Kurrajong Public School Newsletter
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Kurrajong Public School Newsletter
Kurrajong Public School Newsletter Providing over 80 years of quality education in a caring environment. EVENTS REMINDER Thursday 21 March 2013 Volume 8 Number 8 Regional Swimming Carnival 2013 * New item added to term planner Thursday 21 March - Harmony Day Disco Tonight *Harmony Day Disco 4:30pm – 6:00pm K-2 6:30pm – 8:00pm Year 3-6 Friday 22 March Ride to School Day 8:00am Advanced Band 9:20am Assembly Dance2bfit 1:15pm Beginner Band *Stage 2 Basketball Gala Day High School Forms due back today Monday 25 March 6:30am – 4:30pm Young Leaders Day Individual Event Competitors Tuesday 26 March *Kindergarten and School Captains Gazette Photo *Dance Off Camp Wednesday 27 March Leadership Camp *Dance Off Camp 7:30pm Spring Fair Meeting Thursday 28 March Leadership Camp *Dance Off Camp 12 noon Easter Event 2:00pm Talent Sharing – Kurrajong’s Got Talent 3:45pm – 5:00pm HEEN Meeting at Kurrajong Tuesday – Banking Day Uniform Shop Open Friday 8:45am – 9:10am NOTES SENT HOME THIS WEEK Life Education – K-6 Band Performance – Merroo Conference Centre Junior Boys Relay Team The above notes can be found on our website. Those cannot be added are marked with an (*) Money Being Collected • • • • • Life Education K-6 Young Leaders’ Day UNSW Competitions Stage 3 Bathurst Camp Mathletics & Workbooks K-6 Kurrajong Public School 1111 Grose Vale Road Kurrajong NSW 2758 PHONE: 4573 1647 FAX: 02 4573 2044 EMAIL kurrajong-p.school @det.nsw.edu.au WEBSITE www.kurrajong-p.schools.nsw.edu.au PRINCIPAL Mrs Judy McEwen Senior Girls Relay Team MERIT AWARDS Congratulations to these students who have been recognised for their efforts in class. Silver Awards: Isaac Roloff James Agius Teliyah Rayner K/1B Montana Lenord Ava Bennett Nicholas Stock 1M Caitlin Feltham Louisa Banbury Lara Nolan 2C Zac Corbett Hayden Johnston Leeland Walters 3S Sean Ryan Emily Griffith Cody Feltham 3/4R Megan Pollard Genevieve Cummins Ruby Webber 4F Catherine McAuley Brodie McCue Elizabeth Webster Baiden Turner 5B Madeline Walshaw Jake Taylor-Carr Jenna Chamulko 6B Isabel Egan Kellan McAuley Keira Condon Library: Joel Walker Joe Battle Benson Bear was awarded to class 2C. Congratulations. Happy Birthday to the following students who have or are about to celebrate their birthdays. 25 March 28 March 30 March 31 March Our Mathlete of the Week was won by Macey Eaton with a score of 5 873 points. Macey Eaton Cassidy Feltham Zac Corbett Keira Condon Jack Mizzi Kellan McAuley Henry Chaseling Hannah Robinson Connor Willoughby-Green KF Band: Mathlete of the Week Darcy Walton Lara Wilson-Kuschert Ava Bartusch Michael Payne Our other outstanding Mathletes last week were: KF K/1B 2C 3S 3/4R 4F 5B 6B Oliver Chen Amity Shaw Katelan Holley Adamo Romeo Taeja Holley Zackson Eaton Sarah Black Alessandro Romeo 3680 3350 4860 1540 3240 1370 1750 2474 High School Expression of Interest Form Regional Swimming Update On Tuesday I had the pleasure of time keeping and watching our students represent our Hawkesbury District at the Regional Swimming Carnival. We had the largest team I have seen at Kurrajong participating and our students and families had a fabulous day. This form must be returned by all parents of students in Year 6 by TOMORROW. Band Members - PLC Band Concert 2013 Sunday 24 March 2013 1:30pm – 3:00pm Mr Phil Harper has invited us to perform at the PLC Band Camp Concert this weekend. The majority of our band is able to attend the concert on Sunday so we are able to take up this wonderful opportunity. Congratulations to Sarah Black, Abbey Price and Jarrod Davidson who all gave their best in their individual events. Our junior boys (Riley, Fred, Jarrod and Michael) and senior girls (Lianna, Sarah, Jasmine and Mollie) relay teams had a great day in the pool. WHERE: Merroo Conference Centre 182 Mill Road, Kurrajong, NSW WHEN: Sunday 24 March 2013 TIME: Students need to arrive at Merroo Conference Centre by 1:30pm for warm up CONCERT: Our students will play from 2:00pm – 3:00pm. Our band will play at the start of the concert and families are encouraged to stay and watch the rest of the concert. Many thanks to Mrs Black for being our official photographer on the day. Kindergarten SRC Representatives Elected Congratulations to Thomas and Ava. They were elected as the Kindergarten School Representative Council members fro their class. UNIFORM: Students must wear band uniform • Girls - blue shorts, white shirt, black shoes and white socks. • Boys - grey shorts or long pants, white shirt, black shoes and white socks. • Students will be given their vest upon arrival. BRING: Your instrument & music only They will receive their badges at our end of term assembly. MEETING POINT: Students need to meet Mrs McEwen & Mr Oram at the main conference area near the cabins at 1:30pm. Staffing Update Today we welcomed back Miss Bernacki after her long service leave. We would like to thank Mr Sutherland for his wonderful work with 6B during her absence. Many thanks also to Mrs Franks for her work as relieving Assistant Principal. P&C AGM and Meeting Young Leaders Day Reminder We had a meeting full of Mums and Dads from Kurrajong on Tuesday. The table was covered in wonderful food and conversations flowed around the table. WHEN: WHERE: Monday 25th March 2013 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Darling Harbour TIME: COST: 6:30am – 4:30pm $40 This includes train travel to and from the Congratulations and many thanks to the following parents who have agreed to hold the important roles of executive within our P&C for 2013. President Belinda Harrington Vice President Julie Masters Treasurer Sonia Eaton Secretary Kelly Salas Uniform Coordinators Nicole Williams Marcella Caltabiano Spring Fair Committee Sonia Eaton, Belinda Harrington, Lara Thomas, Kelly Salas, Janet Chaseling and Jo Price. On the evening we also thanked our outgoing executives in particular our President for the last 2 years - Mia Shaw. Special Swimming Assembly This year we will continue to host some special sporting assemblies at the end of each term to acknowledge students’ achievements closer to the event. The following students will be acknowledged at this assembly: • Age champions from our school carnival • District swimming team • Regional representatives and possibly our state representatives by then • Swimming records broken • Winning house shield WHEN: TIME: WHERE: Friday 12 April 9:20am Our hall venue and entry to the day’s events at Darling Harbour. This amount includes a school subsidy Students attending the day will need to meet Mrs McEwen and Miss Bernacki at Richmond Station at 6:30 am as our train leaves at 6:48am. Students will need to be picked up from Richmond Station at 4:30pm. Students will need to be dressed in full school uniform and bring their recess and lunch for the day. Students will also need to bring a pen and a folder to lean on. Spending money for canteen facilities may be taken but I cannot ensure access to these facilities due to the number of students wanting to use them. A small daypack is easier to carry than the larger school bag. Students may take a camera and/or small electronic games if they wish but they need to be responsible for this item themselves on the day. Students are not allowed to take mobile phones. If you need to contact us urgently I can be reached on 0402 129 853. Should parents need to be contacted I am quite happy to take mobile numbers from you in the morning. Wristbands will be given to our students on the morning of the event. This acts as our ticket into the conference. Thank you to those who have already paid the full amount. Please note if you have not paid your final payment for the conference could you do so by Friday nd 22 March or please ring us if you need to make another arrangement. The note below needs to be returned by all students attending the day. Welcome to Kurrajong • Jessica and Isabella Frost and their family joined our Kurrajong community this week. I am sure they are already enjoying our school and the friendly welcome they have received. Thank you • • Mr Fox for his continued hard work with basketball gala days. Dave our cleaner for his recent donation of another guitar to our school Good Luck • • • Stage 2 Basketball team tomorrow Jasmine Salas and Madeleine Juleff who are attending the Regional Dance Off Camp next week at Merroo Henry, Jack, Asha and Mollie at the Hawkesbury Leadership Camp next week Congratulations to • • • At Little Athletics last Friday Lianna threw 25.31m in the U10 girls discus to break her own record by almost 3m Congratulations to Ryan Goodall, Henry Peters, Jack Papworth, Connor WilloughbyGreen and Patrick Monaghan who won their baseball grand final Congratulations to Jarrod Davidson, Harrison Papworth and Fred Peters on being undefeated Premiers in their baseball competition. Important Dates for Your Diary Thursday 28 March 12 noon Easter Parade 2pm Talent Sharing Concert Tuesday 2 April • Students and families return after Easter Holiday Friday 12 April Last day of Term 1 Swimming Assembly ANZAC Service Thursday 25 April 4:30am Dawn ANZAC Service at Memorial Park Kurrajong Monday 29 April & Tuesday 30 April Teachers return for professional development Wednesday 1 May Students and families return for Term 2 Judy McEwen Principal Have a coloured copy of our newsletter sent directly to your phone or Ipad via ENews. Go to www.kurrajong-p.schools.nsw.edu.au and click on the newsletter sections of the website. From there you follow the prompts and register for ENews. Once registered