IRRAWANG PUBLIC SCHOOL School Newsletter

An Innovative, Vibrant and Diverse Learning CommunityIssue 5 – Term 3 – Week 10 20 May 2023SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY LEARNING RESPECT

Principal’s Message

Another term comes to an end. Congratulations to all our students for their terrific efforts this term. They give us many reasons to be proud.Congratulations to Sarah Hamilton in Year 6. She has successfully auditioned for the Newcastle Jets dance squad, who perform at each home game. It is great to see our children shining out of school as well as in school. Sarah is a delightful student, and a real quiet achiever. I look forward to seeing Sarah when I attend Jets games during the year.During the year we have had a number of our Year 6 students apply for places in Extension classes at Irrawang and Hunter River High Schools for 2013. Congratulations to Phebe Farrawell, Jasmine McDonnell, Chelsea Florian and Bryce Lampard for their success.This week NAPLAN results for Year 3 and 5 students will go home to parents. We are very proud of the way our children approached the tests, and we know most of them have done their best. If parents want to discuss results with teachers, please make an appointment next term. I will also organise an information session on understanding NAPLAN results for early next term. This year our school averages improved in all aspects for both Years 3 and 5. We had excellent student growth for Year 5 students in Numeracy and Grammar and Punctuation. We saw more students achieving higher bands in several aspects compared to 2011. We were also happy to see most students who we knew were capable of achieving the top bands doing so. We were able to achieve school targets in most areas, which was an excellent effort.On Thursday our Stage 2 students went on a big day out to Taronga Zoo.It was a long but exciting day for them, and as ever our Irrawang students made us proud.

Thanks to the staff who organised and attended the excursion.Our K-2 classes also had a fantastic outing for lunch at the park on Thursday. It was a day that was enjoyed by all. Again, thanks to staff for their organisation.During the last two terms we have had a Homework Centre operating with the assistance of the Smith Family. This has proved to be a great success and we will be continuing next year. A big thank you to Ms Boyd for her excellent organisation, and to all of our tutors.This week I have had the great pleasure of meeting with our 2013 Kinders and their parents. It looks like a terrific group, most of whom can hardly wait to start school. Kinder Orientation will begin on October 17 next term.During Term 4, we have had Mrs Alison John working as an Intern on RH 16. Mrs John has proved to be an outstanding trainee teacher, and I would like to congratulate her on an excellent term with the class. She has made a great contribution to our school, and is bound to have a very successful teaching career.Something sad to end our term is the fact that Lea Hodge, who has been our Canteen supervisor for many many years, is leaving us for a new fulltime job. Lea has brought great skill and commitment to her role over many years, and it will be very strange not to find her busy in our canteen any more. In 2010 Lea was recognised for her work in our school with a Regional Education Week award. We thank Lea for playing her part in our school so well for so many years, and wish her all the very best for the future.I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday, and look forward to seeing everyone on Monday October 8 for the start of Term 4.

Warm RegardsEve FieldPrincipal

21 Geer Street Raymond Terrace NSW 2324 Phone: 49872403 / 49872600 Fax: 49874063Email irrawang-p.School@det.nsw.edu.au Web Site: http://www.irrawang-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF RETURN TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY 8TH OCTOBER FOR

TERM 4

School Calendar8th October Term 4 begins for everyone17th October Kinder Orientation beginsOctober 18-24 Life Education VanOctober 29-Nov 8 School Swimming SchemeDecember 11 Presentation DayDecember 13 Year 6 Farewell

PBL EXPECTATION AWARD T3 Week 9Class Student Reason

HM3 Tamia Ingram Following instruction & producing quality work

EL4 Maria Lutelu Being a good listener and using her Aussie 5

MC2 MacKenzie Warner

Trying to improve her reading

LR5 Chad Phillips Making good progress in reading

BT8 Emily Rose Brandon

Great effort with reading

LV7 Brett Castles For his excellent narrativeRH16 Loren

ShortlandAlways trying her best and completing quality work

RM15 Blake Frazer A fantastic improvement in his approach to learning

JH18 Christina Darcy

Working co-operatively during group work sessions.

