121 PACIFIC HIGHWAY, OURIMBAH 2258 PHONE: 4362 1033 FAX: 4362 2531

Email: ourimbah-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Web: www.ourimbah-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Koalas WEDNESDAY, 26th August 2009 Koalas

DATES TO REMEMBER

OUR SCIENTISTS On Friday Stage 2 and Stage 3 students from across the Valley Schools’ Learning Community assembled at Narara Public School for this year’s Science Challenge. Ourimbah Public School was represented by Charlotte Elford and Nathan Alexander. The challenge this year was battery (stored) energy. The project involved students researching the topic area, presenting a report and constructing a working model that demonstrated how battery energy is created and used.

Challenges were completed at home, supervised by family. This year the presentation and projects were adjudicated by two High School science teachers, who were thoroughly impressed by the high standard and diversity of the projects. I commend Charlotte and Nathan for their effort and the high standard of their research and models. This is a great opportunity for students. I hope that more students and families take advantage of the challenge next year. BOOK COUNCIL AUTHOR VISIT Ourimbah Public School was pleased to host many students from across the Central Coast on Friday for an author visit organized by the Book Council. It was a successful day with ten students from our school able to attend. Thank you to our Blue Gum Canteen for once again supporting these activities. Our canteen managers and volunteers do a wonderful job accommodating the needs of all our students- they need your support! Congratulations

• To all the students who are now wearing helmets to and from school when riding bikes and scooters. Well done! (Skateboards are not permitted.)

• To all parents who are keeping our children safe by parking in and dropping off in the RSL car park. (The school car park is for staff and deliveries only).

Pamela Avery Principal

DATE EVENT

27th August Kibble Park Band Performance

27th-28th August BW Zone Athletics

31st August Tiddalik the Frog Performance – K-2

4th September Fathers’ Day Stall

9th September Pre-School Visit 9.30-10.30am

9th September Yr 2 Swimming begins - ongoing

9th September P&C Meeting

10th September Central Coast Choral Festival – 2 shows

11th September Bully No More Performance Yr3-6

13th September RAP Working Bee

STAFF PARKING ONLY Please remember the staff car park is not to be used for the dropping off or picking up of children unless special permission has been given. The RSL

Club car park is the official drop off zone.

CLASSROOM AWARDS K-2 Week 4 – Wesley Turner, Ben Ellicott KB, Diesel Mauger, Jordan Malloy KMB, Ella Davidson, Amelia Graham-Pleym KG, Kyle Frazer, Sara De Mouilpied 1A, Bruce Jones 1HM, Harry Roberts, Maddy Crutcher 1/2J, Stacey Shields-Palmer, Alex Leishman 1/2C, Luke Fenwick-Taylor, Gabby Molin 2P, Zach Gowans, Bella Morrison 2M, Fletch Roberts, Maddy Brooks Library, Ethan Kennedy, Rina Waddell Music, Connor Worth, Angus Collins Technology. Week 5 – Laura Escott, Thomas Molin KB, Morgan Ryan, Klae Davids KMB, Samantha Mitchell, Joshua McKernan KG, Luke Hill, Rebecca Shergold 1A, Rhys Morris, Katelyn Williams 1HM, Lily Hanlon 1/2J, Michelle Menier, Luke Jacobs 1/2C, Gabby Molin, Jakob Madden 2P, Juan Pablo Aspitia, Dylan Evans 2M, Alex Morris 2F, Karina Turvey, Stacey Shields-Palmer Library, Brooke Scott, Ethan Kennedy Music, Georgia-Leigh Meikle, Joshua Hughes Technology. CLASSROOM AWARDS 3-6 Week 4 – Kaleb Varley, Mick Heffernan 3D, Ethan Frazer, Georgia Green 3F, Emma Rice, Jorja Fleming 3/4J, Jacinta Ross-Clark, Zara Chapman 4A, Holly Hanlon, Jessica Bromfield 4/5H, Taylah Madden, Calvin Hills 5C, Danny Conway, Kayla Bates 5/6E, Jarrad Jones, Tazmyn O’Reilly 6B, Nicholas Whymark, Georgia Molin 6S, Trae Boyton, Brooke Farr Library, Caitlyn McLean, Hannah Box Music. Week 5 – Jackson Browne, Sophie Young 3D, Ruby Roussos 3F, Connor Johnson, Breanna Rowatt 3/4J, Matthew Wright, Cadina Goulding 4A, Angela Jenkins, Mia Gallaway 4/5H, Joel Dwyer, Atamai Higgins 5C, Josh Sheridan, Corby Whitelum 5/6E, Matthew Knight, Blake Chapman-Galleghan 6S, Silas Collard, Riley Edwards 6B, Brooke Italiano, Georgie Matthews Music, 10 MAGPIE AWARDS K-2 Dylan Reece, Bailey Kamphuis, Annalise Mee, Naomi Germain, Patrick Mullen, Bailey Glasson, Brock Elford, Georgia Levi, Harry Roberts, Breigh Le Vasseur, Corey Fenning, Ethan Pierce. 10 MAGPIE AWARDS 3-6 Jaydn Pearson, Shae-Lee Polidano, Phoenix Da Silva, Nathan Alexander, Thomas Harrison, Syan Garstang, Zeke Gallaway, Kayla Bates, Kaitlin Hiscott, Remy Preston, Jack Sersha, Daniel Breakspear, Sally Bartho, Jesse McDougall, Tamati Peihopa, Ben Caira, Dustin Whitelum, Josh Fenning, John Barry, Mick Heffernan, Jennifer Harvey, Edyn Dening, Aron Kutt, Jarrad Jones, Alex Emerson.

