Stage 3 News
Year 5
Years 5 has had a busy Term 1. They have been working on fractions, 24 hour time, length and perimeter in Maths, as well as reading some Aboriginal texts in English. Classes have been writing and producing podcasts and learning about the culture of First Nations People.
In History, they have been studying life in the colonies after the first settlement of Europeans, researching famous Australians from that time and comparing what life was like for the various groups of people living here then.
In Science, Year 5 has been deepening their knowledge of forces and how they affect all areas of our lives. Some classes have been using robotics to assist their knowledge in this area.
Various artworks have been created and displayed in the Year 5 rooms. Some work has also been used as part of the displays for Harmony Day.
We have participated in the swimming carnival and cross-country carnival, as well as trialled for winter PSSA teams.
We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday.
Year 6
On Tuesday 31st March, Year 6 OC students from Miranda, Earlwood, Sutherland, Caringbah North, Hurstville and Wollongong came together at Caringbah North Public School for an exciting STEM Day. The event, led by Caringbah High School students, featured a range of engaging challenges including an egg drop, catapult building, a collaborative maths challenge, binary coding, a physical challenge and trivia. Students were placed in mixed-school teams, encouraging teamwork and new friendships. Points were awarded based on performance and collaboration, with the team fittingly named The Winners taking out first place and earning Rubik’s Cubes. It was a fun and rewarding day for all involved. Well done to all our Year 6 OC students for their commendable efforts in being Respectful, Responsible Learners during the day and whilst travelling on public trains. A special congratulations to Noah and Terry from 6L, who were part of the winning team. Thank you to Mr Lee, Miss Curra, Mrs Southhall and Miss Lam for their time!
Schools ANZAC SERVICE
This week our student leaders and some SRC representatives attended a combined schools ANZAC service at Kingsgrove RSL.
They represented Hurstville PS in a respectful and responsible way.
Well done everyone!
Sports News
We would like to wish Oliver Zhu Year 6 and Joseph Zheng Year 4 all the best for NSW PSSA Swimming, which will take place in Term 2, Week 2.At the Sydney East Regional carnival, Oliver placed 2nd in breaststroke, 2nd in the 200m Individual Medley, 2nd in 50m freestyle and 1st in 50m butterfly. Joseph placed 3rd in the 50m freestyle in his age group. Congratulations, boys, on a fabulous achievement.
Ezra Liu competed on Monday at the Sydney East Regional Boys Basketball competition as part of the combined Botany Bay/Georges River Zone team. He was selected to be part of the Sydney East Regional team which will compete next term in Port Macquarie at the NSW PSSA Basketball Championships. Congratulations, Ezra, on a fabulous achievement and we wish you well for that competition.
Interschool Chess Tournament
Hurstville Public School participated in an interschool chess tournament against other local private, catholic and public schools on the 9th of March. Ten students represented themselves and our school in a respectful manner with great results. They also displayed resilience and maturity during the tournament towards their opponents. The boys were Chace Li (5C), Adrik Paul (5M), Chester Soon (5D), Eric Chen (6S), Jamie Li (6L), Brayden Lin (6L), Calum Long (6L), Andrew Lu (6L), Adam Sun (6L) and Kai Zheng (6L).
A special congratulations to the following boys who placed individually in the tournament and received a trophy or medal.
Chase- 2nd place individual trophy
Andrew Lu – 3rd place individual trophy
Kai Zheng- 4th place individual trophy
Jamie Li- 7th place individual medal
I am pleased to say that after the fantastic effort from all our Hurstville Public School representatives, we won first place overall as a school to win the 1st place trophy. They should all be very proud of themselves. As a result, we have been invited to the semi finals to be held later in the year. Once again, congratulations to all boys involved.
