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Hallidays Point Public School

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Find us at: 300 Diamond Beach Road Diamond Beach NSW 2430 Ph: 6559 3009 Fax: 6559 3011 Email: hallidays-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Homepage: www.hallidays-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Issue 5 13 December 2012

Hallidays Point PS has certainly been full of action over the past week. The students have been actively involved in many activities and have continued to behave beautifully. Year Six Farewell It was a privilege to attend this wonderful event on Monday night. The surf club was tastefully decorated and the Year Six students presented themselves beautifully on the night. A highlight of the night was witnessing our senior students ‘having fun’ in a safe and secure environment. I would like to acknowledge the wonderful support of this night by the staff at the school and the parent body who provided the meal and assistance with the decorations. Special thanks to Mr Voorby, Mr Crozier, Mrs Johnson and Di Hatch for their organisation and support of our students. Presentation Day What a magnificent morning. Congratulations to all award recipients. I was overwhelmed with the number of parents who spoke to me after this event full of praise for how the morning was conducted. It was great to see our community coming together to celebrate a wonderful year at the school. The musical items were outstanding and the morning tea provided by the P&C was much appreciated. Thanks to Ms Johnson for her organisation. Hallidays’ Got Talent On Tuesday 18th December our hall will host a variety of high class acts who will perform in the inaugural ‘Hallidays’ Got Talent’ performance. Rumour has it that Sonia Kruger, Guy Sebastian, Kyle Sanderlands and Danii Minogue have made themselves available to judge on the day. Good luck to all acts.

Student’s Last Day A reminder that the student’s last day for 2012 is Wednesday 19th December (next Wednesday). On Thursday and Friday next week, staff will be involved in professional learning around the National Curriculum, CPR and anaphylaxis support. All staff will be off site from 12:30pm on Friday – the school will be closed from 12:30pm onwards on this day. School will resume for students in years 1-6 on Wednesday 30th January 2013. Final Remarks As this is my last newsletter as relieving principal I would like to take this opportunity to thank all students, staff and parents of the Hallidays Point PS community for letting me share the last 8 months with you. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here at Hallidays and will always have great memories of ‘The School Beside The Sea’. I would like to wish you all a very safe and relaxing holiday. Enjoy time spent with family. Take care Brett

Coming events Term 4 2012 & Term 1 2013

14/12/12 School Picnic Day

18/12/12 Halliday’s Got Talent

19/12/12 Students last day for 2012

29/1/13 Teachers return to school

30/1/13 Students return to school Year 1-6

4/2/13 2013 Kindergarten students start school

6/2/13 School Swimming Carnival

27/2/13 Zone Swimming Carnival

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT BRETT THURGATE

The following students received Assembly Awards at the Primary Assembly on Monday 3 December 2012. Primary Assembly: 2/3J Bronte Ward – Trying hard to learn times tables Brieanna Ward – Trying hard to learn times tables Jak Wunder – Being more mature and independent Indianna Choma – Creative artwork 3/4I Billy Varrica – Making great progress in reading Jasmine Axisa – A fabulous achievement in reading Zali Petersen – Excellent self discipline in class Adam Dangel – Fabulous application in Mathematics Grace Atkinson – Fabulous application in all areas 4/5J Sam Gray – Always trying his best during PD/H/PE Laura Davy – Working well in all class activities Claire Turville – Always completing her comprehension work with excellent answers Jacob Cain – Excellent results in measurement lessons and assessments 5/6C Jessica Dunham – Always contributing to class discussions Dylan Parsons – Always making sensible decisions Emily Green – Excellent work habits and behaviour Christopher Coleman – Always sharing his news with enthusiasm 5/6V Nathan Sullivan – Improvement in his independent writing and efforts in spelling Madeleine Clapham – Top effort in creative writing and art work. Well done! Levi Steber – Effort, enthusiasm and engagement in Literacy sessions. Ella Deering – Welcome to 5/6V and HPPS Friendly School & Friendly Families: 2/3J Giselle Black – Being a kind, caring and considerate classmate 3/4I Edie Gillis – Being a happy and friendly class member 4/5J Jack Kelly – Not only doing his best, but helping out classmates having trouble 4/5C Kiana Richardson – Always being kind to everyone around her 5/6V Ella Deering – Welcome to 5/6V and HPPS

