PBL focusing on SAFE

Keep your hands, feet and objects to yourself

PBL Award Indi Maher, Zac Pollard, Ella Dwyer, Kaitlyn Wilson,

Mia Smith, Matthew Pollard, Darcy Harris and Zane Hyson

Important Dates to Remember Term 1 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 1 Week 7 Wednesday 13th March 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: Cath Bubb Vice President - Lirel Morris Secretary: Tina Sipple Treasurer: Scott Cracknell

Friday 15th March - Tamworth Zone girls Hockey Trials Monday 18th March - Playgroup Mon 18th Mar - Tamworth Zone boys and girls Football Trials Tuesday 19th March - P & C AGM Meeting 6pm, Library Tue 19th Mar - PSSA Cricket Kootingal vs Tamworth South Thursday 21st March - Harmony Day Thursday 21st March - P & C Movie Night, 6pm, cost $5 Friday 22nd March - Tamworth Zone boys Cricket Trials Friday 22nd Mar - Book Club due

Medallion Jessie Johnson

Gold Awards Jordan Byrne and Jessie Johnson

Silver Award Jordan Byrne, Chelsea Sanderson

and Zachary Holliday

Uniform Awards Noah Davis, Ciara Cwach,

Braxton Aworth, Jeremy Nash, Charli Hogg, Damien Nicholls,

Taite Goodfellow and Damikah Barwick-Taylor

* 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.

* Kindergarten Sound textbook, cost $14, are now available from the school office.

* Maths textbooks from Kinder to Year 6, cost $15 are now available from the school office.

* Stage 3 (year 5 and 6) Lake Keepit Excursion Expression of Interest permission note with $50 non refundable deposit needs to be returned to the front office by Thursday 21st March 2019.

* Aussie Allsorts (whole school) Friday 5th April, costing $6 per student. Permission note and money need to be returned to the front office by Wednesday 3rd April 2019.

* Billionaire Boy (3/4B, 3/4T, 5/6K and 5/6M) Friday 3rd May, costing $12 per student. Permission note and money need to be returned to the front office by Friday 3rd April 2019.

* EOI for Year 7 2020 High School enrolment must be returned by Tuesday 19th March 2019. After this date you must return to the high school.

Billy Simmonds - His very detailed and creative illustrations Abby Hogg - Great matching skills in reading and writing activities Lovayah Wightman - Trying hard to produce neat bookwork Abbie-Lee Hilton and Jaiden Cox - Great participation in gymnastics for sport Ciara Coach - Excellent knowledge of sounds learnt so far Xavier Rankin - Working hard to create a guided drawing of Gruffalo Frankie Barber - Enthusiastically engaging in hands on Mathematics activities William Buchan - Effectively re reading and editing writing Brady Moses - Using expression in reading Greyson Elliott - Enthusiastically participating in reading activities Keith Sichter - Answering tricky Mathematics questions Ayva Elliott - Working hard to complete all set tasks Lily Shiels - Great work with dictionaries in spelling Madeline McKelvie - Great work when ‘Making Connections’ in class novel studies Chadrick Lang - For being a kind and considerate member of 3/4T Connor Hilton - For contributing to class discussions in a positive way Callym McKelvie - Being a dedicated learner and friendly class mate Luke Wilson - His humorous performance at Healthy Harold Zac Hyson - His commitment to weekly yoga and meditation sessions Colbie Butler - Willingness to ask questions and seek assistance when needed Layla Wilton - Pleasing efforts in literacy activities Bailey Hilton - Demonstrating commitment to undertaking sports shed duties

School Banking Thursday

Weekly Awards

Message from the Front Office

Weekly Bronze Awards

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

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

This week, our Kindergarten students participated in a bus safety program conducted by NRMA. Thank you to Tamworth Buslines for assisting our students. By the looks of it the students enjoyed it immensely.

