PBL Focusing on SAFE Expectations when using the handball wall and

multipurpose sports court

PBL Award Bonnie-Lee Sutton, Zac Pollard,

Braxton Aworth, Lewis Rule, Nikita Caldwell-Harris, Phoebe Vernon,

Jessie Johnson and Layla Wilton

Important Dates to Remember Term 4 2019

Kootingal Public School

STAR NEWSLETTER “Caring, Learning and Achieving Together.”

Phone: 02 6760 3332 Email: kootingal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: https://kootingal-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Term 4 Week 1 Thursday 17th October 2019

Executive Team - Principal - Cara Cracknell Assistant Principal - (Kinder to Year 2) - Nicole Chegwyn Assistant Principal (Yr 3 to 6) - Casey Kelly

P & C Executive President: Rebecca Pollard Vice President - Vanessa Johnson Secretary: Tina Sipple Treasurer: Scott Cracknell

Fri 18th Oct - Bright Star Transition (Kindy 2020) 9:30 to 11:30am Monday 21st Oct - Playgroup Tuesday 22nd Oct - Boys Softball KO vs Wee Waa Public School Wed 23rd to Fri 25th Oct - Year 5 and 6 Excursion - Lake Keepit Fri 25th Oct - Bright Star Transition (Kindy 2020) 9:30 to 11:30am Monday 28th October - Playgroup Wednesday 30th Oct - Book Club Due Wed 30th Oct -Bright Star Transition (Kindy 2020) 12:30 to 3pm Thursday 31st October - Assembly 2:15pm by 1/2B, item 2L

Private music tuition performance

with Mr Bevan

Gold Award Menno Wallace, Noah Saunders and

Phoebe Capel

Silver Awards Deklan Martin and Isabelle Marsh

* Parents are able to make payments online by going to our website www.kootingal-p.schools.nsw.gov.au and then clicking on make a payment (located on front page). Please email or send into the office a copy of the online receipt. If payments are made online signed permission notes must still be returned to the front office.

* Voluntary contributions fees can be paid at the front office or online. They are $45 per year per student

Library Borrowing days are: KL (Mrs Lawrence) - Thursday K/1M (Miss Magann) - Thursday 1/2B (Miss Booby) - Friday 2L (Mrs Lulham) - Friday 3/4B (Miss Bennett) - Wednesday 3/4T (Mrs Tobin) - Wednesday 5/6K (Mrs Kelly) - Tuesday 5/6M (Mrs Morrish) - Tuesday

Thank you Mrs Dunn and Mrs Chegwyn

Isabela Robinson - Improved knowledge of sounds and reading skills Benjamin Lulham - Commitment to home reading and improved effort in reading groups Lacey Felsman - Recalling information about Australian Animals Hamish Green - Sharing information about Australia Animals during discussions Lillian Wilson - Improvement when working with addition and subtraction in Mathematics Ella Dwyer - An improvement in additive strategies being used Malakai Melder - Improved focus and commitment to listening Letrell Allen - An improved commitment to spelling Sadie Nicholls and James Sharpham - Great work in Mathematics Ruby Rakus - Great work in writing Lienke Janse van Rensburg - Her commitment to prop creation for multimedia activities Madeline McKelvie - Being a productive and encouraging team member when collaborating Lochlan Watts - Demonstrating his excellent knowledge of time Deklan Martin - Always willing to share his love of Mathematics Tyler Robinson - Trying to improve the neatness of his bookwork Ayisha Mason Fernando - Impressive improvement in Mathematics Taite Goodfellow - Working well with his peers Callym McKelvie - Consistently demonstrating maturity in all aspects of school life Braidy Cork - Having a cheerful and positive outlook to school life Elloise Sharpham - Excellent research and presentation of her Myanmar project Coby Hobden - Participation in class discussions in reading group activities

Breakfast Club is again providing toast and juice to all students in 2019. It operates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Thank you to Baker’s Delight for supplying our bread and the many families who have made donations.

Mrs Jan Morrish, Breakfast Club Organiser

School Banking Thursday

Weekly Awards

Message from the Front Office

Weekly Bronze Awards

Library News

Breakfast Club

Clothing Pool will only be open on: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings

9am to 9:30am Please come to the office.

Welcome back to term 4 at Kootingal Public School. This promises to be a jampacked term full of activities for students, staff and community.

We commence our term with our Bright Stars Transition program for children entering Kindergarten in 2020. This program operates over the first five weeks of the term. Mrs Lawrence, our Kindergarten teacher, is no doubt well prepared for these impending children and the children are just as eager.

Good luck to our Open Boys Softball team who will take on the might of the west in Wee Waa Public School in Narrabri next Tuesday 22nd October. Thank you to our P&C who have again supported the students by assisting the school to subsidise the cost of transportation for our children. The children have been training hard each Monday afternoon and we wish them all the best in their sporting endeavours next week.

This week our P&C conducted their first monthly meeting of the term. At this meeting the P&C again pledged further funding towards the purchase of class sets of texts for the primary classrooms in years 3 to 6. A total of $3000 was given towards this initiative. A further sum of just under $900 was given for the purchase of electric sharpeners for each primary classroom. Thank you to our P&C for their continued generous support of both the students and staff.

