Term 4 2015

DEC-NSW

Hospital School connections

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Work at Westmead….

At The Hospital School, at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead we have

been learning about sustainable food and are producing a 2016 calendar on

sustainable food to distribute to our community. We believe education is

an essential element of the global response to food sustainability and

hope this calendar will enable our students and the school/ hospital com-

munity to appreciate and address the impact of food sustainability and

encourage changes in our attitude and behaviour.

Busy bees at Bankstown:

Thank you to Condell Park PS 5/6 SKYPE class for their generous donation of 3

NEW ipad airs. Our students at Bankstown Hospital School are very appreciative

of your fundraising efforts to assist the hospitalised children in your local hospital.

Contributions should be emailed to rosalee.lamaro@det.nsw.edu.au by the second last Friday of each term to be included for that terms edition.

Bankstown-Canterbury Torch newspaper page 26

Bankstown Hospital School

turns 50 next year.

A small celebration will be

held in term 1 2016, stay

tuned.

Life at Liverpool…..

RED for Daniel Morcombe Day on the 30th October, 2015.

Students engaged in a well- designed safety program teaching them to

Recognise, React, Report! Students embedded their learning by making

red faces to express feeling safe or unsafe.

Liverpool Hospital School has benefitted enormously from the mu-

sic program lead by specialist teacher Sam Newton. Sam manages

to bring a smile to all faces and encourages creativity. Sam builds

the capacity of students to compose both lyrics and melody.

Cartwright Public School shared their resources and expertise with Liver-

pool Hospital School to provide Synthetic Phonics for our K-2 students.

Synthetic Phonics allows students to learn everything they need to become

fluent readers.

The force is good at Bankstown…..

Showtime @ St George….

Letters of appreciation…….

NSW Hospital schools video launch 16-11-15 Many thanks to all who could attend the launch of the combined ESES project at Royal North Shore Hospital for

Bankstown, Liverpool, John Hunter, Illawarra, and Royal North Shore Hospital Schools.

Vanessa Murphy Principal of Royal North Shore Hospital School co-ordinated a very successful launch attended

by most Hospital School Principals, our Directors, the Media, key representatives from the Department of Educa-

tion, our very special cast and crew, and the many talented students from Chatswood High School.

Special thanks to Kylie Wilkinson (love your

school) who did a fantastic job managing the pro-

ject for our schools from start to finish.

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Jolly times at John hunter…….

During Term 4, students attending the John Hunter Hospital School, have been learning about the customs and cultures of peo-

ple from countries around the world. One such country was India and the age old custom of creating beautiful “Rangoli” pat-

terns. The purpose of rangoli is decoration, and it is thought to bring good luck. Design depictions may also vary as they reflect

traditions, folklore and practices that are unique to each area. It is traditionally done by women. Generally, this practice is show-

cased during occasions such as festivals, auspicious observances, marriage celebrations and other similar milestones and gather-

ings such as “Diwali – the festival of Lights.”

Under the guidance of JHHS teacher, Lisa Swanson, the students created their very own rangoli design, using sugar coloured

with food dye. The result was amazing! It was a test of patience and determination to create the colourful and eye-catching art-

work. The students loved completing the rangoli and all worked together to produce an artwork that they were all proud of!

Our term 4 SDD is at Glenfield District

Office contact Liverpool Hospital School

on 8738-5660 for more information.

Term 1 2016 SDD is being organised by

Royal North shore Hospital School please

contact them on 9463-2280 for details.