Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447
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Teamwork Respect Responsibility Honesty
Important Dates
Gillian Stuart—Principal
Term 2|Week 2|8th May 2018
“Courage. Kindness.
Friendship. Character.
These are the qualities
that define us as human
beings, and propel us, on
occasion, to greatness.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder
Term 2 2018
Friday 11/05/18
District Cross Country Bowraville
Monday 14/05/18
P&C Meeting 3.15pm
Starting Tuesday 15/05/18
NAPLAN Yr 3 and 5 students
Sunday 20/05/18
School Working Bee 10am-12pm
Thursday 24/05/18
NRL Gala Day- Greg Inglis Shield
Friday 25/05/18
Mid North Coast Cross Country
Thursday 31/05/18
Questacon Science Show
Friday 01/06/18
SRC Pirate Day
Tuesday 05/06/18
Robotics Excursion 5/6
Young Jiu Jitsu champ takes gold !
Congratulations to Jace in Year 6 on his Jiu Jitsu achievements. Below
is the article from the Guardian newspaper last week.
Indo Corner Bagian Badan (Body Parts)
Muka - Face
Hidung - Nose
Mata - Eyes
Mulut - Mouth
Telinga - Ear
Leher - Neck
Lengan - Arm
Tangan - Hand
Jari Tangan - Finger
Siku - Elbow
Perut - Stomach
Kaki - Leg / Foot
Lutut - Knee
Jari Kaki - Toe
Punggung - Back
Scotts Head’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete Jace McMurray takes out Coffs
Harbour Invitational competition.
Eleven-year-old Brazillian Jiu Jitsu athlete Jace McMurray from Scotts Head, took out both the
kids Gi and No Gi submission only divisions at the Coffs Harbour Invitational competition on
Saturday, April 28.
Winning five out of six fights via submission was enough to claim both divisions.
Jace has been training with both his dad, Troy in Scotts Head and Zac Hughes at Valla BJJ in
the lead up to the competition.
The result at Coffs Harbour is a step towards the ADCC National Titles in Sydney at the end of
May.
Jace, who has been training in BJJ for nearly six years has won many titles in Queensland
including the East Coast Australian Title but the opportunity to compete in the most prestigious
grappling organisation in the world (ADCC) doesn’t come around too often so he is looking to
make the most of it.
Jace encourages all kids to try Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or the ‘gentle art’ as it is known.
Weekly Round Up
Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447
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Hello, Giinagay, Hai,
Congratulations to everyone involved in our cross country at the
beach last Wednesday. A great time was had by all and there was
some outstanding athletic performances. This year there is a
change to the number of students going on to the next level. Only
the top 3 students will be going on to district at Bowraville and the
event is only for students turning 8 this year and over.
Next week all Year 3 and Year 5 students will participate in the
National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
from 15 to 22 May 2018 (see timetable over page). We have
conducted a range of preparation activities at school to get the
students ready for the new online format and please can you take
the time to reassure your children to think from a growth mindset.
Students with growth mindsets tackle challenges and think of
them as opportunities to demonstrate improvement. We wish all
Year 3 and 5 students great success in working their way through
the NAPLAN tests, and know they will do the school and
themselves proud.
Thanks to Mel Williams and to all the Mums and Dads helping in
the Green Canteen. Your hard work and contribution to the school
is invaluable. Our healthy menu is certainly something we should
be proud of. More volunteers are needed to help reduce the
workload.
Thanks to all the P&C committee and members. Your fundraising
commitments, time and energy is certainly appreciated. The
school community appreciates all your efforts.
Thanks to Janet Granek for her coordination of our Primary Ethics
class, helping children develop skills for life classes in our
school. The Kinder/1 students started last week thanks to Maree
Cooper for undertaking the two day training which allows us to
offer this extra class on Friday. We now have a Primary Ethics
program giving children the opportunity to discuss ethical issues
with their peers while developing important thinking, reasoning
and discussion skills.
Principal’s Column This Week’s Whale Awards and Class Academic Awards
Ethics in the infant years
Ethics classes in years K–2 focus on developing core skills such
as listening to others, taking turns to speak and giving reasons.
Stories, poems and rhymes prompt children to discuss ethical
issues such as hurting someone without meaning to, telling the
truth, being kind, forgiving, ownership, fairness and empathy. Our
skills-based topics for this age group include asking and
answering questions, disagreeing, changing your mind, working
out what is true, giving and evaluating reasons as well as giving
examples and counter examples. Logic is also introduced, with
topics touching on inductive inference and deductive reasoning.
Volunteer ethics teachers are needed to be able to offer this
course further to other classes. Experience is not required,
comprehensive training and access to lesson materials is
provided. Contact Janet Granek on ph: 0402 218882 if you are
interested.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums and grandmas this week,
hope you have a wonderful day.
On Sunday 20 May we will be holding a Working Bee at school
from 10am to 12pm. A school working bee is arranged to get our
site looking its best. Please bring gloves, whipper snippers and
push mowers. More hands make light work.
Thanks, yaarri yaraang, terima kasih.
Bu Gillian
Gillian Stuart—Principal
Cross Country 2018
Parent Information - Reminders
Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447
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Links
School website:
http://www.scottshead-
p.schools.nsw.edu.au/
School facebook
page:
https://www.facebook.com/
scottsheadpublicschool?fref=ts
Skoolbag Application:
Search “Scotts Head Public
School” in the app store.
8.30am Morning
Supervision
(in cola)
Start
School
8.55am
9.00am until
11.00am
Morning Session
(Crunch and Sip)
11.00am Lunch
11.50—1.30
pm
Middle Session
1.30 pm Recess
2.00pm-3pm Afternoon
Session
Bell Times
Remember to send in a
note if your child is absent
from school.
