Phone: 6629 5220 Term 3 Week 4 2019

Fax: 6629 5398 15 August 2019 Email : tregeagle-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website : https://tregeagle-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

Northern Rivers Zone Athletics The NR Zone Athletics Carnival will be held at Riverview Park, Lismore, on Thursday 22 August, for those students who have qualified for this next level. Please return your note asap. Students are required to organise their own transport to and from the carnival. Traffic and parking can often be very busy, so please make sure you are early to ensure you make your events and read the program carefully. This year, there will only be timed heats, no finals for track events. Mrs Fletcher and Adam will be the TPS staff there on the day. Look for the Tregeagle PS marquee. Good luck to all of our students competing!

Wk Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

T3 W4

12/8 Junior landcare meet 3:30

13/8 Parent Teacher interviews 3:30-6:30

14/8 15/8 16/8 Clubs/Junior landcare

T3 W5

19/8 20/8 Small school choir 1-2pm

21/8 22/8 NR PSSA Zone Carnival

23/8 Public speaking assembly 2pm

T3 W6

26/8 27/8 K/1/2 Excursion to Wyrallah PS – Threatened Species

28/8 Woodburn K-6 Excursion with Lorin Nicholson

29/8 SCCoSS Public Speaking

30/8 Clubs/Junior Landcare

T3 W7

2/9 SS Choir S2/S3 Dance rehearsal Lismore W/Club 12pm

3/9 Lismore performing arts S2/3 Dance - Night

4/9 SS Choir performance night

5/9 SS Choir Matinee & Night

6/9 Music Assembly 2pm.

Jamie P

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Small School Choir Rehearsal There will be a rehearsal with conductor Mrs Cox for the Small School Choir at Lismore Public School on Tuesday 20 August (week 5). Students will be travelling by bus to and from the rehearsal and Mrs Fletcher will be the supervising teacher (no cost). Students will be leaving school at 12.15 and will be returning by 2.45pm. Public Speaking Students have been presenting their speeches this week as part of our school public speaking competition. The teachers have been blown away by the confidence and communication skills displayed by the students K-6. Two students from each year will perform their speech at a special assembly on Friday 23 August at 2pm. The top 4 scoring students from Stage 2 (Yr 3 & 4) and top 4 scoring from Stage 3 (Yr 5&6) will represent Tregeagle PS at the SCCoSS Public Speaking competition on Thursday 29 August. Lorin Nicholson Excursion – Woodburn PS On Wednesday 28 August 2019, all students K to 6 will travel to Woodburn PS by bus, leaving school at 9.15am and returning by 3.10pm. Students will be participating in the amazing opportunity of seeing inspirational speaker Lorin Nicholson. Students need to bring a labelled water bottle, fruit snack and something to eat for morning tea & lunch. There will be a Sausage Sizzle for $2.00 each (cash only – can order multiple sausages and gluten free options available). Orders need to be in Friday 23 August. Students need to wear full school uniform, school hat and covered shoes. Cost is $4.00 per student and all Tregeagle PS teachers and staff will be attending. We are looking forward to having an amazing day! Aboriginal Dance Workshop On Tuesday, our Stage 2 and 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and Mrs Andrews participated in a wonderful workshop at Alstonville PS run by ‘The Arts Unit’ and Redfern Dance Company. During the workshop, students explored contemporary indigenous dance styles in groups as well as some traditional dance and movement. Mrs Andrews was very proud of how all of the students grew in self-confidence and cultural awareness. A huge thank you to Tracey Hodgson for her support on the day. Rebecca Fletcher Principal Tregeagle District Athletics Carnival 2019 Well done to Tregeagle Public School for being the overall winners at the Tregeagle District Athletics Carnival last week! Congratulations to our students for participating with pride and good sportsmanship on the day and a huge congratulations to Junior Boys – Kai T, Junior girls – Olivia W, 11 year boys – Jackson S, 11 year girls – Sahara H, Senior girls – Tarni H for achieving the Overall Age Champion medal. What an outstanding achievement! Another congratulations goes to those amazing students who have progressed through to Zone Athletics! Please ensure that your notes are returned to school by Friday, 16th August at the latest, as confirmed names need to be submitted. Nardine Braddon Sports Coordinator PSSA Touch Football Last Friday the girls and boys touch football teams played against Alstonville in the PSSA knockout competition. The girls team played a very close match with Alstonville scoring two late tries to split the difference between the two teams. In the boys game, Jackson scored all four tries for his team. Well done Jackson! Thank you to Savannah and Jordana for backing up in the boys game after playing the girls game before. Congratulations to all the year four students who played in both the girls and boys teams. This competition is set out for year 5 and 6 students and you all did yourselves and Tregeagle Public School proud. Debbie Andrews & Kurt Bock

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Certificate of Merit Awards

1 B

Leilani T – Her great descriptive writing Maddison B – Her creativity and care about pirates. taken in her artworks.

Mia D – Her improvement in reading and her use of strategies.

KS

Poppy H – Using great thinking strategies Isla D – Wonderful progress in in number games. learning her ‘Words to Learn’.

2 / 3 G

Lucia R – Confidently using the split strategy Emily N – Using impressive vocabulary when adding 2 digit numbers. choices in writing.

Drew P – Improved confidence and achievement in writing.

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Tregeagle Eagle Award

Recipients

Isabelle C – KS, Alicia H - 1B, Ruby R – 2/3G, Ruby H - 3/4A, Chloe O - 5/6 B

5/6 B

Tommy – Making fantastic improvement Oscar W – Making great contributions to in spelling. Well done! class discussions when making comparisons between text types.

Savannah R – Excellence in spelling and Soundwaves. Well done!

3 / 4 A

Elijah M-W –Taking care with his handwriting Olivia A-C – Excellent contributions Keep it up! to classroom discussions.Well Done!

Miles P – Fantastic effort when measuring and drawing angles.

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PBL Picnic Celebration Congratulations to those students who have reached their PBL milestone of 100 stamps for following the PBL expectations this year. It has been wonderful to see so many

students enjoying a picnic in the winter sunshine with their friends.

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Tregeagle Athletics Carnival

Name

Juvenile Boys Champion Aiden L & Taj K

Juvenile Girls Champion Aaliyah Andrews

Junior Boys Champion Kai Taranto

Junior Girls Champion Olivia Weston

11 yrs Boys Champion Jackson Shaw

11 yrs Girls Champion Sahara Heckel

Senior Boys Champion Jamie Paddock

Senior Girls Champion Savannah Ryan

P&C News At the last P&C meeting it has come up they will be holding a trivia night in term 4. P&C are asking for donations of prizes for this event. If you own a business and are able to assist or you have connections in the community who are able to assist, it would be greatly appreciated. These business’s will be displayed on the sponsorship board on the night as well as in the Tregeagle PS newsletter and on the Tregeagle Mummies, Carers and Community facebook page. If you require a letter of donation request from the P&C, please make contact with the P&C Committee and one can be provided.