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29 March 2019 events. Please remember to visit our website for information regarding Parklea Public School. POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING https://parklea-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ (PBL) FOCUS The staff and the Parklea community would like to welcome Mr Beroz and Miss Shariff who are students from Western University undertaking their degree in teaching. Mr Beroz and Miss Shariff will be completing their teaching placement this I am a Learner term and next term with 4H (Mr Harvey) and 4/5H (Mrs Hack). I try my best in all activities at all times. We look forward to supporting our future teachers at Parklea I listen to school leaders, house leaders and library monitors Public School. who are trying to help me. Thanks to the P&C for running another successful election day I will not give up, but keep trying, even if something is difficult. barbeque. The currently coined phrase “democracy sausage” does not do justice to the efforts put in by our school volunteers to continue to give up their time to raise funds for our school. SCHOOL SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM’S We must also give thanks to our P&C for donating $20, 000 to REPORT the school as part of their ongoing support. These funds will be used to buy further school resources, including readers, home What a busy fortnight we have had, with lots of wonderful readers, sporting equipment, maths resources and science opportunities for our students to participate in, a highlight being resources. Harmony Day. Thank you to our community for helping us ‘Peace, Unity and Harmony!’ Cathy Freeman celebrate our diversity through encouraging your children to wear orange or traditional clothing. We would like to especially Mrs Gracie (R/Principal) thank Mrs Pena and Ms Milson for organising such an important Mrs Mlinaric (Deputy Principal) event and coordinating an amazing guest speaker who shared Ms Saunderson (R/Deputy Principal) her journey as a refugee from Afghanistan with students in ICAS Update Years 3-6. It was evident that the community promoted harmony through inclusivity and kindness, sharing experiences Dear Parents and Caregivers, and knowledge. In a small but meaningful way Parklea focused The UNSW Global has provided ICAS tests over a number on creating friendships not fear. of years to all students across various subject areas. Parklea On Monday, April 1 we have school photos. Class photos, Public School has been participating in English, Mathematics individual photos and family photos will be taken on this day. and Science Competitions for a number of years. These tests Please remember that all students will be expected to be in have previously been completed outside of class time and paid full summer school uniform and will need to bring back their for by the participants at quite a cost. personalised envelope with the payment included. This year the UNSW Global has undertaken comprehensive In the coming months we will be updating our website to reimaging of these Assessments and made a number of include photos of this term’s events, updated Department of changes. While the emphasis of these tests remains on Education and school policies and procedures and upcoming challenge and extension, they have tight time restrictions; have become exclusive and increased in cost.

1 The results of these tests, while giving an idea of ability, have Amy qualified for 4 individual swims at the Sydney West no direct correlation or significance to academic achievement Carnival held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, as well or placement. as swimming in the senior girls relay team with Erin N, Casey E and Abbey S. The relay team took 6 seconds off their qualifying After very careful consideration we have decided to withdraw time from the Ridges carnival, finishing 16th overall. Amy swam our participation in ICAS for 2019. some amazing times across her four swims, including qualifying We appreciate your understanding in this matter and assure for the final of the 50m freestyle and finishing 9th overall. you we will continue to work to provide your child with the Congratulations to our girls on their amazing achievements – highest quality education we can. we are very proud of you all! The Tell Them from Me Student Feedback Survey Students in Years 4 to 6 are currently participating in the Tell Them From Me survey. This survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide our school with valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. Schools in and around the world have used the Tell Them from Me survey to help improve how they do things at school. We want to assure you that the survey is confidential and school staff will not be able to identify individual students from their responses.

The survey is conducted online and will typically take less than Our Senior Girls Relay team all smiles on pool deck at the 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school Sydney West Swimming Carnival hours between 25th March to 5th April. Anti Bullying Day A note about the TTFM survey has been previously sent home to all families. Please visit our school’s website; ‘Notes’ tab for On Friday 15th March, Parklea Public School participated in more information. the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence. Throughout this day, students completed activities within their Thank you for your support and cooperation! classes that discussed this very important issue and ways they can feel empowered to take action against this issue every day. CANTEEN NEWS From Kindergarten to Year 2, teachers and students spoke about what bullying is and brainstormed ways they could take The canteen is providing a fun Friday at the canteen by action against bullying every day. Our students became more offering… aware of what bullying is and focused on what they can do to help change this behaviour. During the day, students in Years 3 to 6 watched a video that showed behaviours that students perceived as bullying. From this, students participated in a collaborative class discussion to create a definition of bullying and strategies to deal with this behaviour. PSSA SCHOOL NEWS Due to the recent wet weather, PSSA has been cancelled for the last two weeks. This week sees the last round of summer Ridges & Sydney West Swimming Carnivals PSSA for Term 1 before we begin our winter PSSA team trials. On Wednesday 27th February, we took a team of 31 students Sport Representatives to represent Parklea at the Ridges Swimming Carnival at A number of students from our school have participated in Aquatic Centre. We had some outstanding Ridges Zone team trials across a number of different sports. performances, however, we are most proud of the great These are highly competitive trials with selected students sportsmanship shown by our students cheering for their representing Ridges at Sydney West carnivals. Congratulations teammates. to the following students for being selected in their chosen We finished 6th overall on the school points score, with Amy P sports so far this year: being named as the Senior Girls Age Champion. • Olivia Rose M (Girls Softball)