To our families of students in Year 6, please be reminded that the form from the booklet 'Moving into Year 7 in a NSW Government School in 2020' must be completed and submitted to Kootingal Public School by Tuesday 19th March 2019. This document marks the commencement of the high school enrolment process. Please ensure you adhere to the due date as the process becomes more difficult if we don’t.

At times it appears as though I am harping on the same issue. It’s unfortunate but we still have pressing issues associated with safe parking and making appointments with our teachers. I plead with our community to ensure that you do not obstruct the driveway to the staff carpark and adhere to the parking guidelines for the area located just outside the carpark. This area is not nose in parking regardless of the time of day. It is parking with the rear of the car backed up to the fence line. This is so drivers have clear vision of students, parents and teachers when leaving this area.

There is never a problem to see a member of staff at Kootingal Public School. However, it is important appointments are made and not on the spur of the moment. When appointments are made, the member of staff dedicates time to the parent and to the issue at hand. Kootingal Public School is a workplace like all others where appointments are made to see other types of professions. Entering classrooms to speak with a teacher must be conducted at a mutually convenient time.

This week our teachers completed training in the use of the department’s data tool SCOUT. SCOUT is a comprehensive data tool that enables schools to analyse data on whole school, state-wide and individual student levels. This tool holds all information about our students and their external data results from standardised testing such as NAPLAN. As a school, this type of data is only one such data source. While valid, we don’t solely use it within our planning.

During Weeks 10 and 11 this term, Kootingal Public School conducts Parent Teacher Interviews. We have kept the same process as last year with interviews scheduled over the two weeks (two Tuesdays – 2nd April and 9th April) between 4pm and 6pm to cater for families and their increasing demands. Families can schedule the interviews using the School Interviews hyperlink here. The code is 6zrxa. If you have any issues, please contact the school. Please note the option to secure an interview will close 9am each day of the interviews. This is so teachers are aware of appointment times and can plan accordingly.

Parent Teacher Interviews are a wonderful opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher. We spend a lot of time with our children and we are always willing to talk with you about your child and the progress within the classroom. If you have not been able to schedule an appointment as yet, please do so. Using the School Interviews website is straight forward and you are able to plan your interviews to suit your family.

Good luck to our students competing in zone trials this coming week in soccer and hockey. Also we wish our Open Cricket team all the best as they compete against Tamworth South Public School next Tuesday in the second round of the PSSA Competition. Mr Cracknell and Mrs Blinman have worked each day with our students to assist them in their preparations. Thank you Mr Cracknell and Mrs Blinman and to the parents supporting and assisting with transport of the students.

SRC Easter Raffle This year’s SRC are holding an Easter Raffle to raise funds for our school Breakfast Club. If you are able to donate an Easter egg or Easter themed toy, book etc to our raffle, please send to the front office by Friday 22nd March. Tickets for the raffle will be on sale during Weeks 9 and 10. 50 cents a ticket or $2 for 5 tickets. The winner of the raffle will be announced at the school disco.

SRC Easter Theme School Disco When: Thursday 4th April 2019 Where: KPS School Hall Cost: $3 per student (pay at the door) - This includes entry and supper (chips and a drink) Time: 6:30 pm to 8pm

Mrs Cracknell’s Message

SRC News

This week our focus for PBL is on the second of our whole school expectations ‘Keep your hands, feet and objects to yourself’. This comes under the core value Safe.

At our Monday afternoon assembly, Miss Kelly recapped last week’s focus of following teacher instructions and asked our students about this week’s expectation. Our children have a wonderful knowledge of our expectations. Well done children!

Below is our scope and sequence for Term 1.

Breakfast Club will again be providing toast and juice to all students in 2019. I t w i l l o p e r a t e o n M o n d a y s , 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

Thank you to the families and businesses who have donated books and resources to our school library.

All students must have a library bag for home borrowing. If you need a library bag, the Library is selling them for $2, which will be spent on purchasing more books for the Library.

