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DATES TO REMEMBER

Term 3

Week 8

Tue 10 Sep Parent Teacher Interviews

Wed 11 Sep Parent Teacher Interviews

Thu 12 Sep Cluster Choir Rehearsal at CC Waratah

ICAS – Spelling Bee

Parent Teacher Interviews

Cluster Choir Performance at CC Waratah

Fri 13 Sep Stage 1 Excursion to Hunter Wetlands

Cluster Choir Assembly Item

Parent Teacher Interviews

Week 9

Mon 16 Sep Responsible Pet Visit K-2

Year 6 Farewell Parent Meeting 5:30pm – 6:00pm

P&C Meeting 6pm in Library

Tue 17 Sep ICAS - English

Thu 19 Sep Aboriginal Recognition Ceremony Wallsend Campus

10:00am – 12:30pm

ICAS - Mathematics

Fri 20 Sep 2Y Class Assembly Item

Week 10

Mon 23 Sep Aboriginal Community Meeting 3pm

Fri 27 Sep 1R Class Assembly Item

Last Day of Term 3

Term 4

Week 1

Mon 14 Oct First Day of Term 4 Both students and staff return

Principal’s Message Happy Week 8 everyone... Parent/Teacher Interviews Three-way conferences are this week. We have had a huge response by parents/carers in booking interview times to discuss their child's progress. I would strongly recommend that you ask questions about your child's social, emotional and academic strengths and areas for further development. Please see your child’s class teacher if you still need to book a time for an interview. Our teachers will also complete phone interviews if you cannot attend in person. P&C Congratulations to the P&C for organising a successful Trivia night and Father’s Day stall. We have amazing volunteers who are constantly planning new initiatives to improve student’s learning. Please join us at our monthly P&C meeting on Monday 16th September 6:00pm to discuss future ideas and projects. Professional Learning

Aboriginal Community Meeting Our termly Aboriginal community meeting will be held on Monday 23rd September at 3:00pm. All staff, students and parents/carers are welcome to join us to discuss opportunities for our students and families in Term 4. Ms Carnell, Miss Robertson and I would like to share the amazing professional learning we attended two weeks ago: ‘Connecting to Country’. We loved every minute of this conference and felt very privileged to learn and connect to Aboriginal culture.

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TERM 3 WEEK 8 2019

All staff need to complete mandatory training in CPR & Anaphylaxis annually. Last Tuesday night the staff and I participated in a twilight session for 3 hours to complete this training. It is always beneficial to update our knowledge of these skills.

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SCHOOL HOURS Supervision from: 8:30am

School starts: 9:00am School finishes: 3:00pm

WEEKLY ASSEMBLY

Fridays 2:30pm

UNIFORM SHOP Mondays: 8:45 – 9:15am

CANTEEN

Term 3: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

BREAKFAST CLUB

Term 3: Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Weekly Joey Awards

Jesmond OOSH In conjunction with Jesmond PS, C3 Victory Church has an after school care service that they provide to our community. OOSH provides many fun opportunities to develop social, emotional and learning skills. The after school care program offers interest based activities. Please support our OOSH. If you need further information, please contact our Administration office. Have a wonderful week. Deborah Kelly Year 5 Taster Lesson On Thursday 29th August, our Year 5 students visited Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus for a taste of all that high school has to offer. It was an exciting day filled with a wide range of learning opportunities. Students were able to familiarise themselves with the campus, as well as experience high school cooking, science, library, PD/H/PE, coding, dance and music lessons. They interacted with students from other local primary schools and very much enjoyed making new friends. Our students were wonderful representatives of Jesmond Public School, with a number of teachers from other schools commenting on their exceptional behaviour and engagement. A big thank you to Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus for organising this wonderful experience!

Premier’s Spelling Bee Regional Finals Last Friday, Jesmond Public School hosted the Premier's Spelling Bee Regional Finals for the second year in a row. Well done to our students who represented Jesmond in the finals: Zaid, Shabnam, Dylan and Manela. You all did a fantastic job! Thank you to our School Captains and student helpers on the day: Kamall, Hamish, Evie, Disa, Riley and Lana. They all had important jobs to do in each session to help the event run smoothly. We had students from 19 schools attending the Regional Finals; 34 students competed in the Junior session and 36 students competed in the Senior session. The Junior winner represented Wallsend South Public School and the Senior winner represented New Lambton South Public School. These students will now go on and compete at the Spelling Bee State Final in Sydney.