The following students received Merit Certificates at the Primary Assembly on Monday 3 December 2012 Primary Assembly: Jemma Skillicorn – Year 3 Olivia Knights – Year 3 Maddison Aiken – Year 3 Teagan Nicholson – Year 4 Keseah Bell – Year 3 Callum Boag – Year 4 Amber Morris – Year 4 Emmerson Fleming – Year 5 Levi Steber – Year 5 Brooklyn Daniels – Year 5 Jarrod Hillyer – Year 6 x 3 merit certificates Taylah Coleman – Year 6 Noah Resuggan – Year 6 Hannah Thorne – Year 6 Jessica Craft – Year 6 Julian Boag – Year 6 Anika Hudson – Year 6 Tazmin Harper – Year 6 Keegan Gibson – Year 6 x 2 merit certificates Brock Crane – Year 6 Jodi Lane-McNally – Year 6

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS MERIT AWARDS

MEDALLION WINNERS

Congratulation to Matthew Miller, Cassandra Fisher & Anika

Hudson on gaining their Gold Medallions (Collecting 15 merit

certificates)

YEAR 1 OF K/1B Laila Dangel – Conscientious Effort in

Class Bailey McMahon – Class Citizenship Boston Ford – Academic Achievement Charley Parkinson – Academic Achievement

1M Certificates of Achievement Madison Forsyth – Conscientious Effort in class Selina Apolony – Outstanding Effort in English

Schafer Aiken – Class Citizenship Ned Bush – Academic Achievement Indeanna Lane-McNally – Most Consistent Worker Thomas Knights – Most Improved Worker

2M Certificates of Achievement Dylan Hooper – Academic Excellence in all KLA’s Haylee Brabant – High Achievement in Literacy and Numeracy Georgia Daley – High Achievement in Literacy and Numeracy Matthew Dunham – Conscientious Effort in Class Lachlan Turville – Most Improved Academically Jack Farnell – Conscientious Effort in Class

2/3J Certificates of Achievement Year 2 Connor Lyle – Academic

Achievement Luke Williams – Most Improved Worker

Year 3 Olivia Knights – Conscientious Effort in Class

Lilli-Mae Geer – Class Citizenship Rainer Fagerstrom – Academic Achievement Jak Wunder – Most Improved Worker

3/4I Certificates of Achievement Year 3 Teagan Nicholson – Class Citizenship

Kristy Green – Academic Achievement

Keseah Bell – Academic Achievement Adam Dangel – Academic Achievement

Year 4 Loghan Moore-Miller – Conscientious Effort in Class

Callum Boag – Conscientious Effort in Class

4/5J Certificates of Achievement Year 4 Bianca Young – Academic

Achievement Halle Ford – Academic Achievement Year 5 Brooke Sullivan – Conscientious

Effort in Class Kade Hooper – Class Citizenship

Eloise Griffiths-Da Costa – Most Consistent Worker Leyden Moore-Miller – Most Improved Worker

5/6C Certificates of Achievement Year 5 Emily Green – Conscientious Effort in

class Jillian Black – Class Citizenship Chala Cevik – Most Improved Worker Year 6 Baylee Walker – Outstanding Effort

in Mathematics

PRESENTATION DAY

Congratulations to Angus Hocking, Fiona Gotstein & Brock

Crane on gaining their Bronze Medallions (Collecting 5 merit

certificates)

Congratulations to Hannah Thorne on gaining Her Silver

Medallion (Collecting 10 merit certificates)

HeathTurville – Academic Achievement Kiana Richardson – Most Consistent Worker

5/6V Certificates of Achievement Year 5 Emmerson Fleming – Most

Consistent Worker Brooklyn Daniels – Most Consistent Worker Charlotte Hill – Most Improved Worker

Year 6 Anika Hudson – Outstanding Effort in Mathematics Finn Fagerstrom – Outstanding Effort in Technology and Literacy Cassandra Fisher – Academic Achievement

Library Certificates: (for being Responsible Library Users) KH Angela Wigley K/1B Oni Crowley 1M Pepper Hamilton 2M Jasmine Nunn 2/3J Amber Gardner 3/4I Joey Brown 4/5J Laura Davy 5/6V Madeleine Clapham 5/6C Jacob Axisa Music Awards: (for Effort and Participation in Music) KH Georgie Parkinson K/1B Hamish Wilson 1M Renee Coleman 2M Xander Marshall-Richardson 2/3J Olivia Knights 3/4I Ruby Daley 4/5J Ebony Cavanough 5/6V Matthew Miller 5/6C Jodie Lane-McNally MAJOR AWARDS: Sportsperson of the year: Fletcher Pearce NSW Premier’s Sporting Challenge Medal Katelyn Sting WINNING HOUSES Swimming Sapphire Athletics Sapphire Cross Country Sapphire Environmental Awards: Charli Cain-Ashford

Ashleigh Fernance Katie Clarke Charlotte Hill Leyden Moore-Miller Lucinda Coyle Community Spirit Award: Molly Aiken Christina Bullen Literacy Award: Jarrod Hillyer Numeracy Award: Jessica Dunham Citizenship: Jessica Dunham Dux of the School: Reece Miranda 2013 Captains Girl Captain – Jillian Black Boy Captain – Kade Hooper Girl Vice Captain – Brooklyn Daniels Boy Vice Captain –Ned Gardner

Congratulations to Jessica Dunham who

received the Numeracy and Citizenship Award

for 2012.

