3 Week 5 Newsletter - standrews-p.schools.nsw.gov.au · 1 DATE EVENT YEARS 23rd August Book Week Parade Whole School 25th August FETE Mufti Day Whole School 28th August Talent Showcase

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DATE EVENT YEARS

23rd August Book Week Parade Whole School

25th August FETE Mufti Day Whole School

28th August Talent Showcase

31st August Infants Athletics

Carnival Yrs. K - 2

1st September GALA Day Yrs. 3 - 6

1st September Father’s Day Breakfast Whole School

5th September Parent Body Meeting

12th September Sports Assembly Yrs. 3 -6

19th September FETE Whole School

22nd September Last Day of Term

Office Hours Monday – Friday

8.30am – 3.30pm

Uniform Sales Monday, Wednesday & Friday

8.30am – 9.30am & 2.30pm – 3.30pm

Girls’ summer dresses & culottes are also available at

THE UNIFORM PATCH

Shop 405 Spotlight Plaza

147 Queen St Campbelltown

OFFICE NEWS

DIARY DATES

YEAR 6 PARENTS & STUDENTS

Year 6 students who are not attending

Robert Townson High School.

If your child is not attending RTHS please send in a

copy of the letter of acceptance for the High School

your child will be attending so that this can be placed

on the student’s file.

KINDERGARTEN 2018

Children who are turning 5 before July 31st 2018 are

able to attend Kindergarten in 2018.

If you have not yet collected your enrolment papers

from the ladies in the office can you please do so at

your earliest convenience.

We are now in the process of organising Kindergarten

Orientation.

89 Ballantrae Drive St Andrews NSW 2566

Phone: 02 96031333 Fax 02 98203127 Email: [email protected]

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

Principal: Mr Richard Batty

Deputy Principal: Chad Harris

Deputy Principal: Mrs Suzy Danial

Rel. Deputy Principal: Mr Dean Kellaway

15th August 2017

Term 3 Week 5 Newsletter

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UNIVERSITY COMPETITION

RESULTS

UNSW Spelling Competition

58 students participated and were awarded:

10 Distinctions- Naurita Zaman, Isabella Urquhart,

Navia Rahman, Mehreen Ullah, Pearl Sandhu,

Mahvash Khan, Harsha Sheoran, Kabir Mudgil,

William Lam, Ankita Jassal

18 Credits - Tamjid Wadud, Sherina Thamel, Sakshi

Sapre, Sinchana Rao, Alexandra Paclibar, Erika

Huang, Maithili Gulati, Amy White, Soiba Shoaib,

Veronica Lwin, Ifama Foiz, Katrina Fan, Myron

D’souza, Mahee Uddin, Brendan Thamel, Kathleen

Fan, Jared Navarro, Usman Ehsan

6 Merits – Maidhci Lane, Corrinne Troeung, Johann

Navarro, Lara Filipe Fontoura, Kristian Rolls, Athena

Paclibar

24 Participation Certificates

UNSW Digital Technology Skills Competition

39 students participated and were awarded:

5 Distinctions- William Lam, Hugo Gilbert, Riley

Puckett, Mahee Uddin, Mehreen Ullah

11 Credits - Ankita Jassal, Zenab Virk, Bailey Reyes-

McGregor, Kristian Rolls, Edward D’souza, Phoebe

Gilbert, Kiaran Maloney, Josh McKenzie, Pearl

Sandhu, Sinchana Rao, Elan Sami Aboud

3 Merits – Deacon Hoang, Cameron Taylor, Ahnaf

Haque

20 Participation Certificates

UNSW Science Competition

37 students participated and were awarded:

5 Distinctions - Hugo Gilbert, William Lam, Liam

Corrie, Sinchana Rao, Naurita Zaman

11 Credits - Ankita Jassal, Harsha Sheoran, Kristian

Rolls, Edward D’souza, Myron D’souza, Ifama Foiz,

Phoebe Gilbert, Ahnaf Haque, Johann Navarro, Pearl

Sandhu, Mehreen Ullah

5 Merits – Taleah McKenzie, Azzan Qureshi, Azura

Pereira, Mahvash Khan, Rethanya Sureshkumar

16 Participation Certificates

Our fete is fast approaching and will be held on

Tuesday 19th September. We have already held 3

mufti days to help stock our stalls and have another

one planned later this term. We thank you for all

your support so far. Our fete will not be successful

without fully stocked stalls so please dig deep and

donate what you can for our biggest fundraising

event of the year. Our next mufti day will be on

Friday 25th August, which will be pyjama day!

