HEBERSHAM 2770 9625 8471 P.O. Box 3048 Newsletter

Hebersham Pride

HEBERSHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL Andover Crescent PH: 9625 9133

HEBERSHAM 2770 9625 8471 P.O. Box 3048 Mt Druitt Village 2770 FAX: 9832 1456 Website: http://www.hebersham-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Newsletter

6 June 2019

Be a learner, be respectful, be safe

Calendar for Week 7 and Week 8 Term 2

Week 7

Monday – 10 June

Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Tuesday – 11 June

Life Education bus at school

Wednesday – 12 June

Little Lions Playgroup in the Old Hall

P&C Meeting at 9:15 am

Thursday – 13 June

Koori Play & Chat

‘Adopt A Farmer’ Day

Friday – 14 June

PSSA

Week 8

Monday – 17 June

Responsible Pet Ownership Program K-2

Tuesday – 18 June

Wednesday – 19 June

Little Lions Playgroup in the Old Hall

Thursday – 20 June

Koori Play and Chat

Friday – 21 June

PSSA

Pride Goal

Our new pride goal expectation is:-

Disrupting learning is not

COOL,

Follow the rules when you’re at

SCHOOL!

P&C Meeting Wednesday 12 June at 9:15 am

Meeting will be held in the Admin block. Come along to hear all the great things the P&C are doing to assist the school.

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Life Education Put simply, Life Education cares about Australian children. They have an active passion for the health and well-being of the next generation of Australia. Their mobile learning centres provide a unique learning environment and their trained educators use an innovative teaching and learning approach to engage students. They provide the information, understanding, skills and strategies students require to make safe decisions about their own health and well-being. This year at Hebersham the mobile learning van will be visiting us. The visits will take place for all K- 2 students in Week 7 beginning on Tuesday 11 through to Friday 14 June. Kindergarten program - Harold’s Friend Ship – Harold’s Friend Ship explores the qualities of a good friend, feelings and emotions, early warning signs, and safe and unsafe situations in a fun and interactive learning experience. Stage 1 program - Safety Rules – Safety Rules investigates safety in a range of situations and environments, people and places to go to for help, and how friends can care for and support each other The cost per child is $10 which includes the Life Education session, a student workbook and sticker for each child. Permission notes and payment were

handed out to your child in week 4. All notes and payments are to be returned to the front office. Thank you!

Advice Concerning Head Lice We have had recent cases of head lice throughout the school. Please check your child’s head for head lice tonight and commence treatment if you find any eggs or lice. A handy tip to prevent the spread of head lice is to spray tea tree oil in your child’s hair or hat.

Further information on head lice is available in English on the NSW Health website and the NSW Department of Education websites at:

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/headlice/treatment/index.html

http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/studentsupport/studenthealth/conditions/headlice/index.php

Attendance at School

The Education Act (1990) requires parents to ensure that children of compulsory school age attend school on each day that the school is open for instruction. If children are absent from school, parents are required to provide the school with an acceptable explanation within seven days of the absence. Reminder notes are automatically generated from the school’s data system to parent and carers about unexplained absences. You are kindly requested to return the slip to the school so that the roll can be updated with a reason for your child’s absence. Exemptions for attendance due to travel overseas or extended medical issues, can be applied for from the school’s office in person or by phone request.

I am obliged to report apparent unresolved non-compliance with the Education Act (1990) to the local manager of the region’s Home School Liaison Program.

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THREE WAY INTERVIEWS & STUDENT REPORTS

Three way interviews with parents or carers,

students and teachers will

take place from Monday 1

July. Student reports will be

given to families at the

interviews. Notes going

home very soon.

Please ensure that you make

the time to discuss your

child’s progress with the teachers.

K-6 Assembly All parents and carers are warmly invited to attend our K-6 Pride Pin assembly on Friday at 9:30am in Yalingen Allawah. The senior choir will be performing at this assembly. We look forward to seeing you there.

EARN AND LEARN

Please help the school receive more resources with

Earn and Learn at Woolworths.

Start collecting stickers when you

shop and place on the Earn and

Learn sheet and put in school

Earn and Learn box in the front

office or the box at the

Woolworths at Plumpton

Shopping Centre. The more sheets completed the

more resources we receive. Spare sheets are

available from the front office.

Visitors to the school A reminder that all visitors, parents and carers to the school must sign in through the front office between the hours of 9:00 am and 2:30pm.

