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News & Views Crookwell Public School

For The Calendar... Spotted…

Next Week

Mon. 27 Jul Flying Start: Postponed until further notice

Wed. 29 Jul School Canteen Reopens (Wed & Fri)

Thur. 30 Jul Book Club Due

Coming Up

Mon. 03 Aug Book Fair Viewing (students only)

Tue. 04 Aug Book Fair Viewing (students only)

Fri. 07 Aug ICAS Online Payments & Permission Notes Due

Fri. 07 Aug Jeans for Genes Day (jeans = gold coin)

Thu. 13 Aug Scripture and Ethics start

Mon. 17 Aug Science ICAS Competition

Mon. 24 Aug Digital Technologies ICAS Competition

Mon. 24 Aug English ICAS Competition

Fri. 28 Aug Life Education Van (no cost)

Mon. 31 Aug Spelling ICAS Competition

Mon. 31 Aug Mathematics ICAS Competition

Mon. 31 Aug Year 6 Camp (return Fri 4 Sept)

Mon. 31 Aug Life Education Van (no cost)

Tue. 1 Sep Life Education Van (no cost)

Tue. 8 Sep Jollybops Science Show

Fri. 11 Sep CWA Year 7 Educational Grant due

Note: Playgroup postponed until Term 4, 2020.

Book Fair! This year’s Book Fair will change in structure from previous years, due to the COVID-19 restrictions.

Student only browsing. Online payments only.

No parent purchases/browsing on school grounds.

Please read further Book Fair information within the newsletter.

Ms Caffery for her exceptional culinary skills.

Alvin Pearson for his enthusiasm returning to school in Term 3.

Glynn McIlwain for having pleasant manners and care.

Primary students for their amazing behaviour in the playground on the first day back.

Kindergarten students for looking after Miss Bell during her first week as their new teacher.

Jay Knight for his very interesting facts about rhinoceroses.

Tommy Dunn for his caring attitude with other students.

Stage 3 for their enthusiasm in science.

Joe Stephenson for cleaning up the school playground.

Stirling Inder for caring for our infants students.

Jay Knight for being a gentleman and helping Mrs Whittington with some heavy lifting!

Ihaka and Huddy Hape enjoying their last week at our school, all the best at your new school boys!

Laura Churchill for a super huge effort in Sentence a Day.

Thomas Haywood-Whipp for working hard to stay on task.

Skyelah Gray and Elizabeth McDonald for keeping our school grounds tidy.

Bronte Thorpe for her lovely demeanour and positive attitude.

Sam Saville for his great sense of humour.

All students for having such a settled first week of Term 3.

Taj Davis for his delightful conversations with Mr Roberts in the playground.

Tenielle Richardson for being brave.

Ada Dunn for her insightful contributions to class discussions.

Bodi Waters for dealing with disappointment in a mature way.

William McDonald for always making the most of each day with his happy and positive attitude.

Mrs Thorpe and Miss Bell for their flexibility, support and understanding.

24th July, 2020 Term 3 Week 1

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land and pay our respects

to Elders past, present and future

Welcome to Term 3 I extend to our newly enrolled student and every one of our staff members, and returning students, a very warm welcome to Term 3. I hope each of you are as pleased as I am to be returning to school refreshed and renewed after the winter break.

Term 3 is a term of excitement and anticipation as we wait for the warmer weather of spring and actively participate in stimulating and challenging programs and events which lead to improved learning outcomes.

We said goodbye, for now, to Miss Sophie Stephenson at the end of last term while she enjoys her maternity leave and we welcome back Mrs Jade Bell, Assistant Principal, who will be working two days per week. Miss Phoebe Bell has joined Miss O’Neill on Kindergarten and is absolutely loving the opportunity to be learning with our youngest students.

Mr Nedanoski is on leave so Mr Atfield will continue teaching 3/4 Koala.

Let’s look forward to an amazing term of learning and fun!

Last week in Peer Support…

Students discussed their individual strengths, concentrating on those of curiosity, kindness and being a team player. They investigated the traits of these strengths and were asked to identify which one described themselves most accurately. Groups finished the session with a game called “Pass it Around” which emphasised the fact that when you preserve you eventually succeed.

