Castle Hill Public School

NEWSLETTER Les Shore Place, Castle Hill NSW 2154 Phone: 9634 3777 Fax: 9899 6845

Email: castlehill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Webpage: castlehill-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

February 5, 2020

School Organisation Students were placed in their classes yesterday after recess and no changes are planned to the current class structures.

K-6 PE lessons K-6 students will again participate in a weekly PE lesson this year as part of the school timetable. Students are asked to wear their sports uniform all day on the day that their PE lesson is held. There are no costs to parents associated with this program.

School Staff We welcome the following members of staff to Castle Hill PS:

Miss Jones (KJ) Mrs Tulloch (1T) Mrs Grieve (2K) Miss Lambe (2L) Mrs Devlin (3D) Miss Vanden Dool (3V) Miss Carmody (5C) Miss Matthews (6E) Ms Johnson (Counsellor Mon and Tues)

A full staff list is included further in this newsletter.

‘Cheers and Tears’ Morning Tea Thank you to the P&C for hosting the ‘Cheers and Tears’ morning tea on Monday morning. It was wonderful to see parents able to attend and I hope this gave many of you the opportunity to meet other parents and develop some new friendships! Meet the Teacher Evenings

These evenings will be held during Week 4 on the days and times below and will serve as an opportunity for you to meet your child’s class teacher and to hear about the exciting things planned for your child this year. We encourage you to attend if possible. All meetings will be held in your child’s classroom.

Tuesday 18 February 6.00 – 6.45pm Kindergarten Tuesday 18 February 6.45 – 7.30pm Years 1 and 2 Thursday 20 February 6.00 – 6.45pm Years 3 and 4 Thursday 20 February 6.45 – 7.30pm Years 5 and 6 PSSA Trials PSSA trials for the sports of cricket, touch football (boys and girls), tee-ball, softball and basketball will be held this Friday for Years 3-6 students who have indicate their willingness to trial for selection in a team. Year 3 students are allowed to trial if they wish to do so. Sport uniform should be worn on this day.

Friday 7 February PSSA team trials 9.00am-11.00pm Wednesday 12 February P&C Meeting 7.00pm Tuesday 18 February Meet the Teachers – Years K-2 Thursday 20 February Meet the Teachers – Years 3-6 Wednesday 26 February Swimming Carnival – Years 3-6

WHAT’S ON

PBL Fortnightly Expectation Focus

Term 1 Weeks 1 and 2 Aspire Accept opportunities and challenges.

PSSA selection means a commitment to represent the school in one of the abovementioned sports for Terms 1 and 4 this year. Matches are played outside the school at various locations in the district. Fees to cover bus fares to and from venues and a school affiliation fee are payable. The local PSSA will continue to hold PSSA sport in the morning session for Terms 1 and 4. In line with this, Friday school sport will also be held on a Friday morning. Students not participating in PSSA will be allocated to school sport and club groups for Term 1. Student Safety The early stages of the new school year are an opportune time to remind everyone of safety around the school. Please respect the fact that, primarily, the car park is a staff car park. Accordingly, parents are asked not to park in the school car park between the hours of 8.00am and 4.00pm. The Kiss and Drop zone operates of a morning and afternoon. This zone is supervised each afternoon by members of the executive team. Parents are asked to collect a number from the front office and to display it in the driver’s side window of an afternoon so that your child can move to the designated pick up zone. Students are not to walk through the carparks, even with parent supervision, at any time. Of an afternoon, Kiss and Drop commences when the gate to the carpark is fully opened at 3.05pm. Please do not attempt to enter the car park prior to this time. Any students not collected after 3.00pm will be brought initially, to the Kiss and Drop area. Once this duty finishes, remaining students will be supervised in the front office. Please reinforce safety messages when your child is walking to and from school. Simple reminders such as walking in groups where possible, using pedestrian crossings appropriately and not talking to strangers should be emphasised. Please do not have your child’s name written on the outside of his / her school bag, where it could potentially be read and used by someone that your child does not know. Use other identifiers such as coloured ribbon so that your child can recognise his / her bag. Notes Home: Year 3 Student and parent technology agreement

Years 1-6 Book Club brochures

Craig Oliver – Principal Craig.oliver@det.nsw.edu.au

SCHOOL EXECUTIVE AND STAFF 2020

Principal Mr Craig Oliver Deputy Principal Mrs Alex Kohary (excl every 2nd Thu) Supervising EALD Deputy Principal Miss Danielle Machuca Supervising Kindergarten Assistant Principals Year 1 Mrs L Tulloch Year 2 Mrs A Hobbs – Mon-Wed Miss S Halford – Thu-Fri Year 3 Miss R Howard

