Hello, Giinagay, Hai,
Welcome to the Week 5 newsletter
Congratulations
Thanks to all the students who competed in the district carnival. A big shout of appreciation for Stacy Miners and Nick Parkhouse for helping all our students to make their races. Thanks to all the parents who supported the students with transport and encouragement. We are so proud of the students who have made it to the next level: Urukhai, Ashlyn P, Reed, Noah G, Kadek, Luan, Tom S, Matilda, Senita and Sienna S.
P and C
A huge thank you to Jo D, Rochelle, Jess, Jo B for doing such an outstanding job in getting the canteen ready for a delicious opening.
Thanks to Janet and Jono from Scotts Hub for the beautiful sushi rolls.
Thank you to Will Cartwright who has fixed our whale windvane after an ibis has been using it for a rest stop. Thank you to Michael Blockey for all the work in the garden.
Impact of Homework
Almost everything in our school works to improve student achievement. In order to make the most impact, we need to focus on what works best in improving student outcomes.
As a whole school we have been embedding the Visible Learning Program, where Hattie and his team have identified 250+ factors that influence student achievement and their relative effects.
The key is for teachers, school leaders, and systems to know the impact they are having on the learning lives of students and to work from this. If the impact (effect size) is less than d=0.40, or what is equivalent to one year’s growth over one year’s time, educators have to ask themselves if it is worthy of their time, energy, and resources. If it is greater than d=0.40, then they should stay the course with what they are doing.
Overall homework displays an effect size of d=0.29, which means that there is a small, positive, visible effect on student achievement, although the effect size is much higher in secondary education (d=0.64) than in primary education (d=0.15). This doesn’t mean we should automatically abolish homework in the primary years, but the evidence hints that homework as we traditionally do it in primary schools may have a low impact, and that it is worth teachers not always setting it regularly unless it is:
Thanks, yaarri yaraang, terima kasih.
Bu Gillian
Gillian Stuart - Principal
Congratulations to our SHPS swimming team for their outstanding efforts and sportsmanship at the District Finals on Thursday. They should all be proud of the way they represented themselves and their school. A huge thank you to our parents for transporting, organising and supervising our swim team as well. The following students placed at the district carnival and will compete at the Mid North Coast Finals in Coffs Harbour.
Good luck to Urukhai, Ashlyn P, Reed, Noah G, Tegan, Kadek, Luan, Tom, Matilda, Senita, and Sienna.
Pak Chris.
Last Friday the year sixes had their annual fundraiser and sold ice cream to raise money for the year six t-shirts. We are so appreciative of everyone that supported us. We raised $263.10. We are so happy and proud and hopefully we will be able to order our year six t-shirts very soon.
By: Noa G & Sienna S
A big thank you to Will Cartwright for repairing our wonderful whale windvane after the ibis have used it as a rest stop and bent the vanes.
Canteen News
Sushi Days
The sushi orders need to be at Canteen on the Monday prior to ensure orders can be fulfilled. SORRY, NO LATE ORDERS CAN BE ACCEPTED.
The cost is $3 for 1 roll and $5 for 2 rolls. Flavours on offer are: tuna and cucumber, chicken teriyaki and vegetables, and a vegetarian option.
Send your order form into the office. The canteen will still be open for lunch orders as normal on sushi days.
Term 1 sushi dates are :
11 March and 1 April.
Ordering Snacks on Canteen Days
Order your snacks with your lunch order. A token/s will then be given to the children with their lunch orders (in the bag) for them to return to the canteen to redeem once they have eaten their lunch. We hope this will allow for quicker service to the kids.
Volunteers Needed
We urgently require volunteers to assist in the canteen on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 8:30-12:00. Parents, grandparents and community members are gladly welcomed to help in any capacity. Without volunteers we may have to close the canteen.
Many thanks,
SHPS P&C Association