Garth Stanger, Alvin Pearson, Briah Cluney, Genevieve Webster, Annabelle Caves, Sonny Woods and Noah

Edwards standing by the word ‘Kindness’ which they feels best describes them.

Gymnastics This week we welcomed back Vaughn Edmonds for another wonderful term of gymnastics. Kindergarten had their first ever session with Vaughn and they learnt some new skills including bear walks, frog jumps and duck walks.

Students also practised balancing skills and even got to do some handstands. The growth and development of skills will astound you over these next nine weeks, we can’t wait for next week!

Aria Bailey was very pleased to get back into gymnastics!

Poppy Snape makes a very happy cat!

Lincoln Norris practises his bear walk.

Billi Kelly shows off her duck walk.

Sophie Mueller makes a wonderful “seal”.

Paige Hill demonstrates child’s pose.

Jack Frost shows off his upper body strength in a hand

stand.

Gymnastics builds core strength, coordination, flexibility and confidence.

In the Classroom with 1/2 Kangaroo

This week the students of 1/2 Kangaroo were excited to return to school and engage in their learning! We kept very busy this week by publishing pieces of writing about our holidays, delving into the world of ‘Matilda’ by Roald Dahl, enhancing our throwing and catching skills and further developing our knowledge about place value in numeracy. We look forward to what next week will bring!

Chayse McDonald had his thinking cap on when putting

together a 100’s chart puzzle.

Georgie Robertson and Faith Riles enjoyed working together

when ordering numbers.

Garth Stanger, Poppy Snape and Taj Davis were very proud of their holiday writing.

Book Fair Book Fair celebrations will commence in Week 3 with the Scholastic Book Fair. During the week students will be invited to visit the library with their class teachers to browse the books and fill out a wish list.

This year’s Book Fair will change in structure from previous years, due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Instead

of parents and carers purchasing the books at the school library, we encourage parents to purchase the books from their child’s wish list online. Then with proof of purchase the

students can collect their goodies at the end of the week. If you need assistance with the online ordering please contact the school to arrange a time to order over the phone with a staff member. If restrictions change parents will be notified of times and days that they will be allowed onto school grounds but currently NO parents are to come into school grounds so as to abide by social distancing regulations. Thank you Miss Miners & Miss Kemp

Stage 1 News Topics Next week, students in Stage 1 will continue to share news with their class once a week for the remainder of the term. Students will speak on a variety of news topics to share their knowledge and understanding on key learning areas covered at school. We ask that you encourage your child to regularly participate, as it benefits their speaking and listening skills. Thank you for your support!

1/2 Kangaroo

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Connor Emma Charlie Taj Tommy

Indi Kai Huddy Alfie Isabelle

Riley Caden Chayse Faith Georgie

Poppy Garth Jordan Charles Reuben

1/2 Emu

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Aria Jack Owen Alvin Olivia S.

Tyler Nathaniel Piquet Jackson R.

Laura

Lily Oliver Levi Samuel Jackson W.

Lane Jo-Lee Cooper Olivia W.

News Topics

Wk Topic

2 What special group/s do you belong to? A sporting team, or perhaps a friendship group? Tell the class about your special group and why it is important to you.

3 Share your favourite joke with the class.

4 Get creative! Design and make something using recyclable objects from home.

5 Choose an Australian animal and share 3 interesting facts about it.

6 Wonderful weekend! Tell the class your favourite thing to do on the weekend and why.

7 Share with your class what you would like to be when you grow up.

8 Bring in your favourite book and share with the class why it is your favourite.

9 Who is someone you look up to or admire? Tell the class about this person and why you look up to them.

10 If you could go anywhere in the world where would you like to visit and why?

Jollybops – Rescheduled 8 September 2020

The Jollybops Science Show brings science alive for

students through exciting, stimulating and interactive shows! Rusty the Robot and The Jolly Professor are back to entertain students from Kindergarten to Year 6 on Tuesday 8 September 2020!

