9.00 York Public School YABBER
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9.00 York Public School YABBER
York Public School YABBER Evan Street, South Penrith Phone: 4731 6577 Fax: 4721 7522 Email: [email protected] Website: www.york-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Find us on Facebook – York Public School From the Principal 5th May, 2015 Welcome to Week 3! The term two calendar has been distributed and as you can see there are some exciting events in store for our school. Our Stage 3 students have returned from camp. Our Facebook posts included photos and Mr Sinfield reported on the wonderful feedback we received regarding our school. We are very proud of the students and teachers. They are an excellent reflection of our York Public School community. NAPLAN is next week. It will involve our Year 3 and 5 students only. information on Page 3 of the Yabber. There is more Our Annual School Report is now available on our website. It provides the community with information on our 2014 year. We have also included our 2015-2017 school plan. The plan is in its first draft and I am taking both items to our P & C meeting tonight. I look forward to gaining feedback from our community. Kelly Paton Principal WEDNESDAY 6TH MAY (TOMORROW) GIFTS $2.00 - $9.00 SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION School Hours 8.55am – 3.00pm Office Hours 8.30am – 3.00pm Receipting - Daily 8.30am – 2.30pm ** EFTPOS IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE BUT CANNOT BE PROCESSED OVER THE PHONE ** Playground supervision commences at 8.30am. No child should be in the playground before this time. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ASSEMBLIES K – 2 Friday 9.00am – 10.00am 3 – 6 Friday 2.00pm – 3.00pm MONDAY WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES will only ND be EVERY 2 WEEK now. The dates for Term 2 will th th nd be 11 May, 25 May and 22 June. CLOTHING POOL Monday and Friday’s 8.30am – 9.15am STUDENT BANKING – DOLLARMITE ACCOUNTS Wednesday’s – Bank books to teachers at the beginning of the day. NEWSLETTER – YABBERS Please email [email protected] to receive the YABBER via email. YABBER is also available on our website and a link will be available from our Facebook page when each edition is uploaded. EASTER GUESSING COMPETITION We would like to thank all of our families for making our Easter Guessing Competition yet another rewarding fundraiser for the Creative Arts Team, especially for York On Show which will take place later this year – it was great to see the amount of donations for the baskets and being able to have over 80 baskets. We raised $1730.00 – FANTASTIC!!! EASTER HAT PARADE Just a few photos from our Easter Hat Parade on nd Thursday 2 April – It was wonderful to see the creative hats made at school by our Kindergarten to Year 2 students and to those students in Years 3 to 6 who made their hats at home. NAPLAN IS NEXT WEEK FOR YEAR 3 AND YEAR 5 STUDENTS CHESS CLUB NEWS Are you interested in defeating kings and queens? Have you always wanted to be a knight in shining armour? Have you ever wanted to command an entire army? If so, you should play Chess! Chess is a game for all ages. It is easy to learn but difficult to master. We run Chess club every Thursday at lunch in Mrs. Robins classroom. No experience is necessary. If you would like more information, please speak to Mr Dodds. Mr. Dodds Chess coordinator. CHOIR NEWS PULSE choir practise TUESDAY - first break -Mrs Smith's Room PVPAF / School Choir practise THURSDAY – first break – Mrs Smith’s Room For further information please follow the LINK below to our website: http://www.york-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/newsletters DANCE NEWS – REHEARSAL TIMES STUDENT LEAVE – HOLIDAYS & SICK HOLIDAYS – If you are planning on taking your child out of the school on vacation for more than 5 days an ‘Exemption from Attendance’ form is required to be filled in and returned to school prior to your trip. You will be required to take this away with you. SICK – If your child is away from school because of illness, it is a requirement that an absence note be written and given to their teacher upon their return. Alternatively, you can telephone the school informing us of their absence and the teacher will be notified. Year 1 & 2 st MONDAY 1 Break – HALL (Song for 1 & 2 is Land of 1000 Dances – Wilson Pickett, song is also on this YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mz_EXHKGHs ) nd Year 3 & 4 MONDAY – 2 Break – HALL and FRIDAY 8.30am – HALL Year 5 & 6 MONDAY 8.30am – HALL and TUESDAY 8.30am - HALL YEAR 5 & 6 CAMP - NARRABEEN Year 5 & 6 students attended camp at Narrabeen – Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation last week th th from Monday 27 to Wednesday 30 April. Activities included at camp were Ropes Course with Flying Fox, Rock Climbing, Archery, Canoe/Kayaking and a trip to the Beach. All students and staff had a wonderful time – here are a few pics (for many more th please visit our Facebook page from the 27 April onwards). Many thanks to all our volunteers who will be assisting with the Mother’s Day Stall. Many people are helping with the stall setup this afternoon and/or being at the stall tomorrow morning. Thank you! The P&C will be holding a massive fundraiser at the end of this term. This will be a Dance-a-thon! Mr Sinfield has kindly agreed to host this event for us. It will be similar to a walk-a-thon, with donation cards being sent home. We will be hoping to raise money to assist the school with placing air conditioner units in the hall. This would be fantastic, especially with York On Show at the end of the year. Please look out for more information to come, watch this space! A BIG thanks to Tracey Dunn who once again has made many handmade gifts for the Mother’s Day Stall. Each item is handmade and very time consuming. We are very lucky to have such a talented and generous Mum at our school. A gift donation from Diesel – 2VG was also received, many thanks for this gift. On behalf of the P & C I would like to wish all the amazing Mum’s ‘A VERY HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY’. And a big hug to all those very special Grandma’s /Nanna’s as well. Enjoy being spoilt this Sunday. The next P&C meeting is TONIGHT from 7.00pm in the top staffroom and our next meeting will be held on nd Tuesday 2 June at 7.00pm. FACEBOOK Remember this page is to keep everyone updated on what is happening and is a reference that can be accessed anywhere. Please respect this page – no negativity is greatly appreciated or posts will be deleted. YEAR 5 UPCOMING GRAFFITI WORKSHOP On Friday 22nd May Year 5 will be attending a Graffiti Workshop here at school. More information will come closer to the event. LIVE LIFE WELL Easy ways to add physical activity to your day: walk to the store, the school or the playground instead of using the car allow time for children to play outdoors park the car away from the shops get off the bus one stop earlier don’t use the remote control plant a veggie garden take the stairs instead of escalators or lifts schedule regular time each week for your family to be physically active together limit television time to no more than two hours per day or 14 hours a week. What is a serve of fruit? One serve of fruit is equal to one medium piece of fruit, two smaller pieces or one cup of chopped fruit. What is a serve of vegetables? One serve of vegetables is equal to one medium potato, half a cup cooked vegetables (including legumes) or one cup of salad vegetables. Recommended daily intake for children Age of child (years) Fruit (serves) Vegetables (serves) 4-7 1-2 2-4 8-11 1-2 3-5 12-18 3-4 4-9
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