JS17 Tamara Elderidge

Trying hard in all areas of learning

TA1 Izac Schofield Excellent descriptive writing

DC12 Shaun Garton Excellent effort in class on Friday

SG10 Sam Price Completing all class activities

DB14 Zach Mason Working co-operatively during group work

Preschool Blake Mellows Trying hard to be an Aussie 5 student

Mathletics Andrew Bagnall

DB14

Reading Eggs

Cooper Saxby Always giving 100%

PBL EXPECTATION AWARD T3 Week 8Class Student ReasonHM3 Indiana Roney Showing respect to

activities in the classroom by taking care of them

EL4 Samuel Holmes

Always showing respect for teachers

MC2 Isabella Cox Showing she can be respectful to others

LR5 William Price Always showing respect to others

BT8 Mason Burns Being respectful to othersLV7 Keinyn Atkins Showing respect through

using kind words to allRH16 Shaytarna

BuckshiramAlways showing respect for others

RM15 Mathew Holmes

Always respecting learning materials in our classrooms

JH18 Phebe Farrawell

Always showing respect for teachers and class members

JS17 Clara Roberts Being respectful to othersTA1 Bobby Pollard Showing respect to

othersDC12 Dyle Dwyer Showing respect during

High School transitionDB14 Peter Delphin Always showing respect

to othersPreschool Tesha

LongworthShowing respect to teachers and children in our preschool.

CANTEEN ROSTERMon 8th Oct Julia & MelTues 9th Oct Jessica & HeidiWed 10th Oct Julia & Belinda Thurs 11th Oct Julia & JessFriday 12th Oct Julia & Heidi ` Mon 15th Oct Julia & MelTues 16th Oct Julia & HeidiWed 17th Oct Julia & Belinda & JessThurs 18th Oct Julia & JessFriday 19th Oct Julia & Heidi

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APPLYING TO ENROL AT IRRAWANG PRESCHOOL IN 2013?

Applications for enrolment in our Preschool for 2013 must be returned to the school by the end of

Week 2 in Term 4 (October 19 2012).Application forms are available at the School Office or

Thou Walla. Successful applicants will be informed during Week 4 of Term 4.

SCHOOL CHAPLAINCY PROGRAMOur school is part of the National School Chaplaincy Program. This program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations under the National School Chaplaincy Program. Our Chaplain is Brenton Pobjie. The School Chaplain assists school staff and school counsellors in the delivery of support to students and their families, in a variety of ways. Brenton is at the school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and can be contacted through the school.

KINDERGARTEN 2013If you know of any families who have children who will be of school age and not attending Irrawang Public School’s Preschool this year, please let them know that we are taking enrolments now.

Please advise them to visit the school and collect an enrolment form. At the same time they will be given information about our school’s Kindergarten Orientation Program along with our Parent Program during Orientation.

ATTENTION PARENTSChildren are not to be at school before

8.30am as there is no teacher on duty to supervise the safety of your child

SWIMMING SCHEME Reminder to parents Arrangements have been made to include a Learn to Swim Program in our school curriculum. Unfortunately the cost of the program has increased this year as we have to cover some of the travel expenses to and from the school. The cost will be $45.00 for a 10 day program, Pool entry and bus travel to and from the pool. The school has helped with the cost of the bus to keep the cost as low as possible.

The Department of Education and Training School Swimming Scheme is an intensive learn to swim program, which develops water confidence and

provides students with basic skills in water safety and survival. The Scheme is conducted over ten days. Each daily lesson is 45 minutes.Students who have not reached a satisfactory standard of water safety and survival skills, and are unable to swim 25m confidently unaided in deep water, are eligible to participate in the School Swimming Scheme. The Scheme focuses on all weak swimmers from Year 2 to 6, as well as students with special needs such as new arrivals in Australia and students with disabilities.

Instruction will take place at Lakeside Swimming Pool, Raymond Terrace. The scheme will continue daily for two weeks from 29th October, 2012 to 11th

November, 2012 for instruction.

WORKING BEEThe Working Bee is on Saturday 20th

October. We are aiming to brighten up our children’s toilet facilities. This is something which affects all our children. Please leave your name with Julia Mather or any other P&C member. There will be more information towards the end of term.Painting, Pressure cleaning, general cleaning and clean up of gardens if time permits.

ThankyouJulia MatherCounsellor Bob Westbury with our School Captains Nikita Brandon and Justin Riddock.

ROAD SAFETY TIPSKids can be easily distracted on busy roads. Here are some tips to help you show your child how to make safety a priority when they’re near traffic.Go to: http://www.kidsafensw.org/road-safety/

SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIESLooking for ways to get your kids off the computer these holidays? Happily, there's an app for that – and

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a website. Go Play has loads of holiday activities across NSW to get kids out and about.Go to: www.goplay.nsw.gov.au

NAPLAN RESULTSAttention to parents of students in Year 3 and 5 your children’s Naplan results are being sent home with the newsletter this week.

