Doolooboorah

What an amazing day! I cannot thank Heather Lawson, Meg Garrido and the team of incredible P & C and parent helpers who worked so tirelessly to raise funds for our school. Thank you also to our great community who supported us by bringing in stall items to sell, manning stalls, providing their time and services and, of course, bringing their family and friends on the day. Special thanks to Olivier and Charlie Valente who raised over $1500 at the French crepe stall, as all profits were donated.  Special mentions to Christina and Jan who worked on the canteen tirelessly all day with a band of volunteers, and our eco–rangers who were supported by Mrs Leanne Smith, Miss Emily Young and Mrs Louise Hall. We received so much positive community feedback about our recycling station and our eco-warriors were able to educate everyone and answer their questions.

I was so impressed to see how our community comes together for an event such as the Spring Fair and I know that our Harbord students will benefit from the monies raised. As you can see from the photos, we all had an enjoyable day. On behalf of our staff, thank you.

Application for Year 7 selective high school placement in 2021.

Attached is a copy of the booklet 'Applying for Year 7 entry to selective high schools in 2021'. It is also available at <https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7>

Important information:

·         Applications for Year 7 entry to selective high schools in 2021 must be made online between 8 October 2019 and 11 November 2019. Late applications will not be accepted.

·         All applicants are required to sit the Selective High School Placement Test to be held on Thursday 12 March 2020.

·         Please complete the 'Intention to apply' note attached and return this to the office. Please note this is not the application.

·         Parents must apply online at <https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7>

It has come to our attention that a number of students are bring items for lunch which contain nuts, including nut bars, peanut butter and Nutella sandwiches. Please be aware we have a number of students who have a life threatening allergy to nuts (anaphylaxis), and we respectfully ask that students do not bring food containing nuts to school, or nut related products and should not share food.  Thank you.                                    

If you are interested in helping our teachers in the classroom, on excursions or during events at our school, you are required to complete an Appendix 5, Declaration for Volunteers and Non-Child Related Contractors form.

You are welcome to complete this form if you anticipate helping out during your child's time at Harbord Public School. Along with the completed form, you will be required to provide 100 points of identification. The office have copies of the Appendix 5 form and they are attached below. Please return the forms to the school office along with your identification (we will make copies upon sighting your originals).

Susan Tickle

Principal

Our 2020 Kindergarten intake will be visiting Harbord on Thursday 7th and Wednesday 13th November from 9:15 to 11am. If you have children, neighbours, friends or relatives who have not yet enrolled, we would love them to do so now so that they do not miss out on the important Orientation Days. We would like to capture all eligible students now so that classes and staffing can be finalised before the end of the school year. We will be hosting a visit on Tuesday 29th October from Harbord Kindy students who will be attending our school next year and yesterday we had children from Albert Hall touring.  Our Intermediate Band will be performing next week at Harbord Kindy, a real highlight in their ‘schoolies week’.

Our Semester 2 banners will be presented at school assemblies (10:30am in the school hall) on the following dates:

3-6: Wednesday 27th November

K-2: Wednesday 4th December

Students who have five goldie certificates should bring them to their class teacher who will then send them on to me so they may be added to the banner list. The goldies will then be returned to the student and an invitation will be sent home later in the term. If you aware that your eligible child will not be attending school on the dates listed above, then it is advisable to keep the goldies until next year as your child will then be presented with their banner and receive the full recognition they deserve.  

During the last week of term, the State Carnival for Girls Softball was held over three days, luckily at Curl Curl this year, providing our staff, parents and family members easy access to be able to support the Sydney North team, including  Alice and Talea from Harbord, who played in key positions. The team was undefeated across the three long days of play and finished as champions! Mrs Beyleveldt, our school softball coach and I were fortunate that the presentations coincided with our lunch break so we were able to be there for the trophy and medal presentations and the announcement of the State team. Congratulations to Talea who was selected to represent NSW in the Nationals to be held later this term.  Alice and Talea are pictured with their state champion medals and the Sydney North team, with the winners’ trophy. 

Lisa McKenzie

Deputy Principal

Welcome back to all our students for term 4. It is always a busy and exciting term as we work towards a number of our end of year events and complete the curriculum requirements and experiences for each grade.

Thank you to our wonderful P&C and the many parent and student helpers who worked tirelessly to pull together our Spring Fair. It was incredibly special to walk through the Harbord P.S grounds on Saturday 20th October seeing the school alive with thousands of happy faces.

