FROM THE P&C ...

Thank You to the following who helped at the Clearing Sale last Saturday - Karl Veenhuizen, Kate Flanagan, Anna Gilbert, Gemma and Ben Harris, Monica and Mark St Baker, Denver and Rebecca Watt. We had a very busy but successful day raising funds for the P&C. Saturday 23rd March - We are holding a cake stall on Election Day. Donations of Cakes, biscuits etc are required, please leave donated goods at the school on Friday 22nd March, if you are able to spare an hour to help man the cake stall, please leave your name at the office. Your time and donations are greatly appreciated. Helpers are required for another Clearing Sale being held on Saturday 6th April, if you are able to help please leave your name at the office. McWilliams Wines have invited us to collect a gold coin entry fee (which is donated back to the school) over the Easter Weekend at the Cellar Door, If you are able to assist over the Easter weekend please leave your name at the office.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

What a great start to our school year. The students are all very settled and every class is working to its full potential. This is great to see. Just a reminder about students wearing full school uniform. Coloured joggers are creeping in. Please remember that black school shoes or black joggers are to be worn every day that students do not wear their sports uniform. I am also seeing black shorts in the playground. All students are to wear navy blue shorts (or grey school shorts for the boys). We want all students to feel that they belong in our community and all students wearing the full school uniform supports this.

UPCOMING P&C EVENTS

23rd March - Election Day Cake Stall - Donations of cakes and baked good will be required for Friday (at office before 4pm) or Saturday morning at the hall. 6th April - Clearing Sale / Catering Event at Hanwood - if you are able to help please leave your name with the ladies at the office or contact Rebecca Watt from the P&C. 20-21st April - (the Easter Weekend) Mc William’s Wines—collecting gold coin donation at the gate.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Term 1 Week 7 Date: 14th March Thursday 2019

Layla Abera Crowe

for excellent work in writing and being a wonderful member of

3/4DM.

Well done Layla!

Hanwood Public School School St, Hanwood, NSW, 2680

Tel: (02) 6963 0297 Email: hanwood-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Web page: www.hanwood-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

MUSIC - MRS BAIRD

Great, learning is happening in the Music Room this term. The infants and Stage Two children are playing a variety of instruments as well as learning the key basic theory of music. Stage One are experimenting with the beat, how it can be fast or slow. They are producing their own versions of loud and soft music and mixing it with different types of music. The children are encouraged to create a piece of music and they take immense pleasure in performing their creations for the rest of the class. Stage Two are playing simple songs on the recorder, with terrific results. They are learning about base and treble clefs, notes and silences in music. They are learning to read musical notes and to take this knowledge and incorporate it in concerts for their classmates. Much of the time is spent experimenting and exploring the different types of music. The music room has had 26 new sets of headphones purchased this term. These headphones allow both students on every keyboard the opportunity to share, listen, respond to and enjoy each other’s creations.

1/2G - MISS GRIFFIN

TEACHER IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Numeracy We have been working very hard to develop our multiplication skills. This term we have discovered that we are superstars when it comes to arrays! 1/2G have become very confident in being able to represent different times tables with pictures and concrete materials and then find the appropriate answer. We will be able to transfer this knowledge to division! We have also been having lots of fun with multiplication, creating an “Array City”. As you can see in the picture, the windows on our city buildings represent the arrays! Literacy We have been learning so much in Literacy! In spelling, we have been focusing on phonemes, graphemes and segmenting. These skills will help us when it comes to reading and writing. In writing, we have been learning about the structure of recounts. We enjoyed learning about the

MRS KATRINA CECCATO

Mrs Ceccato enjoys cooking and spending time with her family.

As a teacher she really loves those “I get it!” moments from students when they understand a concept that was

previously difficult.

5/6A - MISS AMARO

YEAR 6 GIRLS REFURBISH FRONT GARDEN ...

More on this next week …. What a great initiative! Thank you to Essential Energy (Mr Ian Muller pictured) for their kind donation of 4 cable spools that will be used as tables!