Congratulations to Reece Miranda who was

Dux of Hallidays Point School for 2013

Congratulations to Jarrod Hillyer who received

The Christina Bullen Literacy Award for 2012 –

sponsored by the McMurtry family

Congratulations to Fletcher Pearce who was

the Sportsperson of the Year

Congratulations Molly Aiken who received the Community

Spirit Award – sponsored by the Uniting Church Kids Club

Congratulations to Rosanna White & Matthew Miller,

Sapphire House Captains, for their house winning the

Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country events

Congratulations to Brooklyn Daniels (School Vice Captain)

Jillian Black (School Captain), Kade Hooper (School Captain)

and Ned Gardner (School Vice Captain)

The staff and students would like to recognise and thank the following businesess for their generous donations towards the Year 6 Farewell on Monday 10 December.

Saxbys Soft Drinks Pty Ltd – all the soft drinks

Paul & Sylvia Donoghue Hallidays Point Tavern – Pizzas and garlic bread

Bruce White President of the Blackhead Surf Life Saving Club – Use of the Blackhead Surf Life Saving Club and its facilities

Kim Cheers and Benjamin Schmitzer – Diamonds on the Drive Café & Takeaway – $100 hot chips

Ishik Cevik – Taree Kebab Shop – Kebab Platters Your continued support and contribution to the success of this annual event is very much appreciated by us all. On Friday the 7

th December 5/6V were very lucky to have

none other than the 2011 Australian national Slam Poet/ hip hop artist Luka Lesson perform and conduct a poetry workshop. The students were inspired by Luka and had the opportunity to compose and perform their very own poem for the class. There were many well written and creative poems composed. Jarrod Hillyer’s poem drew attention and accolades from not only his peers but from Luka Lesson himself. ‘Life’ In Australia life is a gift. But all of our lives are nothing, just school where you learn and teach. Life is just sand slipping, falling, sliding through times fingers, to forever return to the same beach. By Jarrod Hillyer. ‘Wow’ is all I can muster in response to such a thoughtful and thought provoking piece. But the festivities did not cease after the mornings workshop.

Students of 5/6V had the opportunity to create a food dish all of their own and present it at the first inaugural food appreciation show. We had entries that included banana cakes and muffins, chocolate brownies, tuna patties, choc mint cheese cakes, a pizza sized triple choc cookie, vanilla pancakes, chocolate éclairs and more! The students had a ball discussing how they created their dishes and enjoyed sampling and reflecting upon new tastes. Finn Fagerstrom’s tuna patties were a surprising hit amongst many who dared try them, earning him the title of ‘people’s choice’. Levi Steber’s chocolate éclairs did not last long as you could well imagine.

The afternoon saw a good proportion of 5/6V students as well as Hallidays Point children invited to the launch of the Manning Anthology, a wondrous collection of narratives written by the children of the local area. And to think, out of the sixty stories that were chosen, our little school had thirty selected to be published! Amazing! What a way to round off the day, if not the week. Congratulations to all of our students who had their narratives published. Well done to all the students in 5/6V who seized the opportunity when presented to extend themselves and their palettes. I would like to wish all our students and parents a very merry Christmas and a safe holiday. Remember: reading, writing and public speaking can take you many places and open many doors, don’t let an opportunity go begging. Rob Voorby.

Family and friends are welcome to come along to the final performance on Tuesday 18th December and support the finalists from 11:15 am.

HALLIDAYS GOT TALENT

THANK YOU FROM YEAR SIX

A 5/6 FRIDAY OF CULTURE

Recently a survey was conducted in regards to changing the girls uniform and the results have shown that option 1 (skirt & shorts in the current school material) was the most popular.

The girls uniform will now consist of a tunic, skirt and a new style of shorts all made using the current school material.

The new range will be introduced from Term 1, 2013.

I will be taking orders for uniforms now and we will do our best to have them ready before Term 1, 2013 with pick up being available through the holidays. Preference will be given to girls starting Kindergarten next year.

Also the uniform shop is run by volunteers if you can spare half an hour once a month to help out please let me know.

Orders can be placed at the uniform shop or by contacting me.

Claire Hanna 0405 074 011

clairehanna@live.com.au

Great Fundraising Effort

On Friday and Saturday night the P&C catered for 53 participants in the North Coast Inter Branch Surf Lifesaving Group. Thank you to the ladies for all your hard work preparing and serving such delicious meals. The P&C raised $914.

