26 August 2019

Newsletter Articles

Term 3 PBL Focus

Principal’s Message

Book Week

What a wonderful morning to celebrate books and reading at SIPPS!

Book characters were everywhere to be seen and the range of characters was just amazing. There are some very creative students and parents in our community. Thank you to Mrs Jahn for organising the parade for our SIPPS students and community this year.

It was wonderful to see so many members of the SIPPS community present at the Book Parade and remain for the morning tea picnic. Thank you for supporting this event.

Stage Coach continues

This week concludes the Year 6 student visits to St Ives High School for their high school transition sessions. Thank you to Miss Emerson and Mrs Woodwell for all your organisation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIPPS

Open afternoon 1:30 – 3:00pm Wednesday 4th September.

Current families and ex-students, staff and parents are welcome to join in our Open Afternoon celebrations at SIPPS commencing at 1:30pm at the hall. There will be a short assembly to welcome any guests and cutting of the cake to celebrate the birthday.

Memorabilia will be available to view, including class photos and the time capsule contents from 1999 on display. Refreshments will be available provided by our wonderful P&C volunteers.

If you do attend on the day, please ensure that you sign in for site safety and security. There will be sign in desks via the entrance path near the hall off Acron Rd. and off Woodbury Rd entrance.

Reminder: SIPPS Jubilee Week events include:

Birthday events include:

Guests and Visitors: Open afternoon 1:30 – 3:00pm Wednesday 4th September.
SIPPS students: Disco Friday the 6th September.
Adults Event: Saturday evening 7th September. Book on Trybooking available now.

Dates for your diary -

Looking forward to a busy and rewarding Term 3!

Regards,
Caroline English
Principal

Principal

Celebrating Student Success

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

Inspiring & Nurturing
Successful Lifelong Learners

3 / 4 Blue

Junior A Netball Champions

UNSW ICAS Competitions 2019

For those students participating in English, Maths and Writing ICAS - the dates are as follows

ART

This week we were all enjoying book week and Kindy and 1/2 Red were inspired by a book called 'Rainbow Bear' during their art lesson. Each of the Kindy students painted a section of their bear and managed to put it back together to create a fabulous looking bear. 1/2 Red also decorated a section of a bear which looks amazing once it was back together!! Well done everyone, they'll look really wonderful in your classrooms!!

Recorder Ensemble and Senior Choir

In Weeks 1 and 3 this term the Recorder Ensemble and the Senior Choir proudly performed at the Sydney Opera House. The Recorder Ensemble played three pieces in the Festival of Instrumental Music which showcases the talents of amazing musicians from public schools throughout New South Wales. They performed alongside hundreds of other recorder players and the resulting sound was magnificent! The Senior Choir sang in the Arts Alive Choral Concert, which featured vocal ensembles from the Northern Sydney region. They memorised ten songs for this concert, putting in many hours of hard work at lunchtimes. Congratulations to both groups on their dedication and hard work.

Senior Choir

Choir and Recorder Ensemble will continue to rehearse for performance opportunities later in the year.

Students from years 3-6 are invited to join Recorder Ensemble, which rehearses on Tuesday lunchtimes. This is a great opportunity to develop musical skills and work towards performing as part of the 2020 Festival of Instrumental Music. If your child is interested in being part of Recorder Ensemble please fill in the permission slip below.

Bandemonium – Band News

Last week, 15 students from St Ives Park Primary performed at the Ryde Eisteddfod.

It was a wonderful day to meet new music friends and produce some outstanding music and perform in front of other schools.

The band students performed Rock a Saurus Rex and Star Wars!

For our first competition we scored 85/100, which is a fabulous result!

While we didn’t place first, (only first place was awarded 90/100) the students should be commended on the great result and their exemplary behaviour.

I am so proud of how our students have tackled the challenges of the Eisteddfod pieces. Our program is continually improving as our students improve and produced music of a high standard.

Our ensemble sound has matured, and we played with a true sense of style! The musicians' fun and energy shone through in their performance. I would like to thank everyone for the countless practice hours they have put in, as well as the parents for the countless hours nagging them to do said practice!