A focus on Geography …. In geography, we have been learning about cultural diversity and comparing different countries together. Each student has chosen their own Asian country to research. We have also been discovering more about the traditional owners of this land (Indigenous people). We have linked this subject to what we have been doing in art. More specifically, we have been making our own Indigenous art that represents our ‘meeting place’ at school. Each symbol on the paper represents a place in the school. Our classroom is a big symbol in the middle of the page because that is where we spend the most time in a school day. Written by Rhys Irvin, Leila Ratcliff and Rahni Cabahug

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 1, 2019

Week 2

Monday 4-2 Ann Maree Agostini Kate Flanagan Tanya Troy

Friday 8-2 Ann Maree Agostini KalyaSaunders Mel Bonetti

Week 3

Mondsay 11-2 Ann Maree Agostini Lisa DeMarco Tanya Troy

Friday 15-2 Ann Maree Agostini Kerry Saunders Karen Woolnough

Week 4

Monday 18-2 Ann Maree Agostini Eliza Serafin Tanya Troy

Friday 22-2 Ann Maree Agostini Kim Dal Broi Clare Dal Broi

Week 5

Monday 25-2 Ann Maree Agostini Rosalee Sergi Tanya Troy

Friday 1-3 Ann Maree Agostini Gemma Irvin Josie Brady

Week 6

Mondsay 4-3 Ann Maree Agostini Di Ratcliff Tanya Troy

Friday 8-3 Ann Maree Agostini Clare Dal Broi Karen Woolnough

Week 7

Monday 11-3 Ann Maree Agostini AnnMaree Schirripa Tanya Troy

Friday 15-3 Ann Maree Agostini Michelle Johanson Kim Dal Broi

Week 8

Monday 18-3 Ann Maree Agostini Janelle Laird Tanya Troy

Friday 22-3 Ann Maree Agostini Melinda Serafin

Week 9

Monday 25-3 Ann Marie Agostin Tanya Troy Erin Bonetti

Friday 29-3 Ann Marie Agostini

Week 10

Monday 1-4 Ann Marie Agostini Tanya Troy Alicia Webb

Friday 5-4 Ann Marie Agostini

Week 11

Monday 8-4 Ann Marie Agostini

Friday 12-4 Ann Marie Agostini

HANWOOD P&C FUNDRAISER

PLEASE NOTE: There is only a short turn around if you wish to order a Tupperware drink bottle. Please return order forms back to school by 22nd March.

COMMUNITY NEWS

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING - TERM 1

Teachers participate in after school learning and courses each week. At times teachers are targeted to attend PL during school hours, but we try to keep this to a minimum. After hours TPL for this term includes: Whole team review of the School’s vision statement CPR and Anaphylaxis training – Jo Hennessy Metacognitive learning mentoring and coaching – Dr Kate Bricknell Numeracy Skills Framework – Gary Workman MAPA training – Robyn Heath SoundWaves (spelling program) training – Di Sutherland Do the Five theory training – Lucy Capstick Comprehension skills analysis – Monica St Baker Literacy and Numeracy progressions – Meg Taipaleti School Milestones analysis - Executive Team meetings x 4 - Executive

TERM 1 2019

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat Sun

7

11/3 Captains @ Young Leaders—Sydney

12/3 P&C meeting 7pm

13/3 Riverina Swim-ming Carnival

14/3 Cricket HPS VS Small schools

15/3 Bullying—No Way! Day

16/3 17/3

8

18/3 Assembly 3/4S Donated Cakes and slices needed on Fri/Sat

19/3 20/3 21/3 22/3 23/3 Election Day P&C Cake Stall

24/3

9

25/3 26/3 27/3 28/3 29/3 30/3 31/3

10

1/4 Assembly 1/2C

2/4 3/4 4/4 5/4 6/4 P&C catering for Clearing Sale

7/4

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8/4 9/4 P&C Meeting 7pm

10/4 11/4 12/4 13/4 14/4

TERM 2 2019

1

29/4 Staff Development Day

30/4 All students return

1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 5/5

2

6/5 7/5 Assembly 5/6CB Hanwood Cross Country

8/5 9/5 10/5 11/5 12/5

3

13/5 14/5 P&C meeting 7pm

15/5 16/5 17/5 18/5 19/5

4

20/5 21/5 Assembly Captains and Italian

22/5 23/5 24/5 Zone Cross Country

25/5 26/5

5

27/5 28/5 29/5 30/5 31/5 1/6 2/6

6

3/6 4/6 Assembly 3/4DM

5/6 6/6 7/6 8/6 9/6

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10/6 Queen’s Birthday holiday

11/6 P&C Meeting 7pm

12/6 13/6 14/6 15/6 16/6

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17/6 18/6 Assembly KB 19/6 20/6 21/6 22/6 23/6

2019 assemblies. Term 1 - Monday 3pm, Term 2 - Tuesday 3pm, Term 3 - Wednesday 3pm, Term 4 - Thursday 3pm