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PADSTOW HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
From the Principal
Congratulations to our band for their excellent
performance on Saturday at McHappy Day. Thank
you to Miss Clay and Mr Hunt who made sure they
were there to support them and to make sure that
all ran smoothly. They looked very professional in
their new band shirts.
Last night I attended The Bankstown Dance
Festival. What a wonderful evening! The boys and
girls looked very striking in their costumes and
their items were full of excitement. They clearly
showed their commitment to practice and rehearsal.
They also showed perfect behaviour behind the
scenes at the festival while they waited. I am a very
proud principal!
Phone:
9773 9340
Volume 19 Issue 31
Fax:
9792 3961
Tuesday, 21st October, 2014
Email:
padstowhts-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Website: padstowhts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Principal’s Awards
This week’s awards went to
3 Kindergarten students
who are already showing
that they can take care of
their belongings. Well done
Nathan Tapp, Sophia Yu and
Daniel Lu.
Principal/Calendar
1
Awards / Sport/band
2
P&C
Messages
Dance
Band photos/ soccer ad
Congratulations to Charlize Rice who took part in
the State Athletics Carnival last week. On a
miserably cold and wet day she competed in the
100m. She didn’t make it to the final but it is still
impressive to be one of the top 40 9 year old
runners in NSW!
Lindy Bryant
Calendar of October events
Oct 20 Bankstown Dance Festival
Oct 22 School Spec Dance rehearsal Lidcombe
Oct 23 Kindy orientation afternoon Group 2
Oct 24 Carols/Fete committee meeting 8:15am
Oct 24 Round 6 PSSA
Oct 27 School Spectacular combined dance rehearsal
Oct 28 School Spectacular combined choir rehearsal
Oct 28 Year 4 excursion Sculpture By the Sea
Oct 29 P & C Cake stall Years 2 & 4 supply cakes etc
Oct 30 Music Count Us in 12:30pm
Oct 31 Round 7 PSSA
3,4,5
6
7
8/9
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Assembly Merit Awards for Week 2 Term 4
KB
Jemal Besic
Elliana Alexopoulos
KC
Max Bertoia
Luke Mitrevski
KJ
Edward Worger
Caitlinh Nguyen
1D
Jonas Aoun
Noah Russo
1V
Lucas Langdale
Katrina Su
Cricket — PHPS Juniors defeated Revesby South
36-26
PHPS Seniors were defeated by Revesby South 78-56.
Prominent players were Georgio, Liam T, Marcus B,
Kosta, Joel B, Luke and Zac
1/2B
Ava Barry
Kevin Yu
Boys softball—We defeated Revesby PS, 18—1
2H
Darcie Stanbury
Oliver Krause
2J
Lachlan Kermond
Patrick Butler
3A
Jennifer Chen
Daniella Casella
3/4J
Joshua Iofrida
Liam Taylor
4S
Tharuki Gangodage
Andrew Giannaklis
4M
Oscar Ali
Tiffany Cope
5C
Caitlyn Burnell
Liam Morse
5O
Monique Dunn
Xander Stuart
6G
Sarah Butler
Angelo Pedroche
Anna Lengkeek
6K
Kerem Cakirsoy
James Forder
Principal’s
Award
Sophia Yu
Daniel Lu
PSSA Results
Boys T-Ball– The team played Revesby PS and won
20 –14
Girls Junior T-Ball The girls won again 22-19!
Fantastic effort was made by Tahlia and Caitlin B on
their homeruns, as well as by the player of the match,
Esther, for catching three fly balls. Well done to
everyone!
Girls Senior Softball The game that got away! Padstow Heights played an excellent 1st innings, leading 90. Some great tagging by Sasha (as well as a home
run) put us into a great position. Unfortunately Revesby
South came back, and got the runs back quickly from
loaded bases. In the end the girls lost 16-14, but it
was their best game by far. Keep it up girls, the
win will come soon!
Nathan Tapp
Library
Mrs Conolly
Peter Kekatos
Eric Wu
FISHING
RFF
Nash Smith
Gus Landsbergen
Luke Piper
Ethan Coleman
Cooper Groom
Paige Northcott
Edward Worger
Robert Richards
It was a cold and windy afternoon at fishing last
Friday but that did not effect the students’
enthusiasm for trying to catch fish. It was great
to see all of our students dressing sensibly and
being cautious of their own and others’ safety in
the tricky weather conditions. No fish were
caught last week so better luck this week.
Captains
Killi Bin
Bin
1/2B
Band
Our band performed on Saturday at McHappy Day at
McDonalds Padstow. They sounded fabulous and they
looked very smart in their new band shirts. Thank you
parents for making time to bring your musician along!
More photos on the website.
TERM 4 Band Fees are now due.
Please pay by 3oth October.
Proudly sponsored by LJ Hooker
Padstow
Finalise all money owing by
Thursday 30th October.
The end of November is the end of the
school’s financial year.
Please make sure that all payments have been made
by 3oth October. Mrs Payne has issued invoices but
please call the office if you are unsure of any amount
owed..
If you are unable to meet this deadline you are to call
or see Mrs Bryant. Just like any business, school debts
need to be recovered.
P&C
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Uniform Shop
A huge thank you to Maria Renzo, Brooke Skead, Leanne Iverach and Sara Groom for helping out with
the first of the Kindergarten afternoons.
A reminder that the Uniform shop will be closed again this Thursday - 23rd October 2014.
Hours of operation for Term 4 Week 3 2014
Monday the 20th October 2014 9am till 9.45am
Friday 24th October 2014 9.00am till 9.45am
Any urgent requirements please contact Donna@ phpsuniforms@hotmail.com or on 0414 801 830
CASH or CHEQUE only (no eftpos)
Direct Deposit also available
Donna Richards Uniform Coordinator
P & C Cake Stall
Our term 4 fundraising Cake Stall will be held
Wednesday 29th October.
P & C fundraising week at Putt Putt.
10th—14th November
See the next 2 pages for more details
Fund Raising for Band
“Here is a photo of Katie Polsen, Max & Sofia Bertoia
at McDonalds last Tuesday night supporting the
fundraising event.
There was good support from our Padstow Heights
school family whilst we were there.
Well done to the Band Committee with this fund
raising event. “
Mr Bertoia
Our Annual Presentation Day will be held in
the School Hall on
THURSDAY 11 December.
We will be having TWO Presentation ceremonies:
K – 2: 9.30am – 11am
and
Primary: 11.45am – 1pm
We look forward to seeing you on the day.
Parents of those children receiving awards will
receive a letter in the week beginning 1st
December.
B Kolodziej
Assistant Principal
McDonalds donated 25% of the takings from orders
from our school and we received a cheque for $312.
Thank you to everyone who took part.
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Padstow Heights Public School is having a
Putt Putt Golf Fundraiser
All you have to do is attend Milperra Putt Putt any afternoon between 3pm and
9pm on the week of 10 – 14 November (Monday to Friday).
Milperra Putt Putt is located at the Milperra Sports Complex
101 Raleigh Rd, Milperra.
You can play UNLIMITED putt putt for $10 per person.
It’s easy – all you have to do is tell them that you are from Padstow Heights Public
school and they will donate $4 per player back to our school. One lucky person
will even win a Family pass.
They have a kiosk and BBQ facilities so why not get a group of friends together
and enjoy an afternoon of Putt Putt and then a BBQ or picnic dinner.
Come along and support the P & C Fundraising efforts.
Don’t forget to tell them you are from Padstow Heights PS.
Enquiries to Jacqui Tiberti 0414 495 095
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CAKE DAY
Wednesday 29 October
Term 4 P&C cake stall will be held at recess on Wednesday 29 October. It is Year 2 and 4’s turn to
provide all the yummy baked goods. Please remember NO NUTS or NUT PRODUCTS. Some
examples from previous stalls are cupcakes, cakes, slices, jelly cups, fruit kebabs, savoury scrolls etc.
Any of these items or a favourite family recipe would be great. All products are priced at 50c or $1
Please bring your items covered and a label attached describing the baked goods on a tray or in a
container with your surname on it to school on the morning of Wednesday 29 October. There will be
tables set up outside the old school canteen in the top playground area for you to leave your baked items.
If you would like to assist with the serving at the cake stall any help would be greatly appreciated – and
your children will love showing your baked goods off to their friends. Please remain at school after the
9.15am bell if you wish to assist. All containers will be available for collection on the seats outside the
office in the afternoon.
Any questions please contact Jacqui Tiberti 0414 495 095
HAPPY BAKING and DON’T FORGET YOUR CHANGE $$
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LUCKY WINNERS
Attention Year 5 Parents
Selective High School Applications
for 2016
The application process has opened on the following
website:
All band students receive raffle tickets for arriving at
rehearsals, learning their pieces, remembering their
instruments and generally making an effort to
contribute.
Mona and Bella won Itunes vouchers from the
Term 3 draw.
www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shplacement
All applications must be done online.
Closing date 17th November, 2014.
A detailed note has been given to all Year 5 students
today.
Please see the Year 5 teachers or Mrs Kolodziej if you
have any questions.
Please inform the school by completing and returning
the note if you intend to apply.
Year 3 Excursion
Last Tuesday Year 3 visited the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
"We all had a great time." Lily.
"It was fascinating." Ayden.
"The guides were very nice." Robin.
"I want to go back again." Temika.
After the gallery we walked to the Botanical Gardens to eat our lunch.
This photo is of some of the girls in front of a sculpture in the gardens.
As usual, the excellent behaviour of the Padstow Heights students was
commented on, this time by the gallery staff. Well done to every single
one of them. Ms L Julian.
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Our Dance Groups!
Thank you to Mrs Crofts, Miss Oliveri, Mrs
Christie and Miss Clay who coordinated and
rehearsed their groups.
Thank you to Ms Arianna Karailias who trained
and choreographed 3 of the groups.
Mrs Christie trained and choreographed the
Year 5/6 group.
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BAND
performs at
McHappy Day
More photos on the website.
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Soccer– Local information
SAP and RYL Trial Dates
BDAFA is pleased to announce that the Association has been successful in receiving a Skills Acquisition
Program (SAP) license for the 2015 Competition and the program will be completely operated by BDAFA.
This SAP License will continue to help the Association with our vision of building "Towards 10,000" and
gives opportunities to all junior boys and girls from our Clubs to take that next step in their development.
Trials for the SAP program will commence on Tuesday 21st October.
In addition to the SAP program, the highly successful Regional Youth League (RYL) the Association ran in
2014 will also be continuing in the 2015 competition with trials commencing on Mon 17 th Nov 2014.
More information on both SAP and RYL will be forward to those players that are interested in participating.
To apply to trial please complete the following information on the link below and submit it so that we can
invite all those interested to the trials.
Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7LRMD5P
Player age group available to trial in are as follows:
SAP:
Trial times;
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U9’s-U10’s 6.00pm to 7.15pm
U11’s 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Trial Dates;
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Tues 21st Oct
Thurs 23rd Oct
Tues 28th Oct
Thurs 30th Oct
Tues 4th Nov
Thurs 6th Nov
Venue: Kinch Reserve, Third Ave Condell Park
Regional Youth League:
Trial times;
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U12s-U13s 6.00pm to 7.15pm
U14’s-U15’s 7.00pm to 8.30pm
All age groups Sundays 9.00am – 10.30am
Trial Dates;
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Mon 17th Nov
Wed 19th Nov
Sun 23rd Nov
Mon 24th Nov
Wed 26th Nov
Venue: Kinch Reserve, Third Ave Condell Park
We look forward to seeing you all down at the trials.
For any other queries please contact Petar at:
coaching@bankstownsoccer.com.au
Regards,
Diane Graham
Office Administrator
Bankstown District Amateur Football Association (BDAFA)
 Phone: (02) 9771-3322
 Email: admin@bankstownsoccer.com.au
 Web: www.bankstownsoccer.com.au
Level 1, 116 Cahors Road, Padstow NSW 2211