15 MAGPIE AWARDS K-2 Maya Preston, Chloe Buonanova, Madeline Feick, Sara De Mouilpied, Jade Smith, Dimity Threlfo, Maya Scopelitis, Maddy Brooks, Robbie MacDonald, Shay Sluiter, Teagan Ayre, Ethan Kennedy, Kira Chapman, Mitchell Johnson, Erica Fisher, Kyle Frazer, Rhys Morris, Ashleigh McMahon, Oliver Brewster, Ella Smyth. 15 MAGPIE AWARDS 3-6 Blake Austin, Tyler Hayter, Angela Jenkins, Holly Cochran, Simone Best, Riley Edwards, Corey Nash, Matthew Wright, Hannah Walter, Venessa Doherty, Emmy Knight, Zara Chapman, Emma Singleton, Jorja Fleming, Clare Levenspiel, Niamh Formby, Eric Turvey, Brooke Farr, Dejan Tubinovic, Hamish Francis, Hannah Box, Billie Swain. 20 MAGPIE AWARDS K-2 Rebecca Shergold, Ebonee Olzomer, Justin Bouffier. UNIFORM DRAW The winners of the recent weeks’ uniform draw were Syan Garstang, Brooke Farr and Issac Drennan. YEAR 6 CANBERRA EXCURSION 10th November – 13th November REMINDER

• All medical and dietary information forms as well as the Code of Conduct forms must be returned by Thursday 4th September.

• All final payments due by Thursday 1st October. For those children not attending the excursion, school will be as normal. Year 6 teachers will have work provided. S. English UNIVERSITY OF NSW – WRITING COMPETITION Congratulations to the following students: James Meek Yr 4 – Distinction Clare Levenspiel Yr 3 – Distinction Caitlin Brogan Yr 3 – Distinction Taylor Smith Yr 6 – Credit Well done to all who participated. L. Bowd READING CHALLENGE Congratulations to Vanessa Bouffier KMB, Justin Bouffier 1A, Tylah Bowcock 3D, Ebony Wagenaer KMB (for the third time. Well done!), Kate Murray KMB, James Meek 4/5H and Tom Harrison 4/5H who have successfully completed their Reading Challenge. If there are any students who have not yet started their Ourimbah Reading Challenge but would like to do so, please see Mrs Frost in the Library who will be happy to give you a reading log. WELL DONE EVERYONE!

SPORTS NEWS 2009 PRIMARY ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Congratulations to all the children who competed at the Primary Athletics Carnival at Sohier Park. It was great to see everyone having a go, regardless of the result, in all events. The last of the jumps finals were completed at school last Friday and all ribbons have been handed out to the top 4 in each event. The school team will compete tomorrow and Friday at the Mingara athletics complex. Good luck to all involved. Presentation of trophies to our age champions will take place in the coming weeks when the trophies come back from the engravers. I can tell you the competition was very close in all age groups as well as with the final point score. I’ll keep you all in suspense until that final trophy presentation to the winning house at the assembly in September. Finally a huge thank you to all the parent helpers and past staff members etc, who were able to assist on the day. Your efforts were greatly appreciated. Gary Edwards – Sports Organiser STATE TOUCH KNOCKOUT Congratulations to both the boys’ and girls’ teams who were successful at the recent Touch Gala Day winning all three rounds. Both teams will now play Berkeley Vale in round 4 next Monday. Good luck. Mr Formby and Mr Edwards DRAMA NEWS Our special drama group went to Lambton High on Friday 21st August to compete at Regional level in the Drama Festival. Congratulations to Josh Hanlon, Joshua Knibb, Taylor Smith, Maddie Waugh, Daelin Coutts-Bain, Blake Chapman-Galleghan, Austin Brook, Shae-Lee Polidano, Liam Loader and Nick Whymark on your success. We look forward to hearing if you qualified for the next level. Thanks to parents for providing transport and your support. K. Price MUSIC NEWS Choir students need plain black slacks/trousers and a cheap pair of sunglasses for our concerts on the10th September. Don’t forget tickets for all concerts are now on sale. CULTURAL EVENING On Monday September 21st at 7pm in the school hall we are having a musical evening. The band, choir, soloists and public speakers will perform.

