newsletter 13 august 21

Homebush Public School Rochester St Homebush NSW 2140

Phone: 9746 9171 9764 4472 Fax 9746 3516

Email: [email protected] Website: www.homebushpublicschool.com.au

Mon 20 Aug Book Fair & National Literacy Week Mon 27 Aug Year 4 Excursion /Raffle Tickets Due

Tues 21 Aug Tues 28 Aug

Wed 22 Aug Book Character Parade Reading with Parents Wed 29 Aug

Thur 23 Aug Zone Athletics Thur 30 Aug Bendigo Bank Presentation at Assem-

Fri 24 Aug Fri 31 Aug Fathers’ Day Raffle Draw

Next Fortnight’s Diary Term 3 Weeks 6 & 7

Arts Expo

Our Arts Expo is now only a few

weeks away.

All of our students and all of our

teachers are busy working to-

wards the event. Whether it is in

visual arts, performing arts or a

combina on of both, every stu-

dent at Homebush Public School

will be contribu ng to the specta-

cle on the night.

Artwork will be displayed across

the school; there will be oppor-

tunity to purchase calendars or

IPhone covers decorated with

your child’s artwork; you will be

entertained by a number of en-

thralling student performances

and you will be able to purchase

dinner at one of the famous

Homebush PS food stalls on the

night.

Tickets are priced at $10.00 for a

family or $5.00 for a single person.

So, make sure you mark Thursday

6 September on your calendar and

we’ll see you at 6:00 pm.

Jack Liston

Toilets at Homebush Public School

The highest priority of every per-

son who works at HPS is the safe-

ty and well-being of the students.

A very strict rule in every school is

that adults are not allowed to

enter the toilets. There are promi-

nent signs on some of the toilets

reminding you of this.

If there is a compelling reason for

an adult to enter a toilet (eg a

parent with a toddler who needs

to go) please see the teacher on

duty in the playground or, if stu-

dents are in classes, one of the

office staff. They will assist and

direct you.

Principal’s Report

We are now halfway through the

school term and it is proving to be

a very produc ve one. Our teach-

ing and learning programs are in

full swing and our staff are con n-

uing their learning through the

implementa on of our new litera-

cy program. Early indica ons in

kindergarten are that the program

is proving to be very effec ve.

The selling of the Fathers’ Day

Raffle Tickets con nues to go well.

All ckets and money need to be

returned to the school no later

than Monday 27 August. This

leaves the rest of this week and

the weekend for the ckets to be

sold.

Please encourage and assist your

children to sell their ckets. The

money raised will benefit all of our

students and it would be wonder-

ful if every student contributed to

the effort.

A big thank you must go to all of

the parents who have assisted in

collec ng ckets and money. Your

me and effort is appreciated.

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Mrs Vicki Klay

Mrs Vicki Klay has worked at

Homebush Public School as the

Support teacher for Learning since

1998 and has been a public school

teacher for 34 years. Vicki had her

last day of teaching today

(Monday 20 August 2012) before

her re rement.

Vicki loves & lives in the local area

and her par cular passion and

exper se was in assis ng students

who had learning difficul es. No

doubt there are many young

adults and local high school stu-

dents who owe Vicki a debt of

gra tude for the work she did

with them.

Although Vicki has officially re-

red, she s ll intends to work oc-

casional days as a casual teacher.

Her last day was a special day for

her and evoked many mixed emo-

ons. We wish Vicki all the best as

she enters this new stage of her

life and thank her for the years

she dedicated to NSW Public

Schools and our students.

Na(onal Literacy Week and

Book Week

As you know our Book Character

Parade is taking place for the K-2

students on Wednesday 22 Au-

gust at 2:00pm.

Parents of students from Years 3 -

6 can also get involved on the day

by taking part in our “Read In”.

We encourage you to visit your

child in their classroom for an

informal reading opportunity be-

tween 12:15-12:45pm tomorrow.

