30 October 2017

Newsletter Articles

November PBL Focus

Principal’s Message

Festival of Children’s Music

Congratulations to our Junior Choir and Senior Dance Group for their outstanding performances at The 2017 Festival of Children’s Music. As the festival’s President, I was extremely proud of SIPPS students’ conduct and contribution to the success of this year’s festival. Over 500 students performed in Matinee and Evening performances at The Concourse Chatswood. Thank you to Miss Emerson and Miss Shin for training our choristers and dancers and giving up personal time to give SIPPS students the opportunity to be part of this extraordinary experience.

Kindergarten 2018

Tomorrow our Kindergarten Orientation program continues with an Information Morning for parents followed by the Taste of Kindy sessions on Thursday November 3 and Tuesday November 7. We hope that all our Kindergarten 2018 students and their families enjoy the next two weeks in preparation for their start to ‘big school’. If there are any families who you know are interested in enrolling their child at our great school for Kindy 2018 please contact the school office to discuss enrolment as soon as possible.

Thank you SIPPS Teachers; making a positive difference and educating our future leaders.

Teaching is the profession that creates all other professions, and that is something worth celebrating!

Thank you to the P&C for providing teaching staff with a special lunch last Friday to celebrate National Teachers’ Day. The acknowledgement of the outstanding job our teachers do on a daily basis to support our students and their family was very much appreciated.

The next P&C Meeting on Wednesday 22 November will be the Annual General Meeting and the last one for 2017.

Thank you to The Rotary Club of St Ives who kindly gave the Teachers at St Ives Park Public a beautiful basket of apples to celebrate Happy World Teacher’s Day.

Seed Harvest Spoon

The Seed, Harvest, Spoon program is under way for our Stage 2 and Stage 3 students. The Term 4 program teaches the foundations of ecology & biodiversity from understanding habitat and biodiversity, planting and maintaining their own garden to observing and interacting with the natural environment. Through this process children learn about global environmental priorities such as biodiversity and sustainable practices. The lessons lead students through the foundations of ecology & biodiversity from understanding habitat and biodiversity, planting and maintaining their own garden to observing and interacting with the natural environment. Through this process children learn about global environmental priorities such as biodiversity and sustainable practices

Week 1: Biodiversity and Habitat
Week 2: Garden Maintenance
Week 3: Plant Friends and Families
Week 4: The No-dig garden bed
Week 5: Native Bees- National Pollinator Week
Week 6: Companion Planting- The Three Sisters
Week 7: Seeds and seed balls
Week 8: Harvest and Feast

Parent Forum – BYODD

Parents are invited to a meeting to hear about how our school’s Bring Your Own Designated Device (BYODD) iPad program has been implemented over the last 2 years to enhance learning opportunities for our Stage 3 students. This meeting is primarily intended for parents of children transitioning to Year 5 or 6 next year but we welcome any interested SIPPS parents to this forum next Monday 6 November at 5 to 5:45pm. The meeting will take place in our new STEAM learning studio.

School Evaluation

The school is currently in the process of self-evaluation against the new version of the School Excellence Framework. This will be published in the 2017 Annual School Report which is published early next year. Teachers and executive staff have been analysing student, teacher and parent survey data and other measures as the basis for planning future school directions in the 2018-2022 planning cycle. Please see the following link to the Department of Education’s revised School Excellence Framework.

Reminder Selective HS Applications

Applications for selective high school placement in Year 7 in 2019 close on 13 November 2017 via the link below. The Selective High School Placement Test is on 15 March 2018.

Please see the following link if you would like information about applying for Year 7 entry to selective high schools in 2019.

Best wishes to all
Gillian Tegg

Celebrating Student Success

Gold Award Winner

Congratulations to Amy and Oscar who have achieved the highest award in our school - a SIPPS gold medallion. This award recognises their continued success in following the schools expectations of Respect, Responsibility and Personal Best. Amy and Oscar will be special guests at the Principal’s Morning tea on Thursday 7th December.

#PBL@SIPPS

Congratulations to the following students who have been presented with their wristbands for receiving 50 catch cards! It’s great to see the positive values of Respect, Responsibility and Personal Best on display at St Ives Park Public School.

Shahly, Lachie, Rhys, Hamish, Oscar, Sebastian, Sophie, Julian, Brandon, Nathan, Luca, Lucas, Sofia, Lily, Braedon, Olivia, Freya

Festival of Children’s Music

Congratulations to the Senior Dance Group who performed at the Festival of Children’s Music last Tuesday. They danced enthusiastically at both the Matinee and Evening performances and displayed exemplary behaviour. I would like to thank the Senior Dance Group for their dedication and commitment to the dance program this year.

