Term 1 Week 6

Friday, 9th March, 2018 Newsletter From the Principal

WELLBEING WEEK

We hope that you enjoyed our Wellbeing Week initiative this week. In a world where we

know that society is living with higher stress and anxiety levels, we feel that this is a way

for families to enjoy some rest and relax a little. I know that the staff certainly enjoyed

having fewer meetings which meant more family time for them too. We are officially at

the halfway point for Term 1 and we congratulate our students on their hard work as they

have been trying their hardest each and every day.

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST BULLYING & VIOLENCE

Next week, our school, as well as other schools in Australia, will

stand united to celebrate the National Day of Action Against

Bullying & Violence. On this day, we will reiterate the anti-bullying

message with our students and ask students to imagine a world free of bullying. This is a

positive day of action to help find workable solutions that address bullying and violence.

Bullying is not OK and any incidents of it should be reported to our staff.

P&C UPDATE

Our Annual General Meeting was held on Monday night and I would like to announce our

P&C Executive: President—Peter McWaters; Treasurer—Christine Burrell; Secretary—

Leanne Shepherd. Thank you Peter, Christine and Leanne for offering to fill these roles for

another year. We are on the look-out for new P&C members as our active P&C members

and organisers now have children in years 5 and 6, meaning their time on the P&C is

limited. Our treasurer, Christine, no longer has children at PWPS but has kindly accepted

the position of Treasurer until a replacement can be found.

FROM THE OFFICE…

Term 1 invoices have now been distributed. Thank you to so many of you who have either

paid in full or started making payments towards invoices. Please ensure that you have

made payment for excursions before the event to ensure your children can attend these

experiences. If you require financial support and wish to apply for a payment plan, please

ask at the office. We would hate for students to miss out on these opportunities for

financial reasons. Online payments are still the preferred method for payment.

Have a great fortnight,

Tanya Sarafoski

TERM 1

Week 7

Tues 13 Mar Police Cyber Safety

Talks—St 2 & 3

Fri 16 Mar PSSA Rd 4

Week 8

Wed 21 Mar Harmony Day

Fri 23 Mar PSSA Rd 5

Week 9

Tues 27 Mar St 2 Excursion

Thur 29 Mar Easter Hat Parade

Fri 30 Mar Good Friday

Week 10

Mon 2 April Easter Monday

Tues 3 April St 3 @ GRC Sport

Thur 5 April St 3 Hazelhurst

St 1 Bot. Gardens

Fri 6 April PSSA Rd 6

Week 11

Mon 9 April Peer Support

Training Yr 6

P&C Meeting—7pm

Tues 10 Apr Parent Teacher

Interviews

Wed 11 Apr Peer Support

Training Yr 6

Thur 12 Apr St 3 Hazelhurst

Fri 13 April PSSA Rd 7

Last Day Term 1 Micheal P. Watson

Wk5 Rd2 Seniors Juniors

Boys

Softball / Tball

V Hurstville Sth

WON 7 – 1

V Hurstville Sth

LOST 0 - 9

Boys

Oz Tag

V Lugarno

DRAW 3-3

V Lugarno

DRAW 2-2

Girls

Basketball

BYE BYE

Girls

Cricket

V Oatley

LOST 202-101

V Oatley

LOST 154-56

Boys Softball/T-ball: Mr Brown Boys Oztag: Ms Nichols

Girls Basketball: Mr Briggs Girls Cricket: Mrs Duke

Wk6 Rd3 Seniors Juniors

Boys

Softball / Tball

V Lugarno

WON 6 – 3

V Lugarno

LOST 1 - 16

Boys

Oz Tag

V Mortdale

WON 11-5

V Mortdale

LOST 2-4

Girls

Basketball

V Kingsgrove

LOST 18—41

V Kingsgrove

WON 32—2

Girls

Cricket

V Peakhurst

LOST 154-132

V Peakhurst

LOST 134-94

Sport Cavalcade

Gold Award Winners

Congratulations to the following students for earning a

Gold Award this week!

Annaysha Das

Calos Liu

Illness at School

Unfortunately, we have had an outbreak of Gastro and

an incident of Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease.

If your child has signs of Gastro (vomiting or diarrhoea),

please do not send them to school until 48 hours after

symptoms cease.

Signs and symptoms of Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease

include small red dots or blisters that appear on the

inside of the cheeks.

Please allow children the time to recover fully from

illness before returning to school.

Easter at PWPS

Apologies for the incorrect dates on our Easter correspondence this week.

We seek donations for our Easter raffle—Easter eggs, baskets, Easter toys - to

be handed in to the office by Thursday 22 March.

Please return raffle tickets to the office by Wednesday 28 March.

The Easter Hat Parade for K-2 students will be on Thursday 29 March.

Leadership Certificates This year’s School Leaders were recently presented certificates from

Mr Mark Coure, NSW State MP (Member for the electorate of Oatley).

Mr Coure spoke about the importance of leadership and presented

the certificates to our elected SRC representatives, House Captains and

School Prefects and Captains.

(left) Mr Coure presenting School Boy Captain, Will Hinton his certificate.

(above) Mr Coure with the School Leaders and Captains.

(above) Mr Coure with SRC representatives and House Captains

School Improvements

The new access door to Room 11 is now complete and during this week was painted. This is the

new entry and exit for our OSHC.

From the EaselFrom the EaselFrom the Easel

Marko

Cordelia

Eleanor

Ariel

Students from 2WS have started the year looking at

Animals and have made some zebras (above) and painted

some tropical fish (below).

James

Emily

Sharlene

2/3P students

started the year

painting self

portrait

watercolours

Serena

1T painted some Ring Tail Possums

because they have been reading,

Possum Magic.

Poetry Corner Stg 3 Stage 3 has started Term 1 with a Geography topic called Bushfires.

Here’s a poem to accompany Vienne’s painting done with a sponge.

Engulfed Fire’s roaring,

Fire’s screaming.

The house that was once a beautiful maze,

Is now burning hot under a smoky haze.

What was once luscious green lawn,

Is now a carpet of muddy mess.

The street was flooded with reporters,

With fire engines racing down it.

People being pulled out of the fiery house,

Sirens as white noise in the background,

Chaos!

Babies crying, people screaming,

Drowned out by the crackling and roar of the fire.

In the aftermath all that is left,

Is the silhouetted skeleton of the house,

And the bones, ashes and memories of the family,

That once lived there.

It was engulfed by the hot mess of fire,

Swallowed by the flames—

So were the lives,

Because of one spark.

Anabelle Stojceska

Vienne MacMillan

K-6 Fundraising Club Easter Raffle

It’s that time again, where we seek donations from the school community

for our annual Easter Raffle.

We ask for donations of Easter eggs and toys, as well as baskets, so that

hampers can be made up as prizes.

Please return donations to your child’s classroom or the office by Thursday 22nd March.

Raffle tickets will be sent home shortly and need to be returned by Wednesday 28th March.

Thank you for your support,

P&C