SCHOOL WEBSITE Don’t forget our school website is now up and running. The calendar is updated regularly for your convenience, so that you can see all the upcoming events at Ourimbah Public School. Go to www.ourimbah-p.schools.nsw.edu.au SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS Congratulations to Hannah Box, Kerry Heffernan and Austin Blake who have been offered a place at Gosford High school for Year 7 in 2010. Also to Edyn Dening who is on the reserve list. 9 DAYS TO THE FATHERS’ DAY STALL

Thank you to all those families who have sent in some very generous donations so far; however many more are needed, so keep them coming.

All donations can be left at the office. Only new and unused items please. The Fathers’ Day Stall will be held on the 4th September, 2009. The P&C have decided that rather than buy more plastic bags to send the gifts home in, we would try and do some recycling. The gifts are already nicely wrapped in cellophane so the bag is really only to hide the article till the big day. So for all of you who have a cupboard full of clean previous years’ bags or nice bags waiting to be reused, please send them in. We are also happy to take department store bags eg Target, Big W, Grace Brothers, DJs, Rivers, etc, even paper and environmental bags. Anyone wishing to help with selling and wrapping on the day please contact Judy Worth on 43621649. THANK YOU HELPERS A big thank you to the helpers at the pre-schoolers morning tea that was on the held on Wednesday 19th August, especially Diane Maloney and Sarah Alexander, without whom it would not have run so successfully.

2010 CALENDARS

Please return your order forms for the 2010 calendars with your child’s artwork attached by the 25th September, 2009.

The children will be creating the artworks later in the term. For those wishing to purchase, the artwork is then sent off to be scanned, printed, laminated and attached to a twelve month tear off calendar. Your child will be thrilled to see their artwork displayed all year round and they will make great gifts for the family at Christmas. There is one order form per child. Please fill out the order forms clearly, as they are attached to the artwork before mailing off. The calendars are $10 each. This is payable in cash or cheque made out to Ourimbah Public School P&C. Any queries please contact Judy Worth on 43621649.

LEADERSHIP PROJECT

☺This term we extended the peer support

lessons so that all students K-6 could use the

equipment out of the blue sports bags. These

bags are kept in our classrooms and were

provided by a sports grant from Wyong

Council.

The Year Six Peer Support Leaders met

their groups, explained some safe & sensible

games, and then played them on A oval, B oval

or C oval.

This has been a great success, and the

teachers seemed to enjoy it as well!

Overall, this project is working really well.

It’s great to see lots of students playing

safe and sensible games in the play ground at

lunchtime.

=] by Remy and Alec!!!! [=

Leadership Team Representatives

A big thank you to the families and friends who have sponsored MS Readathon participants during the 30th year of the MS Readathon! As students begin to close their books on this year’s program it is now time to return sponsorship funds and collect their hard-earned certificate and reading rewards. With an official money-due date of August 31st, the fastest way to return sponsorship is online with the help of mum or dad. Students can also return the Completion Form (which they received in the post recently) and any receipt books sent to them. If you have misplaced your form, a replacement can be downloaded from www.msreadathon.org.au or call 1300 677 323 to speak to the State Office.

RAINFOREST ACCESS PROJECT

We would love your helping hands in our Rainforest and Frog Pond Areas!

Free BBQ Lunch provided.

Bring the whole family.

Dates:

Term 3: Sunday, September 13th, 9.30am -12.30pm.

Term 4: Sunday, November 8th, 9.30am -12.30pm.

Followed by lunch

Please bring:

Sturdy shoes or gumboots

Gardening gloves

Plate and cup

Please call Sue Davidson on 43622037.

BEE SWARMS

If anyone has any problems with bee swarms this season you can phone Mr Annabel on 0413331544 for help.

P&C CANTEEN ROSTER Thursday, 27th – Teresa Mellis

Friday, 28th – Judy Worth, Leonie Scott, HELP

Monday, 31st – Leanne Bennett

Tuesday, 1st – Jasmine Olzomer

Wednesday, 2nd – Sandy Spierings, Elizabeth Cleasby

Thursday, 3rd – HELP

Friday, 4th – Terri Harvey, Allison Bennett, HELP

Monday, 7th – Tina Dark

Tuesday, 8th – Kerrie McDermott

Wednesday, 9th – Jenny Palmer, Evi Ryan

P&C Canteen News

A big thank you to all the wonderful helpers at the Athletics Carnival. Your help was greatly appreciated.

CANTEEN LUNCH SPECIAL MEXICAN MADNESS Lunch Special Next week: 31st August – 4th September.

See order form on next page.

CANTEEN ALERT Don’t forget ‘Treats Tuesday’ Prices range from 5c to $1.50

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