Hallidays Point Public School Recipe Book Has Arrived!

The book includes over 100 recipes, coloured title pages illustrated by our students, a special teachers favourite section and some delicious recipes all the way from South Africa. What a great Christmas gift for your families and friends all for $15. The book is available to view and purchase at the school office. Further copies will be available during the school holidays from several local businesses. THANK YOU TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO CONTRIBUTED RECIPES FOR THIS GREAT HALLIDAYS POINT PUBLIC SCHOOL MEMENTO

FIXED EQUIPMENT SHADE SHELTER - FUNDING

The P & C Committee are interested to ascertain how many parents we have within our school community that work with mining companies in Australia. There is a strong possibility that funding is available for such things as the shade shelter for our infants’ fixed equipment. To enable the P&C to approach the mining companies, could you please inform administration.

KIDS FISHING WORKSHOP

Forster Tuncurry 10.00am – 2.00pm on

Saturday 15 December 2012 Give your child the opportunity to learn to fish during the school holidays. The day involves fishing techniques such as knots and rigging as well as casting, bag/size limits and ethical fishing practices. The workshop is designed for kids aged 8-14 years.

$40 per child

Numbers are limited to a maximum of 25 and bookings are essen

Fee includes rod and reel, shirt, hat, tackle kit and show bag for the kids to take home. The workshop is led by experienced staff and volunteers from NSW DPI - Fisheries Division. Full supervision is provided on the day.

Transport is the responsibility of parents. Remember to slip, slop and slap and to prepare for inclement weather if

the need arises.

For Bookings call/email: Sue Drzyzga Wallis Lake Fisheries Office P: 02 6591 6300 E: suzanne.drzyzga@dpi.nsw.gov.au Venue: Wallis Lake Fisheries Office 2 Palm Street, Tuncurry

P&C NEWS

Join the Summer Reading Club @ your Library

Young people 5 – 16 years are once again invited to join the Summer Reading Club at

their local library.

This free national school holiday program continues to build on the enormous success of previous years, with over 19,000 young readers participating across Australia last year, reading an estimated 150,799 books. Greater Taree City Libraries have been hosting the Summer Reading Club since 2004, and hundreds of local children have taken part – enjoying the opportunity to connect with children right across the country, sharing stories and making friends. The theme for this year: “Untangled Tales” is based on multicultural folk and fairy tales, encouraging young readers to explore traditional stories filled with magic, adventure, humour and suspense. Registration is now open for the Summer Reading Club across Greater Taree City Libraries, with new members receiving a membership card and an information sheet about the club. Young readers who have their card stamped when they borrow from the library can collect a Summer Reading Club activity book after two stamps, and there are a limited number of Untangled Tales Tickets available for an exclusive Summer Reading Club event for those who receive five stamps. The Summer Reading Club also has an interactive website that provides fun and engaging online activities such as online chats, book raves, stories to complete, competitions, recommended reading lists and web links for different age groups and their families. You can find the website at www.summerreadingclub.org.au and club members are encouraged to register online as well. Club members are also encouraged to keep a reading log, aiming to read 10 books over the summer holidays. Those who return their completed reading logs to library branches by 21 January 2013 will receive an invitation to a Summer Reading Club party which will be held in library branches at the end of January. All

members who hand in their completed reading logs automatically go into the draw to win great prizes. Greater Taree City Libraries will also be offering an exciting program of activities through the holidays. A school holiday program is available for download from www.gtcc.nsw.gov.au or pick up a copy from your library. For more information about the Summer Reading Club contact Debbie Horgan at Taree Library on 6592 5298 or email debbie.horgan@gtcc.nsw.gov.au

Holiday Fun Bowls 5.00pm Start

Tues 1 Jan Wed 2nd Jan Thurs 3rd Jan

Tues 8th Jan Wed 9th Jan Thurs 10th Jan

Tues 15th Jan Wed 16th Jan Thurs 17 Jan

Tues 22nd Jan Wed 23rd Jan Thurs 24 Jan

Adults $14 – Kids $7 Burger OR Bowls Only $7 Fee includes Bowls plus Burger

Flat soles footwear must be worn Name to the clun by 3 pm on bowls day Phone 6559

2923 We provide Bowls, Instruction and Burger You bring your skills and sense of humour!

Great Holiday Fun for the Whole Family

COMMUNITY NEWS

The Lions Club Fair The Lions Club Fair is being held on 15 December 2012 at Wylie Breckenridge Park starting at 2.00 pm.

Carols in the Park

The Uniting Church Christmas Carols in the Park is on Saturday 22 December in the Wylie Breckenridge Park starting at 6.30 pm. If the weather is inclement these events will be held in the Hallidays Point Public School Hall.