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Greenwich Public School Partnership and Opportunity Excellence and Success A Greenwich Road Campus: 72a Greenwich Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3731 F (02) 9906 4120 A Kingslangley Road Campus: 32 Kingslangley Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3217 F (02) 9906 6437 E: greenwich-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W www.greenwich-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Good afternoon Parents, Carers and Friends of Greenwich Public School.

Welcome to Week 5 of Term 4 2018.

2019 Arrangements Today I met with all class parents to discuss the decisions that are being made for 2019. Thank you to everyone for attending. In 2019 as a result of the building program I will be relocating Year 1 students to the Kingslangley Road Campus. They will join Year 2 as Stage 1. This is exciting as both Years 1&2 are part of Stage 1 learning programs and being located together it will provide the students with wonderful learning opportunities. A transition program has been put in place for both Years 1 & 2 over the next few weeks. If you have any questions or concerns I am happy to meet with you at any time to discuss the logistics with you. Building Update. The build is finally here and getting ready to start and building preparation works have commenced. The final plans are being completed and our design is very exciting. You will notice that signs have been erected on the entrance points on Greenwich Road and River Road. Over the next week fencing will be erected on both sites and you will notice that parts of the playground will be out of bounds for everyone. More specific details will be discussed at a short meeting tomorrow evening. It will be held from 6-6:30 pm in the hall on the Kingslangley Road campus. The school oval will not be available for community use from this week onwards. During the Christmas break we will have 4 additional demountables delivered and placed near the other ones on River Road. Student Leader Elections for 2019. Year 5 students are currently involved in the election of Student Leaders for 2019. I am looking forward to listening to their visions of Greenwich Public School for the upcoming year. School Spectacular 2019. The school spectacular excursion will be held on November 23 to Qudos Arena at Homebush. As we have ordered buses based on your request for drop off in the afternoon we won’t be able to make any changes to your arrangements on the day. Thank you for your understanding. Please see the final arrangements below.

Principal’s Message

Greenwich Public School Partnership and Opportunity Excellence and Success A Greenwich Road Campus: 72a Greenwich Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3731 F (02) 9906 4120 A Kingslangley Road Campus: 32 Kingslangley Road, Greenwich NSW 2065 T (02) 9436 3217 F (02) 9906 6437 E: greenwich-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au W www.greenwich-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Student Leave As we approach the end of the year it is a timely reminder that you will need to apply for any holiday leave, over 5 days in length, during the school term. This is a simple process and forms are available through the front office. Approval usually occurs the same day as you lodge the forms. Thank you and have a wonderful week. Vicki McKenzie.

CHISOLM STREET PARKING

Please be mindful of where you park around the Greenwich Road campus and do not park across driveways. Our neighbour at 5 Chisholm Street has been parked in two weeks running. Thank you for your consideration.

Departure time

We will departing school at 9.00am. Students will need to arrive no later than 8.40am and meet their teacher under the COLA.

Performance time

The Schools Preview Performance commences at 11.00am. The performance will conclude at approximately 2.00 – 2.30pm.

Arrival back at school

Arrival back at school will be at approximately 3.30 – 4.00pm. This time is approximate depending on how long it takes to exit QUDOS Arena and Friday afternoon traffic.

Pick up arrangements

As students will not be returning to school by 3.10pm we ask you to specify your child’s preferred campus drop-off point and the pick-up arrangement from that campus. Please tick the appropriate box on the section on the next page.

Wear Full school summer uniform and a warm jacket if weather is cold.

Bring Own lunch (not ‘Cupcakes and Canapes’ orders) which will be eaten at QUDOS Bank Area. A snack and drink in a disposable bag which will be eaten during interval eg popper, fruit, water or biscuits (no lollies please).

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Schools Spectacular Choir

Only 1 week to go! Our Greenwich Public School

choir of Year 5 and 6 students have been working

hard this term, learning more than 30 songs! This

week, they attended their second Arena Choir

rehearsal at Sydney Olympic Park, and will be

rehearsing at QUDOS all next Wednesday and

Thursday! They are looking forward to being able

to perform live, particularly on Friday, when the

school comes to see the show!

Remembrance Day Services – Sunday 11

November 2018

On Sunday, the Student Leadership Team and a

number of the House Captains and Vice-Captains attended Remembrance Day ceremonies at Lane Cove Plaza and

Greenwich Anglican Church. We thank them for the time they have given to represent our school on such an

important day.

Amelia Rutherford

Stage 3 Relieving Assistant Principal

2018 Lower North Shore STEM Competition

5 students from Years 2 and 4 have entered the inaugural Lower North Shore STEM competition at SCEGGS Redlands on Wednesday 14 November. We wish Goldie M, Sean A, Carter C, George W and Annie S all the best.

