Hammondville Public School Newsletter

Welcome to Week 10

Congratulations on getting to the end of what has been a busy and exciting term. It is with much gratitude and appreciation that I get to thank the Hammondville Public School community for your continued support, whilst I have led this wonderful school. I will be finishing in the full-time relieving principal position this week and would like to warmly welcome Ms Clark to the position of Principal. Ms Clark will begin her appointment on the first day of Term 4, October 12. Welcome Ms Clark!

Mobile Dental Program 2020

NSW Health are offering all Hammondville students a free school-based dental check-up and preventative care package. This will be delivered by NSW Health staff in Term 4. This program will be running on Thursday 10 & Friday 11 December 2020. Each child will be receiving an information and consent pack tomorrow. This is a wonderful opportunity for your child to have a comprehensive dental check-up, a review appointment in 12 months if required and additional treatment at school or in a local dental clinic, if required. This is all at no cost to families. I hope all families will take up this wonderful offer from NSW Health.

Water Bottles

Just a reminder that due to current COVID-19 guidelines, bubblers are not allowed to be used at school at this current time. Can I please remind all families to ensure that each child has their own water bottle, particularly now as the weather is heating up.

Supervision

We have recently noticed that several students are arriving at school before 8:30am. Supervision of the playgrounds does not begin until 8:30am. For safety reasons can I please remind all families to ensure that they are not at school before 8:30am unless enrolled in before school care.

Jersey Day

This Wednesday 23 September we will be holding our annual Jersey Day fundraiser. I cannot wait to see which teams our students support. Mrs Murray says ‘Go the bunnies”.

K-2 Cross Country

This Thursday 24 September will be our K-2 cross country carnival. Good luck to all of our competitors. I’m sure you will have a wonderful time running the course, out in the sunshine. 

Jump Rope for Heart

This Friday 25 September all students will participate in Jump Off activities to support the Heart foundations ‘Jump Rope for Heart'. All students have been practicing their skipping this term. I cannot wait to hear who our stage finalists will be. Happy jumping Hammondville!

Kindergarten 2021 Online Zoom information session

Tonight at 7pm, we will be running our parent information session for our new Kindergarten students who will be starting in 2021. Due to COVID restrictions we have had to be creative in the way we deliver information to our new families. For more details on how to register for the Zoom webinar please visit the Kindergarten Orientation 2021 Facebook group, via our Hammondville Public School Facebook page.

Kindergarten Enrolments

It is that time of the year when we begin planning for Kindergarten orientation. Due to COVID-19 our orientation programs will be slightly different this year. Information on how this may look will come home to those families involved once plans have been finalised. If you have a child or have friends who have a child who is ready to come to school in 2021, I encourage you to enrol them as soon as possible. This will allow you to be well-informed about upcoming Kindergarten 2021 information as well as assisting us as a school, in our planning for 2021.

Superstars

My favourite time of the week! Congratulations to all students who saw me last week for outstanding behaviour, work samples or effort. I thoroughly enjoy listening to you all talk about your work, how you feel about your achievements and what you want your next success to be. Keep it up Hammondville!

1/2 Copper – Jett, Yazmeena and Penny                   

1/2 Gold – Oliver

3/4 Titanium – Isaac, Victoria, Quinta, Zaine and Declan

3/4 Silver – Yezin, Hannah, Tristan

Mrs Rebekah Murray

Rel. Principal

Monday 21 September - 2021 Kindergarten Information Session via Zoom

Wednesday 23 September - Jersey Day, gold coin donation

Thursday 24 September - K-2 Cross Country, due to COVID no spectators are to attend 

Friday 25 September - Jump Off Day - Jump Rope for Heart

Monday 26 October- School Photos

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

P&C payments can be made in CASH or via the MY SCHOOL CONNECT App. Canteen and uniform orders, as well as all P&C fundraising and events can now be paid via the app. Download the app via Google Play or the Apple Store, or find it online at www.myschoolconnect.com.au

We are currently enrolling for Kindy 2021.

If you're child has a younger sibling that is due to start school in 2021 please enrol them now so that we can ensure that you are provided with all the important dates & necessary information in relation to commencing Kindergarten.

Alternatively if you live in our catchment zone & have a neighbour whose child is due to commence school in 2021 please encourage them to complete the online enrolment application or contact our school.

To complete an online application you just need to go to our school's website  & click on the enrolment tab at he top of the page or use the link that is attached to this notice.

The Online Enrolment System is designed to provide flexibility for parents to submit an Application to Enrol in a NSW Government School online at the time that best suits you. The application can be accessed on all browsers and mobile devices including iOS and Android.

The online application process is currently restricted to:

Enrolments into local schools only.

Children who are Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.

Children who live in NSW.

We offer our support and encourage you to complete your application to enrol online.

If however, you do not feel comfortable completing an application online, a paper copy will be available for collection from the front office or can be downloaded from the Education Department’s going to a public school site.

