Paterson Post

Week 10 Term 3

20th September, 2013

Coming Events

OCTOBER

Tue 8th - All Students & teachers

return

Fri 11th - Horse Sports

Mon 14th - A.A.S. Dance

Tue 15th - School Council

Wed 16th - Kindy Orientation

- 4/5 Assembly

- NSW PSSA Athletics

Mon 21st - P & C meeting

Mon 28th - A.A.S. Dance

Wed 30th - Kindy Orientation

- 1/2 Assembly

DECEMBER

Tue 10th - Presentation Night

Notes Sent Home

Staffing Term 4

Term 3

Scotty’s Winner

Winner of the 2 movie

tickets went to Alanna

Paterson. Many thanks to

Scotty’s of Raymond

Terrace Theatre for

their kind donation.

Welcome To

“Kindergarten Castle”!

In Literacy and Creative Arts,

Kindergarten have been having fun

reading, writing, drawing, creating, role

playing and learning about castles! We

even created one in our classroom! It is

almost complete and has a moat,

drawbridge and a dungeon with a dragon

guarding treasure! Kindergarten

thoroughly enjoyed acting out the story

we wrote together for our assembly item.

Thanks to all the amazing Mums and Dads

for their fantastic costumes!

Assembly Awards

Term 3

Captain’s Award: Jarrod Homan for advancing through to State for Athletics .

CARE AWARDS - Week 9 & 10

STAGE 1: Tynan Palmowski, Annabel Baker, Louis Presland & Kieran Watts

STAGE 2: Sophie White, Joshua Gorman, Lachlan Hogan & Keely Kerr

STAGE 3: Nicholas Stuckings, Samantha Campbell, Lachlan Hawes & Laura Norley

Term 3

Week 10

Award 1 Award 2 Award 3 Award 4

Kindergarten Name: Bridget Taylor

Reason: Excellent reading

and taking pride in the

presentation of her work.

Name: Tayla Norley

Reason: Great reading and

having a happy, respectful

attitude.

Name: Charlie Cant

Reason: An excellent design

for a robot that cooks your

dinner for you.

Name: Kieran Watts

Reason: Excellent work

with his “Maths Boxes”.

Class 1/2 Name: Tynan Palmowski

Reason: For making an ex-

cellent beach diorama.

Name: Joslyn Paterson

Reason: For making an ex-

cellent farm diorama.

Name: Kain Lee

Reason: For an excellent

effort with his Maths work

and rainforest diorama.

Name: Louis Presland

Reason: For

improvement with his

story writing and an

excellent African

diorama.

Class 2/3 Name: Talia Falconer

Reason: Contributing well in

Place Value lessons.

Name: Liam Tremethick

Reason: Excellent recall of

7x tables.

Class 4/5 Name: Jesse Tindall

Reason: Trying exceptional-

ly well in Fractions,

Decimals and Percentages

Maths Strands.

Name: Elena Norley

Reason: Drawing some good

diagrams in Science.

Name: Elena Williams

Reason: Drawing a detailed

diagram of the Water

Cycle.

Name: Gemmah Lee

Reason: Displaying

some great skills in

sport.

Class 5/6 Name: Blake Wade

Reason: Impressive acting

skills in drama.

Name: Brandon Lee

Reason: Encouraging

learning in maths.

Name: Blake Wade

Reason: Helping with

computers.

Name: Brooke Simon

Reason: Excellent work at

the cake stall.

Name; Jakeb Robertson

Reason: Helping with

computers.

Name: Laura Norley

Reason: Great group

work in class.

Term 3

Week 10

Principal’s Award

Kindergarten

Handwriting Award

Name: Angus Gordon

Reason: Excellent manners and fantastic reading.

Name: Hayden Merchant

Reason: Taking pride in the presentation of his handwriting.

Class 1/2

Handwriting Award

Name: Daniel Deaves

Reason: For improvement in all areas.