This year’s K-2 show is a chemistry show, this includes “explosive gases, combusting powders and metals, freezing liquids, colour changing reactions, slimey gooey polymer worms”. The show for Years 3-6 is called What! Is it science or magic?, “Students will see the Jolly Professor’s head shrink and expand all by itself, special reactive paper burns then disappears (no ash), steel discs that seem to defy gravity, cylinders that change a rainbow of colours all by themselves and metals that burn”. The K-2 performance will commence at 12pm and Yrs 3-6 performance at 2pm. The cost for this exciting performance is $7.00 per child. Please return the following permission note and money to the school by Wednesday 21 July 2020. Please note some families have already paid for this prior to the March cancellation. Please look for a pink slip noting you still owe money for this activity. …………………………………………………………………

JOLLYBOPS SCIENCE SHOW

I give permission for my child(ren) _____________________ ________________________________________________ to attend the Jollybops performance on Tuesday 8 September 2020.

I have enclosed $7.00 per child. I/we have previously paid $7.00 per child Parent/Guardian signature: ______________________ If payment made online POP Receipt Number: ___________ Date: ___________ …………………………………………………………………

CWA Year 7 Educational Grant The Southern Tablelands Group of the Country Women’s Association of NSW will be awarding five Educational Grants to the value of $250 each for children entering secondary school in 2021. To be eligible for the grant Year 6 students must:-

Live in the Southern Tablelands Group Area

Demonstrate commitment to their school life and community

Be completing Year 6 in 2020

Application forms for this Educational Grant can be obtained from the school administration office or by phoning 48 321 213 and requesting that an application form is posted home.

Completed applications need to be returned to Mr Whittington by Friday 11th September, 2020 to ensure they can be posted with time to reach the judging panel by 30th September, 2020. Late applications cannot be accepted

Year 6 Camp Currently the school is still planning and hoping students will attend Narrabeen Sport & Recreation Camp in Week 7. When more details come to hand, students and families will be notified.

Life Education Van

Life Education NSW will be visiting our school on Friday 28 August, Monday 31 August and Tuesday 1 September 2020. There will be no cost to this activity. The school will cover the student activity fee of $10.

As the Life Education program addresses many of the components and objectives within the NSW Personal Development, Health, Physical Education curriculum, students are encouraged to attend. Year 5 & 6: Friday 28 July (1.5 hour session) Kindy, Year 1 & Year 2: Monday 31 August (1 hour session) Year 3 & 4: Tuesday 1 September (1.5 hour session) K: My Body Matters 1: Ready Steady Go 2: Growing Good Friends 3: bCyberwise 4: Mind Your Medicine 5: On The Case 6: Decisions If you want more information on the session content please contact the school on (02) 48321213. If you would like your child/children to participate in the program please detach the slip and return it to school by Friday 21 August 2020.

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LIFE EDUCATION PERMISSION NOTE

I give permission for my child/ children _________________

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of class/classes ___________________________________

to participate in the Life Education Van program. There is no

cost to this school activity.

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Life Education Merchandise For Sale Merchandise will not be available for purchase during Healthy Harold’s visit. If families would like to purchase merchandise you are directed to their online shop. https://www.lifeeducation.org.au/shop/

Kindergarten Child Protection lessons This term Kindergarten will be participating in mandatory Child Protection lessons in their Personal Development and Health lessons. The topics include recognising and responding to unsafe situations, establishing and maintaining safe and respectful relationships and protection strategies such as No, Go, Tell.

These topics can be sensitive and challenging but are crucial in protecting our young people. Your child/ren may come home and want to discuss these topics with you further.

If you require further information about these topics please arrange a time to speak with Miss Miners or Mr Whittington by phoning the school on 48 321 213.

Stage 1 Child Protection lessons This term students in Stage 1 will be participating in mandatory Child Protection lessons as part of the Personal Development and Health unit. The topics include recognising and responding to unsafe situations, appropriate and inappropriate behaviour and protection strategies such as No, Go, Tell.

These topics can be sensitive and challenging but are crucial in protecting our young people. Your child may come home and want to discuss these topics with you further.

If you require further information about these topics please arrange a time to speak with Mrs Whittington or Mr Whittington by phoning the school on 48 321 213.

Stage 2 Child Protection lessons This term Year 3 and 4 will be participating in mandatory Child Protection lessons in their Personal Development and Health lessons. The topics include recognising and responding to unsafe situations, establishing and maintaining safe and respectful relationships and protection strategies such as No, Go, Tell.