Any student in year 5 wishing to apply for student leader for 2021 can see Mrs Murray in her office until Friday of  this week. Application forms can be collected from Mrs Murray before school, at recess or at lunch. The students will have the school holidays to work on their applications. Student leader applications are due by the first Friday of Term 4.

We have had a great Term of explicitly teaching, learning and demonstrating our 3 Whole School PBL Expectations of “Being a Safe, Respectful Learner”. Students enjoyed a PBL whole school reward this term with a movie and popcorn. Students also received canteen vouchers in our Hero Token rewards drawn each week.

Our students have been focusing on PBL Lessons since week 6 this term that are specific to the needs of their cohort. Students have had the opportunity to re-learn the school behaviour management rules across the school and demonstrate their understanding of how to adhere by these expectations in a positive manner.

Keep working hard at being Safe, Respectful Learners for the remainder of this week and during the school holidays.

In Term 4, we have some exciting PBL changes happening such as new look “Hero Tokens”, that will specifically be given to students who demonstrate either being safe, being respectful or being a learner. These hero tokens are not only for the playground or classroom, but for all areas across the school and can be given by any member of staff who notices a student demonstrating these expectations.

Mrs Peroni did our K-2 PBL draw over the speakers on Friday. Their prize will be a canteen voucher. Our K-2 PBL winners for Week 10 were:

K Blue - Fletcher B, K Green - Sophie S, K Red - Leo T, K Yellow - Cruden N, 1/2 Gold - Walid A, 1/2 Silver - Ethan N, 1/2 Bronze - Toby B, 1/2 Copper - Chapman C, 1/2 Titanium - Connor B, 1/2 Platinum - Lacey R.

We look forward to 3-6’s Hero Token draw this Friday.

We would appreciate it if parents took some time to speak to their children about the meaning of, our 3 Whole School Expectations and discuss the importance of following these expectations at all times.

We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday and we look forward to seeing all students in Term 4.

The PBL team

The debating team had a great win last week with all team members stepping up to the plate with confidence and great arguments. I don't think there was a moment of doubt that we had this one in the bag from the first words we spoke. Tia and Kryshtof started strong and Sienna brought home the win in no uncertain terms. Moriah supported the speakers with great ideas and rebuttals and I think all adults and students watching were glad they were not debating the mighty Hammondville Hawks! Well done debaters.

Ms O'Connor

Last week, Mrs Fuller and Mrs Peroni had the pleasure of visiting the K-2 classrooms to present students with green awards. With one week to go, all the staff at Hammondville have been impressed with the way our students have continued to do their best this term.

We are extremely proud of all of our students at Hammondville and recognise the following students in particular, for their hard work and consistent effort. These students have received a green award for being a safe, respectful learner and we congratulate them on their achievements.

K Blue - Emily R, Ethan W, Lily S, Mila D, Raymond M-W, William D, Arham M, Darcie O and Eddie S. 

K Green - Abbygail G and Elizabeth O.

1/2 Copper - Myrtle K, Isabelle R, Adiy S, Lile N, Penny H and Toby R. 

1/2 Gold – Sam K, Levi G, Ishna M, Harper S, Jarryd S, Andrew I, Lachlan B, Eliza S, Daniel C, Freda N and Lincoln H. 

1/2 Platinum - Nathaniel R, Jessie-Jax K, Dylan C, Zak J, Zion G and Olebogeng M.

1/2 Titanium - Annalise J, Amity P, Parker D, Brax E, Charlotte Y, Cooper D, Elijah M, Olivia K, Sonny D, Sophia R and Parker S.

These students received awards in Week 7

K Blue - JM R, Madeleine D and Alana M.

White Awards

Mrs Murray had the pleasure of congratulating and presenting the following students with their White award. A White award is presented when a student has received three Green awards. Well done to;

Isabelle R – 1/2 Copper

Myrtle – 1/2 Copper

Congratulations again, to all of these hard working students.

Mrs Murray, Mrs Fuller, Mrs Peroni and Miss Jenkins.

Last week on Tuesday, Stage 3 experienced an amazing science incursion by Jollybops Science. Rusty the Robot and The Professor showed us different types of solids, liquids and gases, and their different effects on one another. Year 5 and year 6 learned many chemical reactions during unique and extraordinary experiments.

“I found it interesting how they had all these different ingredients and placed them together to make amazing experiments.” - Emily Hartland

“I liked how they crushed up the tennis ball when it was put in the liquid nitrogen.” - Justin Brown

“It was very entertaining and I liked the humour of it and how all of the experiments were explained clearly.” - Moriah Prasad

“I liked the experiments, especially the elephant toothpaste because it was foamy.” - Holly Salzmann

“I really liked the balloon explosions and how fire appeared in the air, as well as learning.” - Emerson Smith

“The comedy made it a fun, educational experience for me and my classmates." - Simone Williamson

“They made education fun and clear for me, because after all the experiments they would explain how it happened.” - Cooper Jenkins

“I really liked the elephant toothpaste and the balloon explosion experiment. Rusty the Robot was also really funny!” - William Hogan

We have made the decision to run our K-2 Cross Country this week on Thursday 24 September. Our teachers will be taking the children out for some extra practice runs before then.

