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Yates Matters Yates Avenue Public School
71 Yates Avenue, Dundas Valley, 2117 T: 9874 6302 F: 98046260 Email: [email protected] Website: www.yatesave-pschool.nsw.edu.au
Issue 13 - Term 3, Week 6 Wednesday, 23rd August 2017
CALENDAR Thursday, 31st August – Father’s Day Breakfast & Stall WHAT’S DUE? Father’s Day Breakfast note and money – 25th August Life Education note and money – 7th September ACCOMPANYING NOTESPBL Mascot Competition – Entries close 1st September
FROM THE PRINCIPAL NAPLAN Results Students in Years 3 and 5 received their NAPLAN reports yesterday. One of our highlights this year was the tremendous student growth in writing and numeracy results between Years 3 and 5. This is a great reflection of the hard work by the children and also the high quality of teaching and learning from the teachers and support staff – a fantastic result! Late Arrivals Recently, there has been a large number of students arriving late to school. This can result in missed learning for the student and interruptions for the whole class. Playground supervision begins at 8:30am under the library COLA. Please ensure that your child arrives by 9:00am, at the latest. Zone Athletics Carnivals Congratulations to the many students who represented our school at the zone track and field event carnivals over the last week. They showed great sportsmanship and competed with typical Yates spirit – giving their personal best! Thanks to Mr McNeilly for coordinating practice sessions and organising the students for these carnivals. A special thank you to Ms Olgyay-Szabo for preparing the students for shot put.
Kindergarten Orientation Our Kindergarten orientation program begins with a parent information evening on Wednesday, 20th September from 6:00-7:00pm. If you are yet to enrol your child for 2018, please see Mrs Copping or Miss Rose in the front office and complete an enrolment form.
Robotics The school has recently purchased a set of 12 Sphero Robots, as part of our focus on using technology to enhance student engagement. The ‘Spheros’ can be programmed using an app. on the iPads, with students using their problem-solving skills to complete a range of higher- order thinking tasks. New School Brochure Our new school brochure is at the printers and will be ready within a week. It showcases our strong focus on Teaching, Learning and Wellbeing at Yates Avenue PS and highlights the wonderful opportunities we offer our students. It will soon be delivered to all 1700 houses in the Yates catchment, along with a Kindergarten orientation flyer. If you are able to help with the letterbox drop, please email me at [email protected]. Updating Parent Details - Reminder Thank you to those parents who have returned their updated details to the front office. It is important that the school has current parent contact details, but also up-to-date information about occupation and education qualifications as this determines our school equity funding and socio-economic background. We encourage parents to provide the correct occupation group code which helps our school’s Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) to best reflect the profile of our student population. Please collect another copy from the front office if yours has been misplaced. Have a great week
David MacSporran Principal
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Issue 13 – Term 3, Week 6 Wednesday,23rd August 2017
KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION UPDATE FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS Book Week
Yates Avenue will celebrate Book Week with a Book Fair and Character Parade on Wednesday, 30th August. It’ll be a busy day. The Book Fair will begin at 8:30 and run on and off all day. You are encouraged to visit with your child and purchase a book to donate to the library, the cost of which will be between $5 and $20. The Book Character Parade will begin at 9:15am. Please take some time to share your favourite books together and find a character to dress up as in the parade. The Book Parade will be hosted by our school leaders and Mrs Hopwood and Mrs Keeffe will hold some special sessions for the students in the library between 12:15pm and 1:30pm. So put your thinking caps on now … the BOOK WEEK CELEBRATIONS are only 1 week away.
Life Education – Healthy Harold The Healthy Harold Life Education van will be at our school from Monday 11th – Wednesday 13th September. Please return the permission note and pay the $10 by Thursday, 7th September. Where possible, pay online using the POP option on the school website. Mrs Keeffe - Assistant Principal
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Please join us on Twitter to keep updated on school events and student achievements. Our Twitter feed is yet another way for parents to stay connected with everything that is happening at our great school. POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR for LEARNING (PBL) NEWS
Focus area this fortnight – School Hall When using the school hall, we are Learners who are:
Safe Walk at all times Listen carefully & follow instructions Keep hands and feet to yourself
Respectful Enter and leave quietly Show your appreciation by clapping Listen attentively when people are speaking
Responsible Arrive at the hall on time Keep awards and belongings on the floor in
front of you Join in with singing
PBL Mascot Competition We are looking forward to re-launching PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) at Yates Avenue Public School. PBL is a whole school approach which supports the learning and wellbeing outcomes of all students from P-6. Positive school wide expectations are defined, taught, encouraged and visible throughout the school. At Yates Avenue Public School, we are learners who are safe, responsible and respectful in our classrooms and in ALL learning areas - the playground, COLA, library, office, hall and canteen. Before our re- launch, WE NEED YOUR HELP to create our very own PBL mascot! The winning entry will feature on all our new PBL signage throughout the school. For further details please refer to the note and entry form accompanying this newsletter. Entries close Friday 1st September. You can be as creative, inventive, historic or imaginative as you like! We look forward to seeing your designs! Mrs. Lawson and Mr. McNeilly On behalf of the PBL Team
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Issue 13 – Term 3, Week 6 Wednesday,23rd August 2017
XOXOXOX
OFFICE NEWS
Office hours: 8:30am to 3:30pm Monday to Friday Any families with change of information please inform the office. All notes will be sent home on Wednesdays with the school newsletter. If you would like to receive your newsletter by email, please inform the office. Parents/Caregivers please pick up your change from the office. PLEASE NOTE: NO PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE ON POP FOR P&C MONIES, e.g. UNIFORM SHOP, SCHOOL CANTEEN etc.
Kim Copping School Administrative Manager P&C NEWS The P&C's 5 cent challenge is now half way through. A recent tally of the buckets has showed that K/1D has stormed to an impressive lead with 1.2kg of coins already in their bucket. 4/5M is running second with 1kg and 1/2KL is in third with 0.9kg. There's still just over a week to bring in your spare coins before the Yates Avenue Coin Challenge Trophy is over for another year. The planned P&C meeting for 23rd August was post-phoned with several members unable to make the meeting. It has been rescheduled for 29th August and will be held at 7pm to allow working parents the opportunity to attend. If you would like to get involved in the P&C, to help raise money for the school and to have a voice in issues that affect your kids, then please come along. Everyone is welcome. Ben Howell P&C President
PRESCHOOL NEWS
A huge THANK YOU to everyone for supporting our Preschool Cupcake Day. We raised just over $200. We look forward to purchasing some new outdoor play equipment. Special thanks to our Preschool families who baked lots of delicious, homemade cupcakes for us to sell on the day. The preschool children enjoyed having lots of customers on the day!
Mrs. Lawson, Mrs. Lilli and all the Preschool children
The following are the dates & times for students to shop at the stall: - Morning of 30th August - Dolphins only - 31st August - Whole school at scheduled times - 1st August lunch time - Selling left over stock & anyone who missed out on Thursday
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