Book Club - Issue 2 has been sent home with children at the end of last week. Orders with money are due back to the front office by Friday 22nd March 2019. Online orders will also be due on Friday 22nd March 2019. Thank you to all parents who ordered from Issue 1, the school has purchased new library books with the money received in rewards. Every purchase made through Book Club results in the school receiving 20% of the order spend in Scholastic Rewards. This is used to purchase new books for our library.

Library NewsPBL

Week 7 Five whole school expectations - Keep your hands, feet and objects to yourself

Week 8 Five whole school expectations - Report issues immediately to a teacher

Week 9 Five whole school Expectations - Accept consequences

Week 10 Five whole school expectations - Show concern for others Safe (follow teacher instructions) - Lockdown procedure

Week 11 Lesson based on Week 5 data review

Breakfast Club

Friday 22nd March

The Kootingal Public School P & C will hold its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 19th March 2019, commencing at 6pm in the school library. Everyone is welcome to attend. All position will be declared vacant. This meeting will then be followed by a general meeting.

The position is the P & C are: * President - Chair meetings, liaise with staff and the community, represent the P & C and give an annual report on P & C activities at the AGM

* Secretary - Take minutes of the meeting and supply a copy to the executive as soon as possible after each meeting. Handle all correspondence (in and out)

* Treasurer - Pay accounts and receipt income for both the P & C and Canteen. Keep books up to date and get them audited annually. Produce a report at each meeting.

* Vice President (2) - Assist President and step in when President is unable to fulfil duties

* Banking Co-ordinator - Co-ordinate the school student banking volunteers and roster (each Thursday morning)

* Publicity Officer - Put notices in newsletter, etc - keeping school community aware of P & C activities

* Fundraising Co-ordinator - Co-ordinate the fundraising activities decided by the P & C.

Instruction for schools The following sample can be used by schools to draft a letter to parents, alternatively, relevant parts can be cut and pasted into a school newsletter, school intranet or school letterhead.

Dear Parent or Carer During May 2019, students at our school in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 (delete as required) will sit the NAPLAN paper assessments. The schedule for tests is as follows:

Tuesday 14 May Wednesday 15 May Thursday 16 May

Language Conventions test

(spelling, grammar and

punctuation)

Writing test

Reading test

Numeracy test

On Friday 17 May, a ‘catch-up’ day is scheduled for students who missed a test. Students may be exempt from the NAPLAN tests if they:

x are newly arrived in Australia (less than one year before the test) and with a language background other than English, or

x have significant intellectual disability and/or significant co-existing conditions which severely limit their capacity to participate in the tests.

All other students are expected to participate in the tests. Disability adjustments which reflect the student’s normal level of support in the classroom may be provided. Large print, braille, coloured paper versions and electronic tests are also available to meet the needs of individual students. Access to disability adjustments or exemption from the tests must be discussed with the school principal and a parent or carer consent form must be signed. Students may be withdrawn from NAPLAN by their parent or carer after consultation with the school principal. To withdraw your child from NAPLAN, a parent or carer consent form must be signed. Please make an appointment with your child’s teacher if you need to discuss your child’s participation in NAPLAN. Any questions? Contact the NAPLAN team on 1300 119 556 or naplan.nsw@nesa.nsw.edu.au. For further information about NAPLAN, visit the NESA website.

SERVICES WOMENS & GIRLS HOCKEY CLUB Would you like to play Hockey this year? Junior Girls Hockey has divisions in U11 played on a half field and U13 on a full field. These games are played on Saturday on our international standard artificial surfaces. Services Womens Hockey Club is focused on all girls participating and enjoying their hockey. Our Come and Try and sign-on days are Saturdays 16th and 23rd March at 9.00-10.00am (see Tamworth Hockey Association Facebook page). For any further information or questions please contact Leonie Fitzpatrick 0400022460 email leonie@lubeng.com.au or Jenni Groth 0429465992 email.

P and C News