Please make sure your child wears their sports uniform and runners on this day and brings a bottle of water.

Due to current COVID restrictions and a limited grass area at present, this will be a little different than previous years. There will be no parents or carers onsite and the children will run in separate stage groups. We will run the Stage 1 and Kindergarten (in that order), with girls running before boys. The emphasis will be on fun and each child will receive a participation ribbon from their teacher for completing the course.

We know you will miss seeing your child run this year, but we will post lots of photos on Dojo and Facebook for you to view.

Looking forward to seeing many smiling faces run across the finish line on Thursday,

Mrs Enright

Well done to the students who competed in the 3-6 cross country carnival. Below are the results from the day:

8/9 Years Boys

1st - Zaine Pepper

2nd - Zac Frost

3rd - Jericho Prasad

4th - Riley Death

5th - Patrick McLeod

6th - Jett English

7th - Oisin English

8th - Zachary Godfrey

9th - Callum Farah

10th - Qassam Alzoubi

8/9 Years Girls

1st - Saoirse English

2nd - Hannah Rohrer

3rd - Caitlin McIlvena

4th - Madeline James

5th - Elleanor Burrows

6th - Sophie Philpott

7th - Quinta McLaren

8th - Sarah Oostendorp

9th - Isla Austin

10th - Charlotte Wilson

10 Years Boys (Stage 2)

1st - Tyler Hanchard

2nd - Jayden Schipp

3rd - Ethan Skuse

4th - Aidan McDonald

5th - Connor Burkett

6th - Agoamogelwe Moyo

7th - Eli Sullivan

8th - Tristan Scobie

9th - Zach Carroll

10th - Ewen Luks

10 Years Girls (Stage 2)

1st - Mya Tiller

2nd - Leearna Harris

3rd - Siyanah Al-Maaz

4th - Tia Pinder

5th - Alexis Payne

6th - Juliette Zammit

7th - Jazzelle Jones-Rapaea

8th - Lilly Ivanoska

9th - Penelope Czech

10th - Matilda Connolly

10 Years Boys (Stage 3)

1st - Liam Hartwell

2nd - Riley Connelly

3rd - Kyle Anthony

4th - Lemeki Ngalu

10 Years Girls (Stage 3)

1st - Lilly Twigden

2nd - Shyanne Lockhart

3rd - Stevie Rayner

4th - Jolie Hogg

5th - Abigail Fleming

6th - Simone Williamson

7th - Mia Williamson

8th - Irelyn O'Donohue

9th - Alexis Nguyen

11 Years Boys

1st - Cooper Jenkins

2nd - Jaxson Horton

3rd - Aidan Lewis

4th - Ryley Lockwood

5th - Lachlan Lee

6th - Maverick Barry

7th - Zak Cridge

8th - Chace Tiller

9th - Oliver Stajcic

10th - Lachlan McLaren

11 Years Girls

1st - Miriam Gauld

2nd - Isabella Muc

3rd - Annabelle James

4th - Emily Hartland

5th - Chantel Sutch

6th - Holly Salzmann

7th - Shelby Whiting

8th - Alana Julius

9th - Sophie McLean

10th - Mira Alzoubi

12 Years Boys

1st - Cooper Wilson

2nd - Justin Brown

3rd - Kryshtof Pradeaux

4th - Kane Elgood

5th - Heath Majanggil

6th - Lachlan McDonald

7th - Kade English

8th - Robbie Talevski

9th - Aiyden O'Donoghue

10th - Daymon Schuyt

12 Years Girls

1st - Tahlia Lockhart

2nd - Kiana Wilson-Keanie

3rd - Sienna Riches

4th - Liz Harun

5th - Rose Hotz

6th - Jessica Philpott

7th - Ellie Drinkwater

8th - Isabella Gay

9th - Elina Karayannopoulos

10th - Hayley Cridge

Until further notice the Canteen will continue to operate as it did in Term 2. Lunch orders via My School Connect or at the canteen with cash. Students will need to bring orders to school if using cash as parents are still not permitted on site.

Counter sales will still be split with

K-2 at Recess and 3-6 at Lunch. Please remind your child of this.

If you haven’t already done so the app can be downloaded at

https://myschoolconnect.com.au/mobile-app

Lunch orders must be in by 9.00 am on the day required. If you order the night before and your child doesn’t come to school the next day, please go back to the app and cancel your order before 9am or contact the canteen and we will hold the order over until the next day.

If you process your order correctly you will receive a confirmation email.

There will be no Tuesday Treats in Term 3.

Hash Browns are still available to order in Term 3.

Uniform sales will still continue through My School Connect, with orders sent home with children. NO parents are to pick up orders.

Again, all of the above is until further notice.

Your co-operation and support are greatly appreciated.

Tracey O’Hanlon
Canteen Manager