Principal Awards
The following awards will be presented at our K-6 Assembly to be held on Wednesday 24 August, 2016 at 2.15pm.
Principal’s Award: Shadi A (2/3TR), Liliana A (KC), Madison B (3W), Zoe C (1/2P), Riley F (4W), Abigail G-R (KR), Ethan H (KC), Niah H (KC), Amara I (KR), Brianna L (1M), Zane O (4/5R), Jai P (K/1H), Chloe P (4/5R), Karinda P (3HG), Madelyn P (3HG), Kiyana R (1K) Shakina T (2/3TR)
Gold Principal’s Award: Elliote C (K/1H) and Diama S (1M).
Notes Home
Calmsley Hill City Farm Excursion-Kindergarten
Payments Due
Calmsley Hill Farm – Kindergarten Olympathon Sponsor Money Disco Tickets (Prepaid)
NAPLAN Reports
NAPLAN 2016 results will be sent home to parents on the 22 August. All students who participated in the NAPLAN tests will get an individual report of their results. NAPLAN individual student reports provide information about what students know and have achieved in the areas of reading, writing, language conventions and
numeracy. They also provide information on how students have performed in relation to other students in the same year group, and against the national average (over one million students participate in NAPLAN tests each year) and the national minimum standards.
What’s in the NAPLAN student report
The front page of the student report provides some general information about the tests, and an explanation of how to read the report. The second and third pages have diagrams that show the relevant part of the assessment scale in bands for that year level. For each year level, only six of the ten bands are shown on the student report. Year 3 student reports show bands 1 to 6, and the national minimum standard is band 2
Year 5 student reports show bands 3 to 8, and the national minimum standard is band 4. The student’s result in each area (reading, writing, spelling, grammar & punctuation, and numeracy) is marked on the common assessment scales. The diagrams in the student report also show the range for the middle 60 percent of students, the national average result, and the national minimum standard for each year level. The final page of the report has a table that provides a brief
description of what students have typically demonstrated in the tests at each band.
Panania North Public School
202-204 Bransgrove Road, Panania, 2213
Phone: (02) 9773 8394 / (02) 9773 6736 Fax: (02) 9792 3951 E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.pananianth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
What’s Coming Up?
Week 6
Monday 22 August
• Book Week 2016 Commences
Tuesday 23 August
• Dance Troup Practice
Wednesday 24 August
• Dance Troup Practice • K-6 Assembly (1M)
Thursday 25 August
Week 7
Monday 29 August
• Stage Finals Public Speaking Competition
Tuesday 30 August
• Dance Troup Practice
Wednesday 31 August
• Dance Troup Practice
Thursday 1 September
PNPS Technology Update
The curriculum team at PNPS have been very busy this year with planning, researching and developing ideas to improve our use of ICT within the school and to ensure that our students have access to devices that will prepare them for the future.
New Devices are Coming
After many hours of research we are excited to announce that we have just purchased 45 Samsung tablets and cases to be placed in the infants classrooms and learning Hub to work alongside the iPads. These tablets offer endless opportunities for teachers to engage students in their learning whilst teaching the students valuable technology skills.
We are also beginning the process of updating the computer lab. We are replacing the current ageing desktops with new portable laptops and have already ordered the first 15 laptops to be placed in that room. By the end of this year we hope to of replaced most of the computers in the computer lab. Our vision for the lab is to make it a more engaging and exciting learning space that will cater for, and encourage 21st century learning.
Improvement in Access to WIFI
With all these new devices coming into the school we will also be updating our WIFI access points to ensure that all classrooms and devices will have adequate access to WIFI.
Staff Development
The staff of PNPS have developed a PNPS Weebly Webpage to effectively share quality IT resources. Resources such as websites, web quests, educational videos etc have been added to this webpage, creating a central place for staff to easily locate and share IT resources to enrich classroom programs.
BYOD is on its way (Bring your own device)
We are busily developing our BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy and agreement for years 4- 6 with the aim to commence this program in the next couple of weeks. At this stage students will be permitted to bring a device that they already have at home to school. We hope to team up with either HP or Microsoft to discuss buying options for next year. More information about this will come out later this year with the plan to hold an information evening for parents about BYOD and purchasing options.
Homework Club
Please be advised the homework club will not operate next Tuesday, 23rd August and Tuesday, 13th September due to compulsory professional learning being undertaken by PNPS teaching staff between 3.30-6:30pm.
District Athletics Carnival
Panania North District Athletes had a great day on Wednesday. The sun was shining as were our performances. All students gave 100% and should be proud of their efforts.
A big thank you to Mr Williams and Mr Hampton for all their hard work getting the athletes there on the day.
Below are the students who will go on to represent their district at the Sydney South West Athletics Carnival.
10 Year Boys 100m Sidhant T 12 Year Boys 800m Hayden S 12 Year Boys Dicsus Jake L 8 Year Boys 100m Obadiah D 9 Year Boys 100m Dylan T 9 Year Girls 100m Emily R Junior Boys 200m Sidhant T
Junior Boys Relay Eric B, Sidhant T, Jeremiah D & Griffin F Junior Girls Relay Emily R, Taylor N, Meagan H & Holly C
Book Fair News
We would like to thank our parents and friends for supporting our Annual Book Fair. Sales generated $1500 in commissions from Scholastic Australia! What a fantastic result! We will be purchasing new picture books and novels through Scholastic, which will enhance our collection for student loans. There will be no Book Club this Term, due to the new finance system introduction. Our final Book Club for 2016 will be early in Term 4.
