Hammondville Public School Newsletter

 ‘In the Spotlight’ Dance Festival

Good luck to our Years 1-2 dance group and our Years 3-6 dance group on your performances this week at ‘In the Spotlight’ dance festival. Thank you to Miss Borg and Mrs Webb for taking your own time to rehearse and support our dancers. Hammondville are very proud of you all.

Casual Teachers

As you can all appreciate coming into the cooler months, sickness can be quite high within schools. We have had a large number of staff getting sick over the last few weeks and have needed to split classes. While we endeavour to cover classes with casual teachers, there is currently a shortage of available casual staff and staffing classes can be extremely difficult. We just want you to be aware that this shortage is across all schools and is beyond our control so please be understanding when the need to split classes arises.

Acknowledgement to Country Workshop

Thank you to Miss Harrison and Aunty Carol Brown for working with our Aboriginal students and Stage 3 leaders to create our own Acknowledgement to Country. We have a new personalised Acknowledgement for our school. Come along to one of our assemblies and check it out, or visit our Facebook page and check it out.

Public Speaking

Good luck to all our finalists who will be representing Hammondville at the Public Speaking Competition on Wednesday. Good luck and speak your heart out. 

Have a wonderful week of learning!

Mrs Rebekah Murray

Rel. Principal

Friday 21st June - 3-6 Assembly 9:00am

Friday 28th June - K-2 Assembly 9:15am

Friday 28th June - P&C Disco and Krispy Kreme Collection

Monday 1st July - P&C Meeting 7:00pm

• Stage 2 Dance Fitness

• Netball - Woodward Park
• Rugby - Bye
• Girls Soccer - Hammondville
• Boys Soccer - Hammondville Bottom Field

School Office Hours of Operation

Our school office hours are 8:30am to 3:15pm.

EFTPOS Payments can be made between 8:45am - 9:00am and 2:30pm - 3:00pm.

Student Absences

The Education Act requires that a reason is provided to the school within 5 days of the occurrence of a student absence.

If your child is absent from school please notify us via Skoolbag or drop a note/medical certificate in our secure letterbox on the outside of the office wall. Do not send absent notifications to the class teacher via Class Dojo.

Late Arrival/ Early Departure

All students who are late to school must come via the office to receive a late pass, which is then to be handed to their teacher.

If you are picking up your child early from school you must visit the office first to receive an early departure pass, which you then give to your child’s teacher.

 Toileting Accidents

If your child is prone to toileting accidents please ensure that spare underwear and school clothes are kept in their bags.

If your child does borrow clothes from our school please ensure the clothes are washed and promptly returned to the office.

Nut Free Recommendation

Due to severe allergies of some students at Hammondville Public School, we do recommend that parents not send their children to school with nut products, eg muesli bars, peanut butter, nutella etc.

P&C Payments

All payments to the P&C must be CASH ONLY and in a separate envelope to school payments.

All K-6 students are continuing to follow our PBL expectations; Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be a Learner.

This week our lesson focus for the whole school is to “Be Respectful: Speak respectfully to all teachers and staff.”

Have a great week of learning!

The PBL team

Last Tuesday, 11th June, Stage 2 held a stage speaking competition to determine the two representatives to progress to the next round of the MPSC to be held at Panania Public School in week 8. Each student had to present a prepared and impromptu speech in front of their peers and Stage 2 teachers.

Congratulations to the following students who represented each Stage 2 class;

3/4 Platinum Marli Gomes and Elizabeth Beens

3/4 Silver Troy Nguyen and Juliette Zammit

3/4 Gold Chantel Sutch and Crystal Gibbons

4/5 Bronze Taylor Morrin and Natalie Bolger

2/3 Bronze Leearna Harris and Caitlin McIlvena

Certificates will be presented to these students at this week’s 3-6 assembly.

Well done to Marli and Caitlin who were selected to represent the school at the next round. We wish them best of luck for the competition.

Mrs Fleming

Assistant Principal Stage 2

School Athletics Carnival: Monday 29 July, 2019

Zone Athletics Carnival: Wednesday 28 August, 2019

Regional Athletics Carnival: Friday 13 September, 2019

Well done to all the runners who competed in the SSW Cross Country Championships. Our region consists of over 100 schools so their results are extremely impressive! A big congratulations to Mya Tiller, Isabella Muc, Miriam Gauld and Annabelle James who have qualified for the state carnival.

