4 April 2016

Newsletter Articles

PBL Focus for April

Principal's Message

Our Diversity Is Our Strength

42% of SIPPS students have a Language Background Other Than English (LBOTE). We acknowledged this and celebrated our diverse school community on Harmony Day. Our house captains and SRC leaders participated in a Bollywood incursion held at Sir Eric Woodward Memorial School. Please see their report later in this bulletin.

Egg-cellent Event!

I hope all students, staff and their families enjoyed the Easter break. This year's Easter Hat Parade and Book Fair were successful examples and celebrations of Effective Partnerships across our school community. The glorious autumn weather meant we could all enjoy the scheduled program that included class parades, finale dance, family picnics and shopping in the library. I would like to thank students and staff from Sir Eric Woodward School for joining us once again this year. I would also like to thank Mrs Apter and our student leadership team for coordinating and comparing the parade and Mrs Allman, SIPPS staff, P&C and parents who managed the book fair, bake sale and morning tea stall.

LEST WE FORGET

This Thursday April 7, we will hold our special ANZAC assembly at 9:30am in the hall. This will be run by our student leaders and it will feature a performance by our school choir and a special address from Dr Gi-Hyun Shin, Convenor Korean Studies School of Humanities and Languages UNSW Arts and Social Sciences. Student representatives from each class will be laying a posy of flowers at the base of the flag pole as a floral tribute. In addition this year our students will 'plant a field' of poppies in our new eco-garden as an additional symbol of commemoration. Parents and carers are most welcome to attend our special ANZAC assembly.

Tomorrow, our school captains and vice captains will be the school's representatives at the RSL and Schools Remember ANZAC Commemoration Service in Hyde Park Sydney where they will lay a wreath on behalf of our school community.

Winter School Uniform

Term 2 sees the official return of our school Winter Uniform. However, while we are transitioning into the cooler months (Weeks 1 & 2 only), students will be permitted to wear either their full summer or winter uniform to school. Parents are kindly asked to use their judgement and ensure that all students are in a correct school uniform which is either the full summer or winter uniform.

Holiday Eco-garden Roster

Thank you to class parents who are organising rosters and volunteers for watering class gardens over the upcoming autumn holidays. This will really provide a great start for the new seedlings that were recently planted by our students to launch our new eco-garden.

Happy Holidays

Best wishes to all SIPPS students and their families for a safe and relaxing autumn holiday. Once again the Helping Hands OOSH will be open for the pupil free staff development day on Tuesday 26 April. Please see the following flyer for more information. The official Term 2 start date for students is Wednesday 27 April 2016.

School Security

If you see something happening on the school site that concerns you please ring the following number and give the details to the Department of Education and Training Security Unit, 24 hours a day, on 1300 880 021

Inspiring & Nurturing Successful Lifelong Learners

Congratulations!

The following students have recently been winners of our weekly Catch Card draw. Congratulations to all SIPPS students who have been awarded Catch Cards this term for following our school expectations of Respect, Responsibility and Personal Best.

Year 6 leaders celebrate Harmony Day with SEWS!

On Monday the 21st of March the year 6 leaders celebrated Harmony Day by going to Sir Eric Woodward School to participate in their 'Bollywood' dance class. We overcame the bad weather on the day to get to their school and it was so worth it. This experience was amazing because we learnt a new skill and engaged with other students within our community. We loved seeing other students having fun by coming together to celebrate diversity as one. Our favourite part was when we did a 'dance off' between the two groups. We thought this experience was very worthwhile because we were able to engage in diverse hands on learning while practicing resilience, respect and responsibility within the community.

By Patrick, Jude, Alex R, Lilla, Hisae, Jimmy, Talia, Zoe Y.
(Year 6 SRC Leaders and house captains)

Kindergarten 2017 Transition and Orientation

Our school provides an excellent Transition to School Program. Please see the following brochure for key events and dates.

Notes from Office

Whooping Cough –Pertussis

We have been advised of a case of suspected pertussis (also known as whooping cough) in a child who attends St Ives Park Public School.

People with pertussis infection need to be excluded from school:

For 21 days from the onset of any cough, OR
Until after they have taken 5 days of an antibiotic course for the treatment of pertussis ( depending on the antibiotic, the treatment course may be longer than 5 days)

Please see further information on the fact sheet below.

Student Invoice – Semester 1, 2016

A family Invoice/statement has been prepared and was sent home last week. We now offer three preferred payment options: online, credit card voucher, and cheque. If you wish to pay with cash please hand in direct to Mrs Morris in the office. If you have any questions regarding this invoice please contact Mrs Morris. Full instructions for making online payments are located on the school website under "Notes".

Sipps Recorder Ensemble

Congratulations to the students who have been selected for this performing ensemble. A note has been sent home to all participants, along with a Participation & Publicity consent form which needs to be returned to the school office, along with participation levy, by 6th May.

Sipps Junior Choir

Congratulations to the students who will be performing in the Festival of Children's Music at the Willoughby Concourse, Chatswood. A permission note, along with Participation & Publicity consent form will be sent home shortly to participants. This needs to be returned, along with participation fee, to the school office by 6th May.

Student Wellbeing

Parents are kindly reminded that there is no supervision of students provided by the school before 8:40am or after 3:10pm. In the afternoons, please ensure that your child is collected at 3:10pm by yourself or another authorised adult. If you are unable to arrange this, please ensure they are booked either permanently or casually into the OOSH facility at our school. Helping hands St Ives Park OOSH contact details are:

Phone: 0475 838 226
Email: stivespark@helpinghandsnetwork.com.au

Cross Country

The Cross Country will be held on Monday 2nd May at Acron Oval, with students and staff leaving school to walk to the oval at 9.30am and return to school at approximately 12 noon. Students will need to wear their sports uniform on Monday. This activity will be postponed if it is wet to Monday 9th May 2016. They will carry their morning tea and water with them and will return to school for lunch.

Parents and Citizens Association

Tennis Courts

P and C Fundraising Committee

A special thank you to all the parents for donating baked items and volunteering your time at the Easter Bake Sale. We managed to raise $616.10. This event wouldn't have been possible without your contributions.

If you would like to volunteer for any of SIPPS fundraising events please send us an email at amutharamesh8@gmail.com

Amutha and Graham

Uniform Shop

The uniform shop will be open fortnightly – the next date being 6 April. Please note this will be the last occasion for families to stock up on their winter uniform items before the end of Term 1. Please call in on 6 April or email or send in your order to the uniform shop this week!

The uniform shop will re-open on the 27 April 2016 Term 2.

Reminder: Officially students will be wearing their winter uniforms to school in Terms 2 and 3. There will be a transition period for two weeks at the beginning of Term 2 when students will be permitted to wear either their full summer or winter uniform.