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Dear Parents and carers,
As we progress through another term, our students continue to excel academically, socially, and emotionally, and it’s inspiring to see their growth each day. I am immensely proud of the dedication our teachers and staff demonstrate in fostering a nurturing and stimulating environment for our students.
As we look ahead, there are many events on the horizon. I encourage all parents to stay involved and engaged with our school community, as your support is invaluable to the success of our students.
We continue to seek donations of lollies, prizes for our Chocolate Wheel and Hoopla, as well as sponsorship for our stalls. Your generous contributions will not only support our 75th Birthday Celebrations but will also help us invest in resources and programs that will benefit our students for years to come. No donation is too small, and every contribution will make a difference.
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to our school. I look forward to seeing what we can achieve together in the coming months.
Justine Miller
Father’s Day stall – HELPERS NEEDED
As a result of the change in date for the Athletics Carnival, the Father’s Day Stall will now be held on Thursday 29th August 2024.
The P&C are looking for volunteers to assist in running the stall for the day. If you are able to assist on the day, even if you can only spare one hour, please register using the below link. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
https://forms.gle/yrGd76jcq6KUyv4T6
Pre-orders
Pre-orders for the Fathers Day stall will close on Wednesday 21 August 2024. Please ensure that your forms are returned to the school and payment is made by the closing date so that your pre-order can be processed.
Children will still be able to purchase items at the Fathers Day stall, however the Fathers Day stall is cash only.
P&C Meeting
The August P&C meeting will be held on Monday 19 August 2024 at 7pm. The meeting is held online and is a great opportunity to hear from the Principal about what is happening around the school and to ask any questions that you may have. To join the meeting, please use the following link.
On Friday 20th September, at our 75th birthday celebrations, there will be a raffle with fantastic prizes! All students have been given 20 raffle tickets to sell (attached to the note distributed on Monday 12th August).
The following prizes will be given away to the winning raffle tickets:
• Napoleon Perdis Golden Ticket (valued at $600)
• Sony Playstation 4 (valued at $450)
• Nintendo Switch Lite (valued at $330)
• L’Occitane advent calendar (valued at $250)
• Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage (valued at $250)
• Parramatta Eels Jersey (signed by 2 players) (valued at $200)
• Bike (valued at $150)
• Maj hair studio voucher (valued at $100)
• Social Hideout Café Parramatta $100 voucher
• Loaded Bros Parramatta $100 voucher
• Mes Cheveux Colour Package (valued at $99)
• Scooter (valued at $80)
Tickets are $1 each. Please write the following information on the ticket stub.
Keep all of the ticket stubs and return them to the school office (NOT your child’s classroom teacher), along with the sales money in a sealed and labelled envelope or zip lock bag by Friday 13th September. All money must be returned in cash.
If you would like more tickets to sell, these can be collected from the office.
On Friday 20th September, at our 75th birthday celebrations, there will be a sausage sizzle and ice cream spider stall run by the OSHClub staff. In order to ensure we have the correct number of sausages, we would like all sausages to pre-ordered. On the day there will only be a strictly limited number of sausages for sale for people without pre-orders, and these will only be available to purchase in the afternoon once pre-ordered sausages have been claimed.
The following items are available to pre-order:
Beef sausage sizzle - $3
Chicken sausage sizzle - $3
Vegetarian sausage sizzle - $3
Ice cream spider - $2
All sausages are halal.
Sausages will be served on a slice of white bread
Payment must be completed via the School Bytes Parent Portal by Friday 23rd August. Please order all items for your family under the name of the eldest child. This child will receive their sausage and spider tokens in the morning before the fete.
It was a pleasure to welcome our families into our open classrooms last week to have a taste of the magic that happens in these rooms each day. Thank you to all the mums, dads, grandparents and other family members who come in. Happy Public Education Week!
This year's theme was 'Proud to Belong' and we asked some of our community what belonging means to them.
1 Burra has recently been conducting some investigations during our maths lessons. We have been observing which polygons have a line of symmetry - that is, they are a mirror image on each side. We have identified that some polygons have a vertical line of symmetry and some have a horizontal line of symmetry. Some polygons even have both vertical and horizontal lines of symmetry! We have also experimented by making some shapes and patterns that are symmetrical using some polygon blocks and a mirror or shiny cardboard to prove it is symmetrical by checking the mirror shows the same pattern, and it not off to the side, or bending a different way. We looked from the top to check that when it was chopped in half, the mirror showed what we could see the same pattern. Have a look at some of our creations below.
Here are the photos from one of this weeks' maths lessons in 4 Wombady. It was a fun lesson about finding the area of a shape on a grid square. There were some chellenging tasks where they had to understand that half a triangle is the same area as a square and to add it all up accordingly. They did an excellent job giving it their best efforts!
5/6 Windradyne have been learning lots about mathematical problems and the various ways we can solve addition and subtraction problems. We have been using strategies like split, compensation, number combinations, empty number lines. We have also been using these strategies to solve a variety of different worded problems. Below you'll some different work that we have been completing. Enjoy.
Thank you to Napoleon Perdis who have contributed a 'golden ticket' to our 75th fete raffle. This ticket gives you, and three friends, exclusive access to an entire Napoleon Perdis store! Attend a private and customised two-hour, hands-on Makeup Workshop with 2 professional Napoleon Perdis Makeup Artists who will teach you beauty industry tips and tricks and how to perfect your everyday makeup, as well as how to dial it up for a glam evening look – perfect for desk to dinner! PLUS receive 20% off all purchases on the day. Experience values at $600. Don't forget to buy your raffle ticket!
Thank you to Grill'd Parramatta who have donated a voucher which will be yours to win on our Chocolate Wheel on the day of the 75th birthday fete.