2012 - 7 a-side SOCCER COMPETITIONSTAGE 2 & 3 7-a-side Soccer Competition

During Term 2 and Term 3 at I.P.S. another terrific 7-a-side soccer competition was held. 8 teams nominated and competed in this annual school event. The games were held every lunch (when the weather permitted), and the team captains, really led by example.Participation, good sportsmanship and co-operation were evident from the very beginning of the first game. It t needs to be noted that the student skill level really improved as the competition progressed.

Semi-finals King vs Morris 1-1 drawPenalty shootout 2-1 KingArmstrong vs Aussie Spirit 0-1

Grand Final Aussie Spirit vs King7-a-side Winners for 2012King 3-0Man of the match during the grand final:

Jacob Ingram

Christina D’arcy Dale GibsonElizabeth Berrick Brock McAlisterLachlan Williams Liam MatherJacob Ingram Chelsea FlorianJake Hazelwood Bryce LampardBrent Bernado Jacob ParkerJustin Riddock Brodie Stamp

HOMEWORK CENTREThis week will be the last Homework Centre for this year. I would like to thank all of the students, tutors, staff and the canteen for their support during terms 2 and 3. Thank you,Ms Boyd

LIBRARY NEWS

What a fabulous term, full of great happenings and lots of reading!

Thank you for the tremendous support shown during Book Week. The costumes were wonderful and the morning teas looked fun. Due to the great response to the Fair, the Library will benefit with resources to update our collection.

I am also pleased to report that the Premier’s Reading Challenge results were again outstanding for our school this year. 94% of our students achieved their Challenge level. This is a fantastic result. Well done everyone! Your certificates will be available during term 4. I’m sure there will be a number of students receiving gold awards too, having successfully achieved their Challenge over four years.

Enjoy the holidays everyone. Stay safe and happy reading!

Chris Berry, Teacher Librarian

COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD

MARTIAL ARTS – KAIZEN RYU KARATEWHERE: United Church, William St, R/Terrace

WHEN: Tuesday and ThursdaysTIME: 4.30 – 5.15pm (6-10yrs)

5.30 – 6.30pm (11-15yrs) 6.45 – 8.00pm (16 – adults)

If you want to get fit, have fun, learn self defense, we have and anti bullying campaign so come along and enjoy our classes.

Please contact Debbie 49335790 or 0401212061

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ACTIVE AFTER SCHOOL CAREStarts Week 2 – Term 4 Monday 15/10/2012 Fitness Circuit on Monday Taekwondo on Wednesday

RAYMOND TERRACE COMMUNITY MARKETSHeld at Riverside Park, Hunter StreetNew stall holders and buskers welcomeDates for 2012 15th September – Pets day out20th October – Youth Adventures17th November – Jacaranda Celebration15th December – Twilight Markets and carols by the riverrtcommunitymarkets@bigpond.comPhone: 0412 721 723

CATHOLIC CHILDREN We are holding a meeting for the Sacramental programme to prepare children to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Wednesday 12th December, 2012, and Confirmation and First Communion in 2013. It will commence with an information evening for parents in St Brigid’s Parish Hall, William Street, Raymond Terrace, on Wednesday 17th October at 7.30pm.

Any parents who would like their child/children in years 2,3,4, 5 or 6 to participate in this programme are required to attend and register their child/children at this meeting. Please contact St. Brigid’s parish office on 49871888 if needing further information.

ZUMBA CLASSES Medowie ClassesTue and Thur nights 6.30pmRaymond Terrace ClassesWed nights 6.30pmPRICE LISTING: $10 per class For more information callAli – 0430 299 172 Martine – 0402 865 139

RAYMOND TERRACE DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB Registrations are being taken for DKanga Cricket 5 1/2 –9 yrs $60U10—U16 $70All new rego’s include a playing shirt & hat

RTDCC Est. 1882 proudly supports Junior Cricket.Kanga - King Park Sat 9—10.30am.U10 & 11’s - non competition,U12-16s - competition.U10—16’s games played inMaitland district, Saturdays 8.30 – 11.30amJunior Secretary: Paul Malone 0407 181 863

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ABSENTEE NOTE SLIP

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Class:............................................................

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Parents Signature: .....................................Please return the slip to the class teacher