Food: A note has been sent home regarding food pre-

orders. Pre-ordering assists us in catering for the

event and also helps your budget by reducing the

amount of cash needed on fete day. We are also

planning to have a pre-paid express lane at the BBQ

so pre-order to save time! Food pre-orders close

Friday 25th August.

Show Bags: A note was sent home earlier this term

regarding this year’s show bags. There are 4 to choose

from and these bags must be ordered by Friday 18th

August. A board displaying the contents of the bags

will be on display during selected break times shortly.

Rides: A note has already been sent home for the pre-

order of ride bands. If you choose to pre-order these

bands they cost $25. If you choose to purchase a ride

band on the day of the fete it will cost $30. All ride

band notes and payment for the pre-sale must be

returned to school by Friday 25th August.

Raffle: Raffle tickets will be sent home really soon.

We have some fantastic prizes on offer this year. First

prize is a massage chair. Second prize is one night’s

accommodation and one meal at The Beehive Hotel in

Tumut. Third prize is a Samsung Galaxy Tablet and

fourth prize is a voucher for a Gold Class experience

at Event Cinemas. This year, there will be an added

incentive to sell tickets. The student who sells the

most tickets will win a $50 Macarthur Square

Voucher.

FETE NEWS

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Pie in the Face: The "Pie in the Face" tins have taken

residency on the canteen steps. Don't forget to drop

some change into the executive's tin who you'd like to

see get a cream pie squashed onto their face! Mr

Harris, Mrs Danial, Mr Kellaway and Mr Batty are all

up for 'pieing' this year. Remember the person with

the most money will be the winner of the most pies to

the face. We are happy to advise that these executives

will be wearing 1 pie per hundred dollars raised!

We have a jam-packed fete with lots

of old favourites and a few new stalls

on offer. Be sure to start saving your

pocket money so that you can have the

best fete day ever!

On Thursday 20th July, St Andrews Public School

came together to celebrate NAIDOC week. NAIDOC

week is a time when we celebrate the achievements of

Indigenous people - the first people of this country

and the longest continuing culture on the planet.

We were lucky to host local Aboriginal Elder, Uncle

Dave, who spoke about his passion for Aboriginal

Culture and how proud he was to be a local

Aboriginal man. He spoke from the heart and had all

our students captivated.

We held the assembly in our beautiful rose garden

and had lovely winter weather. All our speakers did a

wonderful job and had the audience interested in

their stories. To conclude our assembly we sung

‘Hands Across Australia’ which was a very special

way to finish. It was a very touching moment for our

Indigenous guests.

After the assembly the staff of St Andrews hosted our

special guests, Uncle Dave and our Indigenous

students with a beautiful morning tea during which

students were encouraged to share stories of their

own personal culture and history.

All students were very respectful throughout the

whole assembly and teachers spent the rest of the day

further exploring Indigenous Culture and history in

their classrooms.

NAIDOC DAY ASSEMBLY

ULTIMATE DREAMTIME

INCURSION

On Monday 31st July, as part of our NAIDOC week

celebrations, we were lucky enough to host the

Koonmurri Aboriginal Incursions who entertained

and educated us with their Ultimate Dreamtime

package.

We were lucky enough to come together as a whole

school for the Welcoming Concert and Smoking

Ceremony before breaking up into groups and

rotating through 5 events which were: boomerang

throwing, Aboriginal art and face painting,

Aboriginal artefacts, didgeridoo playing and

storytelling, and Aboriginal song and dance.

Unfortunately, after lunch the rains came and so we

had to quickly change the boomerang throwing

activity to a rotation that saw us learn about Torres

Strait Islander history and culture, but I commend all

students on their flexibility and co-operation during

this quick re-shuffle.

At the end of the day Primary students were lucky

enough to join in the closing ceremony and farewell

our wonderful entertainers.

We are so proud of all our students. They thoroughly

immersed themselves in learning all about Aboriginal

Culture and were complimented on their respect and

good manners by the entertainers.

