Principal's ReportDear parents/carers, Opportunity Classes- 2023 Opportunity classes cater for intellectually gifted and high potential students who may otherwise be without sufficient classmates at their own academic and social level. Students successfully placed will usually have to leave their current school to enrol in a school with an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Testing has been completed and submitted. Thank you to Mrs Brennan and Mr Hosler! Cola Cover Just a reminder that temporary fencing has been installed this week and work on building the new cola roof will begin on Monday. It will be noisy on Monday while they cut concrete and staff will take measures to support the classes close by as best as possible. Education/NAIDOC Week We will be celebrating Education week in style this week. It will be a great opportunity to showcase the amazing work all our students have been doing in class with their teachers and their peers. Education Week 2022 will be held from 1-5 August (Week 3, Term 3). This year’s theme is ‘creating futures – education changes lives’ and celebrates the quality education we provide and the opportunities available to everyone in NSW public education. NAIDOC Week is a time to reflect and celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, recognising them as the ongoing Custodians of the land. Our school will be recognising this important time in many different ways. Stage 3 Camp Congratulations to all students in Stage 3 who attended what was a very successful and exciting camp excursion to Canberra. There were many positive and complimentary comments made to our students on their uniform presentation, behaviour, and overall conduct. Thank you very much to all of the staff who attended and really did a remarkable job in caring for our students and providing them with a memorable experience. Dance2Bfit We have once again begun Dance2Bfit program for 2022. The students are already excited for the upcoming concert which will be held in week 9 of this term. More information will be provided in the weeks to come. Southern Stars The choir students and Aboriginal Dance students have been rehearsing for what will be a spectacular performance. Thank you to all staff, teachers, and parents for assisting in the transport and preparation of this huge Public Education production. Anissa Rajendra Principal UPS CalendarWeek 3 Monday 1st August NAIDOC Assembly Wednesday 3rd August Premier's Spelling Bee for Stage 2 & 3 Friday 5th August Education Week - Parents invited in Week 4 Monday 8th August Southern Stars Aboriginal Ensemble Rehearsal Surf Safety - Yrs 2, 4, 6 ICAS Week Wednesday 10th August Sibling & Staff Photos KB and Kindergarten 100 Days of Learning KB and the rest of Kindergarten celebrated their first 100 days of learning at school on Friday of week 1, Term 3. Kindergarten was very excited to reach this 100-day milestone of their schooling journey. They celebrated by dressing up as 100-year-old people or wore 100 different items such as pom poms, sequins and money. Student across Kindergarten completed a variety of 100 themed activities this including counting to 100 in Morning Routine, writing something their Kindergarten teacher had said to them 100 times, ‘The 100 Chart Hunt ‘were students had to find all the hidden numbers around the kindergarten room and finishing off the celebration with a Dance and Bubble party on Terry’s Turf. KB enjoyed all the activities from the day, but their favourite activity was the 100 Day Workout with Miss Bell. Congratulations again Kindergarten for reaching your first 100 days of school! In geography, 1/2AP have learnt about natural, constructed and managed features in the environment. As part of this unit, we investigated some well-known natural features in Australia, such as Uluru and Kakadu National Park. We explored the connection that Aboriginal people have with these places and traditional ways they care for the land. We have enjoyed listening to various dreamtime stories, particularly ‘Oola-boola-woo’ , which has been retold by local Indigenous author Jodi Edwards. This is a story about the creation of Mount Keira and The Five Islands and has given us a greater insight into the Aboriginal perspectives of our local area. We have also enjoyed recreating dreamtime stories using traditional Dharawal symbols. We were so lucky to have Mrs Talbott bring in a didgeridoo, bull roarer and clapsticks for one of our lessons. Mrs Talbott explained what each of these are used for and their connection to Aboriginal culture. We are now looking forward to incorporating Aboriginal perspectives into our number lessons by using traditional Aboriginal symbols to record number sentences. Pen PalsIn term 2, Mrs Abel and Mrs Perry asked us if we would like to write real letters to some children at a school in London! That is all the way over the other side of the world in England. Miss Begum and Miss Brennan of 1SB at Our Lady & Philip Neri RC Primary School, Sydenham, sent us letters from the class. In the letters, our new pen pals told us some things about themselves, their favourite colour, games, and things. Amie who is 6 and Michael who is also 6 wrote to us. Last week sent a big parcel back to the class with letters from all of us. Miss Brennan who teaches at the school in London is on summer break and came to UPS to visit us. It was really funny to listen to her speak about some of the things that are different and the same. Did you know in England they call lollies “sweeties”, and they call chips “crisps”? Mrs Brennan said when the class did a Google Earth search of our school, they could not believe how many people had swimming pools in their backyard and how big our play areas are at UPS. Their school does not have any grass and even has a play area on the roof of a classroom. Miss Brennan also gave us a lovely book all about Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. We thanked her for visiting and are looking forward to our next delivery of letters. Olivia H & Bentley C 1/2AP K-6 AssemblyWell done to the follow students who received a student of the week away and a merit award for this week's assembly; KB Merit: Ariella & Evie.A Student of the week: Saxxon M.S. KS Merit: Aria K & Emelia J Student of the week: Felicity B KN Merit: Isla G-H & Leo L-G Student of the week: Dylan M 1/2AP Merit: Hailey N & Lola W Student of the week: Anna A 1M Merit: Max R & Chelsey M Student of the week: Archie B 1P Merit: Student of the week: 2L Merit: Tempe. W & Allira. P Student of the week: Lekeisha S 2B: Merit: Harper B & Kaimia W Student of the week: Lani M 3/4D Merit: Billy K & Bridget B Student of the week: Marshall F 3/4S Merit: Dominic S & Casey P. Student of the week: Olivia J. 3/4J Merit: Eden.W & Keira.G Student of the week: Daniel.M 3/4R Merit: Nabiha M & Charlotte S Student of the week: Diesel W-W 5/6K Merit: Drew R & Decklyn H Student of the week: Lucas S 5/6D Merit: Brayden H & Penny H Student of the week: Charlotte W 5/6M Merit: Student of the week: 5/6S Merit: Braidyn P-W & Sofie W Student of the week: Halil S Bronze and Silver AwardsEarly Stage 1 and Stage 1 Bronze Awards: Archie B Maddison W Logan H Silver Awards: Alya D Leo D Arlo M Millie B Harlem H Brianna J Will T Willow W Stage 2 and Stage 3 Bronze Awards: Aya.R Silver Awards: Eli C Reading ClubWe are back!! Giving students the opportunity to share their love of books and reading, ‘Reading Club’ has always been a great way to create a strong reading culture at our school. At 'Reading Club' positive reading behaviour is modelled by our teachers and as a school community we are able to demonstrate our belief in the value of books and reading. A love of reading is important because research shows children who read for pleasure achieve better school performance than those who don’t. Michael Rosen, The Guardian With the lure of toast each Tuesday between 8.30am and 8.55am, students at UPS are able to come to the iLibrary and mix with teachers and other students. In this space, students are able to read the latest books to hit our library shelves and are exposed to a wide variety of rich literature. Please encourage your children to come along to the iLibrary on Tuesdays! Learning LabsPhonics Screening Checks
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