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Coledale Seaside

Times Coledale Public School

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Thursday 15th August 2013 Week 5 Term 3

699 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Coledale NSW 2515 P: (02) 4267 1885 F: (02) 4268 1438

Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Important Dates These are our upcoming events for the next few weeks.

Be sure to check out our website calendar for many more

events.

Things requiring action……

□ Collecting glass jars for marmalade.

□ Notes for excursions Year 3-6 to be returned.

IN THIS NEWSLETTER YOU WILL SEE

ARTICLES ABOUT:

What’s Been Happening……..

Enrolments for 2014

Education Week

Surf Talks

Debating Report

Stranger Danger

Garden Session

Green Connect

Coming Events……..

Crunch and Sip

Unexpected Magic 2013

Premier Reading Challenge

AASC Touch Day

Drainage of our oval

iPad purchase

Literacy and Numeracy Week

Fundraising Disco

General Notices…………

Lost Property

Head Lice

Notes & Money

Scarborough PS ArtSpark

Awards

Congratulations to the following Bronze award

winners…….

Class Name

3/4 Ben

Congratulations to the following Silver award

winners…….

Class Name

K/1 Charli & Michael

1/2 Tom & Charlie

2/3 Will F & Wilkie

3/4 Lily S, Alyssa, Jemma, Matthew & Charlotte

These awards will be presented at our next

Assembly on 19th September.

What’s Been Happening…….. Once again we have had a busy two weeks since the

last newsletter with lots of different events

happening.

Enrolments for 2014

At this stage our Kinder enrolments for 2014 have

risen to 22 students. At the end of year we will

farewell 15 year 6 students. If you do the simple

math you see our school will grow. At this stage it is

very important that I am aware of any families that

may be considering leaving our wonderful school in

the next six months. I will be seeking another new

demountable building to house the extra class and I

would like to do this early so hopefully it is ready

for the start of the school year. Please contact the

school as a matter of urgency if you know if there

is a chance you may be leaving. Every student counts

when we are talking new buildings.

Our Transition to school program for our new

Kindergarten students will commence at the end of

DATE EVENT

16th

August PSSA

19th

August AASC – Cricket

21st

August Gymsports

22nd

August PSSA – Touch Football Gala Day

22nd

August AASC – Touch Football

26th

August AASC – Cricket

28th

August Gymsports

13th

Sept School Photos

We would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which Coledale Public School is situated. We pay our respects to the

Dharawal people and to elders past, present and the future.

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term and a letter will be sent to all our enrolled

students within the next fortnight.

Education Week

What a wonderful day everyone had visiting other

schools in our Seacliff Community of Schools Learn

Together Day on Thursday 1 August. We were very

blessed with a glorious day and from all reports it

was a great success. Playing Indigenous Games with

other students was a great way to celebrate

Education Week. Everyone came back to school with

lots of positive stories to tell. There were close to

3000 students from 9 schools moved by buses to 7

schools on the day. Each student also received a

sausage sandwich. At our school I would like to

thank:

the parents who volunteered to help serve

the students – Jen Pope, Jen O’Donnell,

Angie Leckie, Simone Pearsall and Mr Lateo

for his wonderful cooking

Mr Galvin who arranged our games and

activities.

Tom our work experience student for his

artwork.

the Bulli HS students who assisted with the

games and the serving.

Mrs Stalker and Mrs Oldfield for all their

behind the scenes preparation and extra

first aid.

Our student teachers and teachers for all

their extra care to ensure the day was a

success.

It was a real team effort and one I know the

children will remember for a long time. Well done

everyone!

Our Open Afternoon was also a great success with

many parents visiting our school and seeing lessons

in action in all our classrooms. I know many of the

students got great pleasure sharing their work,

especially their technology projects. Thank you to

the many parents that joined us on this special day.

Surf Talks

On Monday 29 July we had our annual Surf Safety

talk from the Wollongong City Lifeguards for Years

2-6. It is an essential part of our PD/Health/PE

syllabus and a timely reminder of how to look after

ourselves when at the beach.