All our school programs have recommenced and Summer PSSA sport commenced last Friday.

It is time for former year 6 students to return perpetual year 6 trophies received at last year’s presentation day awards.  Many of these students still have siblings at the school and they can return these trophies, shields to the school office courtesy of their brothers and sisters.

Harbord Public School children are expected to wear correct full school uniform, including a school hat, every day. Please ensure your child has his/her name and current class on their hat

All children are required to wear full school uniform when representing the school on excursions, at sporting events or at cultural activities.

https://harbord-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/uniform.html

Congratulations to our all our athletes who represented us at the regional athletics carnival on 16th October at Sydney Olympic Park.

 A group of our talented athletes succeeded in progressing to the NSWPSSA State Athletics Championships to be held on the 6th and 7th November.

A special mention and congratulations to the following students:

·        Lucinda (6K) – 1st in the 12yrs 100m and 1st in the 12yrs 200m

·        Freddie (6N) – 1st in 12/13yrs shot put and 2nd in the 12/13yrs discus

·        Sifa (6N), Thomas (5I), Freddie (6N) and  Austin (6H) – 3rd in the senior boys 4 x 100 relay.

The following group photos will be taken on Monday 28th October.

Year 6 graduation 8:40am

2019 captains and seniors

2019 sports captains and vice captains

SRC representatives 2019

Please note that due to the School Spectacular dance rehearsal on Monday 28th October the Year Graduation photograph will need to be taken at 8:40am. All year 6 students will need to be at school at 8:40am for this photo.

Students in the above groups will need to be wearing their full summer uniform and badges for these photographs.

Natalie Hanlon

Deputy Principal (Relieving)

The Senior Girls soccer team has had a very successful and dominant PSSA season. After finishing the season undefeated, the girls easily defeated Curl Curl 3-0 in the semi-final. They then moved onto the grand final against a very strong Beacon Hill Team and were victorious 3-0. Throughout the season, the girls scored 48 goals in total and only conceded 1 goal.

The Senior Girls Soccer team has also been involved in the state wide soccer knockout competition. The girls results are as follows:

Def Avalon 3-0
Def Artamon 1-0
Def Mount Colah 7-0
Def Umina 3-0
Def Avoca Beach 3-0
Def Caves Beach 2-0
Def South Grafton 3-0     (State Semi Final)
Def Shell Cove 2-1             (State Final)

On Monday 21st October the girls traveled Valentine Sports Park to compete in the NSW State Finals for girls soccer. Their semi-final was against South Grafton and they comfortably defeated them 3-0 if very warm conditions. The state final was against Shell Cove Public School. The girls went into half time with a commanding 2-0 lead. The second half was an even contest until late in the game when one of their very skillful NSW representative players kicked an excellent goal. Our girls were under attack for the final few minutes of the game, but they defended well to come out with a 2-1 victory.

With over 500 NSW public school teams participating in this knockout competition, this is a fantastic achievement. I can honestly say that it's been one of the most pleasurable years of coaching I've had and that I'm really proud of how the girls played and competed each week. Each player contributed to the team; they all played well together and we had a lot of fun along the way.

You girls should all be proud of yourselves and I would like to personally thank Lily, Sophie, Lucinda, Maisie, Amelie, Cecilia, Keely, Niamh, Elouise, Cienna, Georgina, Annika, Hannah and Ellie for an extremely enjoyable year.

I would also like to particularly thank the parents who helped with driving all over NSW this year. The girls would not be able to enter knockout competitions like this without your support.

Mr Addicott

Applications for student travel in 2020 opened on Friday, 11 October 2019. Students progressing to year 3 and year 7 no longer need to re-apply if they;

• are continuing at the same school
• are residing at the same address
• have not been sent an expiry notification by Transport for NSW

Where a student meets the new distance eligibility,the system will automatically update their entitlement. If they do not meet the new eligibility, they will receive an expiry notification via email.
Students who have an entitlement approved under a medical condition which is due to expire will receive a notification advising them to re-apply.
Term Bus Pass holders will receive a notification to re-apply.
If students need to update their information or re-apply, they should go online to https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/updateDetails
Applications need to be submitted before 31 December 2019 to ensure student entitlements are updated and their current entitlement/card is not cancelled. If their application is submitted after 31 December 2019, the system will automatically cancel an entitlement/card and a new one will need to be issued.
Students in the Opal network applying for a SSTS or Term Bus Pass entitlement for the first time will receive their card at their nominated postal address. Cards will be mailed out from January 2020.