our newsletter will be sent to you every week. You can also register for grade notes. Friday 28 June Last day of Term 2 Spring Fair Meeting • • • Wednesday 27 March 2013 7:30pm 1 Willow Glen Road, Kurrajong Come along and assist with the planning of our school’s major fundraiser for 2013-2014. Easter Egg Raffle Talent Sharing – Kurrajong’s Got Talent! Easter eggs of many shapes and colours are pouring through our doors at the moment. THANK YOU! Your wonderful donations for our Easter raffle are very much appreciated. WHEN: TIME: WHERE: Raffle tickets were sent home last week and should be returned together with money to our School Office, by Wednesday 27th March, 2013. If you need more raffle tickets please see the office. Money raised will be put towards classroom resources. Thank you for your support. Mrs Franks, Mrs Barwick & Mrs McGowan Easter Event 2013 WHEN: Thursday 28 March Thursday 28 March 2:00pm Our hall One of our favourite events we have introduced over the past few years are our talent sharing afternoons. These afternoons give our students a chance to perform for the rest of the school and show off their talents. Over the last few years we have discovered many hidden talents be they singing, dancing or musical talent. Mrs Bennet is coordinating Kurrajong’s Got Talent this term. If you would like to perform at this term’s event you need to see Mrs Bennet and bring any music you may like to use into Mrs Bennett by Wednesday 27 March 2013. TIME: 12:00 noon Premier’s Reading Challenge WHERE: Kurrajong Public School Playground The Premier’s Reading Challenge is well under way and Kurrajong students are taking such an enthusiastic approach to completing the challenge. This year we have decided to make a few changes to our annual Easter Event. Our students will have the choice of 3 different creative activities to make at home for the day. Students can choose to: 1. Design and make a hat to wear in the parade OR 2. Decorate an Easter egg template – available from their teacher OR 3. Decorate Eggs - you can decorate one or more boiled or plastic eggs. You may choose to make your eggs into characters or decorate them with a theme. They may present them in a carton or basket or individually. It is with great pleasure that I make special mention of Cameron Weekes from K/1B who has already completed his challenge! Well done Cameron, you have put in great effort to read 30 books from your K-2 booklist in such a short time. Let’s get creative! Our Easter Parade will start at 12:00pm in the playground. All students will parade around with their Easter hat or craft for all to see. Students will be able to wear their special clothes on the day rather than their uniform. We look forward to some very creative and amazing projects. After the parade we invite all parents to join us for a picnic lunch in the school grounds, followed by a talent sharing afternoon in the hall. There is plenty of time for all to complete the challenge by the end of August. Please see me in the library for any help with the PRC. Keep reading everyone! Miss Muscat In the Library Manning Chia Workshops Attends State Dance Manning Chia last Friday travelled to Sydney to participate in a dance workshop. Stage 3 Basketball Gala Day Mr Fox has been working with our Stage 3 students on selection trials for the Hawkesbury Basketball Gala Day. Mr Fox had a large group of students try out and we have been able to form 2 teams for this event. Congratulations to the following students who will be attending the Stage 3 Gala Day on Friday 5 April 2013. There were 3 workshops during the day, including jazz and creative dance. He had a great day. Well done, Manning! Life Education Van Coming Soon Harold and the Life Education Mobile Classroom will be at school from Monday 8 April to Wednesday 10 April. A note went home to families yesterday. The lessons taught are intended to support teachers in the key learning area of Personal Development, Health and Physical Education. They are fun and informative, and each child will receive a sticker and a workbook, which will be completed in class during Term 2. This year this experience is being subsidised by our P&C so the cost to families is reduced to $5.00 a student. Mrs Medaris Coordinator Ride2school Day Ride to School day is TOMORROW. We have tattoos and prizes to give away. If your child is aware of the rules regarding riding to school they are encouraged to do so on Friday 22 March. If you wish to supervise your child on their ride to school you are also welcome to participate. Please remember pushbikes or scooters are only permitted if a helmet is worn. No skateboards. Mrs Medaris Sport / Fitness Teacher Team 1 Lianna Davidson, Sarah Black, Lily Thomas, Lilly Webber, Archie Peters, Connor Willoughby-Green, Ryan Goodall, Jack Papworth, Drew