The best part of the day for me was asking everyone as they came off stage - "Did you have fun!"

Unanimously the answer was "Yes!!"

Thank you also to the lovely parents who volunteered to drive the children to the event.

Kathryn Ney
Bandemonium – 0419 630 511

Library

Newsletter

What a busy week it has been in the Library. We celebrated Book Week with our parade and also had Author Mick Elliot visit stage 2 and 3.

Book Week Celebrations

Thank you to everyone who participated in and attended our Book Week 2019 parade. It was a very successful day and I loved seeing all of the effort that went into our Book Week costumes.

Here are some photos from the day:

In week 6, Kindergarten and Stage 1 will be having a musical performance based on the Book Week theme “Reading is my Secret Power”.

Scarlet Jahn
Teacher Librarian

Notes from the Office

Permission Notes

Permission notes are handed out to the students and have been uploaded onto the schoolzine calendar.

Click on the event and you will find a note attached that you can print off.

Students at SIPPS 2020 - Please complete the form attached and return to the school office.

Parents and Citizens Association

50th Jubilee – Adults Event

Unfortunately this event has had to be cancelled.

50th Jubilee – Kids Disco

Fri 6 Sep - Details attached. Please book your tickets this week. This is the kid’s favourite event of the year!

We'll need some parent volunteers to help set up, manage the kids and pack up. Look out for a roster coming soon via class parents, or please get in touch with the P&C at our email address below if you can help out.

50th Jubilee – Open Day

Wed 4 Sep - the school will be hold a special jubilee assembly and open day for families to join in. If you can help with the afternoon tea service please get in touch on our email address below.

Next P&C Meeting

7:15pm, Wed 18 September in the staff room

P&C Voluntary Contribution

Contributions have been very low this year. This is the P&C annual voluntary contribution ask and is different to the school term fees. This is our major fundraiser each year and funds projects such as the playground last year, shade for the playground this year, and we have further projects on the wish list such as an outdoor sound system and a new front entrance landscaping. We have included suggested amounts in the letter below, however please contribute whatever amount you can. Thank you for those who have supported us. And for those who keep meaning to, please jump on QKR tonight.

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

Tennis Court Hire

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

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 the link below:

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

The Uniform shop have supplied the school office with the following items: -

UNIFORM SHOP – OFFICE STOCK

GIRLS GREEN WINTER TIGHTS - $11.00 per pair
GIRLS GREEN ANKLE SOCKS (2Pk) - $14.00 per pack
BOYS GREY ANKLE SOCKS - $9.00 per Pair

PAYMENT:

Cash or QKR! App payment

sippsuniform@gmail.com

Helping Hands OOSH & Vacation Care

Please have a look at our school website for information regarding our before and after school care.

Community Notices

SUMMER SOCCER

Primary Soccer is a not for profit club offering summer 5-a-side competitions for primary school aged children.

The local competition are run after school, Tuesdays at St Ives, Wednesdays at Turramurra or Thursdays at West Pymble

Cost is $150 or $50 with Active Kids Voucher for the 15 weeks of games (breaking for school holidays).

All games have a qualified referee.

To sign up or find out more go to the link below:

Maths Scholarship

teach.MathsNOW Scholarships are now open

An exciting new scholarship has just been launched by the NSW Department of Education. Applications are now open for the teach.MathsNOW Scholarship, supporting the department’s commitment to ensuring that all NSW public school students have access to high-quality mathematics teachers.

Do you know an industry professional or university student in a career area requiring tertiary studies in mathematics, such as engineering, accounting, finance or IT, who would make a great secondary mathematics teacher? The teach.MathsNOW Scholarship offers an opportunity to change career path and retrain as a mathematics teacher in a NSW public school.

teach.MathsNOW scholars will receive up to $50,000 in equivalent upfront course contribution fees, paid part-time employment during studies and a guaranteed permanent teaching position in a NSW public school on successful completion.

For more information and to apply, visit the link below: