Candelo Public School 56 William Street Candelo. Ph: 64932236 Fax: 64932035. email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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What’s happening at

our school:

Term 1 2019

Library - Wednesday CIP – Wednesday Canteen - Friday Scripture – Thursday Recorder - Thursday Spanish – Will continue next term Swimming4Sport – Friday ** Canteen Tomorrow ** Tuesday 2 April After school learning program 3:15 – 4:30 Y3-6. Wednesday 3 April P&C Meeting 6:30pm Sunday 7 April P&C BBQ at Candelo Markets Friday 12 April Whole School Assembly Easter Hat Parade Last day of Term 1 Thursday 25 April ANZAC Day Monday 29 April Staff Development Day Tuesday 30 April Students return for Term 2 Attachments:

PUBLIC SCHOOL Celebrations continue this week as we glow with pride – thank you everyone!! Candelo PS created a wonderful party and we are still bathing in the fabulous feedback about the enormous effort and achievement. It was such a team effort by the Committee, by students, staff and parents and friends of Candelo Public School!

A special mention must be made of our school leader Jessica and Peyton. Jessica was outstanding on the day, she had so many roles and addressed every one of them with grace and confidence. Peyton had a very special part to play as the youngest student and also managed her many roles so beautifully.

A huge thank you to the 150 Year committee and everyone who came to help set up, pack up and restore classrooms to their usual state. The feedback was that the event was so well organised!

Planning and action were the key ingredients: Thank you to our wonderful staff for going beyond the call of duty - Wayne and Fiona, Jenny and Jerry and Ros and Megan, Naomi and Rachel, Sam and Robyn, Sue and Merryl, Kacey and Wendy and Jenny Garden and Clinton.

I am immensely proud of the work done to support the children’s demonstrations and all that was required to prepare the grounds, the brilliant activities and classrooms, media releases, the Library, the Hallway Gallery, the COLA (how spectacular was that!), the oval and of course the crowning glory, the Maypole!! Continued over…….

CANDELO PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Week 9 - Term 1, 25th – 29th March 2019

Kindergarten student Peyton and School Leader Jessica assist Mrs Hazel Ahkin with the official cutting of the cake.

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Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Thank you to the wonderful P&C members and friends who set up and worked the BBQ, the Morning and Afternoon tea stalls, (all so beautifully presented), it all added to the special Country Fair atmosphere.

Thank you to everyone who

sent in the glorious flowers, how very beautiful they made everything look.

made and presented such delicious cakes and slices to delight our visitors

found and made costumes for their child to make the day so memorable

created Maypole dresses so that the children would have a beautiful memory to cherish – thank you Kathleen.

sewed aprons for every little girl – thank you Marisa

supported teachers and staff requests – thank you Helen.

presented at the formal assembly to include our student leaders and past leaders.

Thank you to the General Store for the hay bales for the COLA and to the Church Group for lending the old school tables as well as the Bega Museum for lending the old wares

used in buttermaking and other special activities.

Thank you Alice’s parents Katie and Robert who presented the grey gum and golden wattle to the school, we will have a special ceremony as they are planted in the garden.

It does take a Village to raise a child and as Dr Yarham wisely shared in his presentation, "It's far better to prepare a child than it is to repair a child."

https://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/5972509/candelo-history-lesson-as-school-celebrates-150-years-photos/?cs=509

It has been a wonderful opportunity to work towards greater engagement in student learning with our community, let’s keep the momentum going. The school going out into the local and greater community and the community coming into the school sharing expertise and wisdom.

Our goal was to achieve a wonderfully successful celebration, together with parents, students, staff and community – Mission Accomplished! P&C Market BBQ Sunday 7 April - Please call Stacey and Kristy to sign up for the Market on Sunday it is an excellent fundraising and community event.

Car Raffle tickets are available up to Monday 8 April @ $5.00 a ticket, all proceeds go towards the school. Would you like to sell a book of 10? Please give Megan a call – 64932236.

Next P&C meeting – Wednesday 3 April 2019, 6.30pm. Engaging Communities! Celebrating successes! Planning for the future!

Information for NAPLAN ONLINE for Years 3 and 5 – practice session next week) NAPLAN assesses literacy and numeracy – important skills that each child needs to succeed in school and life. The NAPLAN tests are designed to help us make sure students are on track with their literacy and numeracy development. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in NAPLAN tests for reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. Between 14-17 May, our school will participate in NAPLAN Online. Students do not need to be computer experts to take the NAPLAN test online. Making sure students have computer skills is part of our school curriculum, and our

-: Canteen Menu Friday 29 March :-

Lunch time menu 11:20am

Pesto Pasta $3:00

Corn Fritter with Salsa $2:00

Vegemite and Cheese Scroll $1:50

Smoothie $2:00

Quelch Icy-poles (only at Lunch 1:30pm) $1:00

Free Fruit available

Please include a resealable container

and cutlery for your child.

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Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

teachers will ensure your child is familiar with the online format. To see the types of questions and interactive features of NAPLAN Online, visit the public demonstration site. If you have any questions about NAPLAN Online, please contact your child’s teacher. For more info:

How to support your child during NAPLAN

information for parents and carers

Watch a video that explains NAPLAN Online

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Parent Update

After school learning program: Years 3 to 6 are invited to share their questions about their learning from 3.15 – 4.30 next Tuesday 2 April. Easter Hat Parade – our final assembly on Friday 12th April at 2:00pm under the COLA. All students from Kindergarten to Year 6 are encouraged to participate by modelling their hats during the parade. Some classes will be making the hats in class (so please send in a gold coin donation to help purchase the materials for the hats) OR please feel free to be creative and create a hat at home with your child. If you are keen on coming in to class and helping the students make the hats, please contact your child’s class teacher. We encourage parents, caregivers, family and friends to join us however, if you are unable to attend, we will be streaming the parade live on our school’s Facebook page. – Miss Watchirs School Parliament will hold an Easter Egg Guessing Competition – Stage 3 children are encouraged to donate an egg as one of the prizes to be drawn on the day. A book of 10 tickets @50c a ticket will come home next week. All funds will go to support families and excursion costs. Festival of Instrumental Music Recorder Program at the Sydney Opera House Acacia Concert will be held Monday July 29. Lessons each Thursday with Susan and Henry. Swimming 4 Sport each Friday for students in Years 2-6. Children will need swimmers, towel, goggles (optional), warm jacket, water bottles, sunscreen and hat. Children will walk to the pool at the mid-lunch bell and return in time for the end of the day. Please remember entrance to the pool is

$3, unless you hold a season pass.

Uniform Update. Please note school jumpers are now $30 each. Thank you Kathleen Brewster.

Class 1R News: This week in K/1 we have been writing about our wonderful 150th Birthday we had on Saturday! Thank you to all the families for your support in such a big event.

We have been learning about friendships with the beautiful book Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley and in Maths we have been practising our skip counting and learning about tens

and ones. Next week we will begin making our Easter hats in preparation for Friday, Week 11 to celebrate a big Term 1.

Awards this week: Macy and Elsa: Writing great recounts about the school's birthday.

James and Isla: working hard in small group activities.

Rachel Watchirs

Class 2M News: Thank you everyone for organising your child’s costume and coming on Saturday, because of your efforts the day was a tremendous success! I especially enjoyed having so many visitors to our classroom and watching the children enjoy the old fashioned laundry, cooking, butter making and classroom! Thank you so much to everyone that contributed to the set-up, pack-up, displays (including helping your child complete their timeline), flowers, cakes, bbq, costumes and photos.

This week in 2M we are busily working on writing our own stories, learning about the names and properties of 3D shapes in Maths and classifying animals based on their features in Science. It was interesting to find out that a snail

Candelo Public School 56 William Street Candelo. Ph: 64932236 Fax: 64932035. email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Web address: www.candelo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

and an octopus are both classified as molluscs! They are similar because they do not have bones inside their bodies (like fish or reptiles) and they do not have body segments (like worms or slaters).

Awards this week: Oscar: Working hard in all areas Emma and Ava: Fantastic work in Writing Christopher: Working hard in reading groups

Naomi Moore

Class 3BJ News:

Candelo 150 years was certainly a busy time for our class – each child had to prepare a story for our class book to commemorate the occasion, create a portrait for the Hallway gallery; and research history topic to complement Mr Dunning’s history work. A small group of us went on a fact finding mission to locate signs on buildings about when they had been established and to look at the artefacts in Eric’s garage and on the bridge. The interview with Eric gave us lots of information.

Each day we had to practise for the Maypole and our exercise exhibition, that is when the weather permitted!

The children who played guitar, ukulele or a brass/wind instrument as well as performed with the recorder group and in the dance group were absolutely amazing on the day. Costume changes required organisation skills and the children handled the changes beautifully.

Congratulations to all of the children in our class who did their bit for the 150 Years celebration – the children will remember their achievements with great pride.

Thank you boys and girls and Jenny our fabulous supporter, for the amazing work done behind the scenes to ensure everything was just perfect on the day. Thanks also to Sam Johnson who organised the music for us for the exhibition and to Robyn Martin for preparing the singing and music for the Birthday song – fantastic work with so many children!

Practising Maths is going well we are up to Unit 8 this week and up to o sound in Sound waves (orange and watch) – pretty tricky! We will celebrate with those children who managed their books for 8 weeks and are up to date!

Tuesday after school we will be happy to help children who need that little bit extra to build confidence and/or who wish to extend their learning.

Awards this week: Hayden, Lilly and Ruby G: Excellent cooperation and achievement in all areas. Riley: Commitment to learning. Lance and Lacey: Working beautifully and supporting other students. Suezanne Bourke and Sam Johnson