MAGPIE MESSENGER TERM 1 WEEK 8

Issue 4 2019

Term 1 Week 8

Heathcote Public School

School Photos

A reminder that our School Photos will be taking place this Wednesday 20 March.

Children to wear full summer uniform including black shoes.

Student Leaders and SRC Executive should be at school in their Student Leader uniform at 8:15am.

Family photos will begin at 8:15am in the hall.

Due to family photos being taken before school there will be no Senior Choir on this day.

Harmony Day

Harmony Day is a celebration of our cultural diversity and a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home.

The message of Harmony Day is ‘Everyone Belongs’.  The day aims to encourage people to participate in their community, respect cultural and religious diversity and foster a sense of belonging for everyone.

To celebrate Harmony Day we ask that on Thursday 21 March students dress in their choice of the following:

• Orange (the colour chosen to represent Harmony Day)
• Colours that represent their family’s country or culture
• Traditional or cultural dress
• If students do not have something to fit the theme, they should wear their school uniform.
  

No donation is required on this day.  The canteen will be holding a meal deal on Wednesday 20 March. 

Please ensure children wear closed in shoes and no singlet tops.

New HOOSH Building

Things are moving ahead with the new HOOSH building planned for across the road. Today a geotechnical survey has taken place to ascertain what is under the ground where the new building will go

P&C AGM and meeting

The P&C Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 19 March at 7pm in the library. Please come along to support our P&C and school. A HOOSH meeting will also take place at 6pm in the HOOSH room.

Congratulations to Hamish B who has been selected to represent Engadine / Sutherland at the Sydney East Regional Football Championships. Good luck for the upcoming competition!

Our drama students have been working on their piece for the upcoming Drama Play Day today. They have been collaboratively writing the script and action with a specialist drama tutor. We look forward to seeing the finished product!

Engadine Zone Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to all the children who made it through to the Engadine Zone Swimming Carnival.

All students represented their school proudly and did their very best!

Noah G, Meave R, Indiana Y, Archer A, Jacob D, Layla E, Ellyse F, Angel K, Amelia M, Carter S, Rafferty Z, Jake B, Amber G, Nicole L, Tommy M, Ava S, Gemma S, Beau C, Riley G, Caleb L, Jacinda M, Bodie P, Jordan Y, Telina A, Hamish B, Elliana C, Nathan C, Isabelle E, Skye E, Jade E, Olivia G, Yvan H, Gerard K, Cameron M, Ellie M, Adam R

Engadine Zone Age Champion 11yrs - Olivia G

Congratulations to Olivia who will compete at the Sydney East Regional Swimming Carnival on Tuesday.

It is with deep sadness that I must inform you that a parent at our school, Mr Mo Salim, loving father of Khalif (3/4M) and Gabriel (1/2B), died on Friday morning.

This has been a great shock to all of us. During the course of today we have advised the classes with students in Years 2 and 3 of this tragic situation.  As you would understand there is tremendous upset and sadness within our whole school community.

When we advised the students, teachers and school counsellors were present to assist them with their reactions. Staff will continue to be available for students to talk to if they wish. We encourage you to engage in discussions at home with them.

Some students have reacted very visibly. Others have not. This does not mean that at some time in the future it will not affect them.  Some students may experience a reaction at home. Should this occur, please consider contacting our school counsellor or your own general practitioner or community health service.

We will be monitoring the students at school during the coming weeks. This is a time when we need to support and look after each other. I have passed on to the boys’ family the deepest sympathies of our whole school community and we will be doing our best to help them through this most difficult of times.

At this stage we are not aware of the details of the funeral. The school recommends that each family makes its own decision about attendance when details are announced.

Damien Field 

Principal

National Young Leaders Day 2019

On Monday  11 March 2019, Student Leaders and SRC Executives attended the National Young Leaders Day, accompanied by Mr Field and Mrs Burns. This was an inspiring and educational day where we were learnt from four motivating leaders, Tim Diamond, Tamsin Janu, Cate Campbell and Holly Ferling.

The first speaker of the day was Tim Diamond, the General Manager of the Cotton On Foundation. In my opinion, he was the most inspiring speaker because he showed us that anyone can make a difference. Tim Diamond talked about how he had travelled to a place in Africa called Uganda and saw how hard people’s lives were there and how different it was to our lives. The Cotton On Foundation was started in 2007 and they came up with four main pillars- Education, Health Care, Infrastructure and Sustainability to provide help to those who needed it. The Cotton On Foundation sells water, canvas bags, bracelets, mints and tissues in the Cotton On Stores. 100% of these profits go to educating children in Uganda and across the globe. Since the foundation started they have made $90 million with an average of $15 million per year.

