17 June 2019

Newsletter Articles

June PBL Focus

Principal’s Message

Reminder: Collette Smart – A Mental Health Toolbox

Looking forward to welcoming parents to our evening with Collette Smart who will provide families with up to date information based on current research, combined with tips and tricks to assist parents with children and young adults who may be experiencing a range of social and emotional needs including anxiety and depression. If you have not already done so, please RSVP to the school office should you wish to attend.

When: Tuesday 18th June
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: SIPPS Hall

Please be aware that the SIPPS P&C will meet in the hall directly after this event from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Parents are very welcome to remain and participate in the P&C meeting.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019). This data is collected and used by state and federal governments to broadly plan for the support of students with disability across the nation.

Learning and Support Teachers within schools work closely with teachers using formal diagnosis provided to schools regarding students and categories of disability which include: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional. Students who have been provided with supplementary, substantial or extensive support for a period of 10 weeks or more are included in the data.

The official government letter providing further detail will be provided to our families this week. If you have further questions please contact your class teacher, Mrs Reid or myself.

Thank you to our SIPPS Community

Over the weekend we have had some intruders onto school property who have created a range of issues for our school structures and playground and overall made an enormous mess.

Thank you to the wonderful Raine and Johnson families where parents and students spent great deal of time on Sunday making the school grounds safe and tidy for all our students this morning. Your commitment to our school is just amazing.

If you see any intruders or people who are not respecting our school property, buildings or grounds in a suitable manner, please call SCHOOL SECURITY on 1300 88 00 21 or if immediate risk is obvious please call police on 000.

Stage 3 - Great Aussie Bush Camp

The Stage 3 students were a delightful group to take to camp according to our teachers. They participated well in the wide range of planned activities. Please see their report further in this newsletter.

Thank you to our teaching staff Miss Emerson, Mrs Woodwell and Mr Dimmers for taking the time away from your families to take our Stage 3 students to camp for the three days and two nights. Your dedication is very much appreciated.

Roofing Schedule – changes to original planning

The D Block roof has been changed and is almost complete as per the agreed schedule. It is looking good and there has been minimal impact for the school or student learning.

While the school had negotiated to have our roof changes occur on weekends to diminish impact on student learning, this cannot continue. Next week discussions and planning will occur as the roofing contractors are now required to reschedule their work during school days. This is a direct result of a noise complaint over the weekend from a local resident, not due to the roofing contractor. Classes will relocate to other classrooms during the scheduled work.

Thank you to our families, extended school community and Community Use clients for your patience during this transition process.

Best Wishes,
Caroline English
Principal

Celebrating Student Success

Congratulations to the following students who received wristbands for Personal Best, Respect or Responsibility

Bailey
Eloise
Ryan S
Nicole K
Natalie P
Olivia D
Lachlan H
Indy F
Daisy E
Bruce

Inspiring & Nurturing
Successful Lifelong Learners

Art

Throughout Reconciliation Week the students were inspired by different types of Aboriginal artwork during their art lessons. Kindy and Year 1/2 students drew around their hands and added colourful dots, these looked very effective and the students enjoyed stamping their dots. Year 3/4 students designed their own Wandjinas, Aboriginal rain and cloud spirits, they used oil pastel on brown paper to create their artwork. The Year 5/6 students chose a native Australian animal and created their own piece of art, these have been displayed together to create a group piece of work which looks very effective. Overall all the students enjoyed created their artwork! Well done everyone!

Yvonne Stone
Art Teacher

Notes from the Office

School Photos

Please note that there are extra photos available to order online. These include the 50Th Anniversary Whole school photograph, Year Six Leadership Team, School Leaders, Year 6 whole class and the Year 6 Fun.

To view/order the above photos please logon to the link below.

and use the access code 19S2003PC39S

The preferred payment method is for the orders to be completed and paid for online.

All orders must be received by the 24 June 2019

There is to be road work Mona Vale Road and Douglas Street between Tuesday 11 June and Friday 30 August. Please see the document below for information.

STEWART HOUSE CLOTHING APPEAL

The Stewart house clothing appeal in on again!! Any clothing for children you have to donate are very much appreciated by Stewart House. Collection bags have been sent home with the students. Please drop clothing donations at the school office.

Stewart House will collect the bags on Tuesday June 25th.

Parents and Citizens Association

P&C Meeting

Tues 18 June (not Wednesday this month).
8-9pm - Following the Mental Health Seminar
In the school Hall - dress warm - it will be cold. Tea/Coffee and Biscuits will be served.

This month we will hold the P&C meeting straight after the Mental Health Seminar to save coming back 2 nights in a row.

We'd love to see some new faces along, so please take this opportunity to stay on after the seminar and find out what the P&C is all about.

Tennis Court Hire

Book in the link below:

Contact if problems:
Stewart Duncan
e: sippstennis@gmail.com
p. 0408 649 464

50th Jubilee - Facebook Group

Join here to help make this 50th jubilee year one to remember and keep on top of the events throughout the year:

50th Jubilee – Kids Disco

Fri 6 Sep - Save the date

50th Jubilee – Adults Event

Sat 7 Sep - Save the date

Surprise Package

This week each child will receive a “surprise” package from the P&C to take home - please look out for it.

Inside the bag is a pack of five delicious Twinings Infuse tea bags for you to enjoy while taking some time out to consider the positive impact an infusion of additional resources will have for our wonderful school.

Each year the P&C asks all parents for a voluntary contribution that is used to fund initiatives not covered by the Department of Education – a great way we can all contribute to support our school.

Please read the insert that accompanies the package to find out how you can help and how funds are put to good use.

We thank you in advance for your generosity.

The P&C

Keep up to date

To keep up to date with P&C social events, please make sure you have subscribed to receive P&C emails from our website at

If you have any queries or would like to get involved with the P&C, you can email us at: stivesparkpc@gmail.com

Uniform Shop

sippsuniform@gmail.com

Community Notices

Gordon Girls Rugby Sevens is Back

Train Hard, Make Friends, Score Tries, Play Rugby

Training Wednesdays 530-730pm

Games Saturday Afternoons from 3pm

Kicks off 22nd June 2019

For more information:

girlsrugby@gordonjuniorrugby.com.au

Lifeline Book Fair

Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury's major book fair will again be held at Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga on Thursday and Friday July 18th and 19th from 9:00am to 9.00pm and Saturday and Sunday July 20th and 21st from 9:00am to 5.00pm.

As you would no doubt be aware, Lifeline offers an important service to our community. In addition to our 131114 crisis support telephone service, we provide a range of counselling services. To assist us in maintaining this work, we rely heavily on the income received from our book fairs which are run entirely by volunteers.

Michael Cleary
Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury - Book Fair Coordinator