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POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING(PBL) FOCUS

I am SAFEIt is important to wear my hat when I go outside to play.

I wear sunscreen and protective clothing each day.

SCHOOL SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM’SREPORT

Welcome to WINTER and it’s cold, frosty mornings. To ensurethe safety of our students especially going to and from school,especially when the mornings are nice and brisk we ask foryour support not to park in the staff carpark. The gates willbe closed from 8am in the morning and reopening at 5pm inthe afternoon, to allow staff only entry and exit to the carpark.This is not only to ensure student safety but also the safety ofour students that are being transported by the department toschool and equipment which may be in that area. We thankyoufor your assistance and support in this change to our routine,ensuring all our students are safe everywhere at all times.

As part of our ‘Assessment and Reporting’ Process, we inviteall parents to attend a ‘Parent Teacher Interview’ to discussyour child’s progress. During this interview, you will be ableto talk about your child’s specific needs as well as receive

information about your child’s achievements and progress todate. To support our staff in gathering consistent informationas part of our reporting process, the staff have currently beenparticipating in professional learning reviewing our LiteracyBlock and Guided Reading practices. Our goal, is for Parkleastudents to become ‘balanced readers through a consistentwhole school, quality, teaching and learning of reading’. Therecent Literacy Summit provided current research that showsthe importance of students reading at home, which wasreinforced by the results of our parent and student readingsurveys, thankyou for the time to participate in this.

The following table shows significant outcomes and wetherefore re-iterate the need for your child to read at home everyday.

As the weather is becoming cooler, it’s important that studentsare responsible for wearing appropriate warm clothing,including jumpers and jackets on cooler days. Over the pastfew weeks, we have had a number of staff being unwell (winterillness). This means we have had some trouble finding casualteachers for our classes. Please ensure your child doesn’tcome to school when they are unwell and seek medical advice.Below is a chart that can assist you in being ‘Winter Wise’,please visit the following website to assist with preparing for apotentially serious flu season and we urge our community to dothe same by being “winter wise”.

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/winterwise/Pages/default.aspx

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Have a wonderful long weekend and stay healthy!

Mrs Gracie (R/Principal), Mrs Mlinaric (DeputyPrincipal) and Ms Saunderson (R/Deputy Principal)

P&C NEWSA quick message from the P&C...

Book Club

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped check the ordersand deliver Term 2 book club to the classes. We hope everyoneis enjoying their new books. Happy reading at home and atschool!

So far this year the book club has earned the school over a$1,000 in club rewards which will be used to purchase newhome readers.

Pyjama Party Disco

The school disco will be this Wednesday, 12th June. If youhaven’t already got your tickets, they can be purchased onTuesday before and after school and on Wednesday beforeschool near the flagpole. There will also be tickets and glowproducts for sale on the night.

We look forward to seeing you all there in your Pj’s or onesie!

SCHOOL NEWS

‘I listen to what others say.’

Week 7 morning affirmation

Healthy Canteen

Well done to our canteen staff, Maria andDela who have worked diligently to achievethe status of a Healthy School Canteen forParklea PS.

The NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy is a key initiativeto support the Premier’s Priority to tackle childhood obesity.Having a healthy canteen means that our students are morelikely to develop healthy eating habits that will have a long-termimpact on improving their lives.

The staff, the students and the community would like to thankthem for their very important contribution to supporting thehealth and wellbeing of our students.

A quick reminder the canteen is now using Munch Monitoras our online order provider please follow the following detailswhen ordering online or use the link on the website.

Following is the most recent canteen menu and rememberdon’t forget to put your child’s name and class on their lunchorder bags and if you have any questions feel free to see Mariaand Dela if you have any questions.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

The NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge has opened for 2019and concludes on Friday 30th August 2019. A note about thePremier’s Reading Challenge was sent home with your childlast week. The Personal Reading Log referred to in the letter isto assist you in compiling the list of titles read, with book ID, titleand author included. It does not need to be returned to school.

What is the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge?

The NSW Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is an initiative ofthe NSW State government. It aims to encourage in studentsa love of reading for leisure and pleasure and to enable themto experience quality literature. It is not a competition, but achallenge to each student - to read, to read more and toread more widely. The Premier’s Reading Challenge booklistfeatures over 11,000 titles which are organised into Agecategories.

Who can enter the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge?

The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is available for all NSWstudents in Kindergarten to Year 9, in government,independent, Catholic and home schools. Participation byschools and students is voluntary. A child is considered astudent once she/he is enrolled in a school or registered asa home schooled student with the NSW Board of Studies,Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES) or granted anexemption from registration.

