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Kalori“Message Stick”
Term 1Week 7
10th March 2020
Henty Public School
43 Sladen Street Henty NSW 2658
T 02 6929 3184
F 02 6929 3057
E [email protected] W henty-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
“Achievement for All in a Safe and Respectful Environment”We are Responsible, We are Respectful, We are Learners
March11th - Riverina Swimming
13th - Ride to School Day
18th - Assembly 2:50pm, Hall
19th - Paul Kelly Cup, AFL
Date change 25th - P&C Meeting 5:30pm, Library26th - Southern Riverina Netball trials
April1st - Assembly 2:50pm, Hall
9th - Cross Country Carnival
9th - Last day of school
10th - Good Friday
28th - First day of Term 2
29th - Assembly, ANZAC service
May1st - Eastern Riverina Netball - Albury
7th - Spelling Bee @ Henty Public School Hall
12th - NAPLAN begins
13th - Assembly, 2:50pm Hall
13th - P&C Meeting, 5:30pm, Library
15th - Walk to School Day
19th - Riverina Netball, Wagga
22nd - Southern Rierina Cross Country
27th - Assembly, 2:50pm Hall
28th - School Photos
What’s On at HPS?
Henty Public School
Year 4/5 enjoying the AFL Clinic. Thanks to William for running the sessions today.
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Kalori /2
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Kalori /2
Welcome to Week 7! How this term has flown!
AFL clinics
Thanks to Miss Ross for organising the opportunity for students to be involved in AFL clinics today. Students have just started playing footy in their lunch times so this opportunity is timely! It has been an absolute pleasure to see them using our newly installed AFL posts. I am looking forward to football season and chatting with students about their weekend games. Just a reminder that ‘It is just a game’!
Improving Reading Comprehension
Over the past three weeks students have been completing reading assessments. These assessments have shown us students’ areas of strength. They have also provided much important information about their areas of need in understanding text. Teachers have been observing each other’s practice and have also trialling new strategies that support our students to comprehend deeply. At home you can help by asking more questions as your child is reading. Here are some examples of basic questions that you could ask.
Self-regulation project
Students are learning about growth mindset and how to talk to themselves in powerful ways when learning new things. Every time we face a challenge we begin the self-talk. Sometimes that self-talk is primed to speak in unhelpful ways (I can’t do this, I am not good enough, I don’t want to look silly, I don’t need to try). We can train ourselves to be more open to new experiences and learning challenges by using a growth mindset which changes your self-talk for the better (I don’t know this YET, I can try a different way, I am only just beginning to learn this so it should feel hard).
Celebrating Attendance
Our students have suffered through a particularly rough fortnight with many bouts of gastro. Thanks to those parents who made the call to keep their child home to minimise the risk of spreading. Unfortunately, it did hit the teachers in our junior classes but everyone is on the mend this week. Back to strong numbers of students attending in this week. It is important to get them back to school as soon as possible after an illness to get them back in the swing of learning.
Have a great week Tina
AROUND THE SCHOOL
Kalori /3
K/1 posting letters to Santa
WHATS NEW:
HATS: Students are required to wear a hat during play. Too many children are forgetting their hats please remember NO HAT NO PLAY.
Parent online payments: Just a reminder that you can pay for any school payment online via our school website. Just go to the “ Make a Payment “ tab. You can also pay via credit card over the phone or via cash, cheque and eft at school.
School contributution: Voluntary contributions for the school are $60 per student, please see the office for payment or payment can be completed via the school website.
School communication: Keep up to date with School happenings on Facebook, School Stream, email and in the “Kalori” newsletter every Tuesday.
Henty Bakery canteen orders: The Henty Bakery offers a menu every Friday, orders need to be placed at the front office before 9:30am. Menus can be found on the website and School Stream.
Lost property: The lost property basket is over flowing with items from last year, including drink bottles, jumpers and other items of clothing. Please have a look if you seem to be missing anything, as it will all be donated to the clothing pool in the next few weeks. Can parents please also label clothing as it makes it easier to return items to the correct owner.
SCHOOL CANTEEN
The school canteen operates every Monday during school term.
If your child wishes to order Recess/Lunch, please place orders in separate bags with correct change if possible and have your child place the order in the tub in their classroom on Monday morning before school starts.
Menus can be found on the school website or School Stream.
On Friday students are encouraged to ride their bike or scooter to school. When students arrive at school they will ride through a bike course set up by our Year 6 students. They will then park their bike at the bike racks.
At 9:30am all students will be involved in a ride around the school block. Students that are unable to bring along something to ride will walk along with the group.
Students MUST have a helmet to participate in this activity.We are excited to celebrate Ride to School Day.
Miss Ross & Mrs Brand
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4/5 PURPLE CLASS NEWS
Year 4/5 Purple has been extremely busy engaging in a variety of learning tasks from mental additions and subtractions to writing convincing arguments to Mrs Roworth regarding shorter school hours. Last week was exciting as we prepared for our assembly item and we hope you enjoyed our fun skit.
The first five weeks of this term have been dedicated to honing the students’ skills in writing a persuasive text using techniques such as emotive language, modality, rhetorical questions, varied sentence starters and the Point, Explain, Evidence, Link (PEEL) model of writing an argument.
