Principal’s Message

Dear Parents, Caregivers, Students and Community Members,

This is only my third week and already I feel I have been here for a much longer period. Everyone has made me feel welcome and I certainly feel at home. On my classroom visits I continue to see great teaching and learning and all students being fully engaged in their learning. The other day I watched the Sarah Redfern Cross Country Carnival where I witnessed our students give it their best.

Sarah Redfern Public School continues to undergo work through the BER scheme. Some more classrooms have been refurbished while others are about to undergo their improvements. The hall is about to have a few cosmetic touches and the canteen will follow with a major refurbishment. I have appreciated the understanding and patience that our school community has shown in the much-needed facelift.

Regards
Mick Aslanis JP

Notice to Parents

Please note, for security reasons, the school gates will be locked during the day as usual. They will be opened just before the bell.
Please do not use the Administration Office as a thoroughfare.

Would parents please be obliging and wait for the students in the allotted area, which is outside the Canteen. This may cause a little inconvenience but it creates a great deal of safety.

Many thanks for your co-operation.

Kinder Capers

Last Tuesday, 11th May, Kindergarten performed at the Infants Assembly. Children from Kinder Red, Kinder Purple and K/1 Blue sang “Old Macdonald Had a Farm” at the top of their lungs, imitating frogs, pigs, sheep, hens, cows and ducks!

The teachers would like to thank all of the supportive parents who were in attendance. We would also like to thank the hard working craft genius of Mrs. Donna Collier, who made the children so gorgeous to watch!

Book Club

The P&C are trialling Schalastic Book Club at our school with their June Issue, which will be sent home soon. This promotion will generate excitement around books and reading. It will offer age appropriate, high quality books at discounted prices. All orders placed will help our school to purchase more resources.

Children will be given a brochure each month detailing many books and other items available to purchase. They are very reasonably priced and make excellent presents as well as helping children learn.

If you wish to place an order, fill in the order form on the back of the brochure, listing the items you would like and place the order form with payment in an envelope, returning it to school by the due date. Payment may be by credit card, cash or cheque (made payable to Scholastic Australia).

Happy reading!
P&C Committee

Mother’s Day

Thank you to all who participated in our recent Mother’s Day raffle. The P&C raised a total of $1,100 to go towards school resources. Listed below are the lucky raffle winners:

1st - Angelica K/1 Blue 9th – Ron & Leanne
2nd – Adam Paterson 10th – Ms. Waterstone
3rd – Angelica K/1 Blue 11th – Alice Cottrell
4th – Don Don 12th – Mrs. Boothe
5th – Ismail Khan 13th – Loretta Chang
6th – Charlotte Murphy 14th – James
7th – Jayden 15th – Shreeya
8th – Mrs. Quarmby

Award Winners

Congratulations to the following children who are recipients of a Bronze Award for
outstanding achievement:

Aveet Kumar – KP Hayley Johnson – KP
Manaia-Jade Elers – KP Manasseh Timu
Kahlani Elers – 1/2V Anita Lui – 1/2V
Duha Haque – 1/2V Nani Crichton – KR
Andre Getigan – 1/2V Thomas Tyson – 3/5S
Jonathon Sululoto – 6G Lavenia Nalu – 6G
Faahad Aziz – 6S Mark Sands – 4/5/6D
Thanaset Jaidee – 4/5/6D

Zone Softball

Congratulations to Michaela Eadie on her selection in The Fields Zone Girls Softball team. She will now represent at the Sydney South West Regional carnival.

Cross Country Results

Congratulations to all children who participated in our school cross country last Friday. It was a test of your physical endurance and you should be proud of your achievement if you completed the course.

There were some outstanding performances on the day by some very determined athletes. Well done!

9 Years Boys 9 Years Girls
1st Brock McDermott Chelsea Jones
2nd Dylan Villa Lavinia Taisala
3rd Joshua Terii Lyana Takaiti
10 Years Boys 10 Years Girls
1st Dylan Welch Olivia Leighton
2nd Richie Connell Jenarl Faraimo
3rd Nagy Khalil Nakita Christie
11 Years Boys 11 Years Girls
1st Ricky Lee Russell Cristina Browne
2nd Jacob Ollinkoski Rabia Haidary
3rd Beau Wakely Jessilyn Veth
12/13 Yrs. Boys 12/13 Yrs. Girls
1st Ben Hall Briana Thompson
2nd Nathan O’Reilly Bella Mariner
3rd David Vincent Waters Renee Muaulu