Mrs Robertson, Mrs Ponticello, Ms Archibald
Student Representative Council
Congratulations to the following students who were elected to serve on the Student Representative Council during terms 3 & 4, 2016.
(K/1H) Jai & Elliotte (1M) Ruby and Ayrlie (1KR) Kye & Holly (1/2P) Gabriella & Cobalt (2W) Cameron & Hassan (2/3TR) Arielle & Aaliyah (3W) Alexia & Charlise (3HG) Karina & Jayden (4W) Sara M & Dylan (4/5R) Jessica & Marissa (5/6K) Grace P & Meagan H (5/6H) Lara T & Laura (5/6G) Avril & Brian
The new SRC representatives will be inducted at the School Assembly next Wednesday, 24 August. Thank you to all the nominees and staff for participating and supporting the Get Voting process.
Olympathon
Last Tuesday all of the students at Panania North participated in an Olympathon. The opening ceremony was a sea of colour with the flags from 16 different countries. A student from each class carried the torch around our bottom oval.
After the opening ceremony, the children challenged their physical abilities by participating in different activities which centred around the Olympic Games. The weather was great and the students enjoyed all of the events. It was wonderful to see the support of our parents who attended the day and encouraged our students in their activities.
At the closure of the day, all students received a wrist band for their participation. Thank you to the P and C for providing tea and coffee on the day to our parents and organising the prizes and online sponsorship for our fundraising event.
P& C Newsletter
Next P&C Meeting Monday, 5 September @ 7pm in New P&C Room. Keep up to date via the Facebook Page; Panania North Public School P&C
• Thank you to all the kids for participating in Olymmpathon Day on Tuesday you all looked like you were having a ball. Thank you to all the teachers for organising all the events, special thanks to Mrs Thomas who organised everything. The time has now come for ALL the children to bring in their Olympathon form marked with their name, class and prize that they would like that corresponds with how much they got sponsored for. Regardless of whether your child was sponsored online each child MUST hand in a form to be eligible for a prize.
PLEASE RETURN FORM & PAYMENT TO SCHOOL NO LATER THAN Wednesday, 31 AUGUST 2016 – NO ONLINE PAYMENTS ACCEPTED
If you do not have a form the office has spares you can also print this one off and hand that in.
• Our Father’s Day Stall will be held on Thursday 1st
September. Each child will have the opportunity to purchase a present with their class then come back at recess to purchase extras. Presents will be $2, $3, $4, & $5. If they could have the correct money and bring a plastic bag with them it would help us out.
• School Disco will be held on Friday, 9September. Everyone should have received their early bird pre-purchase discount disco note & volunteer notes. Please see the office if you need a copy.
• The 60th
Birthday Fete organisation details are coming along nicely. Thank you to everyone that came to our last meeting all input is greatly appreciated. Our next Fete meeting is on Wednesday, 24 August @ 10am in our new P&C room. Everyone is invited.
• We have started selling pavers. So get yourself a part of history and purchase a 60th Birthday Paver. There are different options available at different costs. You will find a list below.
• Don’t forget Early Bird Discount All Day Ride Tickets are still on sale get in quick and save money. Rides are catering for all ages. You don’t need to be at our school to obtain the early bird discount so please pass our ride form around to all your friends and family. Election Day Cake Stall
Many thanks to everyone who donated cakes, slices, cookies and catering supplies for our cake stall. Also, thanks to those who purchased on the day. With such a variety of goodies some people found it difficult to choose. The stall raised $760 which was a great effort
School Banking
A reminder that only the following 2016 reward items are still available: Jump and Skip Rope
Backtrack eraser pen Wildlife writer set Outback pat bag tag
If you have 10 tokens or over you can claim a reward. Don’t worry if you cannot find a token as the Bank provides a weekly list of students who are eligible. Due to the current demand it is expected the Backtrack eraser Pens will run out before the end of term. If this is the reward item you want and you have 10 tokens then make sure you request it now to avoid disappointment.
It is not too late if you wish to start school Banking. Just open a Dollarmite account with the Commonwealth Bank and you can start banking on Wednesday.
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Sponsorship: 60
th
Birthday Fete Day
The Panania North Public School P&C Association would like thank our Sponsors. Without their generous contributions we would not be able to organise this special event.
A variety of sponsorship levels are on offer and sponsorship may take the form of money or goods and/or services donated in kind. For further information or to discuss alternate ways to support our event, please do not hesitate to contact Panania North Public School P&C [email protected]
Our Platinum Sponsors:
Our Friends Of Panania North Sponsors:
Other Donations:
A Special thanks to the following companies for their contributions: • Bankstown Sports Club
REVESBY CRAFT
TWILIGHT FAIR
*Beautiful Craft *Home Grown Goods *Great Music *Delicious FoodSaturday 27
thAugust
9am-2.30pm
Where: Abel Reserve Revesby
Alongside Revesby Rail Station Contact: Sandra McDonald
0408 633 181 Em: [email protected]
www.revesbycraftfair.net.au
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