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Ph:(02)42941332or(02)42941050 PRINCIPALREPORT MEETTHETEACHEREVENING Nowthatthetermiswellunderway,Iwouldliketothank I would like to thank parents and carers for their all of you for preparing your children for school this year. participation in our Meet the Teacher Evening held on All of the students have come back with very positive Tuesday evening 21st February. This event provided an attitudestotheirwork,aswellaslookingfantasticintheir opportunity to meet your childs classroom teacher and to uniforms. Even though it is early days and due to the beinformedofclassprogramsandclassroomroutines.An unseasonalweatherwehaveseen,somedifferentclothing even bigger thankyou goes to all of our wonderful staff items have appeared. Could parents please continue to wholedtheeveningintheirclassroomsandgaveuptheir supportour fullschooluniformpolicy,byensuringthatall time to give extra to our school and community. At HPS childrenhaveaschoolhat,correctuniformandblackshoes wecontinuetopromotetheimportanceof communication everydayaswellassportuniformonaFriday.Thiswillbe and participation within our school and encourage you to especiallyimportantonTuesdayforourschoolphotoday. regularlyviewtheschoolswebsitetokeepinformedofall TheHelensburghuniformholdsalotoftraditionandhelps theupcomingeventsthroughouttheschoolyear. us to feel proud and unified as members of our school, especiallyduringour125thanniversaryyear. SPEEDYRETURNOFSCHOOLNOTES Well done to all of our families for your speedy return of BUSTRAVEL signed permission notes and required payments. Your Recently, we have received reports about some incidents support in returning school notes in a timely manner ontheschoolbuses.Manychildreninourschoolregularly greatly supports the planning and organisation of key catch the bus and while most children sit sensibly and do programs and initiatives throughout the school. May I the right thing on the bus, some children have been remind parents and carers that if you are experiencing distractingthe driverand others. Thedriveris responsible difficulty in making payments for planned excursions and forgettingstudentssafelytotheirdestination,sostudents activities, please dont hesitate to contact me to discuss must listen to the driver and do what he or she says. optionsthatwillallowyourchildtoparticipateinallschool During the ride, the driver must concentrate on operating activities. the vehicle. It is important that students not distract the driver by talking loudly or shoving other students. Some YR4EXCURSION basic rules to remember are, listen to the driver, respect The trip to Kurnell for our year 4 students, to view the others,remainseated,keeptheaisleclearandtalkquietly. landingplaceofCaptainCookwasahugesuccessandwill If parents could please talk to their children and remind bethecatalystformanyexcitinglessonsforthestudents. them frequently about these rules, Im sure that it will Theteachersplantousethereallifelearningopportunities makeitapleasanttriptoandfromschoolforeverybody. from the excursion to help enhance the students learning in the classroom. When the students returned to the BULLIHIGHTRANSITIONDAY school, I asked many of them how their day was and the Bulli High Transition Day will be held on the 1st of March unanimous response was it was great Thankyou yet thisyear.ThisdayisforallYear6studentstoexperience againtoourteacherswhoalwaysgoaboveandbeyondto whatHighSchoolislike.Afulldayoflessonsandactivities createexcitinglearningopportunitiesforourstudents.The have been planned to showcase the great programs on teachersresponsewasgoodalsowithMsLawlessstating offer at Bulli High for 2013, with free transport by bus to Their behaviour was exemplary! Made me feel very andfromBulliHighSchool.Aparenteveningon6thMarch proud. isalsoplannedcommencingat6pm. SchoolPhotos SchoolphotoswillbetakentomorrowTuesday28th P&CMEETINGANDANNUALGENERALMEETING February.Fullschooluniformmustbeworn.Familyphoto The 13th of March will be our second P&C meeting of the envelopesareavailableattheoffice. year. It was really great to see our current P&C parents extendingawelcominginvitationtoeverybodyontheMeet the Teacher night. We invite any parents and other interestedcommunitymemberstocomealongtothenext P&Cmeetingandhelpsupportourschool. Creatingafirmfoundationforlifelonglearning email:helensburgp.school@det.nsw.edu.auwebhttp://www.helensburgp.schools.nsw.edu.au Issue5,Monday27thFebruary2012Week6,Term1

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During school hours, many parents are enjoying catching up with others in the school grounds. Id like to take this opportunity to remind parents that it is important to behave appropriately around all children. If there are any issues that cause a great amount of concern it is always besttospeaktotheparentorteacherinvolvedpersonally, but never to a student. If you have any real concerns within our school grounds, then please dont hesitate to askforassistancefromtheprincipal.