Debating Report

On Wednesday 7 August our debating team-

Kaimana, Tamzin, Isabelle & Emily debated Stanwell

Park PS. The debate - That everyone should become a vegetarian. Congratulations team your

arguments were very convincing opposing this

concept but unfortunately our opposition were able

to rebut well. This week our debate was - Primary school children are becoming too reliant on technology. Our team was Leura, Sid, Mikaela and

Amelie. We were the affirmative team and debated

Scarborough PS. We were in very close competition

but with some great rebutting skills shown we won

the debate. Our students are gaining in confidence

and I know the assistance of parents and community

members is invaluable in preparing each team. Our

aim is to give many students the experience and so

our team changes each debate. Other COS schools

only have the one debating team. The finals will be

held at Bulli High School on Tuesday 10 September

– we will await to see if we get there!


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Stranger Danger

With the recent reports of approaches to students

in our local area, we have reminded students of

procedures which they could use if approached.

This is a standard part of our welfare curriculum

and is revised regularly in class. Local schools are

always notified directly by the Principal receiving

the report. Please ensure you discuss actions with

your child to ensure their safety in the event of any

incidences.

PSSA Girls by Ella W

All the girls from Years 3-6 travelled to Woniora

Primary School to play netball. Most of the girls

had not played netball before but that didn’t stop

them having fun.

We have 2 senior teams and 2 junior teams and

every week they play 2 games against students

from other schools. We don’t keep score because

that isn’t the point. The point is learning new skills,

getting fit and having fun meeting and playing

against other students.

PSSA Boys by Dacey

The boys travelled to Thirroul for soccer. We

played games against Austinmer and Stanwell Park.

We list against Stanwell Park 3-2 and won against

Austinmer 4-2. The games were not too

competitive so everyone had a great time.

Garden Session by Lilly S

On Monday all the garden Ambassadors and Aaron

were setting up for Year 3 to come. First we had an

amazing Aaron tour to see what needed to be done.

We had Isabelle, Kaimana and Tamzin on “no dig”

and Kylan planting olives, custard apples and feeding

them. There were many more jobs to be done.

Everyone had a great time with Aaron and the

garden Ambassadors and nothing sums it up without

some freshly picked sugarcane.

Green Connect by Sid

Green Connect visited our school this morning. We

took them on a tour of our garden, worm farms and

recycling.

The Lecturers are going to help us with a number of

things – They will help us do a rubbish audit – this

means that we will have to keep all the rubbish from

a whole day and sort it into categories, for example:

Plastics

Paper

Cardboard etc

They will also suggest ways we can improve some of

our environmental practises. We understand that

some of the lecturers maybe Refugees. Class 3/4

will be working with the lecturers and then

educating the rest of the school.

Coming Events…….. Crunch & Sip

As part of our Live Life Well program we will be

encouraging the children to bring in a small piece of

fresh fruit or vegetable (eg carrot sticks) to eat in

the morning at 10am in the class room. This is to be

fresh fruit or vegetables only – no other food can

be eaten at this time. The children will only be

given a 5 minute timeframe to eat this fruit so

small portions would be preferable.

Unexpected Magic 2013

Our planning is now well underway for our end of

year production of Unexpected Magic. It will be

held on the afternoon of Saturday 30th November

in the school grounds. A back-up date of Saturday

14th December has also been set.

This year the show is having a “Fairground Theme”.

There will be whole school items including

Indigenous Dances, a Flash Mob and a whole school

musical piece. As well there will be opportunities

for individual and group performances featuring

music, visual art, drama, dance and movement.

All aspects of the show are part of our curriculum

so all students will be involved. Some classes have

been selected to develop specific parts of the show.

These classes are being asked to complete surveys

to assist with the planning of the final production.

For example our Year 5/6 class are working on

technology projects and visual arts for the show.

Year 3/4 are also creating visual arts projects. 1/2

and Year 2 are developing their dancing skills for a

special part in the show. As well the whole school

are developing the whole school items such as

dance, singing and music items.

For those students who wish to be part of the

‘Fairground Acts’ which will be small group or

individual items training is scheduled to commence

on Sunday 15th September. Training will be held

each Sunday afternoon up until the show. The


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reason this is a Sunday is because our parent

volunteers who are training this section are

available only at this time. Names will be taken

shortly for students who wish to commit to this

section of our performance.

We are all looking forward to the wonderful

learning that will take place and I thank the many

parents that are willingly assisting our students to

develop their performance skills. Please be sure to

mark this date down on your calendars as I am sure

it will be another marvellous afternoon/evening at

Coledale PS.

To assist with the cost of producing a show like this

a number of parents are making marmalade from

local produce. They are seeking donations of clean

glass jars and lids. Please start gathering these and

sending them along to the school.

