Fairfield Public School Newsletter Smore #50

We say thank you for another fantastic term of learning and wish everyone a safe and restful winter holiday, lots of lovely art work, poems and some holiday things just to name a few.

Term Two finishes on Friday 5 July.  Students will be on holidays until Tuesday 23 July.  We wish everyone a safe and restful holiday.  There are all sorts of things going on in Sydney during the winter holidays.  Take the train to the city and investigate the Sydney Museum, lots of fun and you  can have a picnic in the park.  Catch the train to Circular Quay and then catch the ferry across to Manly, see the waves and check out the shops on the corso.  There are so many things to do.  

If you see anything happening at school that you are concerned about during the holidays please contact the Police or School Security Unit on 1300 880 021 

Term resumes on Tuesday 23 July.

During Week 10 and the school holidays there will be some disruptions to classrooms as we have five classrooms being laid with new carpet and many many rooms being painted. Some buildings are being painted outside as well.  This will make our school nice and fresh again and keep our school a welcome and inviting place to work and learn.

Three way goal setting meetings began on Monday 24 June.  We thank everyone for attending these very important meetings to discuss your child's learning, progress and future goals for term three.  A big thank you to the staff for their hard work in preparing the reports and continuing to support the students at Fairfield Public School.  

We received sad news last week in regards to one of our students passing away in Year 1.  Julie Truong who was in KP in 2018 had been suffering from leukaemia for long time.  Students who were in her class in 2018, were told by myself and the school psychologist on Thursday. The school was represented at the funeral on Tuesday by Mrs Miedler, Ms Condran and Mrs Phillips.  

We will remember Julie's warm smile and loving nature. 

A star will be bought on the international star register in her memory.

Our thoughts go to Julie's family and friends at this sad time. 

All Government and non-Government schools across Australia are required to participate annually in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). 

All Australian schools will collect data on their students who are receiving adjustments to meet additional learning and support needs in accordance with their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and Disability Standards for Education 2005. This data will be provided to the Australian Government to assist in the development of a consistent, national picture of the education needs of students with disability.

The data provided to the Australian Government by the NSW Department of Education is provided in such a way that it cannot be used to identify any individual student or school.

General information about the national data collection can be found on the Australian Government Department of Education and Training website at https://www.education.gov.au/what-nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability

Privacy Protection

The NSW Department of Education follows the requirements of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002. Schools will collect, record, store and use data about individual students in line with these requirements. Data security and protection is a priority and students’ personal details will be kept confidential. 

Under Clause 52 of the Commonwealth Australian Education Regulation 2013, data collected by the NSW Department of Education for the NCCD must be provided to the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. This includes the number of students at each level of education, the number in each category of disability and the number at each level of adjustment. The information is provided to the Commonwealth as a series of number sets that cannot be used to identify any individual student or school. 

The Australian Government Department of Education and Training follows the requirements of the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 when handling any data provided by NSW Department of Education in connection with the national data collection. A public information notice has been developed by the Australian Government to provide students, parents and carers with important privacy information in relation to the data collection. This notice is available on the department’s website at https://www.education.gov.au/what-nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability

If you have any questions about the data collection, please do not hesitate to contact the school contacts, Leanne Condran, Deputy Principal.

Thank you to all the wonderful students who entered the Poetry Competition on the word Safe.  The winner of the competition is TBC and is shown below.  Every student who entered the competition will receive a PBL from me in Term 3.

Good morning everyone both staff and students,

I just wanted to say thank you all for the most beautiful and memorable day of my teaching career.

I truly honoured and humbled by the send off you gave me and I want to apologise for crying so

much that I could barely speak and express my thanks.

Thank you for wearing a touch of red yesterday. Thank you for the most wonderful assembly yesterday.

I was so emotional throughout the assembly thank goodness I had Sydney Fairtfield and Mrs Cuk to hold my hand and Mr Smith to give me a hug.

The performances from the choir and 5J, 5I and Stage 3 students were incredible. I love the song "Count on Me" it's of my favourites and I think "I am Australian" would be a perfect new National Anthem. You are all amazing and our as for our soloists, I think we may see you on "The Voice" one day. To all the students that lead the assembly, thank you. My sincere and grateful thanks to Ferah, Sevda and Ella for co-ordinating, teaching the students and leading the singing. It was remarkable.

Thank you for the beautiful book you made. How wonderful. I will always treasure it, and I am so pleased it has photos so I can remember you always.

After the assembly girls and boys there was another surprise for me. A beautiful lunch, some more lovely speeches and some surprises for me. Thank you Mr Smith, Ms Wells and Mr Davidson (Mr Smith's boss) for your kind and sincere words. I would love it if I could have a copy of what you said, if that's ok. Thank you to the staff that organised this, to you all for coming and for all your good wishes.

Yesterday afternoon, I was teaching some of our teachers about working with refugee students with Mrs Cuk. At about 2:50pm, there was a message for me to go to the grass area as there was a Level 4 incident. As I came into the playground, I saw all of you assembled with parents, to say goodbye. Another surprise. I know I cried all the way throught the tunnel and was so emotional I could barely speak. Thank you all for your kindness, generosity of spirit and all the good wishes.

I have felt so loved at Fairfield. Fairfield PS is a very special place. It's so hard to leave.

This song sums up my feelings. I love singing - but my music teacher told me once to "mouth the words", This song was recorded by Judith Durham. She was in a band called "The Seekers", She is older than me, but when i was a kid, this was the music we listened to. I am not sure when she wrote this song, but it sums up how I feel about leaving you all behind. The song is called, "It's time to leave."

Much love to you all. Here's the song. You might have time to listen to it today. Please remember how special you are too me. There is no other school like Fairfield.

Thanks again for yesterday. I will never forget it, and I will never forget you all. Thanks to all the staff who

organised the Secret Business. You did well and it was an awesome day. I will think of you often and miss you all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X4wCidoUXY

All my love,

Kim Cootes

PS Can you please thank your parents too. xx

Go4Fun is a free sporting lifestyle program.  For further information please check out the flyers below.

We had six students qualify for this event, four of whom participated in the Cross Country representing our school.  The students involved were Sean, Ramazani, Samira and Adrian.  We are very proud of their efforts and the way they represented the school.

23 students entered the poetry competition, the theme this term was 'Safe'

I was very impressed with the style, language and genuine responses to the theme.  EVery student who entered the competition will receive a PBL Merit.  Our winners entries are shown below.

Fairfield Public School has an OOSH that operates Before and After School Care.  Did you know that they also operate a school holiday program.  OOSH students have access to a range of activities during the school holidays, just check out the range of activities on each day for the July School holidays.  Places will fill fast, so contact the OOSH to enrol your child now.

Fairfield Public School has its own Youtube channel.  We showcase work samples the students have completed with their teachers and other items relating to the school.  Below is one example of the type of work you might see.  For a full menu of videos click on the link.  

Download our e-Book for iPad here 

If you have not received your QR code to access your child's See Saw account please contact the ladies in the front office.  We can always print you out another one.  You need to download the SeeSaw app for parents from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.  There is no fee involved.