If you have any queries you can contact Miss Webster or findadditional information at

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

Variety Community Connects

Variety - Children's Charity will be running an informationsession for Parents and Carers who have a child with a disabilityor chronic illness at Tallowood School on Tuesday 11th June.Please see attached flyer if you would like to attend.

PBL Update

Parklea Public School provides a safe, positive and caringenvironment and Parklea Perfections is the main reward systemat our school. Each week teacher’s hand out an allocatedamount of Parklea Perfections for their class. It is important tokeep these Perfections somewhere safe and secure as theycount towards our overall Parklea Rewards System. Once astudent has received a certain number of Perfections, theyhand these into the collection box in the front office and atthe next Perfection assembly they will receive a badge andcertificate. The cut off date for each term is week 6. Please putyour Perfections into the collection box in the front office by theend of week 6 each term.

Classroom Perfections

• 10 perfections = Bronze award (10 in total)

• 15 additional perfections = Silver award (25 in total)

• 20 additional perfections = Gold award (45 in total)

• 25 additional perfections = Medallion award (70 intotal)

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Being Safe

Please remember to remind your child to walk safely to andfrom school especially around the lake and park area as therehas been some loitering by Parklea students when walkinghome after school. Please read the following document withyour child to ensure they are aware of how to get to and fromschool safely.

NEWS FROM OUR STUDENTS

Multicultural Perspectives Public SpeakingCompetition

For 24 years now the Multicultural Perspectives PublicSpeaking Competition has been encouraging primary schoolstudents to explore ideas of multiculturalism in Australia, as wellas giving them a place to practice their public speaking skillsand improve their confidence.

Early this term, our Stage 2 and Stage 3 students were workinghard to plan a Multicultural Perspectives speech as part oftheir homework. In week 4, students presented their speechesto their class. Teachers and peers were blown away by theamount of effort students had put into delivering speeches thatengaged their audience.

Students from each grade were then selected to represent theirclass at our school’s Multicultural Perspectives Public SpeakingCompetition finals on Monday 3rd June. These students wereselected based on the way they presented their speeches withoutstanding Manner, Matter and Method.

Well done to the following students who progressed to ourschool finals:

Year 3: Taylor, Layla, Lily, Leah, Eva, Omar, Ishita.Year 4: Methuli, Dexter, Lily, Henry, Alexandra, Natalie,Opal, Makenna.Year 5: Jacqueline, Opal, Lara, Siddharth, Alice, Georgi,Ella.Year 6: Ava, Mollie, Prayosha, Justin, Chloe, Mantash,Jasmine, Jazmine.

Congratulations to the following contestants who will representour school at the Local Multicultural Perspectives PublicSpeaking Competition Finals at Jasper Road Public School onWednesday 12th June:

Year 3 - Eva

Year 4 - Lily

Year 5 - Lara

Year 6 - Ava

Stage 2 and Stage 3 Finalists.Stage 2 and Stage 3 Finalists.

We wish them the best of luck,Mrs Cliff(Multicultural Perspectives Public SpeakingCoordinator)

Debating

On Wednesday 29th June, Justin, Harry, Shruti and Avatravelled to Kingswood Public School with Mrs Kelleher toattend the Premier's Debating Challenge. Although KingswoodPublic School won the first challenge against Parklea PublicSchool, students are commended on their performance andbehaviour.

On Thursday 30th June, the following students: Kareena,Arabella, Justin, Ashlyn will travel to Kellyville Ridge PublicSchool to attend a Ridges debating challenge with MrsKelleher. These students won their debate against SchofieldsPublic School.

Ridges Cross Country

On Friday 24th May, 62 students from Years 2 to 6 representedParklea at the Ridges Zone Cross Country Carnival. Studentscompeted against students from 12 other schools from theRidges area, to run either a 2km (8-10 year olds) or 3km (11-13year olds) course.

All students did an amazing job, many running at Zone level forthe first time. A special mention goes to; Angelina, who came3rd in the 10 Year Girls race, and Taj, who came 10th in the 12/13 Year Boys race. Angelina will be representing Ridges at theSydney West Cross Country. Congratulations to all students!

Mrs Hack who was a course marshal for parts of the day,was impressed with the way our students pushed themselvesand gave it their all in representing Parklea. Mrs Cope and Ican still hear the chant, “Let’s Go, Parklea, Let’s Go!” in ourheads as every Parklea student who ran past the seating areawas spurred on by the rest of the students watching on. Thestudents should remain proud with the way they behaved andrepresented Parklea incredibly well.