Name: Emily Tindall

Reason: For lovely handwriting.

Class 2/3

Handwriting Award

Name: Ariadne Harvey-Onslow

Reason: Improvement when reading aloud expressively.

Name: Sophie White

Reason: Improved slope in handwriting.

Class 4/5

Handwriting Award

Name: Max Speelman

Reason: Great attitude and improvement in fitness.

Name: Jack Windram

Reason: Improvement in handwriting book.

Class 5/6

Handwriting Award

Name: Natasha Perrott

Reason: Striving for excellence in aspects of class work.

Name: Jakeb Robertson

Reason: Improvement in handwriting lessons.

Term 3

HAPPY HOLDAYS! In our last newsletter for the term, the staff at Paterson would like to wish everyone a relaxing holiday and an enjoyable break. You can see from the term planner that Term 4 promises to be a very busy one. There are lots of exciting opportunities and the usual end of term events happening. Year 6 would like to say a big thank you to everyone for supporting their fundraising this week. The cake stall had many delicious donations from parents and raised $180.00. (Very impressive eating on behalf of the kids!) The footy colours day has also been well supported and has been a lovely way to end the term. On a personal note, thank you also for your holiday well wishes and gifts. I am looking forward to a terrific holi-day and hope that everyone enjoys a productive Term 4. Tomorrow Rotary will be conducting a Working Bee at our school. This will be very exciting as the area between the canteen and staffroom will look gorgeous when the kids return.

Our Year 5 students have a bird feeder that they decorated on display at the Hunter Valley Gardens - Spring Festival. If you are visiting the gardens, keep an eye out for it. Happy Holidays Regards Monica

ICAS Writing Competition 11 students participated in Years 2-6 and were awarded 2 Distinction, 3 Credit and 6 Participation Certificates.

Keely Kerr - Year 4 Credit Elena Williams – Year 5 Distinction Samantha Campbell- Year 6 Credit

Natasha Perrott – Year 6 Credit Jemma Kerr – Year 6 Distinction

ICAS Computer Competition 8 students participated in Years 3-6 and were awarded 1 Credit and 7 Participation Certificates.

Natasha Perrott – Year 6 Credit

ICAS Science Competition 11 students participated in Years 3-6 and were awarded 1 Distinction, 1 Credit and 9 Participation Certificates.

Elena Williams – Year 5 Credit Natasha Perrott – Year 6 Distinction

NB: More ICAS competition certificates will be sent out next term.

Term 3

BASKETBALL FUN DAY AND MULITSPORTS FUN DAY!

Monday the 23rd and Tuesday the 24th September 2013

Day 1 – Basketball, Day 2 – Multisport

Cost: $50.00 for the 2 days or $30.00 for 1 day

Families with 2 or more children pay $15.00 per child there after

Lunch is provided (sausage sizzle) but kids are to bring their own morning tea and drinks for the day.

Canteen facilities will be available.

PLEASE NOTE - NO BASKETBALL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED – IT’S A FUN DAY OF LEARNING AND GAMES

Where: Maitland Federation Centre, 10 Bent Street, Maitland 2320

Time: 9-30am to 3-00pm (please arrive by 9-15am for registration)

Ages: Open to infants and primary school children 5 years and over

Hi from the Canteen,

Well another term ended and again a wonderful,

job done by all our great mums and dads!

I want to say a big thank you to Tien Norley and

Nalani Palmowski who have helped out above and

beyond this term. Your help is greatly

appreciated.

Lunch order bags should be here at the start of

next term and for those who have not ordered

any you can purchase them at the canteen

anytime.

I will arrange for the new roster to be handed

out on Tuesday of Term 4 and will try and email

a copy to anyone who has provided me with

their email address.

We NEED more canteen volunteers so if you

think you could help out even once a term can

y o u p l e a s e e m a i l m e a t

amymerchant@bigpond.com

I hope everyone has an enjoyable school holiday

and I will see you in Term 4.