even as

adults," says Robert Brooks, PhD, co-author of Raising Resilient Children. "If you bend

over backwards to shield them from disappointment, you're keeping them from

developing some important skills.

That's not to say you shouldn't lend a hand. "If you help a child learn to ask for realistic

support, lean on others, communicate well, and stay optimistic, you're assisting that child

to handle what life throws at him," says Dr. Brooks. The most effective approach: Tailor

your tactics to how your child currently reacts when a curveball comes his way.

https://www.parents.com/toddlers-preschoolers/development/social/helping-kids-deal-

with-disappointment/

Thank you for your support,

Louisa Wellings

Relieving Principal

Deputy Principal’s Report

The Tell Them From Me parent survey (Term 3, 2019)

This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey,

another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent

surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about

different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement.

Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on

their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers

and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support

of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical

improvements.

The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or

computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely

confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 26 August and 25 October.

Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much

appreciated.

To access the survey for our school go to: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/fpsparent.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au.

Frequently answered questions about the survey can be found at:

https://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/images/FAQs/TTFM_Parent_Survey_FAQs_Parent_and

_Carers_T3_2019.pdf

The survey is available in 23 languages.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for Stage 3 parent survey

We are following up our initial parent forum held in June this year with a parent survey in

our effort to gain further feedback on our proposal to introduce a BYOD policy for Stage 3

students from next year. In addition to a FAQ page, there is a lot of information about a

BYOD program, digital literacy and syllabus requirements on our school website here:

https://forestvill-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/supporting-our-students/towards-byod-for-stage-

3.html.

We invite all parents, particularly parents of Year 4 and Year 5 students to complete the

survey to help us determine whether we will proceed with implementing the BYOD

program in 2020. You can access the survey using the same link: https://forestvill-

p.schools.nsw.gov.au/supporting-our-students/towards-byod-for-stage-3.html

Cathie Howe

Deputy Principal

From the Office

ENROLMENTS FOR 2020

If you have a child ready to start school next year or know of any neighbours or friends

who have a school aged child for 2020, please pick up an enrolment form from the school

office as soon as possible. Our next Kindergarten tour is on Tuesday, 10 September from

9.30am to 10.30am. Please enquire in the school office or visit our website.

CHICKENPOX & INFLUENZA B

We have had several reported cases of Chickenpox and Influenza B in the school

community. If your child is suspected of having either of these illnesses, seek medical

advice and please keep them home during the infectious period and while they are still

unwell. Please view a fact sheet on our website for further information.

PSSA – 30 August

School Photographs

School photos are on Wednesday, 18 September and Thursday, 19 September. These

photos include: classes, band, choir and strings groups, family photos, Year 6 prefects,

music captains and monitor positions as well as debating teams and SRC Semesters 1 & 2.

Sport teams and dance and sport captain photos will be in Term 4.

School photo envelopes were sent home last week. This also included envelopes for

family photos. Please return your envelopes to the class teacher prior to Thursday,

12 September.

Online payments – parents can order and pay online through the MSP website

(www.msp.com.au). Instructions are included on the back of the envelopes. Credit and

Debit cards from Mastercard and Visa are accepted.

All parent queries to MSP Photography on 9499 6555.

Our Year 5 and 6 students have recently undertakenan education tour of the national capital. Studentswere given the opportunity to participate in a varietyof educational programs with a focus on Australia’shistory, culture, heritage and democracy. TheAustralian Government recognises the importance ofall young Australians being able to visit the nationalcapital as part of their Civics and Citizenshipeducation.

To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursionthe Australian Government is contributing funding of$20 per student under the Parliament and CivicsEducation Rebate program towards those costs. Therebate is paid directly to the school uponcompletion of the excursion. This has already been taken off the cost that was paid for the excursion.

Stage 3 Canberra Excursion

PSSA – 30 August

Stage 3 Canberra Excursion

Last Tuesday Year 6 woke up early to drive down to Canberra and learn more about our

history unit ‘Becoming a Nation’.

We had a fabulous time and we visited some remarkable places: the War Memorial,

Parliament House, the Royal Mint and the National Art Gallery. While visiting Government

House, we met the Governor-General, His Excellency, the Honorable David Hurley. We

even went to the snow where we had great fun sliding down the hills, throwing the odd

snowball and building snowmen. We learned so much and had the best time. We also

learned the procedure for voting and did a role play of passing a bill in Parliament House.

One of the highlights of the camp was the terrifying slide at Questacon. It was so much fun

even Mrs Mac went down. Thank you, Mrs Cavell, Mr Guzman, Mrs Mac, Ms Costa and

Mr Jones for taking 102 kids down on a phenomenal trip.

By Kristen and Nicola

P & C

Run Forest Run – Sunday, 8 September from 7.30am

Forest Killarney Football Club Girls Gala Day

PSSA Trials

On Friday 6 September (9:00am - 11:00am) and Friday 13 September, all students in

Years 3-6 will be involved in either School Sport or PSSA trials. All trials will be held at

Melwood Oval and a note from home is not required for this excursion.