Year 4 Miss N McKey Year 5 Mrs M Gleeson – Mon-Wed Miss N Heyworth – Thu-Fri Year 6 Ms A Ruppin

Teachers KB Miss M Brown KF Miss H Floyd KJ Miss M Jones KK Miss T Kean KM Mrs K McCarthy KO Miss K O’Grady KT Miss T Miu 1A Mrs C Adams – Mon-Wed Mrs L Macfarlane – Thu-Fri 1J Miss M Chandra 1L Mrs L Penaloza 1P Mrs S Pather 1T Mrs L Tulloch 1U Miss A Unmack 2A Mrs E Ambler 2D Miss L Dawes 2H Miss S Halford 2K Mrs S Lee – Mon-Wed Mrs T Grieve – Thu-Fri 2L Miss R Lambe 2P Mrs J Pearce – Mon-Thu Mrs R Bradley – Fri 3C Mr J Cheeseman 3D Mrs S Devlin 3E Miss D Edwards 3M Mrs M Commens 3V Miss Vanden Dool 3/4H Miss R Howard 4A Mrs R Allen 4G Mrs A Gaynes 4M Miss N McKey 4T Mrs S Taylor 4W Miss K Wolstenholme 5A Mrs J Alibrandi 5B Mr H Brien 5C Miss S Carmody 5H Miss N Heyworth 5K Miss J Kendall 5W Mrs K Walker 5/6R Ms A Ruppin 6E Miss Matthews 6M Mrs M McMahon 6P Mr P Teylan 6S Mr K Smith 6T Mrs T Munns

Specialist Staff Counsellor Ms H Johnson – Mon-Tue

Mrs P Young – Wed-Fri EAL/D Mrs L Qureshi

Mrs J Speth Ms S Kobler Miss B Ruzic

Learning Support Teachers Mrs P Natos Miss L Evans

Beginning Teacher Support Mrs D Palmer – Tue-Wed Mrs C Davies – Thu

Library Mrs S Georgiades Mrs S Guild – Mon-Tue Mrs K Sluiter – Fri

RFF Computers Mr T Gibbs RFF Sport Mrs C Plant

Mrs K Meehan – Mon-Thu Ms R Shore – Fri Student Learning Support Officers Mrs R Franks

Miss K Milicevic Mrs K Herrera Mrs N Aloschi Mrs J Ford Mrs M Zaiter Mrs K Scotter

Administration Staff

Admin Manager Mrs J Buhler Admin Officers Mrs J Knox

Mrs R Graham Mrs K Hunt Mrs E Cockerton Mrs J Ford

General Assistant Mr P Hill

School Assemblies Our first school assemblies for 2020 are as follows: 3-6 Monday 10 February at 2:00pm K-2 Monday 17 February at 2:00pm our assembly will be led by 2H. Parents and community members are welcome to join us for each assembly, held in the school hall. House Captains Speeches and subsequent voting for the election of our 2020 house captains took place today Wednesday – 5 February. Each house will have one boy and one girl house captain. Badges will be presented to the house captains at the first 3-6 assembly on Monday 10 February. Chess Sydney Academy of Chess will again be offering chess tuition each Friday after school in the library, from 3:10-4:10pm. This will be for students in Years 3 to 6. Please refer to the flyer at the end of the newsletter, should your child be interested in participating in this program. Band Tuition commenced today – please refer to the email sent to all participating families by Teaching Services Australia.

Welcome Kindergarten Our Kindergarten students were welcomed to Castle Hill Public School on Monday and seemed to enjoy their first day of big school. At lunchtime, they participated in the ‘Playmates’ program with their Year 5 and 6 buddies where they played a variety of playground games. A reminder to parents that the Kindergarten students are to be seated on the steps ready for the morning bell at 9.00am. Parents are encouraged to say their goodbyes at this time so that students can settle quickly into class routines.

Skoolbag – Have you changed your subscription settings? With the new year beginning and changes to the school year, many families are often worried about not receiving important messages now that their child is in a new grade. Follow the steps below to ensure you don’t miss out on key dates and information. Once you have opened the app, select the tab marked GROUPS and select your child’s grade. If you are new to our school, you can download the free app by following these steps:

Mrs Alex Kohary and Miss Danielle Machuca Deputy Principals

Summer PSSA teams Softball Girls Touch Football T-ball Boys Touch Football Cricket Basketball For students wanting to trial, they need to sign up by attending a sign-up room. This will be room 19 and room 20 TODAY AND TOMORROW from first half of lunch. Trials for PSSA sport will occur this Friday 7 February, from 9.00am to 11.00am.