8/9 Years Boys

34th - Tyler Hanchard

54th - Zac Frost

8/9 Years Girls

1st - Mya Tiller (REGIONAL CHAMPION)

22nd - Taylor Morrin

31st - Leearna Harris

10 Years Boys

17th - Aidan Lewis

10 Years Girls

1st - Isabella Muc (REGIONAL CHAMPION)

2nd - Miriam Gauld (QUALIFIED FOR STATE)

4th - Annabelle James (QUALIFIED FOR STATE)

11 Years Boys

17th - Cooper Wilson

32nd - Oscar Lindbom

12 Years Boys

19th - Mason Gomes

12 Years Girls

17th - Tarryn Leggatt

Well done to our Superstars of School Sport who showed sportsmanship, enjoyment and skill in last week's school sport activities.

Basketball - Elizabeth Beens, Yacoub Hammoudy, Kai Moon and Tristan Scobie

League Tag - Bailey Blades, Ben Galway, Rawayda Shwan and Antonio Zammit

Scooter - Chloe Denning, Matthew Fahmy, Tahlia Lockhart and Jessica Philpott

Soccer - Daniel Brun, Lachlan Lee, Jake Loaney and Ethan Skuse

Netball: Hammondville vs Holsworthy

Juniors: 9-1 win

Player of the Match: Crystal

Seniors: 10-1 loss

Player of the Match: Isabella

Rugby League: Hammondville vs Holsworthy

Juniors: 40-6 win

Player of the Match: Connor Burkett

Seniors: 34-34 draw

Players of the Match: Reagan English and Taine Vamarasi

Boys Soccer: Hammondville vs Holsworthy

Junior A:  3-3 draw

Goal Scorers: Oliver Stajcic x3

Junior B: 0-2 loss

Seniors: 0-4 loss

Girls Soccer: Hammondville vs Wattle Grove

Junior A: 0-1 loss

Players of the Match: Penelope 

Junior B: 0-5 loss

Player of the Match: Simone

Seniors: 2-4 loss

Goal scorers: Annabelle and Emily

Player of the Match: Emily

To ensure that your child gets a Tuesday Treat when there is one they want PLEASE ORDER THEM as there is limited supply, you can order the Tuesday treat for lunch or recess.

Tracey & Sue

Tuesday's Tempting Treat:- Surprise- $1.20 each, available at recess and lunchtime.

Regards,

Tracey & Sue

The end of term is nearly here and the lost property stand is overflowing. There is plenty of jumpers and jackets, water bottles and lunch boxes. There is also 1 football boot and a pair of girls school shoes. 

Please come and check for any items your child may be missing before the are disposed of.

Regards,

Tracey and Sue

The uniform pool will be open Wednesday afternoon from 2:30pm- 3:00pm.

Prices:

All logo items are $2:00

Dresses, Parkas & Bags are $5:00

Thank you,

Tracey

It's time to get your dancing shoes on for the P&C DISCO! 

On Friday 28th June, come along and have fun dancing with DJs Mr Betts and Mr Withers! 

K-2 5-6pm,

Yrs 3-6 6:15-7:15pm. 

Cost is $5 and includes a drink. Money to be paid at the door. Food and drink will also be sold at the event. 

See the note sent home for more details. 

Our sticker tally is 16,320, so we are on our way to the target of 30,000 stickers by the end of the promotion on 25th June. There is only 1 week left till the end of the promotion, so please keep collecting stickers from all your family and friends and sending them into school.

Hammondville LET'S STICK TOGETHER. Keep those stickers coming in.

Tracey O’Hanlon

Earn and Learn Co-ordinator

Registration to attend The Younger Heroes camps are OPEN so register now for your spot!  Camp dates are:

4-7 July - UKI (Northern NSW)

11-14 July - SYDNEY

19-21 July - SYDNEY    

Remember - these dates coincide with local school holidays so there is no missing school. The Younger Heroes camps are 3 night, 4 day (unless cautioned otherwise) experience. We camp out in nature focusing on improving resilience, enhancing communication and improving teamwork within a current or ex-serving member (parent) of the ADF and their child/ren. We do this with a selection of activities such as trekking, fun bush skills, and time around the camp fire! 

The Younger Heroes covers the cost of the camp however we do ask that participants pay a (refundable) deposit of $300 per family to secure their position.  This fee is can be reimbursed upon completion of camp or donated to The Younger Heroes to help offset costs.  If you are experiencing financial difficulty, pleas contact us as we have means to assist through the very generous support of Veterans Sports Australia https://veteran.org.au/