If other parents wish to help please let Jane in the

office know. As the date gets closer I am sure

there will be many little jobs that will need doing

such as assistance with costuming, backdrops,

promotion, ticket sales etc. so please feel free to

volunteer your services. Many hands make light

work is our motto!

Premier Reading Challenge

Students taking part in the challenge must have

finished reading and entered all their books into

the challenge website by 23rd August.

Children in Kindergarten to Year 2 complete the

challenge in their classrooms and have their details

entered onto the website by their class teachers.

AASC Touch Day – Thursday 22nd August

The kids have been training hard this week in the

lead up to next Thursday’s Gala Day at Dolton Park,

Fairy Meadow. Children will need to wear their

sports uniform and joggers, bring their lunch and

plenty of water to stay hydrated while playing. We

will be leaving school at 9:15 and return at home

time.

We are all looking forward to a great day of fun and

action. We hope the children enjoy the experience.

Drainage of our oval

As most of you are aware we have some major

drainage issues on our soccer field. If anyone has

any experience in how to rectify this problem

please contact Mrs Potter.

iPads are coming!

This week we will be ordering 10 iPads for the

school. These iPads will include cover, screen

protector and stylus. It is expected that these

iPads will be up and running towards the end of

term.

Thank you to the many families that made voluntary

contributions to make this possible.

Literacy and Numeracy Week

A huge thank you to the families who purchased

books from the Book Fair. From the sales we were

able to purchase $448 worth of books for our

library. We have also just spent $1,000 on new

library books from the commission of Book Club.

Children should keep an eye out for these new

books appearing on the shelves for them to borrow.

Book Week will be celebrated during Week 7, in

Literacy & Numeracy Week. The children will be

participating in a variety of literacy and numeracy

activities.

Fundraising Disco Get out your scary gear as the September Friday

13th Fundraising Disco is here.

Come along to Coledale Community Hall from 5pm to 7pm on Friday 13th September if you

dare!

Lavender Lily will be rocking out some wicked tunes.

Tickets are priced at $7 for 1 child, $12 for 2

and $15 for 3 kids within a family. Drinks, fruit

and snacks (no nuts) provided in the ticket price.

Siblings are welcome but under 4's need to be

supervised on the night. Tickets are available from Jane at the office. Be afraid, be very

afraid!!


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General Notices………… Lost Property

There is an abundance of lost property in our lost

property basket. Please take a moment to look

through the basket to see what belongs to your

children. There are hats, jumpers, lunch boxes,

drink bottles etc that will all be taken to the local

clothing bin if they are not claimed by Friday 23rd

August.

Head Lice

Please check your child’s hair – we have had an

outbreak in all classes. Both parents and

teachers are complaining.

Notes and Money

When returning permission notes and money please

place it in an envelope clearly marked with your

child’s name, class and reason. These envelopes are

then to be put into the green box outside the

office. This also includes PSSA money.

Scarborough ArtSparks

The Scarborough Art Show is hosting the Art

Spark Competition again this year. They are

seeking the young and talented students attending

public schools in the Northern Illawarra, extending

from Helensburgh to Waniora Public, to submit and

entry. Students can enter new works in one of 3

exhibition categories which will be on display at the

Scarborough Arts Show on the weekend of 5th & 6th

October 2013.

Entry forms can be obtained from the office.

FOR SALE

Fish Tank Length: 60cm Depth: 38cm Wide: 30cm

Wooden stand and lid to fit plus accessories and fittings.

$250 ono

Phone 0412 253 292

Unexpected Marmalade.........for Unexpected Magic

Dear Coledale families

Do you have any spare citrus in your garden, clean jars, time and jam making skills?

Several P&C members are cooking up some delicious Unexpected Marmalade to raise money for our end of year show – thanks to Naomi for kicking this off with wonderful tangelos from a local orchard.

We will have a cooking day at school and another cooking day offsite in the next few weeks. We will be selling the marmalade at the school gate in the afternoons, labels co- designed by Priscilla and students. If you are keen to help please email me not the school address below.

Donations of jars and fruit to be left in the school kitchen.

Thanks and regards,

Annie McNamara

President, Coledale P&C Association ph: 0409 280 151 e: pattymac@ ihug.com.au

Canteen Specials

22nd August Lebanese Pizzas $1.50 per slice

(Supreme/Ham & Pineapple/Margarita)

29th August Spaghetti $3.50

(remember your container)

Please bring your containers!


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