Thank you to all the parents who attended to cheer on theirown children and other students. Everyone really appreciatedthe support!

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Mr PalmerPSSA Coordinator

Winter PSSA Results Round 4

Another great round for our PSSA representatives.

Opposition Juniors Seniors Players of

the Match

BoysSoccer

NorthKellyville

2 - 0(WON)

5 – 0(WON)

Nicholas W.and AshwinT

GirlsSoccer

Rouse Hill 2 – 0(WON)

0 - 6(LOST)

Sofia andAshtyn

NewcombeBall

Oakville Girls

2 sets –1 set(WON)

Boys

1 set – 2sets(LOST)

Jasmine andNoah

Netball Riverstone 7 – 0(WON)

28 –1(WON)

Hannah andSienna

Sorry Day

On May 27th Students and Parklea staff were encouraged towear black, red and yellow to represent the colours of theAboriginal flag to recognise Sorry Day. National Sorry Day is anAustralia-wide observance held on May 26th each year. Thisday gives people the chance to come together and share thesteps towards healing for the Stolen Generations, their familiesand communities. Stolen generations refer to IndigenousAustralians who were forcibly removed from their families andcommunities. Students recreated the Aboriginal Flag in artactivities, explored the political address in 2008 by Kevin Ruddand watched a narrated slide show discussing the history andlegacy of Aboriginal Australia.

Band Performance

On Thursday 30th May we held our first Music Tuition concertfor the year. Our ensembles and some of our keyboardstudents were given the opportunity to play in front of StageTwo classes. Congratulations to all the students who performedand particularly our beginner students who had their firstconcert after only 13 weeks of lessons! Well done and keep upthe great work!

Our next music tuition concerts will be in Term 3 - an afternoonperformance for Stage One classes and an eveningperformance for parents and friends. We look forward toshowcasing our progress then!

Years 3 - 6 PBL Awards

Congratulations to our Stage 2 and Stage3 students whoreceived PBL awards at our assembly in week 4.

CLASS SAFE RESPECTFUL LEARNER

3C Max Crystal Lily

3/4D Anna Zara Jacob

3I Jayden Dakoh Ruby

3M Nevaeh Rayhan Chloe

4H Natalie Opal Tom

4K David Methuli Samiya

4P Ally Jaida Jordan

4/5H Nikhil Dhyey Ella

5J Chris Timothy Jacqueline

5S Ammara Aanya Siddharth

5/6F Jasmine Olivia Saniya

6C Ella Sharlise Jacinta

6H Ava Nick Raf

6L Lillian Tisha Adrian

K-2 PBL Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received PBLawards at our assembly in week 5.

CLASS SAFE RESPECTFUL LEARNER

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CLASS SAFE RESPECTFUL LEARNER

KM Charlie Anvi Cooper

KW Minnie Callen Daniel

KD Jayden Abel Navneet

KH Tanish Birjot Saira

1T Japjeet Julian Joshua

1F Ruby Marko Isabelle

1D Parisun Ayman Kira

1J Cameron Alyssa Leyna

2C Maya Arash Connor

2J Antia Ty Kabir

2K Scarlett James Eden

2L Rove Chloe Samaira

K/2Red

Ashveer

K/2Yellow

Eli

K/2Blue

Ivneet

Sydney West Tennis

During Week 2 of the term, Bhavya (Year 6) represented SydneyWest at the NSW PSSA Tennis Championship in Inverell. Inthe tournament, Bhavya and her team played with an immenseamount of enthusiasm and sportsmanship, and came awaywith the Gold Medal! The Boys Tennis team finished well andcame in at 3rd Place, leaving Sydney West finishing 2nd overall.

We would like to extend our congratulations to Bhavya and theSydney West Tennis Team on a tremendous effort during thecompetition.

Fundraising for Variety Foundation

One of our students, Ava (6H) wants to make a difference. Sheis going to donate her hair so that it can be used to make wigsfor cancer patients or people with alopecia.

She is also raising funds to go towards the Variety Foundation.Variety gives children who are sick, disadvantaged or whohave special needs life-changing help when they need it most.It’s where they find comfort and practical support, whengovernment assistance isn’t available and they can’t affordspecialist care and equipment.

The more people that donate, the greater the impact, so pleasespread the word by sharing her page with your friends andfamily. Thank you in advance for your generosity, it means a lot!

https://give.everydayhero.com/au/give-your-share-to-show-you-care

Thankyou Ava for making aThankyou Ava for making adifference in the lives of others.difference in the lives of others.

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