1 March 2021

Newsletter Articles

March PBL Focus

Catch cards are placed in a K -2 box and a 3 - 6 box. Each fortnight at lines after lunch a card is pulled out of each box giving us our SIPPS stars.

Principal’s Message

Thank you so much for the wonderful welcome I have had while I have been at St Ives Park Public School. What a warm and caring community you have. Ms English is back this week.

ROAD and PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

Please ensure that the pedestrian crossing on Acron Road is used at all times by your children and yourself. I have been on front gate duty and have seen many parents and children attempting to cross Acron Road - not at the pedestrian crossing. This can be very dangerous.

Also have your child exit the car from the rear passenger seat closest to the kerb. This is the safety door. The Safety Door sticker available at Transport for NSW is designed to be placed on the inside rear passenger door window of the car. It is a reminder to families that this is the safest door for children to use to get in and out of the car.

For more information please go to:

ATTENDANCE and LEAVE

Regular attendance at school is essential to assist students to maximise their potential. Schools, in partnership with parents, are responsible for promoting the regular attendance of students. If your child is absent from school you are required to contact the class teacher explaining the absence immediately. This can be done via the schoolzine app under Absences, or an email to the class teacher. If the absence is 3 or more days then a medical certificate is required.

Family holidays and travel are no longer considered under the Exemption from School Procedures. Families are encouraged to travel during school holidays. If travel is necessary, an Application for Extended Leave may need to be completed. Absences due to travel will be marked as leave and will contribute to your child ‘s total absences for the year.

For more information on ATTENDANCE and LEAVE please go to:

NAPLAN - Years 3 and 5 Online

As children progress through their school years, it is very important that checks are made along the way to see how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and mathematics – skills that will set them upon the path to success as adults.

NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress. All students in Years 3 and 5 sit the NAPLAN assessments. As part of the transition to online NAPLAN testing the students in Years 3 and 5 will complete online practice tests in weeks 9 and 10.

In 2021 NAPLAN dates are:

Melita Abraham
Relieving Principal

Inspiring & Nurturing
Successful Lifelong Learners

Stage 3

Miss Emerson and Mrs Field were very happy with the Meet the Teacher turnout last week!

Thank you to all the parents who attended.

The main takeaways of the evening were:

• All homework, including projects, are on Google Classroom
• Attendance, at school, is vital, if your child is going to be absent please email the school or one of us as soon as possible.
• Encourage a positive mindset in your child
• Differentiation is occurring within our classrooms for both support and extension
• SIPPS has entered a new School Plan phase.
  Our 2021 - 2024 goals are in the areas of:
  - Student Growth and Attainment
  - Quality Practice to Enhance Student Learning
  - Connection and Wellbeing

Stage 3 are enjoying a unit of shared reading based around the themes of belonging and connection including high quality engaging texts such as The Little Refugee, My Culture and Me and The Dot. As an extension to this, we have explored The Dot by experimenting with all the things our own dot could evolve into.

ART - Whole School Lego Figure Project

All students from Year 1 to 6 were tasked with designing a Lego figure for a whole school display, which has been put up in the art classroom. The students really enjoyed getting creative with their figure and I think you'll agree that they look fantastic all together. It has been great this week seeing the students looking to try and find their own Lego figure up on the wall and being so pleased with the end result. Well done SIPPS students for another amazing whole school piece of artwork!!

Mrs Yvonne Stone
Visual Art Teacher
St Ives Park Public School

Learning and Support

PSSA

PSSA is on every Friday morning! Teams have been chosen and students have been practising their skills.

This year, Mrs Field is the Junior teams coach and Miss Emerson is the Senior teams coach.

Training is on every Friday morning for those in the team at 8:30am, please be prompt as it is an essential part of being a part of the team.

Thank you
Stephanie Emerson

PSSA SHIRTS

The New PSSA shirts are now available to current PSSA team members.

Sizes are: 8, 10, 12, 14 and Adult XS and they are available on QKr! now.

We have sample sizes in the office for students to try on as well as in the Uniform shop. They are a similar size to the current red sports shirt. They are only to be worn on a Friday.

If any parents of students in the PSSA team cannot buy them for any reason, please contact the office.

Notes from the school office

Please ensure that at least one family member has the Schoolzine App on their phone to enable the school to send through any updates from the school office in case of an emergency.

Please have the school email saved in your favourites to ensure that our emails do not end up in your junk file: stivespark-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Please label all of your child/children’s belongings such as lunch boxes, lids and containers, hats, jumpers and bags.

Please advise the office of any changes to your phone number, address and/or child’s medical condition as soon as possible.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the school office on 02 91444085.

Chess club has begun Wednesday Lunchtime. Please see the flyer below.

Schoolzine app – Please download the schoolzine app. The school uses this app for payment of fees, viewing of school newsletters, absentee notes, school alerts

Qkr! app – Please download the Qkr ! app – this app is used by the P & C for the ordering and payment of school uniform items and for Canteen ordering and payment of items.

P & C

Canteen

Canteen is open on Mondays only and only for lunch orders at this time.

How to Order

All orders must be placed via Qkr! No other orders will be accepted.

Qkr! orders must be placed prior to 8.30am on the Canteen day. Instructions on how to download and use Qkr! are below.

To assist the P&C Canteen volunteers, please ask your child to give their reusable canteen bag or lunch box to their teacher in the morning.

Please label the bag or lunchbox with your child's: (i) Name (ii) Class and (ii) Order.

Contact us

Please contact the SIPPS P&C Canteen at canteensipps@gmail.com

Uniform Shop

The uniform shop will open every second Friday starting in Week 2 from 8.30 am to 9.30 am approx.

If you are ordering online please have your uniform orders in by the Wednesday evening of even weeks ie Week 2, 4 etc of the school term.

Goods will be handed out to your child just before the end of school on the following friday afternoon. If you have any questions please call the school office or send an email to the uniform email address below.

sippsuniform@gmail.com

Helping Hands – Before and After School CAREs

Helping Hands Network: Before and After school care & holiday programs AT your school

Welcome to Helping Hands Network!

Our compelling programs will empower your child to explore, navigate, experiment and engage in a diverse range of experiences before school, after school and during the school holidays. We focus on building knowledge, skills and behaviours that help prepare your child for a world yet to be imagined…

You can be confident that your child is in safe hands with our highly experienced and passionate educators. Whether your child attends Helping Hands Network daily or only occasionally, each visit is an exciting new adventure with fabulous food, awesome clubs, activities, mindfulness and so much more.

Join us during the school holidays

Helping Hands Network holiday programs are jam-packed with a huge variety of thrilling excursions, incursions and in-house activities. We offer the ultimate school holiday experience with ‘holiday must dos’ like rock climbing, cartooning, cultural workshops, movie days and zoo visits that will have your child grinning from ear to ear. You can be sure of your child’s safety, with Helping Hands Network’s 1:10 educator to child ratio on most excursions – more educators, more fun!

Enrolling with Helping Hands Network is easy and completely free. Head to our website to find out more or to book in today.

We look forward to welcoming you and your family at Helping Hands Network.