We are looking forward to similar experiences in the

future.

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KINDERGARTEN NEWS

On Thursday the 19th July, Kindergarten departed on their very first excursion to Calmsley Hill City Farm.

Excitement levels were high as the students boarded the bus with their friends and teachers, as parents and caregivers

waved goodbye. The day at the farm offered many enjoyable and educational activities. Students were able to enter a

petting zoo, go on a tractor ride and pat baby chicks and a baby rabbit. The tour guides explained all about the

different farm animals and how they provide for human needs. Students learnt new words such as calf, lamb, kid,

buck, drake, gander and duckling. In the afternoon students got the opportunity to see three shows: ‘sheep shearing’,

‘cracking a whip’ and ‘working dogs’. Students were delighted to see these interesting shows. The bus ride home was

very quiet as our Kindergarten kids returned to school after a tiring but amazing day!

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On Tuesday the 1st August, Kindergarten celebrated 100 days at school. The celebration was focused around being

‘100 days smarter’ and recognising the amazing growth of our Kindergarten students. To mark the occasion, students

and teachers dressed up as 100 year olds! The day began with an assembly where each student was presented with a

certificate of achievement. This was followed by a 100 metre race on the oval, where even some enthusiastic parents

participated!! Students were then engaged in a range of classroom activities centred around the number 100 and

having lots of fun! Well done to all our Kindergarten students!

CELEBRATING 100 DAYS OF KINDY

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St Andrews Celebrates: 2 SAPS’olutely Outstanding!!!

Our second instalment is upon us!!! We are underway! This section of our newsletter is to share successes from the

entire school community!! I know there is more out there in ‘newsletterland’, so please help me in celebrating this

wonderful place and our amazing kids and parents here at St Andrews Public School.

Lucas Caruana of 2T has been attending Hip Hop classes once a week for about a year in Macquarie Fields at Father

Chris Riley's Youth Centre. His dance instructor is great and welcomes children of all backgrounds of learning to her

classes. Lucas’ mum was very anxious when Lucas first started his classes, wondering whether he could follow the

instructions and be accepted by the other children. Fortunately, he grew with confidence, made lots of new friends

and dances with passion. His personality has contributed such a positive vibe within his class. At the end of each

term, his performances show his effort and how his ability to learn new activities has developed. Lucas is a testament

to getting out there and trying new things that challenge you. Well done, Lucas! Keep up the outstanding effort and

drive. We all celebrate your achievements.

A great education is important to this little man but, with Ryan Carter of 3P, his sport is

of equal importance. Ryan has been a sports star from

kindergarten, always placing in school carnivals and events.

Now that Ryan has moved into primary, he is now able to

represent his school in zone carnivals and competition

soccer. Ryan loves his school and is very proud to represent

St Andrews.

Ryan is learning to become a well-rounded person, trying to

get a balance between academic learning and physical

growth and development.

We look forward to hearing about all of his achievements in

the years to come.

A student from our school has been giving up his time to pursue his passion for music. Earlier this year, William Lam

was successful in fulfilling the criteria for inclusion in the Cross Network Creative and Performing Arts Project -

Concert Band.

Following the process, which was open to all the students in our Ultimo Network of Schools, William was selected to

play clarinet when representing our school as a member of the band. His older sister is also a member of this band!

The Lams must be proud parents!

These ensembles are part of the Cross Network Creative and Performing Arts Project, an initiative supported by the

Directors of the Bankstown, Campbelltown, Macarthur and Glenfield Networks. The band is made up of students

from Years 4 to 11 who have some experience playing a concert band or orchestral string instrument, with a

minimum of 1 year playing their instrument or an Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) Grade 1 or

equivalent. Earlier this year, 17th – 18th June 2017, the band members attended a two day band camp at Macquarie

Fields High School where they were able to meet each other and play as an ensemble.

Places in this program were limited and by application only. This is an excellent chance for William and his other band

members to access additional opportunities in music. William will learn, practise and perform several pieces of music

together with his peers. The ensembles will perform at the Cross Network Concert on 7th

September 2017 at

Bankstown Sports Club. We wish William all the best for his performance.

Send your, or your child’s achievement/s to:

[email protected]

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Please find copies of notes & further information on the school’s website

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

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