hampden happenings - Hampden Park Public School

Oct ober 2014
Ter m 4 W eek 3
HAMPDEN
HAPPENINGS
www.hampdenpk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Prefects 2015
Term 4 sees the year 5 prefect
candidates busy preparing election
speeches to be held on Tuesday 18th
November 2014.
We wish all of them the best of luck in
the election process. Invitations to the
parents of the pre-elected students will
sent out prior to the day.
Please support your child, along with the
year 5 teachers, by listening to their
speech at home and providing any
feedback.
SCHOOL VALUES
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITY
CARE
COOPERATION
HONESTY
SCHOOL RULES
A C T S A FE L Y A T
A L L T IM ES
B E O N T IM E T O
S C H O OL A N D
CLASS
C A R E F OR
E V E R Y ON E A ND
E V E R Y TH IN G
S E IZ E E VE R Y
O P P O RT U N IT Y T O
LEARN
OFFICE HOURS
8.30 —3.15 pm
Students are not to be
at school prior to 8.30
am when supervision
begins and are to be
picked up promptly by a
parent or caregiver at
3.00 pm.
W EBSITE
Visit our website at
www.hampdenpkp.schools.nsw.edu.au
and see photos of our
staff and students at
work and read
information related to
the school and the local
community.
Breakfast Club
Dear Parents,
As the end of year approaches we are
preparing for a number of regular
Hampden Park events which happen at
this time.
Please carefully read the
information on the following pages about
our comprehensive Kindergarten 2015
transition program.
Preparations are also underway for the
Year 6 Farewell, Presentation Day, and
Prefect elections amongst others.
Altogether this is an extremely busy time
of the year for our school community –
We are also involved in school planning
processes in readiness for 2015 and
beyond. Keep in touch by checking out
our website and Facebook pages.
Swimming Scheme – Congratulations to
all students who successfully completed
this year’s swimming program. A very big
thank you to Ms Whalan, Ms Conwell,
Mrs Carter, Ms Richardson, Ms Hajaid
and Ms Mavromatis who accompanied
our students to the pool each day of the
nine day program.
Mark Pearce
Deputy Principal
H A MP D E N P A R K P U B LI C S C H O OL, H A M P D E N R O A D , L A K E M B A N S W 2 1 9 5
The Breakfast Club has started up this
term at Hampden Park. The aim of the
program is to assist students to get a
good start to the school day by sharing a
nutritious meal in a supervised
environment.
It is important for all students to develop
healthy eating habits to help sustain
them throughout the day. The Breakfast
Club runs every Wednesday at 8.30am
in the Kindergarten G Block.
Breast Cancer Awareness
Month
To show support for women and families
personally affected by breast cancer we
will be having a morning tea at Recess
Tuesday 28th October.
Please show your support by bringing a
plate to share and a gold coin donation.
There will be lucky door prizes selling for
a dollar a ticket, which will be drawn
Thursday 30th at assembly.
As of this Monday the support unit staff
will be selling tickets between 8.30am9am, up until the Thursday morning.
PH: 02 9750 4111
FAX: 02 9740 5153
Volcano Art Prize
Congratulations to the amazing artists who won prizes in the Volcano Art Prize run by the LEAD Group.
23 student artworks were high commended with 5 artworks featured in the LEAD Group’s 2015 calendar.
You can view their amazing artworks and purchase the 2015 winning artworks at volcanoartprize.com
My Bird by Hind Al Mashaoor 6CE
Red Poppy – the Anzac Funeral
Flower by Roukayah El-Mourad 6CE
H A MP D E N P A R K P U B LI C S C H O OL, H A M P D E N R O A D , L A K E M B A N S W 2 1 9 5
Opera House by Nabila Hussein 4RH
PH: 02 9750 4111
FAX: 02 9740 5153
Volcano Art Prize
List of Winners
Abica Fatima - Aboriginal Art
Maria Zaman - Explosion
Rony Adnan - Beautiful Tree Patterns
Leonard Carey - Snake Pit
Roukayah El-Mourad - Red Poppy
Leyanna Flaifel - Aboriginal Tortoise
Salam Hassal - Aboriginal Art
Izzah Hussain - Aboriginal Tortoise
Nabila Hussein - Opera House
Ibrohim Hamza - Lizard
Meerab Imran - Fire Bird
Raita Islam - Beautiful Emu
Zein Kusuma - The Descent of Uluru
Zahra Lativa - Aboriginal Emu
Hind Al Mashaoor - My Bird
Muhammad Nadjamuddin - Turtle
Summeyya Qureshi - Dot Snake
Abdur Reman - Artwork Lizard
Adham Salameh - Angry Snake
Della Salsabila - Sunflowers
Filip Strezoski - Aboriginal Lizard
Arooba Sultana - Aboriginal Turtle
Fatima Syed - Geometric Trees
H A MP D E N P A R K P U B LI C S C H O OL, H A M P D E N R O A D , L A K E M B A N S W 2 1 9 5
PH: 02 9750 4111
FAX: 02 9740 5153
kNOw Waste:
Litter, Litter, Everywhere
Canterbury Network Public Speaking
Competition 2014
On Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th October,
Transpacific Cleanaway visited our school on
behalf of the City of Canterbury Council to teach
Stage 1 (grades 1 and 2) students about litter and
recycling. Students participated in a lesson called
Litter, Litter Everywhere which is part of the kNOw
Waste Education Program.
The day I was going Chullora Public School I was
very excited and I wished myself a good luck. I
quickly packed my bag and ran like the wind.
When I arrived I watched the kindergarten children
give their speeches. Later I saw Year 5 and 6 say
their speeches.
The kNOw Waste Education Program is aimed at
teaching children about sustainable waste
management practices. It is hoped that children
who participate in the program also share their
learning experiences with their family, relatives
and friends.
The Litter, Litter Everywhere lesson focused on
the items that don’t make it into the bin and
become ‘rubbish on the run!’
We discussed:
- Where we have seen litter at school and
where we live
- How the litter got there
- Why litter is bad for the environment
- How to reduce the litter around us
Disposing of rubbish safely and effectively are
essential ways to:
- Reduce the risk from unsafe litter where our
families play
- Keep our citiies beautiful and free of
unsightly rubbish
- Ensure a cleaner, greener environment for us
and future generations.
Stage 1 students thoroughly enjoyed participating
in this program and were very surprised with the
amount of litter and rubbish we collected together
from our school playground. Student have become
aware of the unsafe and unhygienic nature of litter
and now remind and encourage each other to
throw their litter in school bins.
Finally it was my turn! When I was giving my
speech I was trying to remember to have eyecontact, speak loudly and remember to use
expression in my voice. Luckily I got an award for
making it to this competition.
The other participants from our school were
Monica Chowdhury, Taquee Tazwar and Fatimah
Patel. Monica and Taquee received a Highly
Commended award. I was really happy and proud
of myself for participating in the competition.
Thankyou Ms Richardson and Ms Tanner for
helping me to achieve that level with my public
speaking.
Arooba Sultana 3NW
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H A MP D E N P A R K P U B LI C S C H O OL, H A M P D E N R O A D , L A K E M B A N S W 2 1 9 5
PH: 02 9750 4111
FAX: 02 9740 5153