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Term 4

Week 6

Tues 10 Nov P&C Meeting @ 7pm

Wed 11 Nov Remembrance Day Ceremony

10.30am - 11.00 Thurs 12 Nov Year 6 Taste of High School @

AHS 10.45am - 2.30pm Fri 13 Nov

Pre school Trivia Night 7pm

Seedlings /Gumnuts Numeracy

Session Two 9.15am-11.00am

Week 7

Tues 17 Nov Scripture Christmas Service

2.25pm in hall Fri 20 Nov

Seedlings /Gumnuts Literacy

Session Three

9.15am-11.00am

COMING UP!!

Week 8 & Week 9 HPS Swim School Week 9

Tues 1st Dec Helpers Afternoon Tea

Thurs 3rd Dec AHS Transition all day for

year six students

Week 10

Tues 8th Dec Presentation Day 10am

Thurs 10th Dec Year Six Dinner

Week 11

Mon 14th Dec Year Six Funday

Wed 16th Dec Last day for all students

Howlong Public School Newsletter

Hawkins Street, HOWLONG NSW 2643 Ph: 02 6026 5206 Fax: 02 6026 5900 Email: [email protected].

Term 4 Issue 35

Thursday 5 November 2015 Change to our Daily Organisation – Monday 9th November

Several weeks ago we were selected to be part of a new school evaluation process called

‘External Validation’. External Validation is a process in which schools provide evidence of

achievements and ongoing progress assessed using the School Excellence Framework.

Over the last few weeks we have been busy compiling our evidence in readiness for the next

part of the process.

The next part of the process will take place next Monday when we will be visited by a team of

two Principal School Leaders from outside our area, who will conduct a meeting with the

school Executive and a number of our staff.

To accommodate this process, there will need to be changes made to the organisation of our

day.

These changes are as follows:

9.00am assembly as usual

10.00am -10.20am—Short Recess break/fruit time

12.00pm -1.00pm - Lunch break

2.00pm - 2.20pm - Recess break

These changes will only take place for next Monday. Normal routines will resume on

Tuesday.

Parenting Opportunity

In response to lots of inquiries and

lots of comments made by parents

of pre – teens, we have organised

an information session specifically

to address the perils and pitfalls of

being a parent of a pre-teen.

Evie Bradley, our very experienced

psychologist and School Counsellor

will run this session on Wednesday

18th November @6.30pm in the Library.

Not to be missed! It is specifically for parents of students in

Years 5 and 6. Please see the attached flyer at the end of

this newsletter for further details.

Please contact the school office on 6026 5206 and

leave your name and contact number if you are

interested in going.

Principal - Amanda Smith

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School News

KJ and KN made bowties and fascinators ready for the Melbourne Cup. We were all given a head piece and bowtie each to

decorate with coloured paper/cardboard. We used shaped scissors to cut patterns and strips, some of us traced and cut out

our hands and curled the fingers to make flowers. With our bowties we used bright coloured felt tip pens to colour them in.

Then we used masking tape to stick our amazing pieces together!!

When we were all finished we had a fashion parade through the library to show Mrs Mac and the 5/6class.

By KJ and KN

Probability in Maths

How likely something is to happen.

Many events can't be predicted with total certainty. The

best we can say is how likely they are to happen, using the

idea of probability.

Measurement in Maths

Measurement is finding a number that shows the size or

amount of something.

Measurement in time is seconds, minutes, hours, day or week…...

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Congratulations

for completing

SILVER

Blake Shepherd

Riley O’Gorman

Mishy Starr

Yelaina Osojnik

Mitchell Ladd

Caleb Lucas

Jaida Crowe

Mia Beardall

Scarlett Longley

Lily McDonald

Thomas Feuerherdt

Ethan Henson

Jonty Hoskin

Ethan Marks

Mason Roper

Jack Baker

Kyle Lee

Jessie Wychowanko

Mollie McGee

Sienna Napolitano

Samuel Ashman

School News

Parent Survey Responses

Successful schools foster greater communication with parents, encourage parental involvement in their child's schoolwork, and enlist parents to volunteer at the school and participate in school governance.

The survey recently completed by parents also provides feedback to us about the extent to which parents feel the school supports learning and positive behaviour and promotes a safe and inclusive environment.

The survey included eight separate measures, which were scored on a

ten-point scale. Below are some of the responses in these eight measures.