Years 3-6 Assembly will be held Monday February 10, 2020 at 2.00pm in the Hall

SILVER AWARDS – Please note that these awards will be presented next week at Assembly

YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 YEAR 6

Rehmat 3C Madeline 4G Jayden 5H Serena 5/6R

Jamie Bella Matthew 5W Rebecca

Sadhana Chris 4M Rani 6E

Huda Stanley 4T Charlize 6P

Jacinta Amelia Evan

Olivia 3D

Matilda 3E

GOLD AWARDS – Please note that these awards will be presented next week at Assembly

YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 YEAR 6

Ethan 4A Ryan 5A Kyrzty 6P

Hello everyone

Welcome back to the new school year! I hope all your children have settled into their new classes and we welcome all our new families and 2020 Kindy families to our school as well.

I want to thank Erica and all the volunteers who helped to hand out Tears and Cheers welcome packs on Monday to our new parents. Thank you to Yolanda and her three children who worked hard to create them for us (and have done for a number of years). Also thank you to Kylee, one of our canteen managers for putting the Kindy parent morning tea together as well. We hope all the new families enjoyed their mornings and thank you to everyone who helped to welcome them in.

We hold P&C meetings at 7.00pm every second Wednesday of the month during school term. They are held in the school staff room (accessed through the school office) and anyone is welcome to come along. It is a great way to find out what is happening with our school, meet the Principal and school exec plus meet other parents and have a say about what projects we work on.

We are not a fundraising school so our voluntary parent contribution asked for is used by P&C for projects to benefit our students. So we use the meetings to decide what money should be spent on based on feedback from the school and what is sent in by parents.

Our next meeting is next week on Wednesday 12th February at 7.00pm. If you would like to be added to the minutes mailing lists please email me at kathmullen76@gmail.com

Our AGM will also be coming up on the 11th March 2020. All P&C exec positions will be declared open so if you feel like you would like to have a role on the P&C and can commit to the extra time required during the year, you are very welcome to nominate. We run a number of events during the year, we are responsible for both the school canteen and the uniform shop and there is some behind the scenes work so P&C exec support is required throughout the year to help make everything run smoothly.

It is a lot of fun too and meetings are relaxed so if you would like to join us, we would love to have you come along even if it is just to attend without holding a role. I look forward to welcoming back our current members and any new faces who may come along next week.

Katherine Mullen P&C President

ROSTER: Monday 10 February Ayat Abdulbaky, Tina Yang, Sarah Waters Tuesday 11 February VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED Wednesday 12 February VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED Thursday 13 February Shouna, VOLUNTEER REQUIRED Friday 14 February Abby Bishop, Sharmila, Tash If you can help on the days with "VOLUNTEER REQUIRED" or would like to be added to our roster please telephone the canteen on 9634 4306, email at castlehillpscanteen@gmail.com or send a quick text message to – Kylee on 0405 357 150. WELCOME BACK TO TERM 1, 2020! Welcome back to school everyone! We are all ready to go here in the canteen. With Flexischools updating their app just remember you may need to update your app before you can order. All classes should now be up to date on Flexischools and ready for you to update for each student. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with us in the canteen on 9634 4306 if you need any help. Flexischools phone number is 1300 361 769 if you have any issues with your app. CERTIFIED HEALTHY SCHOOL CANTEEN: We are excited to tell you that we have passed our menu check criteria and have now been certified as a NSW Healthy School Canteen. You will notice that some items are no longer on the menu as well as some new ones. We were required to adjust our menu slightly to achieve correct criteria ratios. Here is a link to our 2020 Canteen Menu with updated items available and pricing for this year.

REGULAR OPENING HOURS The Uniform Shop will be open: Monday and Thursday 8.30am-10.30am If you are available to volunteer on either of these days, your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Please just send me an email of which days and dates you are available chpsuniform@gmail.com.

Girls Summer Uniform option Castle Hill Public School now has a shorts option as part of the summer girl’s uniform and is available for purchase from the uniform shop.