BronwynJeffree RelievingPrincipal HelensburghPublicSchool 125thAnniversaryYear

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Date Event 28thFeb SchoolPhotos/HeathcoteHSOpenNight 1stMar WollongongPerformingArtsHSExpo Evening/Yr6TransitionDayBulliHS 5thMar ZoneSwimmingCarnival/EndeavourHS OpenNight 6thMar BulliHSParentNight 13thMar P&CAGM7pm 15thMar SelectiveHStestfor2013 21stMar HarmonyDay 26thMar STEPSEyeScreeningforKindergarten 5thApril LastdayofTerm Environmental News Our working bee will be Sunday 25th March, anytimefrom9am. 12pmparentfeedbacksession. ColinLaFlamme HomeReaders IfyouhaveanyHomeReadersfromlastyearpleasereturn themtoMrsBadham. AnnualEasterRaffle TraditionallyweaskKindy todonateanEasteregg/bunny whichwecanusetomakeupprizesforourEasterRaffle, drawnThursday5thApril,thelastdayofTerm1. Ifanyotherchildren/familieswouldliketodonateeggsor abunnypleaseleavethemattheofficebeforeMonday2nd April.Thankyouforyourcontinuedsupport P&C

Intranet/Blog/WebsiteNews Our students and teachers are very enthused about bloggingatHelensburghPS!Wehavehadnumerousblogs running for our students since 2010. All students in the classes I have for RFF lessons are members of their respective RFF/COGS/ICT blogs. All students are also membersofMrMcQueensLibraryblog.Wealsohaveclass blogsrunninginKB,KDand3Satthemoment,withmore classescomingonboardshortly. How does your child access their blog from home? They need to log into the Student Portal: http:// student.det.nsw.edu.au They need to enter their portal usernameandpassword(theyusethisatschooltoo).Once they click the Agree button they are taken to their dashboard. Here they can access their emails, favourite websites and of course their blogED blogs. All blogs they aremembersofwillbelistedhereintheirblogEDblogroll and they simply click on the blog title. Students should alwaysaccesstheblogsthattheyaremembersofthrough thestudent portalthiswayonlytheirfirstnamewillbe published and there is no need to enter any other information. We are also very conscious of being cyber smart and usingthecorrectbloggingetiquettewithourstudents.We suggest all parents read through our school blogging guidelinesthatcanbeaccessedontheCurrentBlogspage onourwebsite. MrsSueDowling CANTEEN N EWS FromMonday27thFebruarytheyoghurtfrogswill be15ceach(bag60c)andsunfruitswillbe3for 20c(bag60c).Wewillbe celebratingStPatricks Day with a green theme day on Friday 16th March. Lovely green jellies and cupcakes and a few extra surprises. Watch the Highlights for an orderformforaCheesenBaconrolldaylaterin March. Apples are now 70c each (whole or slinky). NO toasted sandwiches are available for term1.Breakfastoptionsarealsoavailable:raisin toast 50c per slice, vegemite on toast 50c per slice and Up N Go various flavours $1.70, milo $1.00percup. UniformNews Our new HPS logo school bags are in stock and look great. Drop by the canteen to have a look. Wealsohavesomeofthenewmicrofiberjackets in stock. The uniform shop is open from 7.30 to 12noon(canteenopeninghours). Thankyouforyoucontinuedsupport. Jan 42941778 Bronwyn 42943568

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Library News
PremiersReadingChallenge Our school will be registering for the Premiers Reading Challenge next week. Children in kindergarten to year 2 will complete the challenge in their class. Notes giving parents information about the challenge and the school permissiontoregisterindividualchildrenwillgohomethis week. Children in years 3 6 are encouraged and supported to undertakethechallengeathomebyborrowingandreading challengebooksfromtheschoollibrary.Ifachildinyears 36expressesaninterestintakingpartinthechallengea note will go home this week informing parents of how to registerandcompletethechallenge. Goodlucktoallparticipants. LibraryMonitors I have been overwhelmed by the number of year 5 studentswhohaveappliedtobelibrarymonitorsthisyear. Over the next week or two I will be conducting training with the applicants and will announce the 12 successful childrenin2weeks. MrMcQueen TeacherLibrarian

Results Swimming Carnival 2012

Junior Relay 1 Samuel , Aiden , Jasmin , Jordan 2 Shannyn , Jessica , Claudia , Tyara 3Jade , Amy , Minnie , Aahlia

1 Beau , James , Lachie 2 Matthew , Billy , Ryan , Dylan 3 Andrew , Jack , Ryan, Ryan 4 Corey , Otto , Billy , Kit

Senior Relay

1 Lara , Jamie , Natasha , Emily

1 Matthew , Jackson , Ethan , Cooper 2 Lochlan , Chase , Zac , Slade 3 Finn , NFP, Tommy , Reece 4 Drew , Gabe , Harry , Lachlan

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Results Swimming Carnival 2012