Hawkins and Callum Bayldon. Team 2 Jasmine Salas, Abbey Price, Emillie Banks, Mackenzie Evans, Will Moog, Riley Wilson, Patrick Monaghan, Henry Peters, Aidan Gibbs and Jarrod Nixon. Permission notes and information regarding this day will be coming home soon. University New South Wales Competitions Update Practice Online is a series of interactive online tests designed to help students in years 3-12 prepare for ICAS. It is currently available for Mathematics, with Science and other subjects to follow soon. Go to www.eaa.unsw.edu.au then click on practice tests. If you would like your child to participate in any or all of these competitions, when they are held later this year, please complete the form that was sent home or available in our notes and newsletters section of our website by ticking the appropriate box and return it to the office with payment by Friday 5 April 2013. Please note that late entries will NOT be accepted, and once we have sent the entry fees there are NO refunds. Mrs Jane Sidis Coordinator 2013 Information for Parents Facts about fractions If you’ve forgotten 3/5 of primary school maths and 7/8 of high school maths, what’s left? Ah ha! Kids need help learning how to add fractions too. The only thing left is to print these fact sheets. Find our more: https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/eppcontent/glossary/a pp/resource/factsheet/4013.pdf Amazing art Autumn’s the perfect season to take a trip to a gallery. The popular ArtExpress exhibition connects us to the inner lives and self-expression of high school students. Amazing works are on show throughout NSW. Check out the calendar. Find out more: http://artexpress.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/ Sounding out aloud Making phonics fun. Help your child learn to read by sounding out their words. Here are some tips to help your child gain confidence reading. Find out more: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-andstudy/english/english-tips/phonics-helping-yourchild-with-letters-and-sounds Fitness for the family Michelle Bridges talks about how to make fitness a priority for the whole family - and the start of a lifetime habit for your kids. Try out tips to keep your kids healthy, active and out of the pantry. Find out more: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/fitnes s/fitness-for-the-whole-family T E R M O N E 2 0 1 3 3/4 R DigiEd Planning 3/4 R Master Digi Ed Last Monday, which was week 7, 3/4R had a visit from the DigiEd guys. We had an awesome time. First we had to storyboard our movie. Then we created our figures and scenery. We then shot our images and learnt how to put them together. Finally we added sound effects , music and titles. Narrative Orientation Complication/ Resolution Tell the audience who the main characters are. What are their surroundings like? This is the Uh Oh moment. A complication occurs and our characters will resolve it. Conclusion This is otherwise Known as the Happily Ever After part. In order to make an outstanding animation, 3/4R had to put in a lot of planning. We had to do a narrative storyboard and make sure our stories didn’t have too many characters or unnecessary 3/4 R DIGI ED TERM ONE 2013 Screen Shots Here are some shost from Cooper, Jack, Cambell and Brayden’s movie called ‘The Time Portal’ SCREEN SUCCESS 3/4 R experienced a great deal of success at the recent Kurrajong Film Festival. Many of our films were nominated for a Golden Waratah. 2 3S Were Dazzling At DigiEd! Canteen News Specials * Chicken Burgers only $1.50 while stocks last * * Banana Up & Go only $1 while stocks last * Volunteers please note: ∗ Please pay $1 to the office, to cover your insurance for 2013. ∗ If you are unable to do your shift, please contact Sheila so a replacement can be arranged. ∗ ∗ ∗ Banking needs to be done before 2.30pm, at the Kurrajong Post Office. If you cannot get to the Post Office before 2.30pm to do the banking, please contact Sonia or Sheila. Keep egg cartons for the school garden. Canteen Volunteers are sent regular updates and reminders by email. If you are not receiving emails, please contact Sheila as soon as possible to check your email address. The Canteen Committee is currently reviewing the Canteen Menu. Look out for the updated Menu for Term 2, and please email the Canteen Secretary on [email protected] if you have any ideas or requests! Thank you to all our volunteers - we couldn’t do it without you Can you spare us one day to help in the canteen? If so, please contact Sheila Stokes on 0412 157 148, or at [email protected], or scan the QR code with your phone or click here to sign up! You will need a ‘QR code reader’ app on your phone to read the code. You can download one from the iTunes store. Friday, 22 March Diane Lai Kate Atkins Deborah Rainbow Monday, 25 March