Sharyn Haggar Uniform Shop Manager

Fruit salad bowl eg watermelon, rockmelon, grapes, orange 2.00$ Bread & butter 1.50$

Whole piece of fruit - seasonal 1.00$ Vegemite or honey 1.80$

Cheese 2.00$

Salad - lettuce, tomato, beetroot, carrot (V) 2.80$

Ham 2.60$

Cheesies** 0.60$ Ham & salad 3.80$

Chicken drumsticks** (H) 1.00$ Chicken 3.00$

Fruit Muffins** 0.20$ Chicken & salad 4.00$

Granola & custard cup** 1.00$ Egg & mayonnaise 2.20$

Hash Brown** 0.50$ Curried egg & mayonnaise 2.40$

Mini fruit salad cups** 0.50$ Add cheese 0.60$

Pikelets** 0.10$ Add extra salad filling 0.50$

Add mayonnaise or tomato sauce 0.20$

Replace bread with white bread roll add 0.60$

Chips - sea salt (GF) 1.50$

Crispy fruits - apple, mango, pineapple, strawberry (GF) 1.50$

Grain waves - sour cream & chives 1.50$ Cheese - lettuce, tomato, carrot, 1/2 egg 3.70$

Jatz & cheese 0.80$ Ham - lettuce, tomatr, carrot, 1/2 egg 3.70$

Jatz crackers - 3 pack 0.30$ Chicken - lettuce, tomato, carrot, 1/2 egg 4.00$

Jelly (GF) 1.00$ French dressing sachet 0.20$

Mamee noodle snacks - chicken 1.30$

Mini munch - sesame seed & raspberry (GF) 1.50$

Popcorn - plain (GF) 1.50$

Rice Snacks Mini Bites Original (GF) 1.00$ Chicken & corn roll (H) 2.20$

Chicken nuggets -3 pack (H) 1.50$

Chicken nuggets - 6 pack (H) 3.00$

Chicken burger - lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise 4.00$

Milk - plain 1.50$ Corn cobette 1.00$

Flavoured milk - chocolate, strawberry or banana 2.00$ Fried rice (GF) (V) 4.00$

Fruit Juice - apple or orange 2.00$ Garlic bread 1.50$

Water (600ml) 1.00$ Hamburger - lettuce, tomato, beetroot, tomato sauce 4.00$

Chill J mineral water - raspberry, orange passio, grape, watermelon 2.00$ Hot cheese roll 2.50$

Hot chocolate** 2.00$ Hot cheese & tomato roll 3.00$

Hot ham, cheese & tomato roll 3.70$

Hot chicken, cheese & tomato roll 4.00$

Hot dog with tomato sauce - beef 3.20$

Frozen fruit cup (GF) 1.00$ Lasagne 4.00$

Frozen milk cup (GF) 1.00$ Macaroni & cheese 4.00$

Frozen Yoghurt (GF) - choc/vanilla 2.00$ Meat pie - traveller beef 4.00$

Juicies - lemonade, orange, wildberry** 1.00$ Noodles - chicken 3.00$

Slushy 99% fruit juice** 2.00$ Pasta twist 4.00$

Quelch ice block** 0.50$ Pizza - margarita (V) or hawaiian 3.70$

Spinach & ricotta roll 3.00$

(GF) = gluten free Tomato sauce sachet 0.20$

(V) = vegetarian

(H) = halalOver the counter lunch order bags must be recieved by 9.00am Name and class printed clearly on a suitably sized paper bag. Check for current flavour and availabilityOnline ordering closes at 9.30am (www.flexischools.com.au) Home made and served with bread & butter 4.00$ All enquiries should be directed to the Canteen on 9634 4306.

CASTLE HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL CANTEENFULL PRICE LIST - January 2020

Fruit - seasonal

Soup

Ice blocks **over the counter only

Drinks **over the counter only

Hot food

Salad bowls

Snacks

Recess Items - subject to availability **over the counter only

Sandwiches - wholemeal or white bread

Why Chess? • Create Brighter Thinkers• Improve Student Focus• Achieve Academic Success

Educational Benefits:• Improves concentration and focus• Develops logical thinking and problem solving skills• Enhances memory• Encourages creative and lateral thinking• Promotes discipline• Accelerates emotional development• Expands visualisation and spatial awareness• Demonstrates actions and consequences• Rewards correct decision making• Increases self-confidence• Provides opportunities to make new friends from diverse backgrounds

Term 1 Cost: $99 7th Feb - 3rd AprTerm 2 Cost: $110 1st May - 3rd JulTerm 3 Cost: $110 24th Jul - 25th SepTerm 4 Cost: $99 16th Oct - 11th Dec

Castle Hill Public School Chess Classes, 2020Fridays 3:10PM - 4:10PM in the Library for Years 3-6

To enrol please pay online with your credit card at www.sydneyacademyofchess.com.au/payment

Enter the code Z2VI5T8N3F and fill in the electronic form, with your child’s details.*Fees are due on the first day of term. A late fee of $10 will be applied if payment is not received within 4 weeks of the start of the term. No refunds or credits for missed lessons during the term and trial lessons must be paid for.For pro-rata fees (ie. starting part way during the term) please contact Sydney Academy of Chess on 9745 1170.