Kootingal Public School would like to welcome Miss Brooke Semmler to the teaching staff. Miss Semmler will be assisting me on the 3/4T class and working on a Mathematics intervention program. Miss Semmler completed her practicum at Kootingal Public School a couple of years ago with Mrs Purdy and it is lovely to see Miss Semmler back in a teaching capacity at Kootingal Public School.

Also on the teaching front, Mr Scott Cracknell gained interim approval with the Department of Education and is now assisting Kootingal Public School as a casual teacher when needed. While we will miss Mr Cracknell‘s presence as a School Learning and Support Officer we know our children will enjoy him just as much as a teacher.

This Friday our nominations for candidacy in the 2020 School Captain process for Year Five closes. I look forward to meeting with our potential candidates in the coming weeks. It is important to note that this is an election for School Captains and the Vice Captains only. The election of the Student Representative Council (SRC) members will occur in 2020.

Thank you to Peel High School who attended our school this week to speak with the children in Year Five regarding Selective High School applications and the associated process. It is always good to hear directly from a selective high school about the process and the benefits of the selective stream at Peel High School.

This week the focus for PBL is the expectations when using the handball wall and multipurpose sports court. These expectations are mostly underpinned by the core value Safe.

At Monday’s afternoon assembly, our students were well versed in the types of things that are not permitted in these areas. Our main focus for the week is about the sharing of these spaces and consideration for everyone. The lesson focuses on learning in a practical sense with classes moving to this area and participating in a variety of games.

The poster for the handball wall and multipurpose sports court is below.

Mrs Cracknell’s Message

PBL News

Ava Moxon Ava is a quiet and friendly girl who shows concern for others. She has a lovely kind and caring nature. Ava always puts up her hand to take care of new students and has proven to be a caring and nurturing peer. Ava cooperates well with her peers and is always happy to work alongside and with any of her classmates, both boys and girls. In the classroom, both boys and girls. In the classroom Ava uses her initiative to assist other children with their learning and her teacher with tidying up, and classroom organisation.

She is well respected by her teachers and has lovely manners. Ava wears her school uniform with pride and always displays our school values. Ava is an attentive listener and always organised and ready to learn.

S h e i s a q u i e t a c h i e v e r a n d a n a c t i v e c l a s s participant who puts in her best efforts when completing her work. Ava always demonstrates our school PBL expectations in the classroom and playground and completes her homework and home reading every week. Congratulations Ava, on a very deserving award.

Liam Jarrett Liam is a dedicated and diligent student who strives for a personal best in all areas of learning. He prides himself on the accurate completion of all set tasks and enjoys opportunities for extension in both Mathematics and spelling. Liam demonstrates exceptional persistence, is a critical thinker and reflective learner. He actively seeks opportunities to extend his understandings, often using his spare time to practise and master new competencies. Liam collaborates well with all his peers and is an enthusiastic, productive team member. He eagerly accepts roles of responsibility within the classroom and happily offers assistance to teachers and classmates alike.

Liam is a dependable model for al l school PBL expectations. He values fair play, is inclusive in his games and an active participant in all aspects of school life. This year, Liam has proudly represented Kootingal Public School at Zone level Athletics, Cross Country and Swimming and as a member of both the Soccer and Chess teams, as well as the regional final of the Premier’s Spelling Bee.

Congratulations Liam on being named ‘Student of the Month’!

Oliver Towler - Being a keen participant in all activities and improved results Abby Hogg - Demonstrating a positive attitude to learning and consistent effort in all areas Ruby Rule - Consistent application and being organised and ready to learn Indi Maher - Being a quiet consistent worker Reef Mason Fernando - Improved application and commitment towards his learning Chelsii Williams - Consistent application towards her learning Paisley Swaddling - Always displaying a positive attitude and commitment to her work Nikita Flemming - Improved attitude to commitment towards her learning Ryan Hatton - Excellent commitment to completing all set tasks Piper Hammer - Demonstrating commitment and enthusiasm in learning Rory Hobbs - Improved effort in writing tasks Kaityln Watts - Demonstrating an improved commitment to reading tasks Lewis Rule - Consistent application towards set tasks Cody Hudson - Making valuable contributions in literacy circles Oscar Wallace - Consistent application in literacy Chloe Cannon - Consistently working towards her goals Charli Hogg - Outstanding effort and achievement in writing Emily Hatton - Outstanding achievement in all areas of English Menno Wallace - His insightful contributions in novel studies and wonderful work in writing Ruby Sheumack - Demonstrating persistence and determination in learning Torah Humphris - Diligent, reliable student in the classroom Lochlan Watts - Great maturity in learning Jack Gosbell - Perseverance in learning Phoebe Vernon - Conscientious application during the graphing assessment Caleb Martin - Improvement across Key Learning Areas Angus Frewen - Commitment to improvement across all Key Learning Areas Taite Goodfellow - Application and improvement in English Chelsea Sanderson - Her enthusiasm and commitment to learning Brenden Thompson - Demonstrating improved commitment to completing set tasks Isabelle Marsh - Maintaining a high standard in the presentation of all book work Bailey Hilton - Demonstrating improved commitment to completing set tasks Colbie Butler - Making insightful contributions to class discussions

Student of the Month Silver Assembly Awards - Thursday 26th September

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES CLUB

TERM 4 2019

FRIDAY AFTERNOONS ONLY

3:45- 4:45PM

KOOTINGAL LIBRARY

No bookings required!

Starting Week 1 Term 4

18th October 2019 - 20th December 2019

KOOTINGAL LIBRARY

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