During Reading Groups, we are completing comprehensive text analyses of a variety of texts
such as poems, narratives and information texts. The students are encouraged to determine the author’s and illustrator’s purpose for including particular language choices, language features and images.
Our PDHPE focus this term how to deal with ethical and emotional dilemmas. It is challenging when confronted with the choice of being loyal vs being an upstander and this topic has created a great deal of discussion. We are concluding the term with a focus on Child Protection during which the students will learn that adults have a responsibility to protect all children and all children have a right to be safe.
We have been making ourselves familiar with the Dash robots and the students have successfully created mazes through which they guide the robots using Blocky coding. This is a fabulous activity that involves planning, teamwork, use of mathematical concepts (e.g. angles) and spatial relations. Some students have taken the project a step further and have created a road safety lesson for Dash.
It is pleasing to see many students acting responsibly and completing their Home Learning by Friday. This process will help them to manage their time as
they enter high school where the Home Learning demands are much greater.
I hope you are enjoying the See Saw posts and if you do not have an account, please see me and I can help you create one on your Smartphone. If you have an queries or concerns, please feel free to pop in and see me for a chat.
Regards,Joanne Malmo
Kalori /5
4/5 PURPLE CLASS NEWS
Kalori /6
AWARDS
Be Responsible
Be Respectful
Be a Learner
Ashton Scholz Congratulations Ashton on
receiving 5 Principal Awards!
Ashton also receives a $10 voucher to spend in the School canteen or office.
Be Responsible
Be Respectful
Be a Learner
Congratulations John Grundy
Isabella Scholz
Jackson Scholz
To receive a principals award you will need to have received 5 value awards from your classroom teacher.
AROUND THE SCHOOL
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LIBRARY NEWS
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SPORTS NEWS
Riverina Swimming All the best to our swimming team who will represent Southern Riverina at the Riverina Swimming carnival in Albury tomorrow. Just a reminder; swimmers will enter the pool for free and spectators will be charged a $2.00 entry fee. There will be multiple entry points on the day. When you arrive please go and see Melanie Moyle from Howlong who is the Southern Riverina manager. She will be located at the Southern Riverina flag. Have a great day!
AFLWith the wet weather last week it was decided to postpone the SR AFL trials so we wish the boys good luck this week.
Paul Kelly CupPermission notes were handed out yesterday. Please return these by the due date to assist with our team arrangements.
NetballOur school trials were held last Friday. Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent our school at the Southern Riverina trials on Thursday 26th March.Khyla Gardiner, Mia Doughty, Felicity Quinn, Kasey Rushby, Rebecca Zweck & Macey Bullock.
Cross CountryOur school Cross Country will be held on the last day of this term, Thursday 9th April. Stay tuned for more information.
Miss Ross
Kalori /9
COMMUNITY NEWS
Speech and Oral Communication lessons are a great way to improve your child's confidence, speech & communication. Each lesson consists of 20 mins, one on one, working through the Speech and Communication Syllabus. Your child also has the opportunity to participate in Eisteddfods throughout the year.
THE BOX SHOW Tag along for a day in the life of a bunch of musical misfits as they reinvigorate the junk that the world has forgotten. Learn about creative recycling, sustainability
and thinking outside of the box with this high energy, imaginative music-in-education performance combining
drumming, dance, theatre and comedy.With a language of gibberish and rhythm, this show is
accessible to any age and nationality. You won’t look at a cardboard box the same way after watching this show!
Billabong High School Transition Program 2020
Tuesday 24th March 1.30 – 3.30pm Year 5 students are invited to Billabong High School for the Year 5 Activity Afternoon. Meet some of the teachers and senior students and enjoy an afternoon of games and activities. At 3.30, there will be a parent/carer information session in the library, with a light afternoon tea supplied.
Primary Schools to advise numbers and names of students attending by Friday 13th March to [email protected]
Billabong High School Transition Program 2020
Tuesday 24th March 1.30 – 3.30pm Year 5 students are invited to Billabong High School for the Year 5 Activity Afternoon. Meet some of the teachers and senior students and enjoy an afternoon of games and activities. At 3.30, there will be a parent/carer information session in the library, with a light afternoon tea supplied.
Primary Schools to advise numbers and names of students attending by Friday 13th March to [email protected]
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Wednesday: 15th April, 2020
World Earth Day with the upcoming World Earth Day on the 22nd April, we are experimenting and creating ways we can
contribute to making sustainable choices every day – we will repurpose items and explore seasonal food and recycling.
Vacation CareAges: 3 – 12 yrsTimes: 8.30 – 6pm or as required within these hoursCost: $43 for first child$27 for second child $22 for third child and any further children in family enrolled on the same day. BYO: Food, drinks, change of clothes, closed in shoes, hats and jackets
Please contact either Abi or Robyn to make your bookings ph. 02 69293 472.
Tuesday: 14th April, 2020
Crack the codes enjoy a day of deciphering hidden clues and creating secret messages using symbols and objects –
decipher hieroglyphs, read braille and go orienteering.
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LHenty Early Childhood Association Inc. 23 Lyne Street PO Box 50 Henty NSW
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