Winning houses were:
9 Year Boys 9 Year Girls
Equal (Blaxland / Hume / Hume
(Macquarie
10 Year Boys 10 Year Girls
Equal (Macquarie / Hume) Oxley
11 Year Boys 11 Year Girls
Blaxland Hume
12/13 Yrs. Boys 12/13 Yrs. Girls
Macquarie Blaxland

Overall winners: 1st Hume
2nd Blaxland
3rd Macquarie
4th Oxley

In addition to the abovementioned children, the following have qualified for The Fields Zone carnival, which will be held on Thursday, 27th May at Eschol Park:

Ty Hall, Kyle Keys, Che Williams, Taylor Muaulu, Mekeia Shillingsworth, Desarae Shillingsworth, Aayam Shrestha, Jessie Jackson, Talha Dissiqui, Veronica Soldevilla-Robles, Maja Kantarovska, Ghyana Blazevski, Iramul Hoque, Alex Becci, Tafito Selesele, Helen Vaotuua, Larni McGuinness, Natalie Tinoco, Teancum Timu, Paul Leighton, Brandon Bourke and Loren Paewai.

We wish all competitors well in their events.

Principal’s Message

Dear Parents, Caregivers, Students and
Community Members,

Greetings from the newest person in the school.

I am currently finding my way around, meeting students, staff and the community of Sarah Redfern Public School. What I have already experienced are the lovely smiles and welcoming hellos from the students and best wishes from staff and community. Thank you for that. I look forward to an exciting and rewarding partnership with you all.

I would like to bring to your attention that I am a Justice of the Peace and will gladly witness signatures or sign documents for you. If you would like me to act as a JP please make a time at the school office for me to do so.

Refurbishment
The school continues to undergo major refurbishment and therefore, disruptions will continue for some time.

Classes began in the first of the completed classrooms this week. They look fantastic and we look forward to other areas receiving a much needed facelift.

Regards
Mick Aslanis JP

Award Winners

Congratulations to the following children who are recipients of a Bronze Award for
outstanding achievement:

Larni McGuinness - 4/5/6D Kali Taiseni – 4/5/6D
David Costa – 4/5/6D Preksha Kumar – 3/4J
Sifat Haque – 3/4J Denise Benasa – 3/4J
Maddison Collier – 6S Elyas Dargin – 6G
Melinda Bennett – 4/5R Rachelle Lay – 4/5R
Eternal-Rose Elers – 1/2V Aisha Afsar – 1/2V
Shakeet Kumar – 1/2V Ethan Oddy – 1/2V
Jeneum Kepu – 3/4J Dylan Welch – 3/4J
Taylor Muaulu – 3/4J

School Swimming Scheme

Well done to the 85 children who attended the Learn to Swim Program over the last two weeks. They were presented with their certificates at our assembly on Tuesday. All children are encouraged to keep practicing their skills.

State Basketball

Loren Paewai will be representing Sydney South West Region at the NSW Basketball Carnival in Maitland from 18th – 20th May. We wish her well.

Many thanks to her family for their assistance and support for Loren’s sporting endeavours.

Zone Softball

Congratulations to Joseph Peni and Raka Poaru on their selection in The Fields Zone Boys Softball Team.

Kim Soldo

Since 1995, Kim Soldo has been the President of Sarah Redfern Public School’s Parents & Citizens Association. This year she has resigned to allow other community members the experience of working with the school community.

For all her dedication, hard work and commitment to our children in providing educational programs, funding for educational experiences and environmental features, we thank Kim and wish her happiness in future ventures.

Stewart House

Twice a year we are given bags from The Smith Family for the Stewart House Clothing Appeal. They request donations of good, clean, wearable clothing, shoes, manchester or blankets. Your donation helps both the Smith Family and Stewart House to raise much needed funds to continue the important support for disadvantaged children in our communities.

Please return your clothing donation to school by Friday, 14th May.

Mother’s Day

More tickets are available from the office for our Mother’s Day raffle. There are lots of great prizes with the major ones being a 1HP Daiken reverse cycle air conditioner and a Harbour Bridge Climb. Tickets are $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00. The raffle will be drawn on Friday, 7th May.

Also, we will be holding a Mother’s Day Stall this Friday with gifts ranging from $1.00 to $5.00.