Miss Shin

Inspiring & Nurturing Successful Lifelong Learners

Buddy reading has started!

Thursday of Week 2 saw the commencement of the buddy reading program for Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 5 and 6 students. Our younger students were very excited to read to their buddies and welcomed the assistance provided by the senior students to help develop their reading skills.

Well done to all the Kindergarten and Year 1 students who took this initiative and opportunity to practise their reading.

A big thank you to the Year 5 and 6 students, who proved to be excellent mentors and provided great support the younger students.

We hope to have lots of students remember to come to buddy reading from 8:40am every Thursday morning in KH.

Sarah Henman

Marvellous Mixtures’ Science Incursion

In Week 1, Stage 1 were involved in a hands-on Science workshop exploring mixtures. They used magnets to extract iron from weet-bix and observed how soil and water can be separated using a bandage as a filter. They also created swirling rainbow mixtures using milk, food colouring and detergent. By far the most popular experiment was when the students combined skittles, water and a sugar cube. The hardest part for them was resisting eating the skittles! This experience was a wonderful way for the students to finish up their Science unit and deepen their understanding of the different ways mixtures can behave and methods that can be used to separate them. Words they used to describe their experience were fun, exciting and creative!

SIPPS STEAM WEEK- DigiEd Claymation Incursion

On Monday, students in Stage 3 participated in a Digital Claymation Workshop to celebrate STEAM week. At the start of the day, the students learnt skills to operate video and computer technologies to shoot, edit and produce a short claymation animation. They worked in groups of four to plan narratives using a storyboard. Once all groups had created an attention-grabbing story, they proceeded to making clay models such as rainbow unicorns, cars, pugs and super heroes to feature in their movie. Students spent most of the day shooting and editing their digital animated movie whilst also having lots of fun immersing themselves as film directors and sound effect experts.

1S

Yesterday we went to the STEAM room and we made washing machines. We made the washing machines out of Lego. When we were done with the lego pieces we put our hand up and then we got a motor and a battery. The program was Young Engineers. I loved making the washing machine. By Jessica 1S

I went to the STEAM room for “Young Engineers”. We made a washing machine out of Lego. It was really fun when the cotton wool was sticking to the Lego on the inside of it. It is called centrifugal force. By Lucas 1S

Yesterday we went to the STEAM room and we made a washing machine and we put real life water in it. It was spinning very fast and I really liked it. By Michelle

Creative Arts News

Stage 2 students have been studying bicycles as subject matter in art.

Some students found remembering the correct construction a little tricky and needed to use their imagination as well.

Most students were much more satisfied with the more realistic results of their observation drawings.

The next step will be a total de-construction to produce a semi-abstract bicycle design.

Notes From the office

Term 4 Accounts

The Term 4 Account Summary was sent home last week with the eldest child in each family. Please see the summary below:

K-2

3-6

The preferred method of payment for fees is the secure Parent Online Portal on the school website under $ Make a Payment. Statements will be issued in Week 5 if the payment remains outstanding. Your assistance in paying the Term 4 fees is appreciated. Please do not hesitate to contact the office if you would like to discuss your account.

Lost Property

There are a large number of fleece tops in lost property. Any with a name have been passed back to the students. However most are unnamed – these are being kept in the office for a few weeks then passed on to the Uniform shop.

If your child is missing a top/jacket please visit the office and have a look through the lost property.

Thank you

Parents and Citizens Association

Book your Trivia Night Tickets!

Sat 4 Nov, 7:30pm

Book your seat by bringing your completed form and cash to the school office, or paying into the P&C bank account listed on the form and email gwarn@rgare.com with your details. Don't miss this night of the year. We have thousands of dollars worth of donated goodies to play for.

Bare Creek Trail Run

Sun 12 Nov, Acron Oval

Register now and don't forget to select 'St Ives Park PS' in the drop down menu asking 'Where did you hear about us' - to help the school get a kick back. A fun healthy morning for all the family with races from 2Km to 15Km.

P&C AGM Wine and Cheese Night

Wed 22 Nov, 7:15pm in the school STEAM Room

Join us for the last P&C meeting of the year + AGM. Put your hand up if you're keen on a specific role. Otherwise just get to know us and what we do, we'd love more families to join us next year.

Tennis Courts

Uniform Shop

The uniform shop will be open fortnightly from 8.30 am.

Term 4

Week 5 – November 8
Week 7 – November 22
Week 9 – December 6

Second hand girls summer tunics/dresses are welcome at the Uniform Shop.