These topics can be sensitive and challenging but are crucial in protecting our young people. Your child/ren may come home and want to discuss these topics with you further. I

f you require further information about these topics please arrange a time to speak with Ms Caffery or Mr Whittington by phoning the school on 48 321 213.

Jeans for Genes Day Friday 7th August 2020 is Jeans for Genes Day. Students are invited to wear their favourite jeans to school along with a coin donation to help raise funds for children fighting genetic diseases and other serious conditions. Let’s get behind this wonderful charity and help make a difference.

Student Forum

Flying Start Postponed – Term 3 We would normally be excited about our pre-schoolers joining us for our second term of Flying Start this term but unfortunately we have had to postpone the commencement of Flying Start for a second time based on advice from the NSW Department of Education Miss O’Neill has prepared the Flying Start program and is now waiting patiently for it to begin when it is safe to do so.

Please keep an eye on our website and Facebook page for more information regarding a ‘Flying Start’ commencement date when it comes to hand.

We have already received numerous inquiries about Flying Start and Miss O’Neill has had some one-on-one meetings with parents of pre-school children. Miss O’Neill is only too happy to continue with one-on-one meetings if parents request it.

When Flying Start begins children, regardless of the school in which they are enrolling, are encouraged to participate. This is an ideal opportunity for pre-school children to experience the school environment and routine while developing friendships.

If you know of any children wishing to attend please let them know of the details of the program or they may contact the school on 48 321 213 and speak with Mr Whittington. Environment Club Our chickens will be laying eggs soon, if you have any spare clean egg cartons to donate to the school office, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You Dr Velu Dr and Mrs Thangavelu’s sons, Visu and Amar, and daughter Veena, attended Crookwell Public School in the 1970s and 1980s. Both Dr and Mrs Velu were actively involved in the life of the school and were well known and held in very high esteem by the students, staff, parents and broader school community.

Over the forty plus years that have elapsed since this time the Velu’s outstanding reputation and the esteem in which they are held has only grown. And they are still equally well known by the students with Mrs Velu being the lady with the warm smile and kind words at the surgery and Dr Velu being the man that has vaccinated, delivered, operated, plastered, consoled, guided etc many of them, their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. A true family doctor providing high quality, inter-generational health care! So was it necessary to coerce students to thank and farewell Dr Velu? Definitely Not! We love them. Thank you and best wishes for the future from everyone at Crookwell Public School.

Kindergarten News- Term 3 News in Kindergarten will continue this term with a roster and topic for each week. The aim of news is to foster speaking and listening skills. It is an activity that can be socially rewarding and academically advantageous for young children while also solidifying the home-school connection.

See the table below for the day your child has news. If your child is unable to bring something in to share, they are more than welcome just to speak about the topic. Please do not bring items of great sentimental or monetary value.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Dorothy Kyle Paige Kelsey Billy

Bronte Remi Halla Carter Cristian

Tait Harrison Ginny Tenielle Koa

Ivy Jimmy Killian Billi Lincoln

Benji Indi Leo Sophie Isla

Jack Elouise Joscelyn

News Topics

Wk Topic

2 Numbers

Write out your numbers starting from 1 all the way up to 100 or as high as you can go. Bring it in to show us.

3 Our bedrooms

Bring in a photo or draw a picture of your bedroom and talk about any special things you might have in there.

4 We grow!

Share a baby photo of you with the class and talk about the things you can do now but you couldn’t do when you are a baby.

5 Letters

Bring in piece of writing that you can share with the class that you have written. It could be just a list of letters you know or a story you have written.

6 Creating/making

Use cardboard boxes, containers, paper and other materials you have at home to make a musical instrument.

7 Pets

Bring in a picture or talk about a pet that you have or you know. It could be your relatives pet or your neighbours pet if you don’t have one. Tell us what the pet needs to have to survive.

8 Learning at school

Tell us something you know how to do know that you didn’t know how to do before you started school.

9 Friends

Who are your friends and what makes a good friend.

10 Insects

What is your favourite insect and why? You can share a picture of the insect and tell us some interesting facts about it.

Class Merit Awards Week 1

Bilby

Isla Webster for being a kind friend.

Harrison Smith for sharing his thoughtful ideas in class.

Ivy Stranger for being very helpful in the classroom.