Congratulations to our Town Hall Choir students (Year 3 and 4) who performed at the Primary Proms Choral Festival at Sydney Town Hall last term. They sang alongside 400 students from NSW Public Schools - performing a challenging repertoire of 11 songs in unison and two-part harmony. I was very proud of our students who braved the pouring rain and made the most of the opportunity to perform in such a prestigious concert. Well done boys and girls, your efforts this year have been outstanding! 

Congratulations to Jemima (Year 4) and Kate (Year 6) who performed beautifully at the same concert as members of the NSW Junior Singers. 

The NSW Public Schools Junior Singers is one of the premier student vocal ensembles in Australia. The ensemble proudly celebrates a long history of high achievement and regularly performs at prestigious venues including the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Town Hall and at the Schools Spectacular.  

Students from NSW public schools from Years 4 to 7 (in 2020) are encouraged to audition for a place in Junior Singers. The commitment is for the full school year and rehearsals are held every Tuesday afternoon from 4.30-6.30pm in Lewisham. The fee is $330. 

Over the years we have had a number of Harbord students thoroughly enjoy participation in the Junior Singers. The students work with the most esteemed conductors and the improvement in their vocal technique is astounding. I could not recommend the program highly enough! 

Applications close Friday 8 November 2019.

For further information visit https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/state-junior-and-senior-public-school-singers 

Miss Alice Dalgleish

Our next meeting is tonight Wednesday October 23rd in the staff room at 7.30pm. We’d love you to join us! The meetings usually run for an hour or so and are a great way to meet other parents and find out lots of interesting school news.  You can be as involved as you like – you’re welcome to just sit back and listen in! 

This year’s Fair was an absolute monster!  THANKYOU to everyone who donated and took part! It was the biggest ever fundraiser held at HPS (final profit TBC but it will be up around $60k!!) A fabulous whole community event – the smiles said it all.

A few special mentions:

Meg Garrido – our tireless event organizer and gatherer of donations

The office ladies for collecting thousands of donations smiling through the chaos

Steph Grey of Greycliffe Property and Minuteman Press for donating the Loot Cards

Louise Hall, Leanne Smith, Emily Young the Eco-Warriors for organising our waste management for the day

Kathryn McDonald who sourced and ordered all of the food for the day

Lisa Packwood who came out of Spring Fair retirement to take control of the site logistics again this year

Anna McDonald for being a Canteen Champion

Val Williams and Tracey Mardon for proving that RedBull really does give you wings - 2000 snow cones in 5 hours must be a world record!!

Paul Lee from AVA Party Hire who supplied all the tables and market stalls etc and was last man on site packing it all back into the van at the end of the day

Kara and the OOSH team for happily keeping over 200 kids out of the way of the rides last Friday afternoon

All the HPS teachers for helping out with signage and donations and delivering the loot to your kids

We had so much fun and laughed all the way while organising this Fair - can't wait for the next one! Please consider joining our fundraising team so we can prepare to pass the baton as our youngest kids move on. You'll meet a bunch of fab people and laugh a lot - promise!! 

The P&C team is happy to announce our new GOLD sponsor: Michelle Galletti of Cunninghams Real Estate. Being a mother of two children, Tully in KD and Isla in 2W, Michelle is very much looking forward to supporting Harbord Public.

“I love our school community and I feel so lucky to come on board as Gold Sponsor!” says the Freshwater Specialist Sales Agent.

Michelle has a reputation for being a highly skilled negotiator and has won several industry awards for excellence. She is also an enthusiastic property investor having designed and built her family home in Freshwater. “This firsthand experience enables me to share the best possible advice for selling, buying or renting property in our beautiful locale. Feel free to reach out to me for any advice on property matters.” 

We want to say a HUGE thank you to all those who supported our waste management efforts at the Spring Fair this year. With all the fun that the Spring Fair brings, it sadly also brings a huge amount of waste!

The last Spring Fair produced two big skip bins full of mixed waste that went into landfill (yuck!). With everyone’s efforts to reduce the environmental impact of the Spring Fair this year, we estimate that we have redirected almost 9,300 litres of recyclable containers, paper & cardboard and soft plastics from landfill this year - that equates to approximately 39 bins the size of our domestic green waste bins!

A huge Thank You to our year 5 and 6 "Eco Warriors" for their dedication and help on the day. We're thrilled with this effort and look forward to improving the sustainability of the Spring Fair even more next time around!

Heather Lawson

P & C President