19 November 2018

Newsletter Articles

November PBL Focus

Principal’s Message

Congratulations to Year 6

Our Year 6 students have recently completed their transition to Year 7 Stage Coach program. Over the last 5 weeks, they visited St Ives High School to experience classes and conditions at high school. Teachers and students from St Ives HS were on hand to offer advice and assistance to our students during these visits. Our students keenly demonstrated their readiness for attending secondary school. I wish them the very best as they transition into the next chapter of their life and learning journey.

Thank you to school prefects Amy and Ben who represented SIPPS in commemorating Remembrance Day at the Roseville Returned Servicemen’s Memorial Club.

Support Positive Behaviour for Learning

Our school community has high expectations of behaviour from students and all members of our school community. Positive behaviour is essential for the wellbeing of students and their learning outcomes. Our school systems and procedures are consistent with The Department of Education’s Wellbeing Framework, which states…

‘Our commitment to our students, parents and members of the community is that public schools will be teaching and learning environments that enable the development of healthy, happy, successful and productive individuals.

In turn, our students will be expected to contribute to their own wellbeing, the wellbeing of their peers and the collective wellbeing of their communities. In this way schools in partnership with parents and carers will equip children and young people to be active and positive contributors to the society in which they live’.

Our school reward system and management of challenging behaviours is consistent with the values that are important to establish a productive and harmonious society. Our students rely on our school expectations being supported by parents and teachers. Please support us in helping your child to learn and practice the values of Respect, Responsibility and Personal Best.

“Community engagement maximises how students connect, succeed and thrive.”

Permission Notes

The school calendar, which parents can access via the Schoolzine app, has permission notes saved in pdf format attached to scheduled events. Please contact the school office on 9144 4085 for any further clarification or assistance.

Parent Survey Results

Thank you to parents who responded to the recent Tell Them From Me Survey. In total 29 parents responded to this year’s survey. I will speak further about the survey results at the P&C annual general meeting this Wednesday 21 November at 7:15pm in the staffroom.

Staff news

Congratulations to Mrs Amanda Taylor class teacher of 3/4 Blue who was recently married.

Best Wishes
Gillian Tegg

Celebrating Student Success

#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.

3rd Wristband (150 catch cards)

Awarded to Nicole

2nd Wristband (100 catch cards)

Awarded to Calista and Mitch

1st Wristband (50 catch cards)

Awarded to Hamish G, Braedon, Lily, Charlie, Poppy , Justin, Jessica, Luca A, Ryan, Scarlett, Jamison

Sports News

Over the weekend, a group of students from our school participated in the 2018 North West Primary School Tennis Challenge. They played brilliantly to win the overall competition. Congratulations and well done to Maribeth, Amy, Bruce, Luca, Andrew, Emma, Aiden & Marcus.

A World of Maths at SIPPS

It was great to see our whole school responding positively to mathematical challenges in our recent World of Maths Day event. Thank you to the many parents who volunteered their time to be involved and assist student teams to work mathematically on these challenges. Thank you to Mrs Myburgh for organising this event and to Year 6 students for successfully leading teams’ positive engagement.

Inspiring & Nurturing
Successful Lifelong Learners

Stage 1 Excursion to the Big Bad Wolf

On Wednesday 31st October, Stage 1 ventured to the city to see a play called the Big Bad Wolf at the Monkey Baa Theatre. The students discovered that this Big Bad Wolf was a vegetarian and poet who wanted to make friends with others not eat them! After watching the play the children enjoyed eating their lunch and playing on the equipment at the nearby Tumbalong Park. The spider-web, giant slide, flying fox and spinning swing were all a hit. We had a fabulous day and were lucky that the weather was just perfect. Big thanks to Mr T and Tanya (Brahm’s mum) for helping out on the day. Felix, Eden, Eloise and Lucas M. have shared their recount of the day.

Stephanie Took and Cassy Smith

Notes from the Office

Term 4 Fees

Statement of Accounts were issued to all families last week. Below is a summary of the fees for this term. Thank you to the families who have already paid their fees.

Payment in full by the end of November would be greatly appreciated. Preferred payment method is through the secure payment portal on the school website, click on Make a Payment. Please follow the link below:

Parents and Citizens Association

P&C AGM

It is the final P&C meeting and AGM this Wednesday 21 Nov.

Please come along if you are interested in a role next year, or just learning more about what we do.

We welcome new members for 2019.

RAFFLE

Raffle tickets will be collected up to Wednesday 21st November and drawn at the P&C AGM.

Community Notices