Koa Haynes for amazing reading!!! Keep it up. 1/2 Emu

Oliver Keith for his positive attitude towards learning.

Lane Cunningham-Rowell for writing a brilliant procedure on how to make fairy bread.

1/2 Kangaroo

Huddy Hape for being an awesome member of 1/2 Kangaroo, we will miss you!

Taj Davis for his amazing holiday writing.

3/4 Echidna

Jonah Allwright for creating atmosphere in his writing,

and giving Mrs Hayes goose bumps.

Ava Wilcox-Symons for re-reading her writing, and

editing it to engage her audience.

3/4 Koala

Ollie Croker for great effort to improve his written work.

Sam Frost for writing a fantastic recount of the holidays.

3/4 Platypus

Charli Kelly for continued improvement in identifying subordinating conjunctions.

Taylor Eason for improvement in his times tables recall.

5/6 Dingo

Thomas Cole for his determination to finish his tasks to a high standard.

Emma Robertson for detailed contributions to her Olympic group task.

5/6 Magpie

Phoebe Murray for excellent research skills.

Evelyn Dark for excellent research skills.

Jay Knight for a high level of skill in gymnastics.

5/6 Kookaburra

Tyler Ross – Welcome to Crookwell Public School!

Addie Dawson for her skills when researching the Olympics.

Victa Woods for his enthusiasm when completing algorithms.

Joe Stephenson for his enthusiasm when reading.

Stage 3 Olympics Study As Thursday 23rd July marks the beginning of the one year count down until the postponed 2020 Olympics, Stage 3 started Term 3, by studying the Olympics and its history. Discovering its origins in Ancient Greece, and its reintroduction in 1896 as the modern Olympics, that we know today. Groups were given an iteration of the games to study and then tasked to create a poster, explaining their findings.

Parts of their research included, Australian representatives of the games, medal tallies, information on the host country, creating an athlete profile of an Australian representative, and mascots for each games.

Stage 3 Dingo also decided to create some sporting art to represent the numerous events of the games.

Annabelle Caves demonstrates her skills on the gymnastics

vault.

Emma Robertson and Ruby Butler battle it out on the hockey

field.

Talon Young shows off his brute strength in the weightlifting.

Term 3 Class Captains Elected

Elections to decide on who would fill the role of class captain have been conducted, with the following students elected by their peers to this leadership position.

Class Captains for Term 3 are:-

Year 1/2 Emu ~ Piquet Nelson & Nathaniel Hockley

Year 1/2 Kangaroo ~ Indi Fahey & Rueben

Year 3/4 Platypus ~ Ryann Ross & George Willis

Year 3/4 Echidna ~ Ava Wilcox-Symons & Brax Druett

Year 3/4 Koala ~ Shae Dumesic & Ollie Croker

Year 5/6 Dingo ~ Keeley Cunningham & Charles Butler

Year 5/6 Magpie ~ Hanna Hunt & Alec McGregor

Year 5/6 Kookaburra ~ Kayla McDonald & Tyler Ross

Congratulations class captains!

Yours in Public Education,

Michael Whittington Principal

Kirstie O’Neill Assistant Principal

Greg Atfield Relieving Assistant Principal

P&C News Canteen Roster Term 3 2020 ** Please do not forget to sign in at the Front Office to complete paperwork in line with new COVID guidelines** **If you are sick or feeling unwell – please stay home!**

Week 2

Wednesday 29/7 Friday 31/7

Jan Woods Jess Campbell

Katie Keith Heather Stanger

Week 3

Wednesday 5/8 Friday 7/8

Marcia Dunn Liddy Skelly

Jan Woods Alex Hewitt

Week 4

Wednesday 12/7 Friday 14/7

Jess Campbell Jan Woods

Amanda Richardson Amanda Pearson

Week 5

Wednesday 19/7 Friday 21/7

Jan Woods Heather Stanger

Alex Hewitt Jess Campbell

Community Announcements ………………… The inclusion of any announcement does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation

thereof by Crookwell Public School.

Crookwell Neighbourhood Centre – Playgroup We apologise for any inconvenience, however we have been advised to not recommence playgroup sessions in Term 3 on Fridays due to current Covid-19 situation. Any enquiries please direct them to our office on 02 48321953.