Dear parents, carers and friends of our school, Our school swimming carnival is the first of three major carnivals held each year. The cross country and athletics carnivals will be held later this term. I was only able to attend for part of the day but when I was there excitement and competition were in the air. It was fantastic to see our newly appointed house captains and vice captains encouraging and congratulating their teams members as they participated in events. Thank you Mr Lockey, Swimming Carnival Coordinator, and the years 2-6 teaching team for making the day such a success. A huge thank you to the fantastic parent contingent who were on hand to help. Your time as support was much appreciated. Sporting House Captains Conratulations to the following students who were elected to lead their sporting houses in 2015: CAPTAINS VICE CAPTAINS BAGNALL Katarina Taxis Valentina Fosso Ethan Lambert Jason Lee Blake FINGAL Amaya Hilton Caitlin Smith Athan Connor Isaac Nettle HALIFAX Brooke Aarons Hailie Carless Ashton Gray Aston Herman ZENITH Zara Harrison Akira Poggi Brodie Woods Reef Fitzpatrick Shoal Bay Public School “Meet and Greet” Family Evening All parents/ carers and their families are invited to our “Meet and Greet” Family evening. Shoal Bay Public School staff will also be present. This will be an opportunity for you to meet your child’s teacher, catch up with friends and welcome new families to our school. WHEN: Tuesday 17 February 2015 WHERE: Shoal Bay Public School TIME: 5.30pm – 7.30pm Our school P & C will be providing a sausage sizzle, cakes, sweets, etc., cold drinks with funds raised going to the P & C. Please find note attached to order your sausage sandwiches. Orders and money needs to be returned to school by this Friday 13 February. Donations of cakes, sweets, etc. for the evening would be greatly appreciated.

Welcome Mrs Booth This term Mrs Sally Booth will be completing her intern practicum at Shoal Bay PS. Mrs Booth is in her 4th year of study through Charles Darwin University and will be working with Mrs Powell and KP. Healthy Lunchbox Session Following the interest shown at our Kindergarten Parent Information Session last term, Cancer Council NSW’s Eat It To Beat It team will be returning to deliver a 45 minute Healthy Lunch Box session for parents and cares as per the details below: Date: Thursday 26th February 2015 Time: 2:15pm – 3:00pm A flyer will be sent home with more information and an RSVP slip to register for this sessions. School Entry and Exits

As a school leader, I c o n t i n u e t o b e committed to keeping all 393 students happy and safe at school. Our school also would like to ensure that everyone is safe on their way to and from school. To assist with this I need to remind families that the car

park is for staff parking only. It is not a drop off or pick up point for students. It is also unsafe to walk through this area as vehicles are often coming and going at the start and end of each day. Please use the safe entry and exit by walking down the path to the gate. Dental Van visit All children were recently given a parent information note and permission form to complete by Tootsie, the tooth. The Dental Van will visit the school from Monday 23 February and offers free dental check up and clean plus a bag of goodies for each child who attends. Please return the completed forms to the office prior to this visit. If you did not receive a note please contact the office for a form. Narelle Mann Principal

Shoal Bay Public School SNIPPETS 61 Rigney Street, Shoal Bay 2315. Phone: 4981 1007 Fax: 4984 1637

www.shoalbay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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

From Narelle’s Desk ...

Term 1 Week 3 Mon 9 Feb 2015

2015 Term 1 Calendar

Week 3 Feb

13 Resource Packs to be finalised

Week 4 Feb

20 Vision Screening: Kinder

Week 5 Feb

23-27 Mobile Dental Van here

23 Cyber Wiser Yrs 3-6

26 2.15-3pm Healthy Lunchbox

Payments Due (on or before) Amount Due by

2015 Resource Pack $70 Wk 3 2015

2015 Cyberwise Performance S2-3 $5 Wed, 18 Feb

Meet your Parliamentarian

Hi my name is Aimee. I am 10 years

old and in parliament this year for sport and recreation. I enjoy sport

and play netball, touch football and I do squad outside of school.

