Sylvania Public School

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Find us at 46 Princes Highway Sylvania 2224 P 9522 7449 F 9544 7019

Website~ http://www.sylvania-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Email~ Sylvania-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 5 Tuesday 13th November 2018

From the Office The school financial year ends soon! Thank you to the families who have finalised their accounts. If you are having difficulty paying your outstanding balance, please contact the office to make payment arrangements.

SRC Footy Colours Mufti Thursday, 22nd November is an SRC mufti day to raise money to fight childhood cancers. Gold coin donations please. You can wear footy colours from any code of football or soccer.

P & C Mufti Day – Raffle Prize Donation Thursday, the 29th November is a mufti day, for all students Years 1 – 6. Kindergarten students will not be in Mufti as they will be in sports uniforms and attending the Teddy Bear’s Picnic on the 29th. Every year, in conjunction with the Christmas/Holiday Concert, the P & C have a massive raffle. Instead of a gold coin donation, the P & C Association asks all children to donate an item to be used in the Christmas/Holiday Raffle Prize Baskets. The P & C also needs donations of baskets to use for the prize hampers.

Raffle Ticket Books Going Home Today

Tea Towel Order Forms Going Home Today

Swimming K-2 Come to school tomorrow in sports uniforms with a swimming costume on underneath and bring a towel, underwear and a plastic bag for wet items. Remember your goggles and swimming caps too, with your name on all of your belongings!

Selective High School in 2020 – Yr 5 Students Applications for Selective High in Yr 7 in 2019 by Year 5 parents/students have now closed.

~ Catherine Leslie Principal

~ Dates to Remember 2018 ~

TERM 4 Thu 22 Nov Footy Colours Mufti Day Fri 23 Nov Tea Towel Orders close Thu 29 Nov Teddy Bear’s Picnic – Kindergarten Raffle Donations Mufti – except KG Thu 6 Dec Christmas/Holiday Concert Wed 12 Dec Presentation Day Thu 13 Dec Year 6 Farewell Wed 19 Dec Last Day of school ~ special event

Our 2/3X & 3/4M students had an amazing day of History

learning at the National Park in Kurnell.

“Loving to learn is part of creating your best life.” ~ C. Fogarty

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Sylvania Public School – At the Bridge

Check out our NEW School Website! The Department of Ed has recently created a new platform for public school websites. Our old website has been migrated so update your

bookmarks and visit the website at https://sylvania-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/.

Last week there were 172 hits to our school website. It is updated weekly and has credit card authorisations, permission notes, news, photos and newsletters!

P&C ASSOCIATION NEWS

CANTEEN OPEN THIS WEEK

Tuesdays and Thursdays for

Recess and Lunch with

“healthy snacks” for Recess

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

Term 4 Week 4

KG Tyler L.

Riki A.

1E Sophie G.

Jordan H.

2/3X Jacky Y.

Anna G.

3/4M Hamish M.

Guancheng H.

5/6B Isabella Ba.

Raichal P.

Dance Awards -

Junior - Teodora A.

Senior - Kobe D.

Bronze Awards –

Shiloh T. Lilly R.

Silver Awards -

Rita H. Xavier L.

Ebony G.

Gold Awards –

Ben B. Dimitra D.

Kai W.

Principal’s Award s–

Penny C. Mingen L.

Bob S.

Credit to the School Award –

Amber G. Isabel M.

Scarlett P. Dominic G-E.

Challenge Club tomorrow!

8:30 am ~ Wednesday

14th November

Every year the P & C have a fabulous

raffle of holiday hampers and the

winners’ names are drawn at our

annual Christmas/Holiday Concert on

6th December. Our children will be

coming to school in Mufti on Thursday,

29th November and instead of a gold

coin donation, they will donate items

such as chocolates, candles, gourmet

food and biscuits to fill the holiday

hampers. To get ready for the big

raffle, donations of empty baskets

would be greatly appreciated! Watch

the newsletter for more info about the

mufti day and basket fillers!

On the 22nd of November, the SRC are running a Footy Colours Day Mufti to help raise money for the Fight Cancer Foundation. This worthy cause helps children who are fighting leukaemia and other cancers. To show your support, wear your favourite football team’s colours and bring in a gold coin donation. The SRC want to raise as much funds as possible for the Foundation so please give generously. You can wear colours from any football or soccer code and support kids fighting cancer.

Kookaburra & Currawong Café Menu Tuesdays and Thursdays

History came alive for our students from 2/3X and 3/4M at the Botany Bay Environmental

Education Centre at the National Park in Kurnell