If anyone would like to learn more about the foundation, here is the link for a short video we were shown on the day: https://www.cottononfoundation.org/our-story/#our-story-video

Tamsin Janu is another leader we were able to learn from. Tamsin loves using her imagination and has used this to write lots of books over the years. Earlier in her life she completed a degree in law, however realised that her passion was writing. She taught us that you don’t have to always do what other people tell you to do, and to follow your own path and do what you love.

The third speaker of the day was Cate Campbell. She taught us that if we want to achieve something we have to work hard for it. Cate attended her first swimming lesson at the age of nine and over the years has worked hard to achieve her ultimate goal of attending the Olympics. We were able to learn from her and know that we can achieve whatever we want if we work hard for it.

The final speaker was Holly Ferling who is girls Cricket player. Holly taught us that setbacks will always happen, you only fail if you experience a setback and choose to give up. Holly herself has had many setbacks in her career as a cricket player, most of them being injuries, but she never gave up. She also taught us to “embrace the scary but exciting.”

Thankyou Mr Field and Mrs Burns for taking us on this enjoyable day. It inspired us about leadership. We have learnt how to be encouraging leaders and look forward to bringing what we have learnt to our school.

By Isabelle E

By the Light of the Moon Opera Incursion

On Thursday 14 March, Opera Australia came to our school to perform "By the Light of the Moon" where a cat fell in love with an owl whilst they travelled overseas to find a boyfriend for the Queen of Hearts.  They sang wonderful songs with their beautiful voices and had very creative costumes. There was one made out of gloves and one made out of different materials.  

The performance told us that it does not matter who you love it is about the inside.

I thought it was an amazing performance and they did a great job. There were funny parts that made us all laugh.  The Pianist was really impressive and played brilliant pieces.

I loved it and I am sure everyone else did too!

By Skye E

The Premier's Reading Challenge began  4 March.

2019 Key Dates:
March 4: Challenge opens. Students will be able to log books on their Student Reading Record, and coordinators will be able to create accounts for new students. 

August 30: Closing date for student entries.

September 13: Final date for validation of Student Reading Records by coordinators.

K-2 need to read 30 books.

Years 3-4 need to read 20 books.

Years 5-6 need to read 20 books.

Congratulations to these children who have received an Achievement Award.  Their names will be announced at this week's assembly. 

KA   Lilly T, Mitchell C, Isaac M, Sophia R

KV   Daisy W, Lyam P, Heston G, Curtis F

1J    Audrey D, Skyler C, Hayden M, Olivia D

1M  Isabelle A, Jacob H, Lilly D, Casey G

1/2B Zoe D, Aaliyah S, Mila R, Kelsie B

2C   Ava T, Charlton W, Stella H, Xavier B

2G   Phoebe C, Kyla R, Sammy C, Riley W

3/4D   Jarrah C, Cale J, Eden S, Chloe M

3/4M   Stevie-Lee H, Tommy M, Layla E, Chloe G

3/4S   Harry H, Morgan C, Keira W, Isaac B

4/5L   Zac P, Harry H, Addison K, Dante P

5/6A   Leeroy G, Bronte D

5/6C   Isabelle E, Joel S, Linnea C, Ava S

5/6M   Ella H, Jordan Y, Bailey W, Kiara S

RFF   Lucas C (3/4S), Ruby C (1J) 

Library   Riley C (3/4M), Lucas C (3/4S)

LaST   Hudson W (3/4D), Max W (2G)

• Dawson E
  

Congratulations to the following students who will be presented with a Silver Award at this week's assembly. 

• Adriano V
• Jacob W
• Tilda J
• Flynn L
• Phoebe C
• Holly S
• Luke D
• Tammy-May C
• Haley D
• Charlton W
• Madison D
  

Congratulations to the following students who will be presented with a Gold Award at this week's assembly. 

• Henry K
• Byron K
• Chase C
  

Summer PSSA Term 1

Results for date Friday 8 March 2019

Junior Boys AFL

Opposition:  Yarrawarrah

Player of the Match: Jake B, Hudson W

Senior Boys AFL

Opposition:  Yarrawarrah

Player of the Match:  Cruz C, Nathan C

Junior Girls Soccer 1

Opposition:  Yarrawarrah

Result:  Win 4-0

Player of the Match: Amber G

Junior Girls Soccer 2

Opposition:  Yarrawarrah

Result:  Loss 6-0

Player of the Match: Addi O

Senior Girls Soccer 1

Opposition:  Yarrawarrah

Result:  Win 8-0

Player of the Match: Telina A

Senior Girls Soccer 2

Opposition:  Yarrawarrah

Result: Loss 6-4

Player of the Match:  Elliana C

Our AGM and next general meeting will be held in the library on Tuesday 19 March at 7pm. Everyone is welcome.

Tamar Burns

P&C President

Election BBQ Saturday 23 March

Tell your family and friends to vote at Heathcote Public School this Saturday and help support our School by enjoying a sausage sizzle or cold drink for breakfast, brunch or lunch! The BBQ will be running from 8am when polls open until early afternoon. We are still looking for volunteers to assist with the BBQ between 10am and 2:30pm. Please message Rebecca on 0428 439 794 if you can assist for 30 minutes or even an hour will be a huge help.