These students have been working on a scientific investigation of their own choosing for a whole term now in their own time. They will communicate their findings to a panel of judges, scientists and members of the community and will be judged on their STEM reasoning and knowledge of their subjects. Thank you to Mrs Myers and Mrs Imlay for mentoring and bringing this initiative to Greenwich. Mrs Imlay also has a judging role to play.

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STEMshare Community

In 2019, a new Science and Technology syllabus K-6 is to be implemented in NSW Primary Schools.

http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/15651e7c-d176-4d51-89b5-3a74b36ffd70/parent-guide-science-and-technology-k-6-new-syllabus.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=

Whilst the Science strands remain the same, a new strand has been added called ‘Digital Technology’.In preparation for the implementation of the digital technology strand, Greenwich Public has been able to loan a STEMshare robotics kit from the STEMshare lending library for Term 4. Mrs Imlay and Mrs Tamborini attended a training

session on tablet robotics and currently students in Years 2 - 6 are participating in lessons coding either Ozobots, Makey-Makey, Lego Mindstorms or Micro:bits. It has been a steep learning curve for teachers. We thank our students for their patience and sharing their knowledge. We are all having lots of fun learning something new.

Hour of Code

Thank you to Miss Baker for organising Greenwich Public to participate in Hour of Code in the Week beginning 3rd December. Year 5 and 6 student mentors are now being trained by Miss Baker to help students and teachers in Years 2-6 be actively involved in this world wide initiative. For more information https://hourofcode.com/files/hoc-one-pager.pdf

This will take place in class time. There is no cost.

STOCK UP ON WINE FOR CHRISTMAS & FUNDRAISE FOR GPS! Wine Direct are offering a selected range of wines at special prices as a fundraiser for GPS until the end of term. For every 12 bottles purchased, the school is given $50! You can select any combination from the 12 wines detailed below. Great deals and delivery is free for 12 or more bottles. Stock up for Christmas!! No signing up to any wine society, no commitment, one-off orders. This is purely a fundraiser through Wine Direct.

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Feel free to extend the offer to your workplace, family and friends!

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PERFORMING ARTS RECORDERS All recorder players We had a successful and happy concert last week and there are two more performances this year. Monday 3 December Greenwich Community Christmas Carols Wednesday 5 December The school Performing Arts Concert. So there will be lots of practising. Information about these evenings will be given to you soon. Bev De Luis AWARDS K-6 Merit Bronze

Bronze Silver

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DIARY DATES

TERM 4

WEEK 5 Wednesday 14 November

Bikewise Stage 3 Friday 16 November

Bikewise Stage 3 Saturday 17 November

Strings 3 – 6.00pm WEEK 6 Monday 19 November

Hunters Hill High School ‘Top of the Hill’ Stage 3 students Wednesday 21 November

Year 2 excursion Rouse Hill House

Hunters Hill High School ‘Top of the Hill’ Stage 3 students

Schools Spec Choir Rehearsal – QUAY Centre – 5.30am – 6pm

Thursday 22 November

Year 1 excursion Rouse Hill House

Schools Spec Choir Rehearsal – QUDOS – 6.45am – 5pm - Friday 23 November

Schools Spectacular Schools Matinee performance

School Spec Choir – Matinee and Evening Performance

9.45am – 10.30pm

WEEK 7 Monday 26 November

Bikewise excursion Stage 2

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Tuesday 27 November

Bikewise excursion Stage 2 Wednesday 28 November

Bikewise excursion Stage 2

Year 6 Transition to High School Thursday 29 November

Bikewise excursion Stage 2 Friday 30 November

Bikewise excursion Stage 2

Greatfulness workshop Stage 3

WEEK 8 Monday 3 December

Carols by Candlelight Tuesday 4 December

Year 6 Orientation Day Wednesday 5 December

Performing Arts Concert Thursday 6 December

Thank You Morning Tea Friday 7 December

Gold Award Assembly

Transition Day K/1

WEEK 9 Tuesday 11 December

Year 6 dinner Wednesday 12 December

P&C Evening

Presentation Assembly 9.30am Friday 14 December

Year 6 Fun Day WEEK 10 Monday 17 December

Stage 2 Celebration Day

K/2 End of Year Concert and Class picnics Tuesday 18 December

Stage 3 Sports Gala day/End of Year celebration

Year 2 disco 9.10 – 11.10am Wednesday 19 December

Last day for students

Year 6 farewell assembly 2.20-3.10pm

HARDCOPY NOTES SENT HOME

Stage 2 Bikewise permission note SURVEYS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Nil EMAIL ATTACHMENTS HOME THIS WEEK

Stage 2 Bikewise permission note

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