Sydney Academy of Chess Pty Ltd ABN: 14 139 982 004

Level 1, 30A George Street Burwood, NSW PO Box 1325, Burwood, NSW 1805

P: 9745 1170 F: 9745 1176 E: enrolment@sydneyacademyofchess.com.au

OPTIONAL EXTRAS (prices include delivery)To enhance your child’s learning experience these items are available for purchase online at the time of enrolment

Workbook 1 – Cost: $31[For Beginner/Rookie Players]

Workbook 2 – Cost: $31[For Intermediate Players]

Workbook 1 & 2 – Cost: $46[SPECIAL OFFER]

Exploration in Chess Beauty – Cost: $42[For Advanced Players]

Chess Set & Roll-up Board – Cost: $34[Recommended for All Ages]

Chess Clock – Cost: $77[Recommended for All Ages]

Pay for four terms in advance and receive a free chess set or workbook 2 valued at up to $34. Offer expires 31st March, 2020.

Year 6 Parent Information

Evening

Wednesday 26th February 2020

5pm Open Classrooms

6pm Information Presentation School Auditorium

Meet the Principal, Deputy Principals, staff and students, tour the school and discover our state of the art facilities

Please note: In accordance with DET Policy, students must reside in-area to enrol at CHHS

An opportunity to sit the Gifted and Talented placement test will be offered during Semester 2 2020 to in-area Year 6 students upon

completion of their enrolmentwww.castlehill-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

St Columba’s Castle Hill Soccer Club inc. has been established for 50 years fostering the goodwill of

soccer from very young children up to adults.

All games are played on Saturday only. Juniors in the morning & seniors in the afternoon

The home games and training are played at Eric Mobbs Reserve, Excelsior Ave, Castle Hill

For more information, please contact :

Kim Sydenham (Secretary) Ph: 0410 444 863 Email: kim@southerncrossstainlesssteel.com.au

Bruce Sydenham (Vice President) Ph: 0417 410 042 Email: bruce@southerncrossstainlesssteel.com.au

To register head to our webpage: www.stcolumbassoccer.org.au

ST COLUMBAS SOCCER CLUB

Season 2020

Fees

Under 6 & 7 $110.00 per player

Under 8 & 9 $170.00 per player

Under 10 to 11 $180.00 per player

Under 12, $210.00 per player

Under 13, 14,15,16 $230.00 per player

Seniors $350.00 per player

Senior Student $320.00 per player

Under 8-10 girls $130.00 per player

Under 11-12 girls $130.00 per player

Don’t forget for children under still at school to apply for your active kids voucher

To apply for the Active Kids voucher head to the services NSW website https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-active-kids-voucher

You will then be emailed your voucher number by services NSW. Email this voucher to St Columbas club secretary kim@southerncrossstainlesssteel.com.au and your voucher will be processed, and the $100 will be taken off your player registration fee for 2020.

NOTE: THE GIRLS ONLY TEAMS TRAIN AT FREAME PARK AT MAYS HILL

Play AFL

REGISTER ONLINE PLAY.AFLto play AFL with Westbrook Bulldogs!

SAVE $100 using your ACTIVE KIDS voucher - from January

AUSKICK 5 – 8 yrs / JUNIOR 9 – 12 yrs / YOUTH 13 – 17 yrs

GIRLS COMP - Juniors 9-12 / Youth 13-18

PLAY AFL SUNDAYS@

Mike Kenny Oval • Greenway Park • Cherrybrook

Greenway Park, Cherrybrook - 9:00am

Sunday Feb 3rd and 10th 2019

Bring water bottle, hat & running shoes (no boots)

Mark 0411 181 798

“TRY AFL” SESSIONS

Westbrook Junior AFL Clubwww.westbrook.org.au / westrookbulldogs@gmail.com

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Australia Dayholiday SDD Years 1-6 students

return to school

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Meet the teacherKindy & Stage 1

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Swimming CarnivalYears 3-6

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Zone Swimming Carnival

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Anti Bullying Day

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ANZAC Service

Platinum Assembly Last day of term

Good Friday

Harmony Week

3

Kindergarten Best Start assesments

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