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Week 5 Term 2, 2018

HERNANI 1 OF 550 Hernani Public School was one of only 550 schools in N.S.W. that participated in the NAPLAN Online Asessment during 2018. Congratulations to all our students for their efforts in NAPLAN. This online assessment has received positive feedback from all Year 3 to 6 students at Hernani. Ellen participated in the initial trial in 2017 and stated “That it was far better than the paper based test”. This feedback has been consistent with our student comments during the 2018 NAPLAN assessment. CROSS COUNTRY AT BALD BLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL Congratulations to all students for their wonderful behaviour, sportsmanship and excellent manners at the Small Schools Cross Country held at Bald Blair Public School on Friday 18th May. Our amazing athletes once again prooved what talent our small school has coming a very close 2nd place behind the much larger local school Bald Blair. Individual place getters on the day were: Beau Welsh 1st place 8 & 9 year boys – a commanding lead from early on, a great determined run Beau!

Beau set a blistering pace!

Patrick McKellar 4th place 8 & 9 year boys (who ran the two challenging laps in his socks after losing his shoes in the fast paced start!) Tough run on rough ground Patty!

Patty zoomed overtaking from 5th place to come 4th (home

in socks)

Chad Welsh 2nd place 11 year boys. Chad battled lap by lap with his rival from Chandler PS, showing great sportsmanship on the day shook hands with Chad and congratulated him on a great run.

A long distance runner of the future- well done Chad!

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Madeline Marsden 1st place 11 year girls- a wonderful display of local schools supporting each other as Maddi and Orli (from Dundurrabin) paced each other around a long, demanding course. With Maddi saving her best until the very last to place ahead of Orli.

This lead was a battle as neither girl was willing to let the other get away…… until the very end and Maddi powered

home!

Ellen Marsden placing a commendable 3rd in the 12 & 13 year girls. Ellen had some tough competition from the Bald Blair girls, who had obviously trained on the course.

Ellen striving to get ahead up heartbreak hill… a tough

climb! Hernani’s students participated with their best effort, determination and certainly made parents, teachers and their peers feel very proud of their sportsmanship on the day.

Thank you to parents for transporting to this event and for their support on the day. Kids love having their parents support them at sporting events! Thankyou parents

Great job Hernani STARS! We hope you enjoy reading our Kindergarten student recounts from the day:- We had to run a long way up a hill and down a hill. I ran really fast and I got puffed.

It was fun.

Gracie Kinder

Gracie a runner to watch in the future made a great finish

and placed 7th

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I ran and ran up and down hills. It was easier running down.

I love running.

Lynette Kinder

Lynette pushing hard!

It was really far. I walked up the hills and I ran down the hill.

I ran with Cooper sometimes.

I nearly won but I didn’t.

Lenny Kinder

Lenny and Cooper running with determination!

It was fun. I got puffed and I didn’t win. But I tried really hard.

I like having Nachos for lunch.

Summer Kinder

A long run for Summer… going well still running after a

BIG hill!

HEALTHY HERNANI STARS This intitiative is certainly appreciated by our students.

Kindergarten and Year 1 making pizza bases with Casey

and Amanda- yummy we love pizzas!

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Our chefs this week were Years 2 & 3 who made a massive quantity of healthy chicken and veg and beef and veg puff pastry rolls.

Hands on work mixing our fillings

We love learning new skills and then eating a delicious lunch after working together to create a healthy meal

Thank you to our parents for their support and involvement in our weekly cooking program. Next week Years 5 and 6 will be selecting a recipe for everyone to enjoy a healthy nutritious lunch.

On Thursday 17th May students and staff met at the Hernani Hall or Hernani Tennis Courts and learnt about road safety before wallking to school. We all enjoyed a special science lesson along the way learning about mistletoe, wattle leaves and the Telstra tower as well as some bird watching as we spotted a yellow tailed black cockatoo at the Hernani Tennis Courts.

Ready to start our 2018 Walk2School Day

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SPORTING SCHOOLS GYMNASTICS Our Term 2 Sporting Schools Gymnastics program commenced last Wednesday the 23rd May with all students working collaboratively in their groups to complete all activities prepared by Mr O’Hara.

We all love visiting the Armidale Gymnastics Centre and doing lots of fun activities.

Warm up time with Mr O

A big smile from Summer as Mr O checks her short sit!

