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Tighes Hill Public School Newsletter No. 9
Exciting news!
Cross Country Champion!
A massive congratulations to Caitlin who recently
represented our school at the Regional Cross Country
event. Caitlin did an amazing job, placing 3rd and
qualifying for the State titles in July. We have our fingers
crossed and wish her all the best.
Term 2 Week 8 9th June 2021
Dates for the Diary
Wednesday 9th June
Stage 1 Speak Off 10am
Thursday 10th June
OC Chess event @ St Paul’s PS
Gateshead
Friday 11th June
Stage 2&3 Speak Off 9.20am
Monday 14th June
Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday
Wednesday 16th June
Children’s University
Campus Day
Monday 21st June
Whole School Recognition
assembly 2pm under the COLA
Wednesday 23rd June
NAIDOC celebrations
Thursday 24th June
Stage 3 Tigh-Wizard Tournament
Tighes Hill Public School
33 Elizabeth St, Tighes Hill, 2297
Phone: 4969 3720 Fax: 4961 2334
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.tigheshill-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Principal’s Message
School Banking is on
WEDNESDAYS
Book Club Orders
Issue 4 open now!
Assemblies
Our assemblies are held Mondays
at 2pm in the upper hall
Years 3-6 Primary: odd weeks
K-2: even weeks
Whole School Recognition
assembly Wk10
(under the COLA)
Next meeting…
Monday 26th July at 6pm
Winter is the time of the year when many of us suffer
from colds and flus. This year, we continue to have the
added complication around COVID 19.
Congratulations to all our children who are working so
hard for all their teachers throughout all the changes
each day. I am so very proud of the way that the
children are focusing on quality respect and
responsibility. Well done.
A great number of children have been absent due to
illness so far this term, please make sure that a note is
sent to the teacher, with an explanation for absence,
when your child returns.
The school is receiving additional daily cleaning.
Throughout the school day there is enhanced
cleaning of high-touch areas and other hard surfaces,
including door handles, light switches and handrails.
There is also additional cleaning of toilets and the
topping up of supplies like soap. The school has a
good supply of soap, hand sanitiser, toilet paper,
paper towels and disinfectant wipes. Let’s stay healthy
and attend school every day.
Remember our school attendance mantra:
Missing school is missing out.
WEMOOSH:
Great News - WEMOOSH has been granted approval
for 30 more places!
They no longer have a waiting list. If you need Before
or After School care please call 0424 230 264. Our
Vacation Care bookings are open now.
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School News
Aerobics Success!
Congratulations to our school aerobics team, The
Sapphires, who placed 1st in the State Championships
last weekend. Another amazing result! Well done, girls and
thank you to our super coach, Mrs Lubans.
Merit Award Recipients: Weeks 7 and 8
KD Mila, Freddie, Edie and Alice
KH Laurence, Alex, Jonah and Dylan
1C Theo, Maggie, Lucy and Oscar
1IB Pia, Tom, Bodie and Quinn
2RW Jesse, Tygah, Marlia and Lyrik
2SW Sam, Jonty, Duke and Noa
3N Joseph, Ruby, James and Chinedu
3S Lars, Clinton, Hunter and Sunny
4E James, Oisin, Tristan, Jack and Caitlin
4S Max, Poppy, Eddie and Arlington
5MS Lily, Blake, Matthew and Franki
5/6T Mohammed, Arlo P, Henry and Kyesha
5/6AOC Henry, Joe, Mikos and Sonny
6B Hamish, Harper, Evie and Lachie
Congratulations to all our children and staff.
Tony Selwood
Principal
Chess Coaching
Mondays 1.15pm - 1.55pm
provided by the Sydney
Academy of Chess.
Term 2 cost $84
Please see Ms Armstrong for
more details.
Tighes Hill Primary School
Sentral App
Please see our office staff if you
are unable to access or use our
school app
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Reports
We are going paperless! Semester 1 reports will be accessed by using the SENTRAL school
app. Information to support this process has been sent home. These comprehensive
reports reflect all the work that the children have achieved in term I and 2 based on
regular assessment tasks and indicate the outcomes achieved and goals set for term 3
and 4. Parent teacher interviews will take place in term 3.
School News
The 2021 ICAS
parent payment portal is now
open!
To register your child for ICAS visit:
http/
shop.unswglobal.com.au/
pages/pps
Our school’s unique access code
is: TFR413
It’s almost time for one of our favourite events of the year – the 2021 Premier’s Spelling Bee!
All Stage 2 and 3 students are invited to take part. Our school will be holding our events
next term in Weeks 2 & 3. In the meantime, students are encouraged to visit the Premier’s
Spelling Bee website and download the word lists (this year’s password is Spell21) to start
preparing for the contest. Happy spelling!
Stage 3: Friday 23rd July at 9.20am
Stage 2: Wednesday 28th july at 9.20am
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School News
Kindergarten Enrolments for 2022
To enable us to correctly estimate enrolments and staff the school appropriately for 2022,
I need all parents enrolling children K-6 to complete enrolment forms and leave their
details at the office . Please let me know of any neighbours and friends, who may not
have children already at this school but will have school age children for 2022, we can
then contact them and include them on our numbers for next year.
Stage 3 Great Aussie Bush Camp
Information has been sent home (and can also be found on our app) with all Year 5 and
6 students about our major excursion taking place in term 3 to the Great Aussie Bush
Camp at Tea Gardens. Our camp will take place from Wednesday 1st September to
Friday 3rd September. The total cost is $295 per student. Thank you to the families who
have already paid in full or made their $50 deposit. Just a reminder - permission notes
and your $50 deposit is due at the end of this term.
Stage 2 & 3 Sport - Term 3
Dance2bfit is an energetic, innovative and fun
way to get fit and funky with the latest dance
styles to the hottest music tracks. This is a great
program to improve the fitness levels of students
while they are having a greattime. Dance2bfit
has been developed specifically for NSW Primary
Schools under the PDHPE syllabus where students
have fun learning a new dance each class.
Stage 2 & 3 will be taking part in this program for
sport in term 3, and K-2 in term 4. The cost of the
program is $32 per student for the term. Notes
will be sent home later this term.
Our positive
wellbeing message...
Weeks 7 & 8
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Entries for this year’s Australian Mathematics Competition are now open!
All students in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 have the opportunity to take part. The cost is $6 per
student. Notes were sent home earlier this term.
Entries are due at school by Friday 18th June (Term 2, Week 9). For more information, please see Ms Armstrong.
School News
Wednesday 4th August - Friday 6th August
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School News
Let’s work together on our
attendance mantra:
Missing school is missing out!
Well done, THPS students and families.
Our attendance average over the past
fortnight has been 94%. It’s great to see
so many happy, smiling faces at school
each and every day ready to learn and
play.
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P&C News
Our Cookie pizza Fun-raiser closes this week! Order before this
Thursday 10th June at 9pm. Cookie pizzas will be ready for pick up
from school on Tuesday 22nd June (Week 10).
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Community News
Great News from Before and After School
WEMOOSH is taking a group of Senior Children on a weekly Excursion to Mayfield Bowling
Club. Volunteers from the Club are teaching the children how to lawn bowl!