A full drill down of information will be presented at the next P&C Meeting

and suggestions for how we can continue to improve will be sought. Please

come along to contribute to the discussion.

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News

Next P&C Meeting

Tuesday 10th November 7pm in Library

Canteen News

Orders can be dropped off at canteen from 8.45am Thursday and Friday only.

TERM 4 Roster

Thursday 5 Nov Fri 6 Nov

Helper Needed Amanda Lavis

Thursday 12 Nov Fri 13 Nov

Kristen Lynch Helper Needed

Thursday 19 Nov Friday 20 Nov

Kristen Lynch Helper Needed

If you wish to be on the roster this term please contact Tanya Ewing on 0417 426 678.

Seedlings and Gumnuts

Session one

Friday 6 Nov 2015

9:15am-11am

Orientation

Gumnuts(parents): Information session

Questions about school

Questions about what to bring

Overview of Kindergarten

Prior to school – hearing, speech and sight

School uniform available to be ordered

Seedlings(kindergarten Studenst 2016):

Orientation with Year 4/5 buddies

“Fish find navigation activity”-Buddies will

show seedlings the different buildings and

areas of Howlong Public School.

Howlong Public School Swim School’s

An expression of interest has been given to Years 3/6 who are

unable to swim unaided for 25m. This form needs to be filled

out and returned ASAP.

There are limited spots. The children who are successful will

receive a permission note , that must be filled out , signed and

returned with payment.

Tomorrow (Friday 6th November) all K-2 students will receive a

School Swimming Scheme permission / survey note.

The permission note along with survey must be filled out,

signed and returned with payment of $25 by Wednesday 18th

November.

If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate in

contacting Ruth Amery.

Students will participate in a

Remembrance Day Ceremony on

Wednesday 11th November 2015

10.30am - 11.00am

Finance News

Years Six students a reminder that your

permission note along with $11.00 for bus

to travel to Tastes Albury High School next

Thursday 12 Nov in due in by tomorrow.

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Extend OSHC at Howlong Public School

SUMMER HOLIDAY PROGRAM BOOKINGS ARE OPEN!

Booking deadlines: Book for December by Friday 27 November Book for January by Monday 21 December

We have heaps of fun activities planned these school holidays and can’t wait for you to attend! Participate in an epic egg drop challenge, make your own burlap pillow, and play lots of sport including cricket and basketball! Join in on all this and more at Extend’s Summer Holiday Program. To check out what’s on visit our website at extend.com.au and book via the Parent Portal. Term 4 Community Project Once a year Extend launches a major Extend-a-Hand initiative that equips children to contribute to the wider community. This year we are partnering with Meals on Wheels so that the children in Extend’s programs can make placemats for Meals on Wheels’ recipients. Come along to Before and After School Care for an opportunity to contribute to this great team project!

Recap

Last week we faced the foliage with some wonderful self-

portraits using only natural materials that we found around

school. We also searched for pirate treasure, combined 2D and

3D pictures to make awesome artwork and turned the sandpit

into a dinosaur world. We finished the week with a Halloween

party where we made some super healthy jack-o-lanterns from

oranges and filled them with fruit salad, and added orange

food colouring to our favourite gluten free marshmallow slice

and shaped it into pumpkins. Yum!

-Brittney

Our Extend Superstar is: Crystal F. for taking interest in sustainability initiatives like looking after the chickens and composting! Next week’s activities Monday 9th November: Blackboard Garden Markers Tuesday 10th November: Storybooks Wednesday 11th November: Cooking Lamington Balls Thursday 12th November: Rainbow in a Jar Science Friday 13th November: Stained Glass Suncatchers

Watch this space throughout the term for regular updates from our Extend team!

PARENT PORTAL: extend.com.au

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For Your Information

ATTENTION: ALL YEAR 5 AND YEAR 6 PARENTS

Parenting your pre-teen

Understand and tame your pre-teen before they hit high school and

without going insane!

Come along for an evening designed to arm you with information

and tips to help you manage these tumultuous years.

SLEEP NUTRITION CHORES

ANSWERING BACK FRIENDSHIPS TECHNOLOGY

THE ANGER DISCIPLINE

THEIR BRAIN EMOTIONS

AND THE ATTITUDE!

6:30PM Wednesday 18th November

HOWLONG PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY Presented by Evie Bradley, Psychologist