After 7 days, the system
automatically records as
an “Unexplained
Absence”.
Book Club Issue 3
Book Club orders are due back by Friday 11 May.
District Cross Country
Will be held this Friday, 11 May, at Bowraville. Notes
went home last week. Travel is by private transport.
Please send in your permission notes by tomorrow.
Permission to Publish 2018
There are still a couple of outstanding 2018
Permission to Publish forms for students. If you received another copy today, please sign and
send in to the office ASAP.
Voluntary Contribution and Workbook Fees
A reminder payment for workbook fees and voluntary contributions are due now. Payments
can be made either through POP online on the school website or at the office by EFTPOS,
cash or cheque.
Mothers’ Day Raffle
The lucky winners of the 3 beautiful hampers,
wonderfully prepared by Cara Hawk are:
1st prize: April Miller, 2nd prize: Kate Flippence,
3rd prize: Maree Cooper. Congratulations!
Thank you to the SHPS P&C, some of our wonderful local businesses, P&C Committee
members who donated gifts & vouchers.
P&C Meeting The next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 14 May at 3.15pm. All
welcome.
Canteen The canteen is open on Monday’s and Wednesday’s. Thank you to the parents
who have already put their names down for the roster. If you can spare a couple of
hours to help in the canteen, please contact us.
P&C email : [email protected]
P&C News
Canteen Roster
Week 2
MON 7/5 Mel
WED 9/5 Jo Brady
Week 3
MON 14/5 Maree Cooper
WED 16/5 Jo Brady
Payments to School
Payments can be made to the school
using the following options:
EFTPOS— at the office.
Parent online payment (POP) - via the
school website—using the ‘Make a
Payment’ button.
Cash and cheque are still accepted at
the office.
CANTEEN NEWS
Pizzas are back!
Home made wholemeal
bases. $5.00 each.
Toppings available:
Chicken, ham, mushroom,
pineapple, cheese.
Naplan Online Test Schedule 2018
Tuesday 15th Wednesday 16th Monday 21st Tuesday 22nd
Morning 9:15 am Yr 3 Writing (written) Yr 5 Writing Yr 3 Reading Yr 5 Language
Middle 12 noon Yr 3 Numeracy Yr 5 Reading
Afternoon 1:45 Yr 5 Numeracy Yr 3 Language
School and Community News
Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447
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Students in 5/6 have had a great start to the term. They
have started developing their own digital portfolios using
Google sites. This will be a compilation of their learning
throughout the year that they will be able to share with their
families. They have also participated in collaborative
activities online using Padlet and Google Classroom.
Students have been learning about decimals, fractions and
percentages. They have also created their own block letter
initials by measuring dimensions then calculating the
interior angles. Students have created silhouette Anzac Day
art and perspective drawings.
Well done 5/6!
Year 5/6 News
Scotts Head Food, Wine & Music Festival
African Dance Performance
On Sunday 22 April a very successful Scotts Head Food, Wine & Music
Festival was held in the Recreation area.
Scotts Head PS P&C had a stall with popcorn, a coin toss and chai tea.
We also had our Boomerang Bag on display.
Students also displayed their fabulous artwork at the Art Exhibition at
the Surf Club.
During the school holidays, 11 students from our school
performed a traditional African Kpanlogo dance at the
Scotts Head Festival with Mamata African Dance School (Bu
Bibi and Vinay) and the Nambucca Drummers, led by Erin
Winter. The students had been practising weekly for a
month and they all did their best and had a great time
dancing. The drummers had only one previous practice with
us and they rocked! We look forward to enjoying more
community arts collaborations with the creative people of
the Nambucca Valley.
Spring Fair Planning Meeting
Wednesday 16th
May
3.30pm K/1 Room
Everyone very welcome to come and help us plan for Scotts Head Public
School Annual Spring Fair!
School News
Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447
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Got It! Tip of the Week
Many parents find their child’s challenging behaviours hard to understand and
frustrating to manage. It is important to remember that children’s difficult
behaviour is a way of expressing their emotional and physical needs. It can
sometimes be tricky to know what your child is trying to communicate with his
behaviour, however thinking about the emotions behind the behaviour is a
great place to start. Emotions guide our actions, and being aware of our
feelings and the feelings of others helps us to handle our moods better,
bounce back from emotional events faster, be healthier, get along better with
people, and manage our behaviour better.
BOOK Raising an
Emotionally Intelligent
Child : The Heart of
Parenting by John
Gottman
Got It! Newsletter Items for Parents & Families
Got It! is the school-based program that helps children who are struggling to manage their feelings
and behaviour that is currently in Scotts Head Public School. The program is being run by a local
child and adolescent health team in partnership with the school during terms 1 & 2. Each week
this term, the Got It! team will provide some tips in the school newsletter to support parents,
carers and teachers & to help children to develop some useful skills for managing their feelings
and behaviour. Alongside each tip we have included some resources that you may find useful.
Red Riding Robyn Hood
We all thoroughly enjoyed the
visiting performance on the last day
of Term 1 by Australian Playhouse.
They were very entertaining and
there were many laughs.
School and Community News
Scotts Head Public School - 21 Vernon Street, Scotts Head NSW 2447
P 65698144 F 65698329 E [email protected] www.scottshead-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Lifetime Connect
Playgroup
Scotts Head
Wednesdays in the LLLCC at SHPS
Playgroup Contact Number: 0447 485 276
Routine
10am-10:55am – Planned Activities
10:55am-11am – Wash Hands
11am – 11:15am – Morning Tea
11:15am – 11:35am – Free Play
11:35am – 11:45am – Pack Away
11:45am – 12noon – Group Time
12noon – Home Time