I am in Mr Hamshaw’s class this year

and plan to try out for all the school sports teams available.

P&C Fun Run

We will be holding an adidas School Fun Run as a major fundraising event this year. The event will be held on Tuesday, 29 July within the school

grounds.

The adidas School Fun Run is a healthy, fun and active fundraiser that ensures we send the right

message to our students about getting active, having fun and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The main focus of this

event is on participation. Family support is most appreciated as we en-courage all students to get involved.

All students will receive a Sponsorship Form today, to help collect spon-

sorship on behalf of the school. The funds raised will be used to pur-chase new play equipment for the Early Stage 1 playground.

We ask all parents to read the Sponsorship form and sign the front page

to grant

permiss ion for their

child to fund-raise and

participate in this event. S t u d e n t s

who raise just $10 or

more will receive a

reward for their effort. In the

Sponsorship form you will also find

many other benefits like

Term 1 Week 3 Mon 9 Feb 2015

KC KH

KP 1S

1W 1/2B

2L 2R

3A 3W

5C 5/6H

4B 4D

6B

Music Lessons and Band Music lessons with Bianca Wilson are starting again. Mondays will be piano instruction in the hall and Wednesday is all other instruments in the office. The school band is starting rehearsals on Wednesday’s at lunchtime. Bianca Wilson and Mrs Forester will be leading the band. Rehearsal’s will be in Mr Bayliss’ room every Wednesday at 11.20am, after the chil-dren have finished eating their lunches. Band members must bring their instrument and their music. P&C News Hi everyone and welcome to the 2015 school year from your P&C. You may or not be aware but we are having our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday 3 March at 6.30pm. This is when you as parents and carers get the chance to vote in your new P&C committee for 2015. Please come along and have your say and cast your vote. The P&C is a great way to get involved with what is going on at your school and we are always in need of helpers to run our various fundraising events. However, in order to be able to vote on the 3 March, you need to be a financial member of the P&C (for the pricely sum of $2!!) and there is also a short form to fill out. If you are interested please collect a form from Jenn at the office, fill out the form and bring along your payment on the night. I look forward to seeing some new faces. Thank you. Sharon Molloy, President.

Hi, I am Sally Booth. I will be doing a 10 week Internship with KP this term. I am a 4th Year Education student, studying through Charles Darwin University. I live in Nelson Bay with my husband Steven. We love living in paradise and try to take every opportunity to get out for a bush walk or a swim. I have a real passion for education, so I am having a wonderful time learning as much as I can at Shoal Bay Public School (just like the Kindergar-

tens boys and girls). Looking forward to meeting everyone during my time here. Kind regards, Mrs Booth. For Sale Second hand storage shipping container. $500 or nearing offer. You will need to arrange your own collection and delivery. Contact Shoal Bay Public School on 4981 1007.

P&C Fun Run

We will be holding an adidas School Fun Run as a major fundraising event this year. The event will be held on Tuesday, 29 July within

the school grounds.

The adidas School Fun Run is a healthy, fun and

active fundraiser that ensures we send the

right message to our students about getting

active, having fun and main-

taining a healthy lifestyle. The main focus of this event is on participation. Family

support is most appreciated

as we encourage all students to get in-volved.

All students will receive a Sponsorship Form today, to help collect sponsorship o n

Term 1 Week 3 Mon 9 Feb 2015

Around the School

House Captains and Vice Captains

Some place

winners :)

And busy teachers recording all the racers

Nearly ready to race

DID YOU KNOW?

Under the Companion

Animals Act 1998 No

87 (14.1.e), dogs are

prohibited in school

grounds (whether or

not they are leashed

or otherwise

controlled). For the

safety of all students

and staff, please do not bring dogs

into the school grounds, even on leashes. Thank you for your sup-port in this matter.

New kinder classes super excited