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Assembly Award Recipients

3/4G Class Assembly Item

Responsible Pet Visit Children in K-2 classes will be participating in the Responsible Pet Education Program at school on Monday 16th September 2019. This aligns with the PD/HP/E syllabus and is no cost to families. The purpose of this visit will be to support children with strategies when they are around dogs. Kindergarten Enrolments for 2020 Have you enrolled for Kindergarten in 2020? Please see the office for more information.

Is your child, or a child you know, starting school in 2020? Come in and visit Jesmond Public School today!

Cluster Choir This Thursday 12th September, all community members are invited to attend the Callaghan Cluster Choir performance at Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus Hall. There will be a number of songs performed by the Cluster Choir on the night with a special individual performance from the Jesmond Public School choir. Before the performance, there will be a sausage sizzle BBQ and drinks sold from 4:45pm. • Sausage sandwiches (including Halal sausages) - $2 • Drinks (water, lemonade and Fanta) - $2

Entry fee for the performance will be a gold coin donation. The performance will begin at 6:00pm! Attention Jesmond choir students All choir students are required to attend the evening performance with parents or carers. Please meet Miss Weber at our arranged location to have your named marked off by 5:30pm. P&C News P&C Father’s Day stall Thank you! Wow! The students showed how much they cared for their dads, pops, uncles and male role models because you helped raise $721! This money goes directly back into our school. We would love to thank everyone for their continued support & hope everyone enjoyed Father’s Day. P&C Committee

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Year 5 Taster Lessons

OOSH

Uniform Shop The uniform shop has 3 large new bucket hats for sale at $5 each due to being incorrectly supplied (no gold piping on the rim). We are currently taking new tunic orders. If you would to purchase one, please leave your order at the uniform shop. We can notify you when they arrive. The uniform shop is currently running a special on Gold Logo Polos on sizes 12, 14 and 16 for only $15 each. This is only while stocks last. Helpful hint: These are great for year 6 at the end of the year when students are gathering class signatures. We also have available 3 pairs of black school shoes size 3 and 4 kids at only $1 per pair. Come in and try them on! The Uniform Shop is currently looking for second hand donations, especially jackets, tunics or logo polos. If you have any unwanted uniforms, you can hand these into either the office or the uniform shop. OOSH NEWS Jesmond Public School! OOSH have been having a great Term 3 so far, playing lots of board games, dressing up, playing sports games outside and building things! The team at OOSH enjoyed seeing everyone dressed up for Book Week! At OOSH we conducted some science experiments, including making ‘elephant toothpaste’! We also tried a new meal for our afternoon snack, which was butter chicken with boiled rice (Halal approved) and it was a big hit! OOSH is a paid service where we look after your children after school finishes if you are working, have appointments, need to do your groceries or for any other reason where you cannot make it in time to pick up your child. We are open from 3:00-6:00pm in the hall Monday-Thursday. If you would like your child to come to OOSH, or if you have any more questions about OOSH, please feel free to come and see me between Monday-Thursday 2:30-6:00pm. You can also call me on 0427 060 072 or email me at jesmond.oosh@c3victory.org.au. We would love to meet you! From Shanais and the team at Jesmond OOSH.

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www.facebook.com/JesmondPS www.jesmond-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Community News Irlen Diagnostic Clinic Newcastle

Assembly Awards

Class Merit Reading Gold Superstar

K-60 Lily

KR Aleena, Amina, James Maya

KB Nabil, Laila, Ibrahim Yousef

1R Amirah, Yared, Mosawer, Stevie-Lee

Simrah, Daniel Simrah

2C Isla, Sandy, Martha

2Y Laura, Muhammad Hamish

3/4G Mohamad, Noman, Sierra Alex-Jon

3/4W Nasser, Rania, Masooma Saly

5/6B Mason, Fatema, Sajedeh

5/6W Aissata, Aicha, Lachlan

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