Fiona Bawden Graeme Bradford Rachel Sayers Wednesday, 27 March Friday, 29 March Lisa Turner Good Friday Volunteer needed – can you help?? Monday, 1 April Easter Monday Wednesday, 3 April Marcella Caltabiano Marta Solomon Friday, 5 April Donna Cooke Helena Webster Kelly Hayes Monday, 8 April Lara Thomas Sharon Williams Debbie Griffith Wednesday, 10 April Jim Nettleton Michelle Corbett Friday, 12 April Sonia Eaton Leila Walshaw Fiona Bawden KURRAJONG PUBLIC SCHOOL P & C MINUTES Tuesday February 19, 2013 – 7.30pm MEETING OPENED - 7.45pm PRESENT Jacqui Thomas, Jenni Payne, Mia Shaw, Libby Feneley, Shane Eaton, Sonia Eaton, Julie Masters, Allyson Bradford, Amanda Collins, Cheryl Goodall, Belinda Harrington, Kelly Salas, Judy McEwen. APOLOGIES Nil CORRESPONDENCE IN o o o o Tennis Hots Shots information P&C Journal Magazine NSW syllabuses details regarding website Donation Gourmet Pigrim Spain Cookbook – to be donated to Mother’s Day Stall CORRESPONDENCE OUT o Mia Shaw emailed to Councillor Mary Lyons-Buckett regarding paths out the front of the school. TREASURERS REPORT No changes to treasurers report due to change to P&C meeting date. General Account - Reconciled balance as at 19/02/13 $17,453.26 Uniform Account - Reconciled balance as at 19/02/13 $ 4,450.73 Canteen Account - Reconciled balance as at 19/02/13 $ 4,833.41 CANTEEN REPORT Looking at reviewing menu and deleting what is not in stock at suppliers any longer. Canteen expo coming up in March, canteen committee are going at new items available to them. Expand on what is currently available in the canteen. Looking at approaching Blue Mountains Spring Water to supply water to canteen in place of current supplier Coca Cola. Going to look at pricing of certain items. Looking at updating cupboards and shelves in the canteen. UNIFORM REPORT Looking at improving storage cupboard prior to passing over to new canteen co-ordinators. Skorts are popular and seem to be selling well. PRINCIPALS REPORT Good start to year with 31 kinders starting in 2013. They are settling in well. Classes – 224 children at the school. Largest the school has ever seen. Large group of kindy parents at the welcome BBQ, was a good evening. Thank you to Sonia & Shane Eaton, Andrew – Kurrajong Butchers, Christine – Kurrajong Cellars, Thomas Family – Gas refill. Support of our captains and vice captains, Tuckerman family, Cummins/Mariott family and Harrington family was very much appreciated. PROPERTIES Kitchenette in the hall will commence next term – Jim Nettleton was the successful tenderer. The canteen upgrade will be finalised by the end of term. STAFFING Mrs Bentley confirmed in permanent role of Reading Recovery an Learning Assistance Support Teacher (LaST). Mrs Medaris confirmed in temporary position three days per week Release From Face to Face teaching. This role is focussed on the area of Sport, Fitness and Health. New staff member Miss Muscat in Librarian role for next two terms. Two school development days next term – this time is allocated for staff to become acquainted with the Australian Curriculum. Additionally as a staff we are working on the second module of Focus on Reading. Swimming carnival is coming up next Monday February 25th. In case of rain, competitive swimming students only will be taken to the pool. The carnival date must go ahead due to limited availability of the pool and the district and regional carnival dates. Teacher money for classrooms was requested from P&C to support classroom teachers. P&C passed $100 per class teacher. Dance2BFit fees have increased, school has advertised fee as previous amount - request to P&C to cover this increase in price. P&C passed $1 per child participating in the programme. Moved: Sonia Eaton Seconded: Mia Shaw – fully supported by all members PSSA has been terminated in the Hawkesbury. There will be PSSA Gala days coming up, two per term classes 3-6, for those children who would normally take part in PSSA activities. Next term sports skills programme will commence across the school to involve all children from K-6. Spring Fair– September 7th, 2013. First meeting will be held on Thursday February 28th, 2013 at 7:30pm – Sonia Eaton’s home (1 Willow Glen Road, Kurrajong). The purpose of this meeting is to commence filling those roles needed to plan the Spring Fair. GENERAL BUSINESS Judy requested for tennis court monies to be transferred from school account to P&C account for easier management. Hall monies to be managed by P&C for the upgrade of hall as necessary. P&C passed for monies to be transferred and look into putting into term deposit. Moved: Kelly Salas Seconded: Annabelle Moog – Fully supported by all voting members. Sonia looking at ordering lunch bags as a fundraiser item and to sell through uniform stall. 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