Bike Racks- Coming Soon Classes are busy holding road safety lessons in preparation for the installation of our school bike racks. In term 3 students can begin riding their bikes to school. A note will go home

detailing the rules of our bike racks along with parental permission requirements.

Hebersham Bike Rack rules: ALL STUDENTS MUST:

1. Wear a helmet.

2. Secure their bike using a bike chain or lock.

3. Walk their bike in the school grounds.

4. Return their permission slip to the front

office prior to riding their bike.

5. Lock their bike in the

designated bike area

near the front office.

NO SCOOTERS, SKATEBOARDS OR SKATES

ARE ALLOWED

To show our support for farming families our school has decided to join the ‘Adopt a Farmer’ campaign to help raise much needed funds. On Thursday 13th June all students are asked to dress up as farmers for the day and donate as many coins as they can to help form a coin line for their class. The class with the longest line and the class who raises the most money will win a pizza lunch. Let’s all get busy and start collecting coins to make our Farmer Day Fundraiser a huge success!

Library Roof Replacement The library roof is still under construction for another week. The area will be closed off to all students, staff and community. Classes will run as normal during the construction. The 3-6 QUAD will still be used for playtime.

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Student Banking Student Banking is run by the P&C through the Commonwealth Bank. Students are reminded to hand their bank books and money in on Tuesday mornings to the front office. It is very important all details are correctly filled out on the deposit slip – Don’t forget to write the amount you are depositing!

‘BE SAFE’

Near and In SCHOOL

Car Parking in School Grounds Please be aware that car park spaces within school grounds are restricted to school staff and administration personnel. There are allocated disabled parking spaces available in the front school car park for special transport buses and parents who hold a disabled parking permit. For the safety of our students and staff please refrain from using the back car space for picking up students. This area is for teaching staff only. If you are dropping off or picking up your child and you hold a current disabled parking permit you must use the available spaces in the front school car park. Please ensure you use these spaces in a timely manner as we have a number of parents and carers who require access to these reserved spaces. Please DO NOT park in our neighbours driveways. Our neighbours need to be able to access their driveways at any time of the day.

‘BE SAFE’ Near SCHOOL

Take care of the children at Hebersham PS.

Drive carefully and drive slowly. Park safely.

Pride Awards Pride Awards are presented in classrooms along with Work of the Week and Merit Awards. The Principal and Deputy Principal walk through all classrooms to present the awards and recognise children’s achievements. Pride Awards also earn House points. The House points go towards the House Shield that is presented at the end of the year.

PRIDE PINS ASSEMBLY Friday 7 June at 9:30am Yalingen Allawah Hall

The Pride Pin colours for each grade are:

Yellow Kindergarten Green Year 1 Blue Year 2 Red Year 3 Orange Year 4 Silver Year 5 Gold Year 6

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Congratulations to the students listed below who will receive their Pride Pin this Friday morning at the Assembly.

Name Class Name Class Bjaye SCM Hashim S2M Julius SCM Isabella S2M Tamara KV Hezekiah S2M Paikea KV Nizarly S2M Maraea KV Kayl S2P Tom KV Zakaria S2P Imogen KM Marcela S2P Aliyah KM Zahra S2P Rica KM Charlie S2P Ibrahim KM Prince S2S Makayla KS Temi S2S Darci-Ann KS Angela S2S Riley KS Alexis S2L Cynthia KH Rayisa S2T Manar KH Muhammad S2T Sandra KH Preston S2T Divesh KH Talei S2E Gabrielle S1T Eva S2E Amaziah S1T McClaud S2E Rahnaf S1T Tahlia S2H Eda S1H Sienna S2H Lily-Anne S1H Matthew S2H Isaac S1H Lucas S3G Hannah S1H Jack S3G Khawla S1D Elijah S3G Oakley S1D Heidi S3G Krysselle S1D Awais S3N Bella S1S Prayer S3N Muskaffa S1K Jamia S3N Muhammad S1K Rilie S3N Lana S1K Eden S3S Storm S1C Mert S3S Hepi S1C Clare S3S Kyra S1C Anisha S3T Matthew S1B Julianne S3T Matilda S1B Atika S3T Christina S1B Charlotte S1N Connor S1N Travis S1N Melania S1N Sadia S2M

RETURN AND EARN

Return and Earn is starting again. Yellow bins will be located in the QUAD and COLA. Bring in your 10c return bottles and cans to help the school. All bottles need to be empty, uncrushed with a barcode to be returnable.