2 • Nicholas S (AFL &Boys Softball) • Heath S (AFL & Rugby League – 11 years & opens teams) • Erin N (Netball) • Arabella S (Netball) • Taj A (AFL) • Austin W (AFL) • Bhavya B (Tennis) Congratulations to Bhavya B who has been selected to A total of $749 was donated for, Nadele Public School in rural represent Sydney West at the NSW PSSA Tennis Fiji and will assist in the purchase of educational equipment. Championships during Week 2 of Term 2 at Inverell. From all Thank you to Parklea students, staff, families and community reports, she was one of the standout players and we wish her for a successful and meaningful celebration of Harmony Day. all the best for the next carnival. Mrs Pena and Ms Milson. Cross Country Carnival Learning to Create Strategic Area Update Please save the date for our school cross country carnival, which will be held on Thursday, 9th May (Term 2, Week 2). On Wednesday the 27th of March, Mrs Mlinaric, Mrs Dacey, As in previous years, this will be a whole school event with Mr Hillier and Mrs Kelleher accompanied the 2019 Techsperts participants running a course around our school. Students will on their first Field Trip to the Castle Hill Apple Store! The be encouraged to wear their house colours on the day and Techsperts completed workshops on the latest Apple cheer on their housemates. technology and Applications. They are excited to share their new found knowledge with students and staff! Harmony Day Mrs Mlinaric held an afternoon Professional Development session for teachers on Wednesday the 20th of March. The session was the first stage of drafting a K-6 skills continuum based on Applications, Web 2.0 tools, Game Based Learning, Coding and Robotics, Maker Spaces, Multimedia Production, Thinking Tools and Organisational Tools. Following this On Wednesday the 20th of March, Parklea Public School Professional Development, staff are performing an audit on how celebrated Harmony Day. Students wore the colour orange we currently integrate these technologies into Key Learning and traditional costume to reflect Parklea Public School’s Areas. commitment to inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians. Students participated in class and school activities, Learning to Create Team reflecting on what Harmony Day means to them and our school community. Activities included chalk drawing and poetry, creative opportunities for students to express their ideas and NEWS FROM OUR STUDENTS understandings; one student said - “I drew a present, we should be giving what we can to refugees”. Kindergarten Future Focussed Furniture

Kindergarten students and teachers are very excited with the arrival of their new future focussed furniture! These are some of the reactions our kindergarten students had when they saw their new learning spaces: Oscar from KH said, “This really works! It really works!” after he wrote on the whiteboard table in the sandpit Special guest Shikeba. F, shared with Parklea students in Years area. 3-6 her journey from her home country Afghanistan to her safe place, Australia. She described her experiences as a Refugee, “This is cool!” Madison, KH her transition into Australian culture and reflected on her “I love it!” Mia, KH transforming identity as a new Australian. Students were inspired by her resilience, quest for education and her appreciation for the opportunities she has been given.

3 Freeman Cake Stall SAFE RESPECTFUL LEARNER

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3-6 Assembly Awards – Week 8 Happy faces eating yummy cakes Congratulations to the following students who have On Wednesday the 13th of March we held the Freeman Cake demonstrated excellent behaviour in class and were presented Stall. The student government representatives were responsible with awards at the assembly in Week 8. Class teachers handed for running the cake stall which included setting up, selling the out two lots of awards due to the Induction Assembly in Week cakes and packing up at the end. 6. A huge thank you to all the students and parents who helped at the stall or brought in a sweet treat. Together we were able to SAFE RESPECTFUL LEARNER raise $780 which will go towards resources for the school. We look forward to the next cake stall next term. 3C Lily Max Ronnie Sarah Aiden Phoebe From everyone on the Student Government Team, the School Leaders and the Freeman Captains and 3I Amara Nicholas Summer Vice Captains. Mitchell Ritik Raima

Sunsmart Book – A Spectacular Hat 3M Rahil Naomi Bailey We read a story about a spectacular hat and we really liked Taylor Gemma Malachi it. Our favourite part of the story was when all the children 3/4D Kaylee Jai Lucas got to make hats. We even saw our school bucket hats in the story! We learnt that you should always wear a hat when we go Charlotte Ruby Makenna outside. Everyone should remember to slip on a sun shirt, slop Mayank Saisha Eva on some sunscreen, slap on a hat and find a shady place to 4H Zoe Hriyaan Anmol play when they are playing outside. Amari Desiree Sairah Written by 1D students 4K Shreeya Darcy Elias K-2 Assembly Awards – Week 7 Rhea Lily May Simar

Congratulations to the following students who have 4P Sophie Ian Alexandra demonstrated excellent behaviour in class and were presented Tanushraam Sophia Callan with awards at the assembly in Week 7. 4/5H Lily Amritha Harman SAFE RESPECTFUL LEARNER Georgi Aanya Aiden

KD Elijah Navneet Kanwar 5J Jacqueline Disha Cooper Ashlyn Tim Archie KH Jax Madison Ella 5/6F Amelia Aaron Logan KI Cohen Prithvi Alyssa Lakshya Haasini Jade KM Zohad Henley David 6C Aadish Nicholas Glen KW Arielle Harrison Emily Tyson Chloe Diti

1D Cassius Lillianna Gavin 6H Alexis Arabella Mia Aniket Natalie Tyler 1F Mica Viraj Owen 6L Darby Judah Dhruv 1J Rose Irene Ali Sofia Justin 1T Jude Kiara Denver

2C Khloe Ojas Holly

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