The PSSA teams for Term 3/4 are:

Boys T-ball (Years 4 and 5)- Mr Ellis

Boys softball (Years 5 and 6)- Miss Amery

Junior Eagle Tag (Years 3 and 4)- Mr Williamson

Senior Girls Eagle Tag (Years 5 and 6)- Mrs Cavell

Girls Cricket (Years 4, 5 and 6)- Miss Ingram

Because of constraints on venues and resources only a limited number of students will be

selected for teams. Whilst we encourage all students to trial, they should be aware that

not every student will make a team.

Please contact Mr Ellis if you have any questions

On Thursday, 26 September we will be entering some teams in the small sided FKFC

Girls Football/Soccer Gala Day.

This week we will have trials for girls in Years 3 and 4 on Monday, 2 September at lunch

on our oval. On Tuesday, 3 September girls from years 5 and 6 will trial. Please do not

wear studded boots to the trials, running/sand shoes will be fine.

Rugby Union – Annual Match vs Killarney Heights Primary School

On 24 October we will be playing a Girls 7’s and Boys 15 a side Rugby Union against

Killarney Primary.

Year 5 and 6 boys and girls who are interested in attending trials this Thursday after

school should meet Mr. Ellis at recess on Monday to get a permission note.

Any questions should be directed to Mr. Ellis.

Run Forest Run – Sunday, 8 September from 7.30am

Run Forest Run – Sunday, 8 September from 7.30am

RUN FOREST RUN – THIS SUNDAY

We have a great 4km event! Please now think about registering for the 2km – ideal for

younger children with accompanying parents or kids/parents who’d like a shorter walk/run.

Our run registrations are at 760 – we need to make it to 1,000 to cover our running costs.

Volunteer Course Marshalls + fair volunteers still needed. See below link if you or a family

member can help.

Register here: http://www.runforestrun.com.au

RAFFLE

Parents, PLEASE help us make a clear $25,000 for our school by selling your child’s

1 green raffle booklet (handed out 1 month ago). The prizes are so good you’ll find them

easy to sell – only 10 tickets in each book. Please return sold books/money to school asap

this week (the raffle will be drawn at midday during the RFR School Fair).

We have 300 more raffle books to sell (come to school office or see us at school pick-up

near Darley St entrance). If half our student body sells a second book, that will make us an

extra $12,000. This is a fabulous opportunity for us as a community to come together as a

dynamic fundraising body. Will you please help us reach our fundraising goals –

replacement of K-2 iPads, flexible learning classrooms, rejuvenation of school oval.

Remember the prize for the student who sells the most raffle tickets = 4 free passes

to Luna Park.

PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDED – professional parent photographer needed to take quality

photos of our RFR fair this Sunday morning for future promotional purposes. Please

contact Kathryn Fletcher at kathryn@eastern-blue.com if you can help.

GAZEBOS NEEDED – Our RFR Sponsor, OOSH, needs a double gazebo to set up their

stall this Sunday. If you have a gazebo you’d be happy to lend please contact Kathryn

Fletcher at kathryn@eastern-blue.com

FACE PAINTERS NEEDED – if you know someone who might be willing to donate their

time this Sunday morning to make our fair extra fun for our little ones, please contact

Kathryn Fletcher at kathryn@eastern-blue.com

Zone Athletics Carnival

Clean Up Australia Day

On Friday, 6 September Forestville Public School will be participating in the Schools

Clean Up Day. This day is supported by Clean Up Australia Day and is a simple way

students can work together to take action to clean up, fix up and conserve our prized

Australian environment.

On the day students will need to bring:

a pair of sturdy gardening or rubber gloves

a bucket or ice cream container (we would like to discourage plastic bags)

Students will need to wear:

their normal sport or school uniform

their hat and sunscreen

Students will be participating under the supervision of their class teachers for a short

period during the day. Please inform your child’s teacher of any allergies that they have

prior to their participation in the event so this can be taken into consideration.

Regards

Jennifer Fergus

Band News

Forestville Band 2019

CHRISTMAS CAROLS NIGHT – SAVE THE DATE!

Forestville Band will be hosting Forestville Public School’s Community Christmas

Carols Night on Friday, 6 December from 6pm - 8pm. More details to follow soon.

CONCERT BAND EXTRA REHEARSAL

An extra rehearsal has been called for the Concert Band on Friday, 6 September at

12.50pm. Please make sure all students bring their instruments this day. Thank you.

TEAM APP

We strongly suggest all band families download the TEAM APP and join up – the cost

is free and it is a great way to stay up to date with all news and communications. If

you need help downloading the app please contact Alison on fpsbands@gmail.com

Dance News

Band News

REHEARSALS

If you are not able to attend a rehearsal or performance please let your band

coordinator know asap so they can forward this onto the conductors, this way they

know who will be absent and can plan the rehearsals and performances accordingly.