SCIENCE EXCURSIONS Mr K is currently planning Science excursions for Hernani Public School to compliment our Science program for Term 2. These include a visit to beef and dairy farms. A visit to several businesses in Dorrigo is also being organised. As soon as plans are confirmed a consent note and transport advise will be sent home. Mrs Burley, who will be on class this Friday 1st June, owns a dairy farm and will be teaching students with personal insights into the value of the dairy industry and to ‘Celebrate World Milk Day’ on this day! PROFESSIONAL LEARNING Mrs Williams, Mr Kovacevic and Mrs Winkel will be attending professional learning on the Literacy and Numeracy Progressions on Friday 1st June. Following our professional learning we will be providing parents with an information session on the new Progressions that are replacing the Literacy and Numeracy Continuums

COMBINED SCHOOLS STEM DAY AT DUNDURRABIN 27th JUNE 2018 Further details to be advised asap.

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Hernani Public Schoool students, staff and P&C Committee had a great afternoon of active tennis fun and enjoyed a yummy afternoon tea whilst raising funds to support the fight against cancer last Thursday afternoon, 24th May.

Beau in action- a great way to unwinding after finishing your first NAPLAN assessment!

We were fortunate to have a beautiful sunny afternoon and thank our school community for supporting the P&C initiative. Ellen was the lucky winner in the Cancer Council Tea Cup Challenge our we raised $124.70.

Our playgroup kids also had great fun playing tennis- Go Harry!

Eyes on the ball! Lenny showing great concentration and focus.

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Great Action Shot Gracie!

Ready to start school in our PJ’s

On Friday 25th May Hernani Public School’s students and staff all wore their PJ’s to school in support of the Asthma Foundation NSW. We had a cold and chilly day and were very glad that our

winter PJ’s are so warm and comfortable. Our generous gold coin donation raised $38.00 in support of the Asthma PJ Day 2018.

Hernani students participated in a video conference run by the Kidshelpline including Protective behavious and help-seeking. Students thouroughly enjoyed the experience making personal connections with the presenter Georgia. A second session during Term 2 will reinforce the critical messages that our students learned. P&C NEWS - Next Regular P&C Meeting will be on the Tuesday after the long weekend. Tuesdsay 12th June @1.30pm. Everyone welcome. Agenda items to be added to the Agenda prior to the meeting please. Items that Mrs Winkel will address include:

• Hernani Public Schools v– Great Food @ School

• Dental Visit Monday 18th June 2018 • Science Excursions

COMMUNITY NEWS FIRST AID COURSE A First Aid Course will be held at Chandler PS on Saturday 16th June 2018 12:30pm – 4:00pm. A ‘Training Book’ to be completed prior to attendance on day. Cost $125.00 Further information contact Chandler PS 67781335

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Upcoming dates

TERM 2 WEEK 5 Monday 28th May- HEALTHY HERNANI STARS-Cooking with Lisa Tuesday 29th May- Kidshelpline Video Conference @ 1.00pm Wednesday 30th May-Sporting Schools Gymnastics at Armidale Gymnastics Centre 2:00pm to 3:00pm Thursday 31st May- UNE Discovery Bus Combined Schools Day at Hernani PS Friday 1st June – Mrs Burley on class. Mrs Winkel, Mrs Williams & Mr Kovacevic at Literacy & Numeracy Progressions Professional Learning Armidale WEEK 6 Monday 4th June- HEALTHY HERNANI STARS-Cooking with Sally Tuesday 5th June Mrs Winkel at Professional Learning – School website Wednesday 6th June- Sporting Schools Gymnastics at Armidale Gymnastics Centre 2.00pm to 3.00pm Mrs Winkel at Network Learning Day with Sue Brown WEEK 7 Monday 11th June- QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Tuesday 12th June- P&C Meeting at 1.30pm Wednesday 13th June- Sporting Schools Gymnastics at Armidale Gymnastics Centre 2:00pm to 3:00pm Sandy Hamilton School Counsellor visit to Hernani

WEEK 8 Monday 18th June- HEALTHY HERNANI STARS-Cooking with Casey Dental Assessment 11:00am Possible excursion to “Wilmot” to examine Beef Cattle production for our Science theme TBC. WEEK 9 Monday 25th June- HEALTHY HERNANI STARS-Cooking with Lisa Wednesday 27th June- Combined Schools STEM Day at Dundurrabin Public School Thursday 28th June- Science Excursion to Dorrigo visiting a Dairy Farm and businesses in Dorrigo Mrs Winkel at Teaching Efffective Reading in the Early Years Professional Learning Friday 29th June– CRAZY HAIR DAY Mrs Winkel at Teaching Efffective Reading in the Early Years Professional Learning WEEK 10 Monday 2nd July- HEALTHY HERNANI STARS-Cooking with Sally Friday 6th July– NAIDOC On The Plateau