CHAMPIONS BOYS JUNIORS Nathan Beau Dylan Bowen Lachie GIRLS JUNIORS Amy Aahlia Macey Minnie Event All Age 100 M F/s 9 7 7 6 6 BOYS 11 YEARS Jackson Gabe Drew Byron GIRLS 11 YEARS 20 Emily 11 Lara 8 Kristen 7 Ella GIRLS Name 1 Amy 2 Emily 3 Jamie 4 Aahlia 1 Jordan House Time H F H M B Name 23 7 5 2 15 9 7 5 BOYS SENIORS Cooper Matthew Zac Tommy GIRLS SENIORS Ellouise Jamie Natasha BOYS House H H F H B F F B M H F M F M H B M H H F B Time 1:28:961 Mathew 1:39:452 Jackson 1:43:973 Cooper 1:49:304 Billy 1:28:481 Bowen 2 Ryan 3 Ryan 4 Billy 46:361 Nathan 59:692 Dylan 1:07:033 Billy 1:09:004 Joshua 36:771 Beau 48:252 Lachie 48:493 Kit 50:924 James 41:711 Jackson 45:822 Slade 47:433 Gabe 47:604 Isaac 43:701 Matthew 47:492 Cooper 56:273 NFP 4 Zac 19 11 6 17 16 5 5

1.15.23 1.37.41 1.48.00 1.52.09 00:54:81 00:59:07 01:05:33 01:33:00 45:80 51:64 53:67 1:01:27 47:34 51:27 51:37 51:69 40:30 47:17 50:03 53:30 35:01 41:51 42:35 44:90

8 YR 50M Age Race 9 YR 50M Age Race 10 YR 50M Age Race 11 YR 50M Age Race 12 YR 50M Age Race

1 Macey 2 Jessica 3 Jasmin 4 Sian 1 Amy 2 Jade 3 Aahlia 4 Minnie 1 Emily 2 Kristen 3 Ella 4 Lily 1 Ellouise 2 Jamie 3 Natasha

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Results Swimming Carnival 2012

Junior Br/s

Amy Aahlia Jade Minnie Emily Daisy Kristen Lara Ellouise Jamie Natasha

H M M H F F F H B H B

49:25Nathan 1:10:60Lachlan 1:15:69Corey 1:16:52Jack 58:78Jackson 59:93Byron 1:08:33Drew 1:12:11Slade 1:10:37Chase 1:11:29Zac 1:11:83Cooper Tommy 1:00:70Dylan 1:01:29Beau 1:05:98Bowen 1:09:97Nathan 55:28Jackson 59:24Ethan 1:32:93sDrew Gabe 1:10:37Cooper 1:11:29Lachlan 1:11:83Tommy 46:20No Swimmers 1:13:36 1:21:73 1:23:23 1:02:93Gabe 1:14:16Drew Byron 1:06:53Matthew Cooper Tommy 3:36:34No Swimmers 4:34:68Mathew 4:56:67Cooper Gabe Zac

H M H B H F B B B B F F H B H H H B M F B F

1:05:59 1:09:26 1:20:70 1:23:06 1:00:30 1:07:99 1:11:21 1:12:81 1:00:60 1:02:69 1:06:57 1:12:89 1:02:53 1:06:54 1:08:64 1:10:28 52:71 58:85 1:01:27 1:01:36 52:73 1:00:09 1:22:18

11 YR Br/s

12 Br/s

Junior Bk/s

Macey Aahlia Minnie Jessica Emily Lara Alysha Ellouise Jamie Natasha Amy Minnie Aahlia Jessica Emily Lara Ellouise

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11 YR Bk/s

12 Bk/s

Junior B/Fly

11 YR B/Fly 12-13 B/Fly Junior Medley Senior Medley

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38:46 58:75 1:07:67 3:11:16 4:48:53 5:12:67 5:38:41

Amy Emily Ellouise

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Swimming Champion Boys 1st4points

NAME 1213YR Matthew Cooper Zac Tom 11YR Jackson Slade Gabe Byron Drew Junior Billy Beau Nathan Bowen Dylan Lachie CLASS 5/6C 6A 5/6C 6A 5/6C 5T 4/5B 4/5B 5/6C 3J 4/5B 3J 2S 3S 4/5B F/s 4 3 1 4 3 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 Br/s 2 3 1 4 1 3 2 4 3

2nd3points3rd2points4th1point
Bk/s 4 2 4 1 2 3 1 2 4 Fly 4 3 2 4 2 3 100m 4 2 3 1 Medley 4 3 1 2 Total points 16 17 5 5 15 4 9 5 7 3 7 9 6 7 6

Swimming Champions Girls

NAME 1213 YR Jamie Ellouise Natasha 11 YR Emily Kristen Ella Lara Junior Amy Aahlia Macey Jessica Jade Minnie

CLASS 6A 6A 6A 4/5B 5/6C 4/5B 4/5B 5T 4/5B 3S 4M 5T 4/5B

F/s 3 4 2 4 3 2 4 2 4 3 3 1

Br/s 3 4 2 4 2 1 4 3 2 1

Bk/s 3 4 2 4 3 3 4 1 2

Fly 4 4 3 4 2 1 3

100m 2 3 4

Medley 3 4 4 1

Total points 11 19 6 23 5 2 7 20 11 8 5 5 7

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