Rehearsal times are as per below table:

Band Rehearsal Day / Time

Intermediate Band

Monday 7.30 - 8.45am

Thursday 3.15 - 4.15pm

Training Band Tuesday 7.30 - 8.45am

Concert Band Tuesday 3.15 - 4.15pm

Thursday 7.30 - 8.45am

Stage Band Wednesday 3.15 - 4.15pm

Future Dates to put in your diary:

Primary School Festival

Friday, 6 September 6.15pm (arrival time 30-40 minutes prior) – Intermediate Band

Saturday, 7 September 2.00pm (arrival time 30-40 minutes prior) – Training Band

Sunday, 8 September 6.15pm (arrival time 30-40 minutes prior) – Concert Band

Sunday, 15 September 1.00pm NSWEE Spring Festival – Stage Band

Concert Band Performance for Year 2 Students at school – Tuesday, 17

September 2.30pm

Stage Band School Photo – Wednesday 18 September 2.45pm

Training Band School Photo – Wednesday 18 September 2.50pm

Concert Band School Photo – Thursday 19 September 9.00am

Intermediate Band School Photo – Thursday 19 September 2.30pm

Band Committee Meeting – Wednesday 25 September 7.45pm Forestville RSL

Band News

Band Soiree - Wednesday 23 October 6.30pm – 8.30pm – All Bands, Forestville

Public School

Training Band Registration for 2020 – Monday 4 November - 6.30pm

Christmas Carols – Friday 6 December

Concert Band Community of Schools – Wednesday 20 November 6.30pm Killarney

Heights High School

Band Committee fpsband@gmail.com

Dance News

Band News

Strings News

Term 3

Player of the Week: Christopher Z – 3S

Hello Strings Community

The second half of the year is always our busiest! Lots of performances and learning

opportunities.

Upcoming Activities

TERM 3

Loretta Fin Workshop 6 September 7.15am at Killarney Heights High School, Senior

Strings optional activity, please advise me if you will be attending. The workshop will be

held in the BAND REHEARSAL SPACE, behind the Killarney Heights High School Hall,

where students will be available to direct kids arriving.

Run Forest Run 8 September 11.30am.

All Groups drop off instruments to the music room at 7.30-8.00am or 10.00-10.30am.

Help with set-up and tuning from 11.15am, performance around 11.30am - Beginners,

Juniors then Seniors.

Don’t forget to sign-up for the run!

Strings Recital Evening (including solo performances)

All Groups at the school hall Tuesday evening 24 September, 6pm. Those doing solos

should have already sent your selected performance choice to Farheen. We will organise

practices with the accompanist the week prior.

TERM 4

Strings Camp 13-14 November (nb: Beginners 14 Nov only)

Killarney Community of Schools Seniors only Wed 27 November evening

Christmas Carols All Groups (with band and choir) Friday 6 December

Bookings TBC Presentation Days performances, Information Night for 2020

Any questions please contact

Kylie Lake - Strings President

fps.strings@gmail.com ph: 0414 666 711

Dance News

Strings

Uniform Shop

NEW LOCATION OF 2ND HAND UNIFORM SHOP ROOM is now beside classroom 2NZ,

located near the Darley Street gates. With school photos coming up, we will be holding a

2nd hand uniform sale on Friday 13 September 2019 from 8.15am to 9.15am - look out for

the sign!

If you have any second hand uniforms to donate, please leave them at the office.

Please note we cannot resell hats.

Anyone who needs to try on sizes: Please contact Bron on 0424 513 527 to arrange a

time.

ORDER ONLINE

https://www.picklesschoolwear.com/shop?school=forestville-public-school

Please note that if order online to be delivered to the school, there is no delivery fee.

Canteen

Forest Bites Canteen

Volunteer Roster Week 7 & Week 8

Volunteers

If you can’t make your shift, please contact other volunteers from the list (2nd page of your

roster).

Contact details for the Canteen Managers:

Tania Laytham (Monday, Tuesday & Friday) 0414 528 534

Kim Egelton (Wednesday, Thursday) 0412 254 310

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2 September

Dolly M

3 September 4 September 5 September

Sophie S

Julienne T

6 September

Shirley D

9 September

Dolly M

10 September 11

September

Hazel S

12 September

Renee G

Volunteer

needed

13

September

Lee M

Jacqui P

Forest Bites canteen is proudly

sponsored by McGrath Forestville

Uniform ShopCanteen

Community News

Order online with Munch Monitor

www.munchmonitor.com

School ID: Forestville, Password: munch2087

There is an account-keeping fee of $3.65 per parent

per account per term, payable via your online

account. For assistance, contact

help@munchmonitor.com, call 1300 796 190 or visit

us in the canteen.

Piano Lessons

Out of School Achievements

Lachy Price, Felix Condon, Jamie Eagleton

& Toby Latner were part of the Forest Lions

Under 12’s Division 2 team who won their

grand final on Sunday (pictured with their

coach, Gary Latner).

Community News

Community News

Community News