Following this, we invite all par-

ents to stay for lunch and a=end

the book character parade in the

hall. We hope you have a lovely

me celebra ng with Homebush

Public School students and staff.

School Furniture Sale

Homebush Public School has an

excess of school furniture which

we are going to sell.

The furniture consists of class-

room tables and chairs in varying

sizes but mainly suited to stu-

dents who are in Kindergarten to

Year 2.

The furniture

is used and

may be

marked, but

it is quite

sturdy and

would give

good service for years to come.

The price for a desk is $10.00 and

each chair will cost $5.00.

If you are interested in purchasing

any of the furniture please see

the staff in the office. If you are

aware of any other people or or-

ganisa on who may be interested

in purchasing some tables and

chairs, we would appreciate you

giving them this informa on.

2012 BOOK WEEK & BOOK FAIR

The annual book week parade will be held in the school assembly hall at 2.00pm on Wednesday 22 August.

The parade will involve children in Kindergarten, Year One and Year

Two and it would be wonderful for the students if mum & dad are

able to come up and watch. The children need to wear a costume to

school dressed up as their favourite book character. They do not

need to wear their school uniform on this day as it is recommended

that they wear the book costume all day as part of this occasion.

The book fair, which is being held in the library this week Monday 20

August un l Thursday 23 August, will open from 8.30 am to 9.00 am.

We hope that many of our parents will come along to the library with

their children, select a book, buy it and then donate it to the library.

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Teach you children to become

persistent

Did you cringe when you read this head-

line because your child already persists

at home to get what he wants?

Maybe you have a child who whines

con nually un l someone caves in or a

child who throws tantrums to get his or

her own way.

There is another type of persistence

that children need if they are to experi-

ence success in any area of their lives.

They need to be able to persist when

work gets hard or life gets tough. They

need the ‘s ckability’ to work through

difficul es and hang in there when

things don’t go their way.

Some children are more naturally pre-

disposed to persist than others. They

have a determined, even compe ve

streak in their temperament that

doesn’t allow them to give in. These

children and young people can drive

themselves very hard to succeed (and

their parents and teachers to distrac on

in the process).

Parents and teachers can develop per-

sistence in children. The Australian Tem-

perament Project found that this is one

temperamental factor that is most likely

to be impacted on by a child’s social

environment.

Just as we can promote persistence we

can also impede its development. We

can make life easy for children so that

they are not expected to persist or hang

in there when things are tough.

Parents who allow children to stop work

when it gets too hard, stay home from

school for a minor reason or give up on

a sport because they are not succeeding

straight away are not doing their chil-

dren any favours. These children are not

developing persistence. Parents can

promote persistence by encouraging

their children to keep going and not give

in at the slightest hurdle or difficulty.

Parents can be a sounding board for

children’s gripes but they should show

confidence in their ability to cope and

get through their difficul es. “You can

do it” is far more powerful in terms of

promo ng an aOtude of persis-

tence than “If it is a li=le too hard

then try something else.”

Let children know that there is a

correla on between effort and

success. In fact, they need to learn

that by GIVING EFFORT they will

experience more success.

Talk about HARD WORK with your

children. They need to understand

that to be successful they need to

do things that are NOT fun or easy.

While it would be good if all work

and learning was fun, in reality,

this not the case. Help children to

remember mes when they expe-

rienced success by HANGING IN

when they were younger.

The ability to persist in the face of

difficul es maybe an old-fashioned

quality but it is one of the best suc-

cess a=ributes that your children

will ever develop.

Vitamins for parents

Develop a vocabulary of persistence:

Persistence like many personal quali-

(es has a vocabulary all of its own.

Develop your own vocabulary of per-

sistence so that you can promote this

quality in

your child.

Terms such as: hang in there, keep at

it, work tough, s�ck at it are terms

that children readily understand.

Wise & Wi�y Words

"Don't limit a child to your own

learning, for he was born in another

time."

Rabbinical Saying