Easter Raffle
Thank you again to everyone that has donated items towards the Easter Raffle prizes so far. There is still time to drop donations to the tub in the office ahead of 4 April. A reminder that raffle tickets are also required back by Thursday 4 April ahead of the draw on 11 April. Additional raffle ticket books are available at the office.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Rebecca Bussell or join us at the P&C meeting on 19 March.

Elisha Jeffries and Melinda Jugovic

Fundraising Coordinators 

Flexischool orders are filled on Monday mornings.

The Uniform Shop is open

Monday 8:30am - 9:30am

Wednesday 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Emma Stokes

Uniform Shop Coordinator 

0418 993 679

Look out for the Parent Packs coming home soon with details of this year's Polar Savers Rewards Program and instructions on how to sign up for CBA School Banking.

Please note that we process deposits only and issue rewards.

We cannot process withdrawals or provide an account balance.

As always if you have any questions or queries regarding CBA School Banking you can visit www.commbank.com.au/school-banking or please call Helen Holloway, HPS School Banking Co-ordinator on 0434 120 218. CBA School Banking is operated by parent volunteers so if you have a couple of hours to spare on a Monday morning, just twice a term, then please get in touch.

From the HPS School Banking team,

Connie, Lisa, Danielle, Sandee, Kerin, Gemima & Helen

Our Harmony Day meal deal is on this Wednesday. Orders are now closed. No other lunch orders are available on this day.

We will be having a special Easter morning tea on Wednesday 10 April. More details will come out closer to this date as to what we will be having for sale at recess.

Have a great fortnight,

Naomi Russell

WEEK 8

Monday 18 March - Helen Holloway

Wednesday 20 March - Daynor Mellor, Vanessa Cawley

Friday 22 March - Jen Lavender, Leanne Meredith

WEEK 9

Monday 25 March - Michelle Forbes

Wednesday 27 March - Lisa Steggles, Kristy Reynolds

Friday 29 March - Rachael Crewes, Shelley Poll, Natalie Lowder

WEEK 10

Monday 1 April - Loren Gittoes

Wednesday 3 April - Sue Green

Friday 5 April - Anita Davidson, Amy Stein

WEEK 11

Monday 8 April - Brooke Ashton

Wednesday 10 April - Sandra Mottram, Dawn

Friday 12 April - Jess Perry, Louise Smithson, Samara Crook

The P&C email address is

heathcotepublicschool@pandcaffiliate.org.au

Monday 18 March 

Tuesday 19 March

• Regional Swimming Carnival 2:30pm - 7:30pm
• HOOSH Meeting 6:00pm - 7:00pm In the HOOSH room
• P&C AGM 7:00pm - 9:00pm in the Library
  

Wednesday 20 March

• School Photos
• Harmony Day Meal Deal 1:10pm - 2:00pm
  

Thursday 21 March

• Harmony Day
• Waste-free lunch day
  
• Assembly 2:00pm
  

Friday 22 March

Saturday 23 March

• P&C Election Day BBQ

Monday 25 March 

• Payment is now due for Stage 2 Excursion to Elizabeth Farm

Tuesday 26 March

Wednesday 27 March

• Create South auditions
  

Thursday 28 March

• Stage 2 Excursion to Elizabeth Farm and Old Government House
  

Friday 29 March

• Deposit due for Stage 3 Camp
  

Monday 1 April

Tuesday 2 April

• Combined Scripture Easter Assembly 10:25am - 11:00am
• Years 3-6 Parent Teacher Interviews 1:30pm - 6:00pm
  

Wednesday 3 April

• HPS Cross Country Carnival
• P&C Cross Country BBQ
• K-2 Parent Teacher Interviews 1:30pm - 6:00pm
  

Thursday 4 April

• Police Band Visit 9am - 12pm
• Assembly 2:00pm
  

Friday 5 April

Monday 8 April

Tuesday 9 April

• 1J Hospital Visit
  

Wednesday 10 April

Thursday 11 April

• State Swimming
• Easter Hat Parade 9:15am - 10:45am
• P&C Easter Raffle
• P&C Easter Disco 5:30pm - 8:30pm
  

Friday 12 April

• State Swimming
• PSSA Season 1 final round
• Last day of Term 1
  

Monday 29 April

• Staff Development Day

Tuesday 30 April

Wednesday 1 May

Thursday 2 May

Friday 3 May

• PSSA Season 2 begins
  

Pink and White Rip Curl watch lost.  If found please hand it into the office.

Heathcote Public School 

Oliver Street

Heathcote, NSW, 2233

9520